Happy Howl-Oween!!

Cat's last week...dogs this week!
I thought it would be fun to bring a dog friend to the party....

This little cutie is from the Circus Dogs set of stamps. He was stamped on white cardstock then fussy cut. I created his hat by stamping the Oz Witch hat, colored it with glitter gel pens and fussy cut. 

I stamped one of the spider webs from the Spiderweb Background on the upper left corner of the pumpkin pattern paper and the large and small Bat from Carrie's Menagerie in the other corner.  The stamped panel was affixed to a card base and a bit of washi tape was added to the bottom. I used foam tape to add the dog to the card and hand wrote the sentiment.

Supplies:

Lost Coast Designs - Circus Dogs Set, Spiderwebs Background, Bat

Carmens Veranda - Oz Witch

Pattern Paper, Washi Tape, Gel Pen

Toadstool Trio

Today I wanted to share my latest Fairy Hugs creation...

I love this simple Toadstool image. It is so versatile and can be used alone or paired with any number of the other lovely Fairy Hugs stamps. Today I have a trio of toadstools with an extra little tip to make your mushrooms grow a bit.

Directions:

1. Stamp the middle mushroom on a piece of white cardstock.

2. Without reinking, stamp the image onto a piece of scrap paper and trim. This will become your mask for stamping the rest of the card.

3. Cover the stamped toadstool with the mask, ink the stem part of the image and stamp it below the stem on the first stamped image. You just "grew" your mushroom!

4. Leaving the mask in place, stamp a second and third mushroom on either side of the tall mushroom.

5. Color the mushrooms as desired.

6. Stamp foliage and flowers around the mushrooms.

7. Use watercolor to create the ground and give more color to the images/foliage.

8. Die-cut the image; diecut the frame using Mocha/Mocha Starstruck Rinea foiled paper.

9. Cut and mount the Fairy Wings Background paper on a brown card base.

10. Cut a strip of Moss & Stone Background paper and adhere it to the center of the card.

11. Mount the mushroom image and frame on the card.

12. Add a twine bow.

Have a lovely day friends!!

Fairy Hugs Supplies:

Toadstool

Fairy Hugs Background -  Fairy Wings

Fairy Hugs Background - Moss and Stone

Other Supplies:

Rubber Stamp Tapestry - Peg Stamps Foliage, Flowers

Gina Marie Designs - Frame

Watercolor Paints, Twine

Be sure to stop by our Fairy Hugs Facebook Group 

 

Rustic Rudolph Shaker Card

 Hello Friends - I hope you are all well and enjoying the start to your week.  Today I wanted to share a shaker card using the Limited Edition mix called Rustic Rudolph.

I know black isn't a traditional Christmas color but I really like the looks of it. I made this card by initially stamping the black panel all over using stamps from the Rubber Stamp Tapestry set called Vintage Christmas using Golden Glitz Delicata Ink from Imagine.

I then die-cut the window and a layer insert with the deer (both from Spellbinders). I attached a clear piece of acetate for the window and mounted the insert on the panel.  A bit of foam tape to create the shaker portion of the card, filled with the Rustic Rudolph mix and affixed the Turquoise/Turquoise Starstruck panel to enclose the shaker.  This shaker was then mounted on a black card base.

To finish off the card I added a few sequins to the front of the card and a gold stamped sentiment inside.

Even though it's not what you'd traditionally expect to receive I hope it will bring joy to someone this holiday season!

Supplies:

Doodles Paper Playground Sparkle Blend Limited Edition Sequins Mix - Rustic Rudolph

Rubber Stamp Tapestry - Vintage Christmas

Rinea - Turquoise/Turquoise Starstruck Foiled Paper

Spellbinders - Window & Insert

Imagine - Delicata Ink - Golden Glitz

Happy Fall Ya'll Rinea Foiled Card

 

Happy Harvest time friends! Today I wanted to share with you this fun slimline card I made using Rinea Foiled papers and Joy Clair Stamps. It's so fun and easy to make but the final project is a real WOW!

