Spin Painting Clean Up

Hello and welcome!  

Today I have a few cards to show you.

Back in April, I did some "spin painting" with 

Marie.  Once we were done, there was quite a bit of

paint in the inside of the salad spinner.
I let it dry and then peeled it off.

Me, being the crafty saver that I am, kept the pieces of 

peeled off paint.  I glued them to pieces of paper/card stock.

This week I decided to create from my stash and 

pulled them out.  Here are a few of the cards I made with

the spin painting clean up.

All these cards were pretty simple to make, since I pretty

much had the focal piece ready to go.

I mounted this piece onto pink, then a black mat and 

decided that a piece of hand made paper would be perfect

behind it.  Then onto a white card base and it's good to go.

With this one I decided on some bright colors to match

the paint colors.

I pulled some scraps from my stash, 

then mounted onto a card base.

I had the little sentiment stamp in my stash and have

no idea what company it's from.

Inside I use a sentiment from the same set of stamps, 

mounted on a piece of the purple mulberry paper.

This card is larger than the others, they are A2 size and

this one is a full sheet of card stock folded in half,

so it's 5.5" x 8.5"

It was the largest paint piece and I wanted to keep it

together, so larger card it was.

Simple card with a sentiment.

I think you can see the texture of the paint better in this

picture.  It had dripped down the side of the bowl and then

dried.

One more angle showing the texture.

I love this one.  To me it looks like a flying dragon.

Maybe you don't see that, but that's okay.

I love the drama of it being on black.

The orange at the top and bottom and that the sentiment

is mounted on are from my stash of alcohol ink backgrounds

that I have made.

I didn't put a sentiment inside these cards, except for the

Dream card.  I will either stamp them or write in them

when I decided to use them.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you have been inspired in some way.

Come again soon.

Until then,

use something "different" for a card.

 

I Challenged Myself

Welcome blog friends!

One day I wanted to craft and didn't really 

have any set plans for what to do.

I decided to challenge myself to make some 

cards with images and backgrounds from my

stash.  These are three of the cards I made.

I had this image all colored and in my stash for a

long time.  It's not my usual style of image, but

I like it a lot, so I fussy cut it.

Then I went to my box full of backgrounds

that I have made and picked out this one. 

It was made with alcohol inks.  I simply adhered

the image to the inked panel and then added

it to a card base and I had it done.

Next I found this poppy image, which is one of my

favorite flower images.  I fussy cut it leaving a bit of a

white border around the image.  I think this really helps

set it out from the background.

I chose this background, which was also made 

with alcohol inks.  It's hard to see, but it also

has areas of gold foiling.  While the ink was still a

little bit sticky, I pressed the foil to the ink and then pulled 

it off.  This leaves the foiling anywhere that it could 

stick to the ink.  
I used foam tape to adhere the flower to the background panel,

then adhered it to a card base.

For this card, I pulled out a tag and 

covered it with the alcohol inked background

piece.  I had a totally different idea in mind,

but then the silver and pink flocked animal 

print caught my eye and I added that.

I then used a stamp and 

Alcohol Lift Ink
to stamp the sentiment.

If you haven't ever used 
Alcohol Lift Ink, I encourage you to

give it a try.  I love using it.

Now I had a tag, but what to do with it?

I actually tried a couple other things and ended

up taking them apart, nothing seemed to be working

for me with this.
Then I decided to mount the tag on a piece of 

silver card stock, then black, then a card base.

As you can see, I trimmed each layer out as I went.

I really love how this turned out in the end.

I'm glad and grateful that you stopped by today.

I hope you have learned something or been inspired

in some way and will come back again.
Until then;

challenge yourself in some way.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Eco print cards

Good day friends!

A few weeks ago, I suddenly had a desire to do some

eco-printing.  I saw the beautiful leaves that were falling

and wondered how they would work on some prints.

So I gathered up some leaves from the ground and some 

that hadn't fallen yet and set myself to work.

Here are a few that I did with some leaves from our
"burning bush" that gets bright red leaves in the fall.

I laid the leaves on a piece of card stock,

laid another piece of card stock over it and 

ran them through my Cuttlebug.
This is what I got and I just love how they turned

out.

