Using Vellum

 I will be off on holidays when this post goes up.

But a good friend of mine is having a 'significant' birthday

and this is the card I made for her

So stamped the flower image onto vellum with staz on ink

then coloured in behind with my tombow markers

I couldn't decide which colour to do - so did three lol

This was the end result - not sure I liked the one with the roughed edges.

Ended up deciding on the pink one for her

Wrapped the vellum around three layers of cardstock

small saying at the bottom.

I really liked how they turned out.

Moose on the Loose

 Hey - my first make this month for the new

challenge over at Lost Coast Designs

Fruit, Flower, Foliage

For this one I chose the background stamp Tall Trees

Embossed it in gold onto white cardstock, plus I did some gold embossing on the edges.

Did a moon in behind the trees, a few gold threads and a couple of gold leaves.

I made a small slit so it looked like the moose was walking by the trees. 

Several layers of cardstock, one of them being gold of course.

Hope to see your make  entered his month !!  maybe win some new stamps!!

It's time

 This months challenge over at Lost Coast Design is

No Body Challenge

(so no people in your make)

With this card I used Carmen Veranda stamp Clock Square

I stamped it onto white card stack and coloured in the clocks faces lightly

with my tombow pens.  then I added glossy accents onto the clocks.

I have some old watch pieces so one wrist watch face onto the card and some other gears

lightly inked the edges, layered onto black cardstock.

then using one of my embossing folders for the background and highlighted the 

design with black soot ink.

This was a fun stamp to play with !!

Come and enter the challenge with your make this month!

but be sure there are no bodies included hehehehe 

Doodlings

 Another make for this months challenge - 'nobody here'

At Lost Coast Designs

For this one I used the Doodlings Zentangle Feather

I always seem drawn to black and white basic card.  My thought with this is that it would be great

for a masculine card - perhaps someone who is graduating?  

Using the corner decoration  and adding the party words  and done

Be sure to enter your make for this months challenge - maybe win some new stamps

Just remember - Nobody Here (no people)

Tags

 Welcome to my blog today - with

Lost Coast Designs new Challenge this month

Nobody here (no people)

So I chose to work with a couple of tags. So often I get asked

why a tag and what do you do with it - Well here is a couple of examples

A card and a Book Mark

Using a couple of stamps from the Carmen Veranda page

the squares calligraphy and words & phrases

Used powder inks for background/ added some stencil images

inked the edges and added the phrase

Layered onto the card front.

Of course you know there is more to this saying LOL

oh ya....

Be sure to enter the challenge this month and maybe win

some new stamps !!!

Just be sure no people hehehee

Tee Pee card

 Hi, thanks for stopping by my blog today

This is a TP card. I made not too long ago and I’m using it for my son’s birthday coming up.

It actually leaves nice and flat if you need to mail it. 

And I decorated all the sides up and a little piece of Velcro to hold the sides together, so it can stand

Do you have wrinkles???

My last post of the month for the Gnome theme challenge 

over at Lost Coast Designs

For this make I used the 'swinging gnome'

and one of the sayings from Carmen Veranda 

(so many good ones to choose from)

I used my markers to ink up the stamp then lightly spritzed it with water and stamped

always luv the effect this has - like watercolour painting

Framed in two layers of black - one plain - the other dry embossed 

then lightly used

white ink to highlight the flowers

A wee bit of lace for colour (like he is swinging over grass) added 

the saying.  

Come join the monthly challenge !!

enter your Gnome make and maybe win some new stamps 

collage card

 Good day my crafty friends

Today I am sharing a class I did making a collage

master board then making a card.  there is no right or wrong

doing this - just set your mind free !!

So these are the two cards I made.

Was a blast teaching this class ! 

Lots of elements to this with the collage, and stencil paste and

splatters, and stamping and die cuts. oh my.

She is 2 today !

 Well the littlest grandkid is celebrating

Her 2nd Birthday !!

And for her - a cute House Mouse card

Lots of sparkle added, using one of stencils for the background.

Gardener Gnome

 My make today that I am sharing is for 

Lost Coast Designs challenge for the 

month of April - Gnomes

Using the Gardner Gnome I made this fun fold

added a bit of sparkle ehhehehe

And on the inside - using an old stammp (not LCD)

Hope you like what you see - be sure to check out the blog 

for my team mates makes too

Now - go make a gnome card and enter the challenge !!!

