Hoppy Easter

The latest Paper Smooches challenge is "Animals".  Since Easter is approaching I thought this would be a perfect time to mass produce some cards.  Nothing says Easter like a chocolate bunny :)

Stamp and fussy cut the bunny.  Die cut the honeycomb and use it as a stencil with blending brushes. Add Nuvo drops for dimension on the nose and tail. 

The inside of the card reads: "All you need in life is a friend who has chocolate." 

Paper Smooches sentiment and honeycomb die. Club Scrap paper and bunny stamp. American Crafts fiber. Tonic Nuvo drops.

Paper Smooches Critter Card Puns

Paper Smooches Honeycomb Die

Paint Brushes

Happy Thursday my scrappy friends! Lisa here with today's stamping goodness. 

Just for Fun stamp. Paper Smooches easel die. Spellbinders sentiment. Club Scrap stipple mists and papers. Nuvo drops. Copic markers.

Stamp paint brushes, fussy cut and color with Copic markers.  Using Stipple Mists, create a fun splattered background on watercolor paper. Add die cuts and sentiment. Nuvo drops on the sentiment die helps to elevate and add dimension.

Don't forget to join us in this month's stencil challenge! Link up your projects for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Just for Fun stamp store. 

What's Brewing?

Welcome! As a Just for Fun Design Team member I'm here to present you with April's challenge.  Let's get creative this month with lace.  Feel free to think beyond the standard fabric lace.  Doilies, die cuts or punches are perfect for this challenge as well. 

Just for Fun stamps, Club Scrap papers. Recollections doily and tags. HAI heart gems.

Coffee cup with hearts

What's Brewing?

Stamp the coffee cup with hearts, color with copic markers and fussy cut.  Add clear nuvo drops to heart for dimension and sparkle. Layer doily, cup and paper ribbons. Stamp sentiment. Add gems. 

We would love to see your lace creations this month.  Please link up your artwork on our blog. 

Have a fabulous day!

Vino

Hello my crafty friends!  Happy Thursday!  

It's Lisa here today to bring you a fun way to get more from your background stamps. 

I originally created this background last August for our Stripes Challenge. I wanted to hand create stripes but then got sidetracked and designed a totally different card for the challenge. 

These stripes were created by marking off stripes with masking tape and then swiping a distress oxide ink pad along the paper. Remove the tape when the ink is dry and add white stripes with a gel pen. 

I'm still in love with my Wine Background stamp and use it many different ways.  For this card I stamped and colored the image then die cut it into a flag shape. Just add embellishments to finish off your theme. 

Just for Fun background wine stamp. Club Scrap papers. Cuttlebug embossing folder. Creek Bank Flag die. Melissa Frances wine bottle die. Ranger Distress Oxide inks. Nuvo drops. American Craft twine. 

Don't forget to join us this month for our movement challenge. 

Have a fabulous day!  

Fintastic

Paper Smooches is hosting an Anything Goes Challenge.  I love when they have this type of challenge.  The possibilities are endless. 

Julie over at Club Scrap challenged us to use embossing folders with our stamps.  I embossed a scrap of paper, stamped the whale image onto the embossed paper and then stamped again.  The resulting image will keep the design from the embossed paper.  How adorable did that make these whales?! 

Paper Smooches stamps and dies. Ranger Distress Oxide inks. Club Scrap papers. Tonic Nuvo drops. 

Briny Blue Stamps

Briny Blue 1 Dies

Cool Yule Moose

Happy December!

Have you started sending out your Christmas cards yet or are you still creating them?  I always tell myself that I'll make a few cards each month and then December arrives and I'm way behind.

This Cool Yule Moose and I wish you an amazing Christmas season. May you be  blessed to be surrounded by family and friends. 

Just for Fun rubber stamps. Club Scrap papers. Cuttlebug embossing folder. Nuvo drops. Copic markers.

Just for Fun Color Challenge

Happy Thursday! 

Can you believe it's November already?!  In California it doesn't' really feel like fall yet.  It was 87 degrees while typing this post. Ugh. 

Thank you for joining me today as Just for Fun Rubber Stamps begins our Color Challenge for November.  I absolutely love this color combination!  

Even though these beautiful colors symbolize fall, I went in a different direction. Stamp this sweet coffee cup with hearts and color with Copic markers. Stamp the sentiment leaving room to wrap twine. Fill the heart with clear Nuvo for dimension and shine. 

