Thursday, October 29, 2015

Share Joy Challenge #9

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Hello, hello!

I am back today with the latest Taylored Expressions Share Joy Challenge! I chose to play with the sketch this week, using the fabulous Ornament Overlays, and Ornament Accessories. 



I started with a white card panel, and adhered a bit of black and white striped patterned paper to the top and bottom. I then die cut the large ornament from the set, and applied some distress ink in Worn Lipstick, and abandoned Coral. 


I also took the Accessories set, and die cut one of the "hooks" from some cardstock that had multiple layers of silver embossing powder on it. I adhered the ornament, the top metal hook, and a green bow to my panel, and popped it up on a light tan card base. Taylor is so sweet, as she sends a sweet little die with your purchase, and I used the latest one here, Peace. Isn't it lovely? 

So, I thought I would cover the ornament with a little shimmer from a Wink of Stella pen, but squeezed it a bit to hard, and out it came!! I ended up just flicking the cardstock panel with it to create blobs. Story of my life, right? HAHA! 

I hope you find the time to play along! We can't wait to see what you make! As always, thank you so much for visiting me today! 






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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

CASEing Kelly Blog Hop

Hello everyone!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I have a special post today, a blog hop in honor of the super talented Kelly Latevola! You should have, hopefully, arrived from Linda Trace's blog, if not, no worries. You can start the hop, HERE. So, I have had the pleasure of crafting with Kelly at one of our monthly get-togethers, and let me tell ya! She is super fun to be around, and so funny! I wish I could see her face when finds out about this! If you aren't familiar with her, or her series, you can check out what she did with a couple of my cards, back in June, HERE.

So, if you aren't familiar with what Kelly does on her blog, she takes three cards from a crafter whom she is inspired by, and creates a card based on those three. Super fun idea! I chose these three cards of hers, which, in my opinion, are A-mazing! From these cards, I was inspired by:

1. Watercoloring - because, I love it.
2. The bold colors
3. Her use of black sentiments




I took those things and created my own card, featuring a bit of watercoloring, bold colors, and a bold black sentiment. I even made a video of how I made it! You can watch it below.


To start, I took a piece of watercolor paper, and applied Twisted Citron, and Mowed Lawn to the wet corner. I then set it aside, and stamped out my poinsettias from Avery Elle's Christmas Florals set, with Altenew's Ruby Red ink. I also stamped out the leaves, using Forest Glade, and Evergreen inks. I then die cut them all out.


Using my MISTI, I stamped my sentiment in Versamark ink, and then adhered the panel to a white card base with a piece of foam.


I then began to arrange my images onto the front, and adhered them when I placed them where I wanted them. I finished it off with some lovely Clear Sparkling Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.


I hope you were inspired! Please be sure to hop along, and leave comments for a chance to win any number of goodies from the generous sponsors! Thanks again for joining me today! Have a great one.

            




























Lindsay Amrhein (that's me!)

















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Thanks so much for coming my way! Now, you are on your way to see, Lydia Evans! Enjoy the rest of the hop!





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Thursday, October 22, 2015

Share Joy Challenge #8

Hello, hello!

I am stopping by today to share the latest Share Joy Challenge! Big surprise, I chose to go Clean and Simple. What? You expected something different? HAHA!


Ever so slowly my Christmas cards are being made. I don't want to admit that it is coming, but time stands still for no one! 


So, the Critters On Ice Stamp set is adorable! I just love them! I stamped and colored the moose, and then brought in some Tumbled Glass distress Ink for a bit of "ice." In true stampers style, I got him a bit crooked, so I took the opportunity to add a few accents to either side of him, to make it look like he had wobbled, and fell on the ice.


For the background, I took a stencil, and applied Embossing Paste over it, and allowed it to dry. I used a bit of glossy accents on his eyes, and a silver gel pen to accent his skate blades.


I hope you can play along with us this week! I would love to see what you make! Thanks so much for stopping by. I will catch up with you soon!







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