PCC237 - Sketch Challenge with Hero Arts Fun in the Rain

Hello all! Hope your mid-week is going well!   I am so so proud of myself!  I actually made a card that is soooooo very close to this week's Paper Craft Crew Sketch!  lol  I usually take some artistic liberties but this time I really stayed on task.  I loved this sketch so much I actually made three cards with it.  Don't worry.. I only blogged one of them!  lol  

I had so much fun with the Hero Arts "Fun In the Rain" stamp set on this card.  This animals are just adorable!   What do you think?

I started off with a Dapper Denim cardstock base that was 11" x 4 1/4" (scored at 5 1/2").  My next layer was 5 1/4" x 4" Neenah Crest Solar White 80# cardstock layer.  I used my distress ink blending tool to blend in somd Broken China and Faded Jeans Distress Inks.  After blending, I spritzed it with water and then dabbed it with a paper towel.  My clouds are Hero Arts Infinity Cloud Dies.  I used my Stampin' Up! Triple Banner Punch to punch banner ends on my Real Red Cardstock 3/4" x 3 1/2" banner.  The mat for the square is Dapper Denim and the top square is more of the Neenah Crest Solar White 80# cardstock.  Both the square and scallop mat were cut with Stampin' Up! Layering Square Dies.  I masked the bottom of the square off  and then ink blended it with Broken China Distress Ink .  I stamped the rain in with Faded Jeans Distress Ink,  Both the adorable bear and pig were stamped onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Black Versafine Ink and colored in with Zig Clean Color Markers.  

I wanted the inside to be blank to write a note but of course I had to decorate it a bit.  This little duck in the set seemed perfect and took very little coloring. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #92 Color Inspiration Challenge with Mama Elephant Organic Blooms

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Hope you had a nice relaxing weekend that got your week off to a wonderful start!  My Hubby was off this past weekend and we got a lot of things done around the house.  It rained quite a bit both Saturday and Sunday which made it easy to get some things done inside for a change.  I love the weekends that he is off work.  It really makes me look forward to our retirement from our day jobs.  I'm hoping to retire at 62 and since I am almost 58, that's just a little over 4 years... not that I counting! lol  

Since today is Tuesday, it means it's time for yet another Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge.  This week we have a cool color inspiration challenge photo for you!

I loved the look of the stripes of color so I decided to add stripes of ink blending to my background.

I used the beautiful Mama Elephant Organic Blooms stamp set.  Not only do I love the floral image but there are a lot of awesome sentiments in it!  I can see myself using these sentiments a lot!

I started off with a top folding Neenah Classic Solar White 110# cardbase.  The top layer was a 80# Neenah Classic Solar White that has masked stripes for Ink Blending of Various Distress Inks.  My Organic Blooms image was stamped in Versafine Black Ink and clear embossed onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock.  The image was colored in with Zig Clean Color Marks and an aqua painter.  I fussy cut the image out.. that was not fun.  I need to check to see if Mama Elephant has dies for this one! lol  I layered a doily onto the striped layer and then adhered the floral image with foam tape.  The sentiment Happy Everything was first inked with Versamark and then inked with Blackberry Bliss (retired Stampin' Up!) ink and clear embossed.  I ran a long strand of Natural Twine across the top of my card and tied it into a bow.  I used the side of my scissors to add a little curl in the twine.  I then added a few different light blue Pretty Pink Posh sequins to bring in more of the lighter blue color.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

Hero Arts March 2017 My Monthly Hero - you're somebunny special

One of the best things I've ever done was to subscribe to Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit!  It is such a fabulous value!  March has been a crazy busy month and today I finally made a super quick and easy card with this month's My Monthly Hero Kit!  It is super adorable!

  

The kit even included the adorable dies that created the fence and the garden.  The little garden die has little slits to tuck the vegetables down into it.  I used Black Versamfine ink to stamp my images onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock.  I used Zig Clean Color Markers and an aqua painter to color in the images.  I loved that the bunnies only needed a hint of light pink in the ears and checks.  I also used the Hero Arts Cloud Infinity Dies that were an Add on for an early kit!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

Under The Sea.. Just Because!

What a fun project I get to share with you tonight!  I had some more time to play around with the Fun Stamper's Journey "Under The Sea" stamp set and I LOVE it!  The seahorse is just adorable.  Here's a card that I thought I'd share with you!  

