Sending Hugs

Look a Non-holiday card LOL...

It was time to get messy with some distress oxides and bubble wrap...I have several of these backgrounds made but I really loved the broken china and wilted violet oxides (with just a bit of mermaid lagoon) I used the same color combo with a stencil from TCW.
the cut raccoon is from ink on 3 Raccoon hugs stamp set

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Items used from scrapsalot

Oxide inks mermaid lagoon, wilted violet, broken china
Ink on 3 Raccoon hugs stamp set
score tape
stamp shammy
Catherine Pooler Midnight ink

 

Caffeinated shark atc

So I'm taking a break from the holiday cards LOL I feel like this shark looks... this is an awesome stamp set from the rabbit hole design, I've never used any of their items until now and I love the quality of these stamps and they are a bit snarky LOL

I am a coffee fiend, I truly don't even speak until I have my first cup of coffee...yeah it's that bad LOL

all items used can be found at Scrapsalot Shop

I decided to make an ATC, for those who don't already know an ATC stands for artist trading card... you swap these with other artists ( Kind of like baseball cards LOL ) they normally measure 3 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches

I started by stamping and cutting out my image (scan and cut) did a quick coloring with some alcohol markers, nothing fancy just Ohuhu markers then I wanted to start layers some color on my background...I used a bunch of distress oxides (listed below) and a cute stencil from hero arts... at this point, something was missing..you know you stare at your project...I decided the shark would need a bit of a shadow...still not sure if that's what was missing but that's what I added...I pulled a few sequins to look like bubbles and voilà its all done

Products used from Scrapsalot Shop

Distress oxides- Faded jeans, tumbled glass, blueprint sketch, and broken china Oh and black soot
Archival ink -Jet black
Blending brush
Lawn fawn stamp shammy
Hero arts mermaid sea waves stencil
Catherine Pooler sequins mix Springfield

Cosplay-More Than Words Challenge

This Month's challenge at More than Words made me laugh because as soon as I read the word Costume my daughter came to mind, she's really into cosplay...she designs and make all of her own costumes and in the last couple of years she's done commissions to make other peoples costumes which I think is super cool  of course I'm her mother so I think she's super talented LOL So that's how I used the word costume...I used this awesome photo of my daughter in one of her costumes...the black background(since I wanted this done in my journal) I used textured black cardstock and adhered it right onto my journal page!

 to start my background I used gesso on top of the black, then some texture paste and mandala stencil on top of that I decided on another stencil called Radiant with some Nuvo glimmer paste (Tanzanite Lavender) I let that dry a bit haha coffee break...I pulled out both my distress oxide spray and ink in peacock feather I'm pretty sure that my favorite color in oxides! 

More than Words  

Word Inspiration - COSTUME
Creative Challenge - BLACK BACKGROUND

 Now comes the hard part for me...I really suck at the layering...this one was as hard as I thought it would be but I kind of planned everything around the photo and matched the pattern paper under it LOL

 Distress oxide inks, sprays and Nuvo glimmer paste, Radiant stencil all came from the Scrapslot shop

all in all, I am super happy with how this turned out, I love the splatters and the colors...

Bugaboo Bingo

I haven't had a whole lot of time to play along with the challenge over at Catch the bug challenge blog but I finally found some time! 😁


Its time for Bugaboo Bingo!!

  I went with Gem, washi tape and bugaboo image....but I could also do Sentimen, sparkle and bugaboo image LOL I swear this Unicorn is one of my favorite Bugaboo images I own!

I decided to create my own background using a stencil (Honey bee stamps Radiant stencil) and some distress oxides (Tattered rose, dusty concord and mermaid lagoon) after I used one color I shifted the stencil slightly and used a different color...those supplies can be found at Scrapsalotllc.com ...I love how this turned out!

Also entering this in the Simon Says stamps Wednesday challenge -Anything goes! 


thanks for coming to take a peek!

Use your wings

Here is another ATC ...Great way to use up some of my scraps...but I also like to have some on hand so when I mail out packages I always slip one in!

this is another ATC for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

thanks for stopping by

Braver then you feel

 here is a cute ATC, I used a bunch of extras from previous products..haha yeah I'm a hoarder of craftiness if I think it can be used later I keep it...but as you can see I am at least using it!!

 this is for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge


thanks for stopping by

Happiness

This months word inspiration at More than words was so easy...Happiness...the first thing I thought of was little V she brings our family so much happiness and she's the perfect subject for a layout! I was going to use a simple square frame in the middle but then I thought I really wanted a place that V's Mom could write some stuff .So I went through my Junkie draw, it's full of odds and end and embellishments..I spotted the card kit my secret sister gave me a couple months ago from stamping up...

Word Inspiration - HAPPINESS

Creative Challenge - SKETCH

 

IT has a pocket in the form with this cute tag great for a hidden message!

But then the card opens and there is plenty of room for some journaling!

Thanks for stopping by!

