Snowglobe Love

Hello and welcome.  First, and foremost, I hope everyone had an enjoyable and safe weekend.  If you were in California, especially the Central Valley, this last weekend, highlight the safe part.  What a wacky set of storms we had.  Everything from rain, snow, flash floods, hail (1.5 inch size),  severe thunderstorms and the rare California tornado warnings (2 of them).  Needless to say, my migraines, back issues and fibromyalgia took a huge hit this weekend.  Even with all of that, I did manage to get some weeding done between thunderstorms and some stamping.  

I've had this Inkadinkadoo snow globe stamp for years and have never used it, so I thought this wacky weather weekend was a good time to ink it up using Splitcoaststampers WT398 - Sound of Music challenge, and my own wedding cake topper, as inspiration.  After stamping the snow globe in memento tuxedo black ink onto some white scrap paper, I added the wedding couple stamp from DJ Inkers in the center before also stamping the image onto scrap white card stock.  Once I had colored the couple using Lyra and Castle Arts pencils, I fussy cut them out before popping up in the snow globe using pop dots.  Once they were added to the card, I pulled out a dusty Stampin Up Wonderful Words set and stamped the love at the bottom of the card.  The only embellishments I added were a red 3D glaze pen and frosted lace ice stickles.  Somewhat simple was more powerful.  For those that are not familiar with the movie, here's a YouTube link to the Sound of Music wedding scene.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers WT938 - Sound of Music (inspired by wedding scene and my own cake topper)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #48 - March 2023 Use Your NBUS (snow globe stamp)

A Place To Start March 2023 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 585 to 586 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Splitcoaststampers FS840 - Scrapacat (inspired by her card here; kept colors changed everything else)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #201 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo; Darcies; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Pop Dots, Brads, Frosted Ice Stickles, Glue Dots, 3D Glaze Pen

Ghoulish Greetings

 Hello and welcome.  Second post today.  If you're looking for my Heartfelt Sympathy post, please scroll down one.  Thank you.

I've started making Halloween cards now because it's just too stinking hot.  I'm so done over summer.  So I decided to use a new digital image that I've had for a while and not used (NBUS), from The Cat's Pajamas called Ghoulish which just happens to be FREE.  Can you say SCORE?!  

 

I started out by printing the image onto Hammermill white card stock before coloring using prismacolor markers and Castle Arts pencils then layered and added brads and set aside.  My card is made using black Stampin Up card stock with the brick wall digital paper from We Are Three.  After printing the brick wall out onto Hammermill white card stock, I trimmed it down to my card's size before adding it to my black card.  I then dusted off a retired Spellbinders  Halloween fence scene and shapes die and die cut scrap navy blue card stock before stippling Tim Holtz chipped sapphire distress ink over it then added it to my card.  I then popped up my layered image using pop up glue dots before stamping the web/spider directly onto the brick wall in memento black.  My final embellishments were prima flowers with black ice stickle center and highlighting the pumpkins/saying using a clear Sakura 3D glaze pen.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #41 August - Use Your NBUS (image/digital paper)

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - August Anything Goes Halloween  (bats, colors )

Crafty Calendar August - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon #667 - Embellish It 

Splitcoaststampers FS811 - Craftea19 (kept Halloween theme, changed colors, images) 

CD Sunday Plus #92 - Anything Goes Digital (image, designer paper)

Outlawz Festive Friday Aug 19 to Sep 1 - Anything Goes

 

Two Old Bats

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up; We Are Three Digital Paper

Ink: Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Spellbinder Halloween Die, Big Shot, Sakura 3D Glaze Pen, Primas, Glue Dots, Black Ice Stickles, Prismacolor Markers, Castle Arts Pencils, PFS Blending Brush, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots

Rockin' Wishes

 

Hello and welcome.  I don't remember if I've mentioned it before but I am SO OVER the 30 day trial period for 2022 already.  Especially since COVID has decided to visit my house.  First my son gets it and then I get it and I'm still dealing with the effects.  Fortunately, my husband has not tested positive and he's just as high risk as I am.  After two years of being so careful, getting vaccinated and boosted, I get a breakthrough infection.  Ugh!  Enough of that.

I have a couple of quick cards that I would like to share.  The first one uses a couple of Picket Fence Studios stencils.  I started out by stenciling the Field of Snowy Trees (NBUS) in Tim Holtz pine needles distress ink before stenciling the Slim Line Cloud Coverage (my new go to for clouds/snow) in Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink using the Picket Fence Blending Brushes.  I then took a retired Stampin Up Wishes Awash saying and stamped that in memento tuxedo black before layering.  I then added some NBUS Christmas tree brads and popped the layered image up on pop up glue dots.  The final touch was adding some Picket Fence Gin and Tonic Sequins using Ranger Crystal Accents.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #34 (NBUS) - January 2022 

The Four Seasons - January Winter Challenge 

Christmas Craft Creations January - Stencilling 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #578 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Outlawz Festive Friday Jan. 21 to Feb 3 - Christmas Theme 

 

 

 

 

The second card features some stamps from Visible Image I had won a few years ago and never used (NBUS). I decided to go with a clean and simple card for a teenage guy and play along with the Splitcoaststampers FS781 challenge.  For my inspiration, I went with this card.  I started out by stamping the guitarist from Rock Out in memento tuxedo black and then stamped the Ink Splats in Kaleidacolor Blue Breeze ink.  The final touches were a couple of Spiked Ocean Water sequins using Ranger Glossy Accents to adhere them.  

Challenges entered:

 

The Male Room #158 - For A Teenager 

Splitcoaststampers FS781 - Ardyth 

Arty Divas January 2022 - Anything Goes 

Krafty Chicks #595 - Clean And Simple 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stencilled Holiday Wishes

Stamps: Stampin Up!

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Pine Needles, Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up!

Accessories: PFS Stencils, Ranger Glossy Accents, PFS Blending Brushes, Tree Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots

Rock Out

 Stamps: Visual Image

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Kaleidacolor Blue Breeze

Card Stock: Hammermill White

Accessories: PFS Sequins, Ranger Glossy Accents

I Will Sing

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made using a beautiful Stamps Happen stamp sent to me by my friend Sarah A.  I was having a really down kind of day, thanks to my migraines, when I started this card.

After stamping it in memento tuxedo black ink on a Neenah white card, I pulled out my Castle Art pencils and colored it before layering and adding brads.  For my card, I pulled out a scrap piece of music note designer paper and added that to a pacific pointe card base before adding a strip of matching card stock then sponging Tim Holtz broken china distress ink around the edges.  The card is finished off by adding some blue prima flowers I've had for years and then some bling to their centers.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #26 - Use Your NBUS 

Inspiration Station #6 - See Photo Below (I went with the music notes and piano keys) 

Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper FS746 - 123 Scrap With Aimslee (removed dies, changed colors, changed seasons, layout) 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 491 to 492 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stamps Happen

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China

Card Stock: Stampin Up; Scrap Music Note Designer Paper

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, Sponge, Brads, Glue Dots, Prima Flowers, Bling