Gift It!

Well this challenge was perfect timing!  I ordered a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp back in September & I finally got it last week!  This is the bookmark I made for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge for this week. 

This bookmark might not make any sense to anyone else, but trust me the person I made it for will love it!  It is a combination of a bunch of her favorite things.  I'm even tempted to add a little more to the back, which is just covered with patterned paper at the moment.

I made the pieces at different times, I was waiting for the Newton's Nook TeaRex stamp to arrive to complete this project.  I will add a list of supplies used tomorrow.  I have to find the rest of the info hidden somewhere in my craft studio,  this could take a while LOLS.
Partial supply list
TeaRex stamp & die - Newton's Nook
TeaRex colored with Prismacolor premier pencils
Otter Stamp & die - My Favorite Things
Otter & Water colored with copic markers (W1, W2, W4, & W6, fish YR02, YR04, YR07 water BG70, BG72, BG75)

Oh and in case you were wondering, here are all the goodies that I got in my order!  The mail has been on rotating strike here and this order & Kit got mailed out on the 18th of October & I finally got it on the 27th of November!  I can't wait to make some other stuff with all these great new products!
I had to pass on the December card kit, I figured it wouldn't make it here until January (and I'm sad because it was filled with some fantastic goodies).

Thanks for stopping by & happy crafting everyone!
Dee

Baby It's Cold Outside!

Well actually it's really rainy today!  However, the challenge this week over at the  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog is "Baby It's Cold Outside" and I decided to use a piece I did for the Daily Marker 30 day coloring challenge to create a card. 

I also had to color a background & companion piece for this Jon Snow.  Too bad I don't have a "winter is coming" stamp 😊.  Anyhow I used some distress inks to create the back panel then stamped it with snow flakes & clear embossed them.  After that I decided to use a star stamp and perfect pearls to add more frosty look to it.  It was really hard to get a good picture of it.  The birch tree die cut piece is also covered with perfect pearls. I distressed the trees a bit with some grey ink chalk ink & Faber Castell Iced coffee gelatos,  I also decided to use the perfect pearls on the trees (doesn't show up well in the picture).

I colored Jon & Ghost with copic markers, fussy cut them out and then edged them with black ink to make sure they didn't have any rough edges.  Ghost is glued directly on the card and Jon is popped up with foam squares.

Stamps - Kindred Stamps "Heirs to the Throne"

Copic colors

Jon -  N1, N3, N5, N7, N9, E0000, E000, E00, E01 & R02, Derwent Graphite White & Derwent Metallic Silver 

Ghost - N0, N1 & BG0000

Tree Die Cut - Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations - Birch Trees

Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Broken China & Chipped Sapphire

Distress Oxide Inks - Broken China & Faded Jeans

I think that is all the vital information about the card, LOLS!  I had lots of fun making this one.

Thanks for stopping by & Happy Crafting

Dee

Let It Snow!

Finally got some time to spend in my craft room tonight and managed to finish a project for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge  "Let It Snow"

I'm just going to pop the pictures and links up here for tonight and add the other info tomorrow.

I love this Stampendous Snow Postcard stamp and I make at least one card every year with it!  I always have so much fun coming up with a new way to color it.  This year I used Prismacolor Premier pencils, tonic nuvo glitter gloss pen & some distress inks.

Hard to get a good picture of the glitter on the snow but I tried!  It really sparkles in person!

More details tomorrow
Update - details 
Stamped the image with Simon Says Intense Black Ink 
Prismacolor Premier pencils - Cool Grey 20%,  Sky Blue light, Sepia, Dark Umber, Sienna Brown, Canary Yellow, Orange, Chartreuse, Kelp Green, Dark Green, Crimson Red, Crimson Lake & White
Distress Inks - Vintage Photo & Walnut Stain
Tonic Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss pen

Thanks for stopping by & happy crafting!
Dee

All That Glitters Is Gold!

So many projects to create & post, so little time.  So I did update my blog post from yesterday and then decided to do another challenge.  I went over to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog and their challenge this week is gold!  Well that seemed like fun and I had a great idea for a card.  I think it turned out OK and I had a lot of fun embossing everything.

I started by cutting out the Poinsettia with the Poppy Stamps Blooming Poinsettia die & Neenah smooth solar white 110lb paper and then colored all the pieces with copic markers(R22, R24, R27, R29, G24, G28 & G29).

