Special Lady/Girly

 Hello again!! Glad you could stop by! Over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge the theme is Special Lady/Girly. When I think of special ladies, I instantly think of my mom. Next I think of my daughter and then grand mothers.. What do all these important people have in common?? Mother's Day. So I made a card for Mother's Day. 

I used Galoto to make the background and a baby wipe to blend them. I used the butterfly stamp from the Recollections "Dont Bug Me Set" and Prismacolor pencils to color it in. I cut him out and used wire to make antenna for him. I went over the dots and his body with Glossy Accents. I used foam mounting strips and used the black Prismacolor pencil to give it a shadow and the action lines. The sentiment stamp is from a Heidi Swapp set, I stamped it using StazOn Jet Black. I colored in the heart with the red Prismacolor pencil and also used Glossy Accents on it. I finished it up by mounting the little card to a 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 top fold card made of pink card stock. 

Faber Castell Tropical Gelatos

Faber Castell Metallic Gelatos

Recollections Dont Bug Me stamp set- Bought from Michaels, I cant find it on line

Happy Mother's Day stamp by Heidi Swapp, dont know the name of the set. Came with V-Day, Happy Fathers Day, Happy St Patrick's Day, Happy Birthday and Happy Easter stamps. 

Prismacolor Premier pencils

Glossy Accents

Scotch Mounting Tape

StaZon Jet Black

Thank you for stopping by! Hope this card inspires you in some way. Dont forget to stop by the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog for fun challenges. 

Robin

Mixed Media Thursday

  Hello friends! Today I am starting a new Thursday posts just for my Mixed Media projects. When I first discovered Mixed Media/Art journaling, I was watching videos on Youtube for stamping and happen to click on an art journal video, curious to see what it was.. At first, I didnt get why people did it.. But then I gave it a try and Im hooked.. I love mixing things together and seeing what I can come up with.. You can start with a project looking one was and end with it looking completely different.  Below are two projects Ive done.

This is my shout out to the month of March. My intentions when I started this projects was to make a card for my parents. Their wedding aniversary is on the 17th and my mom's birthday is the 20th. Let me apologize now for not having a list of the supplied I used. Ill include what I remember here. I ripped some scrapbook paper for the corners, used modge podge to glue them down. I then stamped the white space with a splatter/spotty stamp with versamark, used Recollections embossing powder in Snow. I then used Distress Ink Crushed Olive, Tumbled Glass and Wild Honey all over the background, including on the scrap paper. I went around the edges using Metallic Mint Gelato , blending it with my finger. I used my Cricut to cut out the hearts (George and Basic Shapes). I cut 9 out of plain white, glued three together to make 3 leaves to add dimension, and cut out 6 more hearts from a pattern paper. I used water, Distress ink Tumbled Glass and Crushed Olive and rubbed the patterned hearts in them. Used Versamark, a scrollish stamp, Recollections embossing powder in Clear and then tried to sew them all together using my sewing machine.. That didnt work, my machine was having issues, so I had stitched them. I hand cut a stem, two actually and glued them together to add dimension. I glued the hearts down to make a clover. I went around the edge of the clover with a black Prismacolor pencil an d blended it out using baby oil and a paper stump. I then used a font stamp to stamp the words. I used StazOn Jet Black and Distress Ink Barn Door. I added a little bakers twin bow to the clover stem. Glued on Doodle Bug sequins and finished it up with a faux stitch stamp.  Oh and I used a little green velvet brad to finish off the center of the clover.
Because I lined up the top heart for the clover right on the fold and then added the brad in the center, I was unable to fold it anymore. So it isnt a card anymore.. Ill probably hang it in my house some place for the month of March.
Here's a couple of close ups

I went out and bought my first Art Journal book. I got a Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media from Michaels. It seems to be a nice book.

This page is made for my little LaLa who went missing a little over a week ago. She was a 4 yr old Lhasa Apso mix. She must have ventured to far away one night. (We live in high coyote country, saddly) She is deeply missed by my self and my children.