Bee Unique

Good morning My crafty friends, can you believe its already August...this summer is just flying by! I have a cute little card to share with you today for Scrapsalotllc.com look at these little bee's are they just the cutest thing!! They also sent some purple flocking and I was truly excited to give that a try hence the purple and pink bee. It was too cute so I just had to use it!

 I thought this sentiment from Altenew was perfect for my little bees!

Supplies used from Scrapsalot shop

altenew Reason to smile
Honey bee stamps-Honey bee paper piecing die
Distress oxide ink fossilized amber
Deco foil Flock transfer
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn stamp shammy

SSSMC Not a card

So here is a super quick post for the Simon says stamps Monday Challenge- Not a card...I created an artist trading card for an upcoming swap

thanks for stopping by..haha told you it was quick!

One thing leads to another

Happy Friday!! I hope you all have a fabulous weekend...they are calling for a scorching week here :( not too happy about that...warm is good but NOT this HOT LOL

So I wanted to share a project I did late last night into this morning...it all started with wanting to color a seahorse for the daily marker 30-day coloring challenge...and one who doesn't know about that can find it here...

 so this little guy started it... I think the reason I love cardmaking/crafting is you get to use your imagination... I have stamps of sea creatures (sets I used  Hero arts-color layering waves and Photoplay-fish tales) but no plants or anything else to make a scene. so I had to think a little outside the box LOL I have a ton of cheapo stamps from Joanns so I pulled out a couple leaf ones and used them as seaweed and such...haha one thing leads to another and all of a sudden I was making another circle with another seahorse with lots of ink blending I mixed between distress oxides and plain distress inks...and a huge mess LOL Most of the supplies used came from my favorite crafty supply shop Scrapsalotllc.com

 Here is my first card...

 It's funny you start off with one idea and then you have thousands running through you head LOL...and here is my second card.... by the time I was done I had blue ink on everything!

So what do you think....was it worth the mess? I think so! I really love how both turned out! Thank you for coming by and if you read any of this post thanks for reading my rambling LOL 





Things I used from Scrapsalot shop
 ~Catherine pool~ Midnight ink
~Hero arts-color layering waves
 ~Photoplay-fish tales
 ~Hero arts stencil- mermaid seawaves
  ~Nuvo drops-crystal clear
~Distress Oxide-Faded jeans
~Distress inks-peacock feathers and salty ocean
 ~Craft Medley sequins

Day 11 and 12 #thedailymarker30day colorchallenge

So I never got the chance to update my blog yesterday for the coloring challenge so I will combine yesterdays and today's...

this is today's...I wanted to get a bit messy so I went with another art journal page...there is no right or wrong everyone sees something different..this page was inspired by another challenge well its more of a personal challenge really they just give you a word and how you interpret
that word is up to you...its called push your boundaries challenge..and my next word was splatter..see where I'm going here? LOL Messy!

 So we were out and about the other day and I saw all those flyers (we live in a touristy area) don't ask me why but I grabbed a couple of different ones my husband just gave me strange looks, anyway as I was looking through one I came across this cool ad for some attractions in the area it looked hand drawn with little splashes of color..I knew I wanted to incorporate that into my page...well really I made it my focus LOL I pulled colors from the image to use on my page...

here are yesterdays ... cute puppies LOL

aren't they adorable...they are from Kate Hadfield Designs, I got them for free from Simply cards and papercrafts magazine.

thanks for coming to check out my work!

Day 9 #thedailymarker30day

I did something a bit different...I did an art journal page haha I needed to color it anyway so I thought that would count as my day of coloring for the daily markers coloring challenge...

this is also a part of the Push your boundaries challenge number 8  Tear. (it's not really a challenge you kind of follow a prompt at your own pace) ..I started with a blank page...I tore up some papers...I love to tear book pages this one was an old dictionary and some scrapbook patterned paper LOL...I used dylusions sprays and a couple different stencils ...O wasn't really going for the red white and blue but it happened...I decided on a big border I traced the edge of a stencil to create the scallopy border and painted it black..I couldn't get my paint pen to work so I used a word stencil and white paint over the border and really liked how that looked. I used the image I colored in day 6 I thought it worked and found a quote I really liked (I actually have a small stack of them printed on tissue paper just for my projects LOL)

there we have it! I like it and it was fun and very messy!

thanks for coming by!

Something magical

My first try at no line coloring using Ink on 3 Fadeout ink that I received in my design team package from Scrapsalotllc.com they always send the coolest stuff! ... I am also using a stamp set from ink on 3 called  Magical unicorn..such a beautiful stamp and I just love unicorns... so first impression was I couldn't see it LOL well duh but I have pretty bad eyesight so I really couldn't see it so I stamped it more than once to get a good clear image...

 So I did two different ones one in colored pencil and one in alcohol marker...I will admit it's going to take a whole lot of practice LOL heck I'm just getting used to coloring normal and now this LOL I will admit I like the colored pencils better at this point...I paired my Beautiful Unicorn with some pretty Rainbow papers from Honey bee stamps (also in the package)

 I used the colored pencil version in my art journal...LOve how that turned out!

