Anything But Cute May Challenge - Celebrate Your Style

Happy Thursday!! Three posts in three days...that might be a record for me ;) I'm so excited for my first post with the Anything But Cute Design Team!! I have to warn you...this is a picture heavy post!!

As we celebrate our First Anniversary at Anything But Cute, we want you to celebrate what you do best...mixed media!! This is your chance to do it your way, in your favorite style...so pull out those inks and paints and show us what you're made of!! You can make anything you want, in any theme you want and any style you want, just as long as it has some mixed media products on it and no cute images. HAVE FUN!!

We have some special treats for you this month. Along with our design team projects, we have invited our Favorite Artists from last year to come and celebrate with us. You don't want to miss the incredible line up of inspiration they have provided for you!! We also have a wonderful line up of prizes from some amazing sponsors...lots of chances to win some goodies, so don't miss out!!

To celebrate my style, I created a mixed media, shabby chic canvas. For the background, I used one of my very favorite techniques - Andy Skinner's Mega Crackle (you can watch the video HERE).

I added texture paste through stencils in random areas for some added texture. This one is the Art Is stencil. The sentiment is from Dylusions. I stamped it with Jet Black Archival Ink and cut around each line. I then used a Black Distress Marker to outline the words.

The butterflies are Tim Holtz Butterfly Duo dies. I cut the bottom layer in heavyweight cardstock and then stamped a Darkroom Door Script stamp in Victorian Velvet Distress Ink and inked the edges as well. The top layer was cut with Lemoncraft paper and covered with Sparkle N Sprinkle Crystal Ice.

Among the Wild Orchid Crafts blooms are several dies, inked with Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint Distress ink: Memory Box Chloe Stem, Poppystamps Weeping Willow Branches, Sue Wilson Faux Quilled Leaves, Memory Box Tender Leaves, Poppystams Viola Leaves and Elizabeth Craft Curly Leaves.

The birds are Tim Holtz Paper Punch. They were covered with Wendy Vecchi Crackle Texture paste and then inked with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink. The fence is an Impression Obsession Beach Fence. It was stamped randomly with a Tim Holtz text stamp in Gathered Twigs Distress Ink for a distressed look. The grass is a Poppystams Grassland Border, inked with Shabby SHutters.

The flower and bee, and the sentiment on the bottom corner are Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs. I am entering this in the following challenges:

1) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stencil It (TCW Art Is Stencil)
2) Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Home Decor
3) Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
4) Pause, Dream Enjoy Linky - Anything Goes
5) 2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes
6) Decorate to Celebrate - Anything Goes
7) Little Scrap Pieces Show it Off Saturday - Anything Goes
8) Emerald Creek Dares - The B's...Buttons, Brads, Etc... (Butterflies)

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Anything But Cute to see the amazing projects my design team sisters have created for today's challenge!! Then link up your mixed media project showcasing your style!! I can't wait to see what you create :)

DL.ART May Linky

Happy Sunday and happy first of May!! Can you believe how fast this year is flying by? Gosh, it will be Christmas before we know it!! The first day of the month means a new monthly linky at DL.ART. As always, the theme is Anything Goes. Use the code l01210 to save 10% on your purchase at DL.ART :)

I created two mixed media cards for this month's linky, using Samra's beautiful mood board from Anything But Cute as inspiration. I pulled the blues and greens from the mood board, as well as the flowers and butterfly. The papers are from Lemoncraft's Forget-Me-Not, Never-ending Summer and House of Roses Basics stacks.

DecoArt Crackle Paste was applied through a Crafter's Workshop Brick Stencil. The edges of this card were inked with Tim Holtz Twisted Citron Distress Ink...seriously, it's become one of my very favorites!!

Broken China Distress Ink was used on this card. The bottom layer of the butterfly is heavyweight (110 lb) cardstock. The next layer was covered with Shabby White Frantage. Those two layers are Memory Box Isabella dies. The top layer, a Memory Box Pippi die, was covered with Recollections Ocean MicroBeads.

This one was covered in Cricket MicroBeads. I used a Tim Holtz Splatter Brush to apply random spots of white acrylic paint.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Memory Box Chloe dies and Sue Wilson Faux Quilled Leaves are tucked under the blooms. The sentiments are Tim Holtz Remnant Rubs. This gorgeous crinkle ribbon is Royal Blue from The Blues Bundle.

The tags are from My Creative Time. The twine is White Twine from Diana's shop. This gorgeous ribbon is Green Hue from Mermaid's Tale Third Edition. I am entering these in the following challenges:

1) Anything But Cute Challenge #13 - Earth Day (Blue, green, flowers and butterfly from mood board)

2) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
3) Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
4) Pause, Dream Enjoy Linky - Anything Goes
5) 2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes
6) Live and Love Crafts - Blossoms &/or Butterflies

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

DL.ART Thankful Thursday #177 - Anything Goes

Happy Thursday!! I hope you are having a wonderful week!! It's time for another Thankful Thursday Challenge at DL.ART. The theme this week is everyone's favorite - Anything Goes. Have you seen Diana's new spring ribbon colors?? Oh my gosh, they're so gorgeous!! I had to use two of them for today's cards. You'll be seeing projects with the other two soon :)

I started with papers from Prima's Tales of You and Me stack. I then applied texture paste through a Jenni Bowlin North Star stencil.

