Oh Ship!

I was just so amused by this photo inspiration at Inskpirational #218, and as soon as I saw it, I knew just what supplies I was going to use to play! The tentacles are from a Hero Arts wood mounted stamp that I have had forever and never used. The ship and sentiment are from a Hero Arts clear stamp set called Enjoy The Journey. I stamped and clear embossed the tentacles, then masked them and stenciled the dots using the Falling Snow stencil from SSS with Memento Love Letter ink. I colored everything with Zigs and popped up the boat and sentiment. It just keeps cracking me up. I love it.

I'm also playing at:

A Blog Named Hero July Challenge - Embossing

Always Fun Challenge #173 - Use Stencils

I'm A Rainbow Sprinkle

There's a new challenge up at Time Out where we are challenged to be UNIQUE. Our challenge is sponsored by Catherine Pooler - winner gets a goodie bag of Catherine Pooler products! Awesome!

Our wonderful Guest Designer Elizabeth Stewart of Paper Sweetness. Elizabeth's work is absolutely awesome. Her designs are so inspiring. Please treat yourself to a stroll through her blog. You will surely be delighted!

When I thought about the word "unique" and card design, my mind immediately went to Tim Holtz's Bird Crazy images. I just love them, and it has been a while since I inked them up. I stenciled a small background area with Dylusions Small Bubble Stencil and Distress Oxide Ink. I painted my bird with Zigs and gave him some glasses. The sentiment is from Dylusions Laugh Til You Leak  

Please head over to the Time Out Challenges Blog to see what Elizabeth and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. Play with us to share your creation, and to have a chance to win a prize Catherine Pooler Designs. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm also playing at:

The Male Room Challenge #105

Inkspirational Challenge #181

I Forgot!

Hello! And Happy New Year!

I am so very excited and honored to announce, that I have joined the Less is More Design Team! Woot!!  This is my first post as a LIM Designer. When I first began blogging, I was all about the layers and embellishments. When The Less Is More Challenge first opened, I had never tried and was quite terrified of CAS design. I began to play, and as time went on, I got the hang of it and fell in love. Now it is largely my cardmaking style.  I am so happy to be part of this amazing team of crafters. Here we go!

Water in any of its forms...ice, snow, mist, liquid...

Our sponsor is 

www.skullandcrossbuns.com

Our Guest Designer is our October 2018 winner: Viv of Daizy-Mae's Crafty Blog. Viv's designs and coloring skills are fantastic! Treat yourself to a visit to her blog. You will be so glad you did.

For my card, I used Hero Arts Enjoy the Journey stamps and dies to make this punny belated birthday card. I created the water with Hero Arts Dark Teal Liquid Watercolor. I stamped the ship on watercolor paper, colored it with Zigs, die cut, and placed it on the watercolor background in the aperture.

Please head on over to the Less Is More Challenge Blog, see the awesome creations the Design Team has created for your inspiration, and come play wiith us! All challenge details are available on the HERE.

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I am also playing at:

CASology Week 325 - Fresh

Tee Hee - Fresh sentiment!

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challnege - Something New.

Using my new Hero Arts Enjoy The Journey Stamp/Die sets.

Little Red Wagon #478 - Hey Newbie!

Using my new Hero Arts Enjoy The Journey Stamp/Die sets.

The Male Room #101 - The Color Blue

Happy Birthday T Baby

Here we go with another AAA Cards Challenge! Our CAS (Clean & Simple) Challenge to you is to make a masculine card.

Our sponsor for Challenge #76 is Stampendous

Thank you Stampendous

Our Guest Designer for this game is Joyce from Cards-by-the-Sea.

mas·cu·line

ˈmaskyələn/

adjective

1. 1. 

   having qualities or appearance traditionally associated with men, especially strength and aggressiveness.

   "he is outstandingly handsome and robust, very masculine"

   synonyms:

   virile, macho, manly, muscular, muscly, strong, strapping, well built, rugged, robust, brawny, heavily built, powerful, red-blooded, vigorous; informalhunky, testosteronic "a powerfully masculine man"

Here is my take:

This card makes me laugh, just like the little person for whom it was made. This is for my Great Nephew Thomas Flynn, who is a delightful little one year old with the best personality. He's terribly cute and a funny little bundle of love.  What??? Why the graduation hat??? Well, one of my sisters and I were trying to think of a gift for him, and we decided to start a college savings account for him; hence, the graduation cap. So T Baby, you are on your way. In the blink of an eye, it will be time. The sentiment on the inside is "Go. See. Do." from Winnie & Walter.  All images and sentiment on the front of the card are Paper Smooches. Happy Birthday T!!

Please head on over to the AAA Cards Challenge Blog, see what my wonderful teammates have designed for your inspiration, and join in the fun. Get your masculine card craft on and link up to play.  You could be the lucky winner of a Stampendous gift certificate!

Thanks so much for stopping in!

Thank You

I am so pleased and proud to say that I have joined the Time Out Challenges Design Team. Pinch me!! Such an incredible group of talented designers with hearts of gold. I am thrilled to be a part of this team!

My first challenge with Time Out Challenge #68 - a CASE of the wonderful Ardyth

of Masquerade. This is her beautiful card:

We also have a great guest designer with us this week - Marina from My Perfect Life is sharing her inspiration so please stop by her blog.

This is my take on Ardyth's beautiful inspiration piece:

The hibiscus images are from Uniko Studio colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. Sentiment is Concord & Ninth.

Now it's your turn to take TIME OUT and craft. Head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration, play with us, and link up your creation. 

I am also linking my card to Aileen Ryan's new challenge: The Flower Challenge. This challenge celebrates cards using floral images.  Challenge #1 this month is:

Anything Goes with Florals. Check it out!

