Miss Ink Stamps - Just Be-Caws

I'm up on the blog over at Miss Ink Stamps with this one!

Hope you'll join me there for the details!  Thanks for stopping!

 

The Owl Got Lost - Miss Ink Stamps

I've got a simple card for you using some of the latest release from Miss Ink Stamps!

I love owls and this owl stamp set has to be one of my favorites!  I used the Diagonal Stripes for the background (gel print), SWAK Postage Hearts, Owls and the Scene Builder Cloud stencil!

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Thankful for All You Do-Brass and Bliss Craft Co

I'm on the blog over at Brass & Bliss Craft Co!

I hope you'll join me there for the details!

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Spooky Before Coffee!

I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters using some fabulous stencils from A Colorful Life Designs!

I hope you'll join me there for the details!

 

All Smiles-Miss Ink Stamps

I'm up on the blog over at Miss Ink Stamps with some Cheshire Cat and a reminder that you can add some shine to your gel prints you create with acrylic paints with Deco Foil and heat!

I love this adorable stamp set!  Head over to the Miss Ink Blog for a short video where you can see the shine.

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A Jillian Vance Design - A Birthday Classic

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with another card using the new Live To Ride set as well as this cool Brick A2 Cover Plate!

I hope you'll hop on over there and join me for links and details on how I made it!

 

Jillian Vance - Elegant Vintage Flourish

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with this one!

You can hop on over there for links and details!

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National Coffee Day Hop-Miss Ink Big Mugs

Hello!  Welcome back!  Have you hopped the National Coffee Day Hop yet??  You still have a few days and I have some inspiration for you!

Miss Ink Stamps is a sponsor for the NCD hop!  Miss Ink has lots of coffee and tea themed stamp sets, but I'm of the belief that any stamp set can be a coffee stamp set!  So I used the dinosaurs from Unstoppable for this one along with cups from Brewtiful and Just Be-Caws and the Big Mugs sentiment!  I mean... that's a big mug!!

I'd say it might be big enough!  Dinosaurs didn't drink coffee you say?  Well, see how that turned out for them???  They're extinct!

I used a gel print that I created with the Random Dots stencil for the background.

Thanks so much for stopping!  Now be sure if you haven't already to head over to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers National Coffee Day Hop post here and start hopping and commenting for your chances to win lots of great products!  ALSO!  Today is International Coffee Day and you'll find another mini hop and more chances to win!  You'll find that post here!  And Happy Day and Good Luck!

 

I Believe In You - Rubbernecker Stamps

I have this shaker up on the Rubbernecker Blog with details and links!  

I hope you'll join me over there!  Thanks so much for stopping and I hope you'll come again soon!

 I've included links below for all of the Rubbernecker products I used for this one.  Should you choose to shop using these links, I will receive a small compensation at no additional cost to you.  And thank you!

Beer With Friends

I've got a fun one today!  I made this one for one of my best friends.  It's a just because kind of card, but really I never sent her a birthday card or a congrats for her retirement...lol... and yes, she is still one of my best friends.  She knows me and she loves me anyway.

Anywho... she is a beer aficionado and when I saw these adorable gnomes I knew they'd be perfect for a card for her.  And she doesn't make cards, but she loves to send mail, so when I send this card, I'll send her the stamp too so she can stamp her envelopes with it.

For the base, I used a gel press print and heat embossed the mushrooms from Miss Ink Stamps onto it.  Then I stamped, cut and colored the gnomes and popped them up on the bottom.  Finally I stamped the sentiment that came with the stamp onto a strip from AJVD ... and the minislimline dies are from AJVD too.

That's me for today!  I hope you enjoyed it and that you'll come again soon!  Thanks for stopping!

 

Squirrel! - Miss Ink Stamps

Welcome back!  I've got some Slim's Whims for you today!  Because you can never have enough Slim!