Maybe win some new stamps

Clean and Simple

 This months challenge theme over at Lost Coast Designs

 is Gnomes !!

I titled this one clean and simple as thats what it was to make.

The background I had made awhile back just doing some smooshing.

The 3 mini gnomes I embossed and coloured and fussy cut out

The little saying is just from some paper I had laying around also.

So - to me - it looked like an evening sky/sunset happening in the background.

So easy to put together, your cards don't need to have a lot going on to look great.

Be sure to enter your Gnome into this months challenge...maybe win some new stamps !!

Grandaughters Birthday Card

 Oh MY GOSH

so much fun making this card

Granddaughter is turning 12 and just thought this is her style LOL

Using my paper from Bella Luna - Crazy Pets

So I chose a background that I thought would fit.

Fussy cut out the easy chair, gave it a couple of folds to make

it look a bit 3D. and popped it up.

using one of my very old stamps from Stampotique , I stamped and embossed her off to the side

Some fun stuff behind the chair to make it look maybe a bit tattered from the cat LOL

Glossy accents on the balloons and of course HBD saying

Hope she likes it.

Courage

 My final make for the month with the theme 'Make it Funny'

With Lost Coast Designs

I chose the Steampunk American Gothic stamp for this make and 

Carmen Verandas clear stamp 

So the image is stamped onto kraft paper then coloured in white,

used a stencil for the background with a walnut distress ink colour

Layered onto some designer paper, some black threads in behind, mesh on corners

The saying stamped and layered and edges distressed.

Hope you are enjoying all the makes this month for the Make it Funny theme

and be sure to enter your make and perhaps win some new stamps ! 

My Dog

 Hey thanks for popping into my blog

Today I am sharing one of my makes for the month of March

with Lost Coast Designs challenge 'make it funny'

So pairing the Taco John stamp and

Carmen Veranda clear stamp

the background is done with my washi tape (I do have so much lol)

A little sparkle on his bow tie

He is just too cute - and ya I would take him over a family member...ssshhhhh

Be sure to enter your funny make at Lost Coast Challenge

and maybe win some new stamps !!!

Rocker Birthday Card

 Thanks for popping by my blog today.

My grandson is turning 7 !!!  where has the time gone.

So made him a rocker card.  He is very interested in the sky

and animals and how things work

So I was originally going to find an astronaut to put on card

but instead - thought the flying pig would be more fun

so the pig is fussy cut out and the rest of the card is just 

some cosmic paper I had in my stash.

Some stickles for a wee bit of night sky sparkle

Perhaps it wasn't the cow that jumped over the

Perhaps it was the pig

maybe....

 my first post for the month of March challenge

At Lost Coast Designs 

which the theme is 'Make it Funny'

I made a couple of items using this same image and words

the woman is the 'head in hands' stamp and the saying from Carmen Verandas

clear stamps

So I made this post card, and yes I have mailed it already to my sister LOL.

all done in black and white except the butterfly which I coloured in and

added a bit of sparkle to it

The edge designs were some rub ons I had laying around

This saying is so her !!!!

Next up I made a book mark - and this one is going to my daughter

                                     she reads alot...

Hope you enjoy this months challenge - I know that I and my team mates 

                     will keep you laughing all month !!! 

                                                                                   Also -make your funny card and add it to the 

                                    challenge this month - maybe win some new stamps !!!

From the Heart

 my 'Love and Hearts' make for this months challenge

At Lost Coast Designs

Actually - there are two makes here hehehhee

These were actually quick and easy to make.

So the First one with the Red Hearts

Has a belly band around it with the saying attached.

This saying is from Carmen Verandas clear stamps

Using a stamping trick - I only stamped about 1/2 of what the original stamps says !!

So easy to do with a bit of scotch tape to block out what you don't want.

this is what I blocked out LOL

'then remove the dog hair from your mouth as you walk to the car'

So now what I did was make a nice mushy card hehehehe

The next card is one large heart - using the same saying

then on the inside using the Party Words

So be sure to enter your make this month and 

maybe win some new stamps!! 

All about LOVE

 Welcome to my blog today where I am sharing

my second make of the month with the 'Love & Hearts'  challenge

using the dictionary word 'love' for the background

and then the Thick and Thin Men as the couple

Love is Love

I die cut the heart out and layered on top of the stamped images.

