Gray Skies

I'm guesting over at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers where the theme for the current challenge is T for Technique.  Just showcase a technique you haven't used in a while or your favorite one and you're all good.

I'm showcasing a gelli print technique I haven't used in a good long while and mixing it up by using a rubber stamp to impress the Seattle skyline.  The background is so bold I left the image plain jane with the spot of yellow for the raincoat.  So needed here in Seattle.  The snarky sentiment, unfortunately, is so true too.  LOL.

I hope you'll play along at the Sisterhood. Who doesn't love some snark?

The Details: Liquitex Basics Arylic Paint, Speedball Brayer, Impress Seattle Skyline stamp, Brutus Monroe Be Unique, Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Ink, Copic Y11-17, Strathmore Mixed Media paper, Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black, Memory Box Long Stem Lavender die, Uniball white pigment pen

CDD January Release Day 5

We're on day 5 of the CDD January release which means you'll be able to grab everything you've seen this week at 3pm EST! Woo hoo!

I used the Get Well set to decorate a tissue box to give to a sick friend but then I got sick and had to use them myself. Poor us!  At least I get to look at cute things as I try to breathe. It will be so good to hear again too!

The Details:  CDD Get Well, Outdoor Landscape 1 Dies, Scenery Dies, Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Doodlebug Design Milk and Cookies, Versamark, Ranger White Detail Fine Embossing Powder, Copics, Puffs Tissues

Outdoor Landscape 1 Dies

Scenery Dies

Memento Tuxedo Black

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Doodlebug Design Milk & Cookies 6x6 Paper Pad

CDD January Release Day 4

We're on day 4 of the Craftin Desert Divas January release with lots of inspiration yet to come! Here I've used the upcoming CDD Crabby Critters set (so so me!).

• Stamp the Sending Sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black
• Emboss the panel
• Diecut the same panel using the Fancy Frame Die
• Brush the smaller panel lightly with Distress Oxide
• Adhere the smaller panel to the main panel
• Diecut, color and adhere the Nested Hearts Dies
• Diecut, trim and adhere the Wishing Die
• Adhere the adorable Crabby Critter image

Sending Sentiments

Fancy Frames Dies

Nested Hearts Dies

Wishing Die

Distress Oxide

Memento Tuxedo Black

VersaFine Onyx Black

Scor-Tape

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Ranger Glossy Accents

Sakura Quickie Glue Roller Pen

Warm Polar Bear Wishes

Have you ever gone cross-country skiing?  I haven't but I think I would enjoy it, minus the sore muscles!

• Mask and apply embossing paste. Sprinkle with glitter. Yay for using stash!
• Watercolor WW bear with Zigs and cut out.  Yay for Christmas sales!
• Mask dried snow field and brush Distress Oxides & Ink to create sunrise/sunset.
• Gently curve sentiment to match snowy hill and stamp with Versafine.
• Add bear using foam dots.

I'm entering this in Addicted to Stamps and More #274 CAS, Shopping Our Stash #336 Out with the Old, In with the New

The Details: Winnie and Walter Winter Wishes, Dreamweaver Glossy White Embossing Paste, Doodlebug Design Sugar Coating Lily White Glitter, Strathmore Mixed Media Paper, Zigs, Distress Oxides and Ink, Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Waffle Flower Lacy Layers Die

Distress Oxide

Memento Tuxedo Black

VersaFine Onyx Black

CDD January Release Day 2

I'm over on the CDD blog today showcasing the new Classic Cars set. Be sure to check back Friday when these and the other new January goodies will be available in the shop!

Hearts Galore Stencil

Outdoor Landscape 2 Dies

Scene Builder Dies

Sending Sentiments

Distress Oxide

Memento Tuxedo Black

VersaFine Onyx Black

Uni-Ball Impact Bold Point Gel Pen

CDD January Release Day 1

Um, can we say cute? How about ultra cute? I love the upcoming Craftin Desert Divas Sweetest Birthday, Party Border dies and Party Time stencil! I paired these the Outdoor Landscape 2 Dies to create an outdoor party theme. So flipping adorable!

I realized the Party Border die created the perfect mask for the front of a tent or banner so sponged that in Distress Oxides before placing one of the borders on top. You know I'm going to eventually create a circus card using this same idea, right?  Or a stage? The possibilities!

The Sakura Quickie Glue Roller Pen was very helpful in adhering the thin portions of the die down. I've had it a couple of months now and have experienced no drying or other annoying issues I've had with other glue pens. Woo hoo!

I'm entering this in Seize the Birthday Anything Goes, Simon Says Wednesday Something New

The Details: CDD Sweetest Birthday, Party Border dies and Party Time stencil, Outdoor Landscape 2 Dies, Distress Oxides,  Memento Tuxedo Black, Uni-Ball Impact Bold Point Gel Pen, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Sakura Quickie Glue Roller Pen, Copics, Clarity Brushes, Ranger Round Applicator

Outdoor Landscape 2 Dies

Distress Oxide

Memento Tuxedo Black

Uni-Ball Impact Bold Point Gel Pen

Ranger Multi Medium Matte

Sakura Quickie Glue Roller Pen

Clay Ornament Experiment

Damn you, Pinterest! Make me curious about using my cardmaking supplies with clay, why don't you! LOL.  I've never worked with Fimo clay before but thoroughly enjoyed the change of pace. I will need to create a dedicated, cat-free workzone for future projects. Getting cat hair out of Fimo is daunting and, honestly, gross. 

Both ornament shapes were created using cookie cutters.  I used the border die to create the scallop design on the stocking (as an outline, used an Exacto to finish). I used my pokey tool to create the dots; this is the same tool I use to get paper out of dies.  For the second ornament, I used the 3D Sizzix snow folder to impress the snowflake pattern.  Boom, done.

The Details:  Sizzix Snow Embossing Folder, Pretty Pink Posh Border die, Fimo Clay, Sugar Belle cookie cutters

Purple Fairies

You know what I love about my Scan n Cut? Beyond hardly ever having to fussy cut anymore? Stamping out a BUNCH of images then cutting them for future use! Feel like using fairies? Why, here's some ready to be colored! I'm pairing the fairies with a new die from Simon Says. I love that too!

I'm entering this in Jingle Belles Look What Santa Brought Me, Addicted to Stamps and More #273 Holiday, Watercooler Wednesday #151 Feminine Anything Goes, Simon Says Wednesday Something New

The Details:  Lawn Fawn Frosty Fairy Friends, Simon Says Birch Column Die, Newton's Nook Snowflake Stencil, Distress Oxide Wilted Violet, Clarity Brushes, Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Wink of Stella Clear

CDD January Mood Board 1

My card for you today was inspired by the current Craftin Desert Divas Social Media Mood Board Challenge (tag #cddchallenge) to play along! I was really drawn to the trees and deer and snow and colors and, well, just everything about the mood board--love it!  

I cut out the Shake It Up Dies snow globe from Authentique paper to create a backdrop for my little critters.  Can you see how I added snowflakes using a Uni-Ball Impact Bold Point Gel Pen? I love that it ties in with the silver snowy background.  I colored up Craftin Desert Divas Timber image but didn't bother coloring the mushrooms since those would be covered up with the snow bank I created using a Garden Border Die. I stamped the sentiment from Sending Sentiments, gently curving it to correspond to the base, using Memento Pistachio so it had a lovely soft tone. Dreamy sigh.

The Details:  Craftin Desert Divas Timber, Sending Sentiments, Garden Border Dies, Shake It Up Dies, Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Pistachio Ink, Uni-Ball Impact Bold Point Gel Pen, Authentique Alpine 6x6 Paper, DCWV Winter Frost 6x6 Paper, Copics

Timber

Sending Sentiments

Shake It Up Dies

Garden Border Dies

Memento Tuxedo Black

Uni-Ball Impact Bold Point Gel Pen