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

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                 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

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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

Alphabet Soup - A is for alcohol inks

Hi and welcome to my blog. Each new year I start a series on my blog to keep me inspired throughout the year. I decided this year to go through the alphabet and use a craft item or do a card technique that starts with a letter of the alphabet. Of course today I am starting with the letter A and I have used alcohol inks to make a background. I love doing techniques with alcohol inks. This time I swiped a piece of glossy card stock through 2 colors of alcohol inks. I then spritzed a stencil with 91% alcohol and laid the stencil over the swiped background and let it sit a little bit. When I carefully removed the stencil, the alcohol removed some of the color from the background and left its impression. I stamped directly onto the background using a permanent brown ink and used alcohol markers to color in a few areas.

Stamps:  Boatyard - Art Impressions

                Saying - Special Seahorse Stamp Set - Acushla Stamps

Stencil -  Crafters Workshop

Alcohol Inks - Ranger

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Thanks so much fo stopping by today. I hope you have a great day and a Happy New Year!

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Anything Goes 2401

Stamping Sensations:  Anything Goes

We Love Stamping:  Anything Goes + A Stamp

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #406

     Welcome back House Mouse fans!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes 

with the option theme of  

 

Add  Blue

Hosted by our Talented Teamie- Misti

Challenge ends January 21st

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

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

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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!

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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!

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I like to keep get well cards on hand especially this time of year. A cup of nice hot tea will make anyone feel better! I love these two meeces with their cups of tea. I went along with the blue theme for my card today.

Stamp:  Tea for Two - Spellbinders

Saying - Unknown

Die:  Candlewick Frame - Spellbinders

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Colored Pencils - Prisma

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

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies: Anything Goes 2401

Stamping Sensations:  Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes #629 - 630

Stained Glass Window

Hi and welcome to my blog! I have another card to show you using dies. I crumpled aluminum foil, flattened it out and glued it behind the "window" die. I then colored in the areas using alcohol markers to give a stained glass effect. Afterwards I took off the "window" die and placed another one over the top of the colored areas because the first one gets color on the white areas. I used a new Christmas tree die and cut it out of teal shimmery paper.

Dies:  Forest Trees set - Echo Park

           Alterations Collection - Sizzix

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Aluminum Foil

Saying: Sticker - Paper Crafts

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas!

Challenges entered:

Double Trouble:  Die - cember

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Use Dies

Let It Snow

Merry Christmas! I hope you are enjoying the season. I am showing a card today that I made with all dies. I just received all of these new dies and I could not wait to use them. For the snowflake background I used a piece of card stock where I had applied shimmer powders and added water for a blended look. For the "snow" around the edges of the card, I used a Tim Holtz stencil and brushed white pigment ink over it. The saying is a sticker.

Dies:  Forest Trees set - Echo Park

          Snowflake Background - Echo Park

          Deer set - Cottage Cutz

White Pigment Ink - Hero Arts

Shimmer Powders - Pixie Powder

Stencil - Tim Holtz

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

Challenges entered:

Double Trouble - Die - cember  #155

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Use Dies

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Use Craft Dies

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #405

 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes 

with the option theme of

PARTY

Hosted by our Talented Teamie Mia

Challenge ends January 7th

 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 hope you are enjoying the holiday season. I chose the anything goes theme for my card. I love this little mousey peeking out of the cup. I hope you stay warm and cozy this winter season.

Stamp:  Warm Cup - Stampendous

Saying - Sparkle N Sprinkle

Alcohol Markers - Spectrum Noir

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

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Anything Goes 2349

Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #625 - 626