Old Faithful Card

For this card I made a custom ink pad in the manner Tim Holtz demonstrated on the Carol Duvall Show colored with a variety of Distress Ink reinkers.  The stamp is from Club Scrap's National Parks kit.

It makes it easy peasy to stamp multiples. Simon Says Anything Goes.

Krafty Cupcake

The cue card at CASology this week is Cupcake. I used Versamark for all the stamping with Papertrey Ink's Make It Market kit: Party Pops. The wrapper is heat embossed using Sparkle N' Sprinkle's Clear Fine Detail Embossing Poweder, and the icing is made with the White Fine Detail. They have a LOT of embossing powders and free shipping with orders over $25, no affliation, just sharing : D.

The icing lifts up to reveal another matching stamped image, this time stamped in ombre using Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst and Raspberry Fizz. To make the frame, I just held the pen in my hand and pushed the mat over the craft mat so the hand holding the pen doesn't move at all, just the paper. Simon Says Anything Goes.

A Little Frog

A little frog, some masking, some Twinkling H2O paints and a little bit of Stickles for stars. The frog is painted with Forest Moss Distress Ink, and the lily pad is stamped with Shabby Shutters. The water is painted with Egyptian Gold Twinkling H2O, the water with Blue Ice and the sky with Periwinkle. The stars are dots of Icicle Stickles.

Lawnscaping Challenge Sparkle and Shine. Simon Says Anything Goes.

WOYWW 319

This is my desk before I get ready for the next thing... I'm not sure what it will be, the mojo is running fiercely lol. I completed 14 cards, 1 layout, mixed media pieces and wrote 10 blog posts between week 318 and 319.  One of the mixed media pieces is at the back of the desk and it's so shiny. Stickles and the tiny but long lasting pots of Twinkling H2Os insure it is one very sparkly piece.  I cut the sentiment up by lines and stamped each in a different ink (Live in the sunshine. Swim in sea. Drink in the wild air. Ralph Waldo Emerson).

I'm really pleased with the way the layout turned out. BTW all the stickle drawing was free hand and I managed not to smudge it!  The photo lifts up for more journaling and there is a pocket for extras.

The Marie Kondo (a tidying up) book says when sorting, only keep things that give you a spark of joy... only it's also jump starting the mojo (which is good and also tiring). And I found two sets of Inkadinkado stamps to add to the garage sale.

It's early, but head over to Julia's Stamping Ground for more crafty goings on.

Under the Sparkling Sea

Today did not go as I had planned lol. I was sorting through stamps last night and became obsessed with the idea of using the Mergirl set by Santoro London so I went with the mojo and did a little mixed media piece. The challenge Work It Wednesday on the Simon Says Blog is Refreshment, and I thought how refreshing it would be to be a merperson under the sea. Used a LOT of Distress Markers and Twinkling H2Os and restrained myself with the use of Stickles. The frame is the base for a Christmas Ball set, painted white with drops of blue (and a big brush) and applied a doily in the paint. I also stamped some sea weed, a mermaid from a different set and some puffer fish but most of them were covered up. The base for the sentiment is Ocean Tides embossed with one of the We R Memory Keepers Geometric embossing folders and dry brushed with white paint. The sentiment is from Club Scrap's National Parks kit, stamped in a slew of inks.

There is a lot of sparkle between the Twinkling H2O paints and the Stickles.

Simon Says Anything Goes : )

What's New Pussycat?

I've had this stamp set since 2010, and I haven't used it in a project yet so today is the day. The card base is Limeade Ice by Papertrey Ink and I don't think I was able to capture it in this picture, but it is a lovely clear bright tropical lime green without going neon. The stamp set is Cleary Swanky's Cat's Pajamas stamped with Onyx Black Versafine ink.

Simon Says Furry Friends.

Soothe Away The Day

Using a couple of inspirations for May Flaum's Camp Scrap, I made this card for Simon Says Coffee or Tea? challenge.

All the stamps are from Waltzingmouse Stamps. The lace is from Faux Fun and is stamped with Papertrey Ink's Aqua Mist. The grid is from Off Beat Backgrounds stamp set and is stamped with Soft Stone. The medallion is from Faux Fun Circles and is stamped with Spring Rain and is  edged with Chamomile Tea. The teapot and sentiment are from Afternoon Tea and are stamped with Versafine Onyx Black. A few flattened dots of Crystal Stickles add a bit of sparkle.

The cardstock is from Papertrey Ink, the mat is Vintage Cream and the card base is Spring Rain.