Make It Monday #233 Splatters

Papertrey Ink MIM Challenge

I love splatters, I can remember

"splatter painting" as a kid, we

used an old toothbrush and rubbed

our thumbs over the bristles.

Now that I''ve grown up, I use a 

paint brush! ;)

I have two brothers-in-law with
birthdays in December so made these
masculine cards and added the splatters.

These are regular A2 cards, not sure
why the picture is distorted!

Supplies:

PTI Sketched Shapes & Balloon Bash sets

Ranger DI in these colors:

Chipped Sapphire, Hickory Smoke

Ground Espresso & Stormy Sky

SSS Black ink

Ranunculus Watercolor

I inked up my Stampendous

Ranunculus stamp for the first time.

I looked for an idea of how to color

this image and found Ellie's take

on it, beautiful! See it HERE.

She has such gorgeous backgrounds, too.

I'll need lots more practice but

I do like how it turned out.

I used Artist's Loft water colors 

and the sentiment is from

Essentials by Ellen.

Thanks for stopping by!

Holiday Style Using Tiny Stamps

 I had time and energy for one more

card tonight. I had a couple tiny stamps

laying on my desk from Day 2 when

we saw how to use them.

I went at it a little differently but

I probably haven't used these little guys

very much until now. I still want to try 

the tree shape like May did.

I'm going to call this Cute & Whimsical which

was on Day 5. I think it fits that category better.

I cut some stencils of ornaments on my

Silhouette and then ink blended them

with Festive Berries & Twisted Citron DIs.

I heat embossed my little stamps

using VersaFine black ink and Ranger

Liquid Plantinum ep.

The stamps are from Unity.

I offset the front panel, popped it up

with 3M foam tape and added some

Paper Studio twine.

One more for Holiday Style Card Class

I started this card last week for 

the day of class that focused on

Shimmer & Shine. I just had some

time yesterday to finish it up.

Sorry for the glare, hard to capture
all the fun glitz and shine!

I used VersaMark to adhere the foil
and then heated it with my iron.

The ingredients:
Ranger texture paste
TCW mini flurries stencil
Ranger holographic EP
Heidi Swapp silver Minc foil
Jillibean Soup Handwritten Sentiments
Silver glitter paper

Holiday Style Soft & Subtle

The final challenge for the
Holiday Style Card Class is
to create something from each day's
theme using one stamp/set.
I chose my tree stamp from
Comotion Rubber Stamp

Day 5 was Soft & Subtle

Here are the other ingredients:

TH watercolor paper

Clear Dollar Fanciful Flakes

CHF sentiment

Weathered Wood w/ waterbrush 

Walnut Distress Stains

Scattered Straw DI

Sizzix scallop rectangle frame

MS cs

WOW! opaque bright white ep

VersaMark

Leisure Art metallic thread

Paper Studio pearls

Thanks for stopping by!

Holiday Style Shimmer & Shine

The final challenge for the
Holiday Style Card Class is
to create something from each day's
theme using one stamp/set.
I chose my tree stamp from
Comotion Rubber Stamp

Day 4 was Shimmer & Shine

I tried Jennifer's hint to dry emboss the

foil cardstock! LOVE IT!

Here are the rest of the ingredients:

Gold foil cs, vellum from stash

Wausau Crinkles paper in pimiento

TH Christmas background & borders set

CHF sentiment, ZING! gold ep

VersaMark

Holiday Style Cute & Whimsical

The final challenge for the
Holiday Style Card Class is
to create something from each day's
theme using one stamp/set.
I chose my tree stamp from
Comotion Rubber Stamp

Day 3 was Cute & Whimsical

My tree stamp is wood mounted so for a guide I

taped my T-ruler to my Scor-Pal grid mat

and stamped along the edge. 

Here are the rest of the ingredients:

CHF sentiment

Festive Berries & Peeled Paint DI

VersaMark, Ranger red ep

WOW! Clear Gloss ep

Silver Stickles

Thanks for stopping by!

Holiday Style CAS

The final challenge for the
Holiday Style Card Class is
to create something from each day's
theme using one stamp/set.
I chose my tree stamp from
Comotion Rubber Stamp

Day 1 was Clean & Simple

I followed Julie's example quite closely

and was pleased with how easy it is to

stamp the tree with Forest Moss DI &

use my waterbrush to spread the ink a bit.

