Stampin Up Tree Rings with Hero Arts Mushrooms & Ferns for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to my blog today.  I created this beauty as soon as the embossing folder and dies arrived from Stampin Up.  However, they sent me the wrong stamp set, so I had to make do with another sentiment.  I also added dies from Hero Arts.

Here is the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge sketch:

I die cut in primarily white/off white and used distress inks to color the die cuts.

The embossing here is very three dimensional so I went ahead and put a foam dot underneath to keep the dimension.  I also dotted the white dots of the red mushroom with a white gel pen to make them pop.

Ingredients:

Stampin Up Tree Rings embossing folder and dies

Hero Arts Fancy Dies Mushrooms and Ferns 

Tim Holtz Ranger Distress inks:  Fired Brick, Hickory Smoke, Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo

Brutus Monroe Enchanted Forest stamps

Stampin Up gems

White gel pen

misc papers

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/e-is-for-embossing-wet-or-dry.html until 6.12x

https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/05/cut-it-up-challenge-305-anything-goes.html until 6.12x

https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2024/06/nbus-challenge-63.html until 6.30x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2024/06/welcome-to-elizabeth-craft-designs-for.html until 6.30x

https://snarkystampers.blogspot.com/2024/06/soss-251-d-is-for-die-cut.html until 7.5 (c10)x

Don't forget to play along until Sunday at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alicia

Mystic Pizza Layout for Sketches in Thyme

Welcome to my blog today. I hope you are enjoying the holiday weekend.  I am scrapping for Sketches in Thyme today.  I have a some photos from my visit to Mystic, Connecticut.  We visited a pizza joint made famous in the movie of the same name Mystic Pizza starring Julia Roberts and one of my favorite actors Vincent D'Onofrio.  

Here is the sketch I used from Sketches in Thyme.

All of the printed papers I used were from Kindred Stamps, don't you just love the darling pepperonis?  

This image I colored with my alcohol markers is also from Kindred Stamps.

I stamped, colored and die cut all these little pizza slices from the same Kindred Stamps set.  The larger slice is part of the pizza sign.  I just trimmed off the sign to create a couple of different size pizza slices.  I die cut the entire sign and snipped off the words.

The paper pack is a 6x6 so I pieced the strips of red gingham "table cloth" to cross the scrapbook page.  I cut the title with my Cricut.

Ingredients:

Kindred Stamps Kindred Town Italian & Pizza stamps

Kindred Stamps Kindred Town Italian & Pizza dies

Kindred Stamps Pizza Night 6x6 papers

Alcohol inks:

Prismacolor Crimson Red

Spectrum Noir TriBlends:  Muted Brown Blends, Red Brown Blends, Ice Grey Blend, Ice Grey Shades, Brown Grey Blend, Tan Blend, Tan Shades, Light Green Blend

Spellbinders Circle Nesting Dies

Cricut Title cut

misc card stock and papers

gems

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

https://kcclayoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/05/lm-702-inspired-by-movie.html until 5.31

(Guest Designer for August)

Thank you for stopping by today and you can play along with Sketches in Thyme until the last day of the month.

Alicia

Magical Crystal Ball card for Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge

Welcome to this week's magical inspiration for Atlantic Hearts Challenge.  I recently obtained this Sizzix die set and could not wait to play with it.  The first card is always kind of a protype.  I definitely learned some tips to construct my next crystal ball.  I could not find any details on what all the pieces cut.  I will do better next time.

Here is this week's sketch.  It should be an easy one with which to play along.

I had fun selecting the fanciest complimentary papers I could find in my stash.

I had to select a few views since the iridescent papers catch the light different in every photo.  

Ingredients:

Craft Smart Stay Magical 12x12 paper

Momenta Alcohol ink paper 12x2

Sizzix Crystal Ball die set

Kindred Stamps Magical word die set

acetate

misc papers and iridescent card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ until 5.22x

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2024/05/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-may.html until 5.30x

https://mynbus.blogspot.com/2024/05/nbus-challenge-62.html until 6.1x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-is-time-for-waffle-flower.html until 6.1x

Don't forget to play along with Atlantic Hearts Challenge until Sunday evening.

Have a great day!

Alicia

Scrapbook.com Boots cards with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to this week's inspiration for Atlantic Hearts Challenge.  I cut lots of little bits and pieces to create some unique boots using the Scrapbook.com Disco dies.  I had these small scraps of floral paper that began this pair.  I added complimentary pieces and layered on a goldenrod background.  

