Fancy A Cuppa??

 Who is ready to meet ALL their friend for a cuppa and CATCH UP??!!  I am and have been for a LONG time!!

This tag is inspired by my dream of restrictions being lifted!

Stamps used:  Coffee Cup, Stack of Macaroons, Fancy a Cuppa

My tag background is Distress Ink and Distress Oxide Spray.  The images are stamped in Archival Ink and colored with Prisma and Jolly Colored Pencils.

The washi acting as a 'table' is a 10mm designed by Tina Walker.  Fantastic isn't it??

I had a scrap of some paper twine from May Arts that finished off my tag perfectly!

The bright colors of the macarons make me smile and I am hopeful we can grab a cuppa soon!!

Until next time...get inky!

Life Is Now In Session

 It seems that my last couple of projects have been tags and it looks like I was inspired again to create another tag.  But aren't tags FUN??!

And of course I always like to have some painted papers handy to choose from.  This is Dina Wakley acrylic paint brayered on to a piece of Ranger kraft cardstock.  I LOVE the bits of kraft peeking through the paint!!!

I was just in sunny Florida so I have sunshine and blue skies on my mind!

Stamps used:  Couple Kissing, Expanding Rays Silhouette, Life Is Now In Session

Our couple is stamped in Archival ink and colored with Prisma Colored Pencils.  They are ground with a bit of Um Wow Studio rusty washi tape.

I stamped the rays in Distress Paint, mustard seed and ripe persimmon.  A little dab of broken china on our chip cloud just ties the sun and sky together!

I am certainly ready for more fun in the sun and DEFINATELY ready for life to be back in session!!

Until next time...get inky!!

Bloom

 Happy Spring!!!  I am so excited to be seeing nice warm weather here in the mid west!! I hope you are getting some warmth where ever you are!

In the spring we see lots of baby announcements and this year there have been many!!  I was inspired by them to create this tag.

Stamps used:  Mary Jane Shoes, Doodle Flower/Garden, Bloom Where You Are Planted

I just LOVE those little Mary Janes!!!

I had a pre stenciled (with a Tim Holtz stencil and distress ink) tag that worked out perfect. I stamped the doodle garden in 3 colors of archiva ink and them outline with a white Stabilo All pencil.  The Mary Janes are colored with Prisma Colored Pencils.

The sentiment is just perfect to welcome a little princess!

Hope you are inspired by Spring or babies or just about anything and get to creating!!

Until next time...get inky!

Adventure Awaits

 As things begin to open back up I find myself longing to go on a new adventure.  Are you dreaming of places to go and people to see?

Today I am sharing a tag inspired by my desire to get back to exploring the world!!

Stamps used:  Expanding Rays Silhouette, Boy in a Tub Boat, Adventure Awaits

Until we are able, I have to use my imagination.

This tag was cut from a gelli printed piece of kraft cardstock, Dina Wakley paint and stencil.  The expanding rays were coated with Distress paint and stamped over.

Our adventurous boy is colored with Prisma Colored Pencils and of course some 'imaginary' waves and other doodling with Jolly Colored Pencils.

Until we can get out there I will be like our little boy in  tub boat, dreaming and searching for adventure.

Until next time...get inky!

FLY!

 Can you believe we are in March already???  AND spring is right around the corner in my neck of the woods...of course we always get one more snow storm right around Easter but that is what happens in the mid west!!

Today I have a subtly inspirational card for you...what it says to me is that you can do anything when you put your mind to it.

Stamps used: Boy in Cape, Get Cape, Whimsical Cloud, Whimsical Cloud, Expanding Rays Silhouette

The rays are stamped in Distress Oxide Ink, Speckled Egg; on a gelli printed background that was done with Dina Wakley Acrylic Paint, Sand.

Our caped boy is colored with Prisma Colored Pencils and the clouds are stamped with Archival Ink.

These stamps are some of my OG's and I love them still!!!

I hope you are inspired to do all the things and...

Until next time...get inky!!

Thank You!

 HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Welcome 2021, boy are we glad to see you!

With the start of the new year I like to kick it off with a thank you card.  I still hand write thank you notes and mail them off, I just feel like it really shows appreciation when you get not only a hand written note but a handmade card too.

Stamps used:  Whimsical Candy, Cotton Candy, All Day Sucker, Present, Thank You

The background is blended Distress Oxide Ink with water splatters, white ink dots and white spray splatters.

The images are colored with Prisma Colored pencils and blended with Gamsol.

The card base is a PhotoPlay Paper A6 card base, I am LOVING this size!!

Gratitude and thoughtfulness...what a great way to start a new year!

Until next time...get inky!

Starbound!

 Who else is excited that it is FRIDAY??!!!  I look forward to the weekend even though I am working from home because I can create freely!!

I am sharing a card I created today, it has a celestial background...one that I had created previously but it spoke to me for this project.

Stamps used: The Moon, Starbound, Boy and Dog Looking Up

Coloring is with Prisma Colored Pencils.

