Many Thanks

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am showing an easy way to use this Friends Are Flowers stamp from Just For Fun Stamps, without having to color a lot. Sometimes I do not want to spend the time to color every detail!

I used the smoosh technique to add Distress ink colors to the background. I stamped over the colors and brought out some of the flowers using my Spectrum Noir glitter markers. Sequins were added to the centers of the large flowers. The saying is from the Sentiments 3 unmounted sheet.

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

Challenges entered:

ModSquad:  All That Sparkles
Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Bright And Cheerful

Just For Fun July Challenge

Hi and welcome to my blog! We are having a fun challenge over at Just For Fun Stamps. We hope that you will join in. The theme is "At The Shoreline."

This is the card I made that follows the challenge theme.

I used a background I had made with Distress Oxide inks and placed it behind the Spellbinders small circle cutout. The cattails from Memory Box were added inside the circle. I stamped the Blue Heron stamp beside the circle and lightly colored with alcohol inks. The saying was stamped onto the blue background. The saying is from the Sentiments 3 unmounted sheet. I used Gina Marie's stitched rectangle die for a frame and pop dotted it on white card stock. Sequins were added for sparkle.

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

Challenges entered:

2 crafty Critter Crazies:  #28 Critter

Die Cut Divas:  Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Make Your Own Background  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

The Voice Of The Sea

Hi Everyone! Today I am showing a card I made that follows the Just For Fun Stamps challenge theme for this month of using a stencil. You still have time to join in. We would love to see what you create!

I love playing with stencils. There are so many fun ways to use them. On this card I used blue and purple watercolor crayons and colored directly on the back of the stencil. I spritzed the colors with water and placed the colored side down on a piece of watercolor paper, then gently lifted it off. I stamped the saying at the bottom, then stamped the Stamptangle Seahorse on a piece of orange card stock, fussy cut it and adhered it to the card. Sequins were added for interest.

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

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Vacation
Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes #390 - #391

Birthday Shaker Card

Hi and welcome to my blog. I hope you are enjoying this month of May. May is always a nice month here. After May is gets really hot and humid here in the South! Today I want to share a fun shaker card I made with Just For Fun stamps. I made this shaker card flatter in order for it to go through the mail. The sequins still move around well inside.

For the background I used Color Bursts and spritzed them with water. Next I placed sequins on the background and adhered a piece of acetate over them, just gluing around the edges. I cut the blue frame using the Gina Marie Stitched Regtangle die and adhered that over the acetate. I colored the Stamptangle Seahorse using Zig markers, fussy cut it and adhered it to the front of the card. I made a banner and stamped the saying on it and sponged some black ink around it. The saying is from the Sentiments 1 unmounted sheet.

I hope that you will join in this month's challenge. The theme is -- celebrate the women in your life!

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

Challenges entered:

Love To Scrap:  #121 Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Stitches

Just For Fun May Challenge

Hi and welcome to my blog. It is time for another challenge at Just For Fun Stamps! The challenge this month is - celebrate the women in your life, with at least three layers.

My mom, mother-in-law and a close aunt are all with the Lord now. I miss them so much. When I saw this stamp I knew I wanted to use it to celebrate all of the wonderful friends in my life. I am so blessed! Thank you dear friends for all that you add to my life!

I made the background of this card by sponging on Distress inks. I then used a flower stencil to sponge white ink through it to make a bokeh effect. I stamped the image with black ink and added sequins for sparkle. I layered the stamped background on black card stock and then adhered that to the white card base.

I hope that you will join in our new challenge and help celebrate the women in your life. We would love to see what you create!

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

Challenges entered:

Love To Scrap:  Anything Goes #121

Spring Flowers

Hi and welcome to my blog! I am enjoying the Spring weather we have been having here except today is stormy. I love all the pretty trees and flowers blooming but we really have the pollen this year. I have made a Spring card using a Penny Black stamp. I just love this cute hedgehog. He looks like he is in a hurry to deliver some Spring flowers!

I stamped and colored the image using alcohol markers and some glitter markers for the flowers' centers. The image was cut out using the Gina Marie stitched circle die. I cut a butterfly using a Cheery Lynn die and added rhinestones on the body. Sequins were added to the card for interest.

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

Challenges entered:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  April 2019

Penny Black:  Fresh Spring Colors

Time Out Challenge:  Embellishments #133

Just For Fun February Challenge

Hello and welcome to my blog. It is time for another challenge at Just For Fun Stamps! The theme for this challenge is Music and add purple, green and gold. Here is the birthday card I made below.

First I stamped and embossed the Streamer stamp using gold glitter embossing powder. The powder was also used on the candle flame and cupcake holder. I stamped, colored and fussy cut the Birthday Cupcake stamp and pop dotted it to the card. I used a music note die ( no brand ) and adhered it over the card. The saying from the Sentiments 1 unmounted sheet was stamped under the music notes. Star sequins and green enamel dots were added for embellishment.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope that you will join in the challenge. We would love to see what you make! You might even win a gift certificate to the store!

Have a wonderful day!

A Fall Day

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am glad you stopped by today! I want to show you a Fall card I made using the Penny Black Snowy Park stamp. I made this stamp look like a Fall day instead of a snowy day!

I used two backgrounds that I made where I had put alcohol inks on one piece of glossy card stock and then placed the glossy side of another piece on top and pulled them apart. It made sort of an ink blot print. I stamped the trees on one of the backgrounds, cut it out and adhered it to black card stock. I then adhered the image to the other background. All of that was layered on another piece of black card stock and then adhered to the gold card base. I added a wooden leaf, cord and sequins for embellishment.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Addicted To Stamps: Anything Goes

Penny Black: Anything Goes

Summer Sizzle

Hi Everyone! I want to show you a card I made using a Just For Fun stamp. I know everyone has been sweltering from the heat. I have made a card to go along with that. The theme for the Just For Fun challenge this month is stripes, so I made this card using stripes from the sun beams.

To make the background I "stamped" using an embossing folder. I swiped yellow and orange colored ink pads over the raised part of the embossing folder, spritzed lightly with water, placed my card stock over the inked part, closed the embossing folder and pressed it firmly with my hand. Over the background I stamped the Wind Swept Palms Silhouette stamp. Sequins were added on the top half of the card.

You still have a few days to join in the challenge. We would love to see your project using stripes.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Keep cool and have a great day!

Challenges entered:

The House That Stamps Built:  Anything Goes A2218

Time Out:  Bright

Just For Fun July Challenge

Hi and welcome to my blog. Are you looking forward to the Fourth? We always love watching the fireworks in our town. How about you? The challenge at Just For Fun this month is to use the colors red, white and blue. Your card does not have to be a July 4th card but I made a July 4th card to show you that you do not have to necessarily use patriotic symbols. On my card I used the Just For Fun Birthday Cupcake stamp and some fun dies.

I started with a striped embossed blue background. I used the cascading stars from Spellbinders, by cutting a few from that die and adding them to the top of the card. I inlaid red stars into two of the white stars. The letters USA are dies from Momenta. I stamped, colored and fussy cut the cupcake and pop dotted it to the card. Star sequins were also added. I made the banner by hand and used the saying from the Sentiments 1 unmounted sheet.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you will join our challenge. We would love to see what you create with these colors!

Happy July 4th!

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Fractured Sky

Hi! I hope you are having a good day. I was not sure how to name this card. You can see why I called it Fractured Sky. I found this background in my stash where I had stamped the Just For Fun Broken Mosaic background stamp on watercolor paper and added clear embossing powder. I then dropped various colors of Distress inks into the open spaces and let them blend together using my water pen. Next I stamped the Skyline Silhouette stamp on white card stock using blue ink and fussy cut it. This stamp reminds me of the New York City skyline and the song New York! I pop dotted that to the background. I found the balloon embellishment in my stash and adhered it to a blue circle punched backing.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Please join the Just For Fun challenge this month which is to use more than one stamp! We would love to see your creations! Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Inspired by a Song

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Use More Than One Stamp

The House That Stamps Built:  Anything Goes M2318

Birthday Fun

Hi and welcome to my blog! I always need birthday cards and I love making them, so I am showing you a birthday card today that I made using Just For Fun stamps. The challenge this month at Just For Fun is to use more than one stamp, so I used the Gift Cube stamp that has four different gifts on it. This gift cube stamp can be used for birthdays and Christmas!

I found the background in my stash where I had patted some Distress ink colors on the back of a stencil, spritzed the colors with water and layed it down on the watercolor paper. When the stencil was lifted the numbers had a nice soft watercolor look - great for a background! I stamped and colored the gifts, using the same Distress inks and water, fussy cut them and pop dotted them to the card. I stamped the birthday saying across the card multiple times. The saying is from the Sentiments 1 unmounted sheet. The ribbon was dyed using Distress inks.

I hope you will join us in this month's challenge. Have a wonderfull day!

Merry Little Christmas

Hi and welcome to my blog. Have you finished your Christmas cards yet? I have finished mine and now I need to get them addressed! Here is a Christmas card I made using a cute penguin stamp from Fiskars.

I made a reverse image of the penguin to show his reflection on the "ice". Different colors of blue Distress inks were sponged around the image. I then added acetate over it and added some glitter for the ice. I stamped the tree stamp from Inkadinkado three times and adhered sequins to them. The stamps were colored using Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. I made "snow" by using white Liquid Applique. The saying is from Sparkle N Sprinkle. 

Thanks so much for stopping by during this busy season! I hope you have a Merry Little Christmas!

