Relax And Dream

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a couple of cards I finally finished.  First up is one using this Zen Time image from Penguin Palace.  I've been needing to take time myself since my mom passed away and my migraines are just getting worse.  I'm sure it's the stress and lack of sleep, but I needed some "playtime" myself.

I started out by printing the image on Neenah white card stock before coloring using my Castle Arts watercolor pencils along with a blender pencil.  Once the coloring was finished, I blended some barely banana ink to help fill in the white space, layered it and added brads before setting aside.  The card is made by dry embossing a Cuttlebug© leafy branch embossing folder with my Big Shot©.  I then popped up the layered image panel using pop dots before gluing some Making Memories© paper flowers from my stash beneath the image.  The final touches were color spritzing a bit of bashful blue marker over everything, adding diamond ice stickles to the water/glass and Ranger© glossy accents to the clock face.  I'm happy with how this turned out.  

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #65 - Use Your NBUS (image, flowers)

Penguin Palace #40 - Rainbow (used pastel rainbow colors)

Inspiration Station Aug 2024 - See Pic Below (inspired by colors)

Digi Choosday Wk33 - Anything Goes 

Crafter's Cafe #311 - Rainbow (used pastel rainbow colors)

 

Penguin Palace

 

 

Inspiration Station

 

Stamps: Penguin Palace

Ink: Stampin Up Barely Banana

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Brads, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Paper Flowers, Ice Stickles, Glossy Accents, Blending Brush

 

 

 

Next up is a card made using this gorgeous freebie from Conjurer of Dreams in their Facebook group.  I started out by combining the image, and saying, in Photoshop© then printed it on Neenah white card stock then layered and added metallic pink brads from my stash.  I then dug through all of my ribbon until I found the pink velvet spool I was looking for and added that to the edge.  I then pulled out several scrap pieces of card stock, and my Martha Stewart punches, and punched several ferns, flowers and pine sprigs before running them through my dusty paper crimper.  Using Ranger© glossy accents, I created my floral sprays before adding some punched butterflies to the top.  The final touch was adding fruit punch ice stickles to the flower centers and stardust ice stickles randomly for the water and background.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #65 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Conjurer of Dreams Facebook Group - Mystical Creatures (unicorn, fairy)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 661 to 662 - Anything Goes Uplifting

Critter Crazy #89 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (unicorn)

CD Sunday Plus #140 - Anything Goes Digital

Snippets Playground #487 - Use Those Snippets/Scraps 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories:  Computer, Printer, MS Punches, Glossy Accents, Ice Stickles, Ribbon, Paper Crimper, Brads, Glue Dots

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

PIP Challenge 2432

Please note, I will be taking some time off following the death of my mom.

 

 

Sponsored by 

Penguin Palace

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Penguin Palace.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card today is featuring the Garden Fairy digital stamp and let me say this is one adorable stamp.  I see so many uses for it.

After I had printed the image on Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Arts colored pencils along with a blending pencil before layering and adding brads.  Taking my Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink and a blending brush, I lightly tippled the ink around the colored images before adhering it to a dry embossed eggplant card base.  I then dug out my long retired Stampin Up Wonderful Words stamp set, inked the "Celebrate" using memento tuxedo black ink and stamped it onto a white Neenah scrap before layering and adding some faux brads.  I then stippled Tim Holtz dusty concord distress ink around the edges of the card.  Taking my blending brush, I stippled the leftover ink around the edges of the saying.  My final touch was adding some Meraki Sparkle Green Illusion bling around the colored image panel.  

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #65 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Park Hopping My Happy Place Aug 2024 - Anything Goes Theme Park Related (inspired by Tinker Bell at all Disney theme parks)

Penguin Palace Challenge #40 - Rainbow (used pink, blue for the sky, purple, green, yellow) 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us this week at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: Penguin Palace; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Dusty Concord

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Big Shot, Cuttlebug Birthday Embossing Folder, Blending Brushes, Castle Arts Pencils, Blending Pencil, Bling, Glue, Small Hole Punch

 

 

 

 

 

PIP Challenge 2423

 Sponsored by 

Penguin Palace

PP Challenge Blog

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at  Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Penguin Palace.  My card today uses their digital set Cruising On The Ocean.  With the temperature here in California hitting triple digits, I'm dreaming of the ocean, beaches, and cool breezes.