Using a stencil for the hearts , and a couple more cut out.

The Love word was fussy cut out (ya that was real fussy LOL)

Be sure to enter your make in the challenge and maybe win some new stamps !!

 It's Love & Hearts challenge over at

Lost Coast Design this month !

Here is my first make of the month !

Using a technique I hadn't done for quite awhile

Toilet paper - yeppers. LOL

So Using the Heart in the ATC Doodles I did this technique

Glued it onto the embossed background

then using Party Words for the saying

which is embossed in white on the small banner

Added a few beads around the edges.

this Heart stamp could be used for Valentines , weddings and/or Anniversaries !!!

Be sure to enter your 'Love & Heart" make in the challenge 

Maybe win some new stamps !!

Rocker Card

 Todays make at Lost Coast Designs challenge

lis a rocker card using the 

Bird on a Bike stamp

If you have never made a rocker card - give it a try - so much fun,

and so easy

The circle that I stamped the Bird on a Bike was inked with different colours

of distress inks.

Like a rainbow almost

I layered the circle onto black cardstock

the base was done in white cardstock then a circle next size smaller I cut

in Design paper and folded over.

Some splatters of white

The saying we have in with our Carmen Veranda clearstamp words

I just didn't have it handy so used this cut out

(in other words - seems to be lost in my craft room lol)

Be sure to enter your make in the challenge.  We would LOVE to see

it.  And maybe win some new stamps !!!!

Something new

 

Just a few cards I made recently

Enjoying this technique 

Using Andy Skinner stamps

The Dancer

                                                     here with my make in the 

Lost Coast Designs

theme of 'things with wings'

Well I have been working on my journal and on one page I used

the Thin Dancer

and YES she is fussy cut out !

I did emboss her in black then coloured her in.  Some sparkle on the wings.

She is escaping from the (die cut) cage.

The saying I typed out on the computer - I have always liked that saying.

this was so much fun to do !   I find is such a challenge to do a junk journal,

but love the results when done.

So be sure to enter your make with wings and perhaps win some new

stamps

Heaven

 Happy New Year and

Welcome to my blog today

This months challenge theme at

Lost Coast Designs is

Things with Wings 

So I have started off the year using a couple of old

stencils. My Angel Dog and some Bubbles and Stars

Once I inked in the dog and bubbles I used the

'No Dogs in Heaven' stamp from the

Carmen Verandas clear stamps

The stars I used some stardust butter with a bit

of colour added in.

Check out the challenge this month and enter

whatever !!  maybe win some new stamps

Merry Christmas

 Well here we are, almost Christmas.

here with my final make of the year

and in the 'anthing goes' challenge

Thought I would end the year with a Christmas card I made

using the Corner Swirl and Party words stamps

embossed white onto vellum with the corner swirl stamp.

dry embossed the side panels, layered onto shiny craft paper

add the snowflakes and a bit of silver thread

The saying is embossed in silver too.

Want to wish everyone a great holiday season !

And be sure to enter your make to try and win some new stamps

Age

 This month at Lost Coast Designs the 

challenge is ' anything goes'

well for my second make I did this  card 

using some distress inks, Corner swirl stamp

and Saying from Carmen Veranda

I sponged ink from the corner in with a light blue, then with the swirl stamp

used a darker colour on top

The Saying was stamped in archival black, then did 

some light splats with my posca pen.

Quick and easy card that you could match with any saying

Layered onto black then some blue cardstock.

this card is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.

Be sure to enter your make for Anything goes

and maybe win some rubber !!!

Same stamp - 2 Ways

 anything goes' for the month of December

Over at Lost Coast Designs

So thought I would step away from Christmas cards for something completely different.

Using the Mini fish Collage I did two different cards.

First Both cards are 5 1/2 square.

The first one I radomly stamped the card with random stamps.

inked the edges a bit in blue, layered the coloured cheesecloth on top.

The Image I coloured, added a bit of stickles then clear embossed the whole image.

Layered on top of the cheesecloth.  Added some green threads and some blings.

the next card, is a nice clean simple card

I stamped the image onto Vellum with staz on ink.

three layers of cardstock then wrapped the vellum around and secured on backside.

Layered onto card - added a couple of blings and saying from party words

Come and enter your make in this months challenge !!!