Happy Halloween II

Happy Saturday!! I hope you are having a fabulous weekend!! I still haven't been able to get to my craft room very much, hence the few posts the last couple of weeks. I apologize for that. I keep hoping that I will have more time to craft but things keep popping up. There are so many projects I want to get done but just can't find the time to do them. I love creating Halloween projects but I haven't had the opportunity to do very many. This might be my last one of the year :(

The inspiration for this piece was a canvas I saw in Michaels. It featured a skull with a yellow and brown background with a black border. I tried to recreate it with my Tim Holtz stamps. The frame was created with Spellbinders Grand Labels Large dies. It was popped up with foam tape for dimension. The base is Canvas Corp heavyweight cardstock. The skull is from Tim Holtz's Apothecary stamp set. It was stamped twice with Versafine Black Onyx ink, once on the white cardstock and once on a TH Masking Sheet. The mask was cut out and applied over the other image. The background was then sponged with TH Distress Inks in Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw, Gathered Twigs and Tea Dye. The spider webs are from TH's Halloween Cutout stamp set. Happy Halloween is from Apothecary. The bottom one was outlined with a Sakura White Gelly Roll pen.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Spooky
2. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  - Halloween or Halloween Colors
3. Little Scrap Pieces - Anything Goes
4. Craftin Desert Divas - Halloween 
5. DL.Art - October Anything Goes Linky 
6. Sunday Funday #14 - Anything Goes 
7. Just B Creative Crazy - October Linky 
8. 2 Creative Chicks - Halloween

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a wonderful weekend my friends :)

Fall Art Journal Page

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Happy Monday!! This is a scheduled post, so I'm hoping everything works :) I have a fall journal page to share with you today.

It's been a while since I did this so I don't remember all of the items I used. The background was spritzed with water and then Dylusions sprays in Squeezed Orange, Pure Sunshine,Cherry Pie, Postbox Red and Back Marble. Crafter's Workshop Harlequin, Chevron and Numbers stencils were used with both sprays and water for a ghosting effect. The leaves are from the Dylusions Further Around the Block stamp set. They were colored in with several Dylusions sprays that were added to water brushes. They were outlined with a white Sakura Gelly Roll pen. Stamps from Paper Wings Productions Art Textures were stamped on the background with Wendy Vecchi Archival Inks in Potting Soil, Geranium and Orange Blossom. The text stamp is from the Tim Holtz Apothecary set. The birds are from Dylusions Birds on a Wire stamp set. The bottom border is from Dylusions Further Around the Block and colored in with Dylusions inks in water brushes.

The girl's head is from Dylusions Traveling Travis stamp set, and her body from Tallulah Tripp. She was colored in with Tim Holtz Distress Markers and a TH water brush. She was outlined with charcoal.

The sentiment is from Dylusions The Right words stamp set. It was outlined with charcoal.

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Remember, if you comment on my scheduled posts, you increase your chance of winning a set of Tim Holtz stamps and a My Mind's Eye paper stack!! Have a great day :)

Little Scrap Pieces Fun Friday - Let Freedom Ring

Happy Friday!! I hope you had a great week!! Sorry I haven't had a chance to post this week...summer is always so busy for me. And if someone can tell me where June went, I would appreciate it :)

Friday means a new Fun Friday Challenge at Little Scrap Pieces!! Our theme this week is in honor of Independence Day in America. So we want to see your projects that Let Freedom Ring :)

The base of the tag is manilla cardstock die cut with the Tim Holtz Tag & Bookplate die. A background stamp from Stampabilities with the lyrics to America the Beautiful was stamped in TH Antique Linen Distress Ink. The rays stamp from TH's Psychedelic Grunge set was stamped with Faded Jeans and Fired Brick Distress Inks. The stars are from the same set, stamped with the same two Distress Inks. The stars and rays were outlined with a Sakura White Gelly Roll pen. The sentiments "Home of the Free," "Because of the Brave" and "God Bless America" are from K Andrew Designs Freedom Isn't Free stamp set stamped with Versafine Onyx ink. The gorgeous crinkle ribbon is from my sweet friend and our challenge hostess Karen of Little Scrap Pieces.

The stars were punched out and then stamped with the stripes stamp from Wendy Vecchi's It's More Flower Art set in Faded Jeans and Fired Brick. The edges of the tag were inked with Walnut Distress Ink.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
2. DL.Art - Anything Goes Linky Party
3. DL.Art - Thankful Thursday #112 - Patriotic
4. Sunday Funday #10- June Anything Goes
5. Scrap Happens - 4th of July/Summertime
6. Pause, Dream, Enjoy - Anything Goes
7. Inspire Me Friday #109 - Anything Goes
8. Fun-Day Friday Challenge - Let Freedom Ring 
9. Cut It Up Challenge #22 - New Nations Challenge

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Little Scrap Pieces to see the amazing projects my talented design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your Let Freedom Ring project...I can't wait to see what you create :)

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Sweet Friend

Happy Monday!! I hope you all had a relaxing and crafty weekend!! Spring and summer are my busy months and I travel quite a bit. I will be gone most of this week. I have my DT projects scheduled to post but I probably won't be able to visit your blogs until I get back. I'm going to try to keep up while I'm gone but sometimes it's hard, so if I don't get the chance to visit you, I will catch up soon :)

I have a card to enter into a few challenges today.The paper is from DCWV's Mariposa stack. The bottom two layers were cut with Spellbinders Matting Basics A and B dies.

