Shabby Chic #14

Hi and welcome to my blog! Today I am showing another shabby chic card using bits and pieces from my stash.

I found the lamp stamp in a bag of images that came from a swap that I was in a few years ago! The stamp is unknown. I colored it with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and placed it in the frame that was cut using the Memory Box Botanical Frame die. I placed the frame on top of a torn page that came from an old book. The edges were sponged using Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. I used a large round punch for the Sparkle N Sprinkle saying. Buttons, ribbon and lace were added for embellishment.

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

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Use a Die and/or Punch

Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #344-#345

Shabby Chic #7

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am back with another shabby chic card today. I went into my button bin and used several on this card. The rose is also a button! The embossed background was already in my stash and white perfect pearls was brushed over it after applying versa mark ink. I used the same ribbon on the hat as I did to make the bow. Lacy stickers were adhered on the back of the first layer. The girl stamp is from Inkadinkado and the definition stamp is from Sparkle N Sprinkle. The Paris stamp is unknown.

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

Shabby Chic #3

Hi! Valentine's Day is right around the corner! I want to show you a shabby chic Valentine I made using scraps from my stash.

I started with the heart frame that I found in my stash of images. The heart was made by stamping with peg stamps. I stamped the Sparkle N Sprinkle birds and colored them with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. I fussy cut the heart using decorative scissors. All of the rest of the pieces, swirls, borders, ribbon, pearls and buttons also came from my stash and were added as embellishments. I used Tim Holtz's distress tool to rough up the edges of the pink patterned paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a very Happy Valentine's Day!

Challenges entered:

AAA Challenge:  All You Need Is Love 

Frilly and Funkie:  All You Need Is Love

Modsquad Challenge:  Have A Heart

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  It Must Be Love

Sugar Peas:  Mix It Up Challenge 40

Hello Friend

Hi and welcome to my blog. I hope you are having a good day. I made a winter card using the Large Cardinal stamp from Just For Fun Stamps. I have had a cardinal couple in my backyard for many years and I loved seeing them at my feeder. I am sad because I have not seen them for awhile. I hope they did not fly somewhere else. I saw a hawk flying around a few weeks ago and I am afraid he scared them off or worse! Hopefully I will see some more cardinals soon.

I also stamped the Just For Fun Large Pine Bough stamp twice onto white card stock. I colored and fussy cut them, then snipped around the edges with my scissor to fluff them up. I also added white Liquid Applique on them for "snow." I used a background die that someone gave me and added clear Stickles glitter on each star. I cut words using dies cut from kraft card stock and outlined them with a black sharpie marker.

 Don't forget that we have a challenge going on. Please join in and you might even win a gift certificate to the store!

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

Shabby Chic #2

Hi and welcome to my blog. I hope the New Year has started off well for you. Here is my second shabby chic card in my series. I have had the snowflake die from Alina Craft for awhile and this is the first time I used it. I cut it from white glitter card stock. It was placed behind the image that I stamped and cut out using the Spellbinders Small Oval die. I edged the die using silver embossing powder. To finish off the image I added clear Stickles glitter in several areas. I found the tag in my stash and also edged it with silver embossing powder. The patterned paper also came from my stash of scraps.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you have a blessed New Year!

Challenges entered:

AAA Card Challenge:  Chilled

One Crazy Stamper:  Anything Goes + Blue and Buttons

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Add a Sentiment

Stamping Sensations:  Cold and Frosty Colors

Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #318-#319

Reindeer Greetings

Hi and welcome to my blog. Have you gotten in the Christmas spirit yet? We had a surprise snow here in South Carolina over the weekend and it certainly put me in the Christmas spirit! We hardly ever get snow. We got about 3 inches. I want to show you a Christmas card I made. I am trying to do more shabby chic cards and I think this one qualifies.

