Fall Is Coming!

Hi and welcome to my blog. I keep saying that Fall is coming because we still have summer here. I am ready for Fall and ready to make Fall cards! So here is a Fall card I made using a cat from The Cat's Pajamas, a tree from Stampendous and a saying from Serendipity Stamps.

The background was made by patting Distress inks onto a stencil, spritzing it with water and laying it on watercolor paper. I colored in the leaves and trunk of the tree using Distress inks and a watercolor pen. I found some fun cat eyes in my stash and added them to the cat.

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

Challenges entered:

The Cat's Pajamas:  Tuesday Challenge #350 - Fall

Sunsational:  Fall Fun

Shabby Chic #17

Hi and welcome to my blog. Today I am sharing another shabby chic card I made using a watercolored background that I made using a stencil. I patted Distress ink pads right onto the stencil, spritzed the stencil with water, laid the stencil down on watercolor paper and pressed firmly with my hand. I also sponged on some green colors through the stencil. The result was a lovley watercolor look with the imprint of the stencil!

I added an unbranded die birdcage to the background cutting it from glossy gold card stock. I stamped the cute bird by Magenta to the side of the cage and added the birthday saying by Our Daily Bread stamps. The frame is by Ellentina and the decorative edges were cut from the top and bottom of the Botanical Frame die by Memory Box!

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

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!

Happy Thanksgiving

Hi and welcome to my blog. I hope you are enjoying the Fall season as much as I am. I want to show you a card I made using several old and new stamps from Just for Fun.

 

I used new stamps Cluster of Stalks  and Tiny Flying Birds.  I stamped the older Stamptangle Pumpkin Lg.  on orange card stock and embossed with brown embossing powder. I fussy cut it and popdotted it onto the card. The two birds is an older stamp, Pair of Birds. The saying is from the Sentiment 1 stamp sheet.

To make the background I brushed watercolors on watercolor paper, crinkled some saran wrap and laid it on the wet card until it dried. I pulled off the saran wrap and it gave a tie dye pattern.

Please join us in this month's challenge. You do not need to use a Just For Fun stamp, but we would love it if you could. We would love to see your wonderful creations. You might also win a gift certificate to the store!

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

Challenges entered:

Double D Challenge:  Feeling Fallish

Inspiration Destination:  Anything Goes #137

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Thanks/Thanksgiving

Sugar Peas:  Mix It Up  #37

Halloween Greetings

Hi Everyone! Halloween is around the corner. Are you stocking up on candy yet? We don't get trick-or-treaters on our cul-de-sac, but we have a huge crowd at our church's Fall Festival, so I give a lot of candy there for the event. Here is a card I made with one of the many newly released stamps from Just For Fun! This stamp is called Witch With Broom Silhouette.  

I love this witch all dressed up for a Halloween party! The background was made by dripping watercolors down the card and then splattering some colors over it. I also added some sparkle enamel dots to make the card more festive. The saying is from the Sentiments 1 unmounted sheet.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I would love for you to join in our Halloween card challenge this month. You may even win a gift certificate to the store! Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Inspiration Destination:  Anything Goes #134

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

The House That Stamps Built:  Anything Goes S2717

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

Sea Escape

Hi Everyone! I want to show you another card using a new stamp from Just For Fun called Grey Heron At Water's Edge. Around here when Memorial Day comes everyone hits the beach! I just recently went to Charleston, SC to see my son. I love Charleston with its rich history and many islands and beaches. It was great strolling in the surf and feeling the breeze along the way. I made this card thinking about that wonderful time!

I stamped the image on watercolor paper and used my Distress inks to watercolor the image. I used some sparkle embossing powder on the sand and around the card base. 

You still have a few days to join the Just For Fun challenge. We would love to have you participate and you might even win a gift certificate to our store. 

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

Thinking of You

Hi and welcome to my blog! I hope you are having a good day. I want to show you the card I made using my new Snowy Pine small stamp and the Peeling Paint Frame from Just For Fun.

I started with the frame and masked the trees. The frame was water colored to look like wood. I added white Liquid Applique and stickles glitter to the trees.

The snowflakes are stickers and stickles glitter was also applied to them.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Come join us in the January challenge that we have going on now at Just For Fun. You do not have to use a Just For Fun stamp, but if you do your name will go in the drawing twice! We would love to see your creative projects!

Happy Stamping!

