MIUCB - Anything Goes + optional Distressing (ink or tool)

Hey you - welcome back for some inspiration at Mix It Up! For our next challenge - always "Anything Goes" but if you want to add the twist of distressing (ink or tool), that's great - but remember, never a requirement!

Have you seen the Create in Quads stencils from Taylored Expressions, I love them and had a ton of fun with THIS one. I love these colors and distressed the edges of the main panel with a distressing tool. 

The foiling on these trees is so beautiful as is the sparkle of snow; and this champagne from the Viva Las Vegas papers is SO DIVINE; I used it as the shadow to the "Merry" die from Honey Bee Stamps (retired); also embossed a sub-sentiment from the same set. Love all the sparkle and shine!

 Thanks for popping in; hope to see you again soon, and don't forget to join the fun at Mix It Up!

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

 Hey there - thanks for stopping by today; I hope you are well!

As always, it's Anything Goes at Love to Scrap; hope you will join us!

I made two of these cards at the same time; you can see the other one here.  For 3 of the stencil layers, I used the same color ink, starting light and blending darker for each layer. For the last stencil, I sponged on Versamark and sprinkled on THIS embossing powder, which I freaking love. 

I added a small poinsettia with the edges sponged, added some stickles and rock candy glitter to the poinsettia and letters. I LOVE this big JOY.

The sub-sentiment is from The Greetery also embossed with the same Ranger embossing powder; all inks are from Taylored Expressions. I added some sequins to finish it off.

Thanks for popping in; hope to see you again soon, and don't forget to join the fun at Love to Scrap!

FUSION - Peach Birthday

I LOVE the inspiration photo this week; it's GORGEOUS, IMO. I'm not sure I love how this turned out, but I do think it's pretty. 😀

I used the Taylored Expressions Make a Rainbow; worked great. I then used Taylored Expressions Rough Draft Background and embossed with Liquid Platinum. I used this gorgeous die from Erin Lee, Oh Happy Day, I die cut it from the main panel and also from Kraft card stock 5 times and layered them up to create the dimension. I layered the main panel on Kraft card stock and Kraft designer paper, then adhered to a Pumpkin card base.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you are doing well!

WHAT'S IT TAKE:

Stamps: TE Rough Draft Background

Inks: Versamark, TE Peaches 'n Cream, Altenew Sunkissed

Papers: TE Pumpkin, Neenah 110 lb. white,PTI  Kraft, PTI Kraft DP

Accessories: Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder, TE Make a Rainbow stencil, Erin Lee Oh Happy Day

CHALLENGES: 

 

Fusion - Peach Birthday

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Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Hi friends! July is my birthday month, my ABSOLUTE favorite holiday! 😁 I hope I get to spend lots of time crafting!!

The challenge this month at Love to Scrap is Anything Goes; EVERYONE loves those challenges! I've gotten better at creating two-fers - you know, you have your supplies out, might as well stamp some extra things and make two cards at the same time. 

I used The Greetery Square Dance Stencil on both cards; one correctly, one not. lol Regardless, I think they both turned out great. Also, for both I used the Altenew Dotted Scales Debossing Die; on one I debossed, the other embossed. I cut the middle panel using the Pinkfresh Diagonal Stitched die and mounted with fun foam. Added some Old Paper sponging and then the layering begins! I used The Greetery Signed & Sealed stamp set and die and Mimosa Musings. I embossed the envelope for both; added ribbon to one and to the other, a sentiment on the envelope and embossing around the edges.

Thanks for stopping by; I hope you join us over at Love to Scrap!

WHAT'S IT TAKE:

Stamps: The Greetery Signed & Sealed and Mimosa Musings

Inks: Versamark, Inks from TE, Old Paper Distress Ink

Papers: Neenah 110 lb. white, TE Lollipop (base card) and Cupcake (base card)

Accessories: Pinkfresh Diagonal Stitched die, The Greetery Square Dance Stencil, misc. ribbon, liquid platinum embossing powder, fun foam. Altenew Dotted Scales Debossing Die

CHALLENGES: 

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More Easter Cards

Hi! I promised to return and show you the detailed Easter cards I made for my friend - these were super fun. You can make this wreath for EVERY season throughout the year and the dies, again like the Bunny Hop dies shown yesterday, offer lots of variety and flexibility. It's not often I enjoy mass producing, BUT when you can change up small details - like the colors of the greenery or mushrooms - it makes it fun. 

I stamped all the wreaths at the same time, changing up colors as I mentioned - and same thing, I die cut them all at the same time. In my head, I wanted a really soft yellow background - don't ask me what happened, but I used watercolor and it turned out SUPER bright. LOL WHY I did not ink blend on the yellow, I will never know. I splattered on some color and then thought about it for a few days and decided to add vellum to tone it down a bit. I sewed the vellum to the water color paper; heat embossed the sentiment and adhered the wreath with fun foam. As you can see, I cut the card layer with 3 different dies; only two shown here - but it added a nice variety to the cards. 

Thanks for stopping by; let's see if I can pop in more than once a month - that's my goal! With the loss of my father, moving my mother - twice in less than 90 days - changing jobs, and regular life, things have been a bit crazy!

