A Valentine's Day Card

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I know-a Valentine's Day card in the mist of Christmas.  But I couldn't help myself.  At Let's Scrap they have this week's sketch-and to me it said Valentine's Day :)

For my card I used some scraps.  The white piece was already embossed-I just had to trim it down.  I used the Alley Way Stamps for love, the sentiment, and the 2 light bulbs.  It's from their Lighter than Air set.

I am also linking this up to the Anything Goes Challenge #46 at Inkspirational.

Here's the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a good night! :)

Vintage Happy Birthday

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I wanted to be sure to play at the last challenge of the month at Inkspirational Challenges.  And I did-barely!  If you haven't been there go check 'em out!  If you play all month you can have a chance to get the prize from the sponsor.  There are some great prizes!  Wednesday starts the new set of challenges. :)

So here's my card:

This week was a sketch challenge.  I used Crate paper and inked it up with vintage photo distress ink.  I inked up just about everything!  LOL.  The circle and sentiment.  And for the lace I used a tea dye distress stain.  The green middle ribbon is a Tim Holtz ribbon that I used sage stain on.  The ric rac already dark brown so no staining there. :)

I glued on some buttons from my stash.  It needed a little extra vintage.

Here is the sketch:

For the month of September Inspired by Stamping is the sponsor.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...Keep on craftin'! :)

My Favorite Color Green

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I made this fun green card for a few challenges.  There was some awesome inspiration that sparked this creation! :)

The first bit of inspiration came from The Alley Ways Stamps Photo Inspiration Be Inspired #37.  I love this green color!  I call it candy apple green and it's one of my accents in my scrapbook room.  So this color makes me happy!

The other inspiration came from Inkspirational's Case Inkspiration Challenge #38.  

I took the strips of Coredinations Grassroots green cardstock and embossed them with different folders.  This was the first time I used my mustache folder.  Yay!  The end strip is from a Tim Holtz bingo card folder.  I like the way it says GO.  :)  Underneath the green strips is the white cardstock of the card that I changed to mustard seed using distress ink.  

Instead of a circle I used a stamp and sentiment from the Doodleframes set from The Alley Way.  This is such a fun set.  I saw one of their DT's use this set-and I was like I have that set!  Thanks for the extra inspiration! :) I also stamped this on white cardstock that was colored with mustard seed distress ink.

I embossed the the frame and sentiment with an embossing powder from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  It's called Spring Willow and it is a cosmic semi-trans.  The cosmic is for glittery goodness it adds! :)

Then I added a yellow ribbon I had from my stash.

It's Stamptember at Simon Says Stamp this month.  I am also entering my card in the Wednesday Challenge which is to use something that they sell at Simon Says Stamp.  They sell the Doodle Frames stamp set and the Tim Holtz Mustard Seed Distress Ink.  They have a fabulous selection-so go check them out! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!  Until next time my friends...keep craftin'! :)

Butterfly Inspiration

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Don't you love it when you experiment and you like it?  You take that 50/50 chance.  It could turn out great....or another file for the trash bin.

Well between last night and this morning I took a chance on a technique I wanted to try.  And I think it worked.  I think ;)

Here's my card:

I used The Crafter's Workshop stencil Elevator Gate and Light Modeling Paste by Liquitex.  Here is TCW's picture of the stencil:

It's a little hard to look at but it produces beautiful results!  So I used the paste over my white card stock panel.  Then I took a flower stamp from Sparkle N Sprinkle's Stamp Set 429 Blossoms and stamped it into the bottom part of the modeling paste.  It's a crazy effect.  

I let it dry over night.  I wasn't so sure about it.  Then this morning I took a little broken china distress paint and watered it down with a water brush and painted the sky.  That seems to look pretty cool.  For the flower centers I used Close to My Heart Sunny Yellow Re-Inker which I also diluted with water.  Once those centers were painted I fell in love-or like anyways with the little scene I had created.

The butterfly die is from Cheery Lynn Designs.  Here is a side view of the card.  I think the shadow from the butterfly is cool. :)  Also, I inked the edges of the card with Dusty Concorde distress ink.  It needs just a little definition.

All of this wouldn't be possible without the wonderful inspirational photo at Inkspirational Challenges #37-photo inkspiration.  Yay! :)

Until next time my friends...what techniques are you waiting to try?

A Moving Card

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Tonight I made a card for the challenge going on at Inkspirational.  It's for my sister who moved not too long ago.  My mom-in-law was sweet enough to lend me the Beyond Celebrations Cricut Cartridge to use this image on it.  But I didn't really have the mojo until I saw the color combo challenge at Inkspirational.

