The Most Important Meal Of The Day

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I have a card to share I made for the Coffee Loving Card Makers blog hop.  I'm a little late to the party thanks to another migraine (Mother Nature make up your mind what season we're in) and being just plain sick for the last couple weeks.  I decided to use some stamps I had received from a friend recently.

I started out by stamping my Cathy image, and saying (retired), from Art Impressions in memento tuxedo black ink on vanilla scrap card stock before coloring using Castle Arts watercolor pencils and a blending marker.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it and added brads.  Setting my layered image aside, I took my Down To The Last Cup background from Picket Fence Studios and stamped it repeatedly in Adirondack espresso ink using a MISTI before stippling more espresso ink using my paper pouncers before adhering it to an espresso card base.  After adding my layered image, I pulled out my Sakura 3D glaze pens and highlighted parts of the image before adding coffee beans sequins.  I'm really happy with how it turned out since I made it while dealing with this migraine.  I needed to try focusing on something besides the pain and this card was fairly easy for me to make.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #56 - Use Your NBUS (stamps, sequins)

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter Hop - Anything Goes Coffee/Tea/Apple/Hot Chocolate 

Crafty Calendar Nov 2023 - Anything Goes 

Polkadoodles Wk44 - Anything Goes 

Aloha Friday #4 - Food and Drink (coffee)

Double Trouble #152 - Deja-Brew Optional Pun (coffee, pun in saying)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Art Impressions; Picket Fence Studios

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Adirondack Espresso

Card Stock: Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Marker, Glue, Sequins, Brads, Glue Dots, Paper Pouncers, Sakura 3D Glaze Pens

 

Run Up To Christmas 2023 Wk 5

 

 

 

Hello and welcome to week 5 of 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 candy cane or gingerbread.  

 

For my card, I pulled out an old rubber stamp set from The Cat's Pajamas  called Baked With Love (retired) and stamped it onto a scrap of vanilla cardstock in memento tuxedo black ink then colored it using prismacolor and copic markers.  Once my coloring was finished, I layered it and added brads before setting aside.  My card base is stamped in Adirondack espresso ink using the gingerbread border from the retired Holiday Borders set from Impression Obsession.  I then added some Martha Stewart gingerbread ribbon I've had for years and hadn't used up yet.  After adhering my layered image, I added "icing" and "candies" using 3D glaze/souffle pens before gluing googlie eyes to finish it off.  

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (gingerbread ribbon, stamp set)

Crafty Catz #656 - Anything Goes 

Krafty Chicks #687 - All Occasions (Christmas)

Gem of a Craft Wk 22 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 619 to 620 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas; Impression Obsession

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Adirondack Espresso

Cardstock: Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Googlie Eyes, 3D Glaze Pens, Brads, Ribbon, Pop Up Glue Dots, Blending Brushes

Woodblock Wednesday October Edition

 

 

Hello and welcome. It's time for this month's Woodblock Wednesday challenge where we're inspired to pull out those woodblock stamps (we all have them) and show them some love.  My card today uses an old Alias Smith and Rowe stained glass heart stamp I received from a friend as a RAK. 

I started out by stamping the image in memento tuxedo black ink onto white Copic X-Press It card stock before coloring using both Prismacolor and Copic markers. Once the coloring was finished, I layered it and added brads before adhering my layered image to an orange card.  I then went over all of the stamped "black" lines using a black Sakura 3D glaze pen before "painting" crystal ice stickles on the hearts using a Q-Tip.

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday October 2023 - Use Wood Block Stamps 

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

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #101 - Anything Goes (anything goes)

Paper Funday #58 - Anything Goes Optional Use Orange/Yellow/Green(anything goes)

Corrosive Challenge #10 - Anything Goes (anything goes)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Alias Smith and Rowe

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Copic X-press It; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Glue Dots, Sakura 3D Glaze Pen, Q-Tip, Ice Stickles

Run Up To Christmas 2023 Week 4 Elf Inspired

 

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 "elf /elves.  I was inspired by the elves in Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer TV specials, so I pulled out my Picket Fence Studios Baby It's Cold Outside stamp set and got to work.  After stamping my elves in memento tuxedo black on Neenah white card stock, I colored them using both prismacolor and copic markers.  I then took my PFS slimline cloud coverage stencil and blended Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink to create my clouds before layering and adding brads.  Taking my Stampin Up holly jumbo wheel, I stamped the card base in Tim Holtz pine needles distress ink before adding my layered image panel using glue dots.  I then added some crystal ice stickles as "snowflakes".  However, my card didn't feel finished so I stamped the trees from a new Stampin Up Peaceful Deer set I received as a RAK from a friend using spruce dye ink before coloring the trees in Prismacolor spruce marker and adding a tad tumbled glass to the snow.  Now it was finished some 5 days later. *shrug*  My migraines have been giving me fits again along with other stresses.

