Cross-Stitch Wishes

When a friend asks, you respond! My friend, Sue Reynolds, has asked her crafting buddies to make a card for the Color My Heart Color Dare #312 and place HER initials after the name of our project (for a friendly competition between design team members). Glad to do so, Sue!

The color dare is a tic tac toe with some really pretty colors. I selected row one with the lovely light pink, an almost rose pink, and deep teal. I used a set called Cross-Stitch Wishes #S1401. I know most of us have tons of inks, but hunting around for a rose colored ink was not successful for me. So, I stamped once in a red followed by a stamping with a light coffee colored ink. I love the color it created, and as close to that sugarplum color as I could get.

The window is a die cut, Peekaboo Backdrop, from Lawn Fawn. A few Nuvo Drops in the pale pink were added for some interest.

Thanks for stopping by, and do check out the challenge and my friend's blog too (both linked above)!

Ladybug Month Final Week

Our sponsor this month for Twisted Thursday is By Miss Rach. This is the final week and I have succeeded in my challenge to use this image, Ladybug, for all four weeks of this month along with the challenged to myself to use the Tonic Studio Cardmaking Collection that included papers, stamps, dies, an embossing folder, and an inspirational magazine.

This week is our anything goes week. I colored the ladybug with Copics, then drew a leaf behind her. I fussy cut the image to use as a slider in this interactive card. The flowers and striped border come from the Tonic set, but since it is an "anything goes" I added the fun sun and clouds from a Paper Sweeties set, Somewhere over the rainbow.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed a full month of ladybugs! I love reading your comments!

Also shared with:
Double Trouble Paper Crafting Challenge #10
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog
Both with a Creature Great or Small prompt

Sketched Flowers with Added Bling

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge is to use some "bling"! Who doesn't love a little bling?

 I saw someone using Twinkling H2O's the other day and had completely forgotten that I had them! I had just gotten my Sketched Flowers stamp set and couldn't wait to color them up, so I grabbed those watercolors and had so much fun. I did a few of the single bits too so I could cut them out and pop them up for added depth. The background is an old shaving cream piece, and besides the very shiny paint, I added some really pretty iridescent sequins for some extra bling.

I didn't add a sentiment, as I don't know what I am going to use this for yet, but the set comes with several wonderful sentiments too!

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Alcohol Ink Transfer

I watched Jennifer McGuire's recent video using a Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink Fillable pen to do an alcohol blend coloring video. I was enamored by the technique. I do have one of those pens, but mine is filled with gamsol and I use it with my colored pencils. Being too impatient to wait for a delivery, I grabbed an extra Copic colorless blender that I have and found it to work beautifully! Yes, it does stain, but I found it worked just as well with the stains. I will keep this one as a dedicated ink removal tool in my alcohol ink supplies box.

I found this cute little dragon already printed out on to cardstock. Ever run across stamped images and have no idea who they are from or what ink you used or what paper you used? Well, if anyone can "name this stamp" please do so in the comments below.

It's odd that I had just pulled out a stack of alcohol ink papers and had trimmed them to size. I had a pile of strips of Yupo paper with ink already on sitting on my work surface before seeing that video. So, I was ready to grab ink from the strips with my colorless blender and add them to this sweet dragon.

The Birch Frames Die are from C.C. Designs. (I am unable to find them to link.) I also made some rosettes (am I the only one who burns their fingers every time while using a hot glue gun?) with some of the remaining strips; why not? I found this to be a fun process.

Thanks so much for dropping by. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this technique.

Shared with:
Crafting With Friends
A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge
Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge
Crafty Catz Challenge

Ladybug Month Week Three

Our sponsor this month for Twisted Thursday is By Miss Rach. I have challenged myself to use this image, Ladybug, for all four weeks of this month. I am trying to make each one unique. I have also challenged myself to use a Tonic Studio Cardmaking Collection that included papers, stamps, dies, an embossing folder, and an inspirational magazine.

This week's optional twist is in the garden. I colored the ladybug with Copics and cut each with a circle die.  The background papers, die cut, and flowers all came from the Tonic set. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz Small Talk set.

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Stackers in Watercolor

On Double Trouble, Challenge #10 this week, Thing one asks you to use three colors and an image, Thing Two asks us to link up with Challenge #282 on the  Brown Sugar Challenge, creature great or small,  and Thing Three is all about a critter, wild and silly with an optional punny sentiment.

Simon Says Stamps also has one challenge using a pop up, and another, on flickr, that is for using embossed resist. What fun I had getting everything I could into one card.

I used the Simon Says Stacking Animals set. First, I stamped them in brown Momento ink and embossed them with clear embossing powder, then I watercolored with a Prima set. These were cut with the matching dies and popped up. The sentiment, also included in the set was embossed with white, watercolored, and popped up as well. A few blue Nuvo Crystal drops were added just for fun!

Double Trouble

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Teaser of Journal Page

Just a teaser. If you want to see what this is all about, hop over to my other blog, TangleStreetJournals.

(Not for the faint hearted, LOL!)

Super Dude Birthday Slider

Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge is an anything goes, so I thought I'd share a fun slider card that I created for my great-grandson's fourth birthday. He's into super heroes big time, LOL!

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I used the Superhero - Little Dudes digi set that included the fun stars and clouds papers and the big sentiment across the bottom. I made up text boxes on my computer to create the "super" words. I colored the edges of the cloud paper with Distress Inks, and added some shimmer. I fussy cut the hero image and added some extra cardboard to the back to be sure he is a long lasting part of this interactive card. I used a penny and cardboard circles to make the slider work.

Copic Colors Used

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Edited to add that I was a winner:

Ladybug Month Week Two

Our sponsor this month for Twisted Thursday is By Miss Rach. I have challenged myself to use this image, Ladybug, for all four weeks of this month. I am trying to make each one unique. I have also challenged myself to use a Tonic Studio Cardmaking Collection that included papers, stamps, dies, an embossing folder, and an inspirational magazine.

This week's optional twist is to add pearls. I colored the ladybug with PrismaColor colored pencils, added multiple layers of black and white cardstock, then added pearls to the flowers that were cut using the die cut set from Tonic.

Thanks for stopping by. I love reading your comments!

Best Friends Forever

Simon Says Stamp has a STAMPtember Exclusive limited run using a set from Gina K. I just adore anything from Gina K and couldn't resist jumping in to their blog challenge to share a card using one of her products.

I used her stamp set called Through Thick and Thin. I first stamped and embossed with white on white cardstock. Then, I watercolored using a watercolor set from Prima. The card base is also from Gina K. I added a few sequins from my stash and stamped the sentiment, also from the set, with Momento Ink to finish off this CAS card for a friend. Everything I used is  available from Simon Says Stamp!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you'll go check out the Simon Says blog and join in on the fun!

Shared with Time Out Challenges - My best friend makes me very happy!

Cute Spider Witch on Double Slider Surprise

Sandra Caldwell from BabyCakesDND has a new challenge on her Facebook site. The theme is Halloween!

My sister-in-law has a Halloween birthday and just loves to get a Halloween card. So, I used this fun witch, Cute Spider Witch #1048, and colored her with too many different things to even mention. (Was just having fun with all the things sitting on my desk!) I was just itching to try out my newest die from Lawn Fawn, Double Slider Surprise. The "pull here" stamp is also from Lawn Fawn.

I will try to post a video on my Instagram account. I don't have a set up, so my videos are not great, but you will get the idea.

Inside Card

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Ladybug Month Week One

Our sponsor this month for Twisted Thursday is By Miss Rach. I have challenged myself to use this image, Ladybug, for all four weeks of this month. I will try to make each one unique. I have also challenged myself to actually use a purchase instead of shoving it away and forgetting why I got it, LOL! I bought a Tonic Studio Cardmaking Collection that included papers, stamps, dies, and an embossing folder. It also came with a magazine with lots of inspiration.

This week's optional twist is to use three of something. I added three little ladybug buttons. I took the ladybug digi and flipped one to make these sweet kissing ladybugs. The background was stamped using the stamps from the Tonic set with Gina K Inks. The little black flower came from the dies in that set.

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School Days Card

Double Trouble, Challenge #9, is all about School Days. We are also challenged to add a book mark or removable tag, and finally another option is to use the sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday.

Sketch

I used a stamp set from Stampin' Up called Crafting Forever. I added some washi tape to make the sketch work (sideways), the sentiment is from Tim Holtz, Small Talk. The cute little book mark is from Lawn Fawn.

Removable Bookmark

Double Trouble

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Edited to add that I was one of the top three!

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Toucan Cross Stitch

Paper Smooches has an CAS, Clean and Simple, challenge this month. The card itself is very CAS, I think, even though the focal image took several hours! (I must admit that most of my colored images take a long time to complete as well.)

I've always loved the look of cross stitch, but not the hours it would take to do. But, with this Stitched Circle die, I can whip one up in no time. I first stamped this adorable toucan from the baby birds set and then did the cross stitching. I edged the white paper with Distress inks and popped it up on to a black circle and then to a MemoryDex card. The sentiment, white heat embossed on black, is popped.

Paper Smooches

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Side Lattice Fold Fall Leaves Card

Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #18 is to use a Fun Card Fold!

 I had just seen this card fold in a magazine, but the measurements were not in inches so I went hunting on the Internet. The Frugal Crafter to the rescue!
The Lattice Fold Tutorial can be found on YouTube.

I wanted to do a fall card as well, so I grabbed my Simon Says Explore Nature Stamps and Dies. I used Distress Oxides to double stamp these pretty leaves and cut them out with the matching dies. Some are added straight to the paper and some are popped.

The paper comes from Paper Pink & Main Pumpkin Spice 6x6 paper pack, and I added some Nuvo Drops in clear and orange. The sentiment comes from the same Simon Says set.

I kept the fun side fold white for a day as I debated as to whether or not I should add color. Color won. Here's what the inside, undecorated, looks like:
This looks a bit complicated, but was really easy to do.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll take a look at the Three Amigos Blog Challenge for more inspiration.

Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge

Also shared with: Di's Digi Design Challenge - Fancy folds
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Unusual folds

Halloween Hippo

Sandra Caldwell from BabyCakesDND has a new challenge on her Facebook site. The theme is Halloween!

This fun hippo, dressed up for Halloween, is called Halloween Hippo. The image was colored with Copics and Prismacolor colored pencils. I thought creating a calico cat costume would be fun to color. A bit of white gel pen accents the toenails. I fussy cut her and put her over black paper, then popped it up over a card base of Gina K paper. The pumpkin paper is from Doodlebug Designs, BooVille. The die cuts are by Prima, Emmanuelle Fleurs, and the ribbon is from my stash.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I always enjoy reading your comments!

Copic Markers Used

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Naughty Gnome

More fun with Oddball Art Stamps! This months, monthly challenge, is Naughty Gnomes.  This gnome came from set #13 and the speech bubble came from set #29.

I'm still enjoying making cards in the MemoryDex style. I did the background with Distress Oxides and a Tim Holtz stencil. I found some fun black Halloween lace at the dollar store, the orange die cut was made from Prima set, and the clothes pin (from my stash) was colored with an orange Copic. The strip of skulls was edged with a die cut from Paper Smooches.

Oddball Art Co

Copic Markers Used

Hope you'll take a look at Oddball Art and join in on the fun. And, I always enjoy reading your comments.

Ms Scarecrow with Squirrels

The delightful fall image for our September Progressive Freebie over at The Outlawz comes from Mary of CreatefulHeartsCards , Ms. Scarecrow with Squirrels. 

I printed the image out on Neenah Desert Storm 100 lb. cardstock and colored using Polychromos colored pencils. I added some white gel pen for the buttons and dots, then cut out with the Die-namics Wonky Stitched Rectangles. The card base is also the Neenah cardstock. The white layered piece was wrapped with a loose weave burlap and a rough string was tied. Finally, I added a burlap butterfly that I had in my stash.

Loving this image, and curious about what Copics would do on this paper, I did a second one.

The background is done with Distress Oxides. Which do you prefer?

If you haven't yet joined us for this monthly free challenge, do request to be part of the group. It's easy to join The Outlawz and loads of friendly people to help you out until you get the hang of finding your way around.

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