Then I dipped the edges in distress embossing ink and used Simon Says Stamp ultra fine gold embossing powder on the edges of the petals, leave & for the center piece.  I wanted a fairly simple card to show off the Poinsettia so I pulled out an old scrap of Cosmo Cricket patterned paper and repeated the same steps on the edge of the paper as I did on the poinsettia.  For the greeting I used an old Inkadinkado stamp set called Warm Holiday Wishes and also embossed it.  Not one part of this project was safe from that gold embossing powder 😊

I attached the poinsettia to the card with Nuvo deluxe adhesive and once it dried I curled the petals up a bit to give it some dimension.

I also decided to redo my craft studio (mainly desk area) today, I will be back in a few days to post the pictures of how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by & happy crafting everyone!
Deanna

Be Thankful

Well I didn't get to do the challenges last week, I did manage to get one done for this week  The challenge this week over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog is Thanks/Thanksgiving!  I know it I am thankful everyday for so many things, too many to list!  I think it is important to stop and be grateful for all that we have not just at Thanksgiving, but everyday!

I am going to post the pictures for this challenge tonight and then add the details for the card tomorrow.
Update
To start I inked some wild honey & fired brick distress ink on a piece of Neenah smooth solar white card stock.  I used an old Inkadinkado stamp set & versa mark ink to stamp the leaves & coated it with clear detail embossing powder.  After I heat set the powder I continued using inks (distress inks - fired brick, wild honey, vintage photo, walnut stain, distress oxide inks peeled paint & walnut stain) to create this colorful background.  I can't resist doing the water splatter technique (did a little too much - so I had to ink it up some more). 
I then stamped more of the leaf scroll around the edge of the paper and the greeting with MFT Hybrid ink Hot Fudge.  I decided the greeting didn't stand out enough so I put it back in the Misti and stamped it again with versa mark and used embossing powder on it as well.  The two Inkadinkado stamp sets I used are Fall Season & Harvest Expressions.

I'm really happy with how the card turned out.  I will probably try this technique on some Christmas cards next!  I'm thinking this will look pretty with some blues & snowflake stamps!

I was hoping to use the Simon Says November Card Kit for this challenge. Unfortunately the with the postal strike that is on right now my parcel is still sitting at the border.  Maybe I'll get it in time for Christmas!


Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!
Dee

Hulk Smash!

So, as I have said before, I have a shopping problem...when I can't craft I shop for supplies that I plan to use eventually!  Today is that day, actually the last couple of weeks have been.  I am finally getting time to sit in my craft studio and use all the fun things I have been buying over the last several months.

Since I own a comic store, I always look for comic related items and found a ton at Simon Says Stamp with the new dies by Character World.  I bought one to star & I liked it so much that I may have bought a few more!

This card is for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes!

I die cut the hulk using Neenah Classic Crest Solar White and colored him with copic markers (G21, G28, G29, BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29, C5, C7, C9 & R02) the die comes with a face stamp and that was the hardest part, thank goodness for my Misti or I may never have lined that up properly😀.  I really wanted to have the Hulk bursting through the wall so I used the Spellbinders M-Bossabilities Bricks & Bark folder to create the wall and cut a piece out of the middle. I cut some of the bricks up and attached them to the bottom of the card with foam squares.  I was going for a messy look from the chaos of the wall being destroyed and put everything at angles even the greeting (Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Thinlits Celebrate die set).  The wall and greeting were cut out of black card stock, I distressed the wall & bricks with white & grey chalk inks and colored the greeting (triple stacked) with a black wink of stella pen.  I glued the one leg that is behind the wall flat and then used foam dots to adhere the Hulk in place.

I'm really quite happy with how this turned out and will definitely make more of this card!

I shall be back soon with another project.
Thanks for stopping by & happy crafting!
Dee

Take Flight!

This is my entry for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog.  This weeks challenge was Take Flight and I decided to make another tag and use this cute little dragonfly embellishment that I've had floating around my craft studio for years!

I started with a plain tag and colored the background with Tim Holtz distress inks (wild honey, tea dye, fired brick, vintage photo & walnut stain), and used the wild honey & vintage photo to stamp the leaves (Inkadinkado fall season stamp set) on the tag.  The die cut elements are from the Tim Holtz alterations hardware findings die and I sponged them with vintage photo, walnut stain & Brilliance cosmic copper inks.  I sliced the one die down the middle and used it to edge each side of the tag.  As I mentioned earlier the little dragonfly has been in my stash for years and I put a few drops of red alcohol ink on it to get it to blend with the colors in the tag a little more.  It still needed a little something so I adhered a few rhinestones to add a little more detail.

Well, now I have to go clean up the mess I made, don't think I'm ever going to get the red alcohol ink out of my jeans but oh well!  Must remember to put on the old clothes before I start working in my studio, LOL!

