Metallics at Imagine Crafts

Selected as a Favorite of the Week at Split Coast Stampers

Hello, hello....

Today this little creation is on the Imagine Crafts blog.

Come check out some of the new products introduced at CHA 2015.

Challenges Entered:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Anything Goes

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happy little Easter

Hi...

I know this will be a shock, but I have made a card for no other reason than I wanted to color something for Easter.

I have next to nothing in the Easter department as far as stamps go, so I went cruising the web looking for something adorable to color and give to my grand-babies.

I found the coolest digi site:

Doodle Pantry

So darn cute!!!!! I have something else I will be doing for Easter from this site as well as my dad's Fathers Day card.  I even received a couple of really sweet freebies just for making a purchase.

At this site, not only do you get the line image, but she throws in the colored image, sentiments and pattern papers...this store is my new best friend.

Trying to take a picture of a shimmery look is a pain in the patootie!

Just imagine shimmer on all the paint!  :)

Let's go Shopping:

Doodle Pantry:  Easter Egg Ants digi

Copic Markers

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  irRESISTible Pico Shimmer

Authentique:  Be(you)tiful 6 x 6 pad

Poppy Stamps:  Puffy Cloud Border die

Queen & Co.:  Trendy washi tape

Thanks so much for stamping by.....

I love reading your comments! If you have a question, be sure to add your email address also, otherwise I have no way to answer you. :) 

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Happy Mail

Hello, hello.....

I love Kraft paper and white ink, embossing, spray...you name it.

It just goes together so nicely!

Playing today at Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge.

For this challenge we are to use both Simon exclusive stamps and Lawn Fawn.

The sentiment is different stamps & die from Simon.

Images are all Lawn Fawn

That airbrushed "2"...made a stencil with my Silhouette Cameo.

Challenges Entered:

Simon Says Stamp Flickr  -  w/Lawn Fawn using Kraft paper

Let's go Shopping:

Simon Says Stamp:  You die, Sending & Wishing stamp set, Very Special stamp set

Lawn Fawn:  You've Got Mail stamp set

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Versamark ink, White embossing powder, irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress, Memento luxe Dandelion, Love Letter & Nautical Blue inks

Craftwell; eBrush

Copic Marker

Silhouette Cameo to make stencil

Thanks so much for stamping by...

I love reading your comments! If you have a question, be sure to add your email address also, otherwise I have no way to answer you. :)

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Somebunny

Hello, hello....

Love to color...did you know that?

Of course you did!!!

The fun thing about digi images is that you can merge them together. Rarely do I color a digi without adding a little something to the image.

In this case I took the adorable little girl with the bunnies and placed her on top of the small white dog. Now he looks as though he is peeking around her. 

If this dog is anything like my small white dog, that girl better hang on to her bunny, or he will be shaking it until the squeaker comes out.  :)

How adorable are her bunny ears with the Neon White Amplify! added for texture?!?

Challenges Entered:

Tiddly Inks -  Sketch

MarkerPop  -  Bright Colors

      

Let's go Shopping:

Tiddly Inks:  Wryn-Somebunny Loves You, Dog Days digi images

Authentique:  Flourish 6 x 6 pad

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress, Radiant Neon White Amplify!

Poppy Stamps:  Puffy Cloud die

Copic Markers

Thanks for stamping by.....

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The Smile you gave me

Hi....

Using up a little pattern paper today...woohoo!!!

I keep buying pattern paper pads, then I don't use it, don't want to waste it, forget I have it.

Excuses, excuses!!!

Playing today with a sketch challenge from Reverse Confetti:

After organizing my craft room, I have found that Penny Black & Reverse Confetti must be my favorite stamp companies as I have lots and lots of those and very few by anyone else.

Lucky them!!!

I love this sentiment...it can be interpreted in a few different ways.

I am sending this to my dad, because after all...he did give me my smile.

Challenges Entered:

Reverse Confetti  -  Sketch

Let's go Shopping:

Reverse Confetti:  You Make Me Smile & Peacock Pretties stamps, Diagonal Stripe, Arrow & Class Act dies

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Memento Luxe Teal Zeal ink, Versamark ink, White embossing powder, irRESISTible Pico Shimmer

My Mind's Eye: Teals 6 x 6 pad, Enamel dots

Lawn Fawn:  Silver Sparkle Hemp

Thanks soooooo much for stamping by....

