Salty But Sweet

Time Out Challenge #179 begins today.  We are challenged to create a card inspired by the word "YOU"! Create a card that says something about YOU. This could be your favorite card-making style, favorite food, movie, book...

 Our sponsor for this challenge is Stamplorations

 

STAMPlorations is offering a prize of a $25 gift voucher for our winner!
 Additionally, the winner will be asked to be the Guest Designer for a future challenge.

Our Guest Designer this week is Anila. Be sure to visit her awesome blog and show her some love.

Nothing says "me" more than anything related to the sea. I always say that I was a mermaid in a former life. My place of peace is the beach. My favorite sound is ocean waves crashing on the sand. My favorite day is a day at the beach. So, I created a card with ocean waves and a mermaid tail using Essentials By Ellen Inner Mermaid stamps and die by Julie Ebersole.  It is very ME!

Please hop on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Anila and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Happy Little Stampers January Anything Goes With Dies

Little Red Wagon #584 - Friendship

Sisterhood Of Crafters - Die Cuts and/or Embossing Folders

I Was A Mermaid

This card is a CASE of Kristina Werner's Mermaid card in THIS Video. I used completely different products than Kristina did, but I mimicked her design and coloring of the mermaid tail. I do think this sentiment is perfect for me because I believe it to be true. LOL.

Supplies:

Stamps~Inner Mermaid by Julie Ebersole, Sentiment by Impression Obsession.

Ink~VersaFine Onyx Black; VersaMark.

Accessories~PTI White Filigree Detail Embossing Powder; Wow Under The Sea Embossing Glitter; Nuvo Ocean Sparkle Embossing Powder; Stampendous Kaleidoscope Sparkly Embossing Powder;  Picket Fence Mermaid Scales Stencil; Ranger Round Ink Blending Tool; Purple Tape, Embossing Buddy; Fun Foam Sheets; Pinkfresh Studio Stitched Banner Dies.

I'm playing at:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Ocean Or Beachy

Double D Challenges - Let's Go To The Beach

Moving Along With The Times #120 - At The Beach

Shell-abrate

It's time for a new challenge at Less Is More. This time the theme is CELEBRATIONS. There are a million ways to interpret that theme. The possibilities are endless. Just remember that there must be lots of clean white space on your card.

Our sponsor is Skull and Crossbones.

www.skullandcrossbuns.com

May Winner, Viv of  Daizy-Mae's Crafty Blog, is Guest Designer for this challenge. She is such a talented cardmaker with an ecclectic style. Treat yourself to a stroll though her blog and you will surely be inspired.

For my card, I framed the mermaid's tail from Inner Mermaid by Julie Ebersole on a panel created with liquid watercolr from Hero Arts. The sentiment is heat embossed with silver EP.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog, See what Viv and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and have chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog.

I'm also playing at:

Watercooler Wednesday #228 - Feminine Anything Goes

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Any Occasion

Salty But Sweet

The Library Challenge #12 - The Little Mermaid

I really love mermaids, and so when I saw The Library Challenge #12, I was excited to play. I chose to make a shaker card using the following supplies:

Honey Bee Stamps Ocean Borders and Ocean Shell Sequin Mix.

Essentials By Ellen Inner Mermaid by Julie Ebersole stamps and dies.

Distress Oxide Inks. Versafine Majestic Blue Ink.

Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo 3 dies

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackable dies.

Avery Elle stamp and die storage pockets.

Fuse Tool.

I'm also playing at :

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Summer Vacation

SimonSaysStamp Wedensday Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes With Dies Challenge

Be A Mermaid

Addicted To CAS Challenge #141 is up and running with code word: SUMMERTIME.

For my card, I created a background on watercolor paper with Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers. I heat embossed the mermaid's tail from Essentials By Ellen Inner Mermaid in silver on vellum, die cut it with a matching die, mounted it on the watercolor background and added the sentiment.

Don't forget, as always, Happy Little Stampers is our Sponsor, and Kylie is generously awarding the winner with a $20.00 gift certificate to the store!

The wonderful and talented Gerrina is Guest Designer for this challenge.  Gerrina is such a special person and a wonderful artist. Her creativity is so inspiring and designs are unique and funky. In the off chance you haven't met Gerrina yet, please take a stroll through her blog. You will be so glad you did.

Please head over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog and see what Gerrina and the Design Team have created to inspire you.

