Recycled Brush Box

 

 

Hello and welcome to the April Recycled Artistry IG Hop hosted by @newdawncards and @createwithkas We’re taking recycling to the craft room and giving new life to discarded items in a creative way. From paper towel rolls, junk mail envelopes, cereal boxes, bubble wrap and so much more, we encourage you to look around and see if you can “use it before you lose it” to the trash! We post once a month on the 2nd Tuesday at 2 PM EST. To join, message Dawn or Kelly and tag us using #recycledartistryighop 

 

For my project, I took a tin my daughter had received some chocolate in and turned it into a paintbrush holder. 

 

before

 

 

after

 

After adding 3/8th inch Scor-Tape all over the tin, I adhered some Thomas Kincade© designer paper I've had for who knows how long, all around the top and edges of the tin.  I then stamped out the "brushes" using a retired Stampin Up letter set Alphadots in memento tuxedo black ink onto scrap white card stock.  I then punched the letters out before adding them to scrap gold designer paper and adhered to the tin.  I then pulled out some silk butterfly bridal confetti I've also had for years, added them using glue dots and then added some bling to finish it off.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Love Those Pretty Papers April 2025 - Anything Goes Optional Springtime (anything goes)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #73 - Use Your NBUS (alphadots)

Neglected Stuff 4/25 - Anything Goes Using Neglected Items (designer paper, silk butterflies)

We Love To Create Mixed Media #4 - Anything Goes Mixed Media (tin, paper, silk butterflies, stamped letters, bling)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

 

PIP Challenge 2512

 

 Sponsored by Newton's Nook

Newton's Nook Challenge

Newton's Nook FB Design and Share  

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship of our challenge.  My card this week features Newton's Nook Winter Memories stamp set and dies.

 

After stamping all of my images onto Copic white card stock, I blended the following distress inks: dusty concord, broken china, chipped sapphire, stormy sky to make my snow/sky using my blending brushes.  I then added some Snow-Tex to add some texture before popping up the sledding children using pop dots.  The final touch was adding some diamond ice stickles to highlight the snow/falling snowflakes.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #72 - Use Your NBUS (Newton's Nook images)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (Snow-Tex)

Creative Artiste Mixed Media #113 - Anything Mixed Media Goes (ink, brads, snow-tex, glitter glue)

Gem of a Craft #4 Wk 1 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 691 to 692 - Anything Goes Uplifting (Christmas)

We Love To Create #3 - Anything Mixed Media Goes (ink, brads, snow-tex, glitter glue)

 

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

 

Stamps: Newton's Nook

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Dusty Concord, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire, Broken China

Card Stock: Copic; Stampin Up; Gold Designer Paper

Accessories: MISTI, Blending Brushes, Snow-Tex, Spatula, Pop Dots, Big Shot, Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots 

Summer Of Travel

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you an art journal page I made with summer traveling in mind.  Growing up I watched the Love Boat and always thought it would be so cool to go on a cruise.  However, now, you couldn't pay me to go on a cruise.  I know plenty of people that do and love it.  There are several reasons I personally don't want to go on one: 1) passengers "falling" overboard, 2) too many people 3) price and if there's one thing the pandemic taught me 4) cruise ships are like petrie dishes and exposure/getting sick is too risky for me. So I decided to make my journal page with flying, as well as cruising, in mind.

I started out by stippling some Tim Holtz picket fence, faded jeans and walnut stain distress inks onto navy card stock using my paper pouncers.  While that was drying, I cut apart a Gecko Galz Great Journey's collage sheet I had pre-printed a week or so ago, and layered the images.  Once I had adhered the layered images using glue dots, and my typed journaling, I dug through my box of wooden embellishments.  Some of the box I had received from a friend, when she had to give up paper crafting a while back and hadn't used yet, plus some from Dollar Tree.  After pulling out the ones I wanted to use, I adhered them all using Ranger's glossy accents.  The final touch was color spritzing a Stampin Up night of navy marker over everything.  I'm really happy with how it turned out especially since I'm still dealing with this blasted migraine.  Since physically I can't really travel anymore, I travel now through my crafting.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #63 - Use Your NBUS (images, wood embellishments) 

CD Sunday Plus #135 - Anything Goes Digital (images)

Gecko Galz Monthly Facebook Challenge - Summer Romance (the love of traveling)

The Four Seasons June 2024 - Anything Goes Summer 

613 Ave Create June 2024 - Anything Goes Optional For The Guys (anything goes)

We Love To Create Mixed Medial #5 - Anything Goes Mixed Media (ink, digital stamps, wood embellishments)

 

 

Gecko Galz Facebook Challenge

 

The Four Seasons

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Gecko Galz 

Ink: Tim Holtz Picket Fence, Faded Jeans, Walnut Stain Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Paper Pouncers, Wooden Embellies, Ranger Glossy Accents, Color Spritzer, SU Night of Navy Marker

 

 

Falling For Wednesdays Week 2

 

 

 

Hi friends! Welcome to week 2 of Falling For Wednesdays hosted by @kellysantidesigns Hop along with #ffwcardgroup2023 where each week holds beautiful fall splendor. This week’s fall theme is: FALL FAVORITES!

 

For my card, I was inspired by fond memories of going to the pumpkin patch with my mom when I was little, and taking my own kids to the one here.  I always had fun picking out my own pumpkin and carving it's face.  So, I pulled out my favorite The Cat's Pajamas set called Happy Pumpkin Day (I still have the retired clear set).  Gotta love these TCP penguins!!  I started out by stamping the main image in memento tuxedo black onto copic white card stock before coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once my coloring was finished, I layered the image and added brads.  As an afterthought, I stippled some Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink as well as some Stampin Up tangerine tango ink left over from another project.  I then adhered the layered image using glue dots to a dry embossed card with more tangerine tango ink stippled over the embossed images.  After adding some copper bling to finish it off.

Challenges entered:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends #212 - Anything Goes

We Love To Create #8 August - Anything Mixed Media Goes (markers, bling, brads, ink, dry embossing)

Gem of a Craft Wk 17 - Anything Goes

Jan's Digital Stamps August 2023 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Tangerine Tango

Card Stock: Copic X-Press It; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Bling, Big Shot, PFS Blending Brushes, Cuttlebug Pumpkin Harvest Embossing Folder, Brads, Glue Dots

Dare To Get Dirty 2023 Day 2

 

Hello everyone and welcome!  Today starts the annual Dare To Get Dirty (DTGD) challenges over at Splitcoaststampers.  The DTGD challenges are a special thank you to Splitcoaststampers Fan Club members.  For info on joining the fan club, see the details here.  My cards for today's challenges are below.

 

I'd like to also enter into the following challenges;

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #52 - Use Your NBUS (all stencils) 

Stencil Fun July 2023 - Anything Goes Stencils Optional Birthday (used 3 different stencils)

Corrosive Challenge #7 July 2023 - Anything Goes 

Beautiful Blossoms #7 - Anything Goes Floral Optional Mood Board (I went with flowers & colors)

 
 

 

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge Mood Board

 

 

Peonies Card:

Stamps: None

Ink: Tim Holtz Weathered Wood, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass; Stampin Up Regal Rose

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: PFS Peonies and English Brick Wall Stencils; MFT Cue The Confetti Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Sequins, Glue, Brads, Pop Dots

 

 

 Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #52 - Use Your NBUS (stamps/dies)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (caramel ink)

Creative Fingers #259 - Anything Goes

My Time To Craft MTTC #512 - Summertime Waterplay (for me the beach)

Critter Crazy #76 - Anything Goes With A Critter (flamingos, seagulls, crab)

 

Seashore Card:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Walnut Stain; Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Ice Stickles, 3D Glaze Pens, Pop Dots, Big Shot, PFS Blending Brushes, PFS Seashore Cover Plate

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps)

Splitcoaststampers F4A696 - Summer Is Here 

Alphabet Challenge July 2023 - H Is For Humor 

We Love To Create #6 - Anything Goes Mixed Media 

Sisterhood Of Snarky Stampers #239 - L Is For Lindsey (inspired by Lindsey's humor, I loved her snarky cards best)

 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers

 

 

Chunky Dunk Card:

Stamps: Art Impressions (Edna); Whipper Snapper Designs (saying)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Walnut Stain, Tumbled Glass, Broken China Distress Ink; Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Gel Pens, PFS Blending Brushes, Stipple Brush, MS Punches, Glue, Ice Stickles, Brads, Mouse Pad, Stylus, Pop Dots

Challenges entered:

 

Gem of A Craft Challenge Wk 15 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Calendar Challenge July 2023 - Anything Goes 

Allsorts Challenge Wk 738 - Summer Blues 

 

 

Stamps: Stampin Up; Visible Image

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Fired Brick, Chipped Sapphire

Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk; PTI Enchanted Evening, Scarlett Jewel

Accessories: Brads, Glue Dots

Summer Collaberation Sea or Pool Party

 

 

 

 

Welcome to this years #summeraspired2023 hop. Organised by @kellys.craft and @kellysantidesigns.  Where each week we have 2 choices for themes where we can create either or both themes or even combining both together. Week 3's themes are Sea or Pool Party.  Since Mother Nature has really turned up the heat here in Central California, I went "swimming" with the pool party theme and pulled out some scrap pool water designer paper I've had for ages and paired it with Impression Obsession's Pool Party set.  

Once I had my images stamped in memento tuxedo black, I colored everything using both Prismacolor and Copic markers.  I then stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the image panel before layering and adding brads.  I then added it to a blue card layered with the scrap pool water designer paper before stippling tumbled glass around the card.  I then went over the saying with a Sakura 3D black glaze pen before adding some Picket Fence Studios sequins before adding some waterfall ice stickles and blue/green fibers I've had in my stash for a while now.

Challenges entered:

Inspiration Station July 2023 - See Mood Board

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (fibers, pool water designer paper)

Hero Arts Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero July 2023 - Here Comes The Sun (sunshine saying, summer swimming)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #210 - Anything Goes 

We Love 2 Create #6 - Anything Mixed Media Goes (fibers, sequins, markers, ice stickles) 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 605 to 606 - Anything Goes Uplifting

Gem of a Craft Challenge Wk 14 - Anything Goes 

 

Inspiration Station

 

 Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up; Unknown Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Fibers, Sequins, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots, Sakura 3D Glaze Pen, Ice Stickles