Connecticut River Cruise layout for Lasting Memories as Guest Designer

Good morning it's time for my next installment as guest designer for Lasting Memories Layout challenges.  I haven't been scrapping chronologically for a few years.  I belong to design teams and guest occassionaly like this month, when I do I just pic photos that fit the theme/sketch no matter where the subject.  I have completed enough of the Connecticut trip that I am finally organizing an album!  Unfortunately for my regular readers you will see a few more of my trip from 2020.  For me I have set a goal to have it finished, wish me luck!

The challenge this week is to "get wet", use inks or mixed media.  I used an assortment of shimmer and ink sprays to create the watery background. I also added sea glass as an embellishment.  Perfect for the river cruise photos.

I also added some brads and die cut clouds.

Ingredients:

Distress Oxide Spray Salty Ocean

Heidi Swapp Colorshine Navy

Tattered Angels Shimmer Mist Moonlight

Wink of Stella clear

Avery Elle Pierced Clouds

Creative Memories sticker letters

Sea glass and misc brads

Misc paper and card stock

You can play along with Lasting Memories Layout challenges until the end of the month. Thanks for spending your precious time with me today.

Alicia

Lawn Fawn Out of the World and Beam me Up card set with Galaxy backgrounds

In preparation for my recent art show, I worked with these galaxy backgrounds and my Lawn Fawn space stamp and die sets.  I kind of went wild, coloring planet and little characters.

I sponged the brighter oxide inks first, then I layered black soot on top.  I splattered pearly spray ink on the very top for a super galaxy look.  I went back and added more splatters again and again until I achieved my desired results.  I watched several you tube videos and created all the backgrounds in one day.

While the backgrounds dried (spray ink), I stamped and embossed dozens of images of planets, aliens, astronauts, and space vehicles.

I spent a lot of time coloring the images with alcohol ink pens.  I did use some metallic inks on special places.  I combined all my images on top of the backgrounds to come up with complimentary designs.  Finally I stamped and die cut sentiments for each card.

In addition I would like to note at my recent art show this is the only other design besides the coffee cup gift card holder of which I sold out.  I guess they were a hit!  So time consuming, maybe I should have sold them for more.  I believe the same lady bought them for all her grandchildren.

Ingredients:

Lawn Fawn die and stamp sets:  Out of the World and Beam me up

Tim Holtz Oxide inks:  black soot, worn lipstick, fossilized amber, broken china, and cracked pistachio 

Avery Elle Pierced Cloud die

Spellbinders label die

Frantic Stamper stitched rounded rectangle dies

Pearl shimmer ink 

Colorbox black pigment ink with Judikins Clear/Black detail embossing powder mix

Alcohol markers and metallic silver pen

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://theartisticstampercreativeteam.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/mays-creative-challenge-backgrounds.html until 5/31x

https://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/ltscb-109-anything-goes.html until 5/31x

http://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/2018/05/wwc172-anything-goes-challenge.html until 6/3x

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/2018/05/ch-371-anything-goes.html until 6/3x

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/2018/05/tuesday-throwdown-394-create-your-own.html until 6/4x

http://thatscraftychallenges.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-stitch-in-time-challenge.html until 6/4x

http://4craftychicks.blogspot.com/2018/05/4cc-405-crazy-eggatg.html until 6/4x

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia

A Little Bit Country...Frantic Stamper Large Bob's Old Truck scene

Good morning Alicia with some inspiration today.  I love finding new uses for older dies.  I recently ordered Frantic Stamper Large Bob's Old Truck and as I was designing my card, I remembered one of the very first dies I purchased from Dies R Us was this Die-Versions Sweet Spots A Little Bit Country die.  I have previously paired it with a boot image in a card for my niece which was precious.  Here I have made a great little card with a die cut scene.

Frantic Stamper Large Bob's Old Truck die is so user friendly, since the truck is one die and the accessories are another.  I was able to cut the truck just once in my blue paper.  I cut the bumper in the same blue paper. I then cut the accessories twice once in black and once in metallic silver, the accessories are tiny so this made for very little wasted paper.  After using a precision glue pen to adhere the accessories and a thin piece of acetate for the window, I distressed the old truck up with black chalking ink. 

