wicked

Hello and welcome! This week over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog the design team is challenging us to make a tag and use Tim Holtz products. This tag includes some of Tim's newest stuff. Starting from the top I used the Mummy Cloth, Halloween Story Sticks, Tangled Webs Stamp Set, Ancestors Paper Dolls, Halloween Remnant Rubs and Laboratory Thinlit Dies.

Well that was fun. Onto the next crafty piece. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

catch of the day

Hello and welcome! Today's post is for the latest challenge over on the Frilly and Funkie Blog. The theme is Surf's Up and today is the last day to enter, nothing like waiting until the last minute. For my entry I created a card with a young man, from the newest pack of Paper Dolls, standing on a dock showing off his catch after a day of fishing. To make the dock pilings I used the Planks Die, Woodgrain Cardstock, Distress Inks and Craft Thread. I can't take credit for this design idea, I saw a card that Pete Hughes created on the Sizzix UK Blog recently. The fish is from the Sea Life Stamp Set. I stamped it on a piece of patterned paper, cut it out and then colored it with Distress Inks. For the background I used a piece of patterned paper from the Menagerie Paper Stash that I white washed with Distress Paint and then stamped the script from the Entomology Stamp Set. To finish I attached it all to a kraft card base.

I really like how this card turned out and think it would be perfect to congratulate someone or for Father's Day. Thanks for stopping by!

it's the most wonderful . . .

Hello and welcome! I'm back with another holiday card. I created this one for Linda Coughlin's inspiration challenge "12 Tags of Christmas Funkie Junkie Style". This annual event is sponsored by her store, The Funkie Junkie Boutique. You can get all the details and challenge requirements on this blog post.

My take on Linda's tag for Week #7 was inspired by the her beautiful plaid background and the stamped greeting that she used.

All of my supplies are designed by Tim Holtz. See you soon and thanks for stopping by!

ho ho ho . . .

Hello and welcome! I'm back with my first card for the Christmas season using some new products from Tim Holtz. I used the new Home For The Holidays Dies, Snowglobe #2 Dies, Christmas Paper Stash and Christmas Remnant Rubs. I also added one of the dogs from the Mini Cats and Dogs set because in my brain it fit perfectly into this holiday scene. Right?

I've linked this card to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog where this weeks theme is "It's A Dogs Life". Thanks for stopping by!

something wicked this way comes.

Hello and welcome! I've been playing with new stuff from Tim Holtz for Halloween 2017 again. On today's card I used the new Cobweb Die, Mini Halloween Things Dies, Halloween Remnant Rubs and Ancestors Paper Dolls. I gotta say I love the witches. So much so I bought another pack, you can never have too many Paper Dolls!

I've uploaded this card to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. This weeks theme is "A Walk On The Dark Side" and the designers are showcasing Tim Holtz Products. Go check it out. Thanks for stopping by!

october 31.

Hello and welcome! For today's card I used a new die from Tim Holtz called Scarecrow. There are 3 dies in the set, one is the profile of the scarecrow and the other two are crows. I wanted to bring the scarecrow to life so I did a little bit of layering.

First I created a spooky background using Distress Mixed Media Heavystock, Distress Spray Stain and Inks. Next I die-cut the scarecrow from a piece of Substrate Sheet, burlap from the Textured Surfaces collection and a variety of Kraft-Core Cardstock. To create the layers I hand cut the pieces and attached them to the substrate sheet. I used the Mini Halloween 5 Stamp Set and some Craft Thread to make the sign. To add a little sparkle I die-cut the crows from some black Deco Sheet. To finish I added the jack-o-lantern. I made this little guy by cutting one of the Idea-ology Pumpkin Pieces in half, stamped the pumpkin from the Crazy Things Stamp Set on Plain Tissue Wrap, cut out the parts of the face and adhered them to the pumpkin piece.

I hope you enjoyed today's post. I'll be back soon with some more Halloween projects. Thanks for stopping by!

Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

I'm back with another creation using new stuff from Tim Holtz for Halloween 2017. For this 4x4 card I used the cauldron from the new Mini Halloween Dies. It's the perfect size for my favorite bird from the Mini Bird Crazy & Things Stamp Set. I also used the new Haunted House Dies and Halloween Remnant Rubs.

Stay tuned, there's more to come. Thanks for stopping by! 

spells & fortunes

Hello and welcome! Yes, I know it's only August but new stuff from Tim Holtz is in the house so I had to play. For this card I used the new Haunted House Dies, Skulls & Cobwebs Stamp Set, Ancestors Papers Dolls, Halloween Word Bands and Halloween Remnant Rubs.

