abundance of joy

 Today I want to share a card I made using the hero arts vineyard heroscapes and hero art grape vine fancy frame...I can't take credit for the card design, I saw it on pinterest I think and I'm sure it was a design team member of hero arts that made the card I saw....

all supplies can be found at Scrapsalot -Inks Dies-Stamps

I used ink oxides to water color the fancy frame, twisted citron, mowed lawn, dusty concord and seedless preserves and finally gathered twigs...I cut multiple frames one in white and three in black..I stacked them to give it nice dimension up close it has a shadow effect I love it!

I used a combination of different inks for the vineyard scene the first two layers are Catherine Pooler inks, lime rickey and grass skirt the third layer and the trees and houses are archival inks peeled paint and watering can Jet black for the sentiment...the final layer on the vineyard is the tiny grape layer I used wilted violets I think next time I will use a brighter color so they stand out more!

I really love how this card turned out ...and the layering stamps were very easy to line up even with my horrible eye sight LOL

 

 thanks for stopping by...make sure you stop by Scrapsalot there is a little something for all your crafty needs!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kind words can heal

 I was checking out all my FB pages I follow and I came across the new mini challenge on the More than words challenge page basically you create a card,tag,ATC (Artist trading card) or postcard and upload it on FB under the challenge post in the comments section...see Photos below...

 

so I thought I have all these really cool supplies and I was just going to play.. I pulled out a bunch of supplies from scrapsalot and a bunch of random stuff ...old book pages,buttons,metal pieces I think they were for jewelry but who knows LOL drywall tape,glass beads Oh and a piece of broken chain I'm pretty sure there is a brad that had a broken back. so here is a look at the finished  Artist trading card...

Okay first layer cardboard or something very sturdy I used recycled cereal box cut to 2.5 x.3.5 .next step was collage I used old book pages and used Matte medium to adhere them...  next layer was texture paste...I let it dry while I was trying to figure out which items I was going to use on my project.

Next step I added my drywall tape then added all the items (buttons,metal,beads and such) to my project, I did use Matte medium to adhere them...this time it took awhile for it to dry so I kind of sped this up with my heat tool LOL Caution if your not careful and heat one spot too long it will bubble.

Next step adding Gesso I covered my entire project with gesso just to make it easier for me...some places just a very light layer. again we wait for it to dry hmm sometimes I think I spend more time waiting for it to dry then I do actually creating it LOL Now I added colors I really love Distress oxide spray but as of right now I only have two colors but they work so well together...I could have added more using oxide ink and just smooshed them on my craft mat and used a water brush...that would have worked too.. after I had the colors the way I wanted I added black Water Soluble Oil Pastels all the way around the edge then dry brushed some white acrylic paint on some of the surfaces for highlights it made the texture really pop!

the last touches where the moth/butterfly, I had a few already colored and cut out from another project and then I added my phrase.

click the photo and it will take you to the More than words post...make sure you also check out scrapsalot  she has a little bit of everything!

Supplies used from scrapsalot

1. Distress oxide spray wilted violets 
2. distress oxide peacock feathers
3. distress texture paste crackle
4. Prima Marketing    Water Soluble Oil Pastels
5. waffle flower peony dreams
6. stencil
   

Ride the wave

I was a little shocked when I opened my Design team package from Scrapsalot and saw layering stamps...I'll be the first to admit I didn't have the best of luck lining up the ones I already owned but turns out I love the heroscapes from hero arts and I think this one is going to be my favorite...this set of layering stamps is pretty easy to line up even with my horrible eye sight LOL

It has all these really nice element that can be use individual or all together!

I adore the surfers and the little birds...I can see using them a lot! I will admit the more I practice the easier it gets.

all supplies used to make this card (except card base) came from Scrapsalot make sure you go check it out, Debra has a little bit of everything and if you don't see it just email her and she'll do her best to help you out!

Mermaid Dreams

I'm going to pretend that the world isn't a scary place at the moment...just for a little while anyway..

 These photo's just don't do it justice but the sun wasn't cooperating for the last couple days 😕

Today I'm going to share some ocean fum...who doesn't love mermaids...as part of my Design team package I received this pretty papers from Echo park called Mermaid tales (12x12) and mermaid dreams (6x6 paper pad) Lots of pretty colors and of course tons of mermaids

 I picked through the papers, it was so hard to decide on which patterns to use so I went back and looked for the image I wanted first...haha I found her the perfect mermaid to fussy cut she was hiding in the large journal cards

these are the cutest papers...I might just make a couple scrapbook pages with old photo's of my girls! Anyway the card looked a little eh...so I pulled out the distress glaze and embossing pens Debra (owner of scrapsalottampa.com ) sent ...I did a rough outline of her tail and top then scribbled it in...when I say rough I really mean rough..LOL

but look at the shine and texture it adds...I really wish you could see it in person it's so much better!

okay there you have it super simple but pretty card with no stamps required... make sure you check out Scrapsalot if you don't see it on the sight just send a quick email to Debra or catch her in the FB group 

Have a Fabulous weekend...yeah I know it's Thursday but wishing it was Friday LOL

Items used from Scrapsalot

Echo Park-Mermaid tales collection
Echo Park-Mermaids dream 6x6 pad
Echo Park-Enamel Dots-Just married (haha the colors worked)
Distress Embossing pens
Distress embossing glaze speckled egg

Squeeze the day!

