August 2021 calendar page

Sunday August 1, 2021

Last year probably around this time of the year I made a card using a similar design. I loved it so much and when it came time to create a page for our group of girls for 2021 this is what I wanted to create so I can look at it and the quote for the whole month.  For the background I took a large sheet of water color paper (3 of them- I had to make 12 pages for 12 girls) I used Prima water colors and painted the sheets. I added a little Kuretake Gansai gold water colors.  I dried them. As they finished totally drying I used my Paper trey ink background die and cut 12 white pieces. I die cut the navy blue card stock 12 times using another PTI die and stamped the Verse rubber stamp sentiment and heat embossed. I then cut the watercolor paper down to an A2 size and assembled the pages. I distressed the calendar month with some Ranger ink and added it to the page. I finished with some Pretty Pink Posh jewels.. I am excited to know that 12 people will enjoy this fun quote for a whole month. 

 Challenges:

Word art Wednesday wk. 501-502 - anything goes

Beyond the blue - anything but a card

Simon Wednesday - anything goes

Krafty chicks #570 - anything goes

love you mom - Always Fun #213

 Monday May 10, 2021

Hello

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It's time for a new challenge over at

ALWAYS FUN CHALLENGE #213

Our theme this weeks is

MOTHERS DAY

For my card I used Pretty Pink Posh image and stamped the three images on the water color paper. I used Mission Gold water color and added Kuretake Gansi gold to the flower centers.  I set it aside to day. I used Tech. Tues. Love you and backer and die cut out. I used Your Next Stamp letters and die cute the mom and added to a white strip then rounded the corner. I added these to the card to complete. It's hard to create Mother's day cards my mom passed 13 and a half years ago. Hubby's mom has been gone a lot longer.. 

Challenges:

Word art Wednesday wk. 489-490 - anything goes

Scrapping 4 fun #191 - ladies, mothers day, girls

Jan's digi stamps -May - anything goes

Incy wincy designs - mother's day/flowers

Simon Wednesday - feminine

Little red wagon #600 - hers!

The paper funday #29 - anything goes/flowers-florals

Krafty chicks #558 - stamp act

Cute card Thursday #685 - anything goes

Crafting happiness #95 - frogs/opt. anything goes

Congratulations on your happy news - Cardz 4 Galz #146

Thursday May 6, 2021

Hello

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It's time for a new challenge over at

Cardz 4 Galz #146

Our theme is 

NEW BEGINNINGS / BABY/HOME/JOB

For my card I went with a new baby... I have been itching to use this stamp. It's an old wooden red rubber from Mostly Animals. I love it. I have this one and a lion.. I thought this is perfect for a girl baby card. I stamped the image on water color paper and then using Mission Gold wc painted the image. The little parts of gold are with Kuretake Gansi gold wc paint.  I cut it down using a Lil Inker die. I stamped the wc pink with Taylored Expressions sentiment and added this all to a piece of pink card stock.  I wish you could see the colors in real lift. I love the jewel colors.

Challenges:

Word art Wednesday wk. 489-490 - anything goes

Creative fingers #207 - anything goes

Crafty animals #50 - anything goes /w animals

QKR #419 - anything goes

Lil patch of crafty friends #157 - anything goes

Crafting happiness #95 - jump/frog - anything goes

Simon Monday - feminine

Simon Wednesday - feminine

Little red wagon #600 - hers!

 

It's your birthday

Saturday January 2, 2021

I hope you all had a nice safe quiet New Year.. We just stayed home as we usually do and watch tv and added some Lavender essential oil on the dogs to calm them from the fireworks that we get here in the country. I hope that 2021 is a healthier safer happier year.

With the new year it means new birthdays.. Well my brothers is the 8th and my grandsons is the 13th so I created the two cards below.  

The first one is for my brother Mark and second one for my grandson Josh. I used Prima confession pan paints and created the backgrounds. I splattered some Kuretake Gold watercolors to both then I let it dry for a few days.  I then used Simon Says allover stamp and heat embossed one in gold and other in black. I used some Navy blue card stock and die cut the Taylored Expressions flowers 4 times. layered them twice and added to the card. I used the same navy for the sentiment and heat embossed the Simon Says sentiments. I really like how they came out.. I always cringe when it comes to male cards and especially when they are adult guys.