I've got more goodies to play with so I'll see you soon. Thanks for stopping by!

4th of July

Hello friends! This weeks challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is to create something using one or all of the red, white and blue colors. Since it's the 4th of July I used all the colors on the card below.

I started by creating a flag to cover the front of my card using Tim Holtz patterned paper, kraft-core cardstock and remnant rubs. Next I stamped the dachshund from the Mini Cats & Dogs set on distress watercolor paper and cut out using the corresponding framelits dies. I colored the images with distress ink and pieced together. My patriotic pup needed a balloon so I cut out a piece of antique silver deco sheet using the Mini Bird Crazy & Things framelits dies and attached a piece of heavy blue craft thread. To finish I added the celebrate remnant rub.

So there you have it. Thanks for stopping by and to my friends in the United States, Happy 4th of July!

Easter

Hello friends and Happy Easter! Quick post today. I created this tag for the Hip Hop Challenge on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.

Before I go I wanted to give a shout-out to the talented Richele Christensen for her Easter egg idea on this Instagram post. Thanks for stopping by! 

Halloween is just around the corner

Hello friends! As you can see I've been playing with my crazy stamp sets by Tim Holtz. To create today's card I began by stamping the mini bird, cat and dog several times onto distress watercolor cardstock. Next I used the matching dies to cut out the images and their coordinating parts before coloring with distress ink. The witches hat was cut from a piece of black deco sheet that I attached to kraft cardstock topped off with some black paper string. For the spooky background I used paper from the materialize paper stash, the webs & damask stamp set and gothic remnant rubs.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Snowglobe

Hello and welcome! I know it's only October but I just couldn't resist using some of my new Tim Holtz goodies. For those of you that don't know me, I've lived in Minnesota all my life. I'm a city girl but have spent many a days in the northern part of this gorgeous state. Today's card is a reflection of the times I've spent up north for this weeks challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.

Using stamps from the holiday drawings set I created the first layer of the globe from vellum. For the second layer I colored some manila cardstock with spray stain and then stamped the snowflakes from the christmas nostalgia set. The thin strip at the bottom of the globe was cut from silver deco sheets. For the base I used woodgrain cardstock that was colored with spray stain and ink. Next I added some foliage that I cut from kraft-core cardstock using the mini holiday greens die and topped it off with a number brad. To finish I cut a piece of patterned paper from the tidings paper stash and attached everything to a A2 card.  

As always, Thanks for stopping by!

12 Tags of 2016 - July

Hello, hello, hello! Today's project was inspired by this month's tag by Tim Holtz. I used one of my newest stamp sets by Mr Holtz, Crazy Dogs. I'm not sure why I didn't order the Mini Cats & Dogs set at the same time. I think I need to do some more shopping! Thanks for stopping by!

Edited 8/2/16 

happy birdie

I know, it's been awhile. My sister lost her battle with cancer and it was heartbreaking. Today I decided that it was time to create something and it felt good.

I found this crazy bird in my stash all stamped, cut and colored. He already had the balloon string under his wing, you see where this is going? Ok so I grabbed a piece of vellum to make the balloon and then colored it with a distress marker. Next I cut a piece of mixed media cardstock and used the typo layering stencil, along with a colorful assortment of distress inks, to spell out happy. Spritzed on a little antique linen and adhered everything to an A2 card.

I'm entering this happy birdie card over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. They have a new challenge every Monday, this weeks theme is We Can See Clearly.

Thanks for stopping by!

Throwback

Hello my pretties and welcome! It's Halloween and the trick or treaters will be knocking on my door soon so onto today's post. This weeks challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is to choose a previous challenge so I picked the October 2013 "Spooky" challenge. I recently picked up the Tea Time Bigz Die and as your see I turned one of the cups into a caldron. Now my little witch can whip up some witches brew by the light of the Halloween moon. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Halloween!