 Good afternoon my crafty friends...
so I was playing around with some supplies from Scrapsalot.....you know how much I love to mix and match so today I am playing with some hero arts items... first, let's talk about this awesome background stamp I  love it, it gives such a clean crisp image easiest one I've ever used LOL okay here is the mix and match I used Hero arts sparkling sea embossing power for some reason I just thought it looked so lovely I probably should have added some blue elsewhere, hey we all have afterthoughts LOL

I used some Nuvo alcohol markers to color in my lemons,  I like them for me they are a better alternative to Copic those I can't afford those LOL! this was a really quick and simple card to put together

 

Just look how awesome that looks.....maybe they will make a sea green one that would be beautiful!

Supplies from Scrapsalot

Hero Arts-stamp set Zest wishes there are dies for this set too

Hero Arts- background stamps fresh citrus bold prints

Hero Arts-sparkling sea embossing powder

Nuvo Alcohol Markers 

Archival ink Jet black 

Catherine Pooler midnight ink

Lawn fawn stamp shammy

 

Crabby...

 This card is so me lately, I might just have to give it to my husband LOL...

I used this really cute set from photo play, I stamped a bunch of sea images then scan and cut them with my silhouette portrait (I always forget I can do that) It's so darn helpful LOL I colored them using nuvo alcohol markers 💓 I love these markers Debra from Scrapsalot sent them to me to try they are a great alternative to copic markers...Nuvo is more in my price range and they came 3 to the package light med and dark  made coloring super easy for me!

now for my back panel..the ocean ...I used ink oxides. lets see I used tumbled glass, broken china and mermaid lagoon (I need to start writing these things down!  So normally I would just blend them with the blending brushes but I saw someone (sorry I can't remember where I saw it it was either Fb or youtube)  paint them on so I thought I'd give it a try basically you smash some on your craft mat use a wide paint brush wet with plain water then paint across your paper kind of like strips across your page <-----> you just keep changing colors until you have the effect you want, Its so hard to see in the photo but in real life you'll see the difference.

So I used a generic rectangle stitched border die this

size I could get two small backgrounds, I'll use the other one another day.

it was simple to use Kraft card stock and create a little sandy spot a couple plants and a fist with lots of bubbles and my scene is complete  well we can't forget (me) the crab!

I layered a couple different colors...I really wanted just the blue but my idea of the embossing (Fiskars texture plate) didn't pan out as planned so I adapted my idea LOL

Items used from Scrapsalot shop

1.  Ink oxides- tumbled glass, broken china and mermaid lagoon
2. Photo Play -fish tales elements
3. Catherine Pooler- Midnight ink
4. Archival ink-shadow grey and watering can
5. Nuvo -Alcohol markers 
   

thank you so much for stopping by to check out my card!

Birthday Bounce!

I needed a boy's birthday card, you have no idea how hard that is for me LOL I have issues with masculine cards and boy cards...I practice a lot on family members LOL

Most supplies used can be found at Scrapsalot and if you don't see it in the shop contact Debra and she can help you out! (stamps,ink,paper, foam dots,stamp shammy)

so for this card, we used the happy birthday paper pad from Echo park the colors were perfect they may be a little busy (since I've used most of the subtle ones already LOL) but they are cute so it makes up for it!

 I used this cute stamp set from Lawn Fawn called Really high five. I just love the look of these critters and you can use them in different ways, they can be floating with balloons, jumping on a trampoline for doing high fives.

 I think the hardest part was curving the text to go around the circle LOL thank heave for clear block...it's not perfect by any means but all in all I think the recipient will love it especially since he loves his trampoline!!

 thanks for stopping by...hope you have a fabulous week!

Items from scrapsalot
lawn fawn stamps-really high five
lawn fawn stamps- stamp shammy
Echo Park Paper Co.- happy Birthday paper pad
Echo Park enamel dots
 Catherine Pooler- Midnight ink
dimensional foam

Christmas in July

I don't know about you but I normally make at least 1 Christmas card a month gradually adding more to my stash for the upcoming holiday well that's not how this year worked...everything seemed to get all screwy but I di manage to make two cards recently LOL I figured Christmas in July! Most supplies can be found at Scrapsalot so make sure you go and check out the shop.

I started with a plain white card base added a 4x5.25 greenish panel then laid my die panel on top... I used the Hero arts fancy die called Holiday confetti that's the white background...the little dots made me think of holly berries so I used a sparkle red gel pen to color the ones that came in three's ...the stamp set is also from Hero Arts color layering Nordic tree. It's really simple to line up these layering stamps.

