Thank You Shaker Card

     Starting off the year with a thankful heart, expressed in this shaker card, which was actually my first project of 2020, even though I'm just now posting it!  

     I was inspired by the January 2020 Challenge at Lindy's Gang with this beautiful combo.
      

     The background was smooshed with Lindy's Gang Sprays (Brushed Nickel and Black Orchid Silver) and Magical Shakers
(Bavarian Blue and Stormy Silver). Then I gave it some splatters with LG (Sidewalk Chalk) Spray, before embossing the snowflakes and falling snow with LG (Purely White) Embossing Powder.

     The wreath was embossed with LG (Midnight Pewter) Embossing Powder, and colored with LG (Frosty Forest Green) Spray. Once dry, it also got splatters with LG (Sidewalk Chalk) Spray. 

     It's kinda hard to see in the photos, but I also embossed the snowflakes and falling snow with LG (Purely White) Embossing Powder onto the white cardstock of the shaker for some texture. The sentiment was done with LG (Cuckoo Clock Cardinal) Embossing Powder. Since I ran out of clear acetate for the shaker, I used the lid from my salad, and filled it with glitter. 

     Thanks for looking!

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Lindy's Gang Products Used:

Sprays ~ (Brushed Nickel, Black Orchid Silver, Frosty Forest Green, and Sidewalk Chalk)

Magical Shakers ~ (Bavarian Blue and Stormy Silver)

Embossing Powders ~ (Purely White, Midnight Pewter, and Cuckoo Clock Cardinal)

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Challenges Entered:

Lindy's Gang ~ January 2020 Challenge

The Funkie Junkie Boutique Blog ~ Repeat Performance (Salad Lid for Shaker Window)

Everybody Art ~ 461 Anything Goes

The Artistic Stamper ~ January Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers ~ #248 Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenges ~ #179 Anything Goes with Optional Add A Snowflake

3rd Birthday Card

     Happy weekend! My nephew just celebrated his 3rd birthday, so I whipped up this card for him at the last minute. Lol!

     I used the Stamperia Clock and Mechanisms Stencil to create the gears using Prima Marketing Black Gesso. Then I heat embossed Emerald Creek (Hammered Metal) Embossing Powder on top. 

     The 3 was also done with Black Gesso using the Tim Holtz (Numbered) Stencil, and heat embossed with Tim Holtz Mixed Media Powder (Scarlet). For the sentiment, I used Emerald Creek (Black Cherry) Embossing Powder. 

     I finished it up with some (Black Soot) Distress Ink, and the tractor Jollie's Sticker that's been in my stash forever. Thanks for looking!

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Challenges Entered:

Sweet Stampin' Challenge ~ Add a Pop of Red

Little Red Wagon ~ #524 You Say It's Your Birthday!

AAA Birthday ~ Game #7 Include a Number

Craft Rocket Challenges ~ #65 Happy Birthday

Winter Wishes Card

     To start the holiday season, I created a festive card for a December birthday, using Distress Inks and Emerald Creek Embossing Powders, for the Winter Wishes Blog Hop with Eileen Hull. 

   
     The colors were inspired by this beautiful palette used for the November Inspirational Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com. 

     I made the background by smooshing Distress Inks (Pine Needles and Evergreen Bough) onto white cardstock, and embossing the snow and snowflakes with Emerald Creek (Enhanced Ivory Pearl) EP. Then I tore around the edges, and embossed them with (Soft Fallen Snow)EP. 

     The main image, sentiment, and edges of the card base, were embossed with EC (Charred Gold) EP. Then I colored the wreath with Distress Inks and a couple of Lindy's Sprays. 

     The strip of lace was embossed with EC (Enhanced Ivory Pearl), along with the dots of the pink background, colored with Distress Ink (Victorian Velvet). Then I added beads to the wreath, along with a few Pine Cone Charms, lightly embossed with (Soft Fallen Snow) Embossing Powder, and strung with green fiber. 

Thanks for looking!

