Gnome One Else

Hey! Long time no see!

I have been busy as a bee over here, getting the house ready to put up for sale, finishing the school year, and chasing the toddler! Card making for the fun of it has sadly been put on the back burner for awhile, until I get a bit more free time. I am sure you can relate. I did have a fantastic weekend down in Berlin with my crafty gals. Time away to sit and craft? YES, please! I made up this card while I was down there, using the You Gnome Me set from My Favorite Things.

I started by stamping the gnome, and masking him off. I then stamped the sentiment, and removed the mask. I then lined up the die using a negative piece, and ran it through partially, trimming away the excess on both sides of him. I then took my colored pencils, and Gamsol, and colored him in.

I used a bit of Avery Elle's Everyday Collection, and adhered a piece to a white card base. I then adhered the gnome piece with foam tape, finishing it with enamel dots.

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today! I hope you have a great rest of the week.

RIC #82

Hi guys!

How's your week going? Mine? Filled to the brim with toddler insanity. Blue Sharpie on my couch (lots of it), tantrums, no sleep, more tantrums. For real, I am beat! I know, they grow so fast, but honestly, I think I will pass on this stage. Want to see the latest Runway Inspired Challenge? It certainly cheers this momma up! Check it out:

                                    

Ohhh, I love that dress! Obviously I was inspired by the black and gold, but did you check out the background too? There are so many possibilities to it!

I started with a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor paper, and added Black Soot Distress Ink to it with lots of water. I kept layering the color, drying and layering until I got the look I wanted. After I got done with the panel, I moved on to die cutting the fun wreath from Wplus9 called Spring Wreath Die, from Gold cardstock I had gotten in a Simon Says Stamp card kit. I layered two of those together with foam, and adhered it onto the watercolor panel.

I die cut a hello from My Favorite Things Happy Hello die set, from black cardstock. I added Clear Wink of Stella to it, and coated it in Glossy Accents. I adhered it loosely to the panel, and the tucked in a couple of vellum leaves from Wplus9's Folk Art Floral die set.

I adhered the panel to a piece of black cardstock, and added that to a white card base. I hope you enjoyed, and decide to play along! Our fab sponsor is Ellen Hutson, and a generous gift certificate will go to the lucky winner. Check out the other gals cards, always amazing!

Hello Darling

Hey, hey!

I hope you had a fab weekend. I certainly did! The weather was lovely, and I enjoyed time with my crafty gals. I didn't get much done, but spending the day chatting, and not having to do any housework equals awesome.

So, I didn't make this card over the weekend, but it has been patiently waiting to be shared, so here it is. 

I used Altenew's Striped Floral set to stamp out my design. I colored them in with a variety of Copic Markers, and added detail with a gold gel pen.

The sentiment is from Avery Elle's Fabulous Florals set, stamped in Onyx Black ink. I took a few of the blooms, and created dimension by coloring and cutting out the images and popping them up with foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have a good one.

Neon Thank You

 Helloooo!

It's Runway Inspired time!  Check out this vibrant, colorful outfit!  I tried to incorporate a few things from it on my card today, such as the checkered jacket, and some of the bold colors.

I started by stamping a plaid pattern onto the card base using Hero Arts Shadow Inks. My recommendation is to chose pigment, it doesn't soak into the paper, and creates a nice distinction between colors. But, it was within reach, and so I went with it. I then die cut a circle from a panel, and popped it up over the plaid.

I had to break out my MISTI for these gorgeous blooms by Altenew, and I used Hero Arts Neon inks for added pop! I love how they turned out! I added a banner with a fun sentiment from our awesome sponsor, Bossy Jocie! This stamp is so cute, and she has so many more in her adorable shop. After I white heat embossed it onto fuchsia cardstock, I trimmed it down and adhered it to my card front with foam. I finished it off with a few rhinestones.

I do hope to see you play along with us this week because Miss Joscelyne has a generous prize available to the winner!

Amazing

Hello!

Are you as shocked as I that it is April? Whoa. I am certainly thankful for the spring weather coming through and to finally come out of hibernation! This cold was a serious downer for me this year, and after much planning and strategizing, I truly believe I won't have to go through that again. If you live in Texas, near Waco, give me a shout...I believe that is where my husband and I will be relocating later this summer.

So, I know you didn't come here to hear about my moving plans, although I would love to find crafty gals in that area, I have a card to share. The latest Virginia's View Challenge is all about Layers and Dimension. These little elephant stamps from Wplus9 just had to be inked up and colored, so I got super inky for this.

I started by taking a piece of watercolor paper, and adding Ranger Distress Inks and lots of water. I dried it in between layers, and smooshed it onto the color on my craft sheet. I then heat embossed my sentiment and adhered the panel to a card base. I die cut a fun frame by Paper Smooches, and popped it up using foam tape.

For the elephants, I went from top to bottom, and masked off their feet as I went down, stacking them on top of each other. I colored them with Copic Markers, added detail with a white gel pen, and then fussy cut them out, and adhered the stack to the side of the frame.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

AEIHeartU Challenge: Watercoloring

Hey all!

How goes it?  Great I hope!

I have a couple of cards, that will hopefully inspire you to play along with the latest AEIHeartU Challenge: Watercoloring!  We all know how I feel about that, lol!  I did two cards because I didn't want to stop, check them out.

I used the fabulous Get Well set, as well as Handwritten Notes.  I dry embossed a diagonal design onto the base of the card front, and added a strip of cardstock, inked with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.  To create the bouquet, I gold heat embossed my image onto Tim Holtz Watercolor paper.  I added my distress Inks to my craft mat, and painted the flowers, leaves, and wrap.

I cut out the bouquet, and popped it up with foam.  I then heat embossed the sentiment from Handwritten Notes in gold powder onto vellum, and attached it under the flower bunch.

How about another?  Alright!

I took a piece of water color paper and stamped the bouquet image so that just the floral part transferred.  I painted them ink with Distress Inks, and added a light blue wash just above the flowers.

I adhered my panel to some Avery Elle patterned papers, and adhered it to a Kraft card base.  To finish it, I added a few yellow enamel dots.

I hope these inspired you to play along with us.  There is always a great prize up for grabs to the lucky winner!  Thanks for joining me today.  Have a great day!