Just for Fun Rubber stamps. Club Scrap papers and charm. Copic Markers. American Craft twine. Tonic Nuvo Drops.

By sharing your brown, red and orange creations over at Just For Fun you could win a JFF gift certificate to our store.

Just for Fun Design Team

Happy Wednesday!

I am so thrilled to announce that I am the newest member of the Just For Fun Rubber Stamps design team. Just For Fun is a small family operated business out of Florida. They provide stamps in wood mounted, cling cushion mounted or unmounted rubber. 

Today Just for Fun Rubber Stamps is hosting a new challenge for August. We would love to see your stripes by linking up your project on the JFF Blog.

This adorable Celtic Heart was purchased knowing it would be well used scrapping my recent vacation to Ireland. The beauty of this design is that you can color it to match your photos or project.  I colored the twists with Copic markers and then added Crystal Nuvo to give dimension and shine.  

Just For Fun heart and sentiment. Club Scrap papers and ribbon. Queen & Co. pearls. Recollections feather.  Tonic Nuvo drops. 

I would love for you to return tomorrow for my very first solo Just for Fun blog posting! 

Have a fabulous day.

Who's the Real Winner?

Happy Thursday! 

Time for some giggles with the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers. 

Club Scrap papers, stamp and stencil. Nuvo crystal drops. 

Inside quote: So who's the real winner here?

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers

Love

Wednesday's blog post showcased a digital layout from a beautiful wedding I attended this summer.  Today I wanted to share with you the paper version.  I used the Ace of Spades from Idea Deck Vol. I as my inspiration.

For the title I covered the wooden title with ink and then stamped a script image and let dry.  

 The washi tape border has black Nuvo drops for added depth.

 

 



Be Original

October's Idea Deck challenge was to use the 10 of diamonds from any Idea Deck.  I chose to use the Card Making Idea Deck Vol. II. (This happens to be the only Idea Deck left for sale of the five decks.) These decks sell out quickly! The Idea Decks provide you with sketches and cutting instructions for a multitude of layouts, cards and projects. They're great for when you lose your crafting mojo.

 

Usually I shy away from these little squares but the stamp images from the Scandinavia collection are perfect for decorating them.

Weeooo...Weeooo

I finally got around to playing with my Stampin' Up "You're my Hero" collection. I was inspired by Karen's Acrylic Block Stamping to create some backgrounds for these stamps.

 

I scribbled red gelato ink on an acrylic block, spritzed it with water and then applied it to mixed media paper, letting the block sit on the paper to soak up the gelatos.

Club Scrap cardstock and ribbon.. Around the Block papers. Paper Smooches sentiment stamp. Stampin' Up stamp. Nuvo crystal drops.

Club Scrap cardstock and ribbon. Creative Imaginations paper. Stampin' Up stamps. Nuvo crystal drops.

Apple of My Eye

This collage stamp from Orchard is one of my favorites. I used it multiple times with gelatos for the Club Scrap Artist Team watercolor challenge. This time I wanted to try it with my Pan Pastels. I really like how soft the colors are.

Stamp the collage image with watermark ink. Apply the different colors of Pan Pastels with sponges. Splatter black ink for interest. Stamp quote onto panel. Stamp apple, color with Copics and fussy cut. Emboss background panel with good grain embossing folder. Apply foam adhesive dots to back of apple, wind twine in circles and adhere to panel. Add small black dots of Nuvo Crystals to seeds for dimension. 

Sorry Mermaids Only

Yes...I've returned to my Color Bursts panels.  I wanted to demonstrate another technique you can do with your color bursts. This one came about because I didn't like the panel when it was done but still wanted to use it. When I originally created the panel, I had used this anchor stencil spritzed with water and placed on a dry color burst panel.

It really didn't turn out like I had hoped. If you didn't know it was an anchor, you really didn't know what the image was.  So at this point, I stamped sea weed images and heat embossed with clear powder.

Next I used a wet paper towel and pulled off as much color as I could leaving the "trapped" embossed color behind. Now this I could do something with.

I love the distressed edges that watercolor paper gives!

Club Scrap papers, stamps, ribbon and charm. Ken Oliver Color Bursts. Nuvo Crystal drops.

