Have A Lovely Day

Hi there - popping in to share the card I made for my MIL for Mother's Day.  I first made a watercolour wash with distress inks and then stamped the image with Versamark Ink and embossed with white embossing powder.  The sentiment was also stamped with Versamark on vellum and embossed with gold embossing powder.

I am sharing this over at Unity's Friends With Flair.

Supplies
Stamps:  Unity KOM January 2015 Magic of Beginnings, Have Lovely Day
Paper:  Basic Grey Hello Luscious, SU Vellum, PTI Choice White cs
Ink:  Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry and Wild Honey Distress Inks; Versamark Ink
Accessories:  Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, Stampin Up Gold Embossing Powder

Thinking of You Always

Hi - I didn't think I'd make it here this week, too much life going on!!  I decided to quickly share a card I put together at the Autism Crop last Saturday.  This was the one and only card I made that day, and I wanted to try some different watercoloring techniques.  I inked the stamp with Distress Markers and then stamped on watercolor paper and lastly I spritzed the paper as I wanted the ink to feather out.  Well, after one spritz I wasn't happy as one side worked better than the other.  So I spritzed again, and then the pink began to run.  So I spritzed again, lol and gave up. At this point I thought it was a complete fail.  But I loved the colours so i decided to stamp a sentiment - it was crooked, lol.  Still I was determined, so I trimmed the image, tilted it this way, layered it over some pretty pink paper and tilted it that way and oila!!  I also doodled a black border.

Not a bad rescue I think :)  I'm sharing this at Unity's Friend's With Flair.  I'm also sharing at Simon Says Monday Challenge - Anything Goes and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.  

Have a good weekend!!  I'm off to the States tomorrow to find my daughter a grad dress.....

Supplies:

Stamp:  Unity Blossoming Thoughts & Wishes

Ink:  Distress Markers, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:  AC Amy Tangerine Sketchbook, Ranger Watercolor Paper, CTMH cs

Accessories:  Mini Mister, Micron Pen

Hello Sweet Baby

Hello there :)  Today I'm sharing a super sweet CAS baby card.  I never have baby cards on hand and always have to make them when needed. I recently picked up this sweet stamps set called Sweet Elle from Unity Stamp Company and one of the sentiments was for a baby, the other for a birthday.  I decided on the baby sentiment and went with neutral colours so it would work for a girl or boy.

I stamped on Ranger's Distress Watercolor paper with StazOn ink and watercolored with my Distress Markers.  For my colours I decided to use these from Unity's {be inspired} Challenge.  I am sharing this at Unity's Friends With Flair tonight.

I am entering this in the Less Is More Challenge - Up, Up and Away and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Clean and Simple.

Supplies
Stamps:  Unity Stamp Company Sweet Elle
Paper:  MME Dolled Up, PTI Stampers Select, Ranger Distress Watercolor paper
Ink:  Distress Markers - Wild Honey, Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw, Victorian Velvet, Pumice Stone; StazOn Jet Black, Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories:  Mama Elephant Femme Frames, watercolor brush

Art Journal Reveal - Every Great Dream Begins With A Dreamer

'Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember you have within you the strength the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world'.  What an awesome sentiment!!

Hello - yes it is that time again.  I get to share my fourth art journal entry!  This time Tracy and I decided it was going to be a girly theme, and I really wanted to add a spring feel to mine.  My newest haul from Unity Stamp Company included several girly stamps, this stamp in particular is called Dream Girl by Angie Blom.  I love the image and the sentiment.  I felt there was enough said so I didn't add any other sentiments.  I wanted it to be feminine, airy, springy...... and I think I achieved that.

I had started by stamping the Dream Girl image and then masking a border around my pages.  Then I used distress inks to watercolour the background.  These pages are not watercolour paper so it was a bit challenging to watercolour and I had to really layer the colour.  I seemed to need a lot of water to spread the ink.  I applied the three colours, dried them, then applied more colour, let it drip a bit and dried again.  The other challenge for me was to stamp the birds since it's a large stamp and I wanted them to go across both pages, but it turned out pretty good.  The right side of the journal is pretty bulky and uneven.

The flowers stamp was inked with distress markers.  After stamping them in first and second generation, I decided this is where I was going to leave it - nothing else required.