I actually tried to do a video of this one, but my phone was (and still is) being difficult. I need to find my digital camera cord so I can charge it. So maybe in the future Ill get a video done!

I started by drawing the little dog face. I tried doing it in acrylic paint first but it didnt turn out well. Next I used Prismacolor pencils and I absolutely love the way it turned out. I blended the colors with baby oil and a paper stump.

Here is a list of all the supplies I used on this page:

Prismacolor pencils
Baby oil for blending
Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Faded Jeans, Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed
Gelotos- Metallic Melon, Tropical colors Pink, Blue and Green (not sure the names of the colors)
Versamark embossing ink
Versamagic: Thatched Straw, Cloud White, Red Magic
Recollections Embossing Powder Clear
Wow Embossing Powder Gold Pearl
Gel Medium
Stamps:
Lawn Fawn Starry Backdrops
Jillibean Soup ("This is me Missing you" not sure the name of the set)
Creative Cafe (The Lala letters)
Tim Holtz- Simple Saying
Fiskars- Newsprint
Heidi Swapp- Clear Stamp Script
Tim Holtz Faded Dot Stencil
Tissue Paper

Thank you for stopping by! I look forward to creating and sharing my next projects with you!

You're Tea-riffic! Anything Goes!

 Hello everyone!! Thanks for stopping by. This weeks challenge theme over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is "Anything Goes."  I decided to make a mixed media card. It was a lot of fun!

I started out the base by blending Distress ink in Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade.I then used the Tim Holtz Faded Dot stencil with grey acrylic paint, and the Tim Holtz Splatters stencil with Momento Tuxedo Black into.. Next I went around the edges with Faber-Castell Geloto in Metallic Melon and blended it out with my finger. I then took a little looped boarder stamp and used Versamark and Recollections Clear embossing power, I did the stamp in a line all down the front of the card, flipping the stamp back and forth each time. On a separate piece of white card stock I stamped little cup from the Fiskars Latte Love set, I stamped it using StazOn Jet Black. I colored it in using Prismacolor pencils, blending them in with a stump from Assorted Tortillion set. I used the Metallic Blueberry geloto around the edge of the card stock, blending it in again with my finger. I finished of the stamp with a little Glossy Accents on the steam and the spoon. I finished off the back ground card with the "you're tea-riffic" stamp also from the Fiskars Latte Love set. I mounted the tea cup card onto the background with thin foam strips, and mounting the whole thing onto a 5.5x4 Recollections pre-made card base.

I love the way this card turned out. It would be great for a friend, a co-worked, teacher or just anyone who helped you out, I really love the embossed lines in the black ground and the splatter rings at the top right, they remind me of rings left from a glass. 

This was my first time playing with Gelotos and I have to say, Im hooked. I bought another set and LOVE them. 

Thank you for stopping by. Leave me a comment and a link to your blog, I always love finding new inspiration. 

-Robin

What She Made

 Hello and Welcome to my first "What She Made" post. These posts will be to show off my 6 yr old daughter's (Ellie) Art Journal.

 A little about Ellie.. She is 6 yrs old, birthday is in July, the oldest of three and she loves being in the craft room with me. She usually likes to play around on paper and thats when I decided to get her own little book to start keeping her arts in.

Here are her first three pages.

 This is her cover page. She used Distress inks (Peacock Feathers, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed). She then splattered water all over the page. Next She used a Heidi Swapp mini stencil (the circles) and black water color paint. She then used the Zigway glue pen and next sprinkled on some glitter. She finished off this page with a few Doodlebug sequins from the Rainbow set.

These two pages are near and dear to the both of us. This past weekend our little dog, Lala, went missing. We live in high coyote county, but are still holding out hope that she will return. I just told Ellie on Tuesday night and it was the hardest thing for me to have to do. She is so up set. She asked if I had any pictures she could have of Lala. I told her I could print them for her. So I printed a stack of pictures and she picked these two for her pages..

