A Little Steampunk Magic

 Hello and welcome.  I have a couple of cards to share with you that use pre-colored images from Gecko Galz.  

 

The first one up uses the free image for their monthly Steampunk challenge.  Now I don't make a whole lot of steampunk cards since it's out of my comfort zone, so I'm hoping this one is ok.  After printing the image off on Neenah white card stock, I cut it down to size and layered before adding brads and setting aside.  My card is dry embossed using a retro dots/swirls embossing folder in my big shot©.  I decided to highlight the embossed images before cutting, then embossing, a border strip using the embossed side for the border.  After adhering the layered image panel crookedly, deliberately, I dug out my Tim Holtz gear dies and die cut a couple of gears out of scrap card stock, then lightly stippled some walnut stain distress ink over the gears using a paper pouncer.  I then adhered the gears making sure to add some bling in the centers.  The final touch was some blue fibers I've had in my stash for years.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz Steampunk March 2024 - Anything Goes Using The Provided Image 

Dream Valley #312 - Dies and/or Punches (gear dies)

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Emboss It (dry embossed)

Love To Craft #78 - Anything Goes 

 

My second card is using the free image from February's monthly challenge at Gecko Galz.  I started out by printing the unicorn image on Neenah white paper before cutting it down to size, layering and adding brads.  I then printed off one of the Seasons of Hope digital papers, then added it to a pacific pointe card.  For some reason I decided to dry emboss the card at that point and use the debossed images before cutting a black border strip, dry embossed that and adhered using the embossed side.  I then color spritzed some pacific pointe marker over the card front before adding my layered unicorn using glue dots.  The only other embellishments were a black bling flourish and some blue fibers I've had in my stash for years.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz Facebook Group March - Something Magical (unicorn)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (image, digital paper)

Creative Crafters #74 - Anything Goes 

613 Ave Create March 2024 - Anything Goes Optional Diamonds or Pearls (anything goes)

 

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

For Both Cards:

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Ink: Stampin Up Pacific Pointe; Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up; Gecko Galz Digital Designer Paper

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Swirls and Retro Circles Embossing Folders, Stipple Brush, Paper Pouncer, Bling Flourish, Tim Holtz Gear Dies, Fibers

 

Challenge 2412

 

   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 and this week we're being sponsored by Newton's Nook.  For my card today, I pulled out my Newton's Rainy Day set and got to work.  

I started out by stamping my image, and saying, on a piece of scrap Hammermill card stock before coloring using my Copic markers. Once all of the coloring was finished, I lightly stippled some pacific pointe ink over/around the image using my Tim Holtz mini domed ink blending foams then layered and added brads.  Setting my layered panel aside, I then pulled out my raindrop stencil and added ink again using the blending foam to create my card base.  I then added the layered image panel using glue dots before adding some blue fibers I've had in my stash for YEARS and then some blue rain drops.  The final touch was diamond ice stickles to the rain and puddle.  I'm really please with how it turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (raindrop stencil)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (fibers, dew drops) 

Stamps and Fun = Creativity #450 - Favorite Animal (favorite animal is cats)

A Barrel of Monkeys #13 - Fingerpaints (chose the colors I used growing up) 

A Place To Start March 2004 - Anything Goes Optional Square (anything goes)

Crafty Animals #81 - Anything Goes With An Animal (cat, duck)

Daisy Chain #83 - Animals (cat, duck)

 

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

Stamps: Newton's Nook

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; SU Pacific Pointe

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin UP

Accessories: MISTI, Copic Markers, Fibers, Dew Drops, Brads, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, Blending Foams

A Vase Of Poseies Just Because

 

Hello and welcome.   One more post from me today.  I've been wanting to use this old Hero Arts stamp I received in a de-stash box when a friend had to move cross-country.  The stamp is from 2003 and still stamps images beautifully.

I started out by stamping the vase/posies in memento tuxedo black on to Hammermill white card stock then colored using both Prismacolor and Copic markers before layering and adding brads.  My card was made using a damask stencil I received in another de-stash box using my paper pouncers and some Tim Holtz broken china distress ink.  Once I had adhered the layered image, I dug out some fibers I've had for years then stamped the just because onto scrap white card stock then punched it out, and a layer, using my Stampin Up oval punches.  The final touch was adding some faux stitches using a black gel pen.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (stencil, posey vase)

Triple B March 2024 - Anything Goes Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms)

Creative Fingers #274 - Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms #15 - Anything Goes Optional Inspiration Board

Double Trouble #162 - See Mood Board (went with Thing 1)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (fibers)

Splitcoaststampers F$A735 - Flowers, Flowers, Flowers 

 

 Triple B

Beautiful Blossoms

 

Double Trouble

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great evening and weekend.

Stamps: Hero Arts; SU

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China Distress

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Stencil, Paper Pouncers, Brads, Glue Dots, Fibers, Gel Pen, Oval Punches, Prismacolor and Copic Markers

Awesome!!!!

 

 

 I found out today that the ATC's I made for last month's Gecko Galz ATC challenge was in the top three at ATC Around The World!!