I needed to get this one out of my head... inspired by that silly sentiment from the set!  I love all of the sentiments on this set... some punny, some snark, some silly and all fun!  And I knew this little squirrel from the Oh Nuts stamp set was perfect for this one.

I started this one with a gel print background and used the Leafy Green stencil and applied some Deco Foil Metallix Gold Gel through it.  I stamped, cut and colored the images and then used the frame and speech bubble together and added the first part of my sentiment at the top and then the "punchline" at the bottom with the SQUIRREL!

I think Slim is quite handsome in all of the different color combos I've seen him in so far!  I used E40-44 for this one.

Here are all of the colors I used on this one!

I'm playing along over at Double Trouble Challenge Blog, Are You Kitten Me (any cute animal will do) and 2 Crafty Critter Crazies, where It's All Critters All The Time!  You should check them out!

And here is Slim:

You can follow Slim on Instagram @slim_knows and you can follow me @bzscrapper... you know ... if you'd like.  We're not the boss of you.

I'm also linking up to the special challenge to post a pic of yourself and your cat or dog furbaby!  I didn't have one with both of my boys, so my mom edited one for me and I think it turned out so cute...lol

You should play along too for your chance at $50 of Close To My Heart product!  You can check both out here!

Thanks so much for stopping!  I hope you'll come again soon!

 

Coffee Loving Cardmakers - Journals For Life

 

I'm up on the blog over the the Coffee Loving Cardmakers with a new challenge and last month's winner!

I used some sweet products from Journals For Life, Waffle Flower Stamps and Hero Arts!  I hope you'll hop on over there for links and details and to play along!

Here are my colors for this one!  I had to pair it down because they all wouldn't fit in my cup and chose the lightest and darkest of each color family... you can fill in with anything in between... so my yellows were Y11 and Y13 but not in picture was Y15... well, that's not what I just said...lol!  Anywho!   I think you get the idea!

Thanks so much for stopping and I hope you'll come again soon!

CAS-ual Fridays Stencil Release - Falling Leaves Stencil

Welcome back for the final day of New Release Inspiration at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!  Today we're sharing projects using the Falling Leaves Stencil!

I decided to create a Fall-ish card using a panel cut from a gel print background.  I used the stencil to apply some gold texture paste.  I cleaned the stencil and dried it and then placed it back over the gel and pressed on some Flower Soft in autumn colors, pressing it into the gel and then I added some glitter in an autumn orange.  I pressed them both in slightly and then let it dry.  Once dry, I used a stiff paintbrush to remove the excess.

Finally the Big Thanks Duo was the perfect sentiment... in gold and brown.

Thanks so much for stopping!  Hope you'll come again soon!

Now be sure hop on over to the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps Blog to see what everyone has created for you using this fabulous stencil!

 
 

Coffee Art - Caffeine Fueled Paper Play

I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers with this one using some more Ellen Hutson stamps!

You have another week to play along with our monthly challenge!  Hope on over to today's post where you'll find a link to that as well!  Thanks for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

 

Hello Sweet Friend!

I'm have these up on the blog over at Rubbernecker Stamps and I'm sharing some more tips about gel plate printing!   I am by far not an expert, but I'm sharing as I'm learning and hope maybe you'll give some of it a try!

Some of my favorite places to get inspiration are at Tania Ahmed IG Account, Gel Press IG Account and Gelli Arts IG Account!  With the short quick videos I find at all of these places it's always just enough to get my creative mind buzzing!

For these I created bunches of panels... some for backgrounds and some to use for diecuts!

And these bee die cuts from the shop... OMG... adorable!  I cut these from Copic friendly paper so I could color them in however I wanted.

And OMG again... these new word dies and that Build A Phrase stamp set!!!  LOVE!

And these are the Copics I used to color the bee die set pieces as I was putting them together.

If you'd like more details, please join me over there (link at the top of my post)!

Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!

 I've included links below to all of the Rubbernecker products I've used for this one!  Should you decide to purchase using these links, I will receive a small compensation at no additional cost to you.  And thank you!