A Spellbinders Labels Eight was used for the window. It was stamped with a JustRite Grand Sentiments stamp and colored in with a Tim Holtz Distress Marker in Tumbled Glass and a white Sakura Gelly Roll Pen. It was popped up with foam tape. The cut-out is a Spellbinders Labels Four die. The butterfly is a Spellinders Wonderful Wings die, stamped with a stamp from the same JustRite stamp set. It was highlighted with a white Sakura Gelly Roll Pen and adorned with gems. The ribbon is from May Arts.

Isn't the paper beautiful??!! Sweet Friend is from the same JustRite Grand Sentiments stamp set.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Craftin' Desert Divas Craft It Up & Link It Up - Color Challenge
   
2. JustRite Challenge #95 - Window of Opportunity
3. DL.Art Thankful Thursday- April Linky Party
4. Sunday Funday #8 - April Linky Party

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! Have an awesome week :)

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Little Scrap Pieces Fun Friday - May Flowers

Happy Friday!! I can't believe how fast this week went by. I hope you have fun plans for the weekend!! It's chilly and rainy here today...all part of the April showers that bring...May flowers. And that's the theme for this week's Fun Friday Challenge at Little Scrap Pieces. We want to see you use a flower on your project. Our sponsor this week is our super-talented and super-sweet design team sister Sherrie of Sherrie Scraps With Passion :)

Last week I created one side of a journal page for the April Showers page, so I thought I'd do the other side for May Flowers :)

The base is heavyweight watercolor paper from Strathmore. It was spritzed with Dylusions inks in Calypso Teal, Vibrant Turquoise, Fresh Lime and Cut Grass. A Crafter's Workshop Cosmic Swirls stencil was placed over the top and sprayed with London Blue Dylusions Inks. A CW Bricks stencil was placed on the bottom and spritzed with Postbox Red. The bricks were outlined with Derwent charcoal and then highlighted with white charcoal. The sun is a stamp from Beeswax, stamped with yellow acrylic paint.  The letters were cut with a Tim Holtz Wanted die from scrap watercolor paper. They were outlined with charcoal, as were the edges of the page. The flowers are a Dylusions Background Love stamp, colored in with Tim Holtz Waterbrushes filled with Dylusions inks, and then outlined with Sakura Gelly Roll pens in white and black. The girl is a Dylusions Annie stencil, colored in with black acrylic ink. She was stamped with the script stamp from the Tim Holtz Mini Ornates set in white acrylic ink. She was outlined with white and gray charcoal.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp - April Showers or Spring Flowers
2. DL.Art Thankful Thursday- April Linky Party
3. Sunday Funday #8 - April Linky Party
4. Inspiration Emporium - Masks and Stencils

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Little Scrap Pieces to see the amazing projects my talented design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your May Flowers project...I can't wait to see what you create :)

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Little Scrap Pieces Fun Friday - April Showers

Happy Friday!! I hope you are having a great week!! My nieces are still here so I haven't had a chance to visit your blogs, but I will be by on Sunday night when they leave. It's time for a Fun Friday Challenge at Little Scrap Pieces :) Our theme this week is "April Showers" - we want you to use an umbrella, cloud, rain boots...

For my project, I wanted to use an awesome new rain stencil from The Crafter's Workshop, so I created a journal page.

The watercolor paper was spritzed with water and then sprayed with Dylusions sprays in Cut Grass, Fresh Lime, Dirty Martini, Calypso Teal, Vibrant Turquoise and London Blue. A Darkroom Door script stamp was stamped with Ranger Aquamarine Archival Ink. Stamps from Paper Wings Productions' Art Textures stamp set were stamped with Jet Black Archival Ink. A toothbrush was dipped in white acrylic paint and flicked across the page. The raindrops are a Crafter's Workshop Rain stencil, sponged with white acrylic paint and outlined with a black Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen. The grass along the bottom is a Dylusions On the Edge stamp, colored in with Dylusions Cut Grass in a Tim Holtz Waterbrush. The border along the sides and top are from a Dylusions Further Around the Block set, colored in with a TH Waterbrush filled with Funky Fushia and a white Sakura Gelly Roll Pen. The edges of the page were outlined with a charcoal pencil.

April Showers was cut from a scrap piece of watercolor paper sprayed with Dylusions sprays in Squeezed Orange, Lemon Zest and Pure Sunshine. The letters are from TH's Wanted die and were scribbled with a white gelly roll pen.