Here is the sketch.  I used the same goldenrod paper and more papers from Scrapbook.com Vacation paper pad to create the strips.  I die cut more pieces for the scallop.

I adhered all the die cut pieces and strips to a neutral card base.

I made a masculine version as well using a few different products.  Lawn Fawn paper for the strips and I die cut barbed wire from metallic paper.

Ingredients:

Stampin Up Baked Brown Sugar

Scrapbook.com Disco dies

Scrapbook.com Howdy sentiment stamps and dies

Scrapbook.com Vacation paper pad

lace border dies (feminine version)

Cheery Lynn Designs Barbed Wire (masculine version)

misc card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/05/krafty-chicks-challenge-714-stamps.html until 5.8x

https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/05/cut-it-up-challenge-303-add-sentiment.html until 5.15x

https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/05/wk-9-anything-goes-card-making-paper.html until 5.17x

https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-stencil-fun-challenge.html until 5.28x

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2024/05/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-may.html until 5.30x

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html until 5.31x

https://farmquestgeneralstorechallenge.blogspot.com/2024/05/fqgs-16-theme-is-afcg-and-partner-qkrs.html until 6.5x

https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/05/miucb-71-anything-goes-optional-inlaid.html until 6.18x

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

Have a great day!

Alicia

Stamps of Life Pinata stamps and dies for Cinco de Mayo and Double Trouble Guest Designer

Welcome to my final installment as April's Guest Designer for Double Trouble Challenge #165 "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing". This Challenge runs from Monday, April 29th thru Sunday, May 4th.  The Twisted Sister twist is to use an image from the prompt which celebrate Cinco de Mayo.  I searched my stash and found this adorable pinata set from Stamps of Life. 

Here is the prompt for Challenge #165 for more details and to enter follow the link.

I used several dies for this project besides the Stamps of Life Pinata set, I used a Catherine Pooler slimline die. I actually cut the inside to create a frame. 

I chose to use an Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge sketch for the Double Dare.

I purchased the set second hand.  I was thrilled to learn the odd die included with the set was the bonus fringe die!  My new favorite.  It just made this card. Apparently SOL sell a larger version independently but this one was a mini included with the monthly subscription.

Ingredients:

Catherine Pooler Slimline Essentials (frame)

Stamps of Life Pinata 2 stamp and dies

Stampin Up Festive Birthday paper

Versafine Onyx Black ink

misc card stock and papers

gem

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/mttc-532-theme-is-everything-die-cuts.html until 5.2x

https://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-challenge-use-die.html until 5.3x

https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2024/04/wk-8-anything-goes-card-making-paper.html until 5.3x

https://craftinghappinesschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/04/172-way-up-high.html until 5.3jff

https://tictactoechallenge.com/tttc246-featured-designer-design-team-x/ until 5.5x

https://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/04/challenge-276-anything-goes-with.html until 5.15x

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

Pink Paislee Travel layout for Sketches in Thyme

It's time for my monthly inspiration for Sketches in Thyme.  Join us at over on Facebook to play with this sketch or any of the other three for April. You have until April 30 to play along. Now I will tell you a bit about my take on the sketch.  I decided to mimic the stripes with strips of paper from a Pink Paislee collection.  I fussy cut several images and put them on pop dots for embellishments.  I also added die cuts and hand made tags.

Here is the sketch.

Ingredients:

Pink Paislee

Spellbinders August 2020 Around the World dies (airplane)

Heart globe die 

arrow paper clips

tag made with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks

Foiled tag

Bramblefox travel icons

sequins

misc die cuts

travel ephemera 

Stampin Up Label Love and Artisan Punch with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to my blog today.  I like to keep some premade backgrounds in my stash and I ran across this embossed card.  I thought it would be a perfect compliment for the current Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  

Here is this week's sketch. It is so versatile.

I stamped and embossed the sentiment.  Then I punched it with the coordinating punch.  I used pop dots to allow for room to loop my fiber under it.  I distressed the top of the embossed background with some copper ink to highlight a "happy".

Here's a close up of my sentiment.  My banner is on a thick paper with specks of glitter inside.  I chose the embossing powder to match the flecks. I finished the card off with copper fiber and stars.

