Thank You For Your Hospitality!

Good morning! 

I am up on the SRM blog today with a fun card using a fabby set from Jane's Doodles called, Home Sweet Home.   I stamped the buildings with black Memento ink.  The buildings were colored using Copic markers. The background was created with my Zig Clean Color Markers.  

I adhered the buildings to the front panel with crafty foam tape from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. 

(my favorite!)  I added glossy accents to the sun and clouds.  The sentiment was stamped on a water colored panel with Versamark and then heated with white embossing powder.  I added red string to finish off my card. 

Thank you for stopping by! 

Crafty Secrets and Word Art Wednesday!

Good morning! I am excited to be a guest designer for Word Art Wednesday! 

Crafty Secrets if offering one lucky person a $20.00 digital prize! Really Reasonable Ribbon is also offering a $10.00 prize!

I had the pleasure of working with this beautiful scripture.  I incorporated it with a digital Thanksgiving image from Crafty Secrets.  I merged the two using Photoshop.  I printed it on white cardstock and colored the image using Prisma Colored pencils.  I used a Spellbinder's die to cut out the image.  While the die was in place I sponged around it using several Tim Holtz inks in brown, green, and a bit of blue. 

I splattered the perimeter with a bit of water and then a bit of black water color paint.  I removed the die to have a wonderful white crisp edge!  I added coordinating silk ribbon and pearls to the corners. And just because you know how much I LOVE sparkle, I added Ice Stickles to the perimeter of the card, as well as the veggies! 

 

I want to take a moment to thank our Veterans.  

I appreciate everything  you do to serve and protect this great country of ours. 

Thank you for always keeping me company in my little cyber spot!

Have a wonderful day!

Resurrecting Old Supplies!

Good morning!  I realized today that it had been a week since I last posted! Life has been so busy lately! There are many changes around the corner which I will be sharing soon.

Anyway my friends, I am up on the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog with this card.  

It was a card made up of some very neglected supplies!

Quickutz dies that I have been enjoying resurrecting...and my cloud stencil. I added layers of glossy accents and glitter to my dies after water coloring them with my Zig Clean Brush Markers, an SRM sticker that you can find here, and crafty foam tape in between card stock for depth. For my finishing touch, I adhered a few sequins using DODZ™ - Small.

Thank you so much for stopping today!

Hello...Hello...Hello....

Good morning and Hello to you!  I am up on the SRM blog today with a happy card using SRM's Big Hello set.  I watercolored the background with my Zig Clean Brush Markers and then embossed it.  The sentiment was stamped on a transparency using Staz On ink.  I layered it over the water colored panel. 

I added a few sequins, and some pretty silk ribbon from the Stamp Simply Store.  

I am going to keep it short and sweet today!

Thanks for stopping! 

Crafty Secret's November Design Team Challenge and Linky Party!

Good morning and welcome to a brand new month!

It can mean only one thing.......the Crafty Secret's Design Team Challenge and Linky Party! Wahoo!

This month's theme was Christmas, but anything but a card.

My project this month all started with the metal piece that served as my ornament.  I've probably had it a hundred years and decided at this particular moment, that it would make a cute ornament. ;) And who wants to just hand someone an ornament? No one!  So I created the box with my Silhouette to make a cute little presentation! 

A little paint, a bit (or a lot) of glitter, a cute retro Santa, and a couple of jingle bells and you've got yourself a sweet ornament!

Fuzzy earmuffs anyone?

The metal thingy-a-bob was given several coats of cream colored paint.  Once dry I put some glossy accents along the outer edge and then sprinkled glitter over it.

I am all about the little touches, so I grabbed some red Flower Soft and gave Mr. Snowman some fuzzy ear muffs. By the way, the retro Santa is part of the Crafty Secret's Retro Christmas collection.  I cut it into a circular shape using a Circle Spellbinder's die. 

I didn't want the image too recessed in my metal thingy, so I added a bit of foam tape from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.  I used a bit of Tacky glue to make sure it didn't go anywhere. 

Consider it extra security if you will! :)

Does anyone use clothespins A LOT when they craft?  I am constantly using them to hold items in place because I myself am way too impatient to hold it  myself!  I wanted a bit of gold tinsel around the circle.  Tinsel seemed perfect for this ornament, so lo and behold, the clothespins did my work for me. ;)

And one more look...in case you forgot because you were so bedazzled with my clothespins above. ;)

Be sure to check out the other talented designer's projects!

Kathy Wright Clement

, Ginny Nemchak,

 Sheila Rumney 

Michele Kovack

Diane Hover

 Shantaie Caudill-Fowler

Have a wonderful day my friends!

Vintage Halloween Witch's Hat!

Good morning! Happy Halloween Eve! I truly can not believe it is the end of October already! Where the heck did the time go?  Halloween already? Geez!

So to celebrate one of my most favorite holidays, I have a little witch's hat!

The hat itself is a Silhouette cut.  

I used digital Halloween papers from Crafty Secrets for the entire project.  You can find them HERE. 

I just can't help myself with the glitter, so I gave in to my obsession and glittered the heck out of my hat! 

I added a few feathers, ribbon, and a flower.  The stick pin includes a sticker from Crafty Secret's Halloween Digital Scraps   collection.  

My girl insisted on being a pink pirate this year.  (This girl LOVES pink!)Tomorrow we head to my sisters to do some pumpkin carving, trick or treating, and a bonfire.  :) I am going to do the NO rain dance tonight! Last year's Halloween was a wash due to the extreme cold and rain, it would be so nice for the kids to be able to get out!

Have a great weekend!

Digital and Watercolors....Can they be Friends?

Digital images and water colors.  

Can it be done? 

I experimented with this idea and did have a couple of failed attempts. My problem was often too much water. You definitely need a light hand when it comes to the water!  This digital image from Crafty Secrets was printed in a light brown color.  I wanted the lines as a guide nothing more. This image is pretty detailed so keeping the depth and shadows was a bit of a challenge.  I used my Zig Clean Brush Markers.  I love these markers because you can use the fine tip to get into small areas. 

I used shades of red, orange, and yellow, with a bit of black to fill in the shadows.  I cut the image using a Circle die from Spellbinders as well as a scalloped die.  The background was done with a stencil and Tim Holtz Inks. I added silk ribbon from the Stamp Simply store and a few sequins to finish it off.  

So I guess my answer to the question above is yes.  Digital and water colors can be friends! 

Do you use digital images?  What is your favorite medium to use with them?