Items used from Scrapsalot shop

Ink~Ink on 3Fadeout Ink
Catherine pooler Midnight ink
Stamp~Magical unicorn
Paper~Honey bee Over the rainbow
Embellishmenst~ Nuvo drops
Stencil~Honey Bee chevron arrows

getting messy

 So I just wanted to get a bit messy... it's been a while since I pulled out mists and just let go LOL that and I had some new stuff from Scrapsalot that I really wanted to play with...like Nuvo mousse which is wicked cool, I love the dimension and the shine is awesome...I used it like molding paste with a stencil and I also used it with my finger and water to make my flowers shimmer! I combined some old stash stuff with the new..the cute bee is a Free digi from Wonderstrange they have some really cool hand-drawn images...the Daisy stamp is from Stampendous.

Look at that shine...I think I am loving the Nuvo mousse the on;y drawback is the dry time LOL I'm a bit impatient haha

thanks for stopping by, I hope you liked my tag!



Items used from Scrapsalot

~Dylusions ink spray~ periwinkle blue pure sunshine,
~Catherine pool Ink~ Midnight
~Distress oxides~ FosseledAmber, Faded Jeans, cracked pistachio
~Nuvo mouse/drops~ old navy
~Honey Bee stencil~ chevron arrows
~Carta bella~ Dot the world stencil

You had me at Meow

Good day my crafty friends, as I said last time no more Llamas...I thought I'd go with something else that came in my crafty goodie box from Scrapsalot..this time we have some of my new favorites Newtons Nook ~Newtons sweetheart they have some of the sweetest stamps...aren't these kitties just adorable

as you can see I had fun with this set and it was so easy to come up with ideas... I created the first background by using a Geometric stencil from Honey bee and some distress oxides..I think it turned out great! all Items used on the first card can be found at the Scrapsalot shop

I colored all the images using Prisma colored pencils and I was experimenting with Gamsol..I have to say I love it...I just need to get a finer point on my stump for smaller images.

Items used from Scrapsalot shop
~Newtons Nook Newtons sweetheart
~Distress oxide- faded jeans-fossilized amber-seedless preserves
~Honey Bee Geometric stencil
~Lawn fawn-stamp shammy
~waffle flower enamel dots
~Craft Medley sequins B&W classics

thank you for stopping by!

Dt Reveal Mid march

Good day my crafty friends...I wanted to share the new sketch from Lets Get Sketchy, I decided I really didn't want to use a star so I just changed the shape but still followed the sketch!👀

Hope you'll stop on by Lets Get Sketchy and play along too!

TMMCC sparkle

When I saw the sparkle theme over at The Mixed media card challenge the first thing I thought of was fairy's then I thought of all my spray mists because most of them sparkle so I figured I would combine the two...here is what I came up with!

items used to make this card watercolor paper,Lindy's stamp gang starburst mists(lucky shamrock green,sweet violet purple teal and Hydrangia blue) Versamark,Holographic embossing powder,TCWS stencil(mini tile texture), distress ink (evergreen bough) random small star/snowflake stamp, Fairy mushroom die cut (cut on my silhouette) small star and circle gems

thank you for coming to take a peek!

Muse Challenge #173

I haven't played along with the Muse challenge in awhile....I always forget to go back and vote LOL but I thought I'd play along this week....Anita's card is just gorgeous!
I took inspiration from the inky background and the silhouette image on Anita's card.... I used Tim Holts distress inks,they seem to work the best for me since I have issues blending so I went for coverage then sprinkled with water..I like the blotchy look!
I used a stencil from the crafters workshop called Mini birds of a feather (now don't laugh but as I was looking at my card as I'm writing this I noticed something missing! I had to mask a lot of the stencil because it had a bunch of bird cages but I only wanted one on the branch...I totally forgot I wanted that on cage LOL and didn't realize I hadn't inked that part of the stencil until just now! )
Anyway I really like how it turned out!

Muse Challenge #173

Here's this week's Muse: Anita Bowden

Thanks for coming to take a peek!

Recipe Week 282

The challenge this week over at Less is More is to use a stencil...I used a pretty stencil to create a background for this Birthday card, I'm sorry I don't know who makes this stencil haha its the only one I have that isn't in its package :(
It was a very simple card but the end product looks fabulous!

thanks for coming to take a peek!

CAS(E) this Sketch #178

I have to say this is the cutest sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch and there are so many possibilities...I have a little tub full of used stamps that a couple friends gave me,most are small and I really had no idea what to do with most of them...they were out of sight until this past week when hubby bought me this eight cubby shelf unit thingy (lol) for all my crafty needs...anyway the tub is now sitting in plain sight and when I saw the sketch I pulled it out to see what little image I could use...
I started with a Tim Holtz stencil splatters...I tried to use the same colors I used to color the image...anyway here is what I came up with....

CAS(E) this Sketch #178

thanks for coming to take a peek!