Falling For Wednesdays Week 5

 

 

 

Hi friends! Welcome to week 5 of Falling For Wednesdays hosted by @kellysantidesigns   This week’s fall theme is: Fall Critters!  I immediately thought of Yosemite National Park again and all of the forest animals getting ready for winter.  Putting on pounds, storing food in their dens, etc. before beginning hibernation.  

 

I started out by stamping my images from MFP Stamp Shop (now closed) in memento tuxedo black ink on Copic X-press it white card stock before coloring them using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Taking a small Marvy circle punch I've had for years, and rarely use, I punched out my critters peeking out of their tree "burrows" before adhering using pop dots.  After adhering the panel to an espresso card, I decided to add some "grasses" and dug out my Stampscapes large reeds (068D) and stamped the reeds using Tim Holtz mowed lawn, scattered straw and walnut stain distress inks.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Retro Rubber #215 - Fall Scenes (MFP stamps are 2011, Stampscapes are 1993)

Crafty Calendar Sept 2023 - Anything Goes 

The Four Seasons Sept 2023 - See Inspiration Board (inspired by leaves)

Just Us Girls #697 - See Mood Board (inspired by the leaves)

 

 

The Four Seasons

Retro Rubber

 

Just Us Girls

 

 

My second card I made was inspired by Bear Country in Disneland and seeing all of the squirrels running around to snatch up the scrap droppings.  Taking out some MFP Stamp Shop (now closed) sets as well as the Stampscapes reeds/bush stamps, I got to work.  After stamping the squirrel on a log image in memento tuxedo black ink, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers.  I then stamped the pine branches in Tim Holtz pine needles distress ink before stamping the overhanging branches in walnut stain before stamping the reeds/bush using Tim Holtz scattered straw, mowed lawn and walnut stain to create my "grasses".  I then stamped the rocks on scrap card stock, colored them and adhered to the image panel which sits on an espresso card.  I then took a green glittered gel pen and highlighted some of the images.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day. 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Jan's Digital Stamps Sept 2023 - Anything Goes 

Critter Crazy #78 - Anything Goes With Featured Critter (squirrel)

Park Hopping My Happy Place Sept 2023 - Anything Goes Inspired By Theme Parks (Bear Country Disneyland, California)

2 Sisters On The Blog #78 - Autumn (colors, falling leaves)

Challenge Up Your Life #162 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Peeking Critters

Stamps: MFP Stamp Shop (closed); Stampscapes

Ink:  Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Scattered Straw, Walnut Stain; Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Small Hole Punch, Pop Dots, MISTI

 

Fat Tail?

Stamps: MFP Stamp Shop (closed); Stampscapes

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles, Scattered Straw, Walnut Stain, Tea Dye Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers , Pop Dots, Gel Pens, MISTI
 

 

 

Winner! Winner!

 

 I just saw I was one of the winners for last months challenge at Jan's Digital Stamps.

I'm also a Top 3 winner at Cardz 4 Guys with this card:

Falling For Wednesdays Week 4

 

 

 

Welcome to week 4 of Falling For Wednesdays hosted by @kellysantidesigns Hop along with #ffwcardgroup2023 where each week holds beautiful fall splendor. This week’s fall theme is our only technique challenge: Create your own PLAID!  Now, anyone who knows me, knows fall is my favorite time of the year, with the Winter/Christmas season right behind it.  I love everything pumpkin spice and used that as inspiration for my card.

For mine, I took a couple of old retired Stampin Up solid line stamps I received from a friend (unknown set) and stamped it repeatedly in garden green and tangerine tango dye ink.  I then repeatedly stamped the "broken" line one in Tim Holtz fired brick and walnut stain distress inks before color spritzing a couple of markers.  My image panel consists of The Cat's Pajamas Pumpkin Spice Gnome digital set printed on Neenah white card stock then colored with Castle Arts pencils before layering.  After spritzing a little eggplant envy marker around the gnome, I adhered the image panel on some espresso card stock before adding copper brads then adhering to the card base with my plaid/flannel panel.  Then I added some copper cord along the edge, faux stitched a copper gel pen before adding some copper Not 2 Shabby bling.  The final touch was adding a small clay pumpkin pie slice next to the cup on the cup saucer.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #54 - Use Your NBUS (digital set, line stamps, clay pie piece)

