SNSS – Be Flamazing!

For the next two weeks, I am going to create two cards with one image. I will use different inks, paints, etc for each. Today, I have a card using a newer stamp set from Sweet N Sassy called Be a Flamingo Clear Stamp Set

For the first card. I created a background panel with Distress Ink for the “beach” and “ocean” and Dylusion paints for the “sky”. For texture on the sand and water I used Texture Tiles 1 and Texture Tiles 3 (this month’s stamp of the month). I created a water color panel with Distress Oxides on which I stamped the Flamingo. I fussy cut the flamingo and popped up on the panel. 

For my second card, I went clean and simple and stamped the flamingo and sentiment on Kraft cardstock and colored it up with Polychromos pencils. In addition to the sentiments that came with the set, I also used Skinny Minnie Alpha.

There you have it – the same stamp, two ways! Fun huh??

I hope you are inspired!

Lyn

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Tiddly Inks Challenge – Gel Shaker

Summer time, summer time, sum sum summer time!! It is definitely time to go out and swim and soak up the sun!!

It is time for a new challenge at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and it is an Anything Goes Challenge. I have been wanting to create a “water shaker” for so long and when I saw the Tiddly Inks Wryn – Just Keep Swimming image, I knew the time was now! I mean doesn’t she look like she should be underwater? I used THIS tutorial to create my shaker element but based on other videos I had seen, I used hair gel instead of water because it leaves the perfect amount of “bubbles” behind which work perfect with a snorkel. 

I colored her up with Copics and used some star glitter shapes and Dollar Store hair gel. I decided to go simple with the outside since the focus was on the interactive element – the gel “shaker” (that I keep playing with :)) It was VERY hard to put the gel element on top of my sweetly colored image but the results are too fun -I am so happy to have tried this technique!

I hope you like it and are inspired to join the challenge this week at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Lyn

LMMS Challenge #192 – Splish Splash

Today at Little Miss Muffet we have a New challenge #192 and I have a fun distress Ink splish splash smoosh card using Polka Dot Pals Roxie 🙂

I used my Copics to color up my image and I splashed a little color in the middle of the card base. Then I fussy cut the image and popped her in the middle of the color splotch. It is essentially a one layer card (ish). My sentiment is from Sweet N Sassy Stamps Keep In Touch, Too.

Come on over and join in on Challenge #192 – Anything Goes!  There are prizes… For our prizes, one lucky winner will be awarded a $10.00 Gift Voucher to the LMMS shop. We like to select a couple other projects to highlight as well.  Good Luck!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Lyn

SNSS – Mixed Media Cards

For my projects today, I got good and messy with dylusions paints. I painted my card panels up then stenciled on some texture with the same paints. With Sweet N Sassy’s new Texture Tiles 2 (this month’s stamp of the month), I inked on some more dimension before adding my colored up Pretty Potted Florals and my sentiments from Keep In Touch, Too. This sentiment set is becoming a favorite as it pretty diverse in its offerings!

Here is the first one:

Here is the second one:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lyn

LMMS – Reach For The Stars

Today I have an encouragement card with a galaxy background and a SUPER cute image called Polka Dot Pals Febiana. What a fun technique!

Come on over there is still time to join in on Challenge #189 – Anything Goes!  There are prizes… For our prizes, one lucky winner will be awarded a $10.00 Gift Voucher to the LMMS shop. We like to select a couple other projects to highlight as well.  Good Luck!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Lyn

It is a “Me” ATC

So…I recently joined a swap to do an ATC. Not sure what drove me to do it except it looked like fun. What is an ATC you ask, well I didn’t really know either so I looked it up – it is an Artist Trading Card and artist all over create these little mini (2.5″X3.5) works of art and trade them with each other.

They are adorable and fun, and while I don’t see myself trading a lot, (though I never say never :)) I do think think they could be used in so many other ways – you could mount them on the front of a card, put them in a scrapbook, use them as a tip in for your Bible journaling, just to name a few.

So what does this have to do with my post today? Well…Sweet N Sassy came out with this new stamp set called Girl Power and for some reason it made me think of the Wii avatars (Mii) and I saw myself in the choices. I thought how fun would it be to create a “Me” on an ATC so if I did trade, it would be kinda like a self portrait (haha!)