I found a random star on my desk and

colored it with a Y17 Copic. Instead of

splatters, I used my Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls.

The rest of the ingredients are:

CHF sentiment, Canson watercolor paper

Cartwrights Sequins & Beads flat bright gold 5mm

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!

Holiday Style Classic & Elegant

The final challenge for the
Holiday Style Card Class is
to create something from each day's
theme using one stamp/set.
I chose my tree stamp from
Comotion Rubber Stamp.

Day 2 was Classic & Elegant

This card came together the easiet of all 5!

I actually bought the paper a couple years

ago to make a wedding card for my sister.

I used Jennifer's technique to stamp on

vellum and die cut it into a circle,

folding it over the side and holding

the other edge down with a die cut.

I found the perfect one laying in my mess

and thought the monochromatic look

was the perfect touch.

Day 9 Soft & Subtle

Holiday Style Card Class is about

soft & subtle colors and that includes

water-coloring.

As soon as I saw Michelle's'soft

water-colored background an idea for how to 

give our kids their annual Christmas tree

ornament popped into my head!

My end results don't look very

soft & subtle but my water-coloring

behind the stars fits the bill. I added yellow
and gray splatters for interest and then some
Perfect Pearls mist.

One of the cards uses smooshing
with an acetate sheet and watercolor.
I used my MISTI to double stamp the sentiment
with Hickory Smoke ink on each card.

Canson #140 watercolor paper

Artist's Loft watercolors

Brilliance galaxy gold ink

Perfect Pearls

Stampers Anonymous Season's Silhouettes
CHF sentiment

Hickory Smoke DI

Stars handmade in Haiti, 

see papillon-enterprise

The story behind giving our kids ornaments

made in Haiti: In 1997 I went to Pignon, Haiti,

with our oldest daughter on a mission trip to do some 

painting and other work for a hospital there.

Check out Promise for Haiti. At the county

fair we went to this September there was a 

booth selling these ornaments to support

people in Haiti. I knew I had found the perfect

ornament for this year's gift to the kids.

More Cute & Whimsical

I pretty much fell for Jocelyn's card that

was featured on SSS on Monday! Oh, so cute! 

You can check it out HERE.

I bought jar & lid stamps 

at a county fair we went to back in September 

and this was just the perfect time to ink it up.

I used the MISTI technique of restamping

with VersaMark and heat embossing

the image after coloring with my Copics.

Love this effect! Had to give both my

snowmen a chance to shine.

Thanks for stopping by!

The jar lid is seperate and I popped it

up with 3M tape.

Paper: Cryogen White & Canson watercolor

PS Silver Ornate Foliage

Copics: R22, R24, R46 YG17, G24, Y17

C3, C5, C7, W1, BG000, E99,

DI: Peacock Feathers, Hickory Smoke

DI marker: Frayed Burlap

Inks: Memento London Fog, VersaMark

Stamps: Unity snowman, mittens

Sarasota Stamps jar/lid. Clear Dollar snowflakes

PTI Sketched Shapes sentiment

IRIS craft thread

Ranger Liquid Platinum & holographic ep

Wink of Stella

Silver Shimmer & Shine

Here is my second card for Day 7

of the Holiday Style card class.

I cut the Merry Christmas

file on my Silhouette and then

used VersaMark and clear ep

on the cut. Then I used foil and my 

iron to adhere it. That was about

80% successful. I was going to leave

it white but I just couldn't so I used

my VersaMarker and some silver ep

to fill in the gaps. I like the two-tone

silver, works with the glitter paper I

used along the bottom of the card.

To finish it up, I silver heat embossed the

two sets of holly leaves and added some 

silver sequins from Horizon.

Thanks for stopping by!

Shimmer & Shine on Day 7

I had embossing powder on my chin tonight!

I kind of hate glitter, but I love heat embossing 

so I did some of that today for the Online Card

Class's glitzy day.

Here is my gold card. I used a Silhouette

file to cut out two "Joy to the World"s.

I covered it with VersaMark and used

gold ep and then colored the second one black

for a shadow as suggested by Carissa.

I also gold embossed Aged Sheet Music

on some weathered wood dp.