See you again soon!

WHAT'S IT TAKE:

Stamps: The Greetery Bountiful Wreath and Empty Grave

Inks: All from Taylored Expressions, Versamark, distress inks (mustard seek, fossilized amber)

Papers: Various TE card stock for bases, Ranger water color card stock, vellum, Neenah 110 lb. white

Accessories: The Greetery Bountiful Wreath Dies, various A2 die cuts, Janome Sew Mini, black embossing powder

CHALLENGES: 

Emma and the Snowball!

 Hi friends!

After some craziness with Covid (daughter thinking she had it, thank goodness she was negative; but then the following week, a co-worker tested positive), I am finally back with a post for Colour Crazy Challenge! And just in time to celebrate with Fred She Said using Emma and the Snowball.

I think this image would be PERFECT for creating lots of holiday tags in all different colors. I enjoyed coloring Emma with Copics, then added lots of details with a white gel pen and sharpie. I embossed a sentiment and the edges of the tag with a sentiment and Brutus Monroe rainbow embossing powder - but it really doesn't show up. 😒 I added some texture paste, let it dry and sponged on some ink; I added another tag on the back side to contain a holiday message; finished it off with this velvet ribbon and some bells.

Thanks for stopping by; I hope you'll join our challenge with your project featuring coloring, that's the only requirement!

Take care and stay safe!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE:

Stamps:  Fred She Said Emma and the Snowball

Inks: TE Sprinkles, Salt Water Taffy, Versamark

Papers: Neenah 80 lb. white

Accessories: misc. red velvet ribbon, silver thread, bells, Brutus Monroe rainbow embossing powder, white gel pen, sharpies, texture paste, TE blender brushes, Memory Box distress tag (no longer available - sorry)

CHALLENGES

Just for You - Nordic Style

Hi friends - how are you?

I have fallen hard for many of The Greetery products! LOL This one is no exception and I love when Betsy does videos of the products, she always has such great tips and tricks! Like adding the 'color' to these kraft pine cones - looks beautiful (IMHO). I used all the Nordic dies either on white card stock, kraft, or designer paper; I turned the smallest die sideways, embossing the sentiment in liquid platinum and giving me a perfect spot to add the pine cones, pine boughs and branch.

I splattered on some white paint and went a wee bit overboard, but I still love it. I also did these pine cones in pink because why not? I'll show that card soon.

Meanwhile, thanks for popping in; hope you have a great day!!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE:

Stamps:  The Greetery Pine Blossom

Inks: Versamark, Distress Oxide Inks for shading of pine boughs

Papers: PTI Kraft (no longer in stock), Neenah 110 lb. white, misc. deisgner paper

Accessories: The Greetery Pine Bough dies, Nordic Frames, liquid platinum embossing powder, white gouache, colored pencils

CHALLENGES:

Zig watercoloring

Oh my, I do adore this massive succulent from Altenew (mega succulent) and to be completely honest? I colored it with Zig Clean Clear Brushes a L-O-N-G time ago but never finished it into a card!

I had a sweet friend having a birthday, she loves succulents, so voila, it finally made itself into a card...alright, alright, I helped make it into a card.

I used the amazing SSS This is the Life die to create the gold frame - but I swear, I can never do anything with shiny gold or silver card stock without getting smudges on it...I should have used tweezers to place it!

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a GREAT week!

Hugs,


WHAT'S IT TAKE:
Stamps: Altenew Mega Succulent

Inks: Versamark

Papers: Ranger water color, PTI Hibiscus Burst, MFT Gold Shine

Accessories: SSS This is the Life, Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder, Zig Clean Color Brushes, MFT Blueprints

Big, HUGE Thanks

Hi there - sometimes you need a random card and you also just want to play with some products; hence this creation!

I started off using some Nuvo Mousse (platinum and pink) and a stencil on SSS fog card stock - I have no idea how to capture the shimmer in a still photo, but if you caught my IG story, then you could see all the shimmer; it's so gorgeous IRL! I used a blending brush (this link is to 5 brushes for $5.99; I don't think you can find a better price!!) to apply the mousse. I stamped the balloons and hippo (from My Favorite Things, Happy Hippos) with SSS fog ink onto Neenah 110 lb. card stock (it was what I had handy); then die cut and colored with Copics. I traced the strings with a silver gel pen and added some shimmer using clear wink of stella with a thin coating of glossy accents. I accented the hippo's eyes with black enamel accents.

Trying to capture the shimmer - it's so pretty IRL!

I stamped the sentiment on black card stock and accidentally used Hero Arts sparkle embossing powder (which doesn't show up too well); I then restamped it and sprinkled on Ranger white embossing powder. I ended up with a bit of a shadow effect, but that's okay! I used the Tim Holtz tiny attacher for a fun little accent.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great week!