Mark

Josh

 Challenges:

Crafting happiness #77 - new year / any celebration (both)

Cute card Thursday #667 - anything goes (both)

Dragonfly journeys - January celebration (both)

Love to scrap #141 - anything goes

Inkspirational #229 - something in your home (both - plants)

Allsorts #605 - anything goes

Sweet stampin - new (both - new birthday year)

Christmas cards for my brothers

 Thursday December 24, 2020

These two cards are for my brothers and their spouses. I saw this idea on 
U-tube Ema Lefebvre. 

I used my Mission gold water colors and did a gold Kuretake gansai watercolor around the edge. I added the embossed Simon Says sentiment. 

Challenges:

Word art Wednesday wk. 470-472 - anything goes (card 2)

A gem of a craft challenge wk. 26 - anything goes (card 1)

Sweet stampin - last min. Christmas (card 1)

Crafting happiness #76 - anything goes (card 1-2)

Simon Monday - celebrate (card 1-2)

Paper minutes #672 - Christmas / New Year (card 1-2)

Little red wagon #581 - Merry Christmas (card 1-2)

Christmas card and Birthday card

 Wednesday December 23, 2020

This Christmas card is for my Daughter in law.. once removed but never from my heart.. and her husband. I hand painted this Christmas tree and since they live in Vegas I added some snow that I am sure they are missing.  I kept it quite simple. I didn't want to add ornaments but now that I look at it I could of added a bird or squirrel..  I used Mission gold and Gouache for the snow.

Challenges:

Cute card Thursday #665 - anything goes

Inkspirational #228 - snow

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas #521 - Christmas

Sweet stampin - last min. Christmas

Crafting happiness #76 - anything goes

Simon Monday - celebrate

Paper minutes #672 - Christmas / New Year

Little red wagon #581 - Merry Christmas

This card is for my grandson who turns 12 on Dec. 23rd. I watercolored the background and used Prima pan paints and Kuretaki gansai silver. I used My favorite things and Paper Trey ink dies. I think he'll like this.

Challenges:

Word art Wednesday wk. 470-472 - anything goes (birthday card)

Cute card Thursday #665 - anything goes (both cards)

A gem of a craft challenge wk. 26 - anything goes (birthday card)

Crafting happiness #76 - anything goes

Simon Monday - celebrate

Happy birthday for my family guys - 4 cards

Saturday October 10, 2020

Hello..

 I have two family grown up male birthdays in Oct. and two more in Nov. so I decided to do a painting similar to how I did some cards some months back.. this time I just did blue/green/gold in brush width lines.. I am not sure if I like this as much as the ones I did before where it was more of a wash of colors. But I think for guys it's going to work out.. I used Shin Han water colors and Kuretake gold then did the circles and black foliage with Fabre Castell brush pens. The sentiments are from Simon Says and Paper Pretties. I cut them down to about 4 x 5.25 and added to a white card base. My hubby likes them so I think they are male approved. 

card #1 for Samson Jr.

                                                                           card #2 for Samson

card #3 Trey

                                                                             card #4 for Jeff

                                             

Challenges:

Word art Wednesday wk. 460-461 - anything goes (all 4 cards)

Scrapping 4 fun #177 - two words (card #1)

A gem of a challenge wk. 21 - anything goes (cards #1, #2, #3)

 

Red leaves - oragne leaves - Creative with Stamps #42 Autumn

Sunday September 1, 2019

 

Hello.. It's September 1st so we have another month long

challenge over at Creative with Stamps #42

Our theme this month is AUTUMN

 

Note: CWS challenges to not have many "guidelines", but please read and follow the few we do have to be eligible to win.

