BIRD CRAZY

Hello sweet bloggers! How was your week? Mine has been busy and I’m looking forward to the weekend! Today I am sharing a little card I have had in my head for a while.

 

A2: Stamps: Tim Holtz (Bird Crazy), Rubber Stamp Tapestry (Clear)

I used a lot of stamps to create this scene for this little bird.  I used Copic markers and my Copic air brush to color this.

Thanks for stopping by! I would love to hear what you think!

Happy crafting!

Ellen

MIXED MEDIA

Happy Monday sweet friends! Hopefully you had a wonderful weekend.  We finally got some sunshine and temperatures in the 50s so I was able to walk and take down the outside Christmas decorations. This is the LATEST I have ever had them up!

Before Christmas, I got the Tim Holtz Bird Crazy stamp set but I’ve been to busy to play with it! I got some time this weekend and decided to play with the set and a bit of mixed media. Here is what I came up with:

Size: A2; Stamps: Tim Holtz (Bird Crazy), Verve (Making a Statement); Stencil: The Crafters Workshop (Mini Butterfly Meadow); Misc: tissue paper, acrylic paints, Gesso, embossing paste, Copic markers)

I have never done much with mixed media so this was a fun card; I may even try some more! I started with white card stock and wrinkled tissue paper. I glued the tissue paper to the card stock making sure it had lots of wrinkles. I used Gesso to prime it and once it was dry, I applied acrylic paints.  After the paint was dry, I added the flowers using a stencil and embossing paste. I colored the flowers and the bird with Copic markers. I fussy cut the bird, stamped him on the background so his head feather and legs would show and pasted the colored bird on top. For the border, I used a ruler and a black and a white marker and just hand drew the lines. 

This card is available on my #Etsy shop, Ellen’s Creative Cards and Crafts.

I hope you liked my card! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!!!

HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS EPIC

Happy Sunday sweet friends! I had so much fun crafting today, and I hope you did too!  Today I have my CAS-ual Fridays card for you to see.  It is a birthday card for a deployed soldier.

I just love making birthday cards for our deployed soldiers.  I am fortunate that I have someone who sends me a list of specific soldiers (sorry I use that term loosely and mean no disrespect to any branches of service). 

The CAS-ual Fridays challenge is to use silver somewhere on your card. I used Adirondacks silver alcohol ink mixative and a paintbrush to add the silver squiggles to the card. The stamps are from CAS-ual Fridays’ RAD stamp set and the gears are a Tim Holtz die.  Ribbon is from RRR.

CHALLENGE LINK

CFC91: The object of this game? Simple! Add silver to your CAS project. It can be a card, layout, tag, whatever...as long as it's CAS and has at least a touch of silver.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you liked my card.

Steampunk On The Edge

Adirondack Metallic Mixatives

Rad

Sheer Two-Tone Stripe Navy/Royal

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ANYTHING GOES AT INKSPIRATIONAL:

This is the 5th Wednesday of the month and that means ANYTHING GOES at Inkspirational!  I decided to play with ink this week so here is what I came up with:

 

I embossed the white panel using Spots and Dots and an Easy Folder Frame. I stamped the Paper Smooches sentiment in the blank area created by the Easy Folder Frame. I used Distress Stains to make the background and then stamped the cattails in brown and popped up the image over the embossed background.

 

CHALLENGE LINK

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Thank you so much for stopping by. I look forward to seeing your creation this week at Inkspirational!

 

Spots & Dots	EASY FOLDER FRAMES	Greenhouse Society 10-12	*Paper Smooches SENTIMENT SAMPLER Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	Distress Stain - Broken China
Distress Stain - Peeled Paint	Dusty Concord

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LESS IS MORE WEEK 89

Hi all my sweet friends! Here I go again, struggling with Less is More. I know I will get this one of these days, and I hope I am improving, but time (and comments) will tell.  Please let me know what you think. This week is ONE LAYER ugh! I love my layers but I have to admit I am starting to enjoy making cards in the CAS style.

This week at Less is More, we can only have one layer and we have to include something with wings, so I decided to get my alcohol inks out and play.  I used Adirondack Lettuce alcohol ink and alcohol ink blender in a water brush to create the green background. I stamped the bamboo with Memento Ink, stamped the little birds and colored them with my Tombows.  The sentiment and birds are old Inkadinkado stamps that I believe are retired now.

I did enjoy making this card and am happy to see I can still make backgrounds even on the most CAS cards.  Please take a second and let me know what you think about this one!

Card Challenges:

Time for ONE LAYER again and this time we have given you lots of scope with our theme of Wings

SUPPLIES
SIZE: 4.25x5.5″

Whispy Bamboo	Kathy Davis Flower Sympathy	LL-Bird Set	Farmer's Market	Dual Brush Pen
Water Brush	Cotton Linen Cover Stock

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STAMP ‘N SEND CHALLENGE #1

HAPPY DAY, OH HAPPY DAY!!! The sun is shining! Oh yes it is, for the first time in two weeks! It is just not natural for the sky to be cloudy for so long and it has been hard on me. I have felt so tired and unmotivated the last few days and now I know why. The sun was missing!!!!

Plus, what a surprise when I saw Donna Nuce’s comment this morning telling me I had won Mojo Monday 261!!! If you want to see that card you can click here to go to my post.

During the WCMD bloghop, I stumbled onto a link to a new challenge; the Stamp ‘N Send Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  I love this challenge because it fit right in with my Operation Write Home work. Here is my submission for this week.

I don’t think I have ever attempted a Deconstructing Jen sketch, so this was a lot of fun and I love how it turned out.The papers are from DCWV and MME with lots of stitching on the panels.  The focal panel was made from manila paper using a resist technique with an Inkadinkado stamp. I embossed the image with clear embossing powder then used Adirondack alcohol inks and Perfect pearls. Once colored, I wiped the image with a clean cloth.The flowers are from Inspired by Stamping and were colored with DI. The Peace stamp, from Rubber Stamp Tapestry, was heat embossed with Red Inkadinkado embossing powder. Oh, I almost forgot! The larger panel under the focal one was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

This is the first time I have used alcohol ink with a resist and I love the way it turned out. What do you think?  This is an AnyHero card that will be sent to a deployed military person, through Operation Write Home, to send Christmas wishes and thank him/her for protecting our great nation!

.Card Challenges:

Stamp ‘N Send Challenge #1 Deconstructing Jen Sketch

 

This card will be donated to

*Operation Write Home: Supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them.

SUPPLIES
SIZE: 4.25x5.5″

Silhouette Deer Trail	Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Mixatives - Gold	ANTIQUE LINEN DISTRESS INK PAD	Aged Patina	Lost and Found Collection - Christmas
White Paper Flowers	Peace" (Cursive) Stamp - Mini	Vintage Doily Punch Around the Page Set

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