Chillin'

Hi and welcome to my blog. I was in Charleston, SC this past weekend and boy was it hot there! I would have loved to be like this little mouse just chillin' in the water.

I colored the image using Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. I found the scrap of swirled paper in my stash that was perfect for the water. I added die cut clouds and some are pop dotted for dimension. I added a butterfly charm to the cord and colored it with yellow and green Sharpie markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Enjoy your day!!!!

Chalenges entered:

CHNC August Challenge: Patterned Paper

House Mouse and Friends:  Anything Goes - option, add a charm

Shabby Chic #15

Hi! I am back again with another shabby chic card. I found the background in my stash and had an idea to use beach cabanas with it, but I did not have a stamp of beach cabanas. I was in a wonderful stamp store in Georgia called Impressive Ideas along with three of my good stamping friends. I asked them to be on the lookout for any beach cabanas and low and behold they saw one! This stamp by Pink Ink was perfect for my card!

The background was made by folding cream card stock like an accordion, swiping ink pads over the edges, then spritzing with water. When you open up the card stock, crinkle it a bit and you have a fun, distressed background! The image was stamped and colored using Distress inks and a water brush. I stamped grass by the cabanas and watercolored around them. The edges of the image were distressed using Tim Holtz's distress tool. I then sponged the edges with brown ink. I cut the tall grass using a Spellbinders die that was cut from brown suede paper. The saying is from Just For Fun Stamps.

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

Challenges entered:

Pink Fresh:  Summer

Simon Says Wednesday:  Distress It

A Little Bird Told Me

Hi and welcome to my blog. I want to show you a Twist Turn card I made. You can see the tutorial here.

Here is the inside of the card.

I used a new stamp set that I received from Connie, an online stamping friend of mine who I would love to meet in person one day! The set is from Illustrated Faith. The saying on the inside of the card is from Inkadinkado. I fussy cut the cute birds and popdotted them to the diamond front. I added a charm music note above them. The flower was made by using punches and it was placed on top of some white cord.

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

Challenges entered:

ModSquad:  Getting In Shape ( make shaped project )

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Wild Things

Shabby Chic #5

Hi! I hope you are having a good day. It feels like Winter here today. I am looking forward to warmer Spring weather this weekend, so I made a Spring card in anticipation of it! I am back with another shabby chic card and once again I used a shaped card created by an svg cut. When looking through my stash I also found some tags from K&CO. that were the exact shape as my card, so I used the tag for the center of the card. I framed the saying from Sparkle N Sprinkle with a small die cut from my stash. The butterflies ( Sparkle N Sprinkle) were stamped on acetate, colored with alcohol inks, fussy cut and heated with a heat tool to bend the wings. The topper die is from the Spellbinders Butterfly die set. I stamped a Hero Arts script stamp, using light blue ink, across the base of the card and sponged the card with Distress ink.

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

Challenges entered:

Heartful Challenge:  Anything Goes + stamp

Jo's Scrap Shack: Always Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Easter/Spring Inspiration

Sunsational Challenge:  Anything Goes