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting everyone!

Dee

Halloween Tag!

Another Halloween project, this time for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!  I decided to try a few new techniques working with distress oxide inks and water.  It worked out really well but hard to tell in the pictures.

I started by blending peeled paint and walnut stain oxide inks on the tag and then lifting the color using a tree stamp and water (that is what doesn't show up to well in the pictures).  I also stamped the tree on the edge of the tag with vintage photo distress ink and edged the tag with walnut stain and black soot distress inks.    The tree stamp is from and old Basic Grey Halloween "Spooky" stamp set that is one of my favorites and I dig it out every Halloween.  The other stamps are from a couple of sets by My Mind's Eye "Happy Haunting" & "Lost & Found Halloween".  I stamped the images & greeting with black archival ink and added a few enamel dots (also from My Mind's Eye).  The little cat was made using the Poppy Stamps curious cat die and then used an assortment of ribbons & string on the top.

Guess that's all the info I have for this project,  now I have to go update the info on Sunday's post. Wishing everyone a very Happy & Safe Halloween. Thanks for stopping by

Dee

Halloween Scene!

This is a quick post that I will fix up tomorrow or the next day, I will add more details about the products I used for this.  It is late Sunday night and I have been at work for over 14 hours today and I really want to get this posted for the  Simon Says Monday Challenge before time runs out.

Here are a couple of pictures for the 3D Halloween card I made for the challenge!  For the card front
Edited - here is the extra info I promised :)
I used the following dies 
Window - 2nd largest die from the Sizzix "stacked deckle" dies
Spider Web - Memory Box "Haunted Web"
Fence - Tim Holtz Alterations "On the Fence"
Cat - Poppy Stamps "Curious Cat"

For the interior panel I started with white card stock and masked off the moon, then used Distress Inks to create the background (tumbled glass, broken china, blueprint sketch & black soot).  Colored the moon with PrismaColor pencils Canary Yellow, White and Derwent watercolor pencil Deep Cadmium).  Tree is from the stamp set "Spooky" by Basic Grey (one of my go to stamp sets at Halloween, I've had this set for almost ten years), added a bunch of highlights to the trees, sky and ground using prismacolor white & cool grey 20% pencils.  I popped the house (Memory Box -Country House) up using foam squares.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting 

Dee Fillmore Turcotte

Starry Night

Well it certainly has been a long time since my last post.  However, I have been doing some crafting and posting it on Instagram, just haven't had time to sit down and update my blog.  I really want to try and keep on top of this for the next few months, even though they will be hectic as I work in retail. 

I have been doing lots of shopping, stamping & coloring and now it is time to put it all together and create some projects.  First up I made another galaxy background using watercolor paints and some distress inks and decided to use my Kindred Stamps Space Explorers stamp set to make a card for the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge "Starry Night"

After I finished the Galaxy piece I used some white gesso to create the splatters and then I edged the piece with Ranger silver super fine detail embossing powder.  I didn't want a perfect border so I just edged it with the embossing ink and dipped the edges in the powder.  The greeting that goes with the stamp set says "Go Boldly" so I just snipped it apart and changed it & used the same embossing powder for it.

I colored the ship with copic markers (C0, C2, C4, C6, C9, Y19, Y0000, YR24,YR18, YR27 & Y26) and then covered it with clear detail embossing powder to give it a bit of a shine.  The planet and I think it kind of looks like an asteroid :) are from the Brutus Monroe Lucky Star stamp set, they are are colored with some watercolor markers and some distress inks.  I adhered them to the card with some foam dots and the ship is popped up on thicker dots so that it stands out more.

I think that covers most of the details for the card. I'm really quite happy with how it turned out.

Guess that's it for now, off to check out the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge to see what I can come up with!

Thanks for stopping by,
Happy Crafting
Dee

Shopping.....

 As I have stated previously...when I can't craft I shop....planning for when I will have time to craft!  I have been doing a few odds and ends projects, but I haven't had a ton of time to spend making cards and full projects.  Lots of times when I have a few minutes to spend in my studio I will make pieces for cards and stock pile them for when I can spend more time in my studio.

I used to work and shop at a local scrapbook store and now that it is gone I get a lot of my supplies on line, the only store really close to me is Michael's and most times they just don't have what I am looking for.

So here are some of my shopping hauls and my Birthday haul from a couple of months back :)

The first picture is my order of goodies from Simon Says Stamp, I got this in the spring and have tried many of the products in here.  I love the new distress oxide inks and would love to get more of these. I have also been trying out the Zig Clean Color Real Brush watercolor markers.