I made the background by using a snowflake embossing folder and swiping a few colors of Distress inks over the raised areas. I stamped the deer (unknown) using Walnut Stain Oxide ink and cut it out with the Gina Marrie Stitched Circle die. The frame for the deer was made by using a Martha Stewart corner punch. I added some "greenery" at the top made from blue card stock using the Impression Obessesion Greenery die. The snowflake is also a die (unknown) and I added clear stickles glitter to it as you can see in the picture below. I cut a tag using a cuttlebug die and embossed the saying with white embossing powder. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a blessed Christmas season!

Challenges entered:

Crafty Cardmakers:  Christmas

Cuttlbug Mania:  Anything Christmas

One Crazy Stamper:  Christmas/Winter

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Christmas/Winter Holiday

Sugar Peas:  Anything Goes #38

Tuesday Throwdown:  Anything Goes  TT372

Merry Christmas!

I want to wish you a Merry Christmas! I hope your Christmas will be wonderful and full of many good memories. I want to show you a card I made using the Just For Fun Stamptangle Christmas Tree.

I stamped the tree on green plaid patterned paper and embossed with cream embossing powder. I fussy cut the image and adhered it to the Gina Marie Stitched Oval die. I made banners using patterned papers and dark brown card stock for borders. All of this was adhered to the embossed kraft background.

You still have a few days to enter the Just For Fun December challenge! You might even win a prize!

Thanks so much for stopping by. May your Christmas be filled with many blessings!

Challenges entered:

Crafty Creations: Any Holiday

Sparkle N  Sprinkle:  Anything Goes With Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder, Flocking

Christmas Tag

Hi Everyone! Welcome to my blog. I know a lot of us are very busy with Christmas shopping, wrapping presents, parties and such. I want to show you a tag I made today using 2 of Tim Holtz's techniques that you can see here.

I cut a piece of burlap and used Tim Holtz's snowflake stencil over it. I sprayed on color using Fired Brick Distress spray. I then adhered the burlap piece to the tag. I used Tim Holtz's letterpress system for the word "happiness,"  as seen above. I flicked white gesso over green card stock and punched out the evergreen leaves and added the paper poinsettia. The green plaid strip at the top is a piece of washi tape. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you are enjoying this Christmas season!

Challenges entered:

Crafting By Designs:  Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Tim Holtz:  12 Tags of 2016 - December

Tuesday Throwdown:  Make a Tag

Altered Dies #11

Welcome to my blog and to another altered die card! On this card I used an altered die to make a princess carriage.

I started with Spellbinders Raindrops on Roses die designed for Heartfelt Creations. This is the body of the carriage.

I stamped and colored my Butterfly Princess image and cut it out using a Spellbinders small oval die. This is the cabin that the princess sits in.

I used Sparkle embossing powder from Sparkle N Sprinkle on the princess' wings. I used pink sparkle embossing powder and Diamond Dust loose glitter around the carriage for fairy dust!

I hope you enjoyed seeing this altered die card. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered; 

Die Cuttin' Divas:  Anything Goes

Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes/die

Sparkle N Sprinkle:  Anything Goes With/Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder, Flocking

Happy Memorial Day!

Hi and welcome to my blog. Happy Memorial Day weekend! As we go about our many activities this long weekend may we not forget those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country free. God Bless America and God bless those who are serving our country now.

The blue frame was made by using a punch around the edges. The white frame was cut from the Scallop Quickutz die and the large striped circle was cut  using a Spellbinders die. The label is also a Spellbinders die that was cut from patterned paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful and safe Memorial Day!

Challenges entered:

Double D Challenge:  Support Our Troops

Scrapy Land:  Lots of Layers

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Bird and Flower

Hi Everyone! Welcome to my blog. I want to show you a card I made using the Just for Fun Zentangle bird. I stamped the bird on an inked background and fussy cut it to add to the card. I used the Delightful Peony dies from Memory Box to cut the flower from another inked background and then I cut from black card stock for the overlay. I died some seam binding for my ribbon and bow using Distress inks. The ribbon was woven through the Maryanne Lace Ribbon Border die at the top.