The background is black cardstock with gesso and Distress Oxide inks.  I added a few 'stars' with a white Signo pen.

The boy and dog are outline with a Stabilo All pencil for a tiny bit of definition.

I hope you take the time to look up at the stars...and maybe make a wish!

See you next month with some HOLIDAY CHEER!!!  Until next time...get inky!!

We are the weirdos

Hello everyone,

I don't know about you but this strange world we live in at the moment made me want to do a different, for me, weird project, so I have made a postcard with a Halloween theme.. :o)

Here's how I made it:

I heat embossed a text stamped and the spiderweb on a piece of Mixed Media card stock, using white for the text and silver for the web. 

Next I dunked the card into these colours Distress Oxide inks, drying in between. 

Here is a detail of how it looks. 

Next I added a little black stamping and inked the edges of the card with a blending tool and the brown Distress Oxide. I then stamped the raven and the sentiment on a piece of paper. I coloured the white bits of the bird with pencils. 

And here it is all put together. I matted the sentiment onto black card stock before adhering it and also added some doodle lines along some of the edges. 

I have used the following stamps:

10599 - Spiral

20270 - Spider web in tree branches

20269 - Raven looking up

20267 - Beware of

20275 - We are the weirdos, mister

Other materials:

MM card stock 

scrap of black card stock

WOW embossing powder in white and silver

Distress Oxide inks in Ground Espresso, Peeled Paint and Spiced Marmelade

Versafine Clair Ink - Nocturne

Prisma colour pencils

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Life is Beautiful...I Believe

August already?!!!
Today I have a little reminder in all of the chaos of our world these days...

A little cute mixed with some Banksy...
Stamps used:  Cute Fox in Coat, Banksy Life is Beautiful, I Believe

Life IS Beautiful even in troubled times!  Stamped in archival ink on top of some brick wall stenciling with Distress Ink.

This cute fox is colored with Prisma Colored Pencils and blended with Gamsol.  He is so daper and you just KNOW he believes!!!

A little washi so he isn't floating and we have a card to send to someone who needs this little reminder!!

Until next time...get inky!!

The Little Things!!

Now-a-days it is important to enjoy the little things.
Today I am enjoying these little gnomes on this fun tag I created!

Stamps used:  Whimsical Cloud, Whimsical Cloud, Gnome Small, Gnome Large, Doodle Flower/Garden, Delight in the Little Things

I used a tag I had gelli printed with Dina Wakley paints for my background.  Stamped the clouds and garden in background colors of archival ink so they would blend in a bit.

Then took a bundle of gnomes I had colored and fussy cut to build up my 'little things' that are standing on some washi tape so they don't look like they are levitating...

The gnomes are colored with Prisma Colored pencils and of course blended with Gamsol!

A little doodling on the edges and a prefect sentiment completes this happy 'little' tag.

I hope you are taking the time to delight in the little things and continue to stay safe!!

Until next time...get inky!

Adventure Awaits...I Hope!

Well, summer is definitely under way!!  We have heat advisories across the United States so I hope that you all are not only staying safe but staying cool!
The heat isn't really bothering me but this stay at home order is getting to me.  I am used to being out and about whenever and where ever! 
I created a card inspired by my dreams of adventure, I know it is coming soon!!

Stamps used:  Astronaut, The Moon, Adventure Awaits

The background on this card is on black card stock with white gesso and several spacey colored Distress Oxide inks.

All coloring is done with Prisma Colored pencils and blended with Gamsol.

That moon is glorious and with the slightest yellow tint it was perfect to add depth to the card.

Stay safe until we can begin our next adventures.
Until next time...get inky.

Believe

Any New Years resolutions for 2020??

I am not one for resolutions, I don't want to disappoint myself, but this year I decided that I need to BELIEVE in myself more.  So that is what I am going to try to do.

This card was inspired by my decision.

Stamps used:  Palmistry Palm, Leafy Tree, I Believe, Row of Scribble Squares

You can see I used the Leafy Tree in the background but you would never know what the image really was...just a bit of interest.

Splattering, coloring, fussy cutting and viola!

I ended up with another any occasion card to add to my card stash!

Until next time...get inky!!

Save the Vandals

Happy New Year!!!
I am starting off 2020 with a little Banksy.

My first project for this year is a card, I think this is an any occasion one.

Stamps used:  Cross Statue, Banksy Spraypainter Boy, Banksy God Save the Vandals

I started with the background, Distress Oxide Ink blended and splattered with both water and Distress Oxide Spray.  The some stamping with the same Distress Ink colors used in the background.

I stamped the Banksy Spraypainter on the background AND on a white piece of paper.  Of course I colored with Prisma colored pencils that I blended with Gamsol.  Some fussy cutting and adhered the colored part over the image stamped on the background.  I decided to ground the image with a little washi...

I then stamped the sentiment on the background only inking the stamp one time so I would get varying colors.  One on white paper and matted with black cardstock to be popped up to be the focus.

Hope you enjoyed my first post of 2020!!  Looking forward to sharing lots more with you!!

Until next time...get inky!