Autumn Is In The Air

Welcome! Yes autumn is in the air and the creative options for this weeks challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog are endless. I've been in Halloween mode lately so that's the direction that I went. I started with a piece of corrugated cardboard and the Rickety House Die. Throw in a spider web, black cat, ghouls in the attic and you've got a haunted house. The ghouls in the attic were inspired by this tag by Zoe Hillman (iGirlZoe). Well that's all I have for today. Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Supplies
Surfaces: Acetate, Corrugated Cardboard, Distress Watercolor Cardstock, Kraft-Core Cardstock, Vellum
Dies: Bird Crazy Thinlits, Halloween Shadows, On the Fence, Rickety House, Sized Circles
Stamps: Bird Crazy, Mini Halloween 3
Embellishments: Curiosities Remnant Rubs
Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs
Distress Marker: Peeled Paint
Distress Paint: Ground Espresso
Distress Spray Stain: Fossilized Amber, Wilted Violet
Solvent Ink: Jet Black StazOn
Tools: Base Tray, Big Shot, Craft Sheet, Cutting Pads, Grid-Blocks, Heat Tool, Ink Blending Tool, Multipurpose Platform, Sanding Grip, Scissors
Adhesives: Matt Multi-Medium, Scor-Tape

World Cardmaking Day

Welcome! Yesterday was World Cardmaking Day and I created this card for the occasion. I used some of my newest stuff from Tim Holtz and got a little crazy if you know what I mean. I'm entering this card in the World Cardmaking Day Contest over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies
Surfaces: Kraft-Core Cardstock, Distress Watercolor Cardstock
Dies: Bird Crazy Thinlits, Crazy Things Framelits, Sized Circles
Stamps: Bird Crazy, Crazy Things
Layering Stencil: Batground
Embellishments: Occasions Small Talk Stickers, Solids Paper String
Distress Ink: Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs, Ground Espresso, Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone, Rusty Hinge, Wilted Violet
Distress Marker: Black Soot
Distress Paint: Picket Fence
Distress Reinker: Black Soot
Distress Spray Stain: Black Soot, Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone
Tools: Base Tray, Big Shot, Cutting Pads, Distress Marker Spritzer, Distress Sprayer, Grid-Blocks, Ink Blending Tool, Multipurpose Platform, Paper Trimmer, Sanding Grip, Scissors
Adhesive: 3D Foam, Matte Multi-Medium, Scor-Tape
Mediums: Texture Paste

12 Tags of 2015 - September

Welcome! I can't believe that it's almost the end of September. The temps are suppose to drop to what we normally see here in the Twin Cities which makes me happy, the fall is my favorite time of year. Of course next month is Halloween and I've got some new stuff to create with. With that being said today's project was inspired by this month's tag by Tim Holtz but no butterflies were used, muahahaha! Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps Be Gone!

Hello and welcome! The current challenge over on the Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog is to use no stamps at all on your vintage or shabby chic creations. I'm in! To add a vintage touch to my project I used a portrait, well part of one, from a Found Relatives pack by Tim Holtz. For a list of supplies, see below. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies

Surfaces: Chipboard, Kraft-Core Cardstock, Kraft Glassine, Regions Beyond Paper Stash 

Dies: Branch Tree, Graveyard, Halloween Shadows, Sized Circles, Tiny Tattered Florals

Embellishments: Curiosities Remnant Rubs, Found Relatives Cards, Mini Fasteners, Seasonal Chitchat Stickers, Special Delivery Remnant Rubs 

Distress Ink: Antique Linen, Ground Espresso, Hickory Smoke  

Distress Marker: Antique Linen, Hickory Smoke 

Distress Paint: Antique Linen, Ground Espresso, Picket Fence 

Tools: Big Shot, Cutting Pads, Ink Blending Tool, Multipurpose Platform, Paint Brush, Paper Distresser, Paper Trimmer, Sanding Grip, Scissors 

Adhesive: Glossy Accents, Matte Multi Medium, Scor-Tape 

Citrus with a Twist

Hello and welcome! Before I get to today's post I wanted to say Thank You to everyone that stopped by and commented on my 12 tags blog post. Ok so this week over on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog the design team wants to see how we use citrus with a twist. First thing that popped into my head was to create a Halloween themed project using my Tim Holtz Twisted Citron Distress products.

I started by creating a monoprint using Twisted Citron Distress Paint and the Shatter Layering Stencil. I then covered the tag with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and applied a bunch of spiders using the Curiosities Remnant Rubs. Next I stamped one of my favorite birds from Bird Crazy onto Distress Watercolor Cardstock and colored with Distress Markers. I used the new Bird Crazy Thinlits Dies to cut out the bird, his wings and beak. For the witch hat I was inspired by this tutorial by Tammy Tutterow. Before adhering the bird to the tag I attached the fence that I cut from Kraft-Core Cardstock using the On the Fence Die. I finished this twisted tag with some Jute String and a Oddities Token on a Loop Pin. Thanks so much for stopping by!