H is for Heat Embossing

I am on letter H for my alphabet series. I used heat embossing on this card. Heat embossing is what got me hooked on stamping and I have been stamping now for 3 decades! I love to heat emboss on patterned paper because the embossing makes the stamp stand out better than just stamping with ink. I was thrilled the other day when I went into Dollar Tree and found this beautiful bicycle stamp! I had to use it right away.

Stamp:  Bicycle - Crafter's Square

             Saying - Crafter's Square

Embossing Powder:  Concord - Sparkle N Sprinkle

Patterned Paper and Butterfly:  Art Options - 49 and Market

Label Sticker - American Crafts

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Anything Goes 2416

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

We Love Stamping:  AG/Spring

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #413

Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes

with the option theme of Use a Stencil

Hosted by Me

Challenge ends April 28th

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)

  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

We are  Generously Sponsored by

We Welcome back Barry & his team @ House Mouse Designs

House-Mouse Designs(R)  

We are thrilled to be welcoming back our AWESOME sponsor,
the Official Mousey Family, House-Mouse Designs(R)
 
HMD is offering a Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to go shopping at the official House-Mouse Designs(R) site!

House-Mouse Designs(R) 

Many thanks to our generous Sponsor for their continued support.  

Stamp:  Spring Rain - Spellbinders (used a portion of the stamp)

Stencil:  Dashed - Scrapbook.Com

Glacier Embossing Paste:  Frostbite - Nuvo

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Spectrum Noir Glitter Pen - Raindrops

Flower Soft - Black

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see y ou over at the challenge! Have a great day!

G is for Gilding Flakes

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am showing another card in my alphabet series and today the letter is G. I used gilding flakes on my card. I do not use these often, but I love how they add so much to the card. I daubed alcohol inks on yupo paper and then while the alcohol ink was still tacky I added the copper and gold gilding flakes. 

Stamps:  Seashells Stamp Set - Art Gone Wild

Saying:  Special Seahorse - Petticoat Parlor

Alchol Inks - Ranger

Gilding Flakes - Unknown

Blue Sparkle Enamel Dots

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Anything Goes 2414

Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #643-644

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #412

 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes 

with the option theme of Use some Design Paper

 

Hosted by our Talented Teamie Karin

Challenge ends April 14th

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)
  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

We are  Generously Sponsored by

 Welcome back our Generous SPONSOR

We are very happy to welcome back Heidi and her team at:

SIMON SAYS STAMP

Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads

Simon Says Stamp has been in business since 2002, offering you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. Stock includes over 100,000+ items along with the latest and greatest releases from the Simon Says Stamp brand Hero Arts, Tim Holtz, Lawn Fawn, Copics, House-Mouse Designs and so much more. With such an amazing variety and awesome deals on shipping, it’s always good timing to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp store!

Many thanks to our generous Sponsor for their continued support.  

I used design paper and paper pieced the flower. I used a coordinating piece of paper for the border and die cut butterflies from some more design paper. Flower Soft was used for the flower's center.

Stamp:  Daisy Mouse - Spellbinders
Saying:  Stamp and Die set Fall Swags - Honey Bee
Patterned Paper:  Background and Butterflies - Glitz - Carpe Diem

Flower and Border:  Garden Party - Pebbles

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Dies:  Butterflies - Flight Fantasy - Tim Holtz

Flower Soft:  Toffee

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you over at the challenge. Have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

We Love Stamping:  Feminine

Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #641-642

F is for Foil

I am back with another card for my alphabet series. This time the letter is F and I used a foil background on this card. I have bought several packs of ink jet backgrounds to foil. I chose the hexagon shapes background, using a rainbow foil. I ran it through my  laminator and it came out so pretty. My grandson turns 3 in June and he loves our cat, so I thought this would be a card that he would like.  

Stamp:  Unknown

Foil Background:  Foilables Pattern Pack 1 - Creative Vision Stamps

Foil:  Pride - Creative Vision Stamps

Die:  Three - Cuttlebug

Happy Birthday :  Sticker - Krazy Kreations

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Wiggle Eyes

Thanks so much for stopping  by. Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Anything Goes 241

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #411

 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes 

option theme of All Stitched Up

 

Hosted by our Talented Teamie - Carol G

Challenge ends March 31st

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)
  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

We are  Generously Sponsored by

House-Mouse Designs(R)  

We are thrilled to be welcoming back our AWESOME sponsor,

the Official Mousey Family, House-Mouse Designs(R)

 
HMD is offering a Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to go shopping at the official House-Mouse Designs(R) site!

House-Mouse Designs(R) 

One Lucky Winner will receive a 

$6 Voucher to spend @ Di's Digi Stamps

We welcome back Di's DigiStamps 

I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with like minded people.

I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself. This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!

Many thanks to our generous Sponsor/s for their continued support.  

Stamps:  Berry Good - Spellbinders

Saying:  Creek Bank Creations

Splatters - Stampin' Up

Dies:  Stitched Circles - Gina Marie

Leaves - Unknown

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Patterened Paper:  Bloomscapes - K&Co.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you over at the challenge. Have a great day!

Challenge entered:

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Food and/or Drink

E is for Embossing Powder

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am showing a card today for my alphabet series and today the letter is E. On this card I used embossing powder. Embossing powder is what got me into the stamping world many years ago. When I saw the powder magically change when heated, I was hooked! I must say that I have not used embossing powder for a long time now. I found some marbling embossing powder in my stash and decided to "paint" the flower with it. I used a Versa Marker to color in the areas of the flower, added the embossing powder over it and heat set it. You can see some of the marbling on both the petals and leaf.

