CHILL POPSICLES

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Playing along with this FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES Challenge

(ends 7/6)

Happy to finally get this set out and use it! When I make a purchase I like to write out a little Post It to include in the storage envelope stating the price, location and date purchased. I find it incredible this could’ve been from a 2023 purchase - what?!! Maybe I wrote the date wrong 😂

 

And so I’m also playing along with the July NBUS Never Before Used Schtuff Challenge, where Darnell has graciously arranged for some fabulous prizes! 

Check the NBUS blog for rules and such. 

These popsicles didn’t come with indentations so I just cut some thin strips, rounded the corners slightly, and covered them with gel medium after I had pasted them down. I used a scissor to take a bite out of the orange one for interest, and added the white gel pen to the corners for an illusion of dimension. I used a little brown ink and a blender brush to get some shadowing on the sticks, and added some white gel pen to the tips. I backed both popsicles with some heavyweight scrap card and then put the orange one on foam tape as well.

I used the scalloped circle to suggest a modern paper doily by using a Crop-a-dile to punch holes around the edges as shown. The sentiment is triple mounted for some dimension.

SUPPLIES

sentiment stamp and die, and popsicle dies - Spellbinders Have a Chill Summer

 #CSOM-JUL22 & #CDOM-JUL22 

plain circle dies - Crafter’s Companion Gemini Elements

scalloped circle die - Spellbinders Scallop Journal Cards #S4-1438

gloss medium

white gel pen

brown ink

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SUNRISE WILDFLOWERS

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Playing along with this MAKE MY MONDAY CHALLENGE

#291 Blend 2 or 3 Colors (ends 7/11)

I was inspired by the flower theme Billie and Caz had going, and the arch used by Dawn. I’ve always loved this image because of the variation in petals - delicate and airy to solid - and it seemed perfect in white. 

TECHNIQUES

I blended three Distress Oxide inks, then spritzed lightly with the distress spray (it really only shows up well in the yellow area). I coated the panel thoroughly with anti-static powder because I was too impatient to wait for appropriate drying time, then heat embossed the flowers in Versamark and white embossing powder. To help tie in the brown elements, and provide a sense of perspective, I stamped dots in SU Crumb Cake at the base, and dotted the area with a brown fine tip marker and a white gel pen. 

*TIPS*

Sometimes an embossed panel will look better, and lay flatter, when flipped to the reverse side. 

The only way to tie a perfect bow for a length of twine is all by itself, and then glue it on 😂

SUPPLIES

wildflower stamp - Stampendous Agapanthus Cluster #P107

 random dots stamp -unmarked, from a set of older wood mounted

arched die - SpellbindersArch Labels and Tags #S5-624

hello die - Spellbinders Simon Hurley Foliage Hello #S2-382

embossing folder - Spellbinders Sun Rays #SES-021

twine

white gel pen

Distress Oxide inks & spray

SU Crumb Cake ink pad & darker brown marker

white embossing powder

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BIRTHDAY CHICKENS

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Playing along with this ALPHABET CHALLENGE

D for Double (ends 6/25)

A newly acquired, pre-owned die consisting of chicken wire and wood frame in one inspired this little farm scene. I die cut the piece in brown and used darker brown ink to provide some low lights to the knotty wood frame, then trimmed the wire portion out using an Exacto knife. I ran the frame die through again using silver card stock and mounted it behind the brown frame so that the silver wire shows in the open area. 

The chickens and quips are from a fun older Stampin’ Up! set I’ve always loved but never actually used. The background is just blue and green inks blended onto the white card front. 