To ensure my matt matched, I used

VersaMark and more of the same ZING! gold ep

around the edges of my card base, which 

is #110 Neenah.

Joyful Penguins

I love these little Unity penguins!

They are just the cutest little guys ever.

I also used a Unity stamp that I cut

the ornaments from.

More ink blending and Clear Dollar Fanciful Flakes.

Horizon sequins and Copic coloring.

I used my MISTI and was glad I did as

I had to double stamp each penguin to get

good coverage.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping.

Holiday Style Cute and Whimsical #2

I altered another Penny Black stamp

for my second card. This kitty was holding a 

layered cake with candles on top so I made

the corners square so they look more like gifts

and wiped the ink off the candles before stamping.

I decided to try a shaker card with a small

packet like I've seen other people make. I don't

like this method as much as outlining the area

with foam tape. (Sorry the pics/color aren't the

best, ran out of daylight.)

And here is what the inside looks like:

Thanks for stopping by!

Holiday Style Cute & Whimsical

The examples in Holiday Style Online Card Class 

today are just adorable!

The mailman came through just in time. I 

knew I didn't have much for cute little

animals, maybe and owl or penquin but

that's about it. I had ordered the Penny

Black set Sweet & Cute and it was just

the thing with a little adaptation.....

I took away the cupcake and birthday

hat and replaced them with hand drawn

gift and stocking hat.

I added a Unity sentiment, some ink blending in SSS Maliblue,

Clear Dollar snowflakes in the same ink and some 

Studio g gems to add some sparkle.

 Colored with Copics and masked my snowbank

with Inkadinkadoo masking paper.

Holiday Style Day 4 Inspiration

I was inspired by Kristina's snowflake

card today. I blended Blueprint Sketch DI 

and then embossed snowflakes along

the bottom edge of my card with Ranger

holographic ep, love that stuff!

I bought a couple tinfoil pie plates today

and the covers for them were perfect for 

die cutting these Spellbinders snowflakes!

The sentiment is from Unity and uses VersaMark

and Ranger silver ep. I added some Studio g gems

to finish the card.

This one is also inspired by Debbie's white on white

card from Day 3. I heat embossed holographic

snowflakes on this one, too. I die cut the snowflakes 

from Colorbok Fresh Snow glitter paper.

Spellbinders snowflake dies

Unity sentiment and snowflake stamps

VersaFine black ink

Horizon Group sequins

Ranger holographic ep

Holiday Style Day 3 Classic & Elegant

Here are a couple sepia cards 

fashioned after Kristina's example from

Day 3 of the Holiday Style card class.

Comotion stamp, Vintage Photo & Antique Linen

DIs, ZING! gold ep, Pilot gold marker, 

clear Wink of Stella, VersaMark

White Neenah #110 cs

Unity stamp, SSS assorted moonshine sequins,

Archival Brilliance Coffee Bean ink,

Vintage Photo & Antique Linen DIs, ZING! gold ep, 

Horizon group sequins, Recollections ivory cs

Thanks for stopping by!

Holiday Style Day 1 Clean Layers

This was a fun card to make for Day 1 of 

the Holiday Style class over at 

Online Card Classes. I love 

using Distress Inks and resist embossing!

Debbie Hughes' card is just gorgeous!

AND I got my MISTI in the mail today so
positioning this red rubber sentiment was the first
thing I used it for. Worked like a charm!

The stamps are from Clear Dollar-Fanciful Flakes

and the sentiment is CHF.

The dies are Spellbinders snowflakes and

Curved Borders 1.

I used Broken China and Chipped Sapphire DI

for the background, added splatters and some

Perfect Pearl splatters, too.

The sentiment and snowflakes are embossed

with VersaMark and Ranger Liquid Platinum ep.

The snowflakes are embossed with WOW opaque white ep.

I used Ranger watercolor paper and put it on

Neenah #110 white cs.

Thanks for stopping by!

Day 1 CAS Crisp Texture

Here is my take on Laurie Willison's

clean, crisp, one layer card,

using the principle of thirds and lots of

white space.

I used Peeled Paint DI and my full size

Score Pal for the scored lines.  It worked great!

I stamped my holly onto paper I had used more

DI on and then stamped the berries on red cs and

cut them out.  The holly is popped up.