 

Digging through my stamps I saw this Technique Tuesday sentiment and thought perfect. So I grabbed my Stampin up stamps and dies and stamped on watercolor paper. I then used my Mission gold watercolor paints and went for the red/orange/yellow and gold leaves.. I then cut them out. I used the leftover paints and took another piece of watercolor paper and created the background and dried. I then took red and black and did the splatters. Dried that then I took Versa mark and wiped it on the edges and dipped into embossing powder and heat embossed. I stamped the sentiment on some Quick quote scraps and heat embossed in the same powder from Simon Says. I used Spellbinder rectangle die to cut it out. Once I was ready to put the card together, I thought the leaves needed a hint of gold so I took Kuretake gold watercolor paint and went over the leaves and dried. You can barely notice it. I then laid out the sentiment and images and put a few leaves right on the background and a few on foam dots. I added a few twine bows to the stems. I am not ready for autumn.. but I guess more ready for it then winter.. lol.

Challenges:
Hand stamped Sentiments #322 - photo
Penny's paper crafty #445 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - anything goes
Word art Wednesday wk. 402-403 - anything goes
As you like it - favorite way to add sentiment - I love to emboss and frame the sentiment so it fits with the image.

Birthday wishes - Always Fun Challenge #105

Monday April 8, 2019

 

Welcome to another challenge at Always Fun Challenge#105

Our theme this week is FLOWERS 

  

 I love digging out my Mission gold paints and trying to create. So for this card I took Simon says flowers and stamped three on water color paper. I colored with the Mission paints and fussy cut them out. I went around the edges with a black pen. I used Birch press stamp and scrap paper and die cut the leaves.  For the background I took another piece of water color paper and created the background. It needed something more so I took Tambi gold paint and did splatter and then ran the brush around the outer edge of the paper. I then added some dots to the centers of the flowers to tie it all together. I finished adding some sequins and stamped the sentiment.  I made sure all was dry this time so it didn't run like my April 1st card.  learned that lesson.. well at least for now.

 

Challenges:
Crafting by designs - April anything goes
Cute card Thursday #576 - anything goes
Creative fingers #161 - anything goes
Scrapping 4 fun #137 - anything goes
Jo's scrap shack #276 - anything goes
Sweet stampin - mellow yellow/anything goes
Creative craft cottage #117 - no pattern papers
Use your stuff #354 - flora or fauna

Artistic inspirations #214 - anything goes

Sending you the most merriest - Always Fun Challenge #87

Monday December 3, 2018

 

We're back with another fun challenge at

Always Fun Challenges #87

Our theme is

Snowmen

 

I am back with another old wood block stamp by The Cottage Stamper. I heat embossed the image and colored with my Mission water color paints. I went over the white snow man, ground and tree snow with Kuretake  shimmer white paint.  I added a Simon Says sentiment. 

Challenges:
Alphabet challenge - R - reindeer
Try it on Tuesday - winter wonderland
4 crafty chicks #431 - anything goes
Jo's scrap #262 - anything goes
QKR stampede #324 - anything goes
My time to craft #385 - CAS one layer
Inkspirational #175 - Christmas
Crafty Hazelnuts #414 - Christmas
Crazy 4 challenges #463 - tree
Sweet stampin - snowmen/snowladies
Dragonfly journeys #130 - handmade holiday magic

Christmas wishes - Always Fun Challenge #83

Monday November 5, 2018

 

Welcome back to another challenge at

Always Fun Challenge #83

our theme WATER COLOR

 

 

So last year around spring time I created some of these background pieces. Taking water color paper and Kuretake paints and wetting the wc paper with the paints and then taking plastic wrap and laying it down on the wet paint and scrunching the plastic wrap up and setting it aside to dry. So I thought this looked a little like snow background. I stamped the Paper Trey ink image and colored with copics and then took Spectrum Noir sparkle pen and went over the snow areas. I heat embossed the Simon Says sentiment.  I love the CAS look.

Challenges:
Word art Wednesday wk. 358-359 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - anything goes
Cute card Thursday #554 - anything goes
4 crafty chicks #427 - Christmas
Jo's scrap shack #258 - anything goes
QKR #320 - anything goes
Crafty catz #436 - anything goes
Crafty hazelnuts #410 - Christmas
Sweet stampin - trees
CCC creations #98 - winter time

Chocolate makes everything better - Always Fun Challenges #82

Monday October 29, 2018

 

Are you ready for another fun challenge??

