I Sea What You Did

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is hosting a "S is for Sea" challenge.  My favorite snarky sea quote is one I've used before repeatedly so I thought I'd branch out to one I've never used before.  It's not so much snarky as a pun on words. The background is Distress Oxide Ink blending and I've been experimenting with different color combinations. 

Club Scrap reef and sentiment stamps. Paper Smooches stamps and dies. Ranger Distress Oxide Inks. Tonic Nuvo drops. 

Anniversary Silhoutte

I am loving my Distress Oxide Inks!  I took several days of crafting to work on my blending techniques and just fell in love with this color combination inspired by Kristina Werner.  The background blending uses Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade and Seedless Preserves. To complete the card I stamped the Couple at the River Edge silhouette stamp and added a title. 

Just for Fun stamp. Ranger Distress Oxide Ink and die cuts. Club Scrap papers. 

Don't forget to join us for our "By the Waves" challenge for a chance to win a Just for Fun gift certificate. 

Gentle Breezes

Welcome to Just for Fun Rubber Stamp's newest challenge. This month Heidi has challenged us to create cards with a water theme.  I've recently been trying to hone my Distress Oxide blending skills.  Kristina Werner has a wonderful series on blending color combinations that I couldn't resist trying.  I blended Orange Marmalade, Peacock Feathers and Faded Jeans to create this sunset background.  

Ranger Distress Oxide Inks. Club Scrap papers. 

Just for Fun Lighthouse Silhouette

Just for Fun Calm Seas

We would love for you to link up your water creations for a chance to win a Gift Certificate to our store. 

Happy Easter

Happy Easter!  I'm still playing with the background webbed and splatter stamp from Just for Fun Rubber Stamps.  The possibilities are endless with this big gem and I wanted to create a cracked egg effect for this card.  

Just for Fun rubber stamps. Club Scrap papers. Ranger inks. Sizzix embossing folder. Pretty Pink Posh sequins. Cricut eggs. 

Just for Fun Webbed and Splattered Background

Just for Fun Happy Easter 

Just for Fun Tweet Sentiments 3

Create a background panel using distress oxide inks and let dry. Stamp the background stamp to add cracks and splatters. Die cut several "eggs" from the background panel. Emboss yellow mat and tie ribbon around. Stamp greetings on paper flag and bottom of card base. Add sequins. 

There's still time to link up your projects for our Lace Challenge. 

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!  

Book Exercise

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers is hosting their first challenge of the year. B is for "Books" Challenge. 

This background was created by inking the background stamp with distress oxide inks and then spritzing the stamp with water.  I love the watercolor look of the stamp. 

Club Scrap papers, stamps, quote, charm and wax seal sticker. Nuvo drops. Distress oxide inks.

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

Civilized Wine

Happy First Thursday of the New Year!

Thank you for stopping by today.  I'm sharing my love for wine this month. I'm sure you'll notice a theme as time goes on :)  I have a "two-fer" today.  My original experiment didn't work out as well as I wanted so I created a second panel. 

This background was created with Distress Oxide inks and water.  I then spritzed the Wine Background collage stamp with water and applied it to the background panel. I was hoping for a more dramatic impression. The wine bottle is a die cut that was embossed in sections. During my Intro to Winemaking class we learned about the history of wine and this Hemingway Wine Sentiment really is fitting.

Just for Fun stamps. Club Scrap papers, waxed linen and charm. Melissa Francis die. Cuttlebug embossing folder. 

This second background is the same distress oxide ink and water technique but I stamped the wine background stamp in brown after the panel dried. I added ribbon and a die cut sentiment. 

Just for Fun stamp. Club Scrap papers and ribbon. Nuvo drops. Spellbinders die. 

Don't forget to join us over at Just for Fun Rubber stamps for our Blue & Silver Challenge.

You could win a JFF gift certificate just for entering.

BeYoutiful

Happy Thanksgiving my crafty friends!

I am grateful for your continue encouragement, support and gracious comments. 

