Great Impressions: Spider Hi!

Hi! :)  It's Monday, so I'm back today to share a card made using some fun stamps from the Great Impressions online store!  I went with a Halloween theme, since the holiday is coming up soon.  Check it out...

I started by stamping a*NEW* image, K103 Batty Trees, onto some patterned paper and then heat embossing the image.  I added some silver glitter to the webs for added shine.

Next, I added some baker's twine and a little spider--AA23 Itsy Bitsy Spider.  The spider image was jazzed up with some punches and Crackle Accents for more texture.

I framed the main panel with some black card and silver glitter paper.  I think this turned out so fun!  I hope you think so, too!  Please leave me a comment below to let me know! :)

That's all for me today, friends.  THANK YOU so much for stopping by to take a peek at my card!  I also would love for you to come and join our monthly challenge!  If you use a stamp from the Great Impressions online store, please link it up in our Customer Gallery, too!  Until next time, HUGS and happy stamping, friends! :)

Project supplies:

 

Great Impressions: Monthly Challenge--Get Your Spook On!

Hi, all!  I'm here today with another card using stamps from the Great Impressions online store. This card is made for our monthly challenge--GET YOUR SPOOK ON!  Come and take a peek and then tell me what you think!

Here's my card~

Great Impressions products used:

E687 Mummified

E811 Happy Halloween

Linking up to these fabulous challenges~

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Anything w/PP Goes

Virginia's View Challenge: Patterned Paper

One Crazy Stamper: Halloween or Christmas

This card is basically just a mash of a bunch of different scraps all put together.  Most of these pieces were laying on my desk from other projects and they just came together PERFECTLY!  I love when that happens!  The coloring of the sentiment was also a mistake.  I think I'll share that in a tutorial later on, but it's SUPER easy to do!

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at this card!  Hop over to the Great Impressions blog for more inspiration and come play along with our monthly challenge, too!  If you use stamps from Great Impressions, you'll be able to link up your creation in our Customer Gallery, too!  HUGS and happy stamping to you all!

Doodle Pantry: New Monthly Challenge!

Welcome, welcome, friends!  It's time for another monthly challenge over at the Doodle Pantry blog and there are NEW products for sale at the Doodle Pantry store--you will LOVE them!  I'm here today to share a card I made using the Ageless Antiques 2 set...come and take a peek!

Here's the card~

Doodle Pantry products used:

Ageless Antiques 2 set

I love vintage looking images and hadn't made a vintage card for some time, so I decided to grab out my distressed and muted toned patterned papers and accents.  I added some crackle accents to the clock face to give the whole thing a more aged feel.  There is one thing about this card that cracks me up--something I didn't notice until the whole thing was done.  Do you see it?  Comment below if so!

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at my card!  I hope you head on over to the Doodle Pantry blog to join in the fun of our monthly challenge.  Don't forget to grab all the newest products from the store, too! HUGS and happy {digi} stamping to you all!

Great Impressions: Shabby Easter

Hi, friends!  I'm back with another card for the Great Impressions blog featuring stamps from the Great Impressions store!  This time I have a vintage/shabby Easter card!  Make sure to grab these images from the store as soon as possible so that you can make a few of these before the holiday hits! :)

Here's the card~

Details~

Products used: E747 Easter Greetings, G452 Easter Lily.

I stamped the lily image onto some patterned paper before distressing the paper and inking the edges of it.  The egg image was stamped onto white natural card and then colored in with light inks.  I distressed and inked the edge, added some Crackle Accents, and paper pieced the banner.  I layered the egg panel on top of some gauze and then added a fun floral spray in the corner to top it all off.

Thank you so much for stopping by to take a peek!  :)  Next week I'll be back with another creation for your viewing pleasure!  I hope you'll hop over to the Great Impressions blog to participate in our monthly challenge and if you use GI stamps, make sure to add it to our Customer Gallery, too!  HUGS and happy stamping to you all!

