Side Step Card-CASED

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I wanted to show you the card I made today for Technique Time Tuesday!  It's a side step card that I CASED from the entries so far.

The card I CASED is from Heather G:

Isn't it just beautiful with those blossoms!  I like the way she did the sentiments and her color scheme.  And she used Doodle Pantry stamps.  I was so inspired that I pulled out my Doodle Pantry stamps (they used to be Clearly Dollar Stamps).  

I am linking this to the Doodle Pantry Challenge: Any Digi Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next my friends...what's inspiring you? :)

Side Step Card

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This month I am hosting the challenge at Technique Time Tuesday!  I chose to do a side step card.  Go by and check out the beautiful cards the DT made for this challenge. Mynnette also made a great video demonstrating this technique.  So dust of your score pal and play along!

Oh and before I forget--the prize is a $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp.  :)

I used a 4 blade pair of scissors for some of the grass.  The lighter green is cut from my cricut using the Critters 2 cartridge.  (I love this cartridge!)  Also, there are some hiding ears made from this cartridge, too.

The bunny, basket, and eggs are stickers probably from Michael's a few years ago-LOL.

Here is a close up.

This is from a piece of pattern paper by Rusty Pickle.  They aren't around anymore so I have had this paper for a little while ;)

The hardest part is deciding what you are going to put on your card! :)

I can't wait to see what you create!  Until next time my friends--it's side step time!

Good Clean Fun!

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I am so excited about this month's challenge at Technique Time Tuesday!  It is the shaving cream technique and it is really cool.

There are instructions on the site.  Initially, I used re-inkers in the shaving cream and made a bunch of "prints."  So I thought about how to construct my card--but then today I went back to look a the tutorial and it said to use sprays.  Sprays!  That totally changed everything.  So for this I used a blue Dylusions spray and such a difference than if you use the re-inkers.

I swirled some but not all of the color.  I like the color drops.  Then I used light modeling paste and a Tim Holtz stencil.  I used a Tim Holtz sentiment stamp and pop dotted it.  Then I glued down some silver sequins.

Now if you look closely you will see that the paste is a little brown in parts.  That is because I have a serious problem cleaning my stencils!  LOL  Of course I didn't realize it until it was too late but I am pretty sure it was walnut ink distress ink on my stencil.  It was too late but instead of scrapping it, I embraced it.  I like that it kind of breaks up the blue and white.  

I do hope you come and join us for this fun technique.  You can get your kids to do it too.  Instead of re-inkers or sprays you can use food coloring.  :)

Until next time my friends...embrace the imperfection! 

Triple Stamping Technique

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Today is the first technique for the year at Technique Time Tuesday, and I am totally excited!  I have seen it done and thought that it looked very complicated.

But it's not!  Check out the tutorial and you will see you can do it too!  Also, Shana is the hostess this month and she has a very cool prize.  Go check it--after you see my card. :)

I tried to do a pretty card-I really did.  And then as I was going through my stamps he was looking at me.  But at first I was like no...and then I tried stamping using the other pretty stamps.  LOL  And I came back to this fella.  And here we are.  And I LOVE how it turned out.

The background paper is Tim Holtz but those little light bulbs are from a Prima Flower stamp set that my sister got me for Christmas.  I love light bulbs-I don't know what to say.

The gears at the bottom are Graphic 45.  And Mister here is from Tim Holtz.  I used distress inks-vintage photo, rusty hinge, black soot, and dusty concord-which is purple.  Sounds crazy but it works and blends beautifully.

I used a mixture of Copic markers and Distress Markers.  I did the watercolor effect with the Distress Markers.  Which is awesome because that is how his hat is grey and not black.  I did got back and outline the stamp especially after coloring with the Copics.  I didn't want Mister to loose his sketchy-ness.  (That might have a double meaning?)

There is a sentiment on the right side.  It's a "Greetings" from the seasonal ChitChat sticker set from Tim H.  And I used a couple of gears and an arrow and the corner.  There is just something fun about metal!  One is Tim's and the other is from Spare Parts at Hobby Lobby.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Catch the Bug: Anything Goes!