Please remember that this is a CAS Challenge - Clean And Simple. Here is the definition of CAS to guide you:

Please join us in the gallery with your CAS creation for a chance to win!

I'm also playing at:

Inspired by - Beach Day

Addicted To Stamps And More #301 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Add A Little Sparkle

Cards In Envy - On The Beach

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use A Die Or Punch

Have An Awesome Brithday

I made this card for a DT friend who has been so welcoming, friendly, kind, and generous to me as I began a new DT gig and beyond. I heat embossed this awesome mermaid's tail in silver, and colored it with Copics. I placed it on a background that I made with Distress Oxide Inks and plastic wrap, sprayed it with shimmer spray and die cut it with a scalloped rectangle die. 

I adhered a seaweed die cut and the tail, added the sentiment banner, and voila! The background came out beautifully. It looks to me like what you would see under water when the sun is shining above. I love this one!

I am playing at:

CIC #449 - Under The Sea

Cards In Envy - Feeling Blue and Distressed

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 418 - Seaside

Seize The Birthday - Anything Goes

SimonSaysStamp Wednesady Challenge - Anything Goes

Just Us Girls - Anything Goes

Make Waves

I simply can not get enough of this mermaid tail from Julie Ebersole's Mermaid's Tail set from Ellen Hutson... I don't think I have ever used a single stamp more than I have used this one! This time I embossed the tail in gold on the card base, and die cut the top panel placing the aperture over the embossed tail.  I had used the stencil for another card. Afterwards, I left the distress inks on the stencil, sprayed it with water, and pressed it to a panel of watercolor paper. I love the soft, "foamy" effect. This card was made for a friend who needs a lot of support and encouragement right now. I just love the sentiments included in this set, and I thought these that I stamped on the inside were just perfect.

I'm playing at:

Inkspirational #141

City Crafter Challenge #375 - No Flowers

CAS-ual Fridays #180 - Friendship

No Grit, No Pearl.

This Mermaid's Tail set from Ellen Hutson by Julie Ebersole is getting a lot of use in my craft room. I LOVE it. I made this card for a craft gathering where each participant created 2 similar cards to share. It was a wonderful day. I used some techniques that were new to me on this one.  If you look closely, you can see some feint embossing on the DOX background. I used the stencil from Hero Arts May Card Kit for the embossing. This is a new technique to me, and I am using it frequently right now. I also used water to stamp the sea bubbles (Designs By Ryn) on the DOX ink background. I LOVE the effect. There is so much wonderful color and texture on this card. It's a keeper... or maybe a sender...

I am playing at:

Inkspirational Challenge #140 - I chose the colors and sea theme as my inspiration.

Watercooler Wednesday #130 - Feminine Anything Goes

We Mermaid To Be Friends

I have a thing about mermaids. They seem to be very popular in the crafting world these days, and I have collected a wonderful combination of mermaid-themed stamps and dies. I am having a blast with them. For this card, I created a background with DOX inks that was perfect for under the sea. I die cut it with the Memory Box Coral Collage die. Inside the die cut, I placed a gorgeous piece of tissue paper from the Hero Arts May 2017 monthly kit. I used the stencil from the same kit to dry emboss the wave background on the white cardbase. The mermaid tail and sentiment is from Ellen Hutson's Essentails by Ellen Clear Stamps Mermaid's Tail by Julie Ebersole. The tail is heat embossed on heat resistant acetate and die cut. It shows the gorgeous tissue paper behind it.  I just love this card.

I am playing at:

  Paper Players #353 - CAS Summer Fun In The Water

CAS Mix Up July 2017

Curtain Call - Surf's Up

The Heart Desires 14

An Ocean Of Thanks

I am honored to be Guest Designer at Happy Little Stampers July Watercolor ChallengeHappy Little Stampers July Watercolor Challenge which is:

My card has lots of colors, but it is an ocean scene, hence the blue. All of the elements are from the Hero Arts May 2017 Card Kit. I am in a mermaid state of mind these days, and I love this kit. So many wonderful images, dies, papers, inks, embellishments, etc. 

The background of the shaker is made with iridescent turquois silk liquid ink dropped on wet watercolor paper. The effect is awesome! The swirl tissue placed on top of it mutes the intensity of the background a bit, but I love the way it looks. I cut the coral and sea ferns from watercolored snippets. The rest of the images are watercolored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

Please head over to the Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. Grab your favorite watercolor medium(s) and create something fabulous for the HLS July Watercolor Challenge!

I am also playing at:

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes