Manly Monday

This week for Manly Monday I am using the same stamp I did two weeks ago. This time after I stamped and heat embossed the image, I used my distressing inks and tool to blend the color into the shirt. I then cut the shirt out and glued it on to the blue cardstock. I'm in love with this Unity Stamp and am so glad I bought it. The blue paper on the side is scored to create the lines. The sticker sentiment is by EK Success and would be perfect for a Father's Day card. Card base is by Halcraft. 

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/-Anything Goes

http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/search/label/challenge-Anything Goes for May

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/-Tim Holtz (Using his distressing tool and inks for s technique I learned from him in class in 2010)

http://stampedblessings.com/-Fussy Cut

http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/#3-Anything Goes

http://panpasteluk.blogspot.com/#17-Anything Goes

http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.com/-One for the boys

http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.com/#31-Men Only

http://www.comeandgetitchallenges.blogspot.com/-Let's hear it for the Boys

Manly Monday

Manly Monday is late but still here for you. I made it last night and I like to take photos of cards in natural light. A Tim Holtz stamp, hemp, die cuts by Cricut Indie Art, cardstock by Recollections, Halcraft and Stampin Up, patterned paper by Making Memories and ink by Ranger.
Thanks for looking.

Vintage Christmas card

Don't forget to check out my post where you use a Fabulous Friday Fun tip or product for a chance at a fabulous prize.

CHALLENGE WITH A PRIZE

I'm going a little old school today with my Christmas card. The Santa stamp is by Inkadinkado which I heat embossed with ink by Versa Mark. The Die cuts are by Spellbinders (rectangle) and Creative Memories (Snowflakes)

Thanks for looking

Challenges:

http://cachallenge.blogspot.com/(TU12/13)-Embossing (Santa is heat embossed)

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/(TU12/13)-Tis the season

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/(TU#168)-Vintage Christmas

http://useittuesday.blogspot.com/(TU#21)- Holiday {I have had that patterned paper for 3 years}

http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/(M/12-12)-Holiday

http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/(M#14)-Christmas

http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.com/(M/12-12)-Christmas

http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/12/y-is-for-yipeee-christmas-is-almost.html(W/12-7) -Yippee Christmas is almost here

Christmas Card for Fabulous Friday Fun 12-2-11

*Click here for my Challenge with a prize

Welcome to another Fabulous Friday. This week I am going to show you a couple ways I used Liquid Pearls by Ranger Industries.

I have lots of pictures to share with you today. But the first one I want to share is a card I made for the I Did it Creations challenge on 11-19-11. I used White Opal Liquid Pearls on the snow portion of the snow lady. A DT member asked what I used and that is where this post comes in. (Image by Robyn's Fetish-Bella Da Snowlady)

I'm going to use Robyn's Fetish image called Snow Wagon.

Here is a picture of the other supplies I used for this card. I use wax paper to blend all the ingredients for this first technique.

I take the ink pad and flip it upside down on the wax paper.

From there I add Liquid Pearls off to the side of the ink and then spray water by the two.

The paintbrush draws a little bit from each the ink, water, and Liquid Pearls. Mix them together before you begin to paint on to your image.

The next step is to paint in your image using the mixture of the three. I started with Tea Dye ink and Platinum Pearls.

For a bit of shadowing I made another spot on my wax paper using Vintage Photo distressing ink with the Platinum Pearls.

You have to move quickly with this mixture because it dries quickly. When the mixture is wet you can move it around well however, once it is dry, it is what it is. For the wheels, I used Walnut Stain ink with Platinum Pearls and water too. The gears of the wheel could no longer be seen once I painted over them but that was OK-you will see why in a few photos.

I colored in the heart using Barn Door Distressing ink, water, and White Opal Liquid Pearls. I then started into making the snow. Just squirt some into the area you want the texture and use the tip to push it close to the lines of the image and to give it a swirl effect.

You can see in this last one that I went around the lines of the image to give the snow more depth.

Next, I made the ground snow covered by using the White Opal Liquid Pearls.

Here is my final card where you can see I placed glittery chipboard dots in place of the gears on the wheels.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/(W)-Let it Snow

http://sassycherylschallenge.blogspot.com/(TU#92)-Winter

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/(TU#86)-'Tis the season

http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com/(SU#26)-Buttons

http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/(M#13)-Winter Wonderland

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/(W#42)-Any winter holiday sentiment

http://shellysimagesblog.blogspot.com/(TH)-Snow business

http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/-(runs from the 1st to the 14th)-Let it snow

http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/(#95)-Snowflakes

http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/(SA#30)-Winter

This second example will be quick. I used the Christmas Cookie image by Robyn's Fetish.