It was so much fun! I chose my hairstyle, colored her with Copics, and added Glasses. I fussy cut her and mounted her on a mixed media piece  (which includes some inking of Texture Tiles 1 Clear Stamp Set and was messy and sooo fun all by itself), then I stamped a few power words from the May 2018 Stamp of the Month: Scripty Thoughts set “Blessings, Prayers, and, Love” and cut them out to add to my ATC.

In the end, these cute little cards make me very happy. They are bright, colorful and fun (which I have said like a hundred times now so it tells you how great it really is!) I am going to use one in my Bible and the other I am going to frame as a little work of art 🙂

I hope you were inspired!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn

SNSS – Be Unique!

Today I have a couple more cards using the oh so cute and utterly adorable Sweet N Sassy Stamps Be Unique Clear Stamp Set.

First, I took all of the sentiments and smaller images and created a subway art style set up. I embossed it in with versa mark and white embossing powder. Then I got rainbow inky with Distress Oxide Inks. I went simple with the layout since the sentiment layout really “spoke” for itself (pun intended :))

While I was playing in the ink, I created a panel for my second card. I used a stitched die cut for a frame and created a simple shaker card with some shaker shapes I found at Micheal’s – they were in a container like a collection of spices come in and the colors were so perfect, I just had to buy them! I embossed the sentiment on the transparency and stamped a unicorn on watercolor paper and colored it up with my polychromos pencils. (I really like the way the texture and pencils worked together.) I fussy cut it and added it to the corner of my card.These were so much fun to make! I hope they’ve inspired you!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lyn

LMMS SHINE!

For today I have played with some Dylusions inks and tried to do a little mixed media. To finish the look, I colored up this sweet Little Miss Muffet image called Jr. Hatter Kit and selected a fun sentiment from the Tim Holtz Small Talk pack. It is a little outside my norm but it is fun!

Come on over there is still time to join in on Challenge #186 – Anything Goes!  There are prizes… For our prizes, one lucky winner will be awarded a $10.00 Gift Voucher to the LMMS shop. We like to select a couple other projects to highlight as well.  Good Luck!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Lyn

Splitcoast Stampers Challenge – Hammer Time!

Happy Monday Everyone! It is the third Monday of the month which means I get to host the challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.

So, I am not sure about you but I love the look of mixed media, but I am not very good at at (or if I am honest, I am scared of it…). Today’s challenge technique can be used one of two ways. ONE is to create a mixed media-ish look, or TWO, just to add random texture to any card.

This technique is hammed embossing. It is fun and simple so get ready…
IT’S HAMMER TIME!

FIRST – You will need your paper, ink, embossing folder, and an image or sentiment.
SECOND – Ink up your background, (This can be as simple or complicated as you want it to be.)

THIRD – Insert your background into an embossing folder and with your hammer tap in random spots – you need to tap firmly but don’t pound or you can crack your folder and I mean really, what did that poor embossing folder do to you??

NOTE: I find that if you use thinner paper (I used Bristol not thick watercolor paper) and if you don’t do it on top of your pad of paper (like in the picture ) the imprint is better.

Also, I like to open the top very gently to make sure I have enough embossing and if I want more, I close it back and tap in a few more places.
Once you are happy with the results, you can either be done or you can step it up… I like to take an ink blender and ink (the Distress Oxides work great, but any ink should work) and VERY lightly run over the raised areas so they POP!
Now you are ready to put together a card!!

Here are my samples using the three backgrounds above.

I’d love you to come play along with the challenge. Check it out HERE!

I hope you are inspired! Have a great one!

Lyn

SNSS – Birthday Pals and Inky Backgrounds

OH boy did I have a fun, inky weekend. I played with my Distress Oxides and various paper types (from bristol, to glossy cardstock.) I wanted to create some water backgrounds for some cute critter cards. But the more I inked up, the more backgrounds I had and I decided ALL the critters from my Sweet N Sassy Birthday Pals set needed to be used.

Still thinking about the water backgrounds for my fishes…after I inked up the paper and let it dry, I went back with the darker ink and using the “spot looking” stamp from the Texture Tiles – the March Stamp of the Month (Free with a $75 purchase). I thought it added to the water illusion – what do you think? I colored all my critters with Inktense pencils and the hats with Copics.

Here are my non-water cards….

I added birthday hats to all my critters and used the punny sentiments from the set – I think these turned out awesome!!

I hope you are inspired! Thanks for stopping by!

Lyn