Busy little bee :)

Hi everyone:

I have been a busy bee this weekend and can't wait to show you all that I have done.  A few months back I tried to participate in the 30-day color challenge and while my intentions were good, they didn't work out :(, but the good news is I have all these images that I needed to paint or put it into a card creation.

This is  my first one and I think may be my favorite :)  I took some shaving cream and re-inkers to create the mat (I love doing this technique) and die cut the flowers using the SSS partial die cut and the cut off some of it to make that larger flower pop up a little more.  I then placed that on top of the mat.  

I had so much fun doing this one.  I really love the sentiment as well and I hope you all have a BEAUTIFUL day.

Janet

supplies:

SSS partial flower die cut
Hero Arts sentiment from their monthly kit
Shaving cream panel
   archival reinkers - aquamarine and daffodil
Mama Elephant ocean ink and cardstock
Stampin Up whisper white cardstock
WOW extra fine clear embossing powder
Jolee's boutique aquamarine rhinestone
Stampin Up rhinestones
Fun Foam

Poppy happy birthday

Hi everyone:

This is going to be a very short post, but I hope all is well.

I have a friend who celebrated her birthday this week and wanted to get a card together for her.  You know how much I have been enjoying water coloring, so did another one.  This is a stamp that I got while at a stamp, scrap and art tour recently and just loved it.  It was my second try at a layered stamp (I still have to practice a little more to get them lined up correctly).  sorry for the poor photo quality - I took it late at night so was too lazy to get out my photo box.

I hope everyone has a great Monday.

Janet

Color Throwdown challenge using distress crayons

Yep, it's me again :) Three times in one day.  I have to create a list of when the challenges begin and end because the last two are ending soon.

For this card, I used the Color Throwdown color challenge and have to say, I love these colors, but I'm not happy with this card; however, I am not going to trash it.  I made a promise to myself that I will not do that and keep on working on it until it's finished. This card needs something and I just can't put my finger on it (I even took my scor-buddy and made a line above the sentiment to see if that would help), but oh well, it's going up.

Not only have I promised myself to not throw any projects out, I promised myself that before I sell any of my stamps, dies, etc., I would use them at least once to see if I can see myself using it again.  I have been purging over the past few weeks and this is one of the stamps in the possible sell box, so had to give it one last try.  When I went to the Stamp, Scrap and Art Tour held in Columbia, SC back in February, I saw the new distress crayons and had to grab them and give them a try, but am just now getting to use them. I have to admit, they are going to take some time to get used to, but boy oh boy aren't they vibrant.  I added some wink-of-stella at the end to add some sparkle too :)

I have a family member who is going through a tough time at the moment and thought this would cheer her up a little - these colors can surely do that - they are so cheerful.  

I look forward to seeing the new colors coming up for this challenge so I can get started.

Have a great one

Janet

supplies:

cardstock:  SSS fog cardstock; Ranger watercolor paper

ink:  Black Versamark ink

stamps:  LawnFawn Blue Skies

accessories:  LawnFawn Blue Skies dies; tim holtz distress crayons peacock feathers, festive berries, spiced marmalade, mustard seed; fun foam (added behind the big balloon and cloud); Scor-buddy; Elizabeth Craft double sided adhesive; Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins; MISTI mini stamping tool; Ranger multi medium adhesive; Hero Arts clear embossing powder; Milwaukee heat tool; 

Mojo Monday challenge

Hey again:

This is the second challenge I participated in today and this time it was a sketch challenge from Mojo Monday, which I just love participating in.  The ever talented Julee Tilman created this fun sketch and it took me no time to figure out what I was going to do with this one.  

I have a friend from work who is celebrating his birthday this week and since we have an office of approximately 50 people, had to create two cards so everyone could wish him a happy birthday and this is my second creation.  I wanted to do some type vintage design and when I came across the DCWV Timeless Type paper stack, knew that would be where I started and then, of course, I had to look at my Tim Holtz stash :)

I really enjoyed putting this card together and it made me realize that I need to start using patterned paper more when I create because it really came together well.

I can't wait to see what the new sketch is tomorrow because I am positive I will be joining :)

Hope you have a great afternoon

Janet

Supplies:

cardstock:  SU early espresso
patterned paper:  DCWV Timeless Type paper stack
ink:  SU early espresso; distress ink ground espresso
stamp set:  Reverse Confetti lots to say
accessories:  Tim Holtz journaling cards; MFT die-namics stitched circle and square dies; MISTI mini stamping tool; Tim Holtz trimmer; PRIMA distress tool; American Craft bakers twine; multi medium adhesive

Less is More Challenge

Hi everyone:

I am slowly getting back into the swing of things here and am so excited to do so.  I decided to look at the current challenges to help me get started and since it's been so long since I have done a challenge, found a few new ones (for me that is).  This first one is just that - Less is More looks like such a fun place to be and am excited to participate this week.  