I love reading your comments! If you have a question, be sure to add your email address also, otherwise I have no way to answer you. :) 

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Get Well

Howdy doo...

Well this is one bright card. 

Playing today in a couple of challenges and was feeling the neon mojo.

GET WELL was airbrushed with neon Copics, splats were stamped with neon inks and SOON was a stencil I made with my Silhouette Cameo, then airbrushed.

Twine was coated with a neon reinker. 

I am calling this a Freestyle card as it just doesn't fit into any other category at The Card Concept.

Challenges Entered:

Scrapy Land  -  Splat with a die cut

The Card Concept  -  Get Well

MarkerPop  -  Bright Colors

                        

Challenge #12

Let's go Shopping:

Die-Versions:  Get Well Express Edge die

Neat & Tangled:  Ink Splash stamp

Hero Arts:  Brush stamp set

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Radiant Neon Yellow, Pink, Green & Purple ink, Radiant Neon Pink reinker, irRESISTible Texture Spray Neon Blue

Craftwell: eBrush

Copic markers

Twine

Thanks so much for stamping by...

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Another Year Wiser

Whoo - Whoo...

Another birthday card to add to my stash!!!

Playing today at Reverse Confetti with this sketch challenge:

Now make a 1/4 turn to the left...better!

My tree branches are the long and short rectangles and the wise owl of course is the large square in the sketch.

I love black (ok, grays also) and white cards with just a pop of color.

Challenges Entered:

Reverse Confetti - Sketch #21

MarkerPop  -  Anything Goes #62

Let's go Shopping:

Reverse Confetti:  Quirky Oliver, Fresh n' Fruity & Forever Fall stamp sets

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Memento Luxe Gray Flannel, Tuxedo Black & Bahama Blue ink, irRESISTible Pico Shimmer, Versafine Onyx Black ink

Copic markers

Darice:  Cloud embossing folder

Silhouette Cameo & PicScan (for branches and eyeglasses)

Thanks so much for stamping by.....

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Amplify! Techniques at Imagine Crafts

Hello....

I am on the Imagine Crafts blog today with a few ways to use the new Amplify! product introduced at CHA 2015.

Come on over and check it out:

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Hop To It Reveal

Hello, hello....

I did a tiny sneak last week for Simon Says Stamps new release Hop To It, and this is the full reveal.

I really like to replace letters in greetings with objects, and I love how the tiny flower pot makes a perfect "A". It just makes for a fun card!

As I am writing this post I see that the flower pot would have been perfect for the "I" in Spring also.

Used up a little of my pattern paper (one of my New Years resolutions). Yay!

The veneer butterfly has gesso painted on, then I dropped ink onto it and watch it do its magic. While wet, I sprayed it with Fixative to set and iced it with irRESISTible Pico Shimmer.

The adorable flower center is made with Radiant Neon White Amplify!

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Earlier this week I did a couple of sneaks for this card.

Both cards were stamped with the same stamp set, but I was in a coloring mood and came up with this little cutie.

By leaving off a sentiment, I am able to use this card for almost any occasion.

I just couldn't resist using the new Radiant Neon White Amplify! for his cottontail.

Challenges Entered:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Textured

Operation Write Home ODBD - Critter

Let's go Shopping:

Simon Says Stamp:  Abby's Spring Showers, Stitched Rectangles, Bundle of Shapes

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Memento reinkers Pear Tart, Rose Bud & Teal Zeal. irRESISTible Pico Shimmer, Amplify! is Radiant Neon White, Versafine Onyx Black ink

White Embroidery thread

Veneer butterfly

Copic markers

For Card #2

Simon Says Stamp:  Abby's Spring Showers stamp set

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Radiant Neon White Amplify!

Copic Markers

Washi Tape

Button

Variegated Twine

Thanks so much for stamping by...

you make my day with your comments!

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It's Friday and I want to welcome a few newbies to the blog this week.

Thanks you so much for taking the time to stop by and leave comments...I so enjoy reading the.