The Four Seasons Sept 2023 - See Mood Board (inspired by colors, plaid patterns)

Double D Challenge Sept 2023 - Fall Plaids (inspired by fall colors, plaids, pumpkins)

Inspiration Station #53 - See Mood Board (inspired by pumpkins, colors)

Double Trouble #147 - Oh My Gourd (pumpkin, green/red/ purple colors) 

Get Creative Challenges #125 - Pumpkin Spice

Digi Choosday Wk 36 - Anything Goes Digital 

 

 

The Four Seasons

 

Double D Challenges

 

Inspiration Station

 

Double Trouble Thing 1
 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas

Ink: SU Green Galore, Tangerine Tango; Tim Holtz Fired Brick, Walnut Stain

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Pencils, Copper Cord, Brads, Glue Dots, Glue, Copper Bling, Clay Pumpkin Pie, Color Spritzer, SU Eggplant Envy Marker, CTMH Terracotta Marker

 

Furry And Bright

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a Christmas card I made using an adorable, but retired set, from My Favorite Things.  I'm trying to get caught up on my stash of Christmas cards since I'm usually finished by the end of September but not this year.  Migraines, and illnesses, have put me way behind.  

I started out by stamping my images using my MISTI (I received as a gift) in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once my coloring was finished, I die cut the kitten out before adhering it to the image panel using glue dots.  Once the panel was layered and silver brads added, I adhered it to the razzleberry card base using medium sized glue dots.  The only embellishments added were some silver/white thread along the edge, a blinged-out flourish and some crystal ice stickles as "snow".

Challenges entered:

 

My Favorite Things August 2023 - Ready, Set, Christmas  

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #54 - Use Your NBUS (images, flourish)

Christmas With The Cuties #73 - Something Snowy (ice stickle snowflakes)

Most Magical Time Of The Year #12 - Anything Halloween or Christmas Goes (Christmas)

Krafty Chicks #680 - Stamp Act (MFT Christmas stamps)

Peace On Earth #47 - Anything Christmas See Mood Board  (inspired by colors, cat in stocking, elf hats)

 

Most Magical Time of the Year

 

Krafty Chicks

 

Peace On Earth

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFT

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Copic X-Press It; SU

Accessories: MISTI, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Bling, PFS Blending Brush, Ice Stickles, Thread, Brads, Glue Dots

 

PIP 2336

 

  Sponsored by Polkadoodles

Polkadoodles FB 1

Polkadoodles FB 2 

 

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Polkadoodles.  I would like to thank them for sponsoring this week's challenge.  For my card this week, I decided to use the Hollybobs Choir digital image.

Once I had printed it out at 3.5x5, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers then layered and added some white dove brads.  I then adhered it to a navy blue card before adhering a small white bow using glue dots then highlighted the colored image using ice stickles.  Inside my card, I used an old Hero Arts Christmas saying.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (image, dove brads)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #147 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 611 to 612 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Digi Chooseday Wk 35 - Anything Goes 

A Place To Start Sept 2023 - Anything Goes Optional All That Glitters (ice stickles)

CD Sunday Plus #118 - Anything Goes Digital (image)

 

 

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

Stamps: Polkadoodles

Ink: Stampin Up Pacific Pointe; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots, Blending Brushes, Black Gel Pen

Falling For Wednesdays Week 3

 

 

 

Hello and welcome to week 3 of Falling For Wednesdays hosted by @kellysantidesigns Hop along with #ffwcardgroup2023 where each week holds beautiful fall splendor. This week’s fall theme is: LEAF PEEPING!  Leaf peeping is defined as driving/taking a tour to see all of the fall colors.  When I'm physically able to do this, I love seeing all of the fall leaf colors not far from here in Yosemite National Park.

 

My card this week is featuring a few retired Stampin Up sets using a technique created by Kittie Caracciolo.  It's called watercolor landscaping and she created a tutorial for it that's uploaded to Splitcoaststampers.  It's an amazing technique and is really easy to do.