Stamp:  Radiant - Penny Black

Embossing Powders:  Sienna Star, Marbeld Turnip, Marbled Squash - Sparkle N Sprinkle

Patterened Paper:  Perch - Momenta

Sequins:  Catherine Pooler

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Anything Goes 2410

We Love Stamping:  Feminine

Stamping Sensations:  Spring

House Mouse and friends Monday Challenge #410

 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge!

Anything Goes 

with the option of Embossing - wet/dry

 

And add a House Mouse friend

Hosted by Teamie KARIN

Challenge ends March 17th

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)
  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

We are  Generously Sponsored by

 Welcome back our Generous SPONSOR

We are very happy to welcome back Heidi and her team at:

SIMON SAYS STAMP

Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads

Simon Says Stamp has been in business since 2002, offering you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. Stock includes over 100,000+ items along with the latest and greatest releases from the Simon Says Stamp brand Hero Arts, Tim Holtz, Lawn Fawn, Copics, House-Mouse Designs and so much more. With such an amazing variety and awesome deals on shipping, it’s always good timing to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp store!

Many thanks to our generous Sponsor for their continued support. 

Stamp:  Bouquet for You - Spellbinders

Dies:  Small Circle Die Set - Spellbinders

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope to see you over at the challenge. Have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

D is for Doily

Hi and welcome to my blog! I am showing another card for my Alphabet series and today is the letter D. I found some doilies in my stash where I had used punches to make the doily. I used some tissue paper, cut out a circle shape using a die and then folded the tissue paper into a small triangle - much like the fold to make a snowflake. I used 3 punches - the pansy on the large end of the tirangle, then a heart and small circle punch. I remember making these a long time ago and just found them while I was moving!  

Stamp:  Floral Pop stamp and die set - Sizzix

             Italian Poetry Background - Hero Arts

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Punches:  Pansy - Martha Stewart

                Heart and Circle hole punches

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Challenge entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

C is for Chalks

Hi! I am showing another card today for my alphabet series. Today the letter is C and I am using chalks. I have been moving and most of my craft supplies are at the new house. So making this card was a huge challenge! I found a background in my stash where I had used the floating chalks technique. I scraped various colors of chalk on top of a pan of water and dipped my card stock into it. I really like the fun background that it made. I also had this cute House Mouse already colored and die cut so I matted it onto a piece of black card stock. I used a letter stencil for the word love and a strip of patterned paper to add some interest. Talk about having to use my brain! I really had to think a lot about this card!

Stamp:  House Mouse - Stampendous

Chalks

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Spellbinders Die - Labels 8

Stencil - Letters - Tim Holtz

Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Valentine's Day!

Challenges entered:

Stamping Sensations:  Animals, Birds and Creatures or AG

We Love Stamping:  Romance

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #408

 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes 

with the option theme of 

Valentine or Pink/Red 

 

Hosted by our Talented Teamie- Sue Kment

Challenge ends February 18th

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)
  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

Welcome back our Generous SPONSOR

We are very happy to welcome back Heidi and her team at:

SIMON SAYS STAMP

Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads

Simon Says Stamp has been in business since 2002, offering you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. Stock includes over 100,000+ items along with the latest and greatest releases from the Simon Says Stamp brand Hero Arts, Tim Holtz, Lawn Fawn, Copics, House-Mouse Designs and so much more. With such an amazing variety and awesome deals on shipping, it’s always good timing to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp store!

Stamp: Glitter Hearts - Stampendous

Die:  Stitched Rectangle - Want2Stamp

Red and Pink Glitter Gel Pens - Keiser Craft

Charm - House Mouse

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you over at the challenge! Happy Valentine's Day!

Challenges entered:

Double Trouble: Love is in the Air (holding up heart)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Alphabet Soup - B is for bokeh

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am going through the alphabet this year and using a craft item or doing a card technique that starts with a letter of the alphabet. Today is the letter B and I have used the bokeh technique on this card. Instead of using circles like normal, I used flowers for the technique. If you are not familiar with what the bokeh technique is, here is a link. 

I sponged on several colors of Oxide inks and then used a flower stencil and sponged through the stencil using white pigment ink. 

I trimmed this background and here is the card I made with it.

Stamps:  Scribbly Small Birds stamp set - Ranger

                Saying - Bird Day - Penny Black

                Heart Balloon - Unknown

Oxide Inks - Ranger

White Pigment Ink:  Unicorn - Hero Arts

Frame - hand drawn

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Anything Goes 2403

Stencil Fun:  Feed The Birds

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #407

Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

                 Our new challenge is

                     Anything Goes 

            with the option theme of  

         Use touches of silver or gold

 

  Hosted by our talented teamie - Sue Drees

                  Challenge ends February 4th

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)

  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

                    

We are  Generously Sponsored by

We Welcome back Barry & his team @ House Mouse Designs

House-Mouse Designs(R)  

We are thrilled to be welcoming back our AWESOME sponsor,
the Official Mousey Family, House-Mouse Designs(R)

 
HMD is offering a Lucky player a $20 Gift Certificate to go shopping at the official House-Mouse Designs(R) site!

House-Mouse Designs(R) 

Many thanks to our generous Sponsor for their continued support.  

I found this background in my stash where I had outlined the leaves and butterfly with silver glitter. I matted the background on silver cardstock. It is always hard to get a good picture of the silver elements, but I hope you get the idea here.

Stamp:  from the Spring Mini Stamp Set - Stampendous

Dies:  Small Circle Dies - Spellbinders

Saying:  All Occasions Sentimantal Sheets - Paper Rose

Colored Pencils - Prisma

Silver Glitter Pen

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you over at the challenge. Have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Double D Challenge:  Sparkle and/or Shine

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Let's have Some Fun