I painted the cookie with a combination of Tea Dye and Antique Linen Distressing inks and water with Perfect Pearls. Then I colored the frosting of the cookie with a paintbrush using Platinum Liquid Pearls and water. From there I used the White Opal Liquid Pearls and made the frosting swirls. I painted in the dots with Barn Door Red and water because I wasn't sure if my rhinestones would cover the entire circle.

Then like a silly girl I put the rhinestones on with my iRock and thought I should use a Spellbinders die on this cute little cookie. Lol. The rhinestones cracked and dented my Cuttlebug plate. However, my rhinestones sparkle like diamonds now. Maybe I will try and take another picture in the daylight so you can see them better. I thought it was pretty funny.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/2011/12/dare-to-be-sassy-thursday-101.html(TH#101)-A holiday card with some sparkle

http://digistamps4joy.blogspot.com/(W#33)-Merry Christmas

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/(W#16)-Anything Goes

http://www.ibrakeforchallenges.blogspot.com/(W#15)-Vintage

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/(W)-Polka Dots

http://citycrafter.blogspot.com/(TU#85)-Santa Clause is coming

http://createmepink.blogspot.com/(W#5) Christmas colors {red, green and gold or silver}

http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/(TH#47)-Seeing spots

http://stampingscrappingchallengecentral.blogspot.com/(SU)-Christmas 

{I bought the Spellbinder die from your store}

http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/(MO#75)-Distressing

For this week I am done but for next week I have a few other things to use Liquid Pearls for. Don't forget to check out my FFF special prize due Jan 1st, 2012:)

Christmas card trio

I made this set of Christmas cards using a package of Jolee's stocking stickers. The ribbon is by American Crafts and the patterned paper is by K and i Memories. The embossing folder is by Provo Craft. The card bases are by Halcraft. Noel stamp by The Paper Co and ink by Memento and distressing ink by Ranger Industries. Thanks for looking.

Challenges
http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.com/(F#29)-Christmas
http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/ (F)-Christmas
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/ (F#1)-All about Christmas
http://www.sewmanychallenges.com/ (F#76)-Twine
http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ (F#94)-Christmas
http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/ (T#46)-Snowflakes
http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/ (W)-Red and green
http://www.sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.com/ (W#54)-Buttons

Fabulous Friday Fun 11-11-11 Crackle Paint

This week for Fabulous Friday Fun I am going to show you a few ways that I like to use Crackle paint by Ranger Industries.

When my seven year old nephew was over we played with Crackle paint and he kept waiting for the crackle sound. To his disappointment there isn't a sound that goes along with it. The paint dries on the surface with a crackle texture or pattern. The more paint you use the more the finish will be crackled. 

Crackle paint comes in many of the distressing ink colors including a clear. The plastic jar of paint comes with an applicator on the lid. This makes it so easy to use. Open the lid and paint on to your surface. I would suggested placing wax paper or something similar under your painted object. It will dry on the wax paper and then come off it very easily.

There are many things you can paint with crackle paint:

*chipboard

*stickers

*patterned paper

* cereal box board

*cardstock

*die cuts

*whatever you can imagine. 

Here is a picture of two that I have and the applicator out of the jar.

I made a few examples for you to see the effect you get when you use crackle paint. This first one I used the crackle paint on the chipboard leaf. I was very generous with my paint on this piece giving the leaf a realistic effect. The color I used on this example is Old Paper.

Supplies: Patterned paper by Basic Grey, cardstock by Halcraft and OTCo, stamp by Hero Arts, ink by Ranger, leaf die cut by Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge and lace is unknown.

You can see on the close up that a little bit of paint is still on the edge. If you want a smoother edge simply flick off those extra flecks of paint off with your finger or you could use a sanding tool too. I find that when I use chipboard I like the edges to appear finished and not raw chipboard color. Therefore when I use the crackle paint I try to get the edges painted too. It helps that the colors of crackle paint match the distressing inks because I have used the ink to finish my edge as well.

This next card I also used chipboard from Colorbok. Again I applied the paint on quite heavy so they would have a large amount of crackle to them. This crackle paint is color Old Paper.

Supplies: Patterned paper by Basic Grey, cardstock by Halcraft and Bazzill, chipboard corners by Colorbok, chipboard circle by Making Memories, sticker by Bo Bunny and brad is unknown.

On this next card I used cereal box board to paint and create the three panels. I ran the center panel thru a crimper to get the wavy texture. Then I painted it with crackle paint lightly to get less of a crackle effect. The colors from left to right are Brushed Corduroy, Fired Brick and Picket Fence. 

Supplies: Sticker by Jolee's, die cuts by Spellbinders, ink by Versa Mark and Ranger Industries, stamp by TPC Studio, and embossing powder by Stampendous.

This last example I painted Clear Rock Candy crackle paint onto patterned paper that I had cut into a tag. The sentiment had been stamped onto the tag before the paint was applied. The border was stamped after the paint had dried. I used Colorbox Chalk ink which worked great because it dries so quickly. Pigment inks would take forever to dry and water based ink would just rub off.

Supplies: Patterned paper by Creative Memories, stamps by Lawn Fawn and Fiskars, ink by Colorbox and eyelet is unknown.

If you use crackle paint on a project this week post a link in the comments section of this post for your chance to win a lovely gift. You must be a follower of my blog in order to win a prize. That's all though. Sounds easy to me. Thanks for checking out today's FFF.

Many of the supplies that I have used for this project can be found in our OUTLAW WOMEN SCRAPBOOK EMPORIUM.

It is a Yahoo Group that you can join if you would like to be a part of a fabulous group of people who chat about everything under the sun, hold swaps and challenges, too.

It is a discount club, so once you are accepted, you can get great discounts on so many paper crafting supplies, like those that I used for my project.

We hope that you join us there for a lot of fun and learning!

Just click on OUTLAW WOMEN SCRAPBOOKING EMPORIUM and it will take you right to the HOME PAGE!

See you all next Friday for another FABULOUS FRIDAY FUN!

Cindy

365 Cards challenge Tuesday

Here we are again with another day of this week sponsorship at 365 Cards by Shannon's Sentiments. Here is the challenge:

The idea is to create a card that you could give to pretty much anyone you know (male/female, co-workers, family members, friends), so it can't be too personal and it can't be gender-specific -- but of course there's a catch.  It must have a sentiment on it, and it cannot be a thank you note.  Otherwise it 

can be of any theme.

So I did another graduation card because I will soon need them for the upcoming open houses.

The sentiment is from the Follow your Dreams set. Other supplies: embossing folder and machine Cuttlebug by Provo Craft; cardbase by Halcraft; cardstock by Hobby Lobby and The Paper Co.; patterned paper by Best Creations and ink by Ranger industries.

I hope you will all play along over at 365 Cards. You are playing to win a $10 gift certificate to Shannon's Sentiments store. Good Luck:)

Christmas Cards

Welcome to Shannon's Sentiment's Blog Hop. I am Cindy and you should have arrived here from Kapree's blog. Go HERE to the beginning of the hop if you have just stumbled upon this hop. At the end of this post is the special offer for the new release for a limited time only.
I have a bunch of goodies to show today. The first is a wreath digital stamp that I used my aqua pens by Stampin Up to color the image in. They just give it a softer look then the Copic markers and with the bold paper at the bottom of this card I wanted a softer look on top.

Supplies: Card by Halcraft (love them!!); ribbon by Stampin Up; Green paper by Autumn Leaves; white paper by The Paper Co; Hemp by Crafters Square; embossing folder by Provo Craft; ink by Stampin Up and Close to My Heart; Stamp by Elle's Studio.

My next card features a new little technique that I have been playing with. I have these embossing markers. (I think my mom bought them at garage sale.) So I took them and colored them over the white of the mittens. Then I sprinkled white embossing powder on them and heat embossed them. Ta-Da! The only thing is lost the outline of my mitten so I went over that part with a Sharpie. I used the aqua pens on this image.

Supplies: Patterned paper by Bo Bunny; white cardstock by The Paper Co; Embossing folder by Provo craft; fibers unknown; ink by Stampin Up; embossing powder by Stampendous; other-sharpie

So for this third card I used stamp resist technique for the sky, whereby you stamp with Versamark or any embossing ink, sprinkle on embossing powder and heat set with heat gun. After image is set, apply your favorite ink to the image either by placing the stamp pad directly on the image or using some type of medium to get it from the ink pad onto the image. In this case I used a cosmetic wedge. which tends to put ink on unevenly but I wanted uneven for the sky. I then used the embossing marker again (same as above card) and it didn't work as good  but I liked the results. I think because it was a bigger area I didn't ink the paper enough for the embossing powder to hold on to and raise up. I loved the way it looked with this scene-kinda sparkly and bumpy-kinda like snow.