I didn't have the die set for these but they are fairly simple to fussy cut...if I was making more I would have stamped a bunch then scanned and cut with my silhouette portrait (sometimes I forget to do that LOL) I stamped using Catherine pooler's lime rickey and Rockin red. I popped my sentiment and tree up on some dimensional foam....added some enamel dots! hmmm let us call the card finished LOL


Items from Scrapsalot
Hero Arts stamp-color layering Nordic tree.
Hero Arts-Holiday confetti
Catherine Pooler-lime rickey
Catherine Pooler-Rockin red
Carta Bella enamel dots
archival ink -Jet Black
lawn fawn stamp shammy
score tape


Thank you for coming by and checking out my latest card!

Hang in there!

so as you can see I am still loving the alcohol inked backgrounds this is another one I made in that batch, I mixed up my colors a bit I used a little ranger lemonade, sailboat blue  some splendor <---- this one is alcohol pearl so pretty then I switched to Brea Reese Kelley green and then some straight rubbing alcohol for more movement > inks, background die, and Heffy doodle stamps can be found at Scrapsalottamps.com <

I did a stamp and cut on my silhouette portrait (LOVE to do that when I remember to do it lol) I did a super quick coloring job they turned out so cute...

 I used the same card layout I used last time but to me, it just has a different feel.

Items used from Scrapsalot shop
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink    Lemonade
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink    Pearl Splendor
Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink    Sailboat Blue
Brea Reese Alcohol Ink    Kelly Green
Heffy Doodle    Chimply the Best Stamp Set
Waffle Flower    sun Shine Panel Die
Catherine Pooler  Midnight ink

Happy Birthday

So as I said in my last post I received several things to play with from Scrapsalot and alcohol inks were one of them, I've always wanted to play with them but just couldn't get my hands on any...until now....and I have to say I love them and will be playing with them often!
 for my project this week I combined the newly done alcohol inked background with this super cute stamp set from Lawn Fawn...

the set is called really high five and it's absolutely adorable! I added the Waffle Flower Sun Shine Panel Die 

 I really loved the bright colors in the background... every time I look at this card I just smile.

Make sure you stop by scrapsalot she carries a little bit of everything from scrapbooking, cardmaking a little bit of mixed-media!

Almost Fathers Day

So do you have your cards ready for Father's day? I've been working on mine...
I recently received some fun new things to play with from Scrapsalot  and these cute dies are just one of them

 This panda is perfect for fathers day but with you can add hats, a tie may be some bows LOL I used the tie and collar, and of course, I had to add the coffee cup!

 He's pretty simple to put together you cut a piece out of white and one out of black(you can use any colors you want, I wanted a black and white panda) and exchange the pieces you want like I took the ears, eyes, and part of the body of the black piece to add to my white one.

 I used colored pencils to add the pink to his cheeks and ears tI chose paper from the Echo parks Gone Camping paper pad (Scrapsalot also has paper pads) haha perfect fishing papers I cut the accessories out of the scraps I had from that pad, I love how I was able to get the lure on the cup...and his background looks like striped wallpaper...

So what do you think? Cute?

thank you for stopping by

things from Scrapsalot
Waffle Flower    Be A Panda Die
Waffle Flower    Be Accessories
SugarPea letter board die for the DAD
Echo Park Gone camping paper pad

Celebrate

Good morning to all the lovely crafters, I wanted to share a real clean and simple fun fold card using a couple sheets from Echo Park Happy Birthday Boy paper pad...It's very festive
 Inks, stamps paper and enamel dots can all be found at Scrapsalot

 I always need an extra birthday card so this was perfect and something a bit different than a plain card.

 See super simple but packs a colorful punch!

 celebrate die is one of Tim Holtz

I know things have been rough all around and things are starting to open up just in time for summer...just do me a favor and be careful...
I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend!


Items used from the Scrapsalot shop

• Ink on 3 sentiments from Magical unicorn set (happy Birthday on the inside)

• Pattern papers from echo park Happy Birthday boy

• Archival ink  (jet black)

• Stamp shammy

• Echo Park enamel dots easter wishes

Old time Jukebox

I was super excited when I received this set of stamps It's from Sugar Peas and its called Jukebox Jive...hehe how awesome is that!
all stamps and inks can be found at the scrapsalot shop Debra has a little bit of everything...

 I'll apologize right now I took a tin of photos...I was trying to get the sparkle of the gel pens that I used to make it look like metal, they were metallic and sparkly LOL

I thought this Jukebox would look awesome on a surprise pop-up card

 the top sentiment is from a Honey bee's set called for the record they blend perfectly with the sugar peas stamp set

I can see using this set a whole lot...there are so so many options and its great for masculine cards too

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my latest project, make sure you swing by scrapsalot and see what she has to offer. Have a wonderful week and stay safe and Healthy!