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Challenges Entered:

Emerald Creek Dares ~ Winter Wishes Blog Hop

Emerald Creek Products:

Embossing Powders: Enhanced Ivory Pearl, Soft Fallen Snow, and Charred Gold

 Embellishments: Pine Cone Charms

Feeling Sketchy ~ #205

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Let It Snow

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Baby It's Cold Outside

Card Mania ~ #110 Lace

Creative Inspirations ~ November Chill

Showy Strips Birthday Card Preview ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     With so many September birthdays this month, I decided to feature some fun and bold stamps from Red Rubber Designs using some blue bling to mimic "sapphires",  the birthstone for September. I made this card from black and white cardstock, with lots of embossed stamping in black and white, to really make the bling stand out.

     For details, close-ups, and to view my full card, please visit the Red Rubber Designs Blog! Thanks for looking!

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Showy Strips

Happily Grateful

So Splattered

Gift For You

Sophisticated Sentiments

Abounding Rose Sympathy Card (Sneak Peek) ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     Sympathy cards are never easy to make, but I found the Abounding Rose Cling Mounted Stamp from Red Rubber Designs to be so serene and perfect for the occasion! After embossing the image, I colored it in with watercolors, used Distress Spray (Brushed Pewter) to color the frame, and popped it up for some dimension.

     I also embossed my sentiment with the Joyful Notes Unmounted Stamp, and used watercolors to make my background.

     To see the rest of my card, please visit the Red Rubber Designs Blog, and shop Red Rubber Designs for stamps for any occasion!

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Abounding Rose

Joyful Notes

Happy Birthday Shaker Card ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     I recently made a shaker card for the first time, and immediately went to work on another one for my son's birthday next month. He's going to be 14, so I went with a more grungy look, with a space background on the shaker, using stamps from Red Rubber Designs!

     Starting with white cardstock, I applied gesso onto my diamond stencil,and let it dry. Then I sprayed some aqua and my new silver sprays on top, since aqua is my son's favorite color. Using a permanent black ink, I then stamped different phrases with the Be Happiness  stamp, and his birthday using the Mini-Bet stamp, which I also used with teal ink to stamp 14 in random spots.

    The circles on the background were embossed with the Background Soup stamp. I also embossed the Lotsa Dotsa stamp, and added some buttons in the centers.

     To create the large diamond on the background, I masked some drywall tape with black ink, added some embossing powder, and machine stitched two rows of stitching in metallic silver and teal threads. Then I made the background of the diamond shaker with black cardstock misted with a few sprays to look like outer space. To make the stars I embossed the Speckle Background stamp with silver embossing powder, as well as the sentiment, which was done with the Savvy Sayings stamp. I cut the frame from silver cardstock, where I also did some embossing using the Background Soup stamp, adding some brads in the corners. Behind the frame I added a piece of clear packaging, and attached it to the double sided tape along the background, after filling it with some glitter. So fun!!!

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Red Rubber Designs Stamps:

Lotsa Dotsa

Be Happiness

Savvy Sayings

Background Soup

Speckle Background

Mini-Bet

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      Challenges:

     Anything But Cute Challenge

Challenge #9 Ring out the old, bring in the new ~ I used my new Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays (Brushed Nickel and Black Orchid Silver) and embossing powders (Hyacinth Blue Jade and Queen Sheba's Silver) that I got for Christmas.

Fantasy Stampers

#54 All about the boy

Try it on Tuesday

Letters and Numbers ~ Stamped various phrases all over the background, the sentiment, my son's birthday and the number 14.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Bo Bunny Love And Lace Mixed Media Heart Layout ~ FotoBella DT

     I'm really loving Bo Bunny's Love And Lace I Want It All Bundle from FotoBella!! This romantic collection was perfect for this very special page that I scrapped for my Mom of her late parents.

     The heart is made from stamped flowers that I cut and colored with the Bo Bunny Floral Stamp. For a step-by-step tutorial on how to make this page, please visit the FotoBella Blog!

Thanks for looking!

Bo Bunny Love & Lace Layout ~ FotoBella DT

     Happy New Year!! I hope you keep all of your resolutions, and have a happy and healthy 2016! Happy and healthy is just one of the reasons why I love this old photo of my late grandparents dancing together and looking so young and vibrant! It was just meant to be scrapped with Bo Bunny's Love & Lace I Want It All Bundle from FotoBella!

     I took my design inspiration from this fabulous sketch at Stuck?!Sketches.

