Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Sizzix Fold a long Rainbow card for Spring

Spring is right around the corner so I created a subtle bright rainbow to help usher in the new season.  I love rainbows and I love the wow of special folds.  This made all the more exciting by being a shaped card and all the more easy with the Sizzix die set.


I stamped this sentiment inside the card, but I can't for the life of me figure out the set from which it came.





Ingredients:
Sizzix Card Fold-a-long Jen Long Rainbow
misc papers and card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:










Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Stampin Up All Boxed Up with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challange

Welcome to my blog today.  I am creating for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  I recently purchased this Honey Bee paper second hand.  I thought it was so pretty, but who knew I would come up with this March holiday card with it!  I found this awesome sticker sheet in my March holiday stash.  I consulted my color swatches and found Stampin Up Wild Wasabi to be the best ink match.


Here is this week's sketch.


A close up of my cluster.  I created with sentiment strips and stickers. I added the circular sticker to white cardstock and die cut it.  Then popped it up with foam stickers.


It's so easy to coordinate with a paper stack.


Ingredients:
Stampin Up All Boxed Up stamp
Stampin Up Wild Wasbi Ink
Honey Bee Playful Pastels 6x6 papers
Spellbinders various circle dies
Kindred Stamps Sentiment Strip dies
Creative Imaginations Emerald Isle stickers
Versamagic Sage Dewdrop
MISTI

I would like to play along with the following challenges:









Play along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge until Sunday.

Thanks for reading my blog today.

Alicia

 

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

My Favorite Things Raise a Glass Birthday card with Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge

Welcome to my inspiration for this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge. I made the card for my coworkers birthday.  I used a variety of products but began with My Favorite Things Raise A Glass stamp set and barware dies.


Here's this week's sketch.


Up close of my sentiment and wine glass die cut.


In this view you can see the wine glass is popped up.



Ingredients:
My Favorite Things Raise a Glass stamps
MFT Die Namics Long Stem Barware dies
Simon Says Time for Wine stamp and die set
Stampin Up Night of Navy and Pear Pizzazz ink
Basic Grey Boxer 6x6 paper
Quick Quotes Deep Sea chalking ink
acetate and paper scraps

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:






Don't forget to play along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge until Sunday.


Thank you for stopping by today.

Alicia


Sunday, February 25, 2024

Brother and Lil Sister layout for Sketches in Thyme

Welcome to my blog today. I am posting my inspiration for the latest Sketches in Thyme sketch.  We have four sketches per month, play along on the Facebook Group.  I created a layout of my niece and nephew.  I love them so much.  I used a lot of random papers and embellishments from my stash.


Here's the sketch:

I sprinkled all sorts of brads, rub ons and other embellies around the layout. 


I dug out Creative Memories sticker letters for the title but I also found the word "lil" on a sticker sheet and found it to be the perfect touch.


I used drops of liquid glue to adhere the fiber in just dots around the twist.  I ended by wrapping it around the circle frame I cut with a metal die.


I found a little ticket that worked great and some cool stickers too!



Ingredients:
Craft Smart card stock
misc card stock 
Close to My Heart Sassy Strands Autumn Harvest fibers
Basic Grey Heritage stickers and Boxer rub ons
Bo Bunny Cambridge Icandy brads
Spellbinders Celebrations Fun Filled Rings
Stampin Up Always Artichoke pen
Creative Memories sticker letters
Simple Stories Homegrown foam stickers
My Mind's Eye Happy Days die cut border

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:


Play along with this sketch and more at Sketches in Thyme until the last day of the month.

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Graphic 45 Well Groomed with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to this week's inspiration for Atlantic Hearts Challenge.  I have had this collection for a little while now on top of a pile.  I thought this was the perfect occasion to use all the fun papers. The strips in the sketch were perfect to show off some of the great patterns. 


Here's this week's sketch.


I used pop dots on the embellishments.


Ingredients:
Graphic 45 Well Groomed collection
pop dots and adhesive
black ink for edging

 I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:



Thanks for stopping by and play along with us at Atlantic Hearts Challenge until Sunday 2.18


Alicia

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Hero Arts You're a Fungi with Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge

Welcome to my blog today and my latest Atlantic Hearts challenge inspiration card.  I recently purchased this paper pad and embellishment pack.  I can't remember where, Target?  Ollies?  I am trying to think where I was shopping before Xmas.  I loved it, I even got my friends some of this adorable paper.  I adore mushrooms and found this sentiment to be the perfect size to die cut.