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a lovely one.

Saw That.

It's time for another Christmas Challenge at Happy Little Stampers. The theme for October is EMBOSSING.

The challenge is sponsored by:

Here is my take:

I  love this Simon Says Stamp background stamp, which I embossed with WOW Cable Car Red EP. Santa and the light string (Ellen Hutson)  are embossed with Ranger black EP and colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens. Sentiment from same set is embossed with white EP.

Please head on over to the Happy Little Stampers October Christmas Challenge and leave the wonderful DT some love.  Then try your hand at a Christmas card with embossing, link up, and play with us!

You Are Remarkable

Time Out Challenges celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Challenge #67, a special challenge with the Theme of Breast Cancer Awareness and/or Friendship, with an optional optional technique twist:  embossing and/or use pink.

CASual Fridays is the generous and dedicated sponsor of this special challenge. Please head over the the TIME OUT Challenge Blog to get all the details.

Here is my take:

I love this Flourishes stamp that I have had for years. The beauty of it is, you can customize it for any type of Cancer Awareness or sign of hope for any cause. The wonderful sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp's Hand Lettered Encouragement.

Cancer touches the lives of most people we know in some way. I am a breast cancer survivor myself, am eternally grateful for all of the funding that goes into research, and all of the events and other ways there are to support it. The fight is critical, but we need to remember, that finding a cure for ALL cancers is the ultimate goal.

ATCAS

The image is watercolored with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens.

CWS#7 - The sentiment is such a powerful one to me. This card was made for a dear friend who has been through hell and back on her cancer journey. She truly is remarkable.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anythings Goes.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope your day is remarkable!

Masked and Inlaid Thanks

Game #74 is up at the AAA Cards Challenge Blog! The theme is Masking. 

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Stampendous.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Rahmat. You can see her wonderful work on her blog here.

Here is my take. I used Designs by Ryn Flowers stamp set and Winnie & Walter Big Bold You dies for this creation. Masked flowers and leaves are colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens.

Please head over the the AAA Cards Challenge Blog and see what our Guest Designer, Rahmat and my wonderful teammates have created for your inspiration. Leave them some love, then create your own masked project to link up to our challenge. Thanks so much for stopping in today!

Color Blooms

There's a fun hop and linky party going on at The STAMPlorations blog. The DT took out their favorite coloring mediums and colored a page from COLOR BLOOMS, Stamplorations first coloring book for grownups -- specially created for the cardmaker, crafter, and mixed media artist in you! Then they took the pages they colored and used it in projects. 

There are lots of prizes for blog hop and linky party participants. For a chance to win a $15 gift certificate plus a copy of Color Blooms, simply print out the sampler from the Stamplorations Blog, color it with your medium(s) of choice, and create a project out if it. Blog about it and link it up to the Color Blooms links party. 

Here is my project using the sample page from COLOR BLOOMS  It is so wonderful to color and endless ways to use it. The sentiment is from SimonSaysStamp Clear Stamps You.

I am also linking this card to:

Inspired By The Little Things #22

Where the challenge is this bight and bold inspiration photo.

ATSAM #209 Clean And Simple Challenge:

Lots of white space and minimal embellishments.

Thank you so very much for coming by. Have a wonderful day!

Bird Crazy Independence Day

AAA Cards Game #67 is up! This time the theme is "Googley Eyes". Please remember that ALL of our challenges are CAS style.
Our first place winner will receive a gift from our generous sponsor, Stampendous.

I pulled out my Bird Crazy stamps and accessories for this challenge because the birds have such great eyes. I decided on a patriotic theme for the coming Independence Day celebration here in the US. I wanted to give this bird a flag AND a sparkler, so I also used Winnie & Walter's Sparkle stamps to have him hold a sparkler as well as the flag. I embossed the sparkler in silver and the sparkles in gold. So fun!

Please head on over the the AAA Cards Challenge Blog, check out the fabulous DT creations, and create a CAS Googley Eye project of your own. Link up your card, mention us in your post, display our challenge image, leave some comments on some of the other players's blogs and remember to keep your card CAS!

I am also linking this card to:

 Time Out Challenge #59 - Theme With A Twist:

'Masculine with optional twist of mixed media'

Defining 'mixed media' as:

Stamps and ink plus 2 other elements that add texture and/or dimension.

My card was made with stamps and ink, with die cuts, embossing, watercolor and of course, google eyes!

CASOLOGY

Thank you for your visit, and have a lovely day today!

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Look For The Miracles

The AAA Cards Challenge 2nd Big Birthday Bash is still going on until June 4th. If you haven't joined in the fun and festivities, you should go on over. One of the ways to win, is to do the blog hop, comment on each DT blog, and answer the question they pose.  As an AAA DT Member, my question asks what your favorite craft purchase this year has been.  Well, that question surely did end up costing me some money!!!!! LOL. It seems that the top 2 answers are: the MISTI (I have one - it's the bomb), and ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens.  After reading so many rave reviews of these water color pens, I had to have them.  And of course, I needed many other things to go along with them (wink). So here is my first go with my new ZIG watercolor pens and my new SSS Look For The Miracles stamp set. The pens are indeed AMAZING. I'm in love. I hope my Brushos don't get jealous. I will surely get back to them!

I was inspired by the following Challenges:

ATCAS Challenge #89

Time Out Challenge #57 is their 'Inspired by Words' challenge now and our words are:

'May All your weeds be wild flowers'

You can use any of these words to inspire you or perhaps the whole phrase. You might want to go with flowers, wild, weeds or perhaps use the whole phrase looking at how the hard times don't get in the way of the beauty in your life.

I love the sentiment on my card, and it speaks to the fact that even the hardest of times contain gifts.

Creative With Stamps #2

Anything Goes