Surf's Up!

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card that was inspired by a recent Splitcoaststampers Virtual Stamp Night challenge.  I had come across this old retired Taylored Expressions mini set called Surf's Up!

 

I started out by stamping my penguin in memento tuxedo black ink onto some scrap Neenah white card stock before coloring using both copic and prismacolor markers.  Once I was finished coloring the penguin, I created the "beach" he's standing on using my copic markers before stippling my "ocean" behind him using some Tim Holtz tumbled glass and broken china distress inks.  Taking a Picket Fence Studio slimline cloud stencil, blending brushes and some Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink, I created my background clouds before stippling a little stormy sky distress ink around the white edges of the image panel then layered.  My card base was created using some scrap designer paper in my stash, along with some retired Stampin Up bliss blue card stock along with bliss blue dye ink stippled around the edges.  After adding the layered panel, using a Sakura black 3D glaze pen, I hand drew the "seagulls" before adding blue dew drops, waterfall ice stickles  and Ranger Glossy Accents to highlight the ocean water.  I'm very please with how this turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stash 

Shopping Our Stash #461 - Beginning With Letter S (surfing, seagulls, sparkle, stenciling) 

Krafty Chicks #593 - Stamp Act 

Critter Crazy #58 - Anything Goes With A Critter (penguin) 

The Male Room #158 - For A Teenager 

Outlawz Festive Friday Jan 7 to Jan 20 - Animal Theme 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Taylored Expressions

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky; Stampin Up Bliss Blue

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Designer Paper Scraps

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Dew Drops, Glue Dots, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Ranger Glossy Accents, Waterfall Ice Stickles, Sakura 3D Glaze Pen, Brads

 

Reflections On 2021

Hello, welcome and Happy New Year to you.  Here's to hoping 2022 is better than 2021 has been to me with my health.  Between my migraines, chronic lung issues and fibromyalgia, my cup was more than overflowing with doctors visits, prescriptions and medical bills. I would have to say the highlight of the year was fostering two adorable kittens my husband named Raider (tabby boy) and Raiderette ( black/white tuxie girl).  Can you tell we're Raider fans? lol  These two adorable babies arrived on my doorstep at 10pm one night during the summer when some kids in the mobile home park we live in found them in the middle of the road and they went door to door trying to find someone who would find homes for them.  Having cats myself, there was no way I was going to say no.  So suddenly the extra bathroom in the house because their foster room until they were ready for adoption.  Raider was adopted, in September, by a family from Pets Mart while Raiderette was adopted by my son who renamed her Rai (pronounced Rey).  Our shy little Rai has since come out of her shell and is BFF's with our chihuahua Holly.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and here's to a better year for us all.

Dashing Through The Snow

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made using a retired Stampabilities stamp, Santa Cruising, for a few challenges.  I've been wanting to use this stamp for some time after getting it at Michael's a few months ago on clearance and apparently Santa needed a faster ride this year. 

After stamping my image in memento black onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Art pencils before stippling my background using a Picket Fence Studio Slimline Cloud Stencil with their blending brushes.  Once all of the stippling was finished, I took a black artist pen and added some faux sewing "stitches" before layering and adding brads.  I then added some ice stickles before adding a red bow and writing SANTA onto the license plate as an afterthought.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #33 - December Use Your NBUS 

Outlawz Festive Friday Dec 24 to Jan 6 - Christmas Theme 

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie #163 - Christmas 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 50 - Anything Goes 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and a very Merry Christmas and a safe New Year.

Stamps: Stampabilities

Ink: Memento Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, Black Artist Pen, Brads, Glue Dots, Bow, Ice Stickles, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes

 

Joy To The World

Hello and welcome.  I'm playing along with a few challenges this Christmas week, so I thought I would bust out a retired clear set I've never used (NBUS) from The Cat's Pajamas called Joy To The World.  

Onefer

 

For my first project, I stamped the singing penguins, and musical notes, in memento tuxedo black ink and then colored using prismacolor and copic markers before highlighting one of the hats with a white 3D glaze pen.  I then stamped the saying also in memento black before highlighting using glitter gel pens.  I then took a Picket Fence Studio Slimline Cloud Stencil and added the background clouds using Picket Fence Blending Brushes and Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink.  After layering, and adding brads, I added the panel to a card made pacific pointe card stock and scrap gingham designer paper.  I then took a black artist pen and added the faux sewing, snow using a white 3D glaze pen, and some Gin and Tonic sequins using Ranger Glossy Accents.  The final touches were waterfall ice stickles (for snow/ice) and white/silver ribbon.

Challenges entered:

 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #573 - Anything Goes (Optional Use Word Merry) 

Outlawz Festive Friday Dec 10 to 23 - Christmas Theme 

Splitcoaststampers F4A616 - Use Word Joy 

Splitcoaststampers F4A617 - Think Snow 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #57 - If It's Christmassy, Link It Up 

Never Before Used Schtuff #33 - December Use Your NBUS 

 

Twofer

Since I had the Joy set still sitting out on my desk, I decided to stamp the penguins, and musical notes, onto some scrap white Neenah card stock then colored using the same prismacolor/copic markers.  I then dusted off my snowflake corner punch and punched the top corners before creating my clouds background using the Picket Fence Slimline Cloud Stencil and blending brushes along with Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink to create my cloud background.  I then stippled broken china around the edges before layering then punching that with my Stampin Up scalloped tag punch.  After adding some "snowflakes" using a white 3D glaze pen, I added the punched snowflake bits (after stippling broken china on them) by adhering using Ranger glossy accents.  The final touches were waterfall ice stickles for the "ice" and ribbon to finish my tag off.

Challenges entered:

 

The Cat's Pajamas 12 Days Of Crafting Day 2 - Tags 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2021 - Use Your Unloved Stuff 

Clean and Simple on Friday #220 - Christmas 

Crafting Happiness #118 - December Anything Goes 

Dream Valley Challenges #260 - Christmas 

 

I'm please with how both of these turned out especially since I'm dealing with another migraine and it was either cry or try and focus on something else.  Also, my lung issues are flaring back up again I'm afraid.  

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a a great day and a safe Merry Christmas!

Joy To The World card

Stamps: TCP Joy To The World

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Designer Paper Scraps

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Broken China; SU Pacific Pointe

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, PFS Gin and Tonic Sequins, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ribbon, Sakura 3D Glaze Pens, Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots

Penguin Tag

 

Stamps: TCP Joy To The World

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China, Stormy Sky, Milled Lavender

Card Stock: Neenah White Scrap; SU

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Snowflake Corner Punch, SU Scalloped Tag Punch, Stipple Brush, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Ice Stickles, Sakura White 3D Glaze Pen, Ribbon

A Snarky Awesome!

 I just found out this card was chosen as a Princess of Snark for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!  Thank you ladies so much!

PIP 2150

 

  Challenge 2150 - Team A, Dec. 13

Sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs
https://gsd-stamps.com/

Gerda Steiner FB

 

 

Hello and welcome.  It's time for a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we are sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs and I would like to thank them for providing the images used by the design team.

I don't know about you but the last six weeks, for me, have been crazy.  Between health issues, and now the car breaking down completely, I don't know whether I'm coming or going.  Know what I mean?  

For my card I decided to go with a clean and simple design.  After printing the cute Owl With Letter image onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Art pencils before stippling Tim Holtz stormy sky and brushed corduroy around the edges.  As an afterthought, I also added some stippled Adirondack caramel ink around the bottom edges before layering.  The only embellishments then added were some brads, googlie eyes and red gel pen on the letter.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #33 - Use Your NBUS 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to check out the rest of the design team blogs for more inspiration and I hope you'll also enter this week's challenge.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Brushed Corduroy; Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: Neenah White, Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, PFS Blending Brushes, Googlie Eyes, Ranger Glossy Accents, Red Gel Pen, Brads, Glue Dots

 

Awesome!

 I've found out that three of my cards have made either TOP 3 or HONORS from a few challenges.    They are as follows:

1) For the Aud Sentiments #288 challenge, my Garfield card.

2) For the Show Us Your Pussycats #73 challenge, my Bearing Gifts card.

 

 

3) For the 613 Ave Create November 2021 challenge, my Lighthouse Thanks card is listed with the November honors.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Bearing Gifts

 

Hello and welcome.  I've been still dealing with health issues, but managed to get this card made using one of my favorite Christmas stamps.  I must have bought this stamp at least a decade ago.  It's a Stampendous stamp and I'm not sure they make it anymore.  The image/saying are perfect together and reminds me so much of my own cats.

After stamping my image panel in memento tuxedo black, I colored everything using Castle Art pencils before stippling Tim Holtz brushed corduroy and Adirondack caramel inks around the panel they layered.  I then edged the panel using a memento black "cat eye" ink pad before layering. Now since I didn't have matching brads, at least I none I could find, I dusted off some Stampendous Class-A-Peel jewel stickers.  My card base is dry embossed using a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder with my big shot before sanding the raised snowflakes to make them stand out better on the black card.  A gold cord and ice stickles finish off the card.  I'm really happy with how this turned out since I used non-traditional Christmas colors.

Challenges entered:

 

Show Us Your Pussycats #72 - Anything Goes With Cats 

Splitcoaststampers WT872 - Let's Get Punny 

Splitcoaststampers DEC21VSNMINI1 - M*A*S*H Laughter Is The Best Medicine 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #571 - Anything Goes Christmas Optional: Things With Wings 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 48 - Anything Goes Coloring 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampendous

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy: Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, PFS Blending Brushes, Gold Cord, Stampendous Stickers, Ice Stickles, Sanding Block, Snowflake Embossing Folder, Big Shot