MORNING GRUMPY

Hi friends, and welcome back to my newest Alphabet Challenge J is for Just Kidding / Funny card. 

You have lots more time to play along, and you can enter up to three times any handcrafted items featuring the current theme!

SUPPLIES

lady stamp - Art Impressions #M-1249

word stamps - unmarked, possibly Dylusions by DyanReaveley

arch die - Spellbinders Arch Labels And Tags #S5-624 

patterned paper - Lawn Fawn 6 x 6 pad Gotta Have Gingham Rainbow 

gray and navy card stock

alcohol markers

Thanks for stopping in today!

VINTAGE GLAMOUR, SOMEWHAT ENTITLED

 

Hi friends, and welcome back to another Alphabet Challenge J is for Just Kidding/Funny card.

You still have plenty of time to play along, and you can enter up to three times any handcrafted items featuring the current theme!

Playing along with this LITTLE RED WAGON Challenge 

#875 - Use a Stamp (ends 9/15)

and this 613 AVENUE CREATE September Anything Goes with Optional Twist:

 Bright and Breezy challenge  (ends 10/2)

I’ve always loved the movement in this image - I’ve tilted her even more to really get that skipping-along vibe. And of course the high fashion of the wealthy of the era - no athleisure out-and-about for those ladies! Fabrics were light and flowy and more beautifully colored than the black and white photos would ever indicate. 

SOME DETAILS

Our gal was stamped in black Memento ink, and colored in with Copics. Some gold metallic pen was added to the purse where brass rivets are. The purse was colored to mirror the fruit tones on her hat. 

Random fact: reddish-brown leather handbags were common in this era, often hand-tooled with patterns, and accented with small amounts of metal trim. 

Just a dash of gray marker helped ground her foot in the white space. 

The swirly under her purse was added as an after-thought to fill a too-blank space without filling up the white space! I thought it mirrored the flow of her hat ribbons nicely. 

Sentiment was stamped on yellow card stock and trimmed into rectangles to reflect her collar shape and color. The stamp came with the words in rectangle borders but it would be easy enough to get the same effect with a fine-line black marker. 

The white panel was corner rounded with a punch on opposite corners.

SUPPLIES

female stamp - B Line Design #BA816E On the Run

sentiment stamp - probably Dylusions by Dyan Reaveley

swirl stamp - Inkadinkado #97634 Dot Flourishes

rounded corner punch

alcohol markers

metallic gold pen

textured green cardstock

Thanks for stopping in today, and I can’t wait to see what you create!

HAPPY DANCE

Hi friends!

Playing along with this AAA CARDS challenge

 Well.  This one was supposed to be a sophisticated, classy sort of card, but as you can see - things veered off-track. I think it may have been the bright colors, which led to the googly eyes, which required a nose…

THE PROCESS

To start: I swiped a bright white card with three colors of acrylic paints, using a common rounded flat paintbrush. 

After the paint was dry, I heat embossed a starfish using gold powder. 

To finish: A couple googly eyes were glued down, and an enamel nose was applied.

I added a strip of sturdy card stock to the back of the pre-printed strip and glued the sentiment to the card front as shown. 

SUPPLIES

starfish stamp - Rubbernecker

acrylic paints

gold embossing powder

pre-printed sentiment strip

googly eyes

enamel dot

Thanks for stopping in today!

Technique Junkies 'Try That Technique' Challenge - Giraffe

STAMPS:  cow - Delafield Stamp Co, words - unknown, row of cows - Picture Show, grass - Uptown

TECHNIQUES:  Technique Junkies - Giraffe, Sandwiched Color

INKS:  Stampin' Up! River Rock & Baja Breeze 

What a fun challenge - I finally got to use a cow stamp and this goofy word stamp!  Might be hard to see but the cow is pop-dotted.

Thanks for stopping by!