Welcome, welcome, welcome:

Susan J Dalton

Eileen Flannery

Debi T

Faye Wynn-Jones

JimLynn01

Anja de Regt

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Brighten my Day

Hey there....

I need to go to photography school, followed by how to use Photoshop. This card is the most gorgeous Coral color....but here it looks kind of red. :(

Playing along today at CASology with their challenge:

I made the paisley stencil with my handy dandy Silhouette Cameo, then used my eBrush and marker to achieve this beautiful background.

Fishtails were airbrushed, then I took a blender pen to make the stripes. Base card was airbrushed at the bottom also.

When using an eBrush, you are not suppose to get the splatters that you see, but the marker was too full of ink, and I like the effect, so I just went with it.

The @ sign is a veneer piece that I coated with irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress, then spritzed with Sheer Shimmer Sparkle.

Challenges Entered:

CASology  -  Monochrome

Simon Says Stamp Flickr  -  Sparkle

Let's go Shopping:

Simon Says Stamp:  Watts Up stamp

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Radiant Neon Coral Ink, Sheer Shimmer Sparkle, irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress

Silhouette Cameo & Online Store Paisley design

Veneer embellishment

Thread

Craftwell:  eBrush

Thanks for Brightening my day and stamping by.....

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Here comes Abby

Hello, hello....

Abby is on her way. She will be arriving on Friday, so mark your calendars.

She is part of Simon Says Stamps new release called: 

HOP TO IT.

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Silhouette Bedroom

Oh happy day.....

It is finished, complete, done!!!!

I don't normally show my bedroom on this blog, but there are a couple of things I did in my room makeover that I want to post to craft sites....so you get the pleasure of seeing where I lay my head.

The room is gray, white and teal (though the pictures somewhat reveal a different shade of blue).

The room was painted in Revere Pewter (a gray/beige I call Greige). Comforter and pillows were a find at Marshalls. I made the balloon curtains (that's what I did for a living back when I grew up with the dinosaurs).

The huge saying on the wall was cut with vinyl on my Silhouette Cameo. Maybe not something you might want to look at everyday, but when you have spent the past year going through chemo, you might change your mind. I needed a motto to get through the bad days and I just carried this saying through to my survivor mode.  :)

As you can tell, I am not a photographer, but I wanted to show the flowers I made from the left over fabric.

I cut 3 circles from fabric, sprayed with starch, poked a whole in the center and adhered with a brad.

Gathered up each layer around the brad, then twisted some floral wire around the base.

So easy!!!

Declan Stryker & Ryder Malachi

Teals frames I found at Micheal's on the clearance rack....Score!

When my grandsons were born, the nurse inked up their feet and smooshed them onto Papas white T-shirt. I cut the shirt up so I could mat these little piggy memories into a frame.

If you look closely, you can see that I die cut their names from the same color as the mat.

(of course, I die cut them several times, stacked and adhered them together, so they have a wonderful dimension inside the shadowbox).

Thanks so much for stamping by.....

Oh, no stamps were used in these projects.

Ok then, thanks for stopping by.....

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a tiny Simon sneak

Howdy friends....

How about a tiny sneak!!!

Simon Says Stamp has a new release coming this Friday.

Make sure to HOP TO IT and mark your calendars.

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Happy Valentine's Day Dad

Happy Valentine's Day

I have THE best dad in the world and I wanted to share the card I made for him.

Dad and I have this thing on the phone where he tells me he loves me, then I tell him I love him more.

I found this adorable sentiment in the Silhouette Online Store and knew this would make him smile.

This is a 10 minute card...really!

Printed the sentiment and die cut the scalloped heart with my Silhouette.

There is craft foam & acrylic card stock between the layers. Added some glitter to shaker, washi tape, tied a bow and finished with a wooden heart. (No fair counting drying time for the glitter glue).  :)

Challenges Entered:

Virginia's View  -  Shaker 

CASology  -  Love

I hope you have a wonderful day filled with hearts, chocolate and love!

Let's go Shopping:

Silhouette Cameo + Cut files

Martha Stewart:  Glitter, Glitter leaves, Micro beads

Washi tape

Lawn Fawn:  White Metallic twine

Studio Calico:  Veneer heart

Ranger:  Stardust Stickles

Craft Foam

Acrylic card stock

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