Eat, Drink or Be Scary

How is it possible that Summer is winding down, school (at least out here) has started, and it is already about Fall and Halloween? Too fast for my taste to be sure! Well with that said, I have been playing with the fantastic new release from Sparkle Blends and can't wait to show you some total cuteness! 

Today I am playing with Vampire Bat Sparkle Blend and a fun stamp set from Clearly Besotted called Balloon Bunch Halloween. These go together so perfectly! I have used Distress Inks in Squeezed Lemonade,Carved Pumpkin,Ripe Persimmon, and Wilted Violet. I used my blending brushes from Taylored Expressions for my ink blending. I then used Memento Tuxedo Black for all my stamping aling with my Misti. I really am totally lost without my MISTI. Getting it was truly a game changer for me, more than any other tool in my craftroom. I also used a Memento Tuxedo Black marker, which allowed me to add some little details back in and helped keep my fussy cutting even easier. I did color in my critter and my balloon with Copics, using C1, C5, C9, B32, B34, B26, V01, V09, Y08, Y38, YR68 and YR09.

To create my card layers I used a die set from Pinkfresh from their Essentials collection called Stitched Rectangles, and used this with Doodlebug Designs Ghost Town 6x6 paper pad. I adhered my layers together using Scortape. Now I created my shaker component using acetate and Scortape along with my scoring board and bone folder. This allowed me to create my shaker pouch which worked perfectly to bring this whole project together. Have a look!

I really adore how this came out!

Head over to the Sparkle Blends Shop. and grab your favorites!!!!!! And as always, take a look on the Facebook page and in the Sparkle Blends Fan Club on Facebook to see all the fun things going on!

I do hope you enjoy this project and can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs!

Judy

Is It Just Me.....

When I was a kid, and I lived on the East Coast, school never started before Labor Day. In fact, it was always the Wednesday immediately following Labor Day. Here in New Mexico school started on August 11. There shouldn't be more than a month left of summer when kids go back to school. Well since it is what it is, I decided to make my daughter a back to school card to tuck in her lunch. I decided to use Classic Crest Cardstock in Classic Natural White. Now if you haven't tried this cardstock before, this color is almost a light Ivory, rather than a white, so it isn't as stark but it is also not as yellowish as a more ivory cardstock.

I am using my MISTI to position my image as well as my sentiment because I wanted to make sure both would fit inside the die I am planning to use in my card layout. A lot of times I don't think ahead, and I am trying to be better about that. so you can see the stamped image and sentiment fit inside the die.

Next I am going to use my copics to color up this fun image. This is from a Kraftin Kimmie Stamp Set called Book Dragon. I have used Copic markers in YG01, YG05, YG09, C1, YR20, YR23 YR24, YR27 to color up my dragon friend.

Then some layering dies from Lawn Fawn with Canvas Texture Rubber Ducky Cardstock and Adobo (Textured) Cardstock with some ScorTape. and this is just about done!  One last step and that is to adhere to a card base that I am making from the same Classic Natural White cardstock.

I do hope she likes it when she finds it in her backpack. So what do you think? 

I have an affiliate link for CutCaardstock if you would please consider using it. It doesn't cost you anything to use and does help me continue to bring you fun and fabulous projects! Here is the link: 

https://www.cutcardstock.com?p=HJ0CrVwH8

I can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs,

Judy

It Is Time For Challenge #222 With The Crafty Gals Corner!!!!!

 Hi All and Welcome to Challenge #222 with the Crafty Gals Corner! This time the challenge is Summer Fun! For this challenge you need to create a project that is Summer related. School starts today for us so I am sad that it feels like summer is over, even though summer doesn't end till September 21st. Check out the gorgeous samples from the design team! You can find them all here on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog Our Sponsors for this challenge are:

Jan's Digi Stamps

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Polkadoodles

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(to be used on digital content only)

For this challenge I got to play with The Sand Box from Jan's Digi Stamps.

This image has been colored up with Copics. I used patterned papers from Queen and Company, with dies from Stamps Of Life for my card base and layers. I also cut my card base from cardstock from CutCardstock. And the cute turtle and stars puffy stickers were also from Stamps of Life.

So we would love for you to play along! Remember this challenge is Summer Fun, so post your image on the Crafty Gals Corner Blog for a chance to win the prizes for this challenge! You can get to the Crafty Gals Challenge blog by clicking here. You have until 11:00 am MST on September 6th to enter! I can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs!

Judy

Ya know that excitement when....

Hi Everyone! Ya know that excitement when you find new products or new companies and you get excited? Especially when you have that moment when you think to yourself, of course that totally makes sense? Well that has happened for me, pretty recently, with Pinkfresh Studios and their flower sets. I mean, think about this, they have stamps that coordinate with layering stencils, and you stamp once (well when i say once, it is a large stamp so I use my Misti) and the die lines up perfectlt for you to cut once, and they even have the piece to do hot foiling! This has totally blown my mind. Which brings me to today's project!

I am using Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock 110 lb for my card base, for my white card layers and also my white cardstock for my stamping and blending layers. I have cut down several sheets to create multiple panels. I have then scored four of those panels at 4 1/4 inches to create my card bases. I then have taken two of these panels and used them in my Misti. I am stamping the flower image using Pinkfresh Studios Metropolis Ink.

 

 I am then leaving the stamp in my Misti and rotating my cardstock 180 degrees and stamping my image a second time. I am then repeating this process on a second panel.

The reason I am doing this is that once I am stenciling my colors on I can really create multiple panels in the same time it takes to create one, which then gives me the option to either have more flowers to work with or the ability to create multiple projects in the amount of time it takes to normally create one project.

The stamp, die and stencil sets I am using from Pinkfresh are called Be Strong. Now here are the colors I have used with the stencils to create my flowers. For my leaves I used the same two colors on all the panels and those are from Catherine Pooler and are Lime Rickey and Grass Skirt. For the pink flower panel, i used Catherine Pooler Catching Rays, It's A Girl, and Party Dress. For the purple flower panel I used Catherine Pooler Sauna, Pixie Dust, and Grape Crush. For the blue flower panel, i used Sauna, Fiesta Blue, and Something Borrowed. And for the yellowish orange flower panel, I used Sauna, Catching Rays and Tutti Frutti.

As for which cardstock I used for each of these cards, the pink one uses Canvas Texture Pink Tutu and Raspberry Ice.cardstock. The purple one uses Canvas Texture Hydrangea Purple and Canvas Texture Plum. The orange one uses Yellow Jacket (Textured) and Adobo (Textured) cardstocks. And for the yellow and blue one, I also used Yellow Jacket (Textured) and Textured Pearlized Splash cardstock.I used a die set for all my layers, also from Pinkfresh, called Stitched Rectangles Essentials Dies with my Gemini, cut all my assorted card layers.

I stamped my sentiments using my Misti and Pinkfresh Studios Licorice Ink. it is a dark gray but not as severe as black, and for these I did want that slightly less severe look. I then assembled all my layers using ScorTape.

So what do you think?

I have an affiliate link for CutCaardstock if you would please consider using it. It doesn't cost you anything to use and does help me continue to bring you fun and fabulous projects! Here is the link: 

https://www.cutcardstock.com?p=HJ0CrVwH8

I do hope you like this group of cards and as always, I can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs,

Judy