D is for Doily

Hi and welcome to my blog! I am showing another card for my Alphabet series and today is the letter D. I found some doilies in my stash where I had used punches to make the doily. I used some tissue paper, cut out a circle shape using a die and then folded the tissue paper into a small triangle - much like the fold to make a snowflake. I used 3 punches - the pansy on the large end of the tirangle, then a heart and small circle punch. I remember making these a long time ago and just found them while I was moving!  

Stamp:  Floral Pop stamp and die set - Sizzix

             Italian Poetry Background - Hero Arts

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Punches:  Pansy - Martha Stewart

                Heart and Circle hole punches

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

Challenge entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

C is for Chalks

Hi! I am showing another card today for my alphabet series. Today the letter is C and I am using chalks. I have been moving and most of my craft supplies are at the new house. So making this card was a huge challenge! I found a background in my stash where I had used the floating chalks technique. I scraped various colors of chalk on top of a pan of water and dipped my card stock into it. I really like the fun background that it made. I also had this cute House Mouse already colored and die cut so I matted it onto a piece of black card stock. I used a letter stencil for the word love and a strip of patterned paper to add some interest. Talk about having to use my brain! I really had to think a lot about this card!

Stamp:  House Mouse - Stampendous

Chalks

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Spellbinders Die - Labels 8

Stencil - Letters - Tim Holtz

Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Valentine's Day!

Challenges entered:

Stamping Sensations:  Animals, Birds and Creatures or AG

We Love Stamping:  Romance

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #408

 Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes 

with the option theme of 

Valentine or Pink/Red 

 

Hosted by our Talented Teamie- Sue Kment

Challenge ends February 18th

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)
  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

Welcome back our Generous SPONSOR

We are very happy to welcome back Heidi and her team at:

SIMON SAYS STAMP

Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads

Simon Says Stamp has been in business since 2002, offering you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. Stock includes over 100,000+ items along with the latest and greatest releases from the Simon Says Stamp brand Hero Arts, Tim Holtz, Lawn Fawn, Copics, House-Mouse Designs and so much more. With such an amazing variety and awesome deals on shipping, it’s always good timing to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp store!

Stamp: Glitter Hearts - Stampendous

Die:  Stitched Rectangle - Want2Stamp

Red and Pink Glitter Gel Pens - Keiser Craft

Charm - House Mouse

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you over at the challenge! Happy Valentine's Day!

Challenges entered:

Double Trouble: Love is in the Air (holding up heart)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Alphabet Soup - B is for bokeh

Hi and welcome to my blog. I am going through the alphabet this year and using a craft item or doing a card technique that starts with a letter of the alphabet. Today is the letter B and I have used the bokeh technique on this card. Instead of using circles like normal, I used flowers for the technique. If you are not familiar with what the bokeh technique is, here is a link. 

I sponged on several colors of Oxide inks and then used a flower stencil and sponged through the stencil using white pigment ink. 

I trimmed this background and here is the card I made with it.

Stamps:  Scribbly Small Birds stamp set - Ranger

                Saying - Bird Day - Penny Black

                Heart Balloon - Unknown

Oxide Inks - Ranger

White Pigment Ink:  Unicorn - Hero Arts

Frame - hand drawn

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

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Anything Goes 2403

Stencil Fun:  Feed The Birds

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #407

Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

                 Our new challenge is

                     Anything Goes 

            with the option theme of  

         Use touches of silver or gold

 

  Hosted by our talented teamie - Sue Drees

                  Challenge ends February 4th

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)

  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

                    

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I found this background in my stash where I had outlined the leaves and butterfly with silver glitter. I matted the background on silver cardstock. It is always hard to get a good picture of the silver elements, but I hope you get the idea here.

Stamp:  from the Spring Mini Stamp Set - Stampendous

Dies:  Small Circle Dies - Spellbinders

Saying:  All Occasions Sentimantal Sheets - Paper Rose

Colored Pencils - Prisma

Silver Glitter Pen

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you over at the challenge. Have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Double D Challenge:  Sparkle and/or Shine

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Let's have Some Fun

Alphabet Soup - A is for alcohol inks

Hi and welcome to my blog. Each new year I start a series on my blog to keep me inspired throughout the year. I decided this year to go through the alphabet and use a craft item or do a card technique that starts with a letter of the alphabet. Of course today I am starting with the letter A and I have used alcohol inks to make a background. I love doing techniques with alcohol inks. This time I swiped a piece of glossy card stock through 2 colors of alcohol inks. I then spritzed a stencil with 91% alcohol and laid the stencil over the swiped background and let it sit a little bit. When I carefully removed the stencil, the alcohol removed some of the color from the background and left its impression. I stamped directly onto the background using a permanent brown ink and used alcohol markers to color in a few areas.

Stamps:  Boatyard - Art Impressions

                Saying - Special Seahorse Stamp Set - Acushla Stamps

Stencil -  Crafters Workshop

Alcohol Inks - Ranger

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Thanks so much fo stopping by today. I hope you have a great day and a Happy New Year!

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies:  Anything Goes 2401

Stamping Sensations:  Anything Goes

We Love Stamping:  Anything Goes + A Stamp

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #406

     Welcome back House Mouse fans!

We are here with a new challenge for you.

Anything Goes 

with the option theme of  

 

Add  Blue

Hosted by our Talented Teamie- Misti

Challenge ends January 21st

 so join the fun!  Please use  a House-MouseDesigns^(R)

  House-Mouse Friends /Happy Hoppers, or, Gruffies image stamped/decoupage or CD rom.

We are  Generously Sponsored by

We are very happy to welcome back Heidi and her team at:

SIMON SAYS STAMP

Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads

Simon Says Stamp has been in business since 2002, offering you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. Stock includes over 100,000+ items along with the latest and greatest releases from the Simon Says Stamp brand Hero Arts, Tim Holtz, Lawn Fawn, Copics, House-Mouse Designs and so much more. With such an amazing variety and awesome deals on shipping, it’s always good timing to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp store!

One Lucky Winner will receive a 

$6 Voucher to spend @ Di's Digi Stamps

We welcome back Di's DigiStamps 

I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with like minded people.

I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself. This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!

Many thanks to our generous Sponsors for their continued support.  

I like to keep get well cards on hand especially this time of year. A cup of nice hot tea will make anyone feel better! I love these two meeces with their cups of tea. I went along with the blue theme for my card today.

Stamp:  Tea for Two - Spellbinders

Saying - Unknown

Die:  Candlewick Frame - Spellbinders

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Colored Pencils - Prisma

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope to see you over at the challenge! Have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies: Anything Goes 2401

Stamping Sensations:  Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes #629 - 630