I have a friend at work who is celebrating his birthday this week and of course, masculine cards are the hardest for me to make, but when I looked at this challenge, knew it would be perfect.  When I first looked at it, I only noticed the challenge as being a one layer card, which is something I haven't done in a VERY long time, so thought I would go outside my box this time and do that.  It wasn't until I compiled all my supplies I was going to use that I realized that the other part of the challenge was to have geometric shapes or patterns and I figured since I was making a masculine card, these chevrons would be perfect.  That was surely a sign I was suppose to join in on this challenge.  How funny is that. 

I blended the distress inks using the stencil, spread distress clear crackle over the design before removing the stencil; however, you can't see that :(  I stamped the ship journal images on each corner, the happy birthday sentiment, added a few enamel dots and that's it.  It was so simple and I was really pleased with how it turned out.

I hope you can join in with the challenge this week.  I know I'll be back.

Janet

Supplies:

cardstock:  SU heavy cardstock
ink:  Distress ink chipped sapphire, ground espresso, walnut stain; SSS smoke; SU basic black
stamps:  SU The Open Sea; SP& Company Mustache Madness sentiment
accessories:  SSS lined chevron stencil; Distress clear crackle; distress collage medium brush; Studio Calico enamel dots; ADtech crafters tape; MISTI stamping tool

My momma's birthday

Today is a special day for my family.  It's my momma's birthday and I have to say, she is the best momma EVER.  I was truly blessed when God made her my mother and I thank Him every day for her.  I had to create a special card for her and use her favorite color, blue :)  I recently went to the Stamp Scrap & Art tour that was here in Columbia and fell in love with this Rubbernecker watercolor flower stamp (I got several others as well).  I don't typically like working with layering stamps, but these were so easy and look forward to using it more often. 

 Momma, I hope you have a very happy birthday.

Supplies:

cardstock:  Tiim Holtz watercolor paper, Stampin Up black

ink:  Memento black ink

stamps:  Rubbernecker 914 flower

accessories:  Zig brush color marker in blue, light blue and olive, watercolor brush, wink of stella, Stampin Up silver ribbon, craft foam, MFT diagonal stitched die cut

Colorful Happy Birthday

A very special friend celebrates her birthday today and I wanted to create a very colorful birthday card for her and came up with this creation :)

I have been playing around with watercoloring, stencils and texture paste lately and wanted to give that a try again. Here I used Ranger texture paste with Archival dandelion and magenta hue inks (that is such an easy way to make great color) and added the paste to Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's flower stencil to create the background. Then I took some black cardstock, added versamark ink and clear embossing powder to make the sentiment stand out a little bit more. When I cut the panel down, realized it needed a little something extra, so took the impression obsession diagonal stamp to a melon mambo sheet to add that extra something :) I couldn't finish up the card without adding some sequins and here I used Mint Owl Studios Electric sequins (I love Tracy, she is the sweetest person).  

I even put a little flower on the inside of the card :)

I really enjoy making this card and hope you had a great birthday Sierra.

Hope everyone has a great day

Supplies:

cardstock: Stampin Up melon mambo, heavy duty white cardstock

ink: Stampin Up melon mambo, versamark ink, Archival dandelion and magneta hue re-inkers

accessories: Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's flower stencil, Mama Elephant happy die, PTI birthday trip die, Impression Obsession diagnola stamp, Mint Owl Studio Electric sequins, Ranger multi medium matte, wink-of-stella

Flowering Fields

Happy Saturday:

A few weeks back my great friend, Debbie over at Debbie's Design, asked if some of her team members would like to join in on her blog as a guest creator and of course I said, yes.

 

I created this card using ALL stampin up products, which isn't a problem at all for me :) 

I water-colored the flowers using the ink pads, which is such a fun technique.  I have recently found that I LOVE to water-color.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Janet

Supplies:

Ink:  Calypso coral; Blackberry bliss; Lost lagoon; Hello honey; Old olive

Stamps:  Balloon celebration; Timeless texture; Gorgeous grudge; Flowering fields 

Paper:  Lost lagoon CS; Hello honey CS; Wildflower fields DSP

Accessories:  Daffodil delight ribbon; In color sequins; Wink-of-stella pen