     I tore and water distressed the edges of the papers in the 12 X 12 Collection Pack, and cut around the curvy lace paper to mimic movement from the photo. Then I hand-stitched the black zigzag in between the rips that I made in the burgundy "Cherish" paper. The black and white lace die that's behind the photo comes in the Noteworthy pack, where I added some black embossed flowers using Bo Bunny's Floral Stamp. The other flowers all come in the Ephemera, and I misted and layered them, inking the edges with Worn Lipstick and Aged Mahogany Distress Inks. The black metal flower and buttons on the smaller flowers also come in the Ephemera, and the other Buttons are chipboard. 

     For the titlework I did some fussy-cutting and tearing, adding "Always" from the Layered Chipboard.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and to pick up your own bundle stop by FotoBella! 

Robin Hood Layout ~ Red Rubber Designs DT

     I just love my son's Robin Hood costume from a couple of Halloween's ago, and had a blast scrapping these photos of him, featuring some stamps from Red Rubber Designs!

     My design inspiration came from this beautiful sketch no. 62 used for this month's sketch challenge at Scrap Africa. I finished just in time, and was so excited to finally use my wood grain stencil to create the background wood planks, which just screamed out to me from the sketch. I used most of the elements here including the vine and leaves, strip of smaller pics, and the bullseye.

     But all of the colors were inspired by this month's Color Challenge at Lindy's Stamp Gang!

     I love this gorgeous fall color combo, and used it to make the background wood planks, with the Tim Holtz Woodgrain Stencil and some gesso applied to white textured cardstock. After it dried overnight, the fun began with all of these Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays! I also used these for some of the green fibers, the cardstock circles to make the bullseye, the brown felt under the big photo that started out tan, and the stamped frame that I made for the date, which I colored with a paintbrush.

Yellow Rose of Texas

Golden Doubloons

Hag's Wart Orange

Poinciana Red Flame

Rudolph's Nose Red

Cathedral Pines Green

Cajun Carnelian Red 

Mission Bells Brown

     All of the cool metal effects on here came from Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powders! I used Midnight Copper Obsidian and Twilight Bronze Slate to emboss all of the brads, the frame and date, arrows, around the inner circles for the bullseye, and to cover the Thickers that spell "take". I used some more sprays to make the background for the arrows which were stamped and embossed with the Elegant Arrows stamp from Red Rubber Designs.

     To make the bullseye I cut come circles using every color from the Lindy's Stamp Gang photo, with my Cricut Expression. Then I distressed the edges, added embossing powder to the inner circles, and Stickles on the outside for some shimmer. I finished it off by hand stitching the black circles in the middle.

      For the date I used the Mini Bet stamp, onto black cardstock, framed with the Rose Wine Labels stamp, which I hung with some striped ribbon and a brad.

     To make the vine I used some fibers and yarn and twined them together. Then I embossed the leaves with the Place In My Heart stamp using Rangers Topiary Embossing Powder. On about half of the leaves I applied Lime Stickles, for some more sparkle, which just doesn't translate as well in these photos as it does in real life!  Thanks for taking a peek!

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     Red Rubber Designs Stamps Used:

Rose Wine Labels

Elegant Arrows

Place In My Heart

Mini Bet

Have a great day!

MME Christmas On Market Street Mixed Media Technique ~ FotoBella DT

     I'm back with another layout and technique to share with you using the new My Mind's Eye Christmas On Market Street Collection from FotoBella!

     I started by using a dotted stencil with gesso onto the white dotted paper that comes in the 12 X 12 Paper And Accessories Kit.

     Then I sprayed over it with Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays (Rudolph's Nose Red and Cathedral Pines Green).

     Once dry, add gold embossing powder over the dots and set with a heat gun.

For the September 5 Ingredients + Yours Challenge @ Scrapbook.com I used:
1. 2 Pictures
2. Something Messy (My background)
3. Frame (Made from vellum)
4. Star (On top of the tree cut from the Die Cut Alphas)
5. Stripes (The white and gold striped vellum and Paper Tape going across the page.)

For my own twist for the September Stamping Challenge, I embossed the gold dots on the Chipboard tree, adding some bling from my own stash.

And finally for my other twist for the September Sewing Challenge, I did some straight stitching by hand around the vellum frame. I also hand stitched around the vellum circle and circle photo.

Thanks for your visit!