I thought I may as well experiment a little more,

so I put another piece of card stock over the leaves 

and ran it through again.

This more muted piece is what I got from the second pass.

Here are the cards I made with those first 

prints.  Just trimmed them to size,

adhered to some colored card stock and

then onto a card base.

This was just the start of the prints I made with leaves and

some flowers that were still hanging around, but

I haven't had time to make anything with the other

prints.  I'll show those in another post.

But I did learn that even though the leaves have fallen

from the trees, as long as they aren't dried and brittle,

they are worth give a try running through

the cuttlebug.

I found some just didn't work as well, some gave

very strong colors and some were more muted.

You just have to give them a try, it's surprising the colors

you may get.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I appreciate that you spend time here.

Come again soon,

until then,

try some eco-printing.

Use leaves, flowers, grass whatever you can

find in nature that will go through your machine.

 

Father's Day Card

Welcome!

Father's Day is fast approaching, so I got a couple 

cards made to have ready.

I made this one for my husband who is a wonderful

father and grandfather.
I made it very easily using a background I found in

my hand made stash.

I used alcohol inks and spray alcohol to make this

background.
The sentiment was made using my 

Silhouette Cameo.

This card, I made for my son, who is a wonderful father

to our beautiful 18 month old granddaughter.

I'm so proud of the father he is and the love and caring he

shows for Marie.
I used 2 background pieces from my stash for this one.

Both of them were made with alcohol inks.

I cut the sentiment and the shadow with my Silhouette.

The shadow was cut out of the brown background

then the letters were adhered into those spaces.

I trimmed out the top and bottom of the front to match the 

lettering, then decided to trim the inside of the card also.

This added just that little something inside.

My family always appreciates when I make cards for them,

so I know they will like these.

Have you made your Father's Day cards yet?

Thanks for stopping by today and spending some time

with me.

Come again soon.

Until then,

create something special.

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

 

Smile

Hello and welcome!

I think a rainbow of colors is so happy looking!

I decided to make some simple cards with a happy

look, so I got out my watercolors and made these.

I thought "smile" was a prefect addition to the fronts of 

these cards.  

I had trimmed off a bit of the front panel to make it fit

on the card and thought I'd carry the color inside.

For this card I use a smaller swatch of colors and

heat embossed the "smile" with embossing powder.

I hope these cards made you smile as well as the friends the

were sent to.

Until next time

Smile and spread some rainbows.

Watercolor swatches

Hi y'all!

Today I have a couple cards to show you that I made

from some watercolor and doodling pieces that

I made.

I painted the swatches onto water color paper

with water color paints, then doodled with a black

pen.  I used more water color paints to paint in the 

leaves etc. and I love how these turned out.

Same technique was used on these swatches,

I've been practicing and thought I should do something

with the pieces I created, so cards it is.

I hope the people that receive them like them

as much as I do.

Thanks for spending time with me today,

I hope you have enjoyed your visit and will

come again soon.

Until then;

Try something new.

Embossed cards

Hi Everyone!

Today I have a few cards to show you.

I made these cards using an embossing folder.

I inked the one side of the inside of an embossing folder,

put card stock into the folder and ran it through

my Cuttlebug.
By inking one side of the folder, when it is run

through the Cuttlebug, it presses the ink into the 

embossed area, coloring it.

This image was inked and embossed with 

yellow Color Theory ink

creating a nice crisp image.

After doing the first image, I did a second

generation print for this card.

I ran the folder through the Cuttlebug

again with a piece of card stock,

but did not reink the folder,

giving a much softer look.

This card was done with the same 

technique using an 

Orange Color Theory Inkpad

second generation  printing.

The embossing folder I used was

Rose Mosaic from Darice

Thanks for spending time with me today.

I hope you have learned something and/or been

inspired in some way.

See you next time, until then;

Get inky!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Eco Print Cards 2

Welcome!

I hope you're having a good day and getting through this

difficult time with good health.
Today I have a couple more cards that I made

from some of my eco-prints.

This one was done the same way the 2 in my last post

were done, using the masterboard as my background

and the eco-print as the focal point.

This one was a single leaf that I loved,

it is pretty light, but in real life you can see it a little

better.  I wet the paper a bit around the leaf and

tore around it to give an organic feel.