On the background I also used The Small Window die from Cheery Lynn. Here is a close up to see it better.

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

Challenges entered;

Cheery Lynn:  Back to Nature

Dies R Us:  Scallops

Just For Fun:  Birds

Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Flowers/Ribbon or Trim

Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes

Painted Flower

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am so happy you stopped by! Today I want to show you a card I made using Hero Arts Painted Flower stamp. I have not had this stamp very long and I just love the look of this flower. I am already looking forward to Spring, so this card is putting me in the mood!

I stamped the flower on patterned paper, used a border punch on the edge and adhered it to green card stock. I embossed the button border on the edge of the green card stock and added some green ink to the raised areas so that the embossing would show up better.

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

Challenges entered:

Hero Arts:  Fabulous Flowers

Our Crafty Corner:  Anything Goes

Love Is In The Air

Hi Everyone! Valentine's Day will be here soon so I thought I had better get started. Here is one I made using Penny Black's hedgehog from the Wonderful Day stamp set. I pulled out my K&Co. heart paper pad and used several patterned papers on my card.

I used the Spellbinders Large Beaded Oval die and used it as an inlay. I stamped the image and cut it out using one of the Gina Marie Stitched oval dies.

Thanks a bunch for stopping by. Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Dies R US:  Stitching

Penny Black:  Anything Goes/Penny Black Item

Scrapy Land:  Love Is In The Air/dies

BOO!

Hi and welcome to my blog! I hope you are having a good day. I want to share a Halloween tag I made using a neat technique. I mentioned this technique before, but I will show you how it is done today.

I saw this technique on line and just loved the spooky look of it. I patted Mustard Seed, Dusty Concord and Broken China Distress inks onto the center of the glossy card stock tag and patted Black Soot Distress ink around the sides.

Next I spritzed the whole tag with water. You can see that the colors are running here.

I then took my finger and started with the outside black and ran my finger in circles. I then went in and blended the colors in the center together and pulled in some more black. This is the finished background!

I stamped over the tag using a script background stamp. I then used the Sizzix tree embossing folder and a Cuttlebug spider web embossing folder to dry emboss the tag. I went over the raised areas with Jet Black Staz On ink.

I colored the owl and placed the Tim Holtz Splatters stencil over him and sponged on the spots. I added the wooden pumpkin beside the owl and glued the "boo" buttons to it.

Lastly I added 3 confetti bats to complete the tag!

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

Challenges entered:

Crafting From the Heart: Anything Goes Challenge #82

Paper Take Weekly:  Two by Two ( 2 embossing folders )

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Monster Mash

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Color Inspiration

Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015:  October

Vintage Tag

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a good day. I want to show you a vintage tag I made. I love the vintage look and I had this stamped photo image from a swap that is perfect to use for this theme.

I colored the girl's dress using a pink Sharpie marker since the image was stamped on glossy card stock. I pounced some Tea Dye Distress ink over the image for it to look old and sponged the edges of the shape with black Staz On ink. The shape was cut using Spellbinders Labels 20 die.

On the side I used white matte stencil paste and a butterfly stencil. While the paste was wet I added blue glitter embossing powder and heat set it. This dried the paste at the same time.

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

Challenges entered:  

Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes/Dies ( Spellbinders Labels 20 )

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Inspiration Color Swatch

Tim Holtz:  12 Tags of 2015 -- May

Oldies Technique #6 -- Thumping

Hi Everyone! First I want to wish all of you a wonderful and blessed Easter. I am so thankful Jesus is alive and that he has given me a new life in Him! What a joyous thought!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       You know the saying, "April Showers bring May flowers", well I will be focusing on the flowers today. I want to share with you an Oldies technique called thumping. It is easy and gives a unique look to your stamping.

