Teal and Copper Birthday Card

     I just LOVE teal and copper together, as shown on this card, colored with Lindy's Gang Magical Shakers, Spray, and Embossing Powders! 

     My design inspiration came from Sketch #223 at Feeling Sketchy.

     The background was stamped with the Salvage District Prima Stamp, before adding white gesso to the TCW (Mini Raven Mosaic) Stencil. After drying, I spritzed it with some water, and added Lindy's Gang Magical Shakers (Guten Tag Teal and Aged Copper) along with Treasure Island Aqua Spray. Then I went over the stencil work with Metallique Wax (Rich Copper). 

     The clock was stamped with the Tick Tock Stamp from The Artistic Stamper, and embossed with Lindy's Cleopatra's Copper and Midnight Copper Embossing Powders, also used on the brad and sentiment. The clock hands were embossed with LG Black Forest Black EP. 

     For the Cup of Tea for your Art Challenge at A Vintage Journey, I used a cup of hot tea, which I never drink anyways (lol), to lightly dye the natural twine wrapped around the clock, the card edges, and the butterfly, where I also painted some Guten Tag Teal Magical Shaker. The body and antennae was embossed with LG Cleopatra's Copper EP. 

     I finished it up with some small copper rocks and shells. 

Thanks for stopping by!

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Challenges Entered:

Feeling Sketchy ~ Sketch #223

A Vintage Journey ~ Cup of Tea for your Art 

     

Let's Craft and Create ~ #150 AG + Option Entwined

The Artistic Stamper ~ August Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Country View Challenges ~ August Textures

Happy Place ATC

     The beach has always been my happy place, as shown on my latest ATC! I still have high hopes of living there one of these days, even though it's not likely. Lol! 

     I started by covering a regular playing card with white gesso. After drying, I stamped the waves with Archival Jet Black Ink, using the Bye Bye Stamp from Emerald Creek. Then I heat embossed the colors, starting on top with Aegean Sea, Dusk, and Lime Baked Velvets. The white on the waves was done with a Versamark Pen and Soft Fallen Snow Embossing Powder, also used over the twine. It made a pretty cool effect on one of the waves, and almost looks like a splash. A mermaid perhaps?

     The sand was stamped and embossed using Dirty Sand Baked Texture. Then I embossed the sentiment onto a piece of vellum with Onyx Frost EP, and finished it up with some shells. 

     Thanks for looking!

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Challenges Entered:

Emerald Creek Dares ~ High Hopes #ecaugust2019

Emerald Creek Products Used:

Stamp ~ Bye Bye

Baked Velvet ~ Aegean Sea, Dusk, Lime

Baked Texture ~ Dirty Sand

Embossing Powder ~ Soft Fallen Snow, Onyx Frost

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Artist Trading Cards

Let's Craft and Create ~ #150 AG + Option Entwined

Country View Challenges ~ August Textures

The Artistic Stamper ~ August Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More ~ #355 Photo

Happy Little Stampers ~ August ATC Challenge

Orange Blossom Tag

     Instead of lemons for National Lemonade Day tomorrow, I made a tag full of oranges!

     I was completely inspired by the August Mood Board for Challenge #8 at Splashy Mix Challenges, from the colors, flower, wood, and obvious oranges!

   
     I started by transferring the large oranges, cut from a magazine, with Prima Soft Matte Gel. I only applied it to the tag and didn't use enough, so it wasn't a successful transfer, and I almost threw it away. But I liked the distress look of it, and the faded colors became vivid again with some watered down Dylusions Paints (After Midnight, London Blue, Pure Sunshine, and Squeezed Orange).

   
          To the older Petaloo flower, I added a silver flower charm. 

      I used Finnabair Stamps for the background, embossed with Emerald Creek (Onyx Frost) Embossing Powder. The small white flowers were embossed with Lindy's Gang (Purely White) Embossing Powder. Then I added some silver beads to the centers.

    To make the oranges, I punched circles from white cardstock, and embossed them with Lindy's Gang (Oktoberfest Orange) EP. While the powder was still hot, I used the end of a paintbrush to make the white dots, and popped a couple of them up for dimension. The crate of oranges, cut from a magazine, is there to catch all of the oranges falling from the tree. Lol!

     The hole and edges of the tag were embossed with Emerald Creek (Mirror Platinum), and tied off with some ribbons. 

     

Thanks for looking!

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Challenges Entered:

Splashy Mix Challenges ~ Challenge #8

Tag Tuesday ~ Anything Goes

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge ~ #52 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Midsummer Blues

ainkymess ~ Challenge 33 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Anniversary Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Today I happily celebrate 18 years of marriage with my husband, and made this mixed media card for him, featuring some stamps from Red Rubber Designs!

     My design inspiration came from the 400th sketch celebration at Freshly Made Sketches using their first sketch, which I'm pretty sure I've used before, also for my anniversary.