This one was super fun!  Here are the products I used for today's card:

Fun Stamper's Journey "Under the Sea" Stamp and Die Bundle

Hero Arts Color Layering Goldfish Stamp Set (sentiment)

Zig Clean Color Markers

Aqua Painters

Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock

Neenah Crest Solar White 80# cardstock

Broken China Distress Ink

Peacock Feathers Distress Ink

Ink Blending Tool

Pink Pirouette Stampin' Up! Cardstock

 Gold Embossing Powder

Heat Tool

Pretty Pink Posh Dew Drops

Misc Wood Grain Scrapbook Paper

Textured Brown Card Base

PCC 236 Shaker Card You're Nauti-Cool!

Hello!  Hope you're having a fabulous week!  I was beginning to think I would never get this post up!  There were some wicked storms that came through earlier today and the power was flickering off and on.  All three of our dogs were hiding in my craft room while I was finishing up my card.  My big 105 lb baby... Monty, is still in there.  He's my be a huge dog but he's a baby when there's a storm and wants near his Momma! lol

Of course, since it is Wednesday, it's time for another Paper Craft Crew and this week we have another fun sketch. 

I can tell you that pretty much anytime we have a sketch with a circle in the middle of it, it will end up either a shaker card or nautical themed card.  Well this time I ended up combining them!  lol

I just received the fun new Fun Stamper's Journey Stamp Set "Under The Sea" so I had to make a shaker card with an under the water scene!  I stamped and colored all of the images from this fabulous stamp set so look out.. there will be more cards.  These images were heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder and colored with Kuretake Zig Clean Color Markers and an aqua brush.  My background for the under water scene was a piece of Neenah Crest Solar White 80# cardstock that had Broken China and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink blended onto it.  I spritzed it with water once done so get some pitting in the color and add some interest.  It looks super cool up close.  The sentiment You're Nauti-Cool is from the Avery Elle "Knotty" Stamp Set.  It has some awesome nautical sentiments that I love to use.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings, Tina

SIP #91 - Andrea's Birthday - Prismacolor Pencils!

Hello!  It's Spring!  Yay!  I hope it is beginning to feel like it where you live!  I was so happy to have some beautiful weather this past weekend!  Did I tell you about winning a fabulous prize?  I entered a card in a challenge over at Stamp Junkies Facebook Group a few weeks back.  The prize was donated by Gina of Gina K Designs and it was a 150 pc set of Prismacolor Pencils!  Well.. I got lucky and won it!  Woo Hoo!  So today I decided for the new Stamp, Ink, Paper Birthday Card Challenge to use my fabulous new pencils. Oh and this challenge is in honor of my sweet friend Andrea Tracy-Tucker so make sure you tell her Happy Birthday! 

I have two different cards to share because I had played around with coloring two different images to get the feel for these pencils.  Here's my first card!

My first card uses the Unity Stamp Co. "Damn.. you're old" stamp set.  I wanted to color in the cake because I thought a larger image would give me a chance to get used to the pencils and try some shading.  I hope I did ok.. I'm sure I'll get better as I play around with them more!

Here's card #2..

This second card uses the Lawn Fawn Stamp set "Hang In There".  I just adore this sloth!  Again.. I'm new at the pencils but I think it turned out fairly good.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I wish you'd let me know which card you like the best!  Blessings, Tina 

PCC235 Sketch Challenge with Lawn Fawn Out of This World Slider

Hello and Happy Hump Day!  Hope your week is going great!  I've had three of my Knoxville granddaughters in town the last few days so that is always a good time!  Today, I'm back over with the Paper Craft Crew with another card for a fun sketch!

Today's card was soooo much fun to make!  I finally broke out my new Lawn Fawn Set called "Out of This World" and made a slider card with it!  

I mean the sentiment "today the world revolves around you" really calls for a slider, right?  I mean  how else can the world revolve around you. lol  I had a blast making this.  There are so many possibilites with all of the pieces and parts to this stamp set.  I was a little limited to what I could add since I wanted to stay fairly true to the sketch.  I'm sure I'll be trying some different styles with this adorable stamp set.  

Here's the inside.. I kept it pretty simple except for adding a bit of the ink blending and water spritzing to the upper right corner for some interest.  

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings!  Tina