I cut the Lawn Fawn Stitched Tree Border twice as I did the last time I used it.  Once in the green "grass" and once in brown to give the trees "trunks".  One of the Lawn Fawn Stitched Tree Border and the  Lawn Fawn Road Border actually follow the same curvature for a perfect tree lined road but I used the other tree border to provide more of a background of grass and trees.  I am making a note of that fact to use in the future.

Dies R Us Products:

Lawn Fawn Stitched Tree Border

Lawn Fawn Road Border

Die-Versions Sweet Spots A Little Bit Country

Frantic Stamper Large Bob's Old Truck

other ingredients:
Avery Elle pierced cloud die
Broken China Distress ink
Quick Quotes Midnight Confessions chalking ink
Echo Park blue/white paper
Creative Memories printed paper
Stampin Up Gumball Green card stock
white, black, grey, and metallic silver card stock

I hope you've enjoyed what I've shared today!  And, don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Thanks so much for stopping by today and as always . . . 

Happy Cutting!

Alicia

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://alwaysfunchallenges.blogspot.ca/2017/09/challenge-23.html until 9/16 x

http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2017/09/challenge-411-distress-it.html  until 9/19x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2017/09/september-challenge.html until 9/30x

Karen Burniston Tree Pop Up Card

Good morning,  Alicia blogging today.  I have used the latest Karen Burniston Tree Pop Up dies and Karen Burniston Greetings dies to create a summer theme thinking of you card.  I was so excited when I saw this added to the Dies R Us store, I purchased it immediately.  I have a fondness for trees.

It was so much fun creating the various layers for this 3-D card.

The clouds are Avery Elle but no longer found in the store.  I think the Frantic Stamper Stitched Cloud Edgers and Soaring Paper Airplane are pretty close substitutes.

Here are a couple of tips for using this die set. First I just cut bunches of leaves. The die cuts 6 at a time.  After cutting I inked the edges, as part of this process the leaves get a little shaping and makes the embossing pop.

Another tip is to cut the tire swing twice and adhere the pieces together.  This gives a more 3 dimensional effect and the double layer of paper increases the strength at the loop for tying your "rope".

Dies R Us Products:

Karen Burniston Greetings dies

Karen Burniston Tree Pop Up dies

 

 Frantic Stamper Stitched Corner cut Tags

 

 The clouds are Avery Elle but no longer found in the store.  I think the Frantic Stamper Stitched Cloud Edgers and Soaring Paper Airplane are pretty close substitutes.

 Frantic Stamper Soaring Airplane


 


Frantic Stamper Stitched Cloud Edgers
 

Frantic Stamper Stitched Grassy Hill Edgers



other ingredients:
We R Happy Campers papers
Rusty Pickle black barn board paper
wood grain paper
Quick Quotes Sky Blue and Green Leaf chalking inks
twine

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  

There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store. 

 For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below : 

Click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://sunnydaycrafting.blogspot.ca/2017/08/challenge-46-e-is-for-emboss.html until 8/8x

http://craftaholicsrus.blogspot.ca/2017/08/challenge-30-die-cuts.html until 8/8x

http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/2017/08/time-to-die-die-cuts.html until 8/11x

http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/2017/08/challenge-78-summertime-fun.html until 8/13x

http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2017/08/178-more-than-one-fold.html until 8/13 (C10)x

https://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/1st-august-2017-classic-design-team.html until 8/27x

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-august.html until 8/30x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2017/08/anything-goes-for-august.html until 8/31x

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Alicia

Poppystamps Playful Faeries

Good morning! Alicia here today with a Playful Faerie card using several Poppystamps Faerie Die sets. I just love playing with these dies, there are so many combinations but on this card I decided to cut all my faeries out of vellum. I liked the whispy look with the water color background. 

To create this scene I first began with inking a background. I also inked an extra piece of 5.5" x 3"ish piece for the grass layer that I would later die cut. I used lots of water on the ink so I used my heat gun to dry it a bit and let it sit for a while until it was completely dry before die cutting.



I die cut my kraft paper frame and adhered with pop dots.



I then went about cutting, several faeries with wings out of vellum. I also stamped, embossed then water colored my mushroom images. Oops, I almost forgot the vellum cloud! Then I went about adding the die cut pieces to my scene. Finally, I added a touch of clear shimmer pen to my faeries.