Supplies needed:

3 to 4 colors of markers ( I used Tombow markers )
solid or bold lined stamp
white or cream card stock

I started with my lightest marker first and then kept using the next darker color so that my markers would not get dirty. Start thumping on your stamp by holding the marker loosely and pouncing it up and down on the stamp using the side of the brush nib of the marker. As I do this I am also turning my stamp around in circles. This is what the stamp looks like when you are finished. As you can see I have used this stamp a lot! LOL! You will need to breathe hard on your stamp a few times before you stamp it on the card stock.

You will not cover the stamp completely with color. You will see a little white here and there when you stamp it on your card stock.

I found that rubber stamps are better for this technique than the acrylic. The color stays juicier on the acrylic and does not have quite the definition when stamped. Here is an example of one I did on an acrylic stamp. But it still looks pretty neat.

Here is another one I did using a leaf rubber stamp.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you will have fun trying this. Have a great day!

Love You A Latte

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a good day. I want to share a card I made using one of Sparkle N Sprinkle's new stamp sets called Espresso Yourself 699. I do not drink coffee but I sure do love the smell of it brewing!

I had so much fun making my background using white stencil paste and embossing powders. Here is a short tutorial.

I used very dark brown card stock and taped my stencil over it to hold it down well. ( TIP )

I covered the whole card stock and stencil with white stencil paste.

When the stencil is lifted off it looks like this.

This is the fun part. I sprinkled Sienna Star EP425, Tuscan Star EP426 and Log Cabin EP397  embossing powders over the wet stencil paste. I then heat set the embossing powders with my heat tool. I got this beautiful shimmery and textured background!

I also used Brown Fizz EP381 embossing powder for the "coffee" in the cup and on the saying. Diamond Glaze was used on the coffee cup to make it look like porcelain. You can see some of the shine on the edge of the saucer.

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

April

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday:  Buttons or Bows

Happy Valentine's Day

Hi Everyone! I hope you are enjoying your day. Here is a tag I made for Valentine's Day. I love working with collage although I don't do a lot of it. My tag is a mix of papers, washi tape and embellishments.

I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day. 

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Red + Pink

Tim Holtz:  12 Tags of 2015 - February

Yummy

Hi Everyone! It am back with another card I made with a stamp set, The Collector 682, from Sparkle N Sprinkle. This little "fella" has been busy!  I had this patterned paper that I thought would go great with him. I made my own glitter paper by using the Versamarker on all the red fruits and veggies, adding Sparkle embossing powder EP107 and heat setting it.

 I had fun making the ribbon by folding it accordion style. I then added the bow separately.

  Twinkling Clouds Sparkle N Soft SS107 was used on the mouse's stomach.

 

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

                                                                           

Bargello Technique -- Third Thursday

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are having a good day. With the New Year here, how about some Oldies? With all the new gadgets coming on the market now, we sometimes forget about the fun and old techniques we learned in the past. This year on my blog, I want to play with some of the old techniques and I just may come up with a new twist on some of them! I plan to show an Oldies technique the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month. I would like for you to drop by to see and try these with me.

My first Oldies technique is bargello. This technique is a great way to use up all those paper scraps you may have lying around.

First  you need to choose some scrap papers.

Now cut each paper into strips. I did not pay much attention at how wide I was cutting the strips. Some of mine are wider than the others. 

Now you need to start weaving the strips. I pulled up on 2 of the long white patterned strips and slipped the green down to the bottom. This seemed an easier way to weave.

This was as far as I could weave because I ran out of green strips, but you can weave more if you want. I turned the piece over and put some runner tape on the woven area so I could anchor it on my pink card stock.

After I adhered it to my pink card stock, I then used a little liquid glue on the end of each strip to secure it well to the card stock.

Next cut off the strips so that they are even with the pink card.

Here is another card where I used double sided paper, cut my strips and just layered them side by side to make a background for the image. There are many ways to use your strips. You could try putting them side by side diagonally or just straight. I hope you will try this and see what combinations you can come up with.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you will stop by again for another Oldies technique the first Thursday in February!

Have a blessed day!