Back Grounds

I did the backgrounds for these 3 with my Pan Pastels, upper card is a hero arts stamp, bottom is a brass stencil I've had for ages, bottom are StampScapes.

A Wee Mermaid

Another little cutie from Wee Stamps, the faces on these stamps are just so darn cute.

Stamped with Archival on blue watercolor paper, colored with Distress markers & aqua brush.

I was doing this one for a couple of swaps but I had the dates wrong oh well I still had fun.

The bird was stamped with & embossed with clear embossing powder, sponged color on to the tag.

Stamps used:  Tim Holtz & Inkado all stamping was with Archival blended ins are Distress.

Wee Gifts

Another little cuttie from Wee Stamps, colored with Copics, background is Pan Pastels.

Silver Fairy

 I just love this stamp from Wee Stamps called Silver Fairy, having fun just checking out the different colors on her.

Copper Child

 I came across this little piece of copper I did years ago when it was the popular technique.  You can see I stamped, then punched holes around the image, painted with acrylics. I'm kind of amazed it didn't chip or anything.

Flower Child

Another day of play with pan pastels, the stamp is from Great Impressions.

I was playing with color shine spray inks along with my dylusions sprays on this one.

A Tree

I was playing around blending my pan pastels seeing what colors I'd come up with.  This is it, almost the same coloring on the wood of this stamp, managed a  pretty good impression, added flower soft, glossy accents & a little horse punched.  The stamp is from Arizona Stamps Too, called Canyon Juniper, the year 1994.

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My half price stamp of the month & she is just so darn cute.  Background was done in Pan Pastels, the girl was colored with copics.  Butterfly & flowers were water colored with distress markers.

 I've been playing around with my new pan pastels, I just love the colors & how they lay down.  The top one I erased the whites.

Birch Trees

 I finally got some time to play with my new dies & stencil

The background was done with stencil & sponged on distress inks, a few dies, a Kimmie Stamp.

Playing Around

I've been playing around with spray inks lately & having way too much fun.  Decided to make a card background  using some of them.

Art With No Boundaries eZine

This is the cover page of  the Premier issue Art With No Boundaries Magazine/ ezine, full of some beautiful  works of art and; lots of inspiration too.  You can check it out right here:
 Art With No Boundaries
This one is referred to as the mini version with the full version coming in January, can't wait for the full one if this is what is referred to as mini.

I love that it has a clean laid out, a large variety with even some digi instructions, the perfect place for paper crafters.

First Art Journal

 I've had this journal for years finally I've actually began to add some color.  The doll on the cover is a digi from             CS Designs  I find this lady's art work amazing, I love the faces of her characters. This is my very first art doll, being impatient I kind of rushed her along.  Below is the inside cover still to be finished.

All coloring was done with distress inks  Stamps used Tim Holtz, Magenta, Serendipity & Stampers Anonymous.

A Few of My Tags

 I've been making a lot of tags lately so thought I'd share a few of them.  Then I finally made a card with a tag at the bottom.  All were done using distress inks.

Simple

I colored the background stamp with distress markers, embossed the shiny card stock, punched a few butterflies, die cut a flower, simple.

Happiness Is

This is my so favorite stamp set at the moment by Artistic Impressions.  I colored all with copics.

A Couple of Scenes

Most of the stamps I used are Stampscapes, the car is Magnoila, all colored with distress inks & markers.

Friends

This is one of these cards where I had no clue as to where I was headed but I just kept on going.  I do really like my bird with his sparkly fluff.

Oooooops

You're Tweet

Keep Calm

This card is for a friend who could use the calmness for a big move coming up.

Hoppy Hello

I colored background stamp (Hero Arts) with distress markers, colored butterfly (Technique Tuesday) with Copics, stamped frog with distress markers.

I need more practice coloring my solid frog.

Colorful Opposites

Geesh been ages since I've put anything on here but I made up for it today.  I'm taking an online class called Kick Start which is giving me so much inspiration and so many ideas.

I got this idea from Shari Carroll doing the white outline, both my pens are dry on the left I used partially the dry pen, a little white acrylic paint on the right I used white enamel.  The backgrounds were done using distress inks as well as the stamped & punched images.

Wild Honey, Fire Brick Red, Peeled Paint, Broken China
                                                              

Colorful Birds

 These were all colored with Distress markers.  Here I challenged myself to choose a pattern ribbon and using the colors for this card.

A Fall Card

Playing around with distress inks & perfect pearls.  I challenged myself with the colors on the ribbon.

Playing with Paper Strips

Things that Matter

This is my first resist using snow cap acrylic in a dabber, too fun.  Distress inks,  were sponged on  after stamping with acrylic.  Background stamps are Tim Holtz, Nature's Discovery  single butterfly is by LaBlanche.

More with Distress Markers

Butterflies Imagination

My new stamps arrived & I finally found time to play with Nature's Discovery, too fun, I just love these butterflies.

I colored the stamps with my distress markers, used Archival for the sentiment, a little sponging around the edges.

Little Chicadee

This is my first LaBlanche stamp, it was just crying to be inked up with my Distress markers, this is the outcome.  These stamps are on white silicone so you can actually see your colors mixing on the stamp itself.  The little Chickadee is layered on top.

I waited a very long time for these markers but now that I've been playing they were well worth the wait.

Nature in Splatter

This is my tag for a Splatter challenge, the background is  done with Distress inks, butterflies, foilage & texture were colored with Distress markers, words were inked with Archival ink.

Recycled Tag with Flowers

This is my tag for the challenge at Studio L3's, Compendium of Curiosities Vol 2,  challenge #8.  To play along follow the technique on page 62 of Compendium of Curiosities, Volume II, you can purchase your copy HERE. 

My tag has 3 layers, the top layer is repurposed/recycled packaging, dry embossed, the butterflies & flowers are also re purposed/recycled, a little thinner material I was able to punch.  The flowers & butterflies were colored with alcohol inks, I have matching red fingers. 

My 2nd layer is sponged, 3rd is black linen cs.

Friends

I was playing with my distress markers, coloring the stamp, huffing & stamping on water color paper, the sky was done using stormy sky marker & a water brush. The blue layer is again water color paper done with the Stormy Sky marker & watered down with a spritz & a brush.

Stamps:  Urban Tapestry, Tim Holtz.  Mouse is from Magenta.  The cat is unknown.

Shattered Stained Fanciful Flight

When I bought this die I had no idea it cut so many pieces but it's so worth it.  First I crackled the bottom pieces then added various colors of distress stains, I sponged walnut on the top wings, then I covered the entire butterfly with glossy accents.

The 2 pics were taken outside, the top one is on the glass patio table, showing the reflection of the deck cover,  the bottom is in the same place but on a sheet of cream card stock.

Time is Ticking

This is my card for the Simon Says challenge, One for the Boys.

I stamped, then spritzed my background, then sponged various distress inks, embossed umbrella man & gears. I stamped the clock with Archival ink, covered it with glossy accents adding a couple of spinners.  The jeep was inked with various inks then covered with crackle, the umbrella is made from grunge, cut & embossed.