F4A232 The Open Sea Happy Birthday

Hello, this is my 2nd post for today.  While I waited for my other card to dry, I played along with today's free 4 all challenge, which was to make a one or two layer card.  I pulled out my world map and the open sea stamp sets.  I inked the world map stamp using soft suede ink onto my crumb cake card base.  Next I stamped the ship from the open sea in night of navy onto a white strip.  I added my sentiment and attached to the card base.  I added thin strips of navy cardstock, a couple of little banners and some bakers twine.  I think this would make a great masculine card.  Anyway, thanks for looking!  Have a great weekend.  Here is the link to the challenge:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/free-all-f45/f4a232-one-two-8-1-14-a-t590346.html

TTFN
Dawn

supplies:
stamps: world map, the open sea - stampin up, birthday basics by PTI
ink: crumb cake, night of navy
bakers twine

Mix79 Glued (or gelled in this case)

Good morning.  I have been up since about 4 am this morning, so I decided to come down to my crap room and play.  I looked at today's challenges on Splitcoaststampers and thought it was the perfect opportunity to get inky!  First I played along with the mixability challenge, which today is to use glue or gel medium and inks, paints, gelato's or re-inkers.  I decided to use my gel medium mixed with a drop of melon mambo re-inker.  It is a bit too bubble gummy for me and I wish I had used a different color, but oh well.  I also used a new (to me) stencil from Memory Box.  It is quite intricate and I think I was a little rough putting down my gel medium over the stencil, as my coverage is not great, but I guess it adds to the overall design.  I added the black scallop strips to tie in with the black sentiment and thread.  It is quite glossy in real life, but my photo doesn't capture it.  It took quite a bit of time to dry, so while I waited for that, I played along with the free for all challenge too!!  That post will be up next.  Enjoy your weekend!!

Here is the link to today's challenge:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/mix-ability-challenge-f390/mix79-glued-t590054.html

TTFN
Dawn

supplies:
watercolor paper, black, white cardstock
stencil by Memory Box
Faber-castell gel medium
melon mambo re-inker by Stampin' Up
Sentiment by PTI - mega mixed messages
scallop border punch by SU

Water Colored Ranunculus Field

I had some time this morning before going to work and decided to play along in a couple of challenges over at Splitcoaststampers.  This weekend I was honored to be chosen as this weeks Featured Stamper!  I was so excited and so surprised. Who, little old me?  Really?

It was a blast to see which cards everyone CASEd, and it was fun to look back at my own gallery at some of my earlier cards.  I took 3 years off from posting on SCS, but I am glad to be back and hopefully will be posting on a more regular basis and playing along with more challenges.  I also wanted to play along with yesterday's CAS challenge, which was to use any color other than white or neutral as your card base.  Since I tend to always reach for white card bases that actually was a challenge, lol!  I ordered some fun stamps online and decided to water color my main image using my distress inks and pearlized water.  My sentiment is from the new anniversary set from Paptertrey Ink called Bold Bouquet.  I can't wait to play with the beautiful images in this set.

The featured stamper challenge can be found here:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/featured-stamper-f132/fs368-%7B2-23-14%7D-beam-me-up-scotty-t584610.html

Here is my original that I loosely CASEd:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1308843?&cat=500&ppuser=110263

and the Clean and Simple challenge can be found here:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/clean-simple-cards-f239/cas261-color-my-world-2-24-14-a-t584645.html

Anyhoo, have a great day and thanks for popping in!

TTFN

Dawn

supplies:

stamps:  bold bouquet by papertrey ink, ranunculus field by stampendous

paper:  bazzill, water color

black archival ink

picked raspberry and mowed lawn distress ink

martha stewart twine

pearlized water

Thinking of You

I had a little bit of free time today and decided to play along with Splitcoaststampers technique lovers challenge.  I love alcohol inks, but don't use them very often so today's challenge was just the push I needed to get them out and play along.  The challenge was to use your alcohol inks on glossy paper and then either using canned air or a straw (I used a straw) blow the ink around the page and then smoosh another piece of glossy paper on top of it.  Then you were to die cut it, so I reached for my Turning a New Leaf die set (also hasn't seen any love in a very long time!) and cut it out.  I used a variety of inks and a bit of silver and I love how it turned out!  I stamped my image in gray, popped my die cut leaves up and colored some gems using a spectrum noir pen and that was it!  I will definitely be trying this technique again.

That's it for today!  Thanks for looking and have a great day :)

TTFN

Dawn

supplies:
alcohol inks: lettuce, willow, meadow and silver
die by Papertrey Ink
sentiment: botanical silhouettes by Papertrey Ink
gems from Hobby Lobby

I Love You So Much

I am so happy that I got to play along with a couple of challenges on splitcoaststampers today.  The free 4 all challenge was a valentines challenge and the mixability challenge was to use hearts.  I managed to cover them both using my Tim Holtz new hearts stencil and some embossing paste and a sentiment from Papertrey Ink!  I am seriously loving my stencils and embossing paste right now and today I used my pearlescent paste which is SO pearly and pretty.  I did add 2 colors of Heidi Swapp color shine over the stencil before I removed it and it looks really pretty IRL.  I also die cut some flowers out of canvas and colored them using my gelato's!  So fun!!

It looks like I am ahead of the game and have my valentine card for my hubby next week!  Woo hoo!!!

I am having fun playing in challenges again.  It has been too long!  Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  I am working tomorrow and then teaching a fun card class at Scrapdoodles on Sunday!!

Thanks for taking a peak!

TTFN

Dawn

CAS Snowflakes

I had a little time before work this morning and was able to play along with this weeks CAS challenge on SCS (splitcoaststampers) which was to make a holiday card.  I have been focusing on my Christmas cards and actually yesterday, I sat and addressed all my envelopes.  I don't have all my cards made yet, but the envelopes are ready, lol!  I find that addressing the envelopes takes longer than writing the cards, so I figure I am ahead of the game so far.  I hope to have all my cards made by this weekend and sent out by the beginning of December.  That will be a first if it happens!!  A girl can dream right?

Anyway, I have been stuck on snowflakes lately, so this was easy as my snowflake punches were sitting on my desk.  I now want to mass produce this and make it my Christmas card for this year.  The only problem is what to do with the other 25 that I have made so far, lol!!! 

I punched 2 large snowflakes and 1 small snowflake out of spring moss cs and popped them up.  I added a little pearl to the center and stamped my sentiment in smokey shadow ink.  Rounded the 2 bottom corners and that was it!  Clean and simple!  I think I will be making this in lots of different colors.

Here is the link to today's challenge:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/clean-simple-cards-f239/cas248-get-ready-holidays-11-25-13-a-t581369.html

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great Monday!

TTFN
Dawn

snowflake punch by Marvy, Martha Stewart
cardstock: Papertrey Ink
sentiment: Papertrey Ink (Christmas Poinsettia)
ink: smokey shadow by PTI

Happy Birthday Cupcake!

Just popping in to share a quick little card that I made today to play along with the Featured Stamper on SCS.  The featured stamper this week is Laura, aka thecraftysister and what a fun gallery she has!!  I just got my July card kit from Simon Says Stamp yesterday and thought this was the perfect opportunity to break it in!  I hope you are all enjoying your Sunday!  It is raining here today and there is nothing I like to do more on a rainy day than play in my crap room (as I affectionately call it lol!) 

Supplies used:  paper by bazzill and Lilybee
Stamps by Simon Says Stamp
Ink by SU in pink pirouette, early espresso, rich razzleberry and crumb cake.
Button and twine and stickles on the icing

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your Sunday :)
TTFN
Dawn