SanDee and Amelie's Steampunk Challenge: Use Your New Stash : Light Bulb Stamps

Thank you for stopping by!  I can't wait to see what you Triple Stamp.  Pretty or Grungy-either way!  Until next time my friends...stay warm!

Favorite Technique

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It's time for a new challenge at Technique Time Tuesday.  This month is special because instead of a new technique you can use a favorite technique that we have showed you over the year.  How exciting?  There are 11 different ones-which will you choose?  There's faux frame, embedded image, water stamping...so how could I choose?

I chose Smackin' Acetate:

I used Distress Markers (barn door and peeled paint), Fire Brick distress ink pad (I applied it first and directly to the acetate), and mowed lawn in the distress inker (it's the intense green on this card).  I sprayed a little water and SMACK!  Acetate and paper and this is the result.  I did use Tim Holtz's Watercolor paper.  It did not buckle like more normal cardstock did.

I then positioned the Peace mover and shaker.  I backed it with some black card stock so it would pop.  This card still wasn't finished though.  I sprayed silver Perfect Pearls Mist onto it.  You can see a little shimmer in the picture.

I am submitting this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp--Anything Goes

365 Cards:  Day 332 Peace, Love, and Happiness

I hope you all will play also!  Until next time my friends...Peace be with you.  :)

Faux Frame

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It's the first Tuesday in November which means it's time to learn a cool new technique at Technique Time Tuesday.  This month it is Faux Frame.

Mynnette made a great video using the faux frame technique.  I only have a couple of nested frames for my Cuttlebug so I turned to my Cricut for help.  If you have the George cartridge you can use the Silhouette feature which makes a frame.  So you can make your main shape and then the frame for it all on the Cricut.  If you have cooler shapes and frames on other cartridges-use them!  :)

My stamp is from Sparkle N Sprinkle, and I colored her with Copics.  The flowers are little paper flowers from years ago-remember when they sold them in cute little bottle.  Yeah, they come in a little bottle.  I used Dusty Concorde Distress Ink for the frame and even on the paper flowers.  Also, I don't have a cool little dauber thing to spread ink with (I know-WHAT!) but instead used a paper towel over my finger to control the ink.  I tried my Ranger applicator first but I didn't have the control I wanted.

I can't wait to see what you make!  Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...it's faux frame time!  :)

Cute Lil' Pumpkin

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It's the 1st Tuesday and you know what that means (if you don't I'm gonna tell ya)--It's time for a new challenge at Technique Time Tuesday!  Yay!!

The technique is called Faux Cloisonne.  Now I will be honest-I had to look up Cloisonne.

Dictionary.com explains it like this: as an enamelwork in which colored areas are separated by thing metal bands fixed edgewise to the ground.

So you used metallic embossing powder on glossy paper (I used magazine pages).  How cool is that?!

So this is the top of my pumpkin.  I used the Faux Cloisonne on the leaves.  There are 4 leaves total.  The big leaves are from Sparkle N Sprinkle and the two maples leaves are from Michaels.

The leaves are flowers are on top of a pumpkin I made.  Graphic 45 had a tutorial and you can go here to see it.  There are 2 more cool pumpkin tutorials on there also.

I put some Dazzles acorn stickers on one of the panels.  The pumpkin paper is from My Minds Eye.

The flowers and bling hearts are some old Prima flowers that I had.  I inked them up a little.

And the coolest things beside being cute and having cool leaves...it holds treats!  How cool is that!!

I am also submitting this cute lil' pumpkin to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamps-Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by today!  Until next time friends...I can't wait to see what you make.  And if you make a pumpkin-leave me a comment so I can see it.  And if you make something with the faux cloisonne be sure to link it up! :)

Faux Silk Technique

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It's the first Tuesday of September so that means it is time to learn a new technique at Technique Time Tuesday.  I really do enjoy learning these different techniques, and I hope you do too!

