Thank you card

 My card I made using Blank Page Muse stamps. 

I started with a leftover piece of paper that hade pigment powder on it and stamped a flower on it.

Next, I used the diamond background stamp and some Kraft paper and mad the background.

I then layered it on a white card base and lastly, I added a thanks die cut saying.

Celebrate it challenge

Can you guess what I picked for the Celebrate it challenge over at Lost Coast blog?

 Halloween...… Of Corse.

Come over to the blog to see how I made this card.

Come play along here or in the Lost Coast Facebook group.

ATCoin Zombie dog style

Hello all. I have a ATCoin for you.

 Come on over to the Lost Coast blog and see how I made the ATCoin.

You can join in the challenge here. As of this time the linky tool is not working so you have to add your in the comments.

To be loved by you

Hello all I'm over at Blank Page Muse blog today. I have a Mother's day card for you.

Come on over there and see how I made this card. 

Don't forget you can you can use my discount code to get 15% off you stamp order. 

Also here are some fun stops to check out Blank Page Muse stamps.

The Blank Page Muse- https://blankpagemuse.com/

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You are my sunshine

Hello all can you believe it is the end of March already. I'm over at Blank Page Muse blog today to share a card I made.

 Come on over to see how I made this card.

Don't forget you can use my code to get 15% off you rubber stamps from Blank Page Muse. Also there is free shipping in the USA over $49. dollars. What a deal.

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I wish I was a octopus

Hello all I'm over at Blank Page Muse Blog today. I'm there to share how I made this fun under the sea card.

 Don't forget you can use my code to get 15% off rubber stamps from Blank Page Muse.

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Instagram Shop-  https://www.instagram.com/blankpagemuse/

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Day 14 of 31 Days of Halloween

Hello all we are on day 14 of the 31 days of Halloween. For today I made a tag.

 Come over to Lost Coast Portal Blog to see how I made this .

Don't forget you can play along with us and you have a chance to with some rubber stamp money.

Here is where you can enter your makes.

Lost Coast also has a Facebook group you might want to check out. We are also on Pinterest. 

Follow the yellow brick road

Hello all. Oz is in the house.

 Come over to the Lost Coast Portal blog to see how I made this card. It's a really fun and inky.

Don't forget you can enter in this challenge here.

Embark

Hello all. July30th already. WOW. Where did the year go.  So I made this for Blank Page Muse .

Come over to see how I made this red hot postcard.

The discount is still going on. I hope you all are taking advantage of it. 

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ATCs

Not what you think. Artist Trading Coins.  What fun are they. Here are my first 3 I made. They have stamps from Lost Coast Designs.

Here is a closer look.

 Bee from the Bugz set
ATC background gothic text
Distress Oxide
Embossing
Sticker word

 Mini crowns set
Mona flying
Nuance powers
Stencil
Gesso
jewels
washi tape

Nuance Power
Isle of aud animals- giraffe
Wing from butterfly
Stencil
Gesso
Word sticker

Kitty behind the curtain

Hello all in blog land. I'm here with a card I made for Lost Coast Designs challenge. Stamped backgrounds is what it is called. You can check out some of the backgrounds here or here for your ATCs or here for some Carmen's Verandas backgrounds.

I started off with some watercolor paper and I took my Nuance powers and made them into a watercolor and painted a "sky"  background.  I set that aside to dry and I worked on the cat image. It is  Curtain Cat from KatzelKraft. Lost Coast Designs is carrying some.

I had it already stamped out and colored on a different piece of cardstock. I had stamped a saying and I smudged the ink on it so I couldn't use it for what I wanted but I didn't want to throw the card away. We all know what I'm talking about right.

Next I cut out the curtain cat and edged it with black marker so you don't see the white edge from cutting out. Added glossy accents to eyes because they need to be glossy. Set that aside to dry and then I went back to the watercolor sky.

 

 

 

 

 

So I grabbed my Flying Birds background stamp and stamped it on my watercolor sky background.

Then I adhered the curtain cat to the side of the card.   

The I took a circle and painted it some of the Nuance powers to make a moon and attached to the top of the card.

All put together. I hope to see your creation with stamped backgrounds.

 

 

 

You can join the fun here. You can also join over on our Facebook group.

6x6 Flowers

There is a Facebook challenge group and it is called Artful Evidence. It's the first week and the first challenge is flowers.

This is what I came up with for it. I started out with watercolor paper and I grabbed my Nuance powders.  I dried that with my heat gun and set it aside. Next I grabbed my chicken mesh stamp and some purple distress ink and stamped it on the background. Next I stamped the large sunflower stamp and colored it with copic markers. Then I fussy cut them out and edged them with black marker so you don't see the white paper.

Then I grabbed one of these papers that I made from before.( Water and alcohol ink dip.) I used it for the grass and the stems. Last I added a Tim Holtz sentiment sticker.

I'm entering in : 4 Crafty Chicks W #392 Just Add A Sentiment
                        Crafting With An Attitude M,1st Thurs,3E Always Anything Goes
                        Little Miss Muffet Challenges 2W,1E,SIO Always Anything Goes
                        TIME OUT Challenges 2W #104 Theme Challenge "Bold"  (W1 of 2)

Dragon Queen

 I'm here with a fun I am woman card for the Lost Coast Portal Challenge.

 I started out a Copic friendly white cardstock. I stamped Mother of Dragons with black ink. This stamp makes me think of that show on that network with the Mother of Dragons.  I bet you all know the one I'm talking about. Anyway.......

I colored it in with Copic markers. Looking at it now I should have added some glossy accents to the eggs. (idea for next time)

 As you can see I layered it on black cardstock. I think doing this makes your image that you colored pop.

Next I layered it on a watercolor paper leftover I used to clean up my leftover Nuance and Distress Oxide inks.

I stamped ATC Gothic Text randomly on that watercolor card.  

                                 Then I layered it all on a gray card base and I called it done.

                                                       Challenge #45 - I Am Woman
                                                                January 15th - 31st                                                      Lost Coast Portal to Creativity

                                       You have until January 31st to link up your entries

Please come and join here.

Clean and Simple card

This was a challenge for me. It took me 4 times to get this one card. I did it though and I love how it came out.

I started out with watercolor paper.( that makes a difference with this card)

Next I used masking tape.(I did try painters tape but it didn't work for me). I masked off a strip on the front of the card. Next I took my nuance powers. I must say if you have not tried these powders you should. They are so rich in color. I just love working with them.

I mixed the powder with some water to make a watercolor. I then took the watercolor and colored in the strip that I masked off. Dried it with a heat gun. Then I added more color to get the look I wanted. Again Dried it with a heat gun. You could let it air dry but I wanted to get to the next step faster. Then I took out my silhouette man with cane stamp  and stamped on the bottom of the card. Then I called it done.
  Please come and try your hand at CAS.
http://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/2017/11/challenge-42-cas.html
To link up your entry. Hope to see what you did.

Day 30 of 31 days of Halloween

It started out as a box that had a pair of headphones in it.
Here is the front cover.

  Frist I covered the whole box with black gesso. Next I painted the whole box with black plaint that I mixed in some antique effect. (you can kinda see it in the next photo)

 I stamped the small skeleton on white paper. Tore around it and edged with brown ink. Added splashes of orange, brown and gray to skeleton. Added a rub-on. Raised it up with foam dots.  Distressed the edges of pattern paper and edged with the same brown ink. Then I added washi tape and layers of ephemera.

  On the side you need to open. I added the same distressed pattern paper and edged with the same brown ink. I used the rustic alphabet set. Stamped out OPEN and cut out and inked the sides with brown ink.

  On the other side I used the same paper and distressed it the same way and I took the small skeleton and just stamped the head 8 times and cut out and added it down the side.

 Back cover. Same paper, same distress. Added a large piece of  ephemera to the middle. I then stamped flying skull 3 times on white paper. Colored the skull with a cream colored marker and cut out. Glued in place. 


Inside.
I took some pattern paper and did the left side of the box. Edged with brown ink. For my scene inside the box I took a sheet of watercolor paper and cut it to fit in the inside of the box. I made the sky background using nuance powers. Once that was dry I took a stencil and added some stars with white ink. Next I stamped the small skeleton 2 times on scrap white paper. Fussy cut out one. Covered edge with black marker. glued him to back. Next I did some die cutting and made the grave yard scene.

 Last I fussy cut the hand and part of the arm and stuck it coming out of a grave.
Done.

Bubble border

Cathy here with a card for our Border event.

Frist off I want to thank our own DT Iona for this idea for a card. I stared off with some watercolor paper and some Nuance watercolor powers.

Next I stamped the bubble border on the paper twice. Then I started cutting them out. I left one main one as the stamp is and the second one I cut apart. Laying the main full one in the middle and then I picked different strips from the second on I cut up laying it on either side from the middle. I did this till I got a full card how I like it.

Last but not least I stamped the Skeleton on black paper and used white embossing power. Cut around the image and used foam squares to rise it up.  

Ta-Da my card is done. I say grab your border stamps and try them a new way. Mine I didn't even use as a border.

So many crowns

Here is another card I did for the tip your hat event over at the Portal. Come over and join in the fun.

Stencil mid-week showing

We are mid week of August and we have a mid week post for stencil background over at the portal. Here are 2 cards I did for this .

Please come by the Portal to see the other projects the other DT have done for this challenge. Guess what you can join in this fun challenge too. You have 10 days to enter your art. Come play along and grab an stencil and a stamp and have fun.