I am also entering this card in the Anything Goes Challenge at Catch the Bug.

It's a simple card but fun to make.  I cut the first image out of white cardstock and then the second image which was a shadow out of black cardstock.

Here's the cool part-I colored them with gelatos.  All 3 colors came from the 50's diner set.  And I just rubbed the gelatos with my finger.  No water.  I like how the edge around the card turned out.  Maybe next time I will add a bit more color.  I was trying not to over do it-which I am more that capable of doing-LOL!  The letter stickers are from Dear Lizzy.

Here are the colors.  And there is still time to play along-this challenge closes Monday evening some time.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...stay crafty! :)

A Little Halloween Card

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I made this card tonight for the challenge going on at Inkspirational.  This week the challenge is to case this card:

Here is my card:

I used the doily as the center like in the original card.  I had a white one that I covered with black soot distress ink.  I love black soot distress ink-what ever did I do before? ;)

I embossed an orange jack o'lantern on the doily.  I popped dotted a glittery foam ghost.  The CASED card had a bird so I felt I needed something flying also.  ;)

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends-Boo! :)

First Day of School

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My little boy started school today.  So when I got home I printed some of the pictures I took this morning.  I am loving 3X3s right now.

Also, there is a picture inspiration challenge going on at Inkspirational right now.  So let me show you my scrapbook page and how I was inspired :)

Here's the journaling.  I left my little handwriting mistake.  It would've happened again-LOL.  This is an apple die cut left over from my 3-D apple.  Yay! Using up leftovers.  

So here is the photo for Challenge #33 at Inkspirational.

I knew I had this one kind of pattern paper.  I reorganized my entire loose paper stash to find it.  (That means I have too much!)  LOL  So that paper is in the background for my page.

I used a sticker from Reminisce for the title.  American Arts Thickers letters spell out the title.  Echo Park is the red paper outlining the ABC paper which is from Karen Foster (I think).  I used a felt arrow that I had in my stash.   The squares with sayings on them came from a piece of DCWV paper.  And for the date I used these little Tim Holtz letters.  Oddly enough I keep using up all of the U's.  Isn't that weird?  Oh well.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...time to get those study caps on! :)

Sparkly Butterflies

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Tonight I made a card for the challenge going on at Inkspirational: Challenge #32 Colors:

I love these colors together.  So here's my card:

I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder.  I made a little green envelope from the New Arrival Cricut Cartridge.  I embossed the sentiment in with white embossing powder.  Then the butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch.  I painted them with Brushable Glue from Sparkle N Sprinkle and used Cloud Nine Semi Translucent on the butterflies.  The glitter is also from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  

Here's a close-up:

On one of the butterflies I just glittered the outside of it.  I thought I would change one of them up.  :)

Thanks for stopping by again!  Until next time my friends...have a good night! :)

So Lovely

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Yesterday was a treat for me.  I got to scrapbook with my mom-in-law while my son played with his Grandy.  Yay!  And I got a few pages done.  Here' is one I am sharing today.  This is me in the Bahamas last year.  A friend and I took a kayak tour and this was our mid-way stop.

Crate paper has these photo overlays so it looks like I printed it that way-but I didn't.  And then most paper is Hope Chest by Pink Paisley with a piece from 7 Gypsies and a few bits from Tim Holtz.  The bow is Jolee's and the title letters are Dear Lizzy.  They were sorta bright so I toned the letters down with some black soot distress ink.  And if you look to the right of the picture there are some gears in between the paper layers.  Those are stamps from Graphic 45's Steampunk Spells.

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Inkspirational Challenge #31:  Anything Goes!

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes!

Thank you for stopping by!

Until next time my friends...Let's go on another cruise! :)

Tim Holtz July Tag 2013

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Whew-is this last minute or what?  Well I have finally finished my tag for Tim Holtz's 12 tags of 2013.

A few differences is that I didn't have that cool number 4 and I couldn't find the box stamp for the thank you.  My scrap area is a mess (I'm sure my husband would say that that's quite an understatement).  I have made projects and gotten all sorts of things out and then I don't put them back.  So my desk is like a huge mountain of various things.  When something falls, I'm just happy it doesn't hit a cat.  LOL.

My background stamps are different and my ribbon didn't turn out like Tim's.  I think I added too much water.  But it did lighten up which is cool.  I used musical notes (stamp) from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

I am also entering this in the Inkspirational Challenge: Challenge #31 Anything Goes!

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...can't wait for the August tag! :)

Citrus Thanks!

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This card placed in the TOP 5 at Inkspirational! 

There is a sketch challenge going on at Inkspirational this week.

