It's a beautiful day by Cathy N

 Good morning, Cathy here with a card using an item that I haven't used in years. Chalks. That is how I colored the background of this card.

I first started out by stamping the kid in frog costume and sitting frog and grass and flowers on the bottom of the card panel. I colored it with copic markers, and I used different colors of green ink on the grass. 

I then stamped smiling sun in yellow ink and colored that in with copic markers. 

After I had them all colored, I needed to color the background and I thought what would be fast coverage? Chalks. I haven't used them in over 10 years. 

I then layered it on black cardstock and then on a mini slimline card. Lastly, I added a snarky saying and we are done. 

                                                                      Stamps Used:

                                                                7907 kid in frog costume

                                                               11124 sitting frog 

                                                              2202 smiling sun

                                                             2561 grass and flowers

DIVA - by Fran Chalmers

 Hi everyone, and Happy New Year! Here is my blog post, a bit late! I have made a postcard.

First I stamped my image on a postcard sized piece of card with Memento Tuxedo ink.

I then stamped it again on a masking sheet so I could mask the image while I made the background.

I made the background using a stencil and distress inks in Squeezed Lemonade and Peacock Feathers.

I went round the edge with the Peacock Feathers.

After removing the mask, I coloured the main image in copic pens.

I stamped the sentiment in a matching colour on a separate piece of card, and then went round the edge of it and the postcard with a fine black pen.

Stamps Used:

Sheer Backing 7681

Diva 17901

Other Items Used:

Distress inks in Squeezed Lemonade and Peacock Feathers

Versafine Clair ink in Warm Breeze

Copic Pens

Fine Black liner pen

Masking sheet

Sunburst Stencil

Rock Star by Cathy N

 Good evening. It's almost New Years Eve and that got me thinking of the TV show I watch for the countdown to New Years. That is what this card was inspired by.

I started out by making the background with some dinkles and watercolor paper. 

I only used half of the 4x6 paper I made. I stamped bird with microphone on the bottom half of the paper. It did take a few times of stamping to get a good impression. Next, I edged it with black ink and set it aside. 

I then stamped the saying rock star with some distress inks in the sameish colors around the outside of a white cardstock panel. After I did that, I took grunge writing background with the same color and stamped over it. 

Next, I glued the main image to the middle and I stamped rock star on white cardstock and glued it to the top of the main image. 

                                                            

                                                                Stamps Used:

                                                        18505 bird with microphone

                                                        18575 rock star

                                                        17545 grunge writing background

Tired Santa by Tracy Blackwolf

 Hello everyone!

Todays project is a tag. Hope you enjoy the humor.

I started with a yellow and gray base, sprayed on the colors and moved them around with a brush.

Next I inked the Christmas tree and stamped it a couple times. I dried it and then sprayed distress oxide old paper over the tag

Next I stamped the" deer".( its really an antelope) I added to their horns to make them more deer like.

I also stamped, fussy cut and painted Santa. For the white I used a pigment reinker as paint would have been too thick.

I used a very fine paint brush to get the fur wisps at the edge of the hat and on the collar.

I also put a dot of red paint for Rudolph's nose.

I used foam tape behind Santa for dimension and I made the sentiments on the computer. 

Hope you enjoyed !

Stamps Used:

Christmas tree    18932

Antelope Skeleton    19654

Santa Claus    20357

Other Supplies:

Ink pads: Kaleidacolor: Caribbean sea

Versaclair -Nocturne

Distress inks: Picket fence, Tea dye, Tattered rose, Victorian velvet, old paper, squeezed lemonade, lost shadow

Rock Star by ~*Arwen*~

 Hi Lovelies ❤

Welcome back on this Blog.

This is my last Blog project for 2023.

And that's the way, how I made it:

01.) First of all I select my images.

02.) I stamped both images on watercolor paper and then cut them out. I cut out each honeycomb individually.

03.) Before I color my pictures, I first design my background. For this I use watercolor paper and VersaMark for embossing.

04.) When I've finished stamping, embossing powder is added over the stamping ink. Then everything is heated with a hot air dryer until the powder melts.

05.) I color my embossed background using a water tank brush and Distress Reinker.

06.) I have now colored my pictures and can now put everything together into a card. To make the images stand out a bit, I use 3D foam. Finally, stamp the text, stick it on a folding card and you're done.

All stamps I used:

- Six hexagon background

- Whimsical cyclops

- Rock star

- Stars

other supplies:

- Staz on

- VersaMark

- Watercolor paper

- Distress Reinker

- handmade watercolors

- embossing powder 

Wishng you a Happy New Year *mwah* 

See ya in January 2024

May your holidays sparkle by Cathy N

 Hello, all Cathy N here with a holiday card for you all.

I started off by stamping the nutcracker small and cut him out and colored with copic markers. 

Next, I get a red card base and stamped Christmas background collage and star snowflake around the outside of the card with red distress ink. 

I then got some green pattern paper and stamped May your holidays sparkle saying on the top. 

I added some sparkle to the holly berries.

                                                                        Stamps Used:

                                                                   9239 nutcracker small

                                                                  10659 May your holidays sparkle

                                                                 11127 Christmas background collage

                                                                2922 star snowflake

Escalate! by ~*Arwen*~

 Hi Lovelies ❤

Welcome back today :)

I'm back with a new postcard, I'd like to share with you:

Some close-ups:

The stamps, I used:

- Fun Collage Alphabet

- Whimsical Rat

- Scrabble Alphabet small

- Kit Kat Klock

- Whimsical Party Mouse

- Spotty Background

other supplies:

- watercolor paper (Canson)

- Staz on

- Distress Oxides

- handmade watercolor paint

See ya soon  *mwah*

Christmas gifttags by Cathy N

 Good afternoon, Cathy here with some Christmas tags for you.

I had some leftover tags sitting on my table and I thought I would make some gift tags from them.

I started out with some distress inks and oxide to make the background. Dip and dry is how I did them.

Next, I took grunge writing background and some gray distress ink and stamped it randomly on the backgrounds of all the tags. I then edged all the tags with the same gray ink. Then I took  Large snowflake and Medium snowflake and stamped them on 5 of the tags wit black ink. For the last 2 tags I stamped the Christmas tree small on them. 

I found some small Christmas saying I cut up and added to the bottom of each tag. They had a bit of red around the outside so I added some red ribbon to the top of each tag and the snowflakes got some red bling in the middle of them. I did add some glitter to the tress, but it is very hard to see. 

                                                                 Stamps Used:

                                                          17545 1787 grunge writing background

                                                           18946 Large snowflake

                                                           18947 Medium snowflake

                                                           18941 Christmas tree small

Many Christmas Cards ► Majo

 

Hi, Lovelies!

 It’s almost here, my most fav time of the year and I’m happy to show you a few of my Christmas Cards. 

I stamped the inside also ....

                             ... and the envie, of course:

This year I have decided to work a lot with dies, but look at the many beautiful Christmas words and sentiment I also used:

 1441

1445

4526

4619

5742

8603

9921

7082

12898

19614

19469

There’s not much to say about the making of my cards, just enjoy and get some ideas of how to use our beautiful words and sentiment.

Have a wonderful time until Christmas, enjoy crafting, prime time with friends and family, good food (and drinks), I will be back on New Year's Eve.

Luv ya ♥