Christmas in July

 Christmas tags for you

Stamps Used:

Reindeer gnome

Pompom gnome

Sunglasses gnome

CDRolly jester 

Pieces of Architecture

Small snowflake set 

I started off with some Kraft tags and some distress oxide sprays.  

 One I drippled the the sprays from the the bottle. Set aside to dry. I stamped Pieces of Architecture only on the blues ones. I really didn't like how it came out. You really couldn't see them. 

On the second tag I took all the splatter and smooched it on to the tag. On both of them I stamped  Small snowflake set  with blue ink. 

 I repeated the same steps for the green and red tags. 

Then all the tags were dry I stamped out my main images and cut them out. Then I decided where there were going on the tag and then colored them with Copic to match the tags. 

Layered them with washi tape and glitter.  

 You can join the Christmas in July Challenge here

Also the sale is still going on at Lost Coast and Carmen's Veranda. 25% off

I'm going to enter these challenges:
TFJB Christmas in July
Jingle Belles  - COLORFUL CHRISTMAS INSPIRATION*
Pattie's Creations - No. 172 - ANYTHING GOES 
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas  - #499 - Anything Christmas Goes - optional theme: Use A Die Cut or a Punch

Some time in Wonderland

I made some digital postcards for this months challenge over at Gecko Glaz

Background foward

Today I'm at Lost Coast Blog for the new challenge.

Stamps Used:

Argyle Background

Again I was watching a video. This one was by Jennifer McGuire and her faux monoprint. So I thought I would give it a try. 

Here are some of my backgrounds I did.

What you have to is ink the paper with dye ink. I used Distress inks. You have to add a lot of ink to make this work. The orange and yellow one I just took the pad and swiped it across the paper. I did the same for the one I used. The circle one I tried with a blending tool. 

Next you have to dry it completely because you are going to heat emboss with clear embossing power for the next step. If the ink is not dry the embossing power will stick to it and we don't want that. After you heat emboss your image, background on the inked cardstock take another white sheet of cardstock and tape it to the top(or bottom) of the embossed piece. 

Have you die cutting machine out because that is what you are going to use to make the second piece with the white 'emboss' area.

Cover the white cardstock so it doesn't get sprayed with water. I used a paper bag. Spray the embossed piece with water. A lot of water. I sprayed it at least 5 to 6 times. Then fold the white cardstock over (because you taped it to the other it is like a hinge)  run it through your die cutting machine. I did mine about 4 times back and forth. you then take it out and you have the white 'emboss' resist on the other piece. If you missed a spot you can just spray it again and run it through. Set aside to dry and now you have 2 backgrounds for the price of 1.  

I then just added it to a white card base and added a die cut flower to the front.  

Come join the fun challenge here 

Also the sale is still going on. 25% off . Go get some stamps.

The color of Summer

Hello all today I have some Gecko Glaz a digital postcard for you and a bookmark.
What I used:
Island girl paper 
Paradise Island paper
Little Hula girls
Heart strings
J'Tamie

You can join the fun here

New challenge

Hello there is a new challenge over at Lost Coast blog and Facebook page. Let you background be the main focus. I used a grungy diamond background stamp for mine.
I used Alcohol inks clear gesso and plain cardstock to make the background.

A birthday card for you. Since it was my birthday yesterday I made a birthday card. I'm over at the lost coast blog today with this card.

Stamps Used:

Large peekaboo kitty

Hat from party Mona

Do I smell cake

So I was watching a video the other day and they did something called rip and flip. What you do is take a  piece of pattern paper and cut them to the size you want for the front of the card. I made mine a little smaller then the card front so you can see the card base. Make sure that you have the piece of pattern paper larger then what you a re going to attach them to.  Now you are going to rip it and flip it. Flip the piece of pattern paper so you get the 2 sides on the front of the card base. 

You can see it better here in the close up. Next I colored and cut out  Large peekaboo kitty. After that  I cut out the hat from the birthday Mona and added to the Large peekaboo kitty. 

Stamp the  Do I smell cake on a white scrap. I added some pink bakers twine and some pink sequence. Added the saying to the top and placed it all on a shimmer card base. 

Come join the new challenge here. 

The sale is still going strong. Cone get some stamps for 25% off.

While waiting for new stamps

While I'm waiting for some new stamps from Rubber Moon I had a play with a stamp from them. I had the background already done. Thanks to Tim Holtz saying about having a bunch of backgrounds ready to use.

I used squidbrealla