Challenges entered:

One Crazy Stamper:  Christmas/Winter

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Icy Inspiration

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

The Paper Girls Challenge:  Stamping Fun

Sending Hugs

Hi and welcome to my blog. Today I have made a card using the Altenew Beautiful Day and Vintage Flowers stamps. I masked the flowers and leaves, added an svg die to the top corner and adhered some purple sequins. I love these layer stamps and the beautiful detail on them. I am entering this card in the Altenew September Inspiration Challenge. Here is the inspiration picture.





Here is the card I made.

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

Challenge entered:

Altenew: September Inspiration Challenge

One Layer Card

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a good day. For some reason it is always a challenge for me to make a one layer card. But I am up for the challenge and today I want to show you one that I made.

I tapped three colors of Distress inks onto an acrylic block, spritzed it with water and stamped it on watercolor paper to make a background for my image. I used the Penny Black Soft Sculpture stamp to stamp over the background. I added the die cut word and a few sequins to the card. Simple! LOL!

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

Challenges entered:

Penny Black:  One Layer Cards

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Clean and Simple

Sea Shaker Card

Hi! I am glad you stopped by today. The challenge theme at Just For Fun is Hot Hot Hot. A great way to get cool from the August heat is to hit the water. I made an underwater scene on my card using the Just For Fun medium Stamptangle Seahorse and two seashells from the Beach Unmounted Sheet.

This is also a shaker card. I splattered Oxide inks on white card stock, placed some aqua sequins on the card stock, added a piece of acetate on top and then adhered the aqua Sewn Frame, by Gina Marie, to the acetate window. 

The seahorse was stamped onto an orange inked background and fussy cut. I stamped the seashells on cream card stock and colored some ares with a tan Zig water marker. These were also fussy cut. 

I stamped the saying on kraft paper and made a banner.

I hope you are staying cool this August. I know I am enjoying my air conditioning! We were without air conditioning for 5 weeks in May and June! And then again for a few days when the roofers came and broke our new ac unit we had for only 2 weeks!!! 

Please join in the challenge at Just For Fun. We would love to see all you wonderful creations and you might even win a gift certificate to the store!

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

Challenge entered:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies:  Challenge #5

Pretty Peony

Hi and welcome to my blog! I want to show you a card I made with this beautiful Peony stamp from Just For Fun stamps. I love flowers of all types, but it has been hard keeping my flowers alive outside in this summer heat! I have already had to replant two of my pots.

I love playing with my new Distress Oxide inks. I saw a different way to use them the other day and I had to try it on this flower. I stamped the flower on black card stock and heat embossed the flower using white embossing powder. I used the Oxide inks to paint the flower. I really like the look of the "paint." It shows up so well against the black background. Sequins, a bow and butterfly were added for embellishments.

We have a fun Wedding Time challenge going on this month at Just For Fun. We hope to see your wonderful creations. You might even win a gift certificate to the store. Also check out all the wonderful flower stamps here.

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

Challenges entered:

One Crazy Stamper:  Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Anything Goes + Ribbon
Stamping Sensations: Anything With Flowers

Happy Independence Day!

Hi and welcome to my blog. I hope you are having a good 4th. While we are celebrating let's not forget the reason why. I want to thank all of those who have fought and are fighting for our country's freedom. Many have given the ultimate sacrifice to keep our country free. It is my prayer that we will continue to fight for the cause of freedom that we all so much enjoy. God bless America!

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

Summer Wedding

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am showing a wedding card I made using Just For Fun stamps! The challenge at Just For Fun this month is Wedding Time. Come join us in the challenge and you might even win a gift certificate to the store. Also check out all the wedding cards from the Design Team for more inspiration.

I used this beautiful Stamp Tangle Teardrop Heart as my focal point. There are so many fun ways to use these stamp tangle stamps. I stamped this one using Versa Mark ink onto white card stock, applied white embossing powder, colored it with different shades of blue watercolors, fussy cut it and adhered it over the rose. The blue background card stock was run through a heart dotted swiss embossing folder. I also used white embossing powder on the Rose stamp, colored it with watercolors and fussy cut it. Ribbon and sequins were used as embellishments.

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

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes
The House That Stamps Built:  Anything Goes

Pretty Peacock

Hi and welcome to my blog. Lately I have been playing with some of my new purchases and I want to show you a card I made with this new peacock stamp from King Rubber. These stamps are beautiful and stamp so crisply. The stamps also come with dies so that you can cut them out. You can see on the peacock that some of the feathers are cut and you can raise them up to look 3D. I colored the stamp using blue and green markers and then stamped on glossy card stock.

On this card I also used a Tattered Lace die that my good friend let me use. Isn't it beautiful?  I still have a lot of items to play with and hopefully I will be able to get some more things done soon and show them here.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Challenges entered:

Inspiration Destination:  Anything Goes #122
Scrapy Land:  Add Texture
Simon Says Monday Challenge: Use Your Favorite Tool ( vagabond for die cutting )                                                                                                    
Stamping Sensations:  Animal Magic