 Well Always Fun Challenges #82 has one..

The theme is HALLOWEEN 

I wanted to make a fun card that could be Halloween but not at the same time. but looking at it after I got started I think it's more Halloween. Oh well.  I started by stamping the CC designs dragon image on water color paper then added Tim Holtz (crazy bird accessories) the pumpkin and broom. I colored in the images with Mission paints and I painted the night sky and added stars with Kuretake white starry paint and flicked it on the card and my desk.. I even used a box to put the piece in.. how I managed to get it on my desk I don't know.. I then took Reverse confetti sentiment and heat embossed it.  I think no matter what age you are chocolate makes everything better...

Challenges:
My time to craft #382 - Halloween or cats
Dragonfly journeys #128 - Halloween
Simon Wednesday - Halloween/spooky
Word art Wednesday wk. 358-359 - anything goes
The sisterhood of crafters - humor
Crafty gals corner #177 - Halloween colors
As you like it - favorite Halloween or Autumn -why? (I'm not a big fan of Halloween but oh I love the colors and darling images for cards this time of the year and seeing the fun costumes so creative.)
Moving along with the times #83 - Halloween
Crafty catz #435 - anything goes/opt. Halloween

You light up my Christmas - The Merry Christmas challenge

Saturday September 15, 2018

 

Welcome back to another fun challenge at

                                     The Merry Christmas challenge

Our theme is

ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES + CHRISTMAS

 

 

This is my card. I had another background going but I did not like what I was trying to create so went with this layout instead. I am happier. I stamped the images from Simon Says and then colored with Mission water color paint and Kuretake white. I colored the Christmas blue lights from Paper Trey ink and hearts by Simon Says with copics. I added a little floss to the lights. I added some Spectrum Noir sparkle pen to the lights and hearts. I fussy cut everything out.

Challenges:
Artistic inspirations #206 - anything goes
Papercraft #20 - special occasions
Word art Wednesday wk. 352-353 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - pop it up
Cute card Thursday #547 - dies/punches
Jo's scrap shack #251 - anything goes
Crafty catz #429 - anything goes/opt. pearls
A bit more time to craft #76 - anything goes
Creatalicious #147 - anything goes / opt. circles

happy birthday gullfriend! - Always Happy Birthday #8

Wednesday August 1-31, 2018

 

Welcome to another challenge for August at 

Always Happy Birthday #8 

Our theme for this month is

BIRTHDAY ANYTHING GOES / OPT: WATER

 

 

So this card really made me smile.. I stared by using my cloud template to create the sky. I had a piece of water color paper I created last year.. (Kuretake paint and plastic wrap scrunched and set aside to dry) I used My favorite things wave die and cut a little piece off and added it straight to the card base. I then used an embossing pen and added white embossing powder for the white caps and heat embossed the sentiment in white (the hb is from Tech. Tues. the gullfriend is MFT) I added foam behind and added this to the card. I stamped some Simon says sea gulls to the sky. I used My favorite things sea gulls and colored with copics and die cut them out.  I love the sentiment.

Challenges:
Simon Monday - wild things
Use your stuff #323 - free week
Pammies inky pinky #1830 - sunny days
Crafty sentiments - anything goes
Die cuttin divas #380 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - make own background
Word art Wednesday wk. 346-347 - anything goes
Crafty gals corner #171 - tropical colors

you are mermazing - Colour Crazy Challenge

Friday July 13, 2018

 

I am now full time on the design team at Colour crazy.. I was so happy when I got the chance to join and not just be a guest designer.

 

Welcome to another fun challenge at

 Colour Crazy Challenge..

 Our theme is always ANYTHING GOES..

 

it's a colour challenge.. no pre colored images can be used. 

We don't have a sponsor but there is blog candy. Now who doesn't love blog candy.. or any kind of candy??..

 

Since we don't have a sponsor we are able to use any stamp so this is what I created.