After combining images using Photoshop, I pulled out my Castle Arts watercolor pencils and got to coloring.  Once everything colored, I lightly blended Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink to fill in the white space but also to give the impression of an incoming fog bank.  After layering the colored image, I added brads and set it aside before digging through my stash and finding the wooden anchor I knew I had, but also rediscovered a package of K and Company paper ribbon.  I then added my layered image panel using glue dots and the anchor using my Bearly Art glue.  The final touch was adding a bit of  diamond ice stickles.  I'm really happy with how it turned out since I made it while still dealing with this migraine that won't go away but also it's great for a kids birthday/get well, etc. 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #63 - Use Your NBUS (image, anchor)

The Four Seasons June 2024 - Anything Goes Summer (sailing in the ocean, cool breezes, beaches)

Park Hopping My Happy Place June 2024 - Anything Goes Theme Park Related (inspired by The Columbia sailing ship and Mark Twain steam boat in Disneyland's Rivers of America)

Crafty Calender June 2024 - For A Child (birthday, get well, etc)

CD Sunday Plus #135 - Anything Goes Digital/CD (Penguin Palace digi stamps) 

Digi Choosday Wk 22 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: Penguin Palace

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Computer, Printer, Blender Pencil, Ice Stickles, Anchor Charm, K and Co. Paper Tape, Brads, Glue Dots

PIP Challenge 2418

 

Sponsored by 

Penguin Palace

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Penguin Palace.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship.  Since I make my Christmas cards year round, I decided to use their digital set Merry Christmas.  

 

I started out by combining all of the elements I wanted to use from the set in Photoshop© and then printed the finished scene on Neenah white card stock.  I then pulled out my Prismacolor and Copic markers, colored the scene before lightly stippling some so saffron ink to help fill in the white areas.  Once that was done, I layered the image then added some matching brads before setting aside.  For my card base, I dusted off a long retired SU jumbo wheel to stamp the background poinsettia's.  I then adhered the layered image panel using glue dots.  The final touches were adding Sunburst and Orange Slice ice stickles and 3D glaze pens to highlight parts of the image.  I'm really happy with how this turned out since I was coloring it with another migraine.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #62 - Use Your NBUS (image)

CD Sunday Plus #132 - Anything Goes Digital (images)

Digi Choosday Wk17 - Anything Goes 

Christmas Crafts All Year Round May 2024 - Hot/Cold Drinks and/or Christmas Movies (movie Home Alone)

Christmas Craft Creations April, 2024 to May 7, 2024 - Non Traditional Colors (shades of yellow)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: Penguin Palace; Stampin Up

Ink: So Saffron

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Photoshop, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Ice Stickles, Stipple Brushes, 3D Glaze Pens

PIP Challenge 2403

 

 

Sponsored by 

Penguin Palace

 

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Penguin Palace.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card today is using the Puddles of Fun digital stamp set.

I started out by combining the images I wanted to use then printing it out on Neenah white card stock before coloring using my Lyra and Castle Arts watercolor pencils.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled some stormy sky and tumbled glass distress inks using my paper pouncers and mini applicators before layering and adding silver brads.  I then used a confetti stencil and stippled pink passion ink to make the background look like "raindrops".  Once my layered image was added, I adhered some glitter dew drops from my stash before adding waterfall ice stickles to highlight the rain and glossy accents to the puddles.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #58 - Use Your NBUS (digital stamp set)

A Perfect Time To Craft January 2024 - Anything Goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #222 - Anything Goes 

Ally's Angels #78 - Anything Goes 

Paper Funday #61 - Anything Goes 

Daisy Chain #81 - No Design Paper (stenciled raindrops)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join in this week's challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

 

Stamps: Penguin Palace

Ink: Stampin Up Pink Passion; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Watermark Program, Printer, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Lyra Pencils, Brads, Paper Pouncers, Ice Stickles, Glossy Accents, Glitter Dew Drops, Glue, MFT Confetti Stencil