Urban Source is a local store over in Vancouver that I love to shop at when I get the chance.  I can't get there as often as I like, but I always stock up when I do.  This is a great place to go for all kinds of treasures.

This is my Birthday haul of goodies,  so many fun items in here...I really should have taken some better pictures of the goodies in here.  So many projects I want to try with these products.

This is just a mini haul I did in October because I saw a couple of stamp sets I wanted to use for 

Christmas cards. I hope to actually have time to make cards with them.  Also SSS sent me a free gift code with my previous order and the die and paper smooches stamp set were the free gift & the Kitty Cat is just always on my desk (she has to be everywhere I am).  Seriously, she is sitting in that same spot as I type this post 😊

A few weeks ago my husband bought me a bunch of crafting supplies.  I had to break the pictures up for this haul...I couldn't fit the stuff all in one picture (at least not so you would be able to tell what was in there)

 SSS sent me another free gift code and I got the die and stamp set that are in the above photo!  Finally got my hands on the Misti Creative Corners and stocked up on some card stock and foam tape.  The bottom two photos are the other goodies from I got in this haul.

Last, but not least...a wonderful belated birthday present from my brother & sister in law.  These watercolor sets are beautiful and I can't wait to try them & the stamp set is so cute.

  

There just aren't enough hours in the day!!! Can't wait to get some more time in my studio!!!

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting Everyone!

Deanna

Two Challenges in One!

I'm so enjoying spending more time in my craft room and getting back to doing some challenges.  I didn't have enough time to do two different projects for the 2 challenges due by Wednesday, so I decided to combine them.  Simon Says Wednesday Challenge this week is a "Birthday" themed project and the Kraftin' Kimmie Wednesday challenge is "anything goes"

For this project I decided to grab one of my favorite Kraftin' Kimmie stamps "Alice" and create a birthday card.  I stamped the image with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored it with copics (B0000, B000, Boo, Bo1, B02, B05, Y21, Y23, Y26, E0000, E00, E01, E02, R02 & N7) & added a little shimmer with a "sky star" gelly roll pen. 

I masked off the image and created the back ground clouds with a plastic template (handmade) and some tumbled glass distress ink sponged on.  It is really hard to tell in the picture but both white background pieces have the clouds on them.  I added some diamond stickles to the sponged clouds in the background. For the die cut clouds I used the Simon Says Cloud die and cut them up.  

The greeting is from the Simon Says Birthday Balloons stamp set (MFT hybrid ink pad - steel grey). I liked that the curve of the stamp, it seemed to match the curve in the clouds (although it isn't easy to tell that from the picture).  Finished it off with a few plain rhinestones in the corners and one on her hair bow.

Well, I think I covered everything I used for this card.  I'm sure I will come back and edit this post at least twice.  Once again I am typing this out after midnight which usually means I ramble and make many errors 😏

Thanks for stopping by!

Deanna

Make A Rainbow!

This project almost didn't get finished in time!!!  As I type there are about 4 hours or so left to post this.  This project I created for the Simon Says Monday Challenge "Make A Rainbow".  They design team made so many beautiful project this week that you couldn't help but be inspired!

This is what I came up with after looking at all their wonderful samples.  Of course I now have to go out and buy the correct size frame for it.  I put it in a slightly bigger one just to see how it will look, but I really need to get the proper size.

For the  background piece - I followed the instructions I found on AmyR's blog - click here for post! The Tim Holtz distress inks I used were - black soot, mustard seed, wilted violet & blueprint sketch and copic opaque white paint.

The buildings I cut out with "cityscape nightline"die from Memory Box and the other buildings are using another die (unfortunately I can't find the package to tell you the name of it).  I used Tim Holtz distress inks to water color these (tumbled glass, festive berries, peeled paint, squeezed lemonade, broken china, carved pumpkin, ripe persimmon, candied apple, twisted citron, mustard seed & wilted violet).  I just stamped some of each ink on a plastic palette and spritzed it with lots of water and used an aqua brush to paint them.  The buildings are attached to the background piece with glue dots.

For the moon I just cut out a circle and sponged it with a bit of brilliance moonlight white ink and a bit of the mustard seed ink edged on one side.  I then used the "peeled paint" stamp by Prima to stamp the texture on with the black soot ink.  It is attached to the background piece with foam squares.

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out for my first attempt at the background.  I love making these 3D art pieces and wish I had a proper size frame to put it in right now. Oh well, it gives me a good excuse to go shopping later this week. 😀

Thanks for stopping by and I do hope to be back tomorrow with another post!

Deanna