Being a Mermaid

Have I mentioned lately how I love my Color Bursts?  Here's another background created with Color Bursts. I first created a background and let it dry. I then placed a stencil a stencil on top of the panel and sprayed water over it. I used a paper towel to pick up the color not covered with the stencil. 

The mermaid tail was a separate Color Burst panel that was stamped and cut.

 

Now for the opposite. I had a piece of white watercolor paper, layered a stencil on top and sprayed with water. I sprinkled Color bursts on top of the stencil and let the color bleed through.  I love the watercolor look to this!

 

Stamps and stencils by Club Scrap. Ken Oliver Color Bursts. Nuvo Crystal drops.

Enjoy!

I tend to buy everything wine related.  So I couldn't pass up this wine glass embossing folder when I spotted it at a Scrapbook Expo.  I really didn't know what to do with it though once I got it home.  It's not really a pattern to use as a background.

 

These cards are fun and funky to put together as you can see from an earlier post. So when I was looking for embossing folders to use with the Paradise Greeting to Go collection I had an "Ah-Ha" moment. I'll use it as the front panel.

 

1.  Emboss the two sections and use the "enjoy" tag to link them together.

 

2. Stamp the inside panel with Wine Background stamp from Just for Fun Rubber Stamps.

 

3.  Embellish.

Club Scrap papers, tags and sequin flowers. Darice embossing folder. Just for Fun Rubber Stamps background. American Crafts twine. Nuvo Crystal drops.

 



Holy Smokes

Happy July!  Can you believe it's July already?! With today being the first shipping day of the month, my Vintage Botany paper collection just left the Club Scrap warehouse in WI.  I'm hoping that it arrives before I leave for the East Coast so that I can fondle the papers and stamps for a bit.  I'll be flying to PA to cause trouble with Cindy and Tracey while helping out Club Scrap at the Lancaster Scrapbook Expo.  Then it's off to NY for a high school reunion. I can't wait to spend some time with my high school BFFs and college roomie! Just think of all the photos I can scrap when I get home!

 

Here's some photos I've been hanging on to for a bit, not knowing how to scrap these.  I work with these amazing guys at the fire station.  They train hard for this exact situation and did an awesome job in 100+ weather. No one got injured and that's always a winning situation.  The quote on the border strip was the deciding factor on how to pull these photos together.

 

Club Scrap papers, stamps, tags and border. Quickutz hat and hydrant dies. Nuvo crystal drops. Queen & Co. washi tape.  

Special Sketch

June's Card Sketch Challenge over at Club Scrap is a fun linear one and even comes with cutting directions. Thanks to Roni there is little paper waste when creating these cards. I wanted to use the use cut-aparts from the Pattern Play Greetings to Go so I opted to not use the trimming guide.

I created the background using spray webbing which is my favorite art medium with this collection. Washi tape is a perfect substitution for the paper strips on the sketch.  I have several dozens of rolls of washi and try to find any excuse to use them. Nuvo drops were added to the splashes for dimension.

Idea Deck

Pattern Play has arrived on my doorstep.  The stamps are cut and Mount-It applied. I'm hoping to get some crafting time in today and start sharing some creations. In the mean time, I'm still sharing projects from Adirondacks.

May's Idea Deck challenge only had one option for cards. I was super excited to see that they were my favorite style of card! I love all the surface area the Tall & Skinny cards have. I used 4 of Spades from Card Making Idea Deck Vol. II to create these beauties.

Club Scrap papers, ribbon, tag and stamps. Recollections feather. Nuvo crystal drops.

I love how these crystal drops dry clear.  Looks just like water.
 



Club Scrap papers, ribbon and stamps. Ashland burlap. Unknown wood embellishments.

Hang In There

So after playing with the bright oxide inks I fell in love with them.  I immediately had to go out and buy the other colors. I was experimenting with the darker inks on manila tags I recently purchased at my thrift store. I bought roughly 200 for $2! So....you might be seeing a lot of those in the future. I created the background with the inks and then spritzed water through a stencil to give a fun look.  It actually reminded me of an animal print. Freshly Made Sketch #290 is a simple sketch that allowed the tag to be a top border. 

Club Scrap papers and stamp. Pretty Pink Posh sequins. Tonic Nuvo drops. Ashland burlap.