The sentiment is Unity Stamp Co.

Holiday Style Card Class Day 1 CAS

I just can't resist the Holiday Card Class at

Online Card Classes!

I made my card based on Julie's example.
My CAS card has various colors of pine trees
(All Night Media stamp)
 in the foreground.  I used Forest Moss DI,
SSS Beanstalk Green and SU River Rock inks.
The sentiment is Unity Peace & Joy.

Simon Monday Challenge

EDIT: This card earned me that SSS
Designer Spotlight Badge on my sidebar!

Taking part in this week's 

Simon Monday Challenge to use 

rubber or clear stamps. I used them both!

The sentiment is from the SSS Blessings set.

The leaves are from Unity.

I smooshed Distress Inks on my Tim Holtz

watercolor paper. Embossed the leaves with 

Ranger Platinum EP and watercolored them

wih the same DIs. Added a few splatters, too.

Thanks for stopping by!

September Pin Sights Challenge

Time to post for a challenge before my blog dries up and blows away!

The challenge is from the CLASSROOM.

The Essentials by Ellen product I used is the 

Amazing Women stamp set that includes the word Sister.

My sil in Washington state celebrates her birthday next week 

so this will be on it's way tomorrow.

Here is the inspiration photo:

I used some white embossing on navy

and chose the colors for my balloons from

the color swatches.

Thanks for stopping by!

Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop

Join in the PPP Blog Hop! 
Check out the post HERE.

I needed a bunch of bookmarks for gifts for 

families of veterans so came up with
this watercolor design.

Sentiment from SSS
Die is PaperSmooches
Distress Inks
Ranger Texture Paste

Simon Says Stamp Challenge

I made a couple simple cards for the challenge to 

use SSS products. Makes card making so easy!

You can find the challenge HERE.

I used SSS Big Hello die, black ink

and sentiment

Thanks for stopping by!

My Copic Hex Chart

I just couldn't resist buying and

downloading Sandy Allnock's 

Hex Chart! I could see as I

filled it in how valuable it is going

to be for finding colors AND for

making sure I buy the right ones 

as I go forward.

My main chart is printed on Cryogen while the 

grays are on Neenah.

I used washi tape to attach my grays chart 

As Sandy suggested.

Happy Mother's Day!

Here are the cards I made for

My dear mom and mother-in-law.

This card was inspired by 

Laura's card she shared for the Hex Chart

Blog Hop HERE.

Silhouette word file, Inspired Stamps sentiment stamp,

Autumn Leaves Stampology flower stamps.
White gel pen and Liquid Pearl accents.

My MIL's card:

TH butterflies dies

Paper Smooches blessed die

Inspired Stamps sentiments

Watercolor on TH watercolor paper
with Ranger Distress Inks.

30 Day Color Challenge

I'm totally enjoying the

the 30 Day Color Challenge

at The Daily Marker.  We 

are on day 19 and I got to

color a simple sheet of 

butterflies I stamped with

an Altenew stamp I won somewhere

along the line.

  

Here is the image after I 

finished the main coloring.

I was debating if I should leave it or add 

some colorless blender between the butterflies.

Then I went to The Daily Marker

to see what Kathy posted for today.

So I just had to go for it with my

colorless blender.

Might add some white gel pen.....

Julie's 3rd Annual Blog Hop

I'm SO happy to be celebrating Julie's 3rd Blogoversary,

"Lucky to Call You Friend"!

I love the friendships I've gained through

card-making, etc., online!

The entire list of prizes and the Hop

details and participants are all available 

on Julie's blog HERE.

You should have come here from

Donna's blog At Studio 307

Julie has gone to a ton of work to put this hop together.

Be sure to leave a comment on each blog

for your chance at the prizes

and there is free digi paper for everyone!

I stayed with one line of paper and used stamps

and a die from Paper Smooches and SSS.

 I made three different cards for our celebration

this weekend.

Here is my tip for the day: Cut your dies from the

middle of the matting layer.

Julie is such a great friend so 

this card is in honor of her and her Hop:

Next on the Hop is Ema.

Check out her wonderful coloring

HERE AT EMA-GINATION

Thanks so much for stopping by,

 LOTS of prizes from LOTS OF SPONSORS 

so be sure to leave a comment!