A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #74 - "Anything Goes"

I'm linking this card to the challenge below. 

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #74 - "Anything Goes"

 

I used The Crafters Workshop (TCW) light and fluffy modeling paste over a Dare To Be Artsy mixed  media stencil called Wacky Boxes. I understand that there is now a Wacky Boxes die! I may have to buy it! 

This is the third card I've made with the same color combination. I swear it's my last one using these colors, for now anyway! You can see those cards here and here. I just can't stand to waste ink. I put too much down on my mat. For this card I spritzed more water on the ink and flicked it over the wet modeling paste. I love the dimension.

The Distress Oxide ink colors used were carved pumpkin, fossilized amber and salty ocean.

The sentiment is from Reverse Confetti called Sentiment Essentials. There is also a die to match. 

I stamp the sentiment using VersaFine black onyx ink.

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Happy Birthday

 

My plan was to participate in some card challenges this week.

That didn't pan out for me.

I haven't done any crafting in the evenings this week after work. I've been recuperating because I managed to fall again! I fell two weeks ago Sunday and I haven't fully recovered from that fall yet. 

Sunday evening I was attempting to take photos of the cards I had made and I fell off of a chair backwards, LOL. Needless to say, I really did a number on my right arm (my right hand hasn't healed yet from my first fall!) and the right side of my back. Crafting can be dangerous!

On to the cards that I did get made. I watercolored a piece of Strathmore Mixed Media paper (my favorite!) with distress oxides. I used peeled paint, evergreen bough and bundled sage. I like to let my  paper dry naturally.

 

After the paper was dry, I die cut all the leaves out using the Sizzix Tim Holtz Garden Greens die.

 

That little magnetic bowl has saved my life!

I put my dies in there when working with them so they don't get lost.

I have one flower die I'm trying to find that has fallen on the floor and I haven't been able to locate.

I'm sure it's stuck behind something

For the background on this card I used the Cheesecloth background stamp from Rubbernecker Stamps. After adding my ink I spritzed water in the stamp and then layed my paper on stamp. 

I used distress oxide inks for both cards. 

For this one I used fossilized amber. 

The stamp is from Simon Says Stamp called Handwritten Borders.





For this card I used wild honey distress oxide ink.

I just stamped the background on this card. I didn't spritz it with any water.



The sentiment for this card is from Close To My Heart called Joyful Birthday Occasions.



I really love how the leaves turned out.

I still have some left to use with a few other cards. I'll probably make some more to keep on hand.



Now I'm off to see what card challenges catch my interest for this week.

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Birthday Floral

Today I'm sharing a CAS birthday card I created using an older retired stamp set from Stampin' Up called Two-Step Stampin' Painted Garden. 

I inked up the stamp with distress ink and spritzed with water and then stamped onto watercolor cardstock. I heat embossed the sentiment which is from Gina K Stamps called Scripty Sayings and diecut with Taylored Expressions stitched banner stacklets.

 

I added glossy accents to all the flower centers.

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Water Color Happy Birthday

For this card I die cut my sentiment out of paper I had water colored and used the negative on the card below. I used watercolor paper, Tim Holtz Distress markers and then spritzed the paper with water. I like to let my paper air dry rather than heat dry. I just like the look a little better. I'm never in a hurry and always have backgrounds I've created laying out to dry. I love how vibrant the colors turned out.

I really love how the colors turned out on the die cut. It makes me want to watercolor paper and then die cut a ton of sentiments to use later. I kept this card very clean and simple. The die I used is from Simon Says Stamp.

Last night I created 13 different backgrounds. Now to figure out what sentiments I want to use on them. I may even add more dimension to some with some more ink or stenciling. The skies the limit!

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Saturday Morning Cards

I created three cards this morning with two backgrounds I made earlier using some Brusho Crystal Colours. I really love playing with them!

For the first card I used a Heidi Swapp stencil for the background. I covered it with three different Brusho colors and then spritzed it with water. I saw a Hero Arts video awhile ago and used the tip to diecut a circle out and add some acetate. I actually added two pieces so that I could add some sequins in between. It's not a shaker card as the sequins don't move very easily. I just wanted them in the background. I diecut the word from fun foam and stamped the rest of the sentiment using Hero Arts Thanks Stamp & Cut set. 

For the card below, not wanting to waste the circle I diecut I decided to adhere it to a doily I diecut using Prima's Doilies one die. I diecut the sentiment by Simon Says Stamp from fun foam. The butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch. 

For my last card I used Prima stencil. Again I added Brusho colors over the top and spritzed with water. I added a strip of glitter paper and finished it off with a sentiment from the Handwritten Borders stamp set by Simon Says Stamp.

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Fun Backgrounds

Thought I'd share some of the cards I made over the weekend. The card above is made using one of the dies from the Scribbles & Splat from Sizzix & Tim Holtz. The word die is from Simon Says Stamp which was also used on the card below.

The word die below is also from Simon Says Stamp. 

The die above is from Memory Box and the one below is from Simon Says Stamp.

The die above is also from Simon Says Stamp. All the backgrounds except the second card were created using Distress Inks and a piece of acetate. For that card I used Brusho powders. 

I'm getting addicted to creating these backgrounds. I love how every one is so different! 

Alcohol Ink Backgrounds

I've made quite a few cards lately and I'm behind in blogging about them. Because of that I thought I'd just pick a few at a time and do some random posts going forward until I get through all of them.

All three of these cards were made using glossy cardstock and alcohol inks. 

The stamp set used for these cards is from Hero Arts called Messages With Flourish.

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Sunday Morning Cards

Sharing a couple cards I made earlier today while listening to the wind howl and the rain hit the windows. 

For both of these cards I picked out some random patterned paper from my stash. Lord knows I have plenty of it! I love being able to use it with stencils. The red paper is from October Afternoon and the teal paper is from Core'dinations. I used Hero Arts Petals Stencil Pair with Ranger Texture Paste on both of these cards. The flowers on the teal card are some leftovers sitting on my craft table that I used on another card.

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Birthday Card Swap

As promised, here are the cards I received for the Birthday card swap I was in! The one above is the one I created. For my card I used the Lemon Flower Stack by DCWV for the patterned paper. The borders were punched using the EK Success bracket edge punch. The sentiment was stamped using Hero Arts stamp set called "It's Your Day" CL661. The bling is by Mark Richards and Doodlebug Design.

Below are the cards I received. If I have the name of the person that created the card, I listed it below each one. I will find out the names of the others and add them later. 

Briana

Heather

Tasha Cosenza-Mechels

Tiffany Sham

Tina

Judy Stech

Shell

Myrna Mejia

Serena

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed seeing the Thinking of You cards and the Birthday cards I received in the swap I participated in. Next swap I'm working on is a Sympathy card one. I will post the card I receive toward the end of February or beginning of March depending on when I receive it. This swap is just for one card!

Thinking Of You Card Swap

I belong to a group of ladies called Scrappy Girls that do a lot of swaps. They swap tags, cards and books. Since I didn't join in the fun the last few months with the mini book, tag and the Christmas card swap, I thought I'd start the new year right and participate in a card swap in January!

We did a "Thinking of You" and "Birthday" theme. The card above is the card I created for the "Thinking of You" swap. I just received my cards from the swap yesterday. Below you can see all the "Thinking of You" cards I received.

I used a kraft base for my card with just a piece of red as my background, leaving an 1/8 of an inch border. I used my "new" Teresa Collins eBosser Sophisticated embossing folder with kraft card stock for my next background again leaving an 1/8 inch border.

I stamped the flower image using a Sweet 'n Sassy stamp set called  Celebrate Today. The image was stamped with Tim Holtz Festive Berries distress ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. For the sentiment I used a Hero Arts stamp set called Thinking of You. I lightly inked all the edges with Tim Holtz black soot distress ink.

Now for the cards I received! I can't give credit to all of the ladies because some of them didn't sign their card unfortunately. I've added the name of the person below each card if I know who created it. Update: I've now added the name of the each person who created each card.

Serena Repsold

Tina

Judy Stech

Tiffany Shuma

Melanie Swanson

Kim Russell

Briana

Marina

I'll share the Birthday cards in the next few days! Thanks for stopping by!