April

Challenges entered:

Tuesday Throwdown:  Snowflakes

Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes # 264-265

Fall Tag

Hi and welcome to my blog! I am so glad to be having cooler weather and seeing some color on the trees now. I want to show you a Fall tag I made using several of Tim Holtz's techniques. You can see them by clicking here.

First I used some of Tim Holtz's rub ons on my card -- a script and some swirls.
Then I patted Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves and Tea Dye Distress inks on my craft pad, spritzed them with water and drug my tag through the inks to make my background. I sponged some Gathered Twigs Distress inks around the tag for more of a distressed look.

I stamped the pumpkin stack, by Sparkle N Sprinkle, onto watercolor paper and colored the pumpkins using Distress markers and my water pen. The image was fussy cut and pop dotted to the tag. I added leaf brads and sequins for embellishment.

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

Challenges entered:

Crafty Creations:  Watercolor
Double D Challenge:  Harvest Blessings
Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2016 :  November

For The Girls

Hi and welcome to my blog. I hope you mothers out there had a wonderful Mother's Day. I had fun making this card using a Just For Fun stamp. Don't you just love this image? I stamped her on a Color Burst background and used an embossing folder for a frame. The butterfly was cut from an inked background using the Butterfly Quickutz die.

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


Challenges entered:

Just For Fun:   Let's Hear it for the Girls
Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes + Die
Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Emboss It

Thanks Tag

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are having a good day. I can't believe it is already November. It doesn't even feel like November here. It has been feeling a lot like Spring along with the rain too! I want to show you a Fall tag I made using some fun techniques. For the background I stamped a basket weave background stamp using tan acrylic paint. After it dried I applied Walnut Distress stain over it. Next I spritzed some water over it to lighten the center to give it a more distressed look. I also did a little stamping on the edges of the tag.

I wanted to use gold foil around the edges of my tag, but among ALL the colors of foil I had I did not have gold! LOL! So I used a glue stick on the edges and applied some gold leaf instead.

The pumpkins were stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Distress markers and a water brush. I fussy cut them to add to the tag. I swiped colors of  Distress inks on my craft pad, spritzed with water and swiped my card stock through the inks and let it dry. I then punched out the leaves to add to the tag. I used a thick cream color embossing powder on the fancy label and stamped Thanks on it.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!

Challenges entered:

Love to Create Challenge #23:  Anything Mixed Media/Creative

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Thanks/Thanksgiving

Tim Holtz :  12 Tags of 2015 -- November

Hot Days of Summer

Hi Everyone! Welcome to my blog. I hope you are enjoying your day. These August days sure are hot and I am so looking forward to Fall! I want to share a card I made using hot simmering colors of Summer. I used my new Color Burst powders and made the red flowers free hand for the background.

I cut the cute hedgehog by Penny Black using the Spellbinders Labels 4 die. The butterfly is from the Exotic Butterfly die set by Cheery Lynn.

I love using these shiny polymer glue dots to add interest to my cards.

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

Challenges entered:

Cheery Lynn:  Anything Goes/dies

Dies R Us:  The Great Outdoors

Penny Black:  Hot Summer Colors

Stamping Sensations:  Anything Goes With a Stamp and a Die

Sweet Stampin':  Spots and/or Stripes

Stamping With Spectrum Noir Markers

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am always looking for new to me techniques and I am happy to have stumbled onto this one. On the Artsy Inkers stamping board there was a discussion about trying to stamp using copics. Someone suggested that maybe by coloring on the soild stamp and then spritzing alcohol on the stamp that this would activate the copics ( the copics dry fast ) and you could stamp the stamp. Well, I immediately tried it and it turned out great! I stamped on matte card stock first and it looked good. It gave a marbled effect kind of like when you do the polished stone technique. Here is the example on matte card stock.

THEN I tried it again on glossy card stock and boy was I impressed! Here is the card I made with my image. The flowers were stamped using Spectrum Noir markers.

Here are some more examples on the glossy card stock.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope your day is wonderful!

Challenges entered:

Artistic Stamper:  Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards:  A Flower in Your Image

Love to Scrap:  Anything Goes

Mod Squad Challenge:  Anything Goes Plus a Die

Penny's Paper Crafty:  Ribbon or Twine

Celebrate

Hi Everyone! I hope you had a wonderful July 4th. I celebrated with friends, food and fireworks! I want to share a tag I made remembering the 4th. We are so blessed here in America so we should celebrate our freedoms and remember those who have and are fighting to keep them.

