RRBC25 Challenge Entry

This is my first entry for a challenge on Retro Rubber Challenge blog and I am so happy I was introduced here today. Having to use stamps that are at least a year old is pretty easy for someone who only buys twice a year and tends to go with the older sets.

On with my card. The background paper, pumpkin sticker, tree, bats and bird stamps are all from Oriental Trading Co Halloween collections with manufactured dates of 4/13. The skeleton is also an older stamp purchased 8/14 in a craigslist buy. I had fun and heat embossed the skeleton with Whispers White, the tree with Whispers Copper, fence, birds and bats with Whispers Black.  I hope you enjoy my project. 

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WCMD

Stamp Nation WCMD-Card 6, this was so fun. This is the debossed side of an embossed page where I used Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, and Worn Lipstick distress inks. The turtle is a So Suzy Stamp, which I colored with glitter glue. The sentiment is from Virginia Turtle Designs. 

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Hop To Stop

If there is one thing my friends know about it, it is that I have a ZERO tolerance for domestic violence. Watching my best friends family suffer through it for many years, taught me to fight for me. Whether the abuse is physical, mental or emotional... it isn't the way love is supposed to be.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, and I am participating in the Hop to Stop.

My card was made using a distressed look paper, with sentiments from Virginia Turtle Designs. The "sending you" is from the Sunshine Set, and "HOPE" is from the Cancer Sucks set. I used the Tim Holtz Dusty Concorde distress ink and a little ribbon from my stash.

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World Card Making Day Weekend Day 1

So, with my friends over at Stamp Nation, I am participating in a weekend long event for World Card Making Day, which is actually tomorrow October 3. Stamp Nation however wanting to include everyone in the world began at 8am EST this morning which was Midnight somewhere in the world, And this will continue until 8am EST on Sunday where it will turn to Oct 4 for the last time. Yes love the time zones :) Through out this weekend each challenge will Celebrate a different Country in the world and something popular there.
Anyway, Day 1 and the first challenge was to use the idea/patterns of a bandana as a theme. Celebrating the good ole USA.

Using a stamp from Amuse Studio and Red/Navy ink I created this background on white Neenah cardstock. The sentiment is using Amuse Navy with a Tim Holtz stamp. This is going to be a "Journey" filled weekend.

 

 Number two took us to Canada and the Hudson Bay Blanket was the inspiration piece. If you notice the texture on the card you will see it is similar to that of the blanket. The stamps used are from Simon Says Stamp, and the ink colors are all from Amuse Studio. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to add the texture.

Stop number three was Switzerland and the Alps, where the hills are alive with Edelweiss in full bloom. The background was made completely with Tim Holtz Distress Inks and the sentiment is from a stamp set that I unfortunately have no idea what it is called, or who made it. I did heat embossing on the flowers, which came from a stamp set purchased from Oriental Trading.

Stop number four is Scotland. We were asked to use plaid on our card, so here we are. American Crafts patterned paper from the "Hot Cocoa" 12x12 pack. Black card stock for the Scottie and speech bubble are from Co'ordinations. The Scottie is an image cut with my Cameo, the speech bubble is from WRMK Quickutz and the hi is from AMuse Studios.

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SCS HYCCT2015 Day 1

WOW, what a fun day today was. October 1 is the kick off day for Split Coast Stampers "Hope You Can Cling To" month long challenge. Today there were three challenges and I did complete each of them.

The theme for this one was "Whatever The Weather", asking us to make a card depicting the weather type we dislike the most. For this card I used AMuse Studio's card base, Recollections "All Season's" 6x6 paper pad, Ranger Texture Paste with Spellbinders "Cascading Dots" to simulate falling snow, Ink It Up Metallic Silver ink for the background and snowflakes on sentiment and Virginia Turtle "Let it go!" sentiment in AMuse Studio Navy ink.

Challenge two was "Lend A Hand", in which we were to use hands in our creation, whether finger painting, using hand/finger prints or hand stamps. So, I used Walter Foster watercolors in Crimson and White blended to make this dark pink, finger painted the background. Once dry I used a Stampin' Up handprint stamp with Versafine Black Onyx ink to make the hand prints. Sentiment is from Virginia Turtle Designs stamped in AMuse Studio's Bubblegum Ink.

This was a fun one. The topic was "Split the Difference" in which we were to craft a background then split it in half with the sentiment. This was So much fun. I started with a sheet of HP Photo paper, and cut it to 4x5.25, I then used my Ranger Watermelon Alcohol Ink and believe it or not Neon Pink Food Coloring. I dropped dots here and there of each color then used Ranger Alcohol Blending Solution to blend the colors together. I then spritzed it with a homemade concoction of water and Folk Art Metallic Antique Gold Acrylic Paint. While that was drying I used my Sizzix Big Shot to cut out the 2 Damask images with a sizzix die, I also sized and cut the sentiment strip out of Pink DCWV Glitter Paper from a 6x6 pad. I put this all together with my ATG Gun on a base of Neenah white cardstock.

If you are still here, THANK YOU. I will be updating each day that I am able to get creations completed. Hope you enjoy!!!

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FALL COFFEE LOVERS BLOG HOP

Something new for me, at the request of my friend Beau Monde, I have produced a card and am entering in the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. I thinking I really am liking this type of challenge and will be looking for more to do. It really makes me think out of the box, and as Sandy Allnock has reminded us this week, put our "artist" brain to work.
So without further delay, this is my entry.

A2 sized card with an espresso colored base, Virginia Turtle Designs stamps and sentiment, with Fiskars brand Coffee Bean and Tea Bag stamps. Cups and beans are colored with Spectrum Noir Markers and then highlighted with Wink of Stella. Leaves are cut with Impression Obsession Rake/Leaves die set. 

Inside sentiment printed from my computer, die cut with Project Life dies. 

I hope you have enjoyed this entry, and thank you for stopping by my blog.

LeeAnn (craftymimi)

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Crazy Birds Friends

Happy Sunday everyone. Today I bring you a card I made in which I call Crazy Birds Friends. This card was made on HP glossy photo paper cut to 4 x 5.25. I used Tim Holtz Alcohol inks in Citrus and Sail Boat Blue to make the background. The Stamps are Tim Holtz Crazy Birds colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and the Red Solo Cup is a sticker by Stickos. The sentiment I typed out on my computer and printed on Neenah Bright White cardstock and cut to size.

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