Challenge 2340

 

 Sponsored by

 PIP CHALLENGES

The prize will be a $10 Gift Certificate from

My Favorite Things

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week WE are sponsoring the challenge for a gift certificate to My Favorite Things.  For my card this week, I pulled out a retired set called Happy Waddle (I've had for some time) and a slimline card for a one-layer look. After stamping the images in memento tuxedo black ink, and coloring using my Castle Arts pencils, I stenciled the background clouds using a PFS slimline cloud coverage stencil and Tim Holtz stormy sky before stippling tumbled glass distress ink for the "ice".    The only embellishments added was diamond and waterfall ice stickles.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #55 - Use Your NBUS (stamps)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps)

A Place To Start Oct 2023 - Anything Goes 

AAA Birthday #54 - Favourite Colors (mine is blue)

Aud Sentiments #306 - Ink Blending and/or Fall/Thanksgiving + Sentiment (did ink blending with sentiment) 

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

Stamps: MFT

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

Card Stock: Neenah White

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Ice Stickles, Stencil

Are You Kidding Me?

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a birthday card I made using a stamp set I received as a RAK from a friend.  The set is a retired one called Moody Unicorns from Gerda Steiner Designs. 

I started out by stamping all of the images/saying in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using Copic markers before stippling some stormy sky distress ink around the image then layering and adding brads.  I then adhered the layered panel to a dry embossed regal rose card with matching ink stippled over the raised images.  After adding some white organdy ribbon, midnight sparkle shimmer illusion bling and faux stitching around the edges, I decided to add some googlie eyes to the unicorn to finish it off.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #55 - Use Your NBUS (stamp set)

Gem Of A Craft Wk 20 - Anything Goes 

Gerda Steiner Designs Share Your Designs Oct 2023 - Anything Goes Gerda Steiner Designs (retired Moody Unicorn)

Can You Handle The Pressure - Anything Goes Dry Embossing Optional Bees/Beehive (anything goes) 

Gerda Steiner Designs Facebook Group - Anything Goes With Hand Drawn Element (faux sewing frame)

Double D Challenges Oct 2023 - Pink 

Krafty Chicks #684 - Stamp Act (Gerda Steiner Designs)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs Moody Unicorns

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Regal Rose; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Copic Markers, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Brads, Glue Dots, Blending Brushes, Googlie Eyes, Bling, Ribbon, Black Gel Pen

 

 

Falling For Wednesdays Week 7

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today is the last week of the Falling For Wednesday's hop and this week we're being inspired by Halloween.  For my inspiration, I went with Disneyland's Haunted Mansion decor especially during Halloween. So, I pulled out an old There She Goes Stamps Bugs and Hisses set and got to work.

I started out by stamping all of my images, using my MISTI, in memento tuxedo black ink, on a slimline white card, before blending Tim Holtz spiced marmalade, dusty concord, forest moss, wild honey, walnut stain and chipped sapphire distress inks to create my background.  I then pulled out my stash of googlie eyes and glued those down along with some Meraki sparkle midnight illusion bling to finish my card off.  I'm so happy with how this one turned out especially since I had a blast making it.

Challenges entered:

 

Park Hopping My Happy Place Oct 2023 - Anything Goes Inspired By Theme Parks (Disney's Haunted Mansion)

Two Old Bats October 2023 - See Mood Board 

A Place To Start Oct 2023 - Anything Goes 

Unicorn Challenge #92 - Autumn and/or Halloween (Halloween) 

Crafting Happiness #147 - Halloween

Inspiration Station Oct 2023 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by Halloween party/pumpkins)

Double Trouble #149 - Scrappers Trick or Treat (Thing 1, ink blending background; Thing 2 double dare; Thing 3, twisted sister)

 

Two Old Bats

 

 

Unicorn Challenge

 

Inspiration Station

 

Double Trouble

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: There She Goes

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Forest Moss, Walnut Stain, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Dusty Concord Distress Ink

Card Stock: Neenah White

Accessories: PFS Blending Brushes, Googlie Eyes, Crafty Meraki Bling, Glue

 

 

 

Run Up To Christmas Hop 2023 Week 1

 

 

 

Hello friends and welcome to the #runuptochristmashop2023 hosted by @love_smile_and_craft and @kellys.craft. We are going to make a card each week for 12 weeks until Christmas. This week's theme is "Pink Christmas" and I'm using a retired set from Concord and 9th called Triangle Trees since I was stamping it while dealing with another migraine.  Plus the trees remind me of the tree lot in A Charlie Brown Christmas.

I started out by stamping my trees in Versamagic pink petunia chalk ink on Neenah white card stock before stamping the saying in memento tuxedo black then layering and adding pink brads.  My card is then stamped using a retired Stampin Up holly jumbo wheel using regal rose ink before sponging the same ink around the edges.  After adhering my layered image panel, I stippled Tim Holtz tattered rose and aged mahogany distress inks around my trees.  The final embellishment was adding some tiny Gin and Tonic star sequins from Picket Fence Studios. I'm pretty happy with how this turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #55 - Use Your NBUS (stamps)

Alphabet Challenge Sept 22 2023 - M Is For Monochrome (shades of pink)

Crafty Catz #652 - Anything Goes Optional Spots or Stripes (both)

Festive Friday #ff0144 (see inspiration board) (I used triangles, sparkle/sequins, metallic embellishment/brads)

Jingle Belles Rock Sept 22, 2023 - A Christmas Story (A Charlie Brown Christmas) 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Concord and 9th; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Regal Rose; Tim Holtz Tattered Rose, Aged Mahogany; Versamagic Pink Petunia Chalk

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Sequins, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes, 

Woodblock Wednesday September Edition

 

 

Hello and welcome to another edition of  Woodblock Wednesday where we're showing some love for all of our woodblock stamps.  Remember those stamps we all just had to have and just collected?  We've all done that.  For my card this month, I created another Christmas card using an old, retired, Stampin Up set called The Gift Of Love.  I've had this set for years and haven't used much, if at all.