GDT at Sugar Creek Hollow: Back to School!

Hello again, friends!!!  I'm SO excited to announce that this week I am a GDT at Sugar Creek Hollow!!!  I'm so happy to join this amazingly talented DT for the week and for a super fun challenge--BACK TO SCHOOL!  And there's a possibility of a prize, too!!!  Here's the info:

• Provided we have nine entries, one random winner will receive a digi of our choice and a winner's badge to display. In addition, the Design Team will choose one project as Card of the Week and the creator will receive a badge and will be in the running for a monthly Guest Designer spot.

So you HAVE to come and play along with us!!!  You just might be the Card of the Week and a GDT like me! :)  Don't forget to make your creation shabby chic or vintage, though. ;)  Now onto the project I created...

Here's what I've made~

Details~

I've used a digital image for my faux tile panel found HERE, Crackle Accents by Ranger, an ABC stamp set from an unknown company, patterned text paper by Foof-a-La, glitter by Martha Stewart, a glitter gel pen by Sakura, Mod Podge, metallic paint by Folk Art, pins by Maya Road, seam binding ribbon from my stash, and all other supplies are by Stampin' Up!.

The digital panel was what took the most time to make, but I LOVE the distressed look I got!  I printed the image out, let it dry over night.  I then cut it into "tiles", sponged the edges with dark brown ink, and reapplied them onto a brown panel.  I filled in each individual tile with Crackle Accents, waited for it to dry, reapplied the placed where it was coming up, added a quick coat of brown ink, then sealed it with Mod Podge.  The whole process took the whole day, but I did it as I was doing other things so the time went by rather quickly! ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at my altered notebook!  I hope that you come and join in the fun at Sugar Creek Hollow and that you take some time to leave a bit of love with the other amazing DT members as well!  HUGS and happy stamping! :)

Blurred Vision Stamping CASE

Hello again, friends!  Since it's my month to play hostess at Technique Time Tuesday, I've got the pleasure and honor of choosing a card that has POPPED out at me in this month's line up and CASE it!

I've chosen this lovely card by Crafty Colonel~

Here is my take~

I'd like to enter my card into these fabulous challenges~

Bastel-Traum: Shabby Chic/Vintage

Come & Get It: Collage Stamping

Pile It On: Thinking of You/Just Because

I've used stamps by Prima and Crafty Secrets, patterned paper by Pink Paislee, buttons and brads from my stash, a rhinestone swirl by Prima, Crackle Accents by Ranger, and all other supplies used are by Stampin' Up!.

Thanks for popping by to take a peek--I always appreciate you stopping by and leaving a comment!  Don't wait another minute--come play along with us and link up your Blurred Vision Stamping projects in the original challenge post at Technique Time Tuesday!  You've got just 1 week left!  HUGS and happy stamping friends!

Feeling so blessed!!!

Well, I am feeling incredibly blessed today!  I checked my email today and saw that I had won over at Hero Arts and I was BLOWN AWAY!!!  Thank you ladies--I was really nervous about entering my card and you've made my summer by choosing it as your Fresh Face Favorite! :)

And for some reason, the picture of my card 

looks better on their blog than on mine...

(I'm thinking it's the words at the bottom!!!)~

Thank you for indulging me in a bit of a celebration--I hope you don't think I'm full of myself!!!  And now onto other matters of business!  I was having a serious lag in my mojo, but then I decided that I needed to do a digi card...and make it an easel.  It's my new "thing" and I've been having so much fun learning how to do both of these things better!

Here's the card~

Details~

For these fabulous challenges~

Can You Digi It?: Day at the Beach

 

Digital Tuesday: All Tied Up

Tuesday Throwdown: Clear Elements

(I've used clear crackle accents and clear glass gems!)

This is kind of like another card that I made this past week, but I wanted to make it into an easel card!  That way, I got to create a sea floor!!! :)  To create my card front, I colored in my digi fish (found HERE and then added in Photoshop), sponged in some "water, stamped around the edges, added the crackle accents, a sentiment, and some purple glitter glue, and then lastly for good measure I added 3 purple rhinestones.  And then I tied it up...FUN!  I layered it onto two other colors of paper then added it to my easel.  To create the "sea floor," I made a strip of purple paper and scalloped the two edges, added some green and coral pieces of paper, then layered on punched out leaves and some clear glass gems and more purple rhinestones! 

Please forgive my awful grammar and run on sentences.  I hope you like my card--I had fun making it!!!  Thanks for popping over and saying hi, I'll see you and your creations soon!!!  Happy stamping! ;D

Goodness gracious...

I have a public apology I need to make.  I would like to apologize to the fabulous team over at the Can You Digi It blog challenge.  I did not read your challenge rules well and have entered 2 cards that do not follow your challenge guidelines!  I am here to remedy that!  I've got 2 cards to show you right now, but I will show the Christmas on first.

Here it is~

Details~

For these fabulous challenges~

Can You Digi It: Unholiday Holiday

The Alley Way Stamps: Christmas in July

Digi Haven: Christmas in July

(find my freebie HERE)

Crafty Sentiments: Christmas in July

The Pink Elephant: Christmas in July

Lollipop Crafts: Christmas in July

What do you think?  I used a darling freebie from The Alley Way Stamps and colored it then added glossy and crackle accents.  The hat was a coloring page that I edited and made smaller and decided to glitter the white parts. After that, I made a dig sentiment to go with it! The very last picture of this card shows a close up of the green paper--I made the sparkle myself using a tutorial that a DT friend, Patty Gorka of LaLatty Stampin' Stuff, had on her blog.  Find it here!

Here it is as a freebie until Thursday~

Now onto my second card!  It uses the sketch from a fabulous challenge called Try Stampin' On Tuesday!!!  The lovely ladies over there are so sweet and have the most rockin' cards!  And I got to use punches and die cuts on this card, so I was a happy lady!

Here's the card~

Details~

For these fabulous challenges~

Try Stampin' On Tuesday: Sketch

Dynamic Duos: Color Inspiration

Simon Says Stamp & Show: Layering

Party Time Tuesday: Let's Get Punchy

This one was fun to make, too!  I used an old retired SU! set and then did some quick generational stamping on my smallest kraft panel, then added the sentiment and some glitter.  I layered it on top of another die cut, on top of a kraft panel that I stamped with a textured stamp in a layering fashion, and layered that on top of the Old Olive panel.  Then came the ribbon and the flower.  The flower is so many layers--4 for the flower/gem and then 3 for the leaves!  LOTS of layers!  But, the more the layers, the heavier the card, the more the postage, the more the recipient feels loved, right?! ;D

Thanks for stopping by and hanging in there for the 2 cards!  Happy stamping--I hope to see YOU at these fabulous challenges! :)

One last card for Digi Haven...Using A Day For Daisies!!!

I just ADORE the digis over at A Day For Daisies!  I'm trying to cut back on my spending, though, and was so excited to see that a freebie digi is given for each fortnightly challenge. SCORE!  And so now I try to play along each time!  I've created a card with the current freebie found here--it's gorgeous!  It'll be available for about another 2 days...get it while you can!

Here's the card I've made~

Details~

For these fabulous challenges~

A Day for Daisies: 
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Digi Haven: 
Floral Digis

Addicted to Stamps: 
Make Your Mark

Papertake Weekly: 
Bingo (I chose punches, glitter, blooms)

I printed out the digi, colored it in with markers, stamped around the background to create more interest, added crackle accents and then highlighted some edges of the bloom with glitter glue...or is it called stickles now?  Anyway, I layered it onto a shimmer card and added my embellies.  Ta da!

Hope you like it, and I hope to see you at these fabulous challenges!!!  Happy stamping, friends! :)