Dies R us Products:

Frantic Stamper Stitched Grassy Hill die

Poppystamps Magnificent Mini Faeries



Poppystamps Playful Mini Faeries



Poppystamps Poised Faerie



Queen & Co A2 card die



Avery Elle Pierced Cloud dies

other ingredients:
Distress inks:  Faded Jeans Oxide, Bundled Sage, Tea Dye Oxide
Close to My Heart stamp sets:  Toadstools & Sweet Dreams
Versamark ink
Ranger Mushroom embossing powder

I hope you've enjoyed what I've shared today! And, don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store. For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.



click below for:
STORE
CHALLENGE BLOG
FACEBOOK
INSPIRATION BLOG
FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE




I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/1st-july-2017-classic-design-team-open.html  until 7/26x

http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2017/07/challenge-39-anything-goes.html until 7/31x

https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.ca/2017/07/challenge-5.html until 8/3x



Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Alicia

Family Road Trip: Lawn Fawn Borders with Distress Oxide background

Being in the midst of summer travel season, I was inspired by family road trips of old. Do you remember a time before seat belts? I know I do when all us kids would be "loose" in the back reading, coloring or just looking out the window watching the trees go by...

This scene was so fun to create. I started with inking the background then building the layers of trees and roads both Lawn Fawn dies. Four dies come with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Tree border dies: two borders and two tree tops. So I had to cut each border twice, once in green and once in brown. I then cut the tree trunks off the border. When layering, I placed the borders, then the tree tops and finally the tree trunks. Of course I had to cut the two tree tops several times each.

I cut a couple of clouds out of white shimmer paper. Finally, I perused by stamp collection for just the perfect vehicle to travel in my scene. I found this old family roadster and the memories started flowing. I used a pigment ink and embossed the image in clear embossing powder for a glossy finish.  I also put a small piece of acetate behind the "windows" for a glassy appearance.

Dies R Us Products:

Lawn Fawn Stitched Tree border dies

Avery Elle Pierced Cloud dies

Lawn Fawn Road Border dies

other products used:

Distress Faded Jeans Oxide ink

Creative Memories green polka dot and white shimmer paper

brown and green card stock

Bazzill Walnut textured card stock

Close to My Heart The long way home stamp set

Mix'd Media Denim ink

Wow clear embossing powder
acetate

I hope you've enjoyed what I've shared today! And, don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store. For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for:

STORE

CHALLENGE BLOG

FACEBOOK

INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/2017/06/challenge-158-lots-of-layers.html until 7/9x

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/designers-choice-challenge/dcc75-create-a-scene/  until 7/11x

http://4craftychicks.blogspot.com/2017/07/4-crafty-chicks-358-stamping-no-digis.html  until 7/11x

http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/2017/07/challenge-76-layers.html until 7/13x

http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2017/07/new-girlfriends-2017-plus-challenge-212.html until 7/19 (clear embossed car and acetate windows)x

https://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2017/07/1st-july-2017-classic-design-team-open.html until 7/27x

http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2017/07/challenge-39-anything-goes.html  until 7/31x

Thanks so much for stopping by today and as always . . .

Alicia

Life is better with friends

Alicia with you today with more of the Frantic Stamper doggy dies.  I used Trixie and Spot on this card. I used  Frantic Stamper Dies Stitched Grassy Hills and some Avery Elle Pierced Clouds to finish off the scene.

Instead of coloring the dogs, this time I used paper and chalk to create some shadows.  I did color Spot's spots, the tennis ball and the dog collar.

Dies R Us Product:

Frantic Stamper Dies Oscar Spot and Trixie

Frantic Stamper Dies Doggys Accessories

Avery Elle Pierced Cloud

Frantic Stamper Dies Stitched Grassy Hill Edgers

Don't forget to play along at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog for your chance to win a gift voucher to the Dies R Us Store.  A new challenge begins on the first and fifteenth of every month.  Be sure to Follow Us on Facebook too. 

click below for:

STORE
CHALLENGE BLOG
FACEBOOK
INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:



https://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/2017/03/for-dogs.html until 3/29x

http://southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2017/03/challenge-156-dieing-to-see-your.html until x

http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com/2017/03/animal-cards-4-kids-challenge.html until 3/31x

http://giveacrafteracookie.blogspot.ca/2017/03/cookie-challenge-65.html until 4/5x


Thanks for stopping by!

Alicia