I've recently been rediscovering my distress oxide inks and their potential to create some magnificent backgrounds. I first created this panel by dipping my paper into the brown and yellow inks pooled on my craft mat. 

Just for Fun stamp. Ellen Hutson die. Club Scrap papers and ribbon. Pan Pastels. Ranger oxide inks. 

Stamp the wheat spray three times without re-inking to create some soft sprays. Adhere die cut title. Flick gold Pan Pastels on art panel with paintbrush and water. Create a three part bow and attach to card front. 

There is still time to share your artwork in our Color Challenge. 

We would love to see your creations! 

Have a blessed day!

Birthday by the Sea

Just for Fun Rubber Stamps has a new series of beautiful lighthouse stamps. I have a great love for lighthouses so I was excited to receive these. 

The background panel was created by rubbing distress oxide ink in the embossing folder and embossing the panel. I then took a water brush and moved the ink around to give the appearance of water. Distressing the panel edges adds a little fun dimension. 

Just for Fun stamps. Club Scrap papers. Darice embossing folder. Copic markers. Tim Holtz die. Unknown brad. 

Stencil Stamping

Don't you just love getting more bang for your buck?! Julie over at Club Scrap is challenging us to use our stencils for stamping. One of my favorite stencils is this beautiful chandelier. I love how simple you can embellish to get a very elegant card. 

Using distress oxide inks, stencil image onto card panel. Ink edges with Ash ink. Die cut "Saluti" three times in black, stack and glue together with needle tip applicator. Adhere sequins and die cut. Add crystal Nuvo drops to "Saluti" for dimension and sparkle. 

Club Scrap papers, stencil. Spellbinders die. Tonic Nuvo drops. Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

Spritz water onto stencil to reactivate ink. Press stencil onto a separate panel. Set aside to dry. Stamp sentiment on tag. Add silver ribbon to tag. Adhere sequins. Using foam adhesive add tag. 

Club Scrap stencil and sentiment. Recollections ribbon and tag. Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

If you'd like a chance to win a Club Scrap gift certificate link your stencil stamping artwork on the blog. 

Repeat Stamping

April's NBUS Challenge (Never before used stuff) over at Club Scrap is to create a pattern by stamping repeatedly.  I'm not very efficient at stamping in a row without looking like I've been drinking. I do have a new way for my repeated stamping to look "artsy".

 

I smear distress oxide ink on a craft mat and add water.  I use this as my "stamp pad". Ink up your stamp and then stamp on paper.  This gives your project a watercolor effect. No more stressing about wayward stamping.

Club Scrap Shibori Card Kit. Queen & Co. pearls.



Never Been Used Stencils

I am still on my New Year's crafty resolution and using all the stencils I've never used before.  It's a challenge I've given myself to either use or lose my neglected craft stash.

 

Before I share my stencil creations I wanted to show you how I store my blenders for the Oxide Distress inks. Originally I stored the blender pads on the bottoms of the ink pads with Velcro. It drove me NUTS that the ink pads no longer stacked well.  I now store the pads in a metal tin. 

 

Trim four pieces of heavy cardstock to fit the container and attached six round Velcro pieces to each sheet. Label the colors.

 

 

Now, on to some stencil creations. 

Club Scrap papers, Dahlia stencil and stamp. Queen & Co. pearls. 

 Club Scrap papers, stamps and What a Ride stencil.

Club Scrap papers, stamps and Turkish Map stencil. Nuvo drops.

 

Now I've used this Trattoria stencil before but I just love this little guy!!!

Club Scrap papers, stencil, charm and bow. Memory Box die.

Because You're Sweet

Club Scrap's January technique challenge is to use color blocking.  There are several ways to achieve color blocking using papers and inks. I wanted to challenge myself and try something new. I used masking and stamping to achieve the blocks. 

1. Start by masking off the area you want to ink.

2. Ink area and stamp image.

3. Remove masking tape and mask another section. Repeat inking and stamping.

4. Continue masking areas until all surface areas are inked and stamped.

5. Remove all masking tape and create your finished card.

Some helpful tips. Use grid paper to make sure paper and masking tape is aligned straight. Use removable labeling tape to easily position and remove without harming paper. 

 

 

Twine-Tags-Trees

Just Add Ink is hosting a Twine-Tags-Trees challenge which caught my interest. I just happen to love all three so this was an easy one for me. 

 

My New Year's crafty resolution is to use neglected tools.  I have at least a dozen unopened card kits that need to be completed so I just reached into the bin and plucked one out. I used a very neglected stencil with oxide inks to created the background. To continue using neglected items, I chose this berry branch die purchased at a recent Scrapbook Expo but never used.

How cute is little mini book on the front of the card?!  The inside of the main card says "Safe Travels".  You'll be seeing more from Literature collection. I was on a roll and created several cards with stencils never before used. Totally exciting!

Club Scrap papers, tags, tree charm and stencil. Oxide inks. Elizabeth Craft Designs die. American Craft twine.



Balloons! Balloons! Balloons!

December's Technique challenge over at Club Scrap is repeat stamping.  I've been wanting to try this with my new Oxide Distress inks because they stamp somewhat translucent.  Perfect for balloons.  I love that you can still see an hint of the image behind the repeat stamping.

Club Scrap papers and stamp. Gelatos splattered. Distress oxide inks. 

Word Finders and Stickers

Have you ever played Words with Friends? Did you cheat? Did you use an on-line resource to help you find words with your letter combinations?  I do use these sites to help me create words with my left over alphabet sticker sheets.  Look at all these words I got from one incomplete sheet.  Most of these would eventually be for cards but a few I can save for fall layouts.

 Club Scrap Farmer's Market alphabet stickers.

 

Club Scrap paper, felt leaves and stickers. Darice embossing folder. 

Club Scrap papers, stickers, stamp and acrylic dots. Sizzix embossing folder. Fiskars leaf punch. Impression Obsession stamp.

Club Scrap papers and stickers. Tim Holtz Oxide inks. Fiskars leaf punch. Elizabeth Craft Design circle die. Queen & Co. pearls.

 

Here's a few word finder sites:

Word Find

Word with Friends Word Finder

Word Plays

 



Underwater Background

This month's Club Scrap Technique Challenge is to heat emboss on a dark background.  I love the contrast that this technique can create.

 

When I'm on the treadmill I watch crafting YouTube videos to keep myself occupied.  I came across this new Jennifer McGuire Galaxy Background technique and couldn't wait to try it.  My goal was to use the same principles but create an underwater background to go with this month's Lagoon collection.

 

1. Blend blue and teal oxide inks on your background mat. Spray with water and heat set.

2. Add black oxide inks, remembering to heat set periodically and spritz with water. Continue to add layers but let some of the blues peek out.

3. Spritz bubble stamp with water and stamp on oxide background. Add large drops of water.  Heat set.

4. Stamp and heat emboss desired images and quotes with white embossing powder.

Club Scrap papers, stamp and ribbon. Tim Holtz Oxide inks. Nuvo crystal drops.

Blueprints Meets Oxide Inks

Two of my favorite combinations! Tim Holtz's Blueprint stamps and his Oxide Inks!  I'm in love with how the oxide inks show up on dark cardstock.  All I did here for the backdrop was mush my ink pad onto my craft sheet, add a few drops of water to the ink and flick the ink onto a cardstock panel.   The cupcake was an oxide ink practice piece that I stamped.  I did add a few highlights with Copic markers, cut out the image and used foam squares to give it lift.

Club Scrap papers and ribbon. Tim Holtz Oxide Inks and stamp. 

Masculine Blueprint Birthday

Recognize this paper?  Yep...it was from that background I created with oxide inks and initially hated it. I've been creating some masculine cards lately and this paper is perfect for them. I thought I'd keep the card simple with all the colors and lines. I stamped the balloon on a separate oxide ink panel, cut it out and mounted it with foam tape. What says "manly" more than twine?!

Club Scrap papers and greeting. Tim Holtz Oxide inks and balloon stamp.

 

Created for Just For Fun Rubber Stamp's For the Guys Challenge