keeping distracted

So I'm trying to distract myself...when I get stressed I tend to clean normally that's not a bad thing but when you think you broke the water heater from using too much Hot water you know it's time to cut back LOL

So instead I took it in the opposite direction and I made a crafty mess...I pulled out a couple colors that I love Peacock feathers and wilted violet...I used both distress oxide inks and sprays (both you can get from Scrapsalot shop) on these pretty tags

there was a whole lot of layering going on here...paper gesso texture paste ink sprays some more inks more paper then some embellishments...

when I first got the word board die-cut set I really had no idea what I was going to do with it other than a word board but I seem to use their alphabet die a whole lot...it comes in quite handy!

I entered this one in the challenge over at More than Words

 thanks for coming by and checking out my new tags...stay safe and distracted!

Items used from scrapsalot shop

Oxide inks- wilted violet, black soot, peacock feathers
Oxide spray-wilted violet and peacock feathers
archival inks- watering can and jet black
dimensional foam circles
sugar pea word board die-cut
alt e new reason to smile stamp set

My heart is yours-Happy Valentines day

Happy Valentine's day everyone

I have one last card to share for Valentine's day well I guess you could use it for other things. It's truly the simplest card I've made in a long time and most would consider it clean and simple (sometimes those are the best)

Inks, stamps, and heart die are from Scrapsalot shop

I love the heart prints stamp set from Sugar peas design it had some really cute heats and sentiments, Of course, the imprint one is my favorite. Like I said earlier it's super simple stamped the heart and die cut using the simple heart die from Sugar peas then framed it with two squares with a sentiment under it!


Items used from Scrapsalot shop
Archival inks

sugar pea simple heart die
sugar pea heart prints stamp set


Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Valentine's day!

Foil hearts

Who's ready for Valentine's day? I've been working pretty hard to come up with the perfect card for my husband and so far they are all too feminine but I managed to pass the ones I made along to a friend so they won't go to waste 😁 so I thought I would share my latest  Valentine's day card ... look at the beautiful foil...I love how it shines! Gina K's foil mates made it so easy to create my background for my card

 I tried to get a good photo of the shine but it's nearly impossible LOL All items used on this card are from the scrapsalot shop...make sure you stop by and see what they have to offer!

Items used from Scrapsalot shop

Carta Bella enamel dots
echo park enamel dots
Gina K foil mates-Blooming hearts
Icraft deco foil-therm o web-pink melon and turquoise
sugar pea dangling heart die
sugar pea heart prints stamp set

thanks for stopping by and checking out my card!

Imprint on my heart

I so love this stamp set heart prints from sugar pea designs especially this imprint one...I'm thinking I might do a rainbow one with this stamp 😁 I think I'm getting closer to the perfect Valentine for my husband, I really like the black and white with just a touch of red...this is more his style but maybe a couple too many hearts LOL all stamps and inks are from the scrapsalot shop make sure you stop by there and see what they have to offer!

I used Concord and 9ths heart turnabout stamp with Catherine poolers midnight ink...I think I only turned it three times that's why there are some places without hearts...haha as I am writing this up I'm thinking maybe to should have done the fourth turn with red ink 🤔 always an afterthought!

Items used from scrapsalot shop

Catherine pooler midnight ink
sugar pea design heart prints stamp
sugar pea design simple heart die
concord and 9th hearts turnabout stamp

I adore you-Valentine fun

I've been trying to come up with the perfect Valentine for my husband...I don't think this one is it LOL but I'm getting closer...maybe not so much pink! But I do love how this one turned out and it was so unexpected...

see I was playing with some Nuvo shimmer powders (making funky backgrounds) then I remembered seeing someone stamp using the shimmer powders and I thought cool let's try that ...haha that's how it always starts... I used my new stamp set from Sugar pea called heart prints and the simple heart die from them also. I sprinkled (tapped) some powder onto the stamp and then spritzed with water (I should have stamped the first time on scratch paper but live and learn) after the first impression I used my water brush to make sure the pigment/powder/ink was on the right part of the stamp I will say a little powder goes a long way I never added more just kept using the water brush to move it around

all items (except cardstock) used on this card came from Scrapsalot - she carries a little bit of everything from simple scrapbooking all the way to Mixed media!

 I randomly stamped my background...yes I had to say that and I strategically place that panel over a spot that had a big void LOLI picked the sentiment I adore you from the same set...as you can see some of them are cockeyed but that's what I love about handmade items nothing is perfect!

Items used from Scrapsalot shop
Nuvo shimmer powders
sugar pea-heart prints stamp set
sugar pea- simple heart die
Ranger Archival inks- jet black -picked raspberry

Make every day Amazing

I was really kind of stumped when I received this die set from SugarPea designs in my Scrapsalot design team box this month, I didn't have a clue what it was LOL other than the word die which in its self was worth it because I can make any sentiment I wanted with it and it's pretty small. when I talked to Debra the lovely owner of Scrapsalotllc.com she informed me it was a letterboard...I thought ....Oh, what a cute idea!! (they really need to put something on their packaging LOL) then I used my brain and when to their website to check it out!

 So I made this lovely card with someone in mind...she is into inspirational quotes and such and I thought she would really love to get this in the mail. It's a pretty straight forward card really easy ...the hardest part was figuring out what I wanted my little message to say! I did measure the board die because it seemed too simple so I wanted to make a frame...I used my silhouette portrait to create a scallop rectangle I also created just a plain rectangle frame too but I really like how the scallop one looked. Then I thought I needed something more...flowers yup I needed flowers and I just so happen to have these in my stash...add a couple enamel dots and we're done! the quickest card I've ever made if you don't include not knowing what the die was LOL

thanks for stopping by 

Items from Scrapsalot shop
Sugarpea letter board die
waffle flower enamel dots