Thanks So Much

Happy Monday!! I hope your week is off to a fabulous start!! I'm still trying to get caught up from being away from blogging last week, so if I haven't stopped by to visit, I will soon :)

I couldn't wait to use the Oh, Hello Clear-Mount Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! that I won from my super-sweet friend Norma of PinBlingCrafter!! Thanks again, Norma - I absolutely love them!!

The paper for the card is from My Mind's Eye's Bloom stack. The ribbon is from May Arts and the button is from my stash. A Spellbinders Floral Oval die was used, followed by a Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large. The layers were popped up with foam tape for dimension.

The top layer was cut with a Spellbinders Classic Ovals Small on heavyweight cardstock from Canvas Corp. The chevron stamp from the Oh, Hello set was stamped with Tim Holtz Scattered Straw Distress Ink. The rose was stamped with TH Victorian Velvet Distress Ink. The sentiment was stamped with Ranger Archival Ink in jet black.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.Art Thankful Thursday- April Linky Party
2. Sunday Funday #8 - April Linky Party
3. Craft It Up & Link It Up #3 - Cute as a Button

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a wonderful day :)

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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Decorate to Celebrate #48 - Tea Time

Happy Wednesday!! I hope you are having a fabulous start to April!! It's time for another super-fun challenge at Decorate to Celebrate. For Challenge #48, we are asking you to create any project to be used as a party decoration (or party supply) for a Tea Party!! Let's celebrate everything wonderful about little tea sets, sugar cubes and tea cups with your table decorations, party banners, pennants, yard signs, cupcakes, party favors and more  :)

Growing up, my sister and I were never girly girls. We played with Barbies and stuffed animals, but we would have rather been outside playing kickball or softball and getting dirty. We never had tea parties. So I was struggling a bit with this challenge, until I found THIS tutorial on how to make a paper tea cup.

The papers are from Basic Grey's Out of Print stack and heavyweight cardstock from Canvas Corp. The plate was made from a Spellbinders Beaded Circles Die and a Spellbinders Standard Circles Large die, adorned with crystals.

The invite was created with a Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Square and Spellbinders Classic Squares Small die, the edges inked with Tim Holtz Broken China Distress Ink. The teapot is from K Andrew Designs Coffee & Tea Time stamp set. It was colored in with TH Broken China Distress ink and a TH Waterbrush. "You're Invited" is from the K Andrew Designs Sweet July stamp set.

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

Spread Your Wings and WINNERS!!

Happy Monday and first day of April!! I hope you had a wonderful Easter!! It was a beautiful weekend here - sunny and in the 50's. The Daffodils are blooming...I finally feel like spring is here!! And speaking of spring, my niece and step-niece are coming to stay with me this week for their spring break, so I won't be around very much. I have some DT commitments set to auto-post. I will stop by your blogs when they leave :)

I have another journal page to share with you today. I have been experimenting with different techniques and having so much fun. The pictures don't really show all of the details of the background. Someday, I'm going to splurge and get a video camera...it would be easier than trying to explain the steps :)

I started by adding papers from DCWV's Music stack, adhered with Claudine Hellmuth's Matte Multi Medium. Then a wash of white acrylic paint and water was brushed over the papers. Next was a layer of peach acrylic paint, spread with a credit card. Once that was dry, sea glass acrylic paint was added. The peach paint was brushed over bubble wrap and stamped on the background. Several TH stamps from the Ultimate Grunge, Psychedelic Grunge and Slight Alterations sets were stamped with Antique Linen, Old Paper, Brushed Sage and Dried Marigold Distress Inks, as well as white acrylic paint. The letters are from TH's Word Play die, cut on Grungepaper and painted with peach, sea glass and white acrylic paint. They were then stamped with the French script stamp from Darkroom Door. I love this stamp - it's really large so you can cover a lot of area at once. The edges of the page, the letters and wings were outlined with charcoal and a white Sakura Gelly Roll pen.

The wings are a TH Layered Wings die cut with Grungepaper. The bottom layer was covered with sea glass acrylic paint, the next layer peach and the top white. They were then stamped with the same Darkroom Door French script stamp with Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink. The butterflies are from the TH Shabby French stamp set.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
2. Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes

And now for the WINNERS!! I should have announced my blog hop winners sooner, and I apologize. First, the Spring Blog Hop. Up for grabs was a 6x6 MME Blink of an Eye paper pad:

Random.org selected as the winner:

And #38 is....

Congratulations, Jill!! Now for the Hoo's Ready for Spring Blog Hop. The giveaway for this one was a TPC Studios Travel Collage stamp set:

Random.org selected as the winner:

And #46 is....

Congrats, Carri!! And now for the winner of my 2 year Blogaversary Giveaway!! Before I announce the winner, I want to thank you all again for following me. I appreciate you all so much!!

For this one, I wanted to make sure everyone had the correct number of entries, so I printed out all the comments, tossed them into a box, stirred them up and then pulled out one name. The winner is:

Congratulations, Denise!! Jill, Carri and Denise, please email your address to me at indymermaid(at)gmail(dot)com and I will get your prizes in the mail to you!!

Thanks again for following me!! And for stopping by today - I appreciate it :)

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