     

     The background was colored onto a piece of white cardstock with Lindy's Gang Sprays (Brushed Nickel, Black Orchid Silver, Tiffany Lou Blue) and Magical Shaker (Stormy Silver). After spritzing with water and swirling my colors together, I let it dry, and did it again. I used the same colors on some torn white tissue paper, before embossing the script with the Vintage Script and Script Background Stamps, using Emerald Creek (Mirror Platinum) Embossing Powder. 

     The heart was a leftover die cut that had been cut from purple cardstock. So I gave it new life with this cool metal effect, also used on the key, keyhole, and screws made from Creative paper clay with the Finnabair Moulds (Keys and Mechanica). 

     The first step was a coat of Prima Black Gesso, followed by Art Alchemy Sparks Paints (Raven Black and Mermaid Sparkle), and Art Alchemy Metallique (Silver Spoon) Paint, letting each coat dry before adding the next. Then I added EC (Fractured Ice) Embossing Powder, also used to mask a swirly heart border along the bottom, and around the card edges. 

     I love the texture and sparkle it gives around the black card base and the screws from the Finnabair Mechanica Mould!

          Behind the keyhole, the recycled netting, and sentiment stamped with the Contemporary Greetings Unmounted Rubber Stamp, I used EC (Onyx Frost) Embossing Powder. As you can see it melted some of the netting, but I still like the results.

     I hope you do too! Thanks for looking!

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Vintage Script

Script Background

Contemporary Greetings

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Challenges Entered:

Freshly Made Sketches ~ 400th Sketch Celebration

Emerald Creek Dares ~ High Hopes #ecaugust2019 (I've always had high hopes for my marriage, and feel so happy and blessed to celebrate 18 years together)

Emerald Creek Products Used:
Embossing Powders (Mirror Platinum, Fractured Ice, and Onyx Frost)

The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog ~ Marvelous Metallics!

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Add A Die Cut

Altered Seashell

     A few months ago my Mom gave me a bag of seashells, that I thought were too big for scrapping with. But altering one worked perfectly for the August Color Challenge at Lindy's Gang, and was so much fun to do! 

     The first step was making some of my embellishments with paper clay and a few Finnabair moulds (Art Nouveau, Mechanica, and Hollybrook Ironwork). The flourishes were molded onto the shell before completely drying. Then I added some pearls and shells, and covered it all with white gesso. 

     Once the gesso dried, I spritzed it all with water, adding (Treasure Island Aqua) Spray, (Sassy Sapphire) Magical from the Drop Dead Diva set, and (Oom Pah Pah Pink) Magical Shaker. 

     In between the embellies, I added some Prima Rust Effect Paste (Dusty) with Beaver Tail Brown Squirt added to it, to mimic sand. 

     After adding touches of Prima Metallique Wax (Old Silver), I went over everything with a light coat of white gesso again, and added some more color. Then I applied (Purely White) Embossing Powder to the raised areas, followed by a couple of coats of (Angel Wings Peacock) EP all over. 

Thanks for looking!

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Challenges Entered:

Lindy's Gang ~ August Color Challenge

Lindy's Products Used:

Sprays (Treasure Island Aqua) 

Magical/Shakers (Sassy Sapphire and Oom Pah Pah Pink)

Squirts (Beaver Tail Brown)

Embossing Powders (Purely White and Angel Wings Peacock)

 Bleeding Art ~ July Anything Goes Challenge

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge ~ #52 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Creative Inspirations ~ Something Seasonal! (Summer)

Crafty Creations ~ #395 Anything Goes 

Floral Collage ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

       Happy weekend! I'm back with an art journal spread featuring some Floral Cling Mounted Rubber Stamps from Red Rubber Designs!  

     The background was colored with Lindy's Magicals (Rowdy Rizzo Red, Greased Lightnin' Green, and Yodeling Yellow). Then I applied black gesso to a floral Prima stencil, shown on the left, to reveal the colors. 

     The main image and some of the plants were recycled from a magazine. I also recycled some fruit netting underneath the main image, where I randomly applied some Prima Olive Green Rust Effect Paste. The paste was also used along the torn edges of the black cardstock, and finished with a coat of Emerald Creek (Apple Martini) Embossing Powder, for a cool mossy effect. 

     All of the stamping was done with Archival Ink (Jet Black), embossed with Emerald Creek (Black Onyx) Embossing Powder, and colored with the same Magicals as the background. The big yellow flowers were made with the Charcoal Flowers Stamp.  

     

     To create a bush, I cut off the vase from the Spring Bouquet Stamp. Then I added the red flowers, embossed with the Floral Collage Stamp. 

          Thanks for looking!

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Featured Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Floral Collage

Charcoal Flowers

Spring Bouquet

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Challenges Entered:

Mixed Media Place ~ July Challenge 

Products Used: Black Gesso, Rust Effect Paste (Olive Green), Archival Ink (Jet Black)

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge ~ #52 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Bright and Cheerful

Crafty Creations ~ #395 Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge ~ #466 Embossing