Here is this week's sketch.


I stamped the sentiment in Tip Top Taupe and cut it out with a die.  I popped it up to allow for the twine underneath.  Finally I adhered the chipboard sticker to the top of the sentiment.


Ingredients:
Violet Studios 6x6 paper and chipboard stickers
Hero Arts You're a Fungi stamp set
Stampin Up Tip Top Taupe
Stampin Up Sizzix Apothecary Accents die
misc cardstock
Colorbox Chestnut Roan cat's eye ink
twine

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:



winner






Play along with Atlantic Hearts challenge until Sunday.


Thanks for stopping by

Alicia




Thursday, January 25, 2024

Creative Memories Cheerful Power Palette for Sketches in Thyme

Good morning and welcome to my monthly inspiration for Sketches in Thyme.  Theses photos are a few years old but precious nonetheless.  I used Creative Memories Cheerful Power Palette to enhance the playful photos.








Ingredients:
Creative Memories Cheerful Power palette

Thanks for stopping by and you can play along with Sketches in Thyme until the end of the month.  There's four sketches to play along with.  Why don't you join us. 


Alicia

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

A Muse Be Wild with Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge

Welcome to my inspiration for this week's  Atlantic Hearts Challenge.sketch.  I am playing with a paper kit I purchased second hand at Scrap it Up.  I love to shop creative reuse stores, I feel so lucky to have two within a few miles of my home.  Scrap it up is a little bit further and I only get up there about once a month on Saturdays.  I also purchased the A muse stamp and die set second hand at a crafty yard sale held semi annually in my city.  It seems like I hardly purchase anything new, although I have some holiday hauls on the way from Scrapbook.com, Heartfelt Creations, Office Supply.com and eBay but I guess some of those are second hand as well.


Here's the sketch.


Suffice to stay, since this is a second hand paper kit I don't know the brands.  The reverse of the owl paper is the woodgrain.  The card base was also a piece in the kit, it was a nice thick embossed dot single sided card stock with white inside, perfect for a card base.  I did find the coordinating green paper in my own stash.  However, as I write this post I realize all the green owls are cover up!  I matched the paper before I die cut.  I should have matched the blue owls.  


Ingredients:
A muse stamps Be Wild stamps
Stampin Up Close to Cocoa ink
Spellbinders Classic Square dies
Colorbox Chestnut Roan cat's eye for edging
paper from my stash
pop dots

You have until Sunday night to play along with this week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts Challenge.


Thanks for reading my blog today.

Alicia


Monday, January 8, 2024

2023 Year in Review Winner!

Winner, Winner!

I have used a random number generator and the winner is comment #7 Helen!


Helen send me an email at goldengoddessdesigns at gmail with your address and I will get your prize in the mail!  Congratulations and I want to thank all the blog hop participants and hoppers!

Alicia


Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Tim Holtz Paper Dolls with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Happy New Year!  I brought in the new year with great friends and I was inspired to create a retro friend card.  I used some Graphic 45 and Tim Holtz while leaning on a good ol' Stampin Up sentiment.  I friend got this SU set for me at a resale shop recently.  This is the first time I am using it.


Here is this week's sketch.  I chose to cut a piece of paper and rip it into 3 pieces instead of 3 different papers.  I did take a few millimeters of paper out to allow for some space.


I colored the paper dolls with my finger tip.  I didn't care to be precise.  I was going to spray with a mister anyway.  I went behind with a dry paint brush to take the ink off the skin areas.


I stamped the background image and distressed with Brilliance Lightning Black which had a metallic hue when hit by the light. The stamp was an afterthought...the card seemed to "flat" and not distressed enough for me...so I removed the dolls and sentiment stamped the cool image very lightly and readhered the elements.


Ingredients:
Graphic 45 On the Boardwalk paper
Tim Holtz Paper Dolls
Stampin Up Special Reason stamps and dies
Tim Holtz Ripe Persimmon Distress and Distress Oxide and Dried Marigold Distress Oxide inks
Momento Tuxedo Black ink
Rubber Stampede Travel Map stamp
Brilliance Black Lightning ink
black pen
charcoal card stock
pop dots and tape runner adhesive

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:



You can play along at Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge until Sunday.



Thanks for stopping by and I hope your 2024 is blessed.

Alicia