The girl and umbrella are from Dylusions Ruby Rainbow stamp set. The umbrella was colored in with TH Distress Markers in Barn Door, Fired Brick, Dusty Concord and Walnut and a waterbrush. Ruby was colored with TH Distress Markers in Barn Door, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Dusty Concord, a waterbrush and a white gelly roll pen. Her hair was colored in with a waterbrush filled with Dylusions Lemon Zest. She was outlined with charcoal and then white charcoal. The bird is from a Dylusions How Does Your Garden Grow set, colored in with a waterbrush filled with Dirty Martini. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz Good Thoughts stamp set, colored in with waterbrushes filled with Postbox Red and After Midnight, and a white gelly roll pen. It was outlined with white charcoal.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes
2. Inspiration Emporium - Masks and Stencils
3. DL.Art Thankful Thursday #106 - Spring
4. Sunday Funday #8 - April Linky Party

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Little Scrap Pieces to see the amazing projects my talented design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your April Showers project...I can't wait to see what you create :)

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Dream Believe Art Journal Page

Happy Saturday!! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!! It was sunny and in the 50's here so I got a jump on spring and grilled some burgers outside today :)

I've been playing around with my Dylusions sprays and stamps, and today I have a page from my journal to share with you :)

The paper was misted with water and then spritzed with Vibrant Turquoise and Calypso Teal. A Crafter's Workshop Numbers stencil was placed over the paper and spritzed with London Blue. More London Blue was sprayed along the bottom, and Dirty Martini was spritzed along the top. A Dylusions Number Jumble stencil was then placed over the paper and misted with water for a ghosting effect. The numbers stamp from the Dylusions Basic Backgrounds set was randomly stamped with Tim Holtz Weathered Wood Distress Ink. The border along the top is from the Dylusions Further Around the Block stamp set. It was stamped with black Ranger Archival Ink and colored in with a white Sakura Gelly Roll pen as was the checkered floor stamp from Beeswax Rubber Stamps. A mask was placed over the floor and then the vines were stamped around it. The long vines with numbers are from the Dylusions Around the Block stamp set, and the solid ones along the bottom are from the Doodle Parts set. They were colored in with TH water brushes filled with Cherry Pie, Postbox Red, Lemon Zest, Pure Sunshine and Squeezed Orange Dylusions sprays.

Dependable Dotty was stamped with Archival Ink and then colored in with TH Distress Markers in Spiced Marmalade, Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, Worn Lipstick, Faded Jeans, Broken China, Barn Door, Fired Brick, Spun Sugar and Chipped Sapphire. The wings are from the Dylusions Doolally Dorris set. The bird is from the Birds on a Wire set. Dotty was outlined with a charcoal pencil to give a bit of depth. Dream and Believe are from the Word Love set, colored in with Lemon Zest and outlined with the Gelly Roll pen. The circles are from Paper Wings Productions Art Textures stamp set.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp and Show - By the Numbers
2. Simon Says Stamp - A Bit O' Green
3. DL.Art - March Linky Party
4. Sunday Funday #7 - March Linky Party
5. Craft It Up & Link It Up - Linky Party

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great weekend :)

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Inaugural Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party

For the Paper Playtime Anything Goes Challenge, click HERE.

This is my second post of the day. I am so excited and honored to be a guest designer for the inaugural Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party hosted by Tara of Craftin Desert Divas!! Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi-weekly linky party and you could win fabulous prizes!!

The theme this week is Anything Goes. The sponsors are Close to My Heart Consultant Robin Carroll with a $10 gift card, and our fabulous Linky Party Hostess Tara with a $15.00 Joann gift card. The more you link up, the better chance you have to win. Visit Craftin Desert Divas for all the rules and to play along :)

I am so addicted to my Dylusions sprays, stamps and stencils, they are all I want to work with anymore!! For this card, the paper is heavy-duty watercolor paper from Strathmore. It was spritzed with water and then Dylusions inks in Calypso Teal and Vibrant Turquoise. A Cosmic Swirls stencil from The Crafter's Workshop was placed over the paper and then sprayed with London Blue. The dots from a Dylusions Dotted Flowers stencil was placed over the top and spritzed with water for a ghosting effect. The stamps along the bottom and sides are from Dylusions' Further Around the Block stamp set, as are the hanging vines. They were stamped with Ranger Archival Ink. The blocks on the bottom and sides were colored in with a Tim Holtz waterpen filled with Cut Grass. The vines were colored in with TH waterpens filled with Funky Fuscia and Dirty Martini sprays. The black and white circle stamps are from Paper Wings Productions Art Textures stamp set. Some of the leaves were outlined with a Sakura white Gelly Roll Pen. Ranger Gold Pearl Liquid Pearl drops were added to some of the stems.

The dancing woman stencil is from The Crafter's Workshop. It was filled in with Wendy Vecchi Black Embossing Paste. The sentiment is from the Dylusions Right Word stamp set and adhered with Ranger Glue and Seal.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1.  Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes Challenge
2.  Sunday Funday #7 - Linky Party

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a fabulo
us week :)

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