Mynnette has a wonderful tutorial that can be found here.  Here is my card:

I made the tissue paper panel and colored the stamped image with Copics and Spectrum Noir markers.  I mounted the panel on a piece of card stock where I colored the edges with this very cool marker from Faber-Castell.  It is a PITT artist pen blue metallic.  I colored the mermaid's tail with this marker.  The blue marker shows up darker on her tail (which is on the tissue paper) versus on the border (which is on white cardstock).  

I trimmed some silver paper for the background of my card.  Then I added the black cardstock and then the blue metallic colored paper.  Lastly, I put on my faux silk panel.  

This cool mermaid is from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  I got it when I took a class at the Scrapbook Expo a few months ago.  The shell and this sentiment are from the same set.  I used some stickles glitter for the shell.

On the inside I stamped hello from The Alley Way Stamps.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Sparkle N Sprinkle: Glitter Embossing

I really hope that you try the Faux Silk Technique.  I can't wait to see your new creations!  Until next time my friends..get those stamps out! :)

Acetate Smack!

Hello Everybody and Happy Tuesday!

It's time for a new challenge at Technique Time Tuesday-are you ready?  It's called Smackin' Acetate.  It's super easy and fun!  Mynnette has made a wonderful video.  In a nutshell you swipe your markers over a piece of acetate and spritz some water and then put your cardstock on top of it (hence the smash).

So here is what I made:

I used a dictionary page as the background and then used some Tim Holtz stamps and gear stamps for Graphic 45.  The hand is a movers and shaker from Tim.  I used one of the simple sayings from Tim's stampers anonymous collection for the sentiment.  

I used Distress markers black soot and faded jeans for that middle background where I used the acetate smash technique.  I then was able to continue using those colors for the rest of the card with the Distress Ink.  Right now I love some black soot.  I have inked before with black so it shouldn't be that big a deal-but if I can put black soot on something-I will!

Oh I did change up the technique a little bit-I used Perfect Pearls Mist-gold to react with the distress markers while the ink was still on the acetate.  This added a little shimmer to the marker color.

Here's a picture where you can see a few bits of gold.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge:

The Male Room: Anything Goes!

This is going to a friend of ours that is on bed rest-doctor's orders.  Hopefully, this will brighten his day a little!  :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends-Just Smack it! :)  (don't go crazy though!)

Blurred Vision Watercoloring

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The challenge this month at Technique Time Tuesday is so fun and super easy!  Go check out the video here.  There's also a fabulous prize to the top winner-so come on and play!

Here is my card:

I used the technique on Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower.  Everything I used is Tim Holtz except the script in the background and the cardstock I used for the circle in the front and inside.  

Normally, I just do a standard A2 card.  But I made the pocket watch out of grungepaper, used bronze and silver distress stain and added my buildings and chit chat stickers.  Here's the truth of the matter.  I made Big Ben first using rusty hinge distress ink.  It came out so good.  I was just playing but it was just so awesome!  So then I blurred the Eiffel tower.  And the rest...they say is history.

Here's a close up.  I used glossy accents to cover the inside of it to be like glass.

Here is the inside.  After I made the first part of the pocket watch my husband said you should make that into a card.  I frowned at putting it on an A2 base.  That just didn't seem right.  So I got out some more grunge paper, die cutted a pocket watch.  I used silver distress stain to cover the backside of the first pocket watch.  Then I used bronze and silver for the second half.  I cut out a circle and used distress ink.  Then I adhered the left part so that it would open up and be a card.  Thank you hubby! :)

I hope you play.  It's super easy and I am sure you already have all of the things you need for the technique.  Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...when in doubt-grunge it up! :)

Chalkboard Technique

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It's a brand new Tuesday and the first of June and time to learn something new at Technique Tim Tuesday!  This month Julz is the challenge hostess and she has chosen this very cool chalkboard technique.