I started out by stamping the image and saying in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz chipped sapphire and brushed corduroy distress inks before layering and adding brads.  I then adhered the image panel to an espresso card base before adding small, retired, Gin and Tonic star sequins from Picket Fence Studios then highlighted the Christmas Star using a Castle Arts gold glitter gel pen. I'm please with how this turned out since I'm still stamping with a migraine.

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday Sept 2023 - Anything Goes Using Woodblock Stamps 

Jingle Belles Rock Sept 2023 - Inspired By A Story/Movie (I went with the Christmas Story the greatest story ever told) 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 615 to 616 - Anything Goes Uplifting (saying)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #148 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Krafty Chicks #683 - All Occasions (Christmas)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Brushed Corduroy

Accessories: PFS Blending Brushes, Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Glue, Brads, Gel Pen, Star Sequins

Falling For Wednesdays Week 6

 

 

 

 Hi friends! Welcome to week 6 of Falling For Wednesdays hosted by @kellysantidesigns If you are interested in joining the Winter Hop starting in November, please send Kelly a PM! This week’s fall theme is: Farmer’s Market!  For this week's card, I allowed myself to be inspired by the pumpkin patch we used to take the kids to when they were little and the weekend farmers market here in town.  

 

So I pulled out my Happy Pumpkin Season stamp set (NBUS) from MFT Stamps, and a slimline card from my scrap pile, and stamped all of the images in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using my Castle Arts pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I stenciled the background hills using a retired MFT mountain/snow mound stencil and the clouds using my PFS slimline cloud coverage stencil using PFS blending brushes.  After adding some clear Gin and Tonic sequins, my card is finished.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff #54 - Use Your NBUS (stamps)

Shopping Our Stash #506 - Color Me Beautiful (pencils, ink)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 615 and 616 - Anything Goes Uplifting

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of your week.

Stamps: My Favorite Things

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Stormy Sky, Brushed Corduroy

Card Stock: Neenah White Scrap

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, MFT Stencil, PFS Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Glue, Sequins

Challenge 2338

  Sponsored by Newton's Nook

Newton's Nook Challenge

Newton's Nook FB Design and Share

Hello and welcome.  Today starts a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Newton's Nook.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship of this week's challenge.  For my card this week, I used my own cats as inspiration and pulled out my Newton Caroling set that I bought end of last year and hadn't used yet (NBUS).  These cute little cats make me think of my own cats, and fosters, "singing the song of their peoples" whenever they feel like it.

After stamping the images in memento tuxedo black on Copic X-press It white, I colored everything using both prismacolor and copic markers before layering and stippling some Stampin Up soft sky  ink using my blending brushes from Picket Fence Studios.  I then fussy cut the mice out and added those using micro pop dots.  After adding some music note brads, I adhered the image panel using pop up glue dots on a green card dry embossed using a Cuttlebug allegro embossing folder.  The final touch was adding some poinsettia dew drops from my stash and some crystal/waterfall ice stickles to highlight the snowfall.

Challenges entered:

 

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

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #148 - Anything Goes Christmas (images)

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

Crazy For Cats #11 - Anything Goes Cats 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #214 - Anything Goes 

 

 

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

Stamps:  Newton's Nook

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Soft Sky, Garden Green

Card Stock: Copic X-Press It; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, PFS Blending Brushes, Dew Drops, Glue Dots, Pop Up Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Ice Stickles, Brads

Recycled Alabaster Box

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a recycled Hills Bros. Cappuccino French Vanilla coffee container that I turned into an Alabaster box (to keep money in for our church's missions program) using packing from a Chewy order and some wood block stamps I received last year from a friend who had to downsize her stamp collection while moving across the county.  

I started out by adhering the paper packing to my coffee container using 5/8" Scor-Tape.  I then stamped my church image (Design Objectives) and both sayings (Believe - Hero Arts) (John 3:16 Printworks) onto scrap vanilla card stock in memento tuxedo black before coloring the church using copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz stormy sky lightly around the church using my Picket Fence blending brushes before layering it, and my John 3:16 panel, to scrap espresso card stock before adding copper brads to both.  I then adhered both panels to the coffee container using glue dots.  I now die cut two crosses using a Spellbinders Shapeability Cross die I've had for years and only used once or twice.  After adhering the crosses to the side panels using mini glue dots, I added copper ice stickles to the adhered crosses as my final embellishment.  I then cut a slit for the money in the plastic top of my new alabaster box to finish it up.  I've included pictures of all four sides:

both of the cross side panels are identical

Challenges entered:

Snippets Playground #463 - Use Those Snippets (recycled paper, scrap card stock used)

Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone Sept 2023 - Anything Goes No Cards (alabaster box)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 613 to 614 - Anything Goes Uplifting (Believe, John 3:16)

Crafty Addicts #5 - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart #5 - Anything Goes No Cards (alabaster box)

Never Before Used Schtuff #54 - Use Your NBUS (stamps)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!

Stamps: Printworks; Design Objectives; Hero Arts

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Scraps

Accessories: Chewy Packing Paper, Big Shot, Copic Markers, Spellbinders Cross Dies, Copper Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots