Graciellie Design - Simply Blessed

 Hello!

I have a second card featuring Graciellie Designs Simply Blessed digital stamp set. Perfect for the fall, and I went a little bit fall with this card!

I started by added two of the foliage  bundle to the card, along with a sentiment. After resizing them I printed it out.

 

Next, I used my Copic markers to color the images. I went with a rustic fall look using orange, red and a little light brown.

 

Then I used Distress Inks to make it look a bit vintage/fall like. I started with Antique Linen, adding ink at the edges and filling in to cover the panel. Next, I used a couple more Distress Inks to darken the edges, leaving the center the lightest color.

 

I decided not to add any sparkle or embellishment to let the coloring and inking shine!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Graciellie Design - Grace Upon Grace

 Hello!!

I'm popping in today with a card featuring a new digital stamp set from Graciellie Design!! It's called Grace Upon Grace, it has gorgeous flowers and fabulous sentiments!!

I opened the flower cluster in Word, resizing it along with a sentiment. Then I printed it out and used my Copic markers to color it. With sharp scissors I fussy cut the flowers out. 

Next, I pulled out a Hero Arts Stencil and a pink, green and yellow distress inks. I used my Taylored Expressions Blender Brushes to ink up a card base with the stencil and inks.

I added the colored flower cluster to the card with foam tape, then trimmed and added the sentiment. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Catherine Pooler - Fly Daddy

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I'm stopping by with a card I made for fun! Playing with some birthday goodies I received last month! First the background die is from Hero Arts and pairs great with Catherine Poolers Fly Daddy stamp set!

I can always use more masculine stamp sets, so when I saw this at Catherine Poolers online store, I knew it would make some great cards!! 

To start I pulled out some water color card stock and trimmed it to fit an A2 card. Then I used a couple different blue Distress Inks and my Taylored Expressions ink applicator, blending the colors together. Then I used clean water to add some splatters. Some I let sit before dabbing away the excess water, others I dabbed right away! This varies the lightness of my splatters!

While the background was drying I stamped the fishing pole and the fish. I used two CP ink colors on the fish, first the lightest color then added the darker color along then edge, then stamped!! I fussy cut both out. I also stamped the You're a Reel Catch on white card stock and then fussy cut it out. 

Next, I used the Hero Arts Fish Background to die cut the background. I saved the fishes to use later, figured they would make some nice confetti in a shaker card! Then I adhered the background to a white card base.

Last, I added the fishing pole, fish and sentiment to the card with foam tape. I decided not to add anything else, since it is a card for a guy and they wouldn't really appreciate anything that sparkles!! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Doodlebug Designs - Far Out

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I'm popping in today with a card I made a bit of go featuring Doodlebug Designs - Far Out Stamp set. When I made this card found here, I stamped every image in the stamp set. Not all fit on the first card, so I made a second rather then push them to the side (and probably never use, lol!!).

I created a space background, inking several distress inks together, then going over it with black distress ink. Then I added splatters of white and black ink.

When the background was dry I used a stitched rectangle to cut out my panel. I added it to a black card base. Then I stamped the Far Out Your Space-cial! sentiment.

Last, I added the remaining colored images, moving them around until I was happy with the placement. I adhered them with foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Divinity Designs & Coffee Loving Cardmakers Collaboration Blog Hop

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Welcome!!! Today I'm happy to be part of a Collaboration Blog Hop between Coffee Loving Cardmakers and Divinity Designs!!  If you came here from the fabulous Kathy, you are in the right place!! Or you can start at the beginning at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog!

Divinity Designs has some awesome coffee themed crafty projects!! You can find all of them here! I have two cards, each featuring the But First Coffee stamp set!

To start my first card I used my Mom's Brother Scan and Cut to cut out a coffee mug. I placed it on a white card panel and used a little bit of washi tape to hold it in place. Then I placed a stencil on top and used pink, orange and yellow Distress Inks to ink up the panel.

Next, I stamped and heat embossed the Coffee Everything Possible with black embossing powder. That gives it a nice shine and raised look. Last I free handed an outline for the the coffee mug, I though it need a little more defining then the stencil gave.

For my second card I stamped All You Need is Coffee sentiment all over a white panel and white heat embossed it. Then I used a purple, green and blue Distress Oxide inks to ink up the panel. With a barely damp baby wipe I cleaned up the embossed sentiments of ink.  I also used a little water and made some splatters all over the panel.

Next, I used a circle die to cut a few different sized circles from vellum, with some double sided adhesive on the back.  On one of the circles I stamped and gold embossing the sentiment again.

I arranged the vellum circles and when I liked them I peeled of the adhesive backing and adhered them to the card over the stamping and inking. From my stash I found some glitter dots that matched the ink colors I used!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Make sure you leave comments along the hop for your chance to win a Divinity Designs $25 Gift Code. Commenting will be open until Friday, September 27th at 11:59 pm pacific. A winner will be announced on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker's blog the following week. Winners will be picked from across all participating blogs, the more you comment, the more chances to win!

Your next stop in the hop is the amazing Erin!!! Have a great day!!

Dana

National Iced Tea Day with Coffee Loving Card Makers & SugerPea Desings

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Happy National Iced Tea Day!! Coffee Loving Card Makers and SugerPea Designs have gotten together to celebrate with a blog hop!! You can start at the SugerPea Designs or you should have arrived from the fabulous Annette Allen's blog!!

Make sure to leave a comment along the way for your chance to win a $25 SugarPea Designs Gift Card!! Commenting closes on Saturday, June 15th at 11:59pm Pacific. The winner will be announced on the CLC blog the following week!

I made two cards featuring the Coffee To Go Cup die! While Coffee might be in the name, you can easily use it for tea cups like I did! I'm not going to go into a lot of details for the hop!

For both cards I made my tea cups, but using my Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers to color the die cut cup brown. I used a coffee die cut from MFT to cut the ice cubes, using a gray marker to add some shading.  The straws are from the pattern papers I used.

With my first card I used Photo Play Paper Summer Daydreams collection adding a stripe pattern to a card base. Then I used a few stickers from the collection, adding them with foam tape. I also added one of the SugarPea tea cups that I made.

For my second card I got a little inky. I picked out a three Distress Ink colors that matched and blended them together. Then I spritzed a little bit of water over the background and finally splattered some gold ink spray I have.

I finished the card off with the SugarPea tea cup on some vellum and a tea sentiment below. Last, I added the inked panel to a white card base!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Your next stop in the hob is the amazing Erin Theim! And don't forget to comment for your chance at a SugarPea gift card!!

Dana

Happy Halloween

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Today I'm stopping in with a card I made over the weekend. I have a lot to do, catching up and hoping to work ahead, but before I got started I decided to make a card for fun!

I started with Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Pals, masking and stamping them on card stock. Then I worked on the background, figured I'd save coloring them to last increase I mess up. I kept the masks on that I used when stamping and used some distress ink to color the background. I used Dusty Concord, Walnut Stain, Tea Dye, Picked Raspberry and Black Soot.

Then I stamped the stars in the set and then splattered some black and white paint, oh and some plain water droplets, too! While everything dried, I found some pattern paper and white heat embossed the Happy Halloween sentiment.

Next, I peeled off the mask and used my Spectrum Noir Markers to color the images. I used: BG3, BG4, BG8, BO4, D44, DR6, EB1, EB2, FS6, GB8, IG6, IG9, OR2, OR3, YG1, YG3. Then I trimmed the panel down a little.

I added purple card stock to a card base and then wrapped some twine around the bottom of my colored panel. I added it and the sentiment panel to the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Pretty Pink Posh - Halloween Pals
Spectrum Noir Markers
Distress Inks
Pattern Paper: Recollections - Midnight Magic

MFT - Clean & Simple

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I'm stopping by with two cards that I made for My Favorite Things Stamps SuperStar contest. This card is for the Clean and Simple challenge and I'll post the other one shortly after in a different post!

My mojo has really really been lacking, like a lot!! And I've tried everything without much change, so I thought maybe doing these challenges would help!

Anyway, for the Clean & Simple Challenge, I used MFT Ocean Fun. I started by stamping the different ocean creatures using different inks. For each one, I used at least two ink pads or a pad with multiple inks. A list of inks used is at the end of this post. When that was done I fussy cut them all out. On a couple of the fish, I used a few Spectrum Noir Markers to add a few freckles!

Next, I used a circle die and lightly sketched it on a panel of white cardstock. Then I used Distress Ink and a wave stencil and inked in where the circle is. When I was done I erased any pencil marks.

From another panel, I cut the same circle in the same spot. I added two of the fish to the back of the panel, so you could see them from the front of the window. Near the bottom, I stamped the sentiment Keep Swimming in black ink. I also stamped some blue bubbles and waves.

I added this panel to the inked panel with thick foam tape. Then I added the other fish, two of them with a thinner foam tape. I added a few metallic sequins and last I added the panel to a blue card base.

Thanks for stopping by!! I'll be back shortly with my other MFT card!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: My Favorite Things - Ocean Fun
Ink: Papertrey Ink - Plum Pudding, Ripe Avocado, Winter Wisteria, Summer Sunrise, Smokey Shadow, Spring Moss, Orange Zest, Pure Poppy. Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean. Hero Arts - Ombres Dolphin & Mermaid
Sequins: Paper Studio - Light Gold, Turquoise, Metallic Brown
SSS Stencil: Wave

W & W 4th Birthday Bash - Watercolor with a Twist Challenge

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I'm back with my last card for Winnie & Walter's Birthday Bash Challenges! This card is for the Watercolor with a Twist, basically, do some watercoloring and some other type of coloring. I did some watercolor smooshing and used my Spectrum Noir Markers to color the images.

I started with watercolor cardstock and used low tack tape to make a small rectangle. Then I used Distress Inks Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed and a piece of acetate to smoosh the color in the rectangle. When I was happy with the colors I set it aside to dry.

Next, I stamped two party decor, a big one and small one from The Party stamp set. I used BO1, BO4, OR2, OR3 to color both, then I fussy cut them out.

When my watercolor was dry I removed the tape and used my MISTI to stamp the Every Day is a Party With You sentiment in pigment ink. I adhered black twine to the back of each decor and then added them to the card with foam tape. With liquid adhesive, I folded the twine over the top and adhered it to the back side. When they were dry I added the watercolor panel to a white card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps - Winnie & Walter - The Party
Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed
Twine - May Arts

Coloring With Hero Arts Ink

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I'm on the Art Impressions blog today with cards featuring some no line coloring using the Long Horn set and the Armadillos Set. Originally I was going to use my Distress Markers to color the images, but as I was deciding what ink to use with my no line coloring picked out some Hero Arts ink and used them to color the images.

Since the Hero Art inks are a dye ink I thought they would act similar to other dye inks. But this was not the case. Coloring with the ink was a bit of challenge, it dried quickly and didn't spread as easily, but I made it worked and I really liked how it turned out!

I stamped both images on watercolor cardstock with Hero Arts Cup of Joe after stamping it off first. Then I used the following Hero Arts inks to color the images: Cup of Joe, Butter Bar, Soft Apricot, Fresh Peach, Green Hills. 

With a stitched rectangle I cut out each image and then used Frayed Burlap Distress Ink to ink up each pannels, even over the images a little bit. This made the cardstock a little less white. I picked out some western-esk pattern paper and inked the edges with the Frayed Burlap. From my stash, I found some denim fabric tape and added it to each panel. 

With Papertrey Ink's Classic Kraft (stamped twice) I stamped the sentiment on each panel. I also found some wood embellishments and I added them and the colored images to each panel. last I adhered each panel to a white card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! 

Dana

Supplies

Stamps: Art Impressions - Long Horn and Armadillo Sets

Ink: Hero Arts - Cup O' Joe, Butter Bar, Soft Apricot, Fresh Peach, Green Hills. Distress Ink: Frayed Burlap. Papertrey Ink - Classic Kraft

Die: Ginia Marie Designs - Stitched Rectangles

Pattern Paper: Crate Paper - Cool Kid

Coffee Loving Cardmakers - Inking

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This is my second post today! Click here for my Art Impressions post! I am also on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today with some Inking ideas! I hope you'll stop by, here is a little sneak for you!!

2017 Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

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Today is the day for the 2017 Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!! I can't wait to see all the great summer and coffee themed cards!! My card is a little tongue in cheek, fun card! Last hope I won a gift card and got some new Hero Arts stamps that I really wanted to use sooo....

To-da!!! Coffee and a shark!!! What could be better and more summery!?!?!? :D

I started with a panel of watercolor paper, placing a Simon Says Stamp Waves stencil on top. Then with three different Distress Inks, I watercolored in the open spaces of the lower half of the stencil. I controlled the water I used as I didn't want too much bleeding going on.

While that was drying I found a gray scrap card stock and I stamped the shark head from Hero Arts Killer Messages set on it in gray ink. With my versamark marker, I colored the inside of the mouth and added a little shading. With a white opaque pen, I colored in the teeth!!!

My coffee cup came from Waffle Flower's Bear & Bird stamp set, I colored it with one of the blue Distress Inks. Then I fussy cut it and the sharks head out. I placed both on my panel and when I liked their placement I added them with foam tape.  With Distress Markers, I added the fishing pole and fishing line.

My sentiment came from My Favorite Things Stay Cool stamp set, I thought it went really well with my shark and coffee card!! I cut a strip of the sentiment and added it across the bottom of the card with foam tape!

Thanks so much for stopping by!! I hope everyone has fun for this Summer Coffee Hop, I can't wait for all the inspiration!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Hero Arts - Killer Messages, Waffle Flowers - Bear & Bird, My Favorite Things - Stay Cool
Distress Ink: Salty Ocean, Faded Jean, Peacock Feathers
Distress Markers: Hickory Smoke, Gathered Twigs
Stencil: Simon Says Stamp - Waves
Ink: Versafine - Smokey Grey