WCMD #2

Lots of ink blending on this card for our son's birthday. 

DOxideI on the background and then painted the 

leaves with DIs. I spritzed it with water 

and gold  Distress spray.

I stamped the sentiment on vellum

and heat embossed it.

World Card Making Day-SSS

I was inspired by the SIMON SAYS STAMP post HERE

from the many different countries, specifically 

the card Scarlet made, representing China.

I used a Unity Stamp Co. stamp and Festive Berries DI

I used a water brush to fade out the middles of the circles.

I added a Christmas sticker to a square of vellum and added

a few sequins. The cards are 4 Bar sized from SSS.

CAS Mix Up Card Challenge

I ran across this CAS card challenge yesterday and

had to join in because mixed-media is so fun!

The challenge this month is to use stamping, smooshing

plus a technique of my choice.

I used stamping, smooshing, 

splattering, and heat embossing.

I masked off a square to smoosh in, added 

some splatters, dried the whole card and then 

stamped and heat embossed the image.

(I saw this layout somewhere the other

day and loved the look of it. Wish I could 

find it back to link to it.)

Penny Black Sweet & Cute

Unity Stamp Co. Twinkle, Twinkle

Spiced Marmalade & Mustard Seed DI

VersaFine onyx black, clear EP

Strathmore Bristol paper

Spectrum Noir sparkle pen

Thanks for stopping by!

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

I've not played along with a Penny Black challenge before 

but I love their stamps and colored this one with my MISTI.

This is my first try at repeated stamping.

The challenge is to use bright & cheerful colors.

The tulip stamp is from the Blooming Garden set

and I colored them with ZIGs.
The sentiment is from Paper Smooches
Spiritual Sampler.
I used Tim Holtz's Dot Fade stencil for the background
and splattered the back panel with Black Soot DI.

Clean and Simple on SCS CAS418

I've been away from my blog a loooong time,
too busy with too many other things.

Time to get in on some fun again!

Here are a couple cards for a 

Clean and Simple challenge over at SplitcoastStampers,
 using some spring colors.CAS418

I used Unity Stamp Co. Layers of Life Paper Hearts stamps,

PinkFresh Studio yellow sticker

HeroArts fresh peach ink

SSS Beanstalk Green & Cobblestone ink

Hero Arts Happy Stamp & Cut die

PPP sparkling clear sequins

black foam

Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Coffee Loving Cardmakers has a huge giveaway going on! Check it out HERE.

My card includes a Tim Holtz iced coffee stamp that fits in great with this challenge!

I stamped it, colored it with Copics and then restamped with my

MISTI so I could clear heat emboss the lines.

Happy summer, everyone!!