You're On My Mind

I bought the Ellen Hutson Summer Of Stamping Combo By Brandi Kincaid under the spell of Michele Ferguson, my chief enabler. What a wonderful bunch of images and sentiments that I just HAD to have. I used a technique using Brushos that I learned from Jennifer McGuire in THIS video. I just love these images, and the sentiments are so wonderful. Thank you, enabler (also responsible for that awesome Spellbinders Hemstitch Frame), and Jennifer and Brandi and Ellen.

I am playing at:

The Flower Challenge #46

Just Add Ink #515 Mixed Media

Water coloring, die cutting, heat embossing

Global Design Project #GDP250

Sketch Challenge

Allsorts 581/582 - Flowers All Over

Inkspirational #217 - Painting or Colouring

Lucky To Have Each Other

A new challenge is up at Less Is More where the challenge is Scribbles, Drips and/or Splats. 

To create my card, I used a piece of Tim Holtz Watercolor card stock, wetting the bottom right corner generously. I sprinkled it with Brushos and moved the color around a bit by blowing on it. I die cut the heart from Neenah Solar White 80# card stock using Sizzix Scribbles and Splat die set. I added a sentiment from SSS, and die cut it with a die from Pink and Main Sentiment Strip Dies. I also splattered a bit of gold Heidi Swap metallic spray in the bottom right quadrant.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and for a 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. Good Luck!

I'm also playing at:

Inkspirational #211 - Paint Splatters

Addicted To Stamps And More #386 - Anything Goes

Happy Mother's Day

WWC165 - Tenia's "All About Occasions

I am delighted to say that I am Guest Designer at this week's new Watercooler Wednesday Challenge:

WWC165 - Tenia's "All About Occasions". I chose Mother's Day as my occasion, and used Winnie and Walter die and stamps to complete my sentiment. 

I decided to try a new-to-me watercolor powder technique that I saw on Splitcoast Stampers in which you sprinkle the powder directly on to a background stamp, spritz it with water, then stamp it. Using a MISTI for this technique allows you to keep spritzing and stamping until you are happy with the result. 

Please head over to the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge Blog and check out the wonderful creations that the Design Team has made to inspire you. Create an occasions card and join us in the gallery. I can't wait to see your creation!

Yeah Baby!

Time for a new game at Time Out Challenges! TO #86 is a Theme challenge: Celebrations - with the optional twist of One Layer. Our wonderful sponsor is CASual Fridays Stamps. A random winner of a $25.00 gift voucher will be

selected from those who go for the twist on their creation.

TaeEun of Rainbow In November is Guest Designer for this challenge. Her work is incredible. Treat yourself to a visit to TaeEun's Blog. You can't help but be inspired.

I wanted to twist. As I was looking for some inspiration, I came upon THIS post by Jennifer McGuire. I decided to use her design, but instead of die cutting the sentiment panels, I masked them to achieve the one layer effect. The result was a happy accident. 

I masked the areas where the sentiments would be stamped, inked CAS-ual Friday's Full On Floral background stamp with VersaMark, and heat embossed with white EP. I wanted to cover the entire card front with the floral background, so I stamped again and applied three Brusho colors. I loved the way the color turned out, but I was concerned about the line on the right side that was created when I stamped the second time. Then when I lifted the masking paper, I saw that some of the watercolor had seeped under the mask. At first I was frustrated with these two "mistakes", but after stamping the sentiments (Casual Fridays Woot Woot - retired) and adding the sequins, I ended up being quite pleased with my wonky creation.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog, and be inspired by the awesome Design Team creations. See where your creativity takes you, link up and play with us at Time Out!

I am also playing at:

Simply Irresistable Challenge - Emboss Resist Technique

AAA Cards Game #92 - Resist Technique

ATCAS - CHEERS

The Flower Challange - Anything Goes

Virginia's Blog Party - Share Your Summer Creations

Happy Little Stampers June Watercolor Challenge

Anything Goes with optional twist of Mask

Deck The Halls

It's time for a new challenge at Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge Blog where the theme for November is WATERCOLOR.

This challenge is sponsored by

I used 2 water color techniques for this challenge. I sprinkled Brushos in 2 shades of green on water color paper, and misted. I die cut the water colored ornament base and the copper glitter paper top piece with Memory Box's Swirl Ornament die. I wet brushed the background panel with red and a touch of green Kuretake Gansai Tambi water colors. I added a bit of HLS Christmas Bakers Twine to "hang" the ornament, and adhered it to the water colored card base. The sentiment is from HLS Mixed Christmas Sentiments.

Please head on over the the Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge Blog, and check out what the wonderful DT has made for your inspiration. Then get your Fa La La La La on and create a water colored Christmas project to link up and play us at Happy Little Stampers November Christmas Challenge.

Hope Endures

Challenge #65

The current Time Out Challenge is "Inspired By Words". I really love this type of challenge as it leaves so much to the imagination. Here is the quote:

“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.” 

You can be inspired of the whole sentiment or just choose one or two words as a starting point for your project.

Here is my take:

I love Autumn. I love the change in weather. Where I live, there are four very distinct seasons. I love the change in foods, clothes, decor... When the leaves die off so much in nature goes to sleep, there is always the promise of spring and rebirth. So there's hope, and that was my thought process in pondering the quote and putting this card together.

Everything on this card is new except the Kraft card base. I used Brushos to make a water color background from which I cut the solid wreath. I sprayed it with Ranger Buttercup Mica Spray to give it a golden sheen. It's gorgeous IRL. All stamps, dies and the sentiment are from Winnie and Walter. The white panel is Tim Holtz Distress Woodgrain Cardstock. It is luscious.

I am also linking this CAS card up to the Stamp Ink Paper Challenge where the current challenge is Clean & Simple.

Thanks so much for stopping in for a visit! Have a wonderful day!!

Because

I hope you enjoyed our big birthday bash at AAA Cards. It was a whole lot of fun. The party's over, but we're still, and always, having fun!  It's time for a new challenge at AAA. Game #66 is up, and the theme is Watercolor.

Our generous sponsor this week is Happy Little Stampers.

The first place winner will receive a $20.00 Gift Certificate for the HLS Store!

We also have the lovely and talented Tracey McNeely joining us as Guest Designer for this challenge.

I used my Brushos for my watercolor project below. This is a mono print using the gorgeous Hibiscus Stencil from Design By Ryn. I LOVE it. The sentiment is from MFT's "Because" stamp set and die.

Please head on over the the AAA Cards Challenge Blog, check out the gorgeous watercolor creations by the Design Team, and then create a watercolor beauty of your own. Don't forget to make it CAS!!! 

PS, don't forget to check the AAA Cards Challenge Blog next Sunday, June 12th to see if you are one of the lucky winners of the many prizes that were offered for participation in our Birthday Celebration!!

I am linking today's card to the following challenges:

CAS Mix Up - My sentiment combines stamping and die cutting and the third element is water color monoprint.

CASology is celebrating their 200th Challenge!

Thanks for coming by. Have a great day!

Beautiful

AAA Cards Challenge #63

The new game is up on the AAA Cards Challenge Blog. This time it's "Anything Goes".  I am still playing with my Brushos and loving the magic. I used the mono printing technique for my creation. I had used the honeycomb stencil and Brushos on another project, and made sure that I got paint on the negative.  I flipped the stencil and pressed it on to the watercolor paper, and got this beautiful effect. Once dry, I sprayed the entire panel lightly with Tattered Angels Gold spray mist. I die cut the butterfly (PTI) from velum and gold adhesive paper (PTI), popped it up on the card and bent the wings upward a bit.

The sentiment is from Concord & 9th's Beautiful Words and Beautiful You dies. I am loving learning and trying new things, and I'm very pleased with the way this one turned out.

Please head on over to the AAA Cards Challenge Blog and check out the designs of my fabulously talented fellow DT members. Leave them some love, then create something wonderful and link up to our challenge. Our sponsor this week is Happy Little Stampers, with a $20.00 gift certificate for the challenge winner.

I am linking my card to the following challenges:

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Creative with stamps challenge #1 - Butterfly.

Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media Challenge : WINGS. Create anything mixed media that you like as long as it includes Wings of any description :)

CAS Mix Up - I chose to add Die Cuts to my stenciling and stamping creation.

Thank you for coming by today. I hope you have been inspired. As always, I love your comments. They make my day!

Happy Mother's Day

Time for a new game at AAA Cards Challenge Blog. Our theme this time is Stenciling. There are so many techniques to use.

Our generous sponsor for this challenge is Stampendous,

I did some research on stenciling techniques and learned a lot. I tried this stenciling with watercolor technique using Brushos, and am now in LOVE with this medium and technique, as well as many variations that can be used with powdered watercolors. 

 I'm thrilled with the results and plan to incorporate this technique and medium into many of my cards in the future.

Stencil: By Designs Ryn

Die Cuts: Winnie and Walter.

Sentiment: Winnie & Walter

Watercolors: Brushos.

Please head over to the AAA Cards Challenge Blog and check out what my fellow DT members have created and leave them some love. Please join us in creating your own stenciled beauty. Please remember to keep it CAS.

Thanks for stopping by today. I greatly appreciate it.

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!

A Birthday Hello

When I saw the February Pinterest Inspired Challenge, my new SSS Lattice Grid Background stamp came right to mind. I also added some Brushos to my stash recently, so I decided to combine them for my creation, and this is what happened:

Brushos are really fun! It's awesome to see what happens when they hit wet watercolor paper. It's like a kaleidoscope!!  I can't wait to use them some more and learn more about what you can do with them. I really love the way the watercolored panel came out.

I am also linking my card and playing the following challenges:

Seize The Birthday

The Friday Mashup 

The Mashup Challenge this week is:

Create a project with a birthday theme. 

Create a project using stencils. 

or Mash it Up!! and create a birthday themed project that uses stencils. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I so appreciate your comments.