SUPPLIES

  chickens, egg and small sentiment stamps - Stampin’ Up! Hey, Chick Sale-a-bration set

frame with wire die - Dies…To Die For Chicken Wire and Wood Background #TDF269

quote bubble dies - Picket Fence Word Bubbles #PFSD144

happy birthday die - Memory Box Happy Birthday Chic Script #94871

silver card stock

alcohol markers

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GOOD LIFE DUCKS

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Playing along with this ALPHABET CHALLENGE

D for Double

(ends 6/25)

These two just make me happy - love how ridiculously over-sized they are for their little pool. I resisted the urge to add googly eyes, but just barely! Settled on outlining the pupils with some neutral gray marker. Pond was cut from a scrap of handmade faux watercolored paper using Distress ink. Both ducks are foam mounted. 

 

SUPPLIES

duck stamps - CTMH Close to My Heart Makin’ Waves #C1365 clear set

sentiment stamp - Kolette Hall

enjoy word stamp - Fiskars Lea Griffith clear set

pool with border dies - FSJ Pool with a View die set #DI-0549

sunrays stencil - Picket FenceSlim Horizontal Rays of Sun

alcohol markers

white gel pen

mirrored bubble flat back gems

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SPINNER SUMMER PINWHEEL.

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Playing along with this Freshly Made Sketches. I’ve had my eye on Michele’s fun little sketch all week and just today was able to squeeze in enough time to make my card!

(ends 6/5).

This pinwheel is on a tiny nail art spinner which makes it extra fun! 

A great adhesive for something like this skewer is Glue Dots Clear Glue Lines. And I find Zots permanent glue dots work well with the metal spinners. I also stacked and glued a couple small pieces of card stock behind the brad to raise the pinwheel well above the skewer so that it could spin freely. 

SUPPLIES

pinwheel stamp - Great Impressions #F612

sentiment stamp - FSJ Fun Stampers Journey #SS-0630

ballon die (used for sun) - MFT My Favorite Things Die-namics Ballon Builder #MFT-2194

hills die - MFT My Favorite Things Die-namics Color Wave Cover Up #MFT-1901

cloud die - Darice Clouds #9151-2018-07

grass stencil - Taylored Expressions Set the Scene - Grass #TESN66

yellow iridescent no-hole sequins - Spellbinders Cameleon Opalescent #SCS-365

white gel pen

silver brad 

wood skewer

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PUPPY B-DAY FEATURING SPINNER.

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Playing along with this SEIZE THE BIRTHDAY 

#326 Feature an Animal

(ends 5/26)

and this WE LOVE STAMPING challenge with option 

All Creatures Great and Small 

(ends 6/3).

and this ALPHABET CHALLENGE “B” is for Balls 

(ends 5/28) 

Update!

I was excited to try these nail art spinners on a card, and this ball is perfect for them! 

A few helpful hints about these:

 *TIPS* The spinners are tiny! Craft tweezers make the job easier, and the best adhesive I found is some of my old stock Ultra Strength Small Clear Adhesive Permanent Dots by Zots / Therm O Web. It’s also helpful to back the die cut item to spin with an additional piece of card stock. Since the spinner is dimensional, raising surrounding images with foam tape distracts from that. Normally you’d want to center the spinner on the reverse side of your object, but if your object is slightly out of round like the red ball shown, it’s better to mount the spinner slightly higher so at rest your object is always balanced. 

Images were stamped in Memento black, colored with alcohol markers, fussy cut and then foam mounted. The sentiment was heat embossed, die cut and foam mounted. Clouds die cuts were ink blended with Distress Speckled Egg blue. 

 

SUPPLIES

dog and ball stamps - Rare Image Rubber Stamps* 

hat stamp (trimmed down) - Simon Hurley #HUR85560 Big Hugs clear set

sentiment stamp and die - Fun Stampers Journey Birthday Candles set

scallop circle die - Spellbinders Scallop Journal Cards #S4-1438

cloud dies - Tonic Studios Rococo Layered Clouds set

patterned papers - My Mind’s Eye Kraft Funday Happy Days 6x6 pad, and red polka dot from Recollections pad

spinner - Leelosp Nail Spinners (Amazon #X004KK6HQ3)

alcohol markers

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