I made a new home card (or at least that's what I intended on anyways!).  So my chalkboard has a few different kind of word stamps and a Wendy Vecchi house stamp in the middle.  Smile is a sticker that I used to be the sentiment.

I can't wait to see what ya'll create for this challenge.  Also, my Crewmates have some pretty amazing examples so be sure to stop by for that and challenge directions.  You can go here.

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

Happy Birthday Mynnette! :)

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A big Happy Birthday! goes out to one of the most creative women I know--Mynnette from On a Stampage!  I am so happy to have gotten to know her through different challenges that she works on including the one that I am on-Technique Time Tuesday.

So a few of us wanted to get together for a Happy Birthday Mynnette Blog Hop.  The blog hop is full of wonderful birthday cards for Mynnette and of course now party is complete with out a prize!  So there is BLOG CANDY for one lucky person!  Here are the details:

In order to have a chance to win you need to visit each blog and leave a comment on each one, including this one.  One of the sites will be randomly chosen and we will choose a winner from the comments on that site using Random.org.  You will have until Thursday May 16th at 5pm CST to comment.

To make the celebration more fun we are using different techniques of 2013 so far.  So each one of us has chosen a different technique for our birthday card.  The one I chose was the embedded image.  You can find the directions here.

I made pennants out of a product called Tearific Tape which is mine is a sheet that is sticky on both sides.  After I cut them out, I peeled one side and put pink embossing powder on it.  I repeated this step and that made the light pink less bumpy.  Then with I stamped each letter with Versamark (after rubbing my cornstarch bag over it) and put purple embossing powder over it.  Then magically it looks like all one thing.  I embossed the sentiment with Spring Willow embossing powder from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  It has a little glitter in it too.  And I added some twine.

Here is the list for the Birthday Blog Hop for Mynnette!

 Technique Time Tuesday

 Ellen In a World of Craft 

 Karen  Simply Frenzied 

 Die amelie VonPappe II

 Louise Cats Cards and Cupcakes

 Karen P stamping in pINK

 Rocky Rocky's Crafting Blog

 Hayley Hayley's Paper Garden

 Nancy The Trinket Collector

Julz Ribbons 

 Tracey Serene Stamper

 Katy's I Like to Cut and Paste******You are here :)

 Adrienne's Paper Diva Scraps

Want more? The Inkspirational DT is also hopping for Mynnette's birthday!  So go see them too!

Thank you so much for hopping with us!  Until next time my friends...time to eat lots of cake and ice cream! :)

It's Technique Time Tuesday!

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It's the first Tuesday again and that means it's time for a new technique at Technique Time Tuesday.  This month's technique is about making a Dahlia flower and using it on your project.  Mynnette has created a great video on how to construct the flower.

I made a card using the flower-but I mad a 5x6.5 size cards.  I made my flower petals with a 2.5 inch punch.    I really like how it turned out.  I had made different petals and was playing around with this old paper that was from Deluxe Designs.  It's the purple paper and it has words on it beginning with the word Q but you would never know that looking at this flower.  The other side is white so I colored it with Scattered Straw Tim Holtz Distress Ink.

The script paper has also been in my stash for a long while but it just seemed to go.  The "leaves" are from a Tim Holtz mover and shaker die and I colored it with some Distress Paint.  And the center is a button I bought at a garage sale not too long ago.

I hope that you use this Dahlia Folding Technique and link up to our challenge!  Until next time my friends...see you soon! :)

Technique Time Tuesday CASE

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It's tax day!  I hope everybody is getting a refund! :)  So this month I am hosting the challenge at Technique Time Tuesday.  And one of the cool things I get to do is choose an entry and CASE it.

Here is my card.  You can go to Technique Time Tuesday to find out more details! :)

I used paper from American Crafts, white cardstock, Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Greetings stamp, Sparkle N Sprinkle Stamps (the flowers on the pink panel), Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick Distress Stain (the pink panel), Recollections flowers, and brads.

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope you will join in our challenge-there's a prize too!