 I was digging through a container I keep on my table and found this piece of background I created months ago. It is where you take the Kuretake paint (can use any paint) and added it to water color paper you put the paint on pretty thick then you take a piece of plastic wrap and scrunch if over the piece and set it aside to dry. Once dry you remove the plastic wrap and you end up with something like this. Well it reminded me of an underwater scene. So I took out My favorite things stamps and dies an painted the images with Mission paints and Ranger ink. I laid out the scene and then added the sentiment. I used some half pearls for the bubbles and her earring.

Thank you for all the positive loving comments you leave. It's so encouraging. I truly appreciate them. I really need to mention this more often.

 

Challenges:
A bit more time to craft #71 - anything goes
(Pin)spirational #219 - beach/water
Dragonfly journeys #122 - summer lovin
HeARTful stamping - anything goes
Artistic inspirations #204 - anything goes
Simon Monday - summer fun
Pammie inky pinkie #1827 - anything goes
Crafting by designs - anything goes
Crafty creations #370 - anything goes

thank you for being such a good friend

Tuesday May 8, 2018

 

This is another Thank you card but this I am giving to someone who can give to someone else. So it's a little different than the other Thank you cards I have been creating.  This technique was again kinda like what Sandy Allnock did.. I used Gina K stamps and sentiment. I then used Kuretake water color inks. I went over the images with Spectrum Noir sparkle pen once it was dry. I like the blue/green/yellows. I think I like my Mission gold water colors vs. Kuetake paints. I think I get the missions to flow better.

 

Challenges:
Artistic inspirations #199 - anything goes
4 crafty chicks #401 - anything goes/opt. women celebration
Jo's scrap shack #232 - anything goes
Crafty catz #415 - anything goes/opt. flowers
Use your stuff #310 - mood board
Crafting from the heart #205 - anything goes
Cards in envy - one layer
The paper girls #151 - friendship
Papercraft #11 - flowers

Sea life - Pause Dream Enjoy #12

Wednesday March 21, 2018

 

Welcome back to another challenge at Pause Dream Enjoy #12   the Orange team is back with a fun challenge for you..

 The PHOTO below is the theme.. will it be colors/sea life...Mermaids or fish.. I can't wait to see your awesome creations.

 

 

photo to follow

 

I created this fun card using My Favorite Things stamps and dies. For the background I used water color paper and Kuretake paints and plastic wrap scrunched up to create the water look.  I stamped the images that are solid with Paper Trey ink (the fish/coral/sea grass) the rest are colored with copics. I planned to add a sentiment but after I was done I decided not to.. I can put the sentiment inside.  I hope this inspires you to create you card.

Challenges:
Everybody art #421 - anything goes
Crafting from the heart #199 - anything goes
Artistic inspirations #196 - anything goes/opt. Easter
Cards in envy - no pattern paper (kuretake paint and plastic wrap scrunched-let dry remove plastic wrap and you have a beautiful background)
Creatalicious #135 - anything goes/birthday
Word art Wednesday wk. 326-327 - anything goes

Love - Aud Sentiments #199

Thursday March 15-26, 2018

 

Today at Aud Sentiments #199 we have another challenge for you..

 A fun challenge.. BINGO

 

Our sponsor for this challenge is Star Stampz 

and I am using the image Kimono portrait

 

This is the BINGO card to follow.. 

 I used: Ribbon / Digi or stamp / Die Cut

I wanted to keep the background simple so I added some tape adhesive behind the ribbon and added strips of ribbon to the background. I then colored the image with copics and added some dots of gold with Kuretake paint. I used My favorite things die to cut her out. I added foam behind and added the image to the base. I then used Stampin up sentiment and die and used some of the gold paint to go along the edge.  I love the clean look and fun colors.   hope you find time to play along. Just chose the row you want to use and create your fun card.

Challenges:
Artistic inspirations #195 - anything goes
Color crazy wk. 10 - anything goes
Use your stuff #303 - die cuts
Crafting from the heart #198 - anything goes
Everybody art #421 - anything goes
Word art Wednesday wk. 326-327 - anything goes
Crafty creations #362 - anything goes