Wave

 

Time Out Challenge #226 begins today. This time we are challenged to inspired by this quote: "A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination." 

We are generously sponsored by STAMPlorations. Winner will receive a $25.00 Gift Voucher to use at the STAMPlorations digital store.

We are so pleased to welcome Heather Heroldt of Handmade by Heather and winner of Time Out Challenge #223, as our Guest Designer. Heather's creations are abundant and wonderful. Do treat yourself to a stroll through her blog. You will be so glad you did!

At the suggestion of one of my Time Out teammates, I used the Wave stamp set from The Ton. I combined it with a sentiment from The Ton's Get It, Girl stamp set (retired). My card is very simple, yet powerful which is the way the quote speaks to me.

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

I am also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #636 - Stamp Act

Mix It Up Challenge

MIUCB #62 - Anything Goes + Optional Open Technique

My optional technique is layered stamping.

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #556 - Anything Goes

Happy New Year

It's New Year's Eve. There is so much to say about bidding adieu to 2020 on so many levels, but I am not going to put it all down right here. I want to say that I am grateful for the many joys, comforted in the deep sorrows, and hopeful for the future. 

Time Out Challenge #178 begins today with a theme of Life In The City with an optional twist of using ink blending or sponging.

We are generously sponsored by Birch Press Design. 

Our wonderful Guest Designer is Joy, a wonderfully talented crafter who is sure to inspire you. Treat yourself to a visit to her blog. You will be so glad you did!

 I went with a cityscape for my card. I live close to New York City, and watching the ball drop in Times Square on New Year's Eve (from the comfort of my own or someone else's home) has been a yearly thing in my life for as long as I can remember. So with that in mind, I pulled out my new-to-me Altenew City Scene Stencil and went to work. I inked the background with Fossilized Amber, Wilted Violet, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot Distress Inks. I stenciled the skyscrapers with Black Soot, and added the fireworks from The Ton Pyrotechnics and the sentiment with heat embossing. Voila!

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

I am also playing at:

NBUS #21 

Altenew City Scene Stencil

Watercooler Wednesday #302 - Anything Goes

Always Fun Challenge #195 - New Year

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Celebrate

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Sparkle and Shine

You Can Do It.

 

It's time for a new challenge at Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list.

Since the Inspiration List is a mix of elements related to the festivity, the creator has the choice to make something for that festivity, or to ignore the festivity all together and create something using just the three (or more) elements selected.

For my coffee-themed project, I used: hot drink theme, die cut, vellum, brown and twine.  My coffee pot and mug/saucer are from Altenew Coffee Love Stamp set,  I used a variety of Copic markers for coloring, embossed vellum for my background, heat embossed the sentiment from The Ton's Coffee Crush Sentiment Set, and Avery Elle Scalloped Pierced Rectangle dies.

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the  Festive Friday Challenge Design team.

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Melva Peters

Judy Rozema

Come play with us!

I am also playing at:

Day Of The Month Card Club #20 - International Coffee Day

May Peace Fill Your Soul

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out!!! Time Out Challenge #166 - We challenge you to be PEACEFUL.

We are generously sponsored by Newton's Nook Designs. The challenge winner will receive a $25.00 store credit to spend in the Newton's Nook store.

Our Guest Designer is Sue of Sentimentally Sue, a wonderful designer whose creations are always so wonderful, fresh and creative. Treat yourself to a stroll through her blog for some awesome inspiration.

Now on to my card - nothing brings me more peace than the sea. I love to sit on the beach and watch the waves crashing and listen to the sounds of the sea's song to sooth my soul. It brings me joy and peace and happiness like nothing else. So for this challenge prompt, I chose to use this gorgeous WAVE layering stamp set from The Ton. I stamped the layers in three shades of blue on watercolor paper. I added a sentiment from PTI's Peaceful Garden, heat embossed it, popped it up and adhered it. I mounted the wave panel on SU Night Of Navy card stock, and my card was complete.

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

I am also playing at:

Double D Challenges - Let's Go To The Beach

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Ink It Up!

Moving Along With The Times #120 - At The Beach

You Are Amazing

The featured technique over at CAS Mix Up for July is Stencil Tracing. This is a new one to me and I wanted to give it a whirl. Basically you outline with the stencil left on your image or free hand 

outline with the stencil removed.

Funky Fossil Designs Seahorse Stencil and Mask seemed to be a great choice for this technique, plus I wanted to try layered stenciling, and the Seahorse was a good choice for that too. I began by blending Salty Ocean and Tumbled Glass DO ink on Neenah Solar white 80# Card Stock. I then placed Hero Arts Abstract Waves Stencil over the Seahorse aperture and blended Chipped Sapphire DO over top of that. I removed that stencil and laid Dylusions Small Bubbles Stencil on the Seahorse aperture and sprayed it generously with Imagine Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. When I removed the bubbles stencil, I traced around the edges of the Seahorse with a Copic 0.2 Multiliner. I was thrilled with the way it came out. I debated whether to give my funky seahorse a googly eye, but I left it alone in the true spirit of CAS. I thought hard about what sentiment to use, and finally settled on this one from The Ton's Pyrotechnics set. I die cut the panel with a Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die, backed it with fun foam and mounted it on Gina K. Designs Base Weight Turquoise Sea Card Stock.

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

Congratulations, Tim!

I made this card for a very special young man - the son of a dear friend who graduated from the  University of Scranton in 2014. This is a (very) belated graduation/congrats on your new job card. LOL. At the time, my boys also had a graduation and I never got around to making a card for Tim. He is the rare young adult male who appreciates my cards, so I love to make them for his special occasions.  He has been searching for a job in his field for 2 years, and he finally just landed a great job in his field, at a great company. I finally set to work on a congratulations card for him.  Better late than never! I LOVE the way it turned out.

I sprinkled Brushos on some heavy watercolor paper, then I sprayed it with Tattered Angels Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist. I then embossed fireworks from The Ton's Pyrotechnics set in silver with gold detail. The Paper Smooches sentiment is die cut and inlaid. The entire top panel is popped up on white fun foam. 

I am linking this card to the following challenges:

Challenge # 109 Create Your Own Background

TAKE A LEAP INTO THE UNKNOWN

Touchy Feely 

Add some texture to your creations!

Thanks for coming by. Have a great day!