I started out by stamping the background trees (Lovely As A Tree) in PTI dark chocolate ink on white card stock before taking the fern from the Watercolor Minis set and inked it in various Stampin Up dye inks to create my tree leaves and the leaves on the ground.  I then stamped the truck from (Loads of Love) and car/plane from (Travel Time) in memento tuxedo black ink on scratch card stock before coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers.  After fussy cutting all of them out, I set them aside to stencil the cloud background using Picket Fence Studios slimline cloud stencil and Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink and a blending brush from Picket Fence Studios.  Taking the Watercolor Mini fern again, I stamped the road using memento tuxedo black ink and then blended in a bit of PTI dark chocolate using a blending brush.  Once that was finished, I adhered both cars and the truck using glue dots before adding another truck using pop dots for added dimension.  The final touch was adding some "birds" to the background using a black gel pen.

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (all stamps used)

Inspiration Station #53 September 2023 - See Mood Board Below (inspired by the fall colors)

The Four Seasons Sept 2023 - See Mood Board Below (inspired by the fall colors)

Get Creative Challenge #125 - Pumpkin Spice Please (pumpkin in the truck bed)

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Stamp It 

Double D Challenges - Fall Plaids (inspired by colors)

Inspiration Station

The Four Seasons

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up (Lovely As A Tree, Watercolor Minis, Loads of Love, Loads of Love Accessories, Travel Time)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; PTI Dark Chocolate; Stampin Up Soft Suede, Ruby Red, Tangerine Tango, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery; Tim Holtz Pine Needles, Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Scraps

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Black Gel Pen, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes

Jonah

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a journaling page I did a couple weeks ago in my bible.  Pastor's message that week was on the book of Jonah and after church, I was inspired to use stamps from Picket Fence Studios to create this bible journaling page (which I'm fairly new to).

 

I started out by stamping the whale/jellyfish/squid from Schools of Fish (retired) in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring it using my Castle Arts pencils.  Once my coloring was finished,I stamped the silhouette fish also in black before stamping the coral and sea ferns from A Dose Of Vitamin Sea in various memento inks before blending some tumbled glass and broken china distress inks to create my ocean water.

Challenges entered:

 

Ally's Angels #73 - Anything Goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #213 - Anything Goes

Outlawz Anything Goes In A Card Free Zone - Anything Goes (bible journaling)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pear Tart, Rhubarb Stalk, Nautical Blue; Tim Holtz Broken China, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: None

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, PFS Blending Brushes 

Woodblock Wednesday August 2023 edition

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins the new Woodblock Wednesday challenge.  This monthly challenge inspires us to pull out those woodblock stamps (we all have them) that we're not using, and show them some love.  Since I'm behind making my Christmas cards for this year, I pulled out a couple of House Mouse stamps to use.

I started out by stamping my images in memento tuxedo black ink on some Copic X-press It card stock before coloring using both Prismacolor and Copic markers before stippling some Stampin Up soft sky ink around the edges and to fill in the white spaces.  I then layered the image panel and added some metallic red brads before setting aside.  Taking a retired Stampin Up holly jumbo wheel, I stamped the card base with Tim Holtz fired brick distress ink before adding the layered image panel using glue dots.  The final touch was adding some crystal and waterfall ice stickles. Here's the woodblock stamps I used: 

Challenges entered:

 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #146 - Anything Goes Christmas 

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #397 - Anything Goes Optional Fruit

The Most Magical Time of the Year #12 - Anything Goes Halloween or Christmas (Christmas)

Park Hopping My Happy Place September 2023 - Anything Goes Inspired By Theme Parks (inspired by Christmas decor in Disneyland and the cat that caught a mouse in Pirates of the Caribbean in Disneyland)

Cardz 4 Galz #206 - Cute Animals (mice)

Krafty Chicks #679 - Anything Goes

Woodblock Wednesday August 2023 - Use Those Woodblock Stamps

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend!

 

Stamps: Stampabilities; Stampa Rosa (closed); Stampin Up 

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Soft Sky

Card Stock:  Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, PFS Blending Brush, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles