BYSHC #18 ~ Santa Paws

Hello crafty friends! I’m back with my second card for BYSHC #18 Sketch. Join us on BYSHC Facebook for a chance to win some crafting goodies.

I started by stamping the puppy and masking it, so I can stamp the tree. Next, I made a mask for the tree and “colored” the tree by ink blending. I can never color a tree the way I want it to look, so I decided to ink blend it 😜

I colored the puppy with Copic markers and fussy cut out the image. Next, I die cut out a flag and heat embossed the sentiment. Lastly, I glued everything down and added foam squares behind my image.

• Supplies:
  • Stamp: MFT Happy Pawlidays
  • Die: GKD Master Layout 5
  • Paper: Recollections Christmas Pets, Spellbinders Christmas Traditions, GKD Masking Paper

• Challenges:
  • ABC Christmas – A (Anything Christmas) & B (Baubles)
  • Creations in Pink #42 – ATG
  • Colour Crazy Wk 4 – ATG
  • Polkadoodles Wk 4 – ATG
  • SSS Monday – Furry Friends
  • SSS Wednesday – ATG
  • WAW #527 – ATG
  • WWC #333 – All about occasions

I hope you can join us over at BYSHC Facebook. Check BYSHC Blog for more inspirations.

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Night Skies

Happy Monday friends! I’ve been seeing a lot of beautiful cards with ink blended skies and silhouettes, so I was inspired to make one myself. I decided to do a night sky with beautiful colors. I was going for auroras, but ended up with something a little different. I love how it turned out though.

I started with ink blending the colors I wanted and layered the ink on heavy. When I was satisfied with the colors and ink, I spritzed some water onto the water reactive inks. Next, I added some Artistic Isle Titanium White Paint for some stars and snow. Since I don’t have silhouettes, I decided to stamp the trees and color them with GKD’s Black Onyx Dye Ink by stamping the ink onto an acrylic block and using a paint brush to watercolor in the trees. I die cut out the cardstock, heat embossed the sentiment, and added a black mat.

• Supplies:
  • Stamp: Gina K Designs Winter Whimsy
  • Die: Pink & Main Rectangles Set 1
  • Ink: Gina K Designs Black Onyx, In the Navy, Blue Raspberry, Lucky Clover, Passionate Pink, Wild Lilac, Plum Punch, Embossing Ink
  • Others: Altenew Pure White Embossing Powder

• Challenges:
  • Ally’s Angels #54 -ATG
  • A Perfect Time to Craft – ATG
  • Aud Sentiments #290 – ATG + Sentiment
  • Crafty Catz #579 – ATG
  • Gina K Designs Monthly Mix – Ink + Water
  • QKR #436 – ATG
  • PIP #2204-ATG
  • WAW #527- ATG
  • We Love To Create #1

I hope you like the card! Have a wonderful crafty week and thank you for dropping by.

Oh, Joy! Layering Stencils

Hello friends! I’m sharing a mini slimline card I created by layering stencils to make a scene. I’ve been enjoying ink blending with stencils recently and was challenged by Share Handmade Kindness’ January Challenge of layering stencils.

I started with the Stamplorations Beyond the Tree stencil on the bottom and the Waffle Flower Sunburst stencil on top and ink blended. I used copic markers to color the images from The Greeting Farm and fussy cut them out. I die cut out the black mat and the ink blended background with GKD Master Layout 7 dies. I also cut out a small hill and die cut the bottom with the same die so the stitched marks would match the background stitched marks. Lastly, I chose a sentiment that wasn’t as Christmas-y, so the card could be used for other occasions. It’s one way to extend your Christmas stamps.

• Supplies
  • Stamp: The Greeting Farm Merry & Bright
  • Die: Gina K Designs Master Layout 7
  • Stencil: STAMPlorations Beyond the Trees Stencil, Waffle Flower Sunburst Stencil
  • Ink: Gina K Designs Sweet Corn, Peach Bellini, Dusty Rose, Wild Wisteria, Blue Denim, In the Navy, Obsidian Amalgam Ink

• Challenges:
  • Ally’s Angel #54 – ATG
  • C.R.A.F.T #623 – New (TGF Stamp, Tree Stencil)
  • SSS Wednesday Challenge – Fun with Stencils
  • Stamplorations Stencil Challenge
  • WAW #525 – ATG

Thank you for stopping by and hopefully you get challenged to create something too. Happy crafting.

Bursts of Joy

Hi friends! I’m sharing a super simple slimline card today that I made for a Third Grader. I started with coloring the stamped images with Copic marker and die cutting them out with the matching die set. Then I ink blended with rainbow colors using the SSS Fading Tiny Dots stencil. Lastly, I added the sentiment and “stars” from the same stamp set.

I love how the card turned out and how well the stamp and stencil paired together. Hopefully, you like it to. 🙂

• Supplies:
  • Lawn Fawn Bubbles of Joy Stamp and Die Set
  • Simon Says Stamp Fading Tiny Dots Stencil
  • Gina K Designs Ink Red Hot, Tangerine Twist, Wild Dandelion, Lucky Clover, Blue Raspberry, Wild Lilac

• Challenges:
  • Dies R Us #184 – ATG w/ DRU dies (Lawn Fawn)
  • Lawn Fawn #116 – Let’s Celebrate
  • SSS Wednesday: Something New (Lawn Fawn Bubbles of Joy, SSS Fading Tiny Dots)
  • Time Out #204 – New (Lawn Fawn Bubbles of Joy, SSS Fading Tiny Dots)
  • WAW #525 – ATG

Have a wonderful, creative day!

BYSHC #18 ~ Have a Mice Year!

Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I’m starting off the year with this adorable card for BYSHC Sketch #18 Challenge! Join us on BYSHC Facebook for a chance to win some crafting goodies.

Another view to see the sparkle from the pixie dust because who doesn’t like some glitter on their card.

• Supplies:
  • Stamps: Sunny Studio Merry Mice, Mama Elephant Holiday Messages
  • Die: Honey Bee Hill Borders Die
  • Ink: Gina K Designs In the Navy, Blue Denim, Powder Blue
  • Other: Inkon 3 Pixie Dust, Artistic Isle Watercolor Paint, Artist’s Loft Watercolor Markers, Echo Park 6 x 6 Winter Magic Paper Pad

• Challenges:
  • A Perfect Time to Craft #1 – ATG
  • Clever Dexter #25 – Something New (Sunny Studios Merry Mice Stamp)
  • Polkadoodles Wk 1 -ATG
  • Time Out #204 – New (Sunny Studios Merry Mice Stamp)
  • WAW #523 – ATG

Wishing everyone the best in the new year!