Until next time my friends-go! Create! :) And then take a picture of your project, blog it, and upload it!  :)

Water Stamping

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There's a new challenge at Technique Time Tuesday and I'm hosting it!  I picked out water stamping because it seems like a way to stretch you stamps.  You can find the instructions and the rest of the DT's projects here.

Here's my card.  I used the water stamping for my flowers.

Here you can see the stamp that I used.  I used Tim Holtz's Distress Inks for my flowers.  I die cut them first.  This is the Tim Holtz tattered flowers die.  Then I put the Dusty Concord on the flower using an applicator.  I dipped the stamp in the "water pad" and stamped my flower.  I did use a heat gun to speed up the drying.

Don't you just love the result?

Here are all of the flowers that I made.  I used a numbers stamp on the red flower.  On the green flower I applied Mustard Seed DI first and heat set it.  Then I put Broken China over it so these two colors made this pretty green.  I wanted to see if yellow would show through instead of white (the cardstock).  I am not really sure but this flower turned out great.

 Here is a close up of my flowers put together.  The pink flower is using a distress stain instead.  I was experimenting.  It worked a little bit.

Thank you for stopping by.  There is an exciting change with Technique Time Tuesday.  Usually the winner gets digital sentiments as the prize.  Starting this month we are going to give away different prizes.  Here is this month's prize:

A 6x6 paper pack from Pink Paislee (London Market), A Distress Ink-Worn Lipstick, and a Wood-Mounted Thank you Stamp.  How exciting!  We can't wait to see your creations!

Until next time my friends, what stamps will you be using?

Technique Time Tuesday Time!

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So many exciting things happening at Technique Time Tuesday!  First we have a new technique!  It's called Brick Wall.  All of the instructions are here so go check it out and join us!

Here is my card:

I realized that I used the same Eiffel Tower from Hero Arts as I did last month.  But of course I didn't realize it until after the picture was taken.  So I promise I will use different stamps next month-LOL!  I used Distress Inks for the background of the tower.

And you know that Technique Time Tuesday has a Facebook page?  Yes!  And when you enter our challenge, we will ask if you would like us to put your entry on our Facebook page.  What better way to show off your work with your friends?  (Other than posting it yourself) ;)

Oh!  And one last huge thing-we have 7 new ladies that have joined us!  That's 7 more inspiring ways to use these awesome techniques!  Stop by and welcome them!

Thank you for stopping by here!  I've been super busy last week-but hopefully things will calm down a bit and I'll be crafting a little more!

Until next time my friends...have a wonderful Tuesday filled with excellent techniques! :)

Embedded Image

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I am so excited to share with you the month's technique at Technique Time Tuesday!  This month's technique is to use embossing powder to embed a stamp image-and this technique is so cool.  I think melting embossing paper is magical already but to add the stamp in a different color embossing powder-is just wow!  It all looks like one element.

So here's my card.  The Eiffel tower is the embedded image.  I first took a square of white cardstock and stamped a script background stamp in walnut stain distress ink.  Then I covered it in clear embossing powder a couple of times.  I used Wow embossing powder which is thicker than other brands.  Then I stamped the Eiffel Tower on the square (using versamark) and covered it with black embossing powder.  You can't feel the Eiffel Tower.  How cool is that!  So with a brown Staz On ink I stamped the hot air balloon.  I rubbed some alcohol inks on the embossed square (since it's now non-pourous right!)

I stamped the sentiment on a beige card stock using walnut distress ink (Tim H.) and used other distress inks to color the background.  Then I used some more of the clear embossing powder for it.  One note though-although it's clear the embossing powder does seem to make the ink darker.

Here's a clow up of the embedded image.

Supplies:
Eiffel Tower-Hero Arts
Paris stamps-Great Impressions
Sentiment-Tim Holtz
Hot Air Balloon-Hampton Art
Little paper flower and pearl centers

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...I can't wait to see what you create with this awesome technique! :)