Supplies: Patterned paper by Bo Bunny and Sweet Water Scrapbooks' Card and black and white cardstock by The Paper co; blue cardstock by Sunborn; ink by Versamark and Memento; stamp by Elle's Studio; Embossing powder by Ranger; Scallop die cut by Spellbinders.

That's all I have for today but I will have a challenge on December 4th at Shannon's Sentiments (right HERE). All the images in the above cards can be purchased Here.  

The special will be 20% for the release.  Code SSDEC2Special20 is good until Dec. 8th. 

Your next stop on the blog hop is to our guest designer Patti.

Thanks for stopping by.

Best Wishes Fall Card with leaves and acorns

Hi there. Check out the details below this pretty fall card

And if you're able to leave (haha pun intended) a comment good or bad, they help me grow as a crafter.

Here I have another digital stamp from Shannon's Sentiments. I colored this one using ink pads and a water pen. I like the soft look that this technique gives. The Aqua pens I use are from Stampin Up. They work great.

Supplies: patterned paper by K and Company; cardstock by Coredinations and The Paper Co; card base by Halcraft; brads by Close to my Heart; stamp by Stampin Up; Digi stamp by Shannon's Sentiments; ink by Close to me Heart, Stampin Up and Ranger. 

Thanks again for stopping by to take a look.

Thanksgiving Day card

I've got a few cards to show this week that I have made for Thanksgiving. Today's card the digital image and sentiment are from Shannon's Sentiments. I used my Copic markers to color it in. I'm still

just a beginner with the Copics but with some practice and patience, I could get better with them.

Supplies: patterned paper by Fancy Pants, K & Company, Bo Bunny; Eyelets by The Eyelet Outlet; Ink by Ranger; Copics by Imagination International, card base by Halcraft and white cardstock by The Paper Co.

Thanks for stopping by:)

Bachelorette Card for I Did It Creations

This week at I did it Creations our sponsor Beary Dust provided us with these awesome images which you can purchase at the Stitchy Bear and I Did It Creations shopping boutique. This weeks theme is the girl of my dreams and the image I picked is Wild Thing. (She is the very last image on the second page) She looked to me like a fabulous image for a bachelorette party card and "tada" below is what I came up with.

The font stamps are by Technique Tuesday using Memento ink. I colored her in with Copic markers. The card base is by Halcraft. The flower sticker is by Martha Stewart and the wild brad by The Paper Studio.

Christmas Cards all year Round

This month at Christmas cards all year Round (CCAYR) our challenge is to distress in some way and to sew on our cards. I have three examples:

For this one I tore the paper on the side border and then sewed the grey and white torn paper together. Pattern papers by DCWV, snowflake stamps on the white cardstock by Hero Arts and card by Halcraft. I used a  platinum ink byTsukineko.

This one I have the torn paper which is evident but the sewing didn't show up in the picture well. I sewed down the vertical lines of the patterned paper. I'm not the best sewer so I didn't want the thread to be red for fear it would stand out too much. So I just used a light colored thread to hide any flaws that could have (and did) occur. Pattern paper by Sunborn, red cardstock by Stampin Up, ribbon by American Crafts, stamp set by Unity, ink by Ranger and card by The Paper Co.

I really like this last card. I tore strips of white cardstock to represent the ribbon around the present and then sewed it on for emphasis. I tried to mimic the bows in the patterned paper with ribbon above the gift. Patterned paper by DCWV, cardstock by Sunborn, ribbon by Offray, ink by Ranger and Stampin Up, embossing powder by Stampendous and card by Halcraft. 

Be sure to visit CCAYR to see the other DT examples and join in on the fun. TFL

Mojo Monday card

I made this card for Cards for Kids card drive (see side bar at right for info) using the sketch from Mojo MOnday. TFL

Leaf card

Sketch by Sasya-Sketches

No sentiment challenge by Aud Sentiments
TFL

Crown Card

Sketch by Create 4 Fun,

No sentiment challenge by Aud Sentiments

TFL

June Xmas cards

I made these cards for the card challenge at Christmas cards year round challenge blog. This month you were to chose one bright color. I think the Olive distressing ink is bright. Supplies: PP DCWV and Sunborn; CS Sunborn; cards by Halcraft; stamp by Studio G; ink by Ranger and SU; brads by MM; star button is unknown. TFL

Dad card

I made this card for the following challenges:

CCEE Stamper - sketch

Shabby Tea room - Just for Dad

Cards for Men - Father's day card

Supplies: Stamps by CTMH; ink by Ranger and SU; PP by Deja Views; card by Halcraft; CS by Pioneer. TFL