Speedy Fox and Friends

 

     I saw a beautiful card that my dear friend Carol made for the Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge # 287, and had to give it a try. I love the way that MFP has been doing techniques as their weekly challenges!  I must say that I rather struggled with my background like Carol did, with the stencil forming more of wet blobs.  I may have salvaged it by using a bit of ink over my watercolor.

Here is what I used:

Base card- Textured Bazzill Pistachio Nut w/ watercolor panel
Stencil- Tattered Angels Sea Grass
Stamps- MFP Tropical Vacation
Ink- Smoky Slate SU!
Ribbon- Satin by ( no name)

     Hey, they say that art is a series of mistakes, so what the heck!  Thanks for stopping by.

Thanks/ Thanksgiving At SSS!

 

    Today I would like to share a card that I made sing Inky Antics stamps, and Stitched Leaves from Lawn Fawn.  Coloring was done with Copic markers, and there is a bit of sponging with Old Olive SU! ink.  I found a scrap of Thanksgiving word paper for my background, and added a strip of burlap, plus sequins for some sparkle.  My stitched leaves were cut from a scrap of kraft.

     Hope everyone had a fine weekend, and that Monday is not too much of a grind for you. A little extra coffee and we should all be as good as new!

I am entering this at:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge- Thanks/Thanksgiving.

Christmas Cuddles!

 

      Happy Sunday, friends!  I did not get to post yesterday due to a 50th birthday party, but I am back with 2 today!  I went through my stash and pulled out lots of useful scraps to use on Christmas cards.  I also rounded up my holiday washi tape.  My adorable Penguin stamp is from Wild Rose Studio, and is one that I won over at the Playground many moons ago.  I used SB dies to cut them out and added paper and foam snowflakes, gem embellishments, and some Diamond Stickles.  Coloring was done with Copic markers, and sponging was done with SU! inks.

 

     I will be entering this over at Pixie's Snippets Playground #202, where you are asked to use snippets.  I just love this adorable stamp, Di! 

     Hope you have a wonderful day!  We are working on fall cleanup around here.  Halloween back to the attic, and Thanksgiving taking it's place.  With the unexpected warm weather, I saw many putting up their Christmas lights, before a temperature plunge.  That is fine, but please don't turn them on yet.  It spoils the post Thanksgiving fun.  Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon.

I Am On A Roll!

 

     Posting 3 days in a row... whoa!  I am so excited to get another Christmas card tucked into my stash!  This time I was trying out some new dies that arrived yesterday.  I hit a fantastic sale over at Consumer Crafts, where all the Darice dies were $4 and $7, and I snagged free shipping as well!  S-C-O-R-E!  This is from a set called Ornaments.

      I cut the ornament from some thick designer paper scraps, and put it back in the die to stencil with Poppy Parade and Pacific Point SU! inks.  Backed it onto a red polka dot scrap, cut with a Classic Oval SB die. The card base is Bazzill Lizard green which I bought in bulk, so you will be sick of  seeing it. The striped layer is from American Crafts.  My sentiment is from Little Yellow Bicycle.  Some K & Co gems were added to the ornament, as well as MS branch punches to the sentiment.  Found this red ribbon in the old stash-a-roonie also.

     Maybe I can get back in the swing of blogging. Maybe I can even get a second post in today!  It has been seeming more like a chore lately.  I just want to play and have fun.  I appreciate your visits.

Bawk Bawk!

 

Today I have a holiday card for you that I cased from a card I saw on Splitcoast Stamper and it was made by poster Misstreez.  She took a card base and scraps and created the most adorable hens.  Well I decided to make them and bring a little holiday into it.

Here is a list of what I used:

Base  of yellow by Bazzill and scraps of kraft from Recollections.
Crimping tool for lower half of kraft.
Walnut Stain Distress Ink to muddy things up. 
Sentiment is from Unity.
Snowflakes are MS punches with diamond Stickles accents.
Chicks are assorted punches with the body being a half oval. 
Snow dots are white gel pen and Unicorn White Hero Arts ink with a Stamps by Judith stubby.

This was quite fun to figure out, and I would love to enter the challenge at:

Pixie's Snippets Playground #201- Must use Snippets.

That is it for me today.  Another warm one is predicted here in PA.  Just does not feel like November.
Thanks for stopping!

Time for the Unity Hop!

 

     Time is zooming by and I need to get my cards finished.   I wanted to share a Christmas card I made to add to my stash. I will be loading this for the Friends with Flair/ Unity Hop for this week.  Please be sure to check out all of the great work, this weeks Unity sale and  get inspired.

     My card starts with a random piece of grey card stock.  Next, I added an embossed snowflake (from Darice) panel, which was inked with swipes of Pistachio Pudding and Smoky Slate inks.  There is a strip of green and a piece of mint green cotton lace.  The 2 Unity stamps are from grab bags I won, and are the deer and the poinsettia.  The deer is from a Unity set called Believe in Miracles, and I do believe the flower is from a KOM.  They were colored with Copic marker and the flowers were fussy cut.  The deer was cut out with a SB classic circle die.  Clear gems were scattered for sparkle.

     With Halloween behind us, Turkey Day fast approaching, and Christmas around the bend, I already feel like I can't breathe!  If I stick with making at least a card a day until Thanksgiving, I may be able to write them out on Black Friday!  Hey, a girl can dream, right?  Thanks for visiting!

 

A Haunting We Will Go!