Here's how I made the card....

Step 1 - Trim a card panel 3.5" x 8.5".

Step 2 - Cut background sky and grass by hand or use diecuts as shown here.

Step 3 - Adhere these elements to the card panel.

Step 4 - Stamp desired elements onto Rinea Foiled Paper using StazOn ink - pumpkins, corn stalk, and scarecrow.

Step 5 - Fussy cut all of the stamped bits.

 

Step 6 - Adhere all of the elements to the card.

Step 7 - Stamp sentiment and adhere it to the bottom of the card.

 

You've now got a wonderful fall themed card to brighten anyone's day. 

Supplies:

Rinea Foiled Papers - Sapphire/Gold Glossy, Emerald/Gold Glossy, Emerald/Emerald Starstruck, Marigold/Gold Glossy, Gold/Gold Glossy, Ruby/Gold Glossy

Joy Clair - Harvest Blessing

Imagine - StazOn Jet Black Ink

MFT - Grass, Hill

Cardstock, Diecut Machine

Rustic Holiday Challenge at Sparkle Blends Fan Club

 

Hello Friends...today I wanted to share a couple cards I made for the October Challenge at Sparkle Blends Fan Club.  This is the inspiration photo....

Lovely isn't it?

Here's what I created...

My first creation is this fun christmas tree shaker using the Sparkle Blends mix Holly Berry. I used papers from Echo Park paired with Spellbinders Christmas Tree die.

I am loving slimline cards and this one was so much fun to make! Silver Bells sequins mix was used to embellish this card.  I used paper from Carta Bellas Christmas collection and Jingle Bells and the words "Jingle Bells" from the Christmas Sentiments mix from Creative Embellishments.  Both the bells and sentiment were embossed with Mboss embossing powders from Imagine.

Finally I have this fun candy cane shaker card! I had so much fun with this.  The Candy Cane Shaker from Creative Embellishments was filled with Minter is Coming Limited Edition sequins mix. I LOVE this mix...it's filled with such fun bits. It really makes this shaker shine, well that and the red glitter that I glued to the top piece of the shaker!

Hope you join in the fun!!

Sparkle Blends Fan Club - October Challenge

Happy Meow-loween!

 Today I wanted to share my sweet Halloween Kitty....

To create this card I stamped the Large Peekaboo Kitty on dark grey cardstock using VersaMark ink which was then embossed with Black Mboss embossing powder. The kitty was then shaded with white pigment ink and glitter gel pens to color the ears, nose and eyes. The kitty was then fussy cut and popped onto a card that I had added some bits of halloween pattern paper in my stash.  I stamped bits and pieces of the Spiderwebs Background image onto a piece of taupe colored cardstock to which the sentiment was added.

Happy Meow-loween!

Roni

Supplies:

Carmen's Veranda - Large Peekaboo Kitty

Lost Coast Design - Spiderwebs Background

Imagine - VersaMark, Mboss embossing powder, StazOn Pigment Ink - Cotton

Glitter Gel Pen

Pattern Paper, Cardstock

Puzzled Fairy Melia

 Today I wanted to share my latest Fairy Hugs creation...

I often like to take my stamps off the card to create other pieces of stamped art. Today Melia graces a giant 5" x 6" floor puzzle piece. 

Directions:

Paint the entire puzzle piece with black acrylic paint.

Stamp Melia and the Fairy Lily onto the puzzle piece with VersaMark ink.

Sprinkle with white embossing powder, shake off excess and heat to melt.

Paint the puzzle piece with metallic watercolors.

Such a simple process but the results are amazing!