The first thing I did on the pages was lay down a thin layer of acrylic white paint, just to help seal in the colors and keep them from bleeding into the other pages. She then used Distress Inks (Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feather and Mustard Seed) to fill in the backgrounds. Then used a Heidi Swapp mini stencil (the little arrows) and black ink (sorry, cant remember if it was Momento or StazOn). Next she used a heart stamp and embossing ink, followed by some embossing powder (Cant remember the brand but the color is "Snow"). She used the same heart stamp and stamped a few hearts with Distress Ink (Barn Door). We made the banner, and added a couple more sentiments to the pages. She finished the pages up by adding a few sticky rhinestones and flourishes.

It breaks my heart to look at these pages, but Im glad she will forever have them!

Thank you for stopping by. Come back next week for my Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, as well as another What She Made!

Robin

We Will Always Be Friends

 Hello and welcome back!

Here is my entry card for this weeks Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. This last weeks challenge was to use add a little texture. 

Sorry, this week I do not have a complete list of supplies used, its been a crazy weekend followed by a sad start to the week and my supply list is not in my hands at the moment. If you have questions, leave me a comment and I can answer you.

I started out by using a Heidi Swapp mini stencil, the chevron and using Distress ink in Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers, alternating between the colors. I then used my Zigway glue and covered it with Ranger Embossing Powder- Holographic to fill in the the white chevron lines (texture #1). 

The little turtle and fish are from the Recollections Stamp set "Ocean Friends." I stamped them in Momento Ink "Tuxedo Black". I then colored them in using Copic RV00, RV52, RV55, YR20, YR22, YR23, G40, G43, G46. 

I added Glossy Accents to the turtle shell (texture #2). I mounted both the turtle and fish on little foam squares. Next I stamped my sentiment "We'll Always Be Friends" onto a white card stock strip , cut one end to look like a banner and also used mounting foam to adhere it to the card, I added a couple red heart sequins. 

Lastly, I used some red and white bakers twine I got from Michael's $1 section and finished it with a little bow. 

I think it turned out pretty cute. It would be a good card for friends who might be moving away. 

Thanks again for stopping by! Come back soon for new posts!!

Robin

I'm So Proud Of You!

  

 I started this card out by stamping my cute little raccoon fella onto some white card stock. I then colored him in using Tan, Brown and Gray colored pencils. I fussy cut him out and then applied a little bit of Wink of Stella in clear on him. I then stamped the Im So Proud of You stamp onto a striped card from a Me and My Big Ideas Pocket Page Themed card sets. (Sorry, I cant remember with pack) I filled in the shadow of the stamp with the same Gray colored pencil I used on the raccoon, went over it with the Wink of Stella clear pen and finished it off with Glossy Accents. I used some "enamel dots" I made by melting pony beads. I mounted the striped card to a pink card stock and then mounting that to a white Recollections 4x5.5 Value Card. I mounted the raccoon with foam squares. I thought it looked like it was missing something so I gave him a speech bubble. I hand drew and cut the bubble out and then stamped on it using a letter set from Hero Arts. 

Supply List:

Stampendous Rooco Reach

Hero Arts CL141 (HEY!)

Studio G "Im so Proud of You"

StazOn Jet Black Ink

Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush

Glossy Accents

The challenge I am entering this card into is the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "All Critters Great and Small"

Thank you for stopping by! Please leave me a comment and a link to your blog! 

Robin

My new craft Blog!

 Hi everyone! My name is Robin and love crafting! I am a stay at home mom to three. My oldest is Ellie and she is 6, my middle is Garrett and he is 5. The youngest is Blaine and he is 3. Yes, I have my hands full, but thats ok. I have been married to my husband, Logan, for almost 6 yrs.

I enjoy doing many different crafts, including sewing, quilting, scrapbooking, project life, and I just recently started getting into stamping and card making. 

In this I am excited to share my projects with everyone. I also look forward to meeting other crafters, get tips, and project ideas! 

Exciting things Im looking forward to this month are:

Im thinking of subscribing to the Simon Says Stamp card kit club

(What subscriptions do you have?)

I am also going to start doing the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
(What blog challenges do you participate in?)

  Check back later for new posts!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Robin