Hugs,


WHAT'S IT TAKE:
Stamps: MFT Happy Hippos
Ink: SSS Fog, Versamark

Papers: SSS Fog, Neenah 110 lb. white, Echo Park dp, PTI True Black

Accessories: MFT Blueprints, Nuvo Mousse (platinum and pink), Hero Arts sparkling embossing powder, Ranger white embossing powder, Tim Holt Tiny Attacher

Challenges:

Good Vibes Only

We recently had someone leave our company so I wanted to make a cool (IMO) card for him that everyone could sign. He loves surfing so I thought the "Good Vibes Only" stamp was a good one to use. I started with some designer paper and stamped a couple different images using Antique Linen and Vintage Photo distress inks - look how AWESOME they stamped using these Vibes stamps by Unity (tons of great images in this set); oftentimes, you have to use Oxide inks to get this great of an impression but these are just remarkable! I added some sponging around the edges; stamped the sentiment and added glue to the bottom portion of the letters; once dry, I added foil - it's kind of a bronze color; I think it just looks cool.

I added a scallop, sponged also, some brown card stock I ran through my paper crimper and tore and tied on some chocolate bakers twine. This card was inspired by Bobbi Smith for Ranger Ink.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a GREAT week!

Hugs,


WHAT'S IT TAKE:
Stamps: Unity Vibes

Inks: Ranger Vintage Photo and Antique Linen
Papers: PTI Dark Chocolate, misc. designer paper 

Accessories: Ranger foil, PTI large scallop die, paper crimper, PTI chocolate bakers twine

Challenges:

Rubber Band Stamping

What a fun Mix It Up Challenge this month - stamping with rubber bands! I have always used a brayer when using rubber bands but I knew I didn't want to do that this time; I wanted to try something different...AND I needed a birthday card for our son, a boy that LOVES orange!! Just look at this photo; talk about orange, that is NOT red hair, it was ORANGE; he's grown up and I just love everything about him!!

OK; back to my creation! I masked off a heart in the middle of the orange die cut; wrapped some rubber bands around an acrylic block and inked with VersaMark; once I had the entire panel stamped, I removed the mask and sprinkled on Hero Arts white embossing powder melting with my heat gun. I then stamped Happy Birthday on a white die cut heart and embossed with Liquid Platinum embossing powder. I sponged on Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade distress oxide inks; spritzed with water and lifted with a dry paper towel. I then adhered the heart with fun foam and layered on to a white die cut also sponged with Spiced Marmalade and finally an orange card base. 

I have to admit, I really love the design of the rubber band stamping! Once I had the card put together, I decided some twine would be a nice touch for a masculine card. 

Thanks for stopping by; hope you'll join us this month - we love seeing your creations!

Hugs,


WHAT'S IT TAKE:
Stamps: MFT BB Adorable Elephants

Inks: Oxide Inks: Spiced Marmalade and Wild Honey, VersaMark

Papers: PTI Orange Zest, Neenah 80 lb. and 110 lb. white

Accessories: PTI You Have My Heart die, MFT blueprints, rubber bands, acrylic block, twine, Hero Arts white embossing powder, Ranger liquid platinum embossing powder, fun foam

Challenges:
 MIUCB #22 - Anything Goes + Rubber Band Stamping

HELLO Mix It Up Challenge!

I am super excited to be joining the Mix It Up design team; boy, do they have some fun twists planned this year! I hope you'll pop over and check it out and if you have time, join the fun - you have the entire month of January to join the challenge; it's anything goes but the twist is to make a sentiment the focal point. I sure hope you'll join us!

It's been so long since I've been able to create (see previous post - UGH); but I'm so glad I'm feeling better and able to venture to the craft cave! AND...just because I couldn't create didn't mean I wasn't shopping and things jumped in my cart - #amiright? That happen to you too? LOL

I purchased this insanely adorable HI die from The Stamp Market and couldn't wait to play with it, it clearly takes center stage! Add then this adorable scalloped die (they come in 3 different sizes) from Papertreyink, some fun new Christmas paper from Reverse Confetti (stretching that paper for year-round crafting, it's perfect) and alas, a card was born!

Peek into the inside!

Envelope with more patterned paper and super cute HELLO washi from Heidi Swapp

I promise, it's not quite as neon in color as these photos make it look - LOL!

I added some two-way glue to the bottom portion of the HI and added gold foiling, then I got the crazy idea to coat the entire HI in glossy accents...but I couldn't stop there, I sprinkled on distress glitter which I LOVED...but when I went to finish the card I was trying to flatten the HI a bit and created some cracks...should have stopped there but alas I added another layer of glossy accents. That's okay! I loved adding the little rub-on 'missing you' at the bottom. The middle part of the scalloped die was stamped with THIS background stamp in Sweet Blush.

Thanks for stopping by; I hope you'll check out the challenge and join the fun - we love seeing what others create!

Hugs,


WHAT'S IT TAKE:
Stamps: PTI Grid Background

Inks: Sweet Blush

Papers: SU I'm not sure; Reverse Confetti Winter Solstice, PTI Berry Sorbet

Accessories: Tim Holtz word rub-on, HI die, PTI Scalloped Die, Doodlebug Enamel Dots, glossy accents, distress glitter, washi tape, Ranger gold foil, MFT Blueprints

Challenges: