Mixed Media Canvas for LSG Application - "Midnight Garden Tea Party"

Graduation Cap Box and Mini Album - Part IV (Interactive Elements)

Graduation Cap Box and Mini Album - Part III (The Box)

Graduation Cap Box and Mini Album - Part II (Cap Lid)

Graduation Cap Box and Mini Album - Part I (Pages)

May Challenge - Favorite Technique

May Challenge

"Your Favorite Technique"

This month I chose the Cake Hat image from Julia Spiri. She is colored with a combination of Copics, Prima, and Hobby Lobby brand markers. The card is layered with die cuts, handmade flag, and Ofray ribbon. My favorite techniques are layering and using Stickles! For this image, Stickles has been added to the teapot, tea cups, and sections of the cake.

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Garden Fairy Prayers

"Garden Fairy Prayers"

Ingredients:

Image from open source files on Google.

Flowers from Iamroses and Wild Orchid Crafts

Random gears and keys from my stash

Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays (Green with Envy Green, Glory of the Seas Gold, Baby Blue Eyes Aqua, Sandra Dee Sepia, Burnished Brass, Alpine Ice Rose, Mystic Malachite, Elderweiss Moss Green, Ethereal Green, Long John's Silver)

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Sunlight)

Liquitex Glass Beads

Liquitex Super Heavy Gloss Gel

Stencils from the Crafter's Workshop

Cheesecloth

Hole Patch Mesh from the hardware store

DecoArts Modeling Paste 

Challenges:

More Mixed Media Challenge "Yellow"

Mixed Media Place April Challenge- Creative Gym #18 "Be Patient. The Best Things Happen Unexpectedly"
Mixed Media Monthly Challenge

April Challenge

Easter/Pastel Colors

This month's challenge was to use Easter images or pastel colors. This tag was created using a manila file folder, modeling paste, Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays, ribbons for the topper, and lace trim at the bottom. The image is Lacy Sunshine's Bashful Bunny Boo colored with pencils and mineral spirits.

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St. Patrick’s Day Challenge

For the March challenge, I used a digi from Bugaboo Stamps; "Theodore Shamrocks."

I colored the image with colored pencils and used odorless mineral spirits to smooth out the color. I stamped "Have a Lucky Day" on a banner and embossed it in green. For the background, I used a piece of dictionary paper I glimmered using my home-made glimmer glam. I also die cut a piece of green cardstock using a Tim Holtz die.

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Mixed Media MashUp Monday - Love

Napkin Texture Cards

February Challenge

Open Minded Crafting Fun

February Challenge

"LOVE"

February is known as the month for LOVE. This month, Open-Minded Crafting Fun's challenge is centered around this theme. Here is my entry using the Ppinky Dolls Art digi "I am in love."

Recipe:

Burgundy card stock base

Turquoise and white polka dot patterned paper

Scrap paper from my stash

Spellbinder's die: Crisscross

Spellbinder's die: Labels 18

colored pencils with mineral spirits

Wink of Stella

Stickles

Momenta LOVE stamp in Aged Mahogany distress ink

Typeset letter stamps in Black Soot distress ink

Burgundy ribbon

Black fiber ribbon

I am roses flowers painted with Bubblegum Pink Lindy's Stamp Gang spray

Tattered Angels' Blackberry Cordial ink drops

Bling from my stash

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"Pondering"

So I was sitting around "Pondering" what would happen if I played with acrylic paints. This is what I came up with. This being my very FIRST acrylic painting, I think it turned out pretty darn good.

Love Tag

Time for LOVE! 

Join me as I create a Valentine's Day tag. I had a lot of fun, but I also made quite the mess.






Supplies:

• Cuttlebug 
• Spellbinder's Labels #18 
• Manila Folder Corner Chomper 
• Paint Brushes 
• Ink Daubers 
• We R Memory Keepers: Cropadile/Eyelet Setter 
• Eyelets 
• Scissors 
• Lighter 
• Heat Tool 
• Water
• Paper Towels 
• Baby Wipes 
• Tattered Angels Spray: Plum Jelly, Cherry, and Blackberry Cordial 
• Lindy's Stamp Gang Spray:Steampunk Sepia and Rusty Lantern Lime 
• Lindy's Stamp Gang Embossing Powder: Byzantine Bronze 
• Pearl Ex: Russet Red and Silver 
• UTEE 
• Ranger Watermark Ink 
• I am Roses flowers and leaves 
• Recollections white flower petals 
• Stampin' Up! Ink: Mellow Moss and Really Rust 
• Lace 
• Pink Ribbon 
• Chain 
• Bead embellishments 
• Random Bling 
• Safety Pin 
• Hot glue and glue gun 
• Crafter's Pick: The Ultimate Glue 
• Tulip Beads in a Bottle: Copper 
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Walnut Stain 
• Stampabilities: Vintage Flourish stamp 
• Momenta: Love stamp 
• Scrap paper

Open-Minded Crafting Fun Design Team 

January Challenge 

"Try Something New" 

I am so excited to be a part of the Open-Minded Crafting Fun Design Team. This month's challenge encourages us to step out of our comfort zones and "Try Something New."

For this month, I used a Digital Stamp from SmearedInk. Unfortunately, SmearedInk is no longer in business as of the new year. I am quite sad about it as the images were very interesting to work with.

For this challenge, my something new was the use of colored pencils to color the image, adding feathers to a card, and using some ribbon tape I found at Tuesday Morning. Here is what I came up with for my card.

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Suitcase Mini Album

Captured Fairies