Just Beachy

Hi! I hope you are having a good day. I have made several projects with a beach theme lately. I must have the beach on my brain! I went to the beach in June and I guess I need some more time at the seashore. I made a beach themed tag this time using 2 techniques that Tim Holtz showed on his blog.

I stamped several seashells and fish on the background with Faded Jeans Distress ink. The die is Cattails from Spellbinders. The die cut from tag board is a Cheery Lynn die. I added centers to the tag board using the same die and cut from shimmer sheets, cream handmade paper and brown mulberry paper. At the bottom I added Mudd Puddles mini shells  and Champagne glitter from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a blessed day!

Challenges entered:

Tim Holtz:  12 Tags of 2016 - August

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Summer Fun

Altered Dies #14

Hi and welcome to my blog! I usually show my altered die cards on the first and third Thursdays of each month, but due to being a guest designer this month for Word Art Wednesday I am showing this altered card today. I know many of you hit the beaches or the lake in the summertime. I have made it to the beach once this summer. It certainly feels good to be near water in the middle of the hot summer, so I have made an underwater altered die card today. The background was made by using the salt technique.

I altered a die to make the "coral."  I started with the Blooming Branch die by Memory Box and cut it out using blue glitter card stock and purple card stock.

I layered these on top of each other and added Clementine embossing powder from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

I used Mudd Puddles Sea Glass and Shell Pieces on the bottom of the card. Glisten embossing powder from Sparkle N Sprinkle was also used with them to look like sand. The mermaid is also a Sparkle N Sprinkle stamp.

It was fun making this underwater scene. I hope you enjoyed how I altered the die to look like coral. Have a wonderful and blessed day and keep cool!

Challenges entered: 

Dies R Us:  Water and/or Beach

Scrapy Land:  Emboss It

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Add Some Texture

Tags of 2014 -- July

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a good day. I want to share the tag I made that was inspired by Tim Holtz's July tag. He used a sea theme and I decided it was time for me to get out some of my sea crafting supplies and work with them too! You can see Tim's demo here. I enjoyed embossing the piece of plastic to place over the Distress ink background for a different look.

I added sand and small seashell Mudd Puddles to the bottom. The large seashells are dies that I added Clear Rock Candy Distress glitter to. The clam shell was punched and given to me by my good friend. I love the patterned paper it was punched from!

I used Diamond Glaze on the angel fish. As usual I had a fun time making this tag. Tim always gives much inspiration each month! 

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

Challenges entered :

Anything But A Card Challenge :  Challenge #37

Come And Get It :  Cool Things For Summer

Hiding In My Craft Room :  Think Summer

Paper Crafting Challenge :  Anything Goes

Tim Holtz :  Tags of 2014 --  July

By The Sea

Hi Everyone!  I don't know about you, but I am looking forward to warmer weather and being outdoors. It has been very Spring like here the last few days, but it will be getting colder they say. I want to share a card I made that helps me to think about summer. I used the new  Sparkle N Sprinkle Mermaid Kisses stamp set 529. Isn't she lovely?  I did not have a large shell die, so I made one using a scallop circle die. I cut off 3 of the scallops at the bottom of the circle and scored in between the scallops to the bottom center of the die to make it look like a shell. I used a flesh colored marker to enhance the lines. Next I patted the "shell" all over with a Versa Mark ink pad, sprinkled on Sparkle embossing powder EP107 and heat set it. Blue Jewel glitter G1113 was used around the edges if the card, flowers and rock.

I use Sea Glass Mudd Puddles under the mermaid. I love using this product. The pieces are in a clear glue that you pat on with a pallet knife. I added in a few small seashells with them to add more interest. For further instructions on how to make this card, please click here.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope your day is a good one!

April


Challenges entered:

Amusing Challenge:  Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody:  Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesday:  Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door:  Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown: Anything Goes

Fall is in the Air

Hi Everyone! Thanks for stopping by my blog today. We are having another Fall - like day after a very hot day yesterday. I want to show you another Fall card I made. This image of House Mouse is originally holding a heart with its feet, but I have him holding a pumpkin for Fall. Isn't he cute?

I want to enter this card into two challenges:

House Mouse and Friends:  Autumn Leaves

ABC Challenge:  V is for Very Cute

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Technique Tuesday -- Stamping With a Paper Towel

Hi Everyone! Welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Technique Tuesday. It is time for vacations and hitting the beach! I made a card using the beautiful Serena Mermaid. The technique I used does great for a water background. I hope you will join me in making some for yourself.

Supplies needed:

1.  paper towel with a pattern
2.  large multi-colored ink pad 
3.  brayer
4. Penboss
5. Sparkle embossing powder
6. heat tool

Take the paper towel and fold it several times. I folded it to fit my 4 1/4"   x  5 1/2"  card.

Now place the folded paper towel on top of the large multi-colored ink pad and brayer over the paper towel a few times.

The paper towel will look like this when finished. It needs to be pretty saturated with ink. 

This time take white card stock and lay it on top of the inked side of the paper towel. Brayer the top several times.

Here is what the background looks like when you are finished.

When I saw this pattern, I wanted to make an underwater scene,  so I used the Penboss , traced the swirl print with it,  added Sparkle embossing powder and heat set it.   Now my "water" looks shimmery.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed this technique. Have a great day!

April

Also used saying from Fancy Butterflies  stamp  set  and Sea Glass Mudd Puddles.

Technique Tuesday -- Tissue Paper Background

Hi Everyone! I hope you are enjoying your day. As promised I am showing how I made the background for this card that I showed on the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog hop last week.  I always have so much fun with techniques so again I made several different backgrounds. I just can't stop at one! LOL!

Supplies needed:

1. white  or light colored tissue paper
2. Distress stains in complementary colors
3. white card stock
4. Brushable glue
5. water
6. pan for water
7. foam brush
8. glitter  --  I used Goldenrod Velvet glitter

Squeeze some glue onto the card stock, dip the foam brush in water and brush the glue across the card stock.

Wad up the tissue paper, open it up some and lay it down on the glue. Let this dry.

Trim off  edges with scissors.

Start swiping the stains over the tissue paper.

Swipe  some of the raised areas lightly with the diluted glue using the foam brush and add glitter.

This is so easy and fun. Here are some more backgrounds I made. On this first one I went lightly over the stained background with the silver Distress stain to give it a different shimmery look.

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

April

Sparkle N Sprinkle supplies used:

1. Flower Nymph stamp 1034-221E
2. Goldenrod Velvet glitter GM2006
3. Champagne glitter G1045
4. Mudd Puddles -- Mini Shells and Ice sea Glass
5. Brushable Glue 540