This is one of those great sketches where you can do all sorts of things.  So I had too many choices.  I looked through stamps and paper.  So what I decided to do was a technique I saw on Simon Says Stamp.  She uses Ranger Pipettes to move the color around.  You can see the tutorial here.

So I bought some pipettes and went to work.  I have London Blue, Squeezed Orange, and Fresh Lime Dylusions ink spray.  So with my pipette and straw I went to town after I embossed thank you.

The I masked the bottom with a stencil and just used the blue dylusions.  I used green twine from Doodlebugs.  It has a citrus feel hence the name of this blog post.  I hope you like it.  I think it came out good for my first try.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a happy day! :)

So Pretty!

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I probably should have found a different title for this post, but I couldn't help it.  This card turned out pretty!  I used the Cottage Farms line from Pink Paislee.  The sentiment is a sticker from Hobby Lobby and the flowers and center are from Recollections.  And the pink ribbon is from Websters.  I inked the edges with weather worn distress ink.

This card is inspired by the challenge going on at Inkspirational.  This week it is a case.  So you can see below what the original card looked like.  I used the shape to make this one.  I think Ellen did a beautiful job on her card! :)

Thanks for stopping by!  There is still time to play with Inkspirational so stop on by!  Until next time my friends...have a good night! :)

Sweet Lil' Lady Bug

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Tonight I had fun coloring this cute little lady bug for a couple of challenges.  It's a Bugaboo image that I got from one of their Free Fridays.  

The pattern paper is from Doodlebugs and then I used some cardstock and ribbon that I had.  The sentiment is a sticker from Stickabilities (Hobby Lobby).  Here's a closeup of the coloring.  

Here is the inspiration for this card:

Inkspirational Challenge 28: I used the lady bug and blue flowers

Catch the Bug Challenge: Stella Says Sketch Challenge 139:

Yay!  There's still time to play if you are inspired by these things like I am.  Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends, have a good night! :)

A Quilled Butterfly

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I was in the mood to quill-so I made a butterfly.  But I used the challenge at Inkspirational #27 to dictate the colors.

So here's my card:

Here are the colors for this week's challenge:

Periwinkle-the butterfly's body

Lavender-the background from Graphic 45

Deep Plum-the butterfly's wing

Split Pea-the butterfly's antennae

I also used a hexagon embossing folder from Darice and a Spellbinder's Die for the butterfly.  I enjoyed quilling the butterfly.  I haven't quilled in a while.  My husband laughs because I quilled flowers for our wedding invitations and I didn't quill anything for a long long time after that.  LOL. So this was a fun card to make. :)

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a great day! :)

A Little Neon

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There's a challenge going on that uses Neon because it's trendy right now.  So I bought 2 pieces of neon paper.  Now for me this is unfamiliar territory.  I only had one neon shirt in the 80's and I haven't look back.  LOL!  So here it goes...

I used black embossing powder for my boom box which I think is from Imaginisce.  Spellbinders for my round pink frame and Coluzzle for my inside circle (this is an old tool I use when I don't feel like firing up the ol' cricut).  The 3 silver circles are Candis from Craftworkcards.  And a sticker that I had that now has a home. :)

The silver circles (like paper brads without the tail) are more the silver.  They call them twinkle and in the light you can see why...

Here are the challenges that I am submitting this card too:

Let's Get Trendy Now! 3-Neon

Inkspirational-Sketch Challenge:  

Simon Says Stamp Challenge- Anything Goes!   This week they are showing Candi's so I had to use mine too! :)  

So thank you for stopping by to see my bright journey into Neon.  Maybe I will be able to use up the rest of this crazy paper.  LOL!  Until next time my friends...my future's so bright-I've gotta wear shades! :)

Fourth of July Card

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This card placed in the TOP 5 at Inkspirational!

Tonight I made a card for the Fourth of July.  Here's my card:

I am submitting it into the following challenges:

Inkspirational Challenge #25-CASE this:

Cut It Up Challenge #21: Red, White, and Blue and Use a Die Cut-I used my Cricut to cut the stars (good ol' George Cartridge)

I used a paisley embossing folder for the top of my card.  I made red and blue stars using my Cricut.  The shiny stars in the middles are from Scrap Yard 329.  I don't know if they are still around anymore.  They made shiny light weight metal embellishments which of course I still seem to have.  LOL!  I remember buying them at the Scrapbook Expo like 8 years ago and thinking this is the best thing ever.  Back then they were though but I must have been afraid to use them.  I need to remedy that! 

Oh and I wanted to share that I love this CASEed card.  I will probably be using it again.  :) 

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...what old old old stash do you have?

Get the Map!

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This card placed in the Top 5 at Inkspirational!

