Jolly

Hello

What do you do when you have some leftover pieces of patterned duct tape?

You make a card!

This was a super easy card I made using some pieces of duct tape stuck onto cardstock.

I cut them into squares and glued them over my white embossed card front.

I die cut the 'be jolly' and glued that over the tape and done.

 

See....I told you, super simple.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Little Red Wagon- WHAT'S RED ALL OVER

STAMPlorations-CUTplorations- HOME IS WHERE THE HAPPY IS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- none

Paper- heavy weight

Accessories and Tools- eb folder-Tim Holtz Sizzix HOLIDAY KNIT 2 Texture Fades
Sizzix/ be jolly die- STAMPlorations/ Cuttlebug/

patterned duct tape (Dollar Store)

Breathe Kindness

Meet today's card.

Today, I am hosting the Technique Lovers Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers.

For my challenge, I am presenting Loll Thompson's video as inspiration:

Splash Watercolour Backgrounds.

If you are a regular here at my blog, you know that I have been addicted to this fun and easy technique to create quick, simple backgrounds.  What I also love about them is that they are easy to stamp over.  I use a heavy white cardstock but you can use watercolour paper as Loll suggests in her video.  I think most of you already have some kind of water based ink on hand.

So using Loll's technique and some Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean Distress Oxides, my background was born.  It dries quickly which is good if you want to get down to stamping like I do.
I stamped the Grafitti down the left side to help ground the card with Salty Ocean so it would blend in with the layers of ink already on my card.
I place the thistle stamp into my Misti, inked with black and pressed onto my paper.
I also did that with the sentiment.

Thanks so much for taking a look.
Hope you get a chance to try it out.


Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
The Male Room- SILHOUETTES
Addicted to Stamps and More- PHOTO INSPIRATION

Supplies
Stamps- Grafitti (Kaisercraft)/ Nature Flowers (Art Journey)/ Day by Day (Technique Junkies)
Ink- Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean Distress Oxides/ Tuxedo Black Memento
Paper- heavy white (local store)
Accessories and Tools- Misti/ non-stick craft sheet (TH)/ Mister (TH)

Merry Wishes

Happy Saturday.

Today, I am having some fun with new stamps from Penny Black.

Lots of new to see HERE.

So onto my card.

I began by masking my card front with a piece of scrap paper.  I placed the Berry Speckled into my Misti and coloured the branches and berries using my Tombow markers, sprayed with water and stamped.  I repeated that process until I was happy with the inking.  

I sponged in the bkg using Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans Distress inks then did a bit of stenciling using some drywall tape.  I think it helps add some depth and interest to the background.

I splattered some white acylic paint over the top using a toothbrush, then scored the masked edge using my Scorbug.  For those of you that are not familiar with a Scorbug, it is a little tool that adds raised dots and is used in your ScorPal.

The sentiment was stamped using black Memento ink and my Misti again. The sentiment is from a great new sentiment set called Love and Peace.  

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I appreciate your most kind comments and emails so very much!

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Shopping Our Stash- THAT'S SKETCHY

(I used Chris's sketch)

Penny Black and More- CLOSE TO NATURE

Crafting From the Heart- ANYTHING GOES

One Crazy Stamper- CHRISTMAS/WINTER

Supplies

Stamps- Berry Speckled (PB)/ Love and Peace (PB)

Ink- Tuxedo Black Memento/ Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans Distress (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- white acrylic paint/ toothbrush/ Misti/ Tombow markers/ Mister (TH)/

drywall tape/ sponge applicator (TH)/ ScorPal/ ScorBug

Jolly Old Santa

Good Morning.

 Meet today's card.  Very simple, fun card featuring this great laughing Santa.

So here's what I did.

I cut a circle stencil using a piece of heavy acetate and sponged over the circles with Distress inks to create the background.  Next, I scored along the top and the bottom to help define the stenciled area and to help pull the eye into the main part of the card.

 I stamped the sentiment from Technique Tuesday using my Misti and black Memento ink. 

