Spray inks and a Sunflower

Happy Monday! Hope your week is off to a great start!

Today I am sharing a card made with one of the new stamps from Whimsy Stamps' Time 4 Tea designs - Sunflower. Another card I designed to be entered into the new Mixed Media Monthly Challenge blog, that just launched their first challenge on the first of June. I still have lots to learn when it comes to mixed media, and so I decided to play along in their challenges so I can learn more and get better at it. This month the challenge is "Spray inks" and I am still learning how to use them properly.

 I started out by masking of part of the card using torn paper, so I could spray the top and bottom separately green and blue. Then I used the mini cloud stencil by TCW and some gesso to make the cloud. I ended up adding more gesso over the whole sky part because I wasn't completely happy how the sky looked. 

Next I stamped Whimsy's "Live Defined" background, masking the grass portion, as I only wanted it on the sky part. 

On the bottom portion I used the mini tile texture stencil from TCW and some water mist to lighten parts of the ink and to create a fun texture. Next I stamped some grass onto the card. I wanted a little border so I used Whimsy's tree stamp from the set "For all the Women in our Lives" and black archival ink. 

The image was stamped onto copic blending card and colored using copic markers. Fussy cut and adhered to the card. Sentiment is included with the fun "Sunflower" image by Whimsy's Time4Tea designs. I finished it off my adding a couple small butterflies (MS punch).

Besides Mixed Media Monthly with the theme of spray inks I'd love to play along in a few other challenges.

Addicted to Stamps -  Outdoors

Fairytale Stampers - Flowers

Bastel-Traum - summer
Live & Love Crafts Challenge - Summer Garden
Color Me Creative Challenge -  Anything Goes
Stampin' For The Weekend -  Anything Goes 
STAMPlorations Challenge Blog -June - Stamps & Borders

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

More Beachy Things

I colored some more images from the Whiff of Joy No. 2 kit (Summer Kit) and had some time today to make it into a card. I wanted to create a beachy scene so I used a couple different mediums for it.

I started out with a piece of designer paper from basic grey as my background paper. But I applied gesso to it so now the pattern is barely there (it's the light, dark and black swirly things that you see.) 

Next I held a chickenwire stencil over the paper and spritzed some dylusions over it (top corner). I tore some craft card stock, and some blue designer paper to create the "beach" on the bottom part. Stamped a tiny dots stamp over the kraft cardstock for a sandy impression. 

Images  have been colored  using copics on xpress blending card and then fussy cut. The sentiment which is part of the Summer stamp kit has been cut apart and then adhered onto my card front. I layered the card front onto white card stock and then island indigo. I added a little bit of cheesecloth behind the white card stock.

Here is another view. 

Would love to play along in these challenges:

Mixed Media Monthly (this is a brand new challenge blog which I was so happy to discover as I am pretty new to mixed media), their theme this month is spray inks - I used dylusions.

At Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge -the challenge is for the boys. I think this makes a great masculine card. 

 Outdoors is the challenge at Fussy and Fancy . At Penny's Paper-Crafty the theme is Bears or Mice (I used the cute Henry the mouse as my focal image). Masculine is the theme at Stampin' Royalty. And then at City Crafter Challenge this week's theme is Nautical.

                                                         Thanks so much for visiting!
                                   I hope you'll have a fun-filled weekend with lots of sunshine!

Just Beachy

Happy Wednesday! I made today's card for the Whimsy Stamps June Facebook challenge. This month the theme is "Just Beachy". This could be a beach scene, beach image, or simply beachy colors. I did struggle a little bit with this one, as I didn't really get any "beachy" stamps from the last release, but I did receive a beachy sentiment stamp set (Sun-sational from Raindrop Echo Designs) so I decided to use it for the challenge and create a CAS style card with it.

The flourish behind the sentiment is from Whimsy's set "Lavish Flourishes" and still one of my most favorite stamps. Not much to tell here, I simply stamped the circle sentiment onto recollections 110lb card stock, then punched out using a 1 1/4 inch punch, layered onto a scallop circle shape (SU), and then adhered onto the card using dimensionals. Papers are from my stash. Flowers are by recollections, I added rhinestones to the flower centers and then some twine. 

If you'd like to join is this month in Whimsy's Facebook challenge, simply click this link. You may use any Whimsy rubber or digi stamps as the focal point to play along, and there is a fantastic prize up for grabs. 

 

Besides Whimsy's Facebook challenge I'd love to play along here:

Fan-Tastic Tuesday -  Summer

Just Inspirational Challenges - Summer

Loves Rubber Stamps  Anything Goes
Card Mania -  Flowers
 Crafty Cardmakers -  Use one or more Flourishes
Cupcake Inspirations -Flowers

Card and Scrap -  Clean and Simple

Have a great day everyone, and thanks so much for visiting!!

Penny Black and More - Favorite things

This year is flying by way too fast, I can't believe it's already June! And the kids are already on summer break which of course makes them happy! I hope the weather is nice where you are. We had some wonderful summery weather here already!

Since it's the first Sunday of the month, it's time for a new challenge at Penny Black and More. This time we'd like to see you use

 your favorite stamp or crafting item. 

Choosing my favorite stamp is never easy, as I really love a lot of my stamps equally, so I decided on one of my first Penny Black stamps - Poppy field. I added a little button and some twine which are my favorite embellishment - I reach for them just about every time I make a card.

 The image has been stamped onto copic xpress blending card and colored using copic markers.

The card is pretty CAS, I simply embellished with a butterfly border (Whimsy Stamps), button and twine, and did some sewing. To finish it off I added some glitter. Sentiment is one of my old favorites from SU.

Hope you'll get a chance to join us. Lots of prizes up for grabs again, and don't forget you don't have to use a Penny Black stamp. You can use any rubber or clear stamp, or Penny Black stickeroo.

I am playing along here:
Delicious Doodles -  For The Love of Animals
Fussy and Fancy - Outdoors
Stampin With The Dragon - May - Flowers
Hanna & Friends - Dies

Have a great day!!