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

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #404

 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes 

with the option theme of 

Christmas

Hosted by our Talented Teamie Lorraine

Challenge ends December 10th

 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!

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!

Lorraine will also be giving away this gorgeous Merry and Bright Cling Stamp Set

Many thanks to our generous Sponsors for their continued support.  

Stamp:  Holiday Travel - Stampendous

Die:  Stitched Rectangle - Gina Marie

Paper:  Rainbow Plaids - Crafter's Delight

Snowflake:  Sticker - Paper Studio

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Liquid Paste:  Sugar - Bo Bunny

Glitter:  Diamond - Stickles

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

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Wednesday:  Make It Sparkle

Stamping Sensations: Get ready for Christmas

We Love Stamping:  Christmas Characters

Many Ways to Color #22 - Smooch Pearlized Inks

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am showing another way to color a stamped image. While I was packing to move, I found these Smooch Pearlized inks that I had not used in a long time. I really enjoyed using them to color the leaves on the tree. They have a very small brush like tip, just perfect to color in small areas. They are so pretty and shimmery too.

I found a background in my stash where I used the bokeh technique. Instead of using a circle stencil, I used a leaf stencil. I stamped the tree onto the background and colored with the Smooch Pearlized Inks.

Stamp:  Tree - Stampendous

Die:  Hello - Recollections

Smooched Pearlized Inks

Distress Inks - Ranger

Leaf Stencil - Unknown

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

Christmas Cheer

Hi and welcome to my blog! I am sharing a Christmas card that I made for the Penny Black challenge - Glitter & Glitz. I used a clear glitter embossing paste and a stencil to make the falling snow. I used a Pearl paint pen for the snow on the pine needles and ground. The Cheer die was cut from red metallic card stock. I used Broken China Distress ink to sponge the sky.

Stamp:  To All ... stamp set - Penny Black

Stencil:  Stamper's Anonymous (TH)

Clear Glitter Paste:  Recollections

Dies:  Cheer - Christmas Phrases - Sizzix

           Card Creator (Snowbank) - Spelldinders

Ink:  Broken China Distress ink - Ranger

Sugar Pearlescent Paint Pen - BoBunny

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

Challenges entered:

Penny Black SaturdayChallenge: Glitter & Glitz

Stamping Sensations:  Get Ready for Christmas

We Love Stamping:  Christmas Characters

Happy Thanksgiving

Hi and welcome to my blog. Thanksgiving is right around the corner! I am showing this Thanksgiving card I made where I used an alcohol inked background that I pulled from my stash. When I made this background, while the alcohol ink was still a bit tacky, I added some gold gilding flakes to it to add some shine. I cut out the skeleton leaf die from watercolor paper and used the negative to lay over the alcohol inked background. 

Die:  Skeleton Leaves Die Set - Sizzix (TH)

Alcohol Inks - Ranger

Saying - Unknown

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving!

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Thanks/Thanksgiving

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Thanks/Thanksgiving

Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes #621-622 

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #403

 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes

with the option theme of Use Snow

Hosted by our Talented Teamie KARIN

Challenge ends November 26th

 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.  

Lately on my cards, I have been using backgrounds that I made. This background was made by sponging Oxide inks over the debossed side of the card. I randomly patted a Versa Mark ink pad over the sponged background, added white embossing powder and heat set it. I paper pieced the ornament using metallic paper. I made "snow" under the sled using liquid paste and glitter.

Stamp:  Ornament Sled - Stampendous

Dies:  Stitched Ovals - Gina Marie

Embossing Folder:  Snowflakes - Paper Studio

Oxide Inks:  Wilted Violet and Faded Jeans

Saying:  Sticker

Liquid Paste:  Sugar - Bo Bunny

Glitter:  Diamond Dust - Sparkle N Sprinkle

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

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

Christmas Deer

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am showing a deer card I made for the Double D Challenge. I made the deer stamp by using a deer die and cut it out of fun foam. I inked up the deer in a light tan color. Then I inked up a woodgrain stamp with a darker brown ink and stamped this stamp over the deer and then stamped the deer onto my card stock. This is called the "kissing" technique. 

Stamp:  Made from Deer Flight Sizzix Die - (TH)

              Woodgrain stamp - unknown

Die:       Holiday Greens Mini Set - Sizzix - (TH)

SnowFlakes:  Stickers

Inks:  Distress - Antique Linen and Tea Die - Ranger

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

Challenges entered:

Double D:  Oh Deer

Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Anything Goes #2344

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Grunge It Up

Many Ways to Color #21 - Ink Stains

Hi and welcome to my blog. I was packing getting ready to move and I kept discovering products that I had not used in ages. Imagine that! Most of my coloring mediums were already packed away so I was glad to find these ink stains called Ink Tintz, by Fiber Scraps. They work just like the ink stains by Ranger. I rubbed them right over my maple leaf stamp and then stamped the image on light tan card stock. This was a fast way to add color to a stamp. The bird was stamped onto a smooshed ink background and fussy cut. I splattered some Tea Die Distress ink over the card.

Stamp:  Scribbly Bird - Dina Wakley

              Maple Leaf - Hero Arts

Ink Tintz:  (gold and green) - Fiber Scraps

Saying:  Stampendous

Distress Ink:  Tea Die

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

I would like to enter this card into these challenges -

Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Anything Goes #2344

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Grunge It Up

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #402

 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes with the option theme

 of RAINBOW

Hosted by our Talented Teamie Carol

Challenge ends November 12th

 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) 

One Lucky Winner will receive a 
$6 Voucher to spend @ Di's Digi Stamps

We welcome back Di's DigiStamps 

Di's DigiStamps

Bio.

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 Sponsors for their continued support.  

I went with the "rainbow" theme for my card. Rainbow colors make me think of birthdays, so I decided to make a birthday card. I had this background in my stash where I used a numbers stencil and the Crayola marker pump to spray the colors over the stencil. 

Stamp:  Spring Mini Stamp Set - Stampendous

Dies:  Labels 18 - Spellbinders

Stencil:  Numbers - Unknown

Crayola Markers

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

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

Challenges entered:

Simon says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #619 - #620