I used this beautiful eagle from Sparkle N Sprinkle, stamped and colored him and then swiped MicroGlaze over the top of him. I then water colored over the top using Distress ink - Faded Jeans. The MicroGlaze acts as a resist and gave the look of weathered wood. The background is a piece of script patterned paper.

The word charm was a dark slate color, so I used my Sharpies to make it a gold color and to enhance the word by using a red Sharpie.

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

Challenges entered:

Mod Squad:  Patterned Paper

The Artistic Stamper:  Tags

Tim Holtz:  12 Tags of 2015 - July

Oldies Technique #8 -- Watercolor Stamping

Hi Everyone and welcome back to another Oldies technique. I really love this one and it is so easy and beautiful. I love watercolor and how the colors blend.  I will show my card first and then we will get to the technique.

I stamped the butterfly on the watercolor paper and then I stamped another one on  another piece, cut it out and popped it on top of the first one.

Here is a view looking down on the card from the top.

Here are the supplies you will need:

solid stamp rubber stamp  ( rubber seems to work better than acrylic )

water based markers ( I used Tombows )

water spritzer

water color paper ( you can use other card stock, but watercolor paper seems to work better )

Take the stamp and turn the rubber side up and start coloring your stamp, much like you would do if  you were coloring the stamped image. You do not need to be real exact.

Now spritz the stamp with water. I used about 3 short sprays.

Now stamp the stamp on watercolor paper and look at the beautiful blend!

You might see some areas that are not blended well. You can take your water brush and go over the area lightly to finish blending it.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a good time playing with this technique. Have a wonderful day!

Hello Friend

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a good day. I want to show you a tag I made. I hardly ever use any word dies so it was fun to use one on this tag. The blue background was made by spritzing the white card stock with water and spraying a light blue spray over it. After it dried I splattered some Faded Jeans Distress ink over it. The flowers are water colored using Distress markers and a water pen.  I faux stitched around the blue piece using a dark brown marker. I stamped using a script stamp on the kraft paper tag.

I added a metal butterfly charm and tore the bottom of the blue piece to give interest. I then sponged around the edges using Faded Jeans Distress ink.

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


Challenges entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Make Your Own Background
Tim Holtz -- 12 Tags of 1215 -- April

Technique Tuesday -- White Wash

Hi Everyone! Welcome again to Sparkle N Sprinkle's Technique Tuesday. Thanks for all of you who joined in the Hoot of a Prize Contest. It was a lot of fun and congratulations to Karen who won! Today I will be showing a technique called White Wash. It really looks good on kraft card stock.

Supplies needed:

1. kraft card stock
2. Belgian Cream embossing powder  EP436
3. Blossoms stamp set 429
4. Distress inks
5. water brush
6. white ink stain
7. heat tool
8. Versa Mark ink pad
9. craft sheet

Stamp blossoms randomly on kraft card stock using Versa Mark ink.

Add embossing powder and heat set.

Take white ink stain and pat on a craft sheet. Use a water brush to paint in the blossoms. Let dry.

Swipe Distress ink colors on craft sheet, pick up color with water brush and paint over the white flowers.

Now you have color to show up on the kraft card stock. I hope you have fun playing with this technique this month. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!

April

Other Sparkle N Sprinkle supplies used:

Pretty Princess glitter G1109

Lovely As A Rose

Hi Everyone!

I want to share a card I made recently with a new stamp set from Sparkle N Sprinkle called Rose Bouquet. I just love roses and wish I could grow them well, but I do not have the patience to baby them! I embossed the image with Silver Detail embossing powder from Sparkle N Sprinkle and colored in the rose. A TIP to remember is to use an anti static bag over your card stock to keep the embossing powder from sticking to other places besides the image. I used an embossing folder to make the frame for the rose. The corners were punched and bling and ribbon was added for accent. Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day.

Challenges entered:

Top Tip Tuesday -- Spooled Items

Stampin' For The Weekend -- Sparkle and Bling

Crafty Creations -- Summer

Pink and White

Hi Everyone! I hope your weekend has started off better than mine. We are having freezing rain and sleet and it is very cold. Tomorrow will be much warmer so the ice shouldn't last long. I am doing a lot of stamping and keeping warm! Here is a card that I am entering in the Joan's Gardens challenge -- Pink and White. We are also to have at least one heart and a pretty border. The rose stamp and glitter are courtesy of Sparkle N Sprinkle. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great weekend!