    

 

     Happy Halloween to all of my favorite witches and goblins!   Come on, you know who you are.  Are we all ready for a night full of fun?  Today I am sharing a card I made with a teeny tiny stamp set that I found at work for maybe .25.  I saw a card somewhere on Pinterest that stamped little images in hex punches from SU!  I thought and thought what I had that would be small enough, until I found these tiny witches.  I also fell in love with the tiny sentiments that were included.  The inside reads cackle-cackle-cackle.  LOL!  These are all scraps of papers lying on my desk, the bubble and star stamps were done with Hero Arts Unicorn White ink, as were the stars and the smoke I created.  My final touch was one of my google eyed bats from Recollections.

     Remember to keep the kiddies and all of the scared pets safe, while you answer the door.  Who knows, you may even see me hovering on my broom!

Let's Go To The Hop!

 

     The Unity hop, that is.  I am happy to be able to join in this week!  Please be sure to check out all of the super talent that is linked to the design team hop.  There is also a great sale over on the Unity site, as Angela cooks up each week.  Don't forget to shop!  If you link up or leave a comment, you could win a super prize, also!

     Okay, on to my card.  I am using stamps from the January 2011 Unity Kit of the Month.  This card uses the adorable tall snowman.  I started with a white card base, that is distressed with Old Paper Distress Ink.  Next I distressed a die cut made with my Lil Inkers stitched diagonal die.  There are two open circles that were created with the SB classic circle dies.  A layer of inked kraft , and then my sweet snowman, colored with Copics, and cut out with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die.  I tied it up with a twine bow.

 

     Card two is a black base and hand cut banners made with a Darice snowflake embossing folder and inked with soft sky ink.  Again, my chubby little snowman from the same kit is also colored with Copic markers.  I added sparkly highlights to his apparel, and gems to random snowflakes.  My sentiment is from Unity, but was in a grab bag so I am unsure of the set name.

     It is a rainy, dreary day here in PA, so please forgive the lighting on my photos. 

Just Mark Me Absent!

 

     Sorry, but I have been taking a little blogging break.  That does not mean that I have not been making things, I just have not been sharing lately.  I figured I best post a couple of the Halloween cards I have created before the holiday goes poof, and flies right on by!

     This set was for a dear friend, and uses stamps from Inky Antics.  My papers are all scraps from my bin, as are the bits of ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon Co.  I use to subscribe to their monthly club.  The fry box is SU!, as is the scalloped and circle punch.  The leaf punch is from Martha Stewart, and I found it at Tuesday Mornings for a song.  It is fun because you can change up the ribs with different colors.  My stamping was done with Memento inks and then colored with colored pencils and mineral spirits.

     I would like to take this over to Pixie's Snippets Playground, since this was created with lots of scraps, and that is Di's requirement.  It is the 200th challenge at the playground, so I want to wish a big Congrats to Di, and all of the playmates! 

By Request.....

 

     Suddenly, I was asked to create cards for people.  It has been dry all summer, LOL!  Besides a few retirement cards, wedding cards, I needed a 50th Birthday card.  I decided to get into my un-mounted stamps, which I do not use far enough.  The reason being I have no clue who has made them.  Other than the cake stamp, I can list what I do know.

     The papers.....  White card base with scraps of black, gold, and TH Vintage Shabby.  The balloon dies are from Papertrey Ink.  The twine strings and bow are from American Crafts.  Sequins are from Fancy Pants.  I did add the 50th with a stamp from Impression Obsession.  Some Stardust pen was added to the embossed balloon and the 50th.  The smattering of dots are from a Stamps by Judith stubby stamp.

     Not sure I missed anything.  I would like to enter this at:

     Pixie's Snippets Playground # 198-  Always use snippets  (almost at 200)

     Hope you had a fantastic fall weekend, and I sure do appreciate you spending a few minutes of your day with me!

A Second Unity Post

 



     Since I could not seem to figure out what day the Unity Blog Hop was this week, I was thrilled I did not miss it.  Here is another card I created with the August 2013 KOM.  So many amazing images and sentiments to get inky!

     This card starts with a kraft base, and designer paper from Momenta.  I stamped the subway art in the corner of a piece of water color paper, and then punched out 2 leaves from the opposite corner. This let the designer paper peek through the holes.  I used my Spectrum Aqua markers and a waterbrush, to add soft colors.  There is a little sparkle added with sequins. 

     Please check out the surprise sale at Unity, as well as all of the wonderful creations to be seen on the Inspiration Hop!  Have a pleasant weekend!

Halloween Treats

 

     I have started working on some treats for friends and co-workers.  This treat box is one of the things I came across during the season, and with the help of my friend Carol, was able to mass produce these fun little goodies.  Here is the link for the You Tube video.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5IGVGVdavc .  To complete the project, I brought out one of my older Unity Stamp, Kits of the Month.  This kit is August 2013 called Cozy Moments.  It has wonderful Fall and Halloween images/sentiments to work with.  You will also need an envelope punch board to make this project easy.  My paper is double sided so I did some of each side. The rest of the stamps are done on those many leftover pieces of white, that we all have.

     The inking was stamps in Memento, and Distress ink in Rusty Hinge, Peeled Paint, and Mustard seed.  I added a brad and a sparkly bat from Recollections.  These have been one of my favorite embellishments this Halloween, so I went back to my local Michael's and bought all they had!

     I will be entering this project for:

Unity Inspiration Blog Hop-  Use Unity
Pixie's Snippets Playground #197-  Use snippets
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes

     I appreciate the visit!  It is so nice to see the sun, here in PA!  Looks like it will be a fairly perfect fall week.  Enjoy!