On a separate piece of cardstock, I stamped the Santa image and fussy cut it out.  I pop dotted the Santa and finally added some Nuvo drops for interest.

A very clean and simple card.

Feeling happy to have another holiday card finished.

Thanks so very much for the visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Shopping Our Stash- THAT'S SKETCHY

(I used Maria's layout)

Addicted to Stamps and More- PHOTO INSPIRATION 

Crafting by Design- GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Santa Laughing (Flonz)/ Christmas Cheer (TT)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento/ Peacock Feathers, Peeled Paint Distress (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti/ sponging tool (TH)/ Nuvo drops/ acetate/ circle punch/

ScorPal/ pop dots

Graffiti Christmas

Hello and Welcome.

Meet today's card.  

I wanted to make a masculine holiday card and this is what I came up with.

One of my favorite techniques that is fun and easy is called

Embossing Folder Stamping

Basically what you do is ink the inside of your eb folder, spray with water and press onto your paper.

Here, I used an embossing folder from Carabelle and inked it with Distress inks to create my background.  Love how it came out and a wonderful way to get more mileage from your folders!

Next, I die cut the snowflake from SSS and heat embossed it using silver powder.

To help it pop, I mounted it over a small piece of vellum that I rounded the corners on to match the shape of the die.

Stamped the sentiment from Paper Smooches using my Misti and done.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES
613 Avenue Create- ANYTHING GOES/MASCULINE OPTION
The Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES
Simply Papercraft- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies
Stamps- Joyful Greetings (Paper Smooches)
Ink- Distress Peeled Paint, Forest Moss (TH)/ Tuxedo Black Memento
Paper- heavy white (local store)
Accessories and Tools- Misti/ EB folder-Texte Grunge (Carabelle)/ snowflake die- SSS/
silver eb powder/ heat tool/ Cuttlebug/ vellum/ Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Winter Ice

Happy Saturday!

Time to play.

Trying to get caught up with creating some Christmas card.

I began by creating my background using the Splash Watercolour Technique and my Distress Oxide inks.  It is really easy and quick to create a bkg using this method of inking.

When that was dry, I stamped the large snowflake from a Stampin Up set (sorry I don't know the name) and then the smaller snowflakes with Versamark and heat embossed them using white eb powder.

To add additional interest and depth to the simple bkg., I stenciled using some drywall tape.

Using my Misti, I stamped this great sentiment from Technique Tuesday with black ink to help make it pop. Lastly, I added the blue gem stone to the center of the snowflake.

 

That's it, another card ready for the holidays.

Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for the visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simply Create Too- FAV COLOUR COMBO

(blue and green)

Cardz 4 Galz- MONOCHROMATIC

CRAFT Challenge- CHRISTMAS

Cute Card Thursday- SNOWFLAKES

Supplies:

Stamps- SU/ Christmas Cheer (TT)/ Snowflakes (Imaginisce)

Inks- Versamark/ Tuxedo Black Memento/ Distress Oxides: Cracked Pistachio, 

Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti/ clear and white Eb powder/ heat tool/ non-stick 

craft mat (Ranger)/ Mister (TH)/ blue gem

Moment

Good Morning.

Today, a simple card with a simple message.

I have been so busy lately that I needed to take some time, a moment to pause and create.

I just picked up this great die from Memory Box and thought I would add it to a leftover inky background.

The background was done using Distress Oxides and the Splash Watercolour technique.

Love these colour blends and the DOX's are so easy to use to achieve this look.

I die cut the opening, glued the inked piece behind after stamping the word 'Moment' and then to add additional interest to the die cut, I pierced around the circle.  

The whole piece was pop dotted over a pale shade of blue cardstock.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

 Little Red Wagon- LEFTOVERS

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES STAMPED

Just Us Girls- WINDOW/PEEK A BOO

Ooh La La- DIE CUT

Supplies

Stamps- Nature Flowers (Art Journey)

Inks- Broken China, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves DOX (TH)/

Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- die- Memory Box Delphinium Circle/piercing tool/ Misti/ 

non-stick craft mat (Ranger)/ mister (TH)/ pop dots