The background piece is hand made paper that

I had used some bronze and gold inks to color.

I'm glad you stopped in today for a visit and

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until next time:

Stay safe, stay healthy!

Eco Print Cards 1

Hi crafty people!

Today I have some cards to show you that I

made with some eco-prints that I made.

Last fall I decided to give eco-printing a try.

I really enjoyed making the prints and seeing how

different leaves and flowers turned out.

I can't wait to give some flowers a try this summer.

I used my heat press to do these,

HERE is a video on the process.

If you don't have a heat press or don't want to

use it for this, just search eco-printing on YouTube

there are lots of videos out there to help you.

I cut the pages that I made into pieces featuring 

some of the prints I like the best.

The background layer is from a "masterboard" 

that I made a couple months ago.

This one was done with all the same supplies,

but I did ink up the edges with some 

Antique Linen Distress Ink.

This one I chose to add a small strip from a

background that I had in my stash, adding a little

color to the card.

I have a lot more eco-prints in my stash and

will be making more projects with them soon. 
Some as focal points and some as backgrounds.

I hope you'll come back and see what I come up with.

Thanks for stopping in today and spending a little

time with me.  I hope you will look up eco-printing and

maybe give it a try.

Until next time;

Try something new!

Alcohol Ink "Flower" cards

Hello everyone!

I hope you are all staying safe and healthy.

I've been home for about a month now,

I haven't really been motivated to do much in the

line of crafting, but every now and then I

sit down and get some things done.

I decided to take out my stash of backgrounds

and such and make some cards to send out to some 

of my family and friends.
Thought getting something in the mail,

other than bills, might bring a smile to their faces.

Here are a few of the cards I made from some

alcohol ink "flowers" that I had in my stash.

Silver card stock with alcohol inks.

I believe this one was done on photo paper.

Again, done on photo paper.

I hope these cards put a smile on someones face.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I'll be sharing more of the little projects I've

been doing, so be sure to stop back again soon.

Until then:

Stay safe, Stay healthy!

Flowers and Hearts

Hello crafters!

Today I have some cards and book marks to show you.

I recently saw a video, I'm sorry I don't know whose 

it was, and she made flowers with hearts.

I took the idea and went with it and here's what I 

came up with.

I used scrap pieces of backgrounds that I made with

alcohol inks.

Some hearts I punched, but most of the large ones

I cut freehand.

Thanks for coming by today.

I hope y'all are doing well and keeping

yourselves busy during this health crisis.

Maybe you can use up some of your scraps

to make some cards or book marks like these.

You can use any kind of paper and they 

will turn out cute.

Until next time,

stay safe, stay healthy and stay busy.

Halloween Cards

Happy Halloween!

Today I'm sharing a couple cards I made for

Halloween.

I made this spinner card using 

"Witch Stamp"

I stamped the image onto white card stock, 

colored it, adhered it with temporary adhesive

to another piece of card stock and fussy cut it.

Adding the other card stock to the back gives 

that second layer to sandwich the thread

to make the spinner mechanism.  It also

gives a nice clean look to the back

of the image.

I didn't want the sentiment and what I wrote

to show through the front of the card,

so I made a circle flip up the same size as

the cut out in the front of the card.

Where I stamped Happy Halloween and

signed the card.

This card was an odd size, so I made my own 

envelope with my 

We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.

I stamped 

"Pumpkin Vine Stamp"

and colored it for a festive look, 

using colored pencils.

The other card I made was this

spider card.

I think he turned out pretty cute.

I love the little shoes I made for him too!

It was a little bit of a challenge getting him into 

the envelope, but since I made my own envelope

I made it happen.  I just hope he arrived okay, 

having been squished into the envelope.

I attached a card base to the bottom, 

where I stamped a greeting and could sign the card.

I stamped the envelope with 

"Ghost Stamp"

I hope the kids I sent these to enjoyed them,

and had a frightfully good Halloween.

Thanks for stopping by today,

hope you enjoyed your Halloween.

Come again soon,

until then 

don't eat too much candy!

Note the links are only to give a reference so you can

see what the products are.
I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

except where specified,

and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.