Fairy Hugs Supplies Used:

Fairy Hugs - Melia

Fairy Hugs - Fairy Lily

Other Supplies Used:

DecoArt - Americana Acrylic Paint - Lamp Black

Imagine - VersaMark, White MBoss Embossing Powder

Metallic Watercolor Paints, Puzzle Piece

Be sure to stop by our Fairy Hugs Facebook Group 

Candy Corn Shaker

 It's Friday!!  Hope you've all had a wonderful week. Today I wanted to share my Candy Corn Shaker with you...  I love this die, it's so much fun.

Isn't that great...I know not everyone loves candy corn like I do but I think this is one we can agree on!

It was cut from some great pattern paper I found in my stash (no idea who made it). I then filled each section with a different Limited Edition Sequins Mix from Sparkle Blends.

The yellow portion is filled with Candy Corn, the center section is Jack-o-lantern and the tip of the candy corn is filled with Spectral a spooky ghostly blend.

I finished off the card by adding a bit of orange and gold glitter spread lightly over the entire front of the card. Because you know everything is better with glitter ;)  LOL!!

Hope you have a wonderfully spooky weekend!!

RIP Creative Embellishments Tombstone

 Mid-way through October already...can you believe it? I sure can't. This year has just disappeared in the blink of an eye. Half way to Halloween so today I have a spooky creepy tombstone for your approval.  

Creative Embellishments Monthly Challenge for October is to take inspiration from at least one portion of this image... with the added twist of adding wings or something with wings.

Well now any Halloween lover would have a field day with this because it is chock full of fun spooky, creepy goodness!  Here is what I have made...

Isn't that great - even if I do say so myself!  I wanted a creepy, ancient tombstone and I think I've achieved that.  The Tombstone it's self is cut from 3/16" plywood so it's very sturdy and takes lots of layers very well.

The skull is actually from the Skull Shaker kit. It was on my desk waiting to be turned into a shaker but it was the perfect size for this project so you gotta do what you gotta do. I sacrificed the shaker for the tombstone.  I also used these highly detailed Angel Wings. I purposely attached them upside down to give it a more menacing look. The skull also has a Raven sitting on top his head which can be seen in the first photo.

I cut the letters from foam core board freehand. 

I also added the Corner Spider Web, Thorn Flourish Pair and a worn and weathered Crow Skull.

This is one of my favorite Halloween pieces I've ever made! I'm thinkin' I need to make more of these and set them out on Halloween.

Here are some "in the process" photos - they are pretty self explanatory.

Foam Core Board (1/4") - used for the bottom of the tombstone to give it depth and for the letters as well. Very easy to cut into any shape and adds lots of dimension.

Grey acrylic paint with sand added.

Sponged on darker grey and green to add shadows and "mossy" look. 

Dripped watered down black acrylic paint for years of filth...also used on both of the skulls.

Flicked on watered down white acrylic paint for specks of gunk - LOL!!

So there you have it....my creepy, ancient tombstone!

Creative Embellishments October 2020 Challenge

Supplies:

Creative Embellishments - Tombstone, Skull Shaker, Raven, Angel Wings, Corner Spider Webs, Thorn Flourish Pair, Crow Skull

DecoArt - Acrylic Paints - Grey, Green, Black, White

Foam Core Board 1/4"

Beacon 3in1 Adhesive

Sand

Let Your Halloween Spirit Take Flight

 We're up to Lucky #13 in our 31 Days of Halloween and today I have a touch of elegance for you....

Would you believe that this is one stamp? 

It is, it's called Winged Skeleton from Carmen's Veranda. 

I stamped this image twice onto black cardstock and embossed one image with gold and the other with white embossing powders. The white skeleton was fussy cut out of the frame and the gold image was fussy cut as a whole. I added black and red gemstones to the image which was then mounted on the skeleton pattern paper (which was mounted on a card base). I then added the white winged skeleton to the card using foam tape.

It's such a striking image all gussied up don't you think?

Happy Day friends!

Roni

Supplies:

Carmen's Veranda - Winged Skeleton

Imagine - VersaMark, Mboss Embossing Powders

Faux Gemstones, Foam Tape, Cardstock, Pattern Paper