Except a little Wink of Stella on her face and the heart :)

Click here to see Tracy's journal page :)

I am entering this in:

Unity Stamp Company's Friends With Flair

Inspiration Emporium's April Challenge - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Make Your Own Background

Stamps:  Unity Stamp Co Dream Girl, January 2015 Smak Kit Ourselves and Vintage Era Background Kit
Ink:  Stormy Sky, Milled Lavender, Pumice Stone and Vintage Photo Distress Inks; Tattered Rose, Shabby Shutters and Shaded Lilac Distress Markers
Accessories:  Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen, Claudine Hellmuth Studio brush

Hello Baby

Here is one of the cards I worked on at the Crop last week.  It's a baby card for my sister in law in New Zealand.  The little elephant is from Unity's stamp set Could I Be Any Cuter and the sentiments are from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Ray of Sunshine stamp set.

I actually used my sewing machine on this card with some silver thread!!!  Now that my scrap room is coming together I have a dedicated sewing table which has paper storage underneath.  I love how the inside of the card turned out.  

I'm sharing my card over at Unity's Friends With Flair tonight.


Supplies:
Paper:  Basic Grey Fresh Cut, SU Baked Brown Sugar and Whisper White
Stamps:  Unity Could I be Any Cuter, Simon Says Stamp Tiny Ray of Sunshine
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories:  silver thread, Mister Huey Calico Shine Spray



I had to share this cute CTMH Make 'n Take card from the Crop last weekend that Donna let us make and our little gift was this cute little strawberry with a Hershey's Kiss inside :)

Laugh A Little Louder

I have a friend who is having a 'milestone' birthday next week, so I thought I'd think about making her card.  I knew I wanted to do some watercoloring again, but this time I just wanted to play with a background, not colour an image.  So I decided on two colours, I used my Distress Inks and smooshed them on my craft mat and then added some water with my brush.  Before adding the watercolour to my card, I made sure to saturate it with clean water first.  I loved how the ink spread when I touched the paper with the brush!!  This was fun, and I can't wait to play some more.

I added a tiny bit of sparkle with my Wink of Stella pen and flicked a bit of my new Hero Arts Silver Metallic Spray onto my background.

I used another Unity Stamp, this one is from the Far Better Things Ahead grab bag of stamps.  It's one of a bundle of 5 stamps that I received free with one of my Unity orders :)  Gotta love that!!!!  And I loved this sentiment.  I think it's perfect for her, we've been friends a long time.  The flower and stem is from the KOM - Warmth of Winter.

Turns out I can enter this as well in Unity's 'be inspired' Challenge #24 since my colours fit again.  That really wasn't intentional this time :)

I'm also entering my card in today's Friends With Flair on the Unity Blog

and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes.

Stamps:  Unity Far Better Things Ahead grab bag, Unity KOM December 2014 - Warmth of Winter
Paper:  Simple Stories The Story of Us, SU watercolour paper and Pool Party cs
Ink:  Picked Raspberry and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks, Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories:  Hero Arts Silver Metallic Shimmer Spray, Wink of Stella Clear, SU Pool Party twine, CTMH double sided tape

Enjoy the Beauty of the Season

Today was a crafty day - I took the day off and spent the day with friends at a crop my friend Donna arranged to acknowledge the one year anniversary of her concussion.  She was in a car accident a year ago today and has lingering effects still of the concussion.  So she rented a hall and got a bunch of her friends together and we created and gabbed.  It was a day off well spent :)

For one of the cards I made today, I used my new Unity Stamp 'Season Snowman' created by the sooo talented Angie Blom who I had the pleasure of meeting at the Crop & Create this last month!!  What a sweetheart!!

I used my Distress Markers and watercolored the image.  Then I cut it out and layered it on some yummy gold glitter paper and added some little stars which I thought could pass for snowflakes.  Love how this turned out :)

I am entering this over at the Unity Blog in the Friends With Flair Party.  

I'm also entering in The Card Concept #23 Challenge - A Krafty Christmas.  

Stamps:  Unity Stamp Season Snowman
Paper:  Echo Park Season's Greetings, Hero Arts Watercolor Paper, Stampin Up Bakes Brown Sugar and Gold Glitter paper
Ink:  StazOn Jet Black, Distress Markers
Accessories:  Taylored Expressions dies, Freckled Fawn Stars & Such Wood Chips, CTMH button and ribbon, Stampin Up Twine, Stardust Sticklers

{Uhggg!!!!  Sorry about the crappy pictures, that's what happens when you take pics late at night!!}