I made a card for the Inkspirational Photo Challenge #24.  This is such a great picture.  I started out cutting a lighthouse on my Cricut.  And you know it just wasn't doing anything for me.  So I got out a new nautical stamp I bought at Hobby Lobby (love!) and some new distress ink from Joanne's (ok I have made the crafty rounds!).  And here is what I came up with...

My little boat is from a Fiskars set (I think).  All of the stamps on there are little so I had Tim Holtz's finger (hehe) it is a mover and shaker.  I colored it with black soot distress ink and then some rusty hinge and walnut stain.  Then I put some brass color distress stain over it.  It gave it this cool shimmer color.  I positioned the finger to point to the little boat so it wouldn't get lost in the "sea."  Oh also it's embossed with Ranger platinum embossing powder which seems to be really awesome.  I outlined it with black pen to make it stand out.

In red pen I drew the path and X marks the spot.  The sentiment is from Tim Holtz and I used peacock feathers, dusty concorde, and mustard seed distress ink to color the sentiment box.  I used some gold paint T.H. paint dabber around the edges.  The map stamp is pretty big so I tore the edges around it.  I used black soot on the actual card then adhered the map.

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...enjoy the journey! ;)

Think Vacation!

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Summer is in full force!  Nice warm weather and afternoon showers :) and I love everything about it!  That's why I couldn't pass up this week's challenge at Inkspirational.  It was a color challenge and these colors are all summer to me.  Here's my card:

Here is the challenge: #23 Color Challenge.

My hibiscus is from the Life is a Beach cartridge (I think this one's my favorite!).  Then I used orange and yellow stickles to add a bit of glitter.  The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday Stamps.  My sister got them for me for Christmas and this is the first time I am using this set.  Better late than never :)  I used orange embossing powder for the sentiment also.  I used a hexagon embossing folder to add a bit of texture behind my flower.

Thank you guys for stopping by today!  Until next time my friends...stay cool! :)

Chirp Chirp!

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I have been wanting to make a bird cage forever and I finally made one!  :)  I made over a year ago and I have it hanging in my scrapbook room-so I thought it was time for another one.

I am submitting this little cage into the following challenges:

Alter It at Let's Scrap

Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp Challenge

Challenge #22 Anything Goes at Inkspirational

I started with one of these paper mache boxes.  It measures 2 and 3/4 inches across the bottom so it isn't big.  I gessoed both pieces but I just used the top for my bird cage.

Here's my bird cage!  I used my crop-a-dile and punched 6 holes in the lip of the lid.  I painted it too, but the flowers covered it up so that doesn't matter as much.  The flowers are a ribbon from Tim Holtz that come white but I colored them with worn lipstick distress stain (my new favorite color!)

I put the wires in and kind of looped the ends through the holes.  Then I glued the flower ribbon on.  The cage part can be a bit challenging at times.  You have to let go of perfection and go for whimsical.  LOL :)  I used Glossy Accents for all of my gluing needs.

I put some white fibers in the very bottom and then put the fun colorful curly fibers on top.  The chick is a little Easter egg left in my son's toy box from past Easter egg hunts.  I don't think he will miss it ;)  This little chick was inspired by Pinterest.  You can see the original chicky here.

I glued eyes and a feather on.  I made the beak out of orange cardstock.

I had the sequin strain from some ribbons that Michaels sold many years ago.  It was from a Peter Rabbit collection I think.

Here's a close up of this little guy.

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends have a tweet day! :)

May Tag 2013

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This month's tag at Tim's blog is awesome.  I recently bought some of his new rub-ons and I am so glad I did as he showcased them this month!

First let's take care of business.  I am submitting this tag to Tim's 12 tags of 2013.  Also, it's Challenge #22: Anything Goes at Inkspirational so I am playing there too!

Here is my tag:

I used his remnant rubs.  2 come in a pack-how cool is that!?!?!  Then I used distress stains-which I am thinking it is time to add some new colors (LOL!).  I used marmalade, sage, stormy sky, and worn lipstick.  I don't have the Mona Lisa stamp but I do have this gentleman which I love!  I stamped some Tim butterflies on here.

I also don't have the film strip tape-but I have the stamp and I stamped it on acrylic to look like the tape that Tim uses.  I don't have the enamel tags yet but they are on my list!  So I used one of his fragments and applies alcohol ink to it and put a chitchat sticker on it using glossy accents.  I do love how the ribbon came out-it's Tim's ribbon with distress stain.  Awesome!

Here is a close up of my fragment tag.

Thank you for stopping by today!  I can't believe it is almost June.  Wonder what June's tag will be?  :)  Until next time my friends...Enjoy the rest of May! :)