Tic-Tac-Toe

I made this cutie last weekend for Stamping Smiles Tic Tac Toe #10:

Here's the board:

I wasn't just "oozing" art onto paper here... this was a case of "get 'er done," but I love the colors, and it is a style I believe the recipient will like-- and the new baby's nursery is mint and grey... plus, at the shower, somebody made her a mint and grey blanket with owls! :)

Supplies:

• Distress Ink in Evergreen Bough and Hickory Smoke daubed through a Martha Stewart stencil
• The gray punched circle is Core'dinations with a NBUS owl stamp. The pearls are actually Scribbles puff paint (!) and the sentiment was written with a Zig Emboss Writer. Owl and sentiment embossed with Recollections white EP
• Just gotta say, I think I need to round the corners...

Happy hello...

OMG, you guys, I have been so busy... the girls are both going different directions on their baseball/softball teams, school is loco with testing... I have a million projects going on for all kinds of friends.... how about a happy card I busted out last weekend?

So bright and happy!

Supplies and notes:

• I blotted the following Adirondack alcohol inks on to photo paper: Purple Twilight, Sunset Orange, Sunshine Yellow, along with silver mixative
• The hexagons were cut using a Fiskars punch
• The "hello" is a Thicker
• The yellow card base is from  Autumn at Sew-Paper-Paint... thanks!

I'd like to share this at the following challenges:

• Mod Squad: Use It or Lose It (My hex punch... I don't use it often but love it!)
• Simon Says, Wednesday: AG

Colour Q #341 + CASology

I don't think I've played at Colour Q in awhile.  Here's my card to play with the current challenge:

Here's the palette:

Supplies and notes:

• The main panel was inked with Spiced Marmalade, Worn Lipstick, and Dried Marigold DIs through a pretty Prima stencil 
• Liquid Pearls were then added around the edge
• The back panel is canvas paper from Royal Langnickel; I cut it with my scoring cutter for the rough/torn looking edge
• I used a new Wink of Luna brush in gold for the sentiment

Along with Colour Q, I'd also like to play with CASology... cuz, why not? Here's their current challenge graphic:

Unlike what I'd call "me," but this card is so pretty... I like the outcome a lot, and it will serve a good purpose as a retirement card... this one will go to the retiring speech aide.

Ready for retiform...

The current challenge at Mod Squad is to use the retiform technique:

If you are interested in specifics, look it up.  Basically, intersecting lines of ink (in this case) create a neat interwoven pattern.  It was fun to try.  I reminded me of a grade-school art project involving crayons and erasers.

Supplies and notes:

• This retiform was done on a piece of photo paper with the following DIs: Festive Berries, Scattered Straw, and Broken China.  (I thought I'd get more cool blending because I used primary colors, but I did not...)
• I rounded the corners of the panel with a Fiskars punch
• The little die pieces are from Heidi Swapp
• The black pearls are from Viva in Anthracite

This will go to a retiree at the school.  not sure which one yet... probably the man...

Spring-feeling...

I've got that spring feeling!  Finally!  Planted some annuals, hung some laundry outside, got the door to the craft-shack open...

This project has been in the works for a couple weeks.  I've been waiting for a quote to magically come along for me to type and place, but so far, nothing has been right.  If that ever happens, I'll add it to this post.  Until then... feast your eyes:

Supplies and notes:

• Started off with a scrap piece of chipboard, painted roughly with Liquitex gesso
• Once dry, I coated it with Iced Spruce and Pumice Stone Distress Stains.  
• I par-dried the stains with a heat tool, then sprinkled some Custer's Last Stamp EP in silver across it... it stuck to the damp areas well enough for me to slowly heat the underside of the chipboard to begin the adhering process, then I was able to go to town melting the top.
• I added the last of my small pieces (less than 12"x12") of chicken wire with some Recollections brads.  I also added some brads to random places.  
• The wood veneer birds are Studio Calico
• The bluebells were from JoAnn's.  (I actually sought these out after I saw THIS project over at Pawsitively Creative... I absolutely love them...)
• The satin seam binding is vintage, and I tried to dye it with DIs to match the flowers... I think I used Chipped Sapphire, Milled Lavender, and Victorian Velvet

I will share this at the following places:

• Corrosive Challenges #5: Spring
• Shopping Our Stash #251: April Showers Bring May Flowers
• Simon Says Wednesday: Flowers
• Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media in May

 

Wicked Wednesday #209

Here's my ATC for the current Wicked Wednesday challenge, "Circus Act":

Supplies and notes:

• Library card base inked with Dylusions in Cherry Pie and some peach-ish Glimmer Mist
• Some stripes textured on with Teresa Collins modeling past through a Tim Holtz/StampAnon stripes stencil.  I added some red Distress Crayon on the stripes and rubbed it around...
• The sticker is from K & Company 
• Red pearls are from Viva
• I used a Prima crackle stamp in Gathered Twigs Brushed Corduroy DI in the lower right, and I also edged the card surf that color (... just came to me that I did not use Gathered Twigs as I thought when I was hastily blogging!)
• I outlined the tag with Wink of Luna in gold
• Pom-poms and waxed twine from my stash

Thanks to the suggestion by Niki at Pawsitively Creative, I'll also share this at Anything But Cute... their 13th challenge is to"Celebrate Your Style," and this ATC celebrates my style in many ways: I love grungy + bright, I love sprays, I LOVE pom-poms, I love using up my stash, and I LOVE using library cards!

STAMPlorations May CAS

I took the May CAS challenge at STAMPlorations, and this is what I came up with:

Here is STAMPlorations' graphic:

Supplies and notes:

• Well, seldom does the project turn out how you envision it... I stenciled the circle too close to the edge and at the bottom!  I wanted it to be more top-center!  ... make lemonade...
• I used two stencils: a Martha Stewart circle and a Brett Weldele scribble stencil
• Ink: Dylusions spray in Funky Fuchsia
• The circle "Thank you" is from a cheapie stamp set... Recollections?  Studio G? I use it All. The. Time.  Jah bless the cheap stamps.  It was inked with the new Tim Holtz Mixed Media pad: Hickory Smoke
• The rotary stamps are from SU! and K & Company, rolled through the months of the school year.  Inked these also with Hickory Smoke. 
• This stamp-job is appropriate because this is for one of the volunteers in the library!  :)