Ingredients:

Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing folder

Stampin Up Label Love stamp (age about 10 years)

Stampin Up Artisan Label Punch

Brillance Cosmic Copper ink

Ranger Embossing Tinsel: Copper

Stampin Up Sizzix Banners Framelits

Stampin Up Elements: Stars

Stampin Up Copper fiber

misc card stock and papers

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2024/04/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-april.html until 4.27x

https://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/unicorn-97-use-dies.html until 4.28x

https://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/challenge-466-make-your-mark.html until 4.29x

https://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/04/pinspirational-challenge-312-april.html until 4.30x

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2024/04/challenge-229-tic-tac-toe.html until 5.3x

Play along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge until Sunday.

Thank you so much for reading my blog today.

Alicia

 

Stampin Up Seas the Day CAS Less but Better for Double Trouble Challenge #164

Today is my second installment as guest designer for Double Trouble Challenge for Challenge 164 which is CAS Less but Better.  CAS is a little hard for me to create.  I like inky and I am pretty messy.  The Twisted Sister twist did help a bit, use color cardstock for the "white" space.  As you can see, that worked for me.

Here is the prompt from Double Trouble Challenge 164.  You can find all the details following the link.

I recently acquired this Stampin Up set.  There are so many wonderful layered cards with the set, however, I easily envisioned this CAS design with the deep sea creatures featured on a shimmer ink splatter.

I created a second card with the same set, different creature and colors.  You can see why I am not a fan of CAS.  After I was completely done, I smeared ink at the bottom toward the left.  It's visible in the photo but really apparent in person as the ink is black.  I was also a bit disappointed with the ink I used for the sentiment.  It is the same as the jellyfish but it does not "pop" off the shimmer spray.  Again, in real life all the shimmer inks and sprays do look very pretty.

Another view of the iridescent inked jelly fish and sentiment.

Here are both cards.

Ingredients:

Stampin Up Seas the Day stamps and dies

Scrapbook.com Vacation cardstock

Tim Holtz Distress inks: Peacock Feathers, Salvage Patina and Tumbled Glass

Tattered Angels Dazzling Diamonds glimmer mist

Stampin Up Crisp Cantaloupe ink

Versafine Onyx Black

Radiance White Cover stock from Marco's

jellyfish-Brillance Pearlescent Purple and Pearlescent Twilight ink

Play along with Double Trouble Challenge #164 "CAS Less But Better"  from Monday, April 15th - thru Sunday, April 28th.  And also played along with The Crafter's Cafe.

THING  2:  Double Dare 

says, "If you have met Thing 1's requirement to create a CAS project you are eligible to enter your project HERE for The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #307 "CAS" and you will qualify for an additional chance in our random drawing.  

Special Notes:  April 15th is the start of The Crafter's Cafe Challenge and their challenge runs through May 12th. Double Trouble  partnership for this challenge will end on April 28th

In addition I would like to enter into the following challenges:

https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-2024-challenge-64-anything-goes.html until 4.30x

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-2024-anything-goes-wopitional.html until 4.30x

https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-2024-and-dlart-thankful-thursday.html until 4.30

https://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-challenge-use-die.html until 5.4x

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-2024-anything-goes-w-optional.htmluntil 5.4x

https://creativecrafterschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/challenge-75.html until 5.8x

Thanks for stopping by

Alicia

  

Scrapbook.com Happy Spring Bouquet

Hello Spring!  This week has really harbored the welcome sunshine of spring here in Ohio. I recently played along with SBC Fest class by Laura Graff. The great thing about the fest is that you can follow along with the classes after the fact.  I am quite fond of pressing pause to catch up with the video.  Here I created an almost exact copy of the case save for a few products from my stash.

Ingredients:

Scrapbook.com Market Bloom Floral Die set

Scrapbook.com Hello Spring Stamp set

Scrapbook.com Market Bloom A2 paper pad

Stampin Up Sizzix Wreath Builder (bow die)

Liquid Pearls

misc card stock

Once again, here is the link to the SBC Fest class by Laura Graff for instructions to this project and more.

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

https://creativecraftinguncles.blogspot.com/2024/03/51-spring-andor-easter.html until 4.14x

https://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/2024/04/scrapbookcom-happy-spring-bouquet.html until 4.15

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/week-776.html until 4.18x

https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-10-showers-or-flowers.html until 4.21x

https://www.simplyellibelle.com/2024/04/ellibelles-crafty-wednesday-april.html until 4.23x

https://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2024/04/challenge-593-add-sentiment.html until 4.23x

https://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/04/challenge-113-layer-it-up.html until 4.27x

https://die-cut-divas.blogspot.com/2024/04/ram-stamps-for-challenge.html until 4.30x

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-2024-anything-goes-wopitional.html until 4.30

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Happy Spring!

Alicia