Isaiah 60:20

Hello and welcome.  Second post from me today.  If you're looking for my ATC post, please scroll down one. I needed a couple more sympathy cards, this time for the guys, so I pulled out my set from Our Daily Bread Designs, now Divinity Designs called With Deepest Sympathy and got to work.  Not sure how long I've had this set but it's been awhile.

I started out by stamping the main image, and the verse from Isaiah, in memento tuxedo black ink onto Copic X-press It white card stock before coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled/blended some Tim Holtz mowed lawn and tumbled glass around the colored image to fill in the grass and sky before layering and adding brads.  The final touch was adding just a hint of waterfall ice stickles to highlight the water.

Challenges entered:

 

Farmquest General Store #14 - Anything Farm and/or Country Goes (I went country with a lake)

Crafty Gals Corner #253 - Anything Goes 

The Crafty Addicts #11 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 639 to 640 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

The Unicorn Challenge #96 - For The Boys/Men 

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and fabulous weekend.

Stamps: Our Daily Bread/Divinity Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Mowed Lawn

Card Stock: Copic X-Press It; Stampin Up

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

A Gothic Red Riding Hood

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you some ATC's (artist trading cards) I made for a couple of challenges.  The image/designer paper is part of a freebie from Gecko Galz monthly ATC challenge.  I'm sure glad I had a month to get these done since my health took a nose dive between the migraines and that fall I had.  

I started out by printing the collage sheet on Neenah card stock, then separating all of the images so I could choose which ones I wanted to use.  Cutting the main images down to size, I then layered them, adhered to scrap card stock and distressed the edges before fussy cutting the sayings out and adding those to the ATC's.  The final touches were my own floral sprays created using punched bits of scrap card stock and ice stickles in the flower centers.

Challenges entered:

 

Gecko Galz March 2024 ATC - Red Riding Hood 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (ATC collage sheet)

Snippets Playground #476 - Use Those Bits and Pieces (floral spray, ATC's)

Digi Choosday Wk 11 - Anything Goes

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and fabulous weekend.

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Card Stock: Neenah White; Scraps   

Accessories: Computer, Printer, MS Punchs, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ice Stickles, Distresser Tool , Brads, Glue Dots, Paper Crimper

 

A Mourning Angel

 Hello and welcome.  I needed to make a few sympathy cards so I pulled out the Stained Glass Beauty images I had printed off from Gecko Galz, trimmed off the angel and layered it on scrap black card stock before adding some black brads. I then dug out some True Faith© 12x12 designer paper I bought a LONG TIME ago and pulled out the golden cross background, trimmed down to size and adhered it to a black card.  I then took my memento tuxedo black "cat eye" ink pad and added some of the ink around the edges of the card so it bled over a bit.  Taking the layered angel image, I adhered it at an angle using glue dots before stamping the verse from Matthew 5:4 "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted" in black ink on a white scrap of card stock.  After that was layered, and brads added, I adhered that also at an angle using glue dots.  The final touch was three small black flowers I punched from scrap card stock using my Martha Stewart hydrangea punch with some tiny black Crafty Meraki midnight bling added to the centers.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 639 to 640 - Anything Goes Uplifting (saying)

CD Sunday Plus #129 - Anything Goes Digital (main image) 

A Perfect Time To Craft March 2024 - Anything Goes 

Ally's Angels #80 - Anything Goes 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (designer paper, SU saying stamp set )

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up (saying is retired)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Stipple Brushes, MS Hydrangea Punch, Glue, Glue Dots, Bling

 

Thinking Of You At Easter

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a trio of cards made to send out for Easter using the free Easter Bunnies digital stamp from Gerda Steiner Designs.  For some reason, it seems I'm never ready for sending Easter cards out.  This year is no different.  These three cards are at least a head start for me, especially since I've had this image for awhile and not used it yet.

 

I started out by combining the digital stamp and my own typed saying in a watermarking program, then printed them out onto Neenah white card stock.  I then pulled out my Prismacolor and Copic markers and colored the images before layering and adding brads.  For the card base, I pulled out a Cuttlebug dots/spots embossing folder and ran each card through my Big Shot© before lightly sanding the embossed images.  Before I added the layered images, I lightly stippled matching ink (eggplant envy, bliss blue, poppy red) over the embossed images and along the sides of the card.  Once done, I adhered the layered image panels using glue dots then pulled out a few premade bows and attached them to the cards using mini glue dots.  I'm pretty happy with how these turned out since I was once again crafting with a migraine.  It was either craft to get my mind off the migraine (sort of) or cry because nothing was helping again.  Close ups of each card are below:

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #60 - Use Your NBUS (rabbit/egg image)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (image)

Critter Crazy #84 - Anything Goes With A Critter (rabbits)

CD Sunday Plus #129 - Anything Goes Using Digital (rabbits)

Creatalicious Challenges #275 - Anything Goes Optional Easter 

Crafty Animals #81 - Anything Goes Including An Animal 

Shopping Our Stash #517 - Round And Round (embossing folder, dotted eggs) 

The Four Seasons March 2024 - See Pic Below (went with Easter)

 

Four Seasons

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Stampin Up Eggplant Envy, Bliss Blue, Poppy Red

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Bow, Glue Dots, Brads, Computer, Printer, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Sanding Block, Stipple Brushes