The doily is a Cheery Lynn French Pastry die.The two circles are Memory Box Stitched Circles dies and they were each popped up with foam tape for dimensions. The images are from the Prima paper.

Beneath the flowers, I've used Marianne Leaves Dies inked with Wilted Violet and Carved Pumpkin Distress Inks. Sue Wilson Faux Quilled Leaves and Impression Obsession Open Scroll Vines were also used.

The butterflies fluttering about are My Creative Time's Mini Butterflies covered with glitter. The tags are Taylored Expression Banner Stacklet dies cut in vellum. This gorgeous crinkle ribbon is Peach and below is Lavender from the 2016 Spring Bundle. I used a Tim Holtz Splatter Brush to sprinkle some white acrylic paint across the cards.

I am entering these in the following challenges:

1) Anything But Cute - Crazy for Color

2) Pause, Dream Enjoy Linky - Anything Goes
3) Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
4) Little Scrap Pieces Show It Off Saturday - Anything Goes
5) 2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes

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

Scrapy Land Blog Challenge #34 - Love/Valentines

Happy Wednesday!! It's time for a new challenge at Scrapy Land!! The theme this week is Love/Valentines PLUS a brand of die that Scrapy Land carries...there are over 40 to choose from. You could win a $15 gift certificate to shop at Scrapy Land :)

I created two mixed media Valentine cards for the challenge. The beautiful papers are from Craft and You's Wedding Garden paper stack.

The base layer is a Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles die. I popped up the top layer with foam tape.

I used Liquitex Modeling Paste between a The Crafter's Workstop 'Art Is' stencil. I like to use the Modeling Paste when I'm in a hurry because it dries pretty quickly.

A Die-Versions Heart Burst die was used below the heart. A Spellbinders Classic Heart was popped up with foam tape over a Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Heart. Love is a Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlets Handwritten Love die. I applied sticky tape to the cutout and added Sparkle N Sprinkle Diamond Dust glitter.

Sue Wilson Designs Faux Quilled Leaves, Memory Box Botanical Stems and Memory Box Chloe Stems were tucked among the Wild Orchid Crafts blooms and baby's breath.

A Poppystamps Stitched Button die was added to the DL.ART Pink Champagne crinkle ribbon. The butterfly is a Impression Obsession Medium Butterfly die. It was covered with Sparkle N Sprinkle Diamond Dust glitter. I used my new Tim Holtz Splatter Brush to splatter white acrylic paint over the cards.

Scrapy Land Products Used

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. 2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes
2. Pause, Dream Enjoy Linky - Anything Goes
3. Sparkle N Sprinkle - Anything Goes Using Glitter/Embossing Powder/Flocking
4. Where the HeART is - Anything Goes
5. Really Reasonable Ribbon - Look What I Got
6. Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Scrapy Land to see the amazing projects my design team sisters have created for today's challenge!! Then link up your Love/Valentine project using a brand of die that Scrapy Land carries!! I can't wait to see what you create :)

DL.ART Thankful Thursday #171 - New Years

Happy Thursday and Happy Christmas Eve!! Christmas has finally arrived!! Santa's going to need to borrow Noah's Ark to deliver presents here...we've had strong storms and non-stop rain with temps in the high 60's. It totally doesn't seem like Christmas.

It's time for a new Thankful Thursday at DL.ART and the theme this week is New Years. I created a couple of cards and an ornament to celebrate 2016 using gorgeous Cabernet Ribbon from Diana's Vintage Vineyard Bundle.

For the ornament, I used the same technique I used for the Southwestern Bison ornament HERE. I also added some of Diana's beautiful Twine to the Poppystamps Stitched Button.

For the cards I used papers from my favorite Bo Bunny's Altitude stack and stitched it to heavyweight cardstock. The edges were distressed with a Zutter DIA. A Spellbinders Curved Borders 1 die was used beneath the flowers, which are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Cherry Lynn Flourishes, Memory Box Chloe Stems and Sue Wilson Faux Quilled Leaves were also tucked under the blooms. The happy die and new year stamp are from My Creative Time, with some Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves Distress Ink along the edges.

Now it's your turn...head on over to DL.ART to see the amazing projects my design team sisters have created for today's challenge!! Then link up your New Years project!! I can't wait to see what you create :)

I won't be around blogland until after the first of the year. I'm headed down to my sister's house in Kentucky as she's having surgery. I'm not sure that I'll be able to get online so I will catch up with all of you when I return. I wish you all a safe and happy holiday season!! Merry Christmas!! Big hugs :)