Challenges entered:

 

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

Word Art Wednesday Wks 617 to 618 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #150 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Most Magical Time of the Year #13 - Anything Goes Christmas or Halloween (Christmas) 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #101 - Anything Goes

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios; Stampin Up

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

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, MISTI, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots

Challenge 2342

 Sponsored by SheepSki Designs

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SheepSki Designs FB Sharing

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by  Sheepski Designs.  I would like to thank them for sponsoring our challenge and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card features the image Twiggy.

After printing the image on Neenah white card stock, I colored it using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils before stamping my "ground cover" using my Watercolor Minis (retired) from Stampin Up as well as several Stampin Up dye inks.  Once the ground cover was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink around it before layering and adding copper brads.  I then pulled out a long retired Stampin Up Leaves Awash and rolled it across my rust colored card base.  After adhering my image panel using glue dots, I then over-stamped the saying vertically.  The final touch was adding a bit of copper bling.

Challenges entered:

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

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (leaves wheel)

A Place To Start Oct 2023 - Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff #495 - Autumn Mood Board (inspired by the leaves, colors) 

The Four Seasons Oct 2023 - Anything Goes Fall 

Use Your Stuff

The Four Seasons

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

Stamps: Sheepski Designs; Stampin Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky; Stampin Up Summer Sun, Tangerine Tango, Soft Suede, Always Artichoke, Garden Green; Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, PFS Blending Brushes, Bling, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots, Computer, Printer

Run Up To Christmas 2023 Week 3

 

 

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 "Christmas Wreath" and a good thing too.  That meant I would finally finish coloring this wreath card I started 5yrs ago (thanks to a variety of health/migraine issues) from Verve Stamps I received as a RAK from a friend.  

 

The wreath is stamped in Tim Holtz pine needles distress ink and colored using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I blended stormy sky and tumbled glass distress inks around it before layering and adding brads.  Taking my Tonic distresser tool I ran it along the edges of the image panel before setting aside.  My card base is stamped using a retired Stampin Up holly jumbo wheel and garden green ink.  I then added the image panel using pop up glue dots before adding a few dots of crystal ice stickles to highlight parts of the image and a clear 3D glaze pen to highlight the berries.

Challenges entered:

 

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

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (wreath set)

Most Magical Time of the Year #13 - Anything Goes Halloween or Christmas (Christmas)

Ally's Angels #75 - Anything Goes 

Peace On Earth #50 - See Mood Board (inspired by wreaths on trucks)

Happy Little Stampers Christmas October - Anything Goes Optional Stencil 

 

Peace On Earth

 

Happy Little Stampers Christmas
 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Verve Christmas Wreath; Stampin Up Holly Jumbo Wheel

Ink: Stampin Up Garden Green; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Pine Needles, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Distressing Tool, Pop Up Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, 3D Glaze Pen

Run Up To Christmas Hop 2023 Week 2

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins the second week of the #runuptochristmas2023 hop and this week we're being inspired to use stencils so I pulled out a couple of Picket Fence Studios stencils: Tree Trio (retired) and slimline Cloud Coverage along with my My Favorite Things snow mounds/hills (retired) stencil.

 

I started out by stenciling my trees using Tim Holtz pine needles distress ink using a blending brush from Picket Fence Studios. I then stippled the clouds using stormy sky and tumbled glass distress inks before stamping my saying using a long retired Stampin Up Wishes Awash set.  After layering and adding brads, I adhered the panel to a green card base before adding crystal ice stickles to finish my card off.  I'm really happy with how this turned out especially since it was quick and could easily be mass produced if needed.

 

Challenges entered: 

 

Peace On Earth #49 - See Mood Board 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #149 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 615 to 616 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Splitcoaststampers WT969 - Stickles, Nuvo Drops, Accents 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Stencil Fun (trees, clouds, snow)

The Crafty Addicts #6 - Anything Goes 

 

Peace On Earth

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day

 

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Pine Needles, Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Stencils, Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes

Flamingo Thanks

 

 

Hello and welcome.  I recently received several boxes from a friend that had to give up stamping due to health issues, and since I wanted to make a thank you card for her, I pulled out this retired set from Picket Fence Studios called Hello Beautiful and went with a pink theme for Breast Cancer Awareness month.   

I started out by stamping the flamingo, and saying, using my MISTI before coloring using prismacolor and copic markers before layering and adding brads.  Taking a retired Stampin Up flamingo wheel, I then stamped the card using pixie pink ink.  Once that was done, I adhered the image panel to my card before adding some silver/white twine along the edge.  As an afterthought, I stippled some leftover pixie pink ink around the main image then highlighted the glasses using a black 3D glaze pen.

Challenges entered:

 

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

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #215 - Anything Goes 

Polkadoodles Wk 40 - Anything Goes 

Moving Along With The Times #159 October - Anything Goes 

Time Out #248 - Cancer Awareness, Friendship, Encouragement (friendship thanks/cancer awareness)

Critter Crazy #79 - Anything Goes With A Critter (flamingo)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; SU Pixie Pink

Card Stock: Copic X-press; Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Glue Dots, 3D Glaze Pen, PFS Blending Brush