Sending you a llama love.

Good morning everyone!

Today I have a very bright card to share with you and it features a couple of images from one of Vera Lane Studio digi sets... isn't that llama adorable?!! 

The images were colored with Copics, the sentiment is from Inky Antics and heat embossed with white powder. The background was created with Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade and Mermaid Lagoon Oxide inks. I also randomly applied Moonstone Glimmer Paste through Rangers Spring Bloom stencil... it's so sparkly IRL but very hard to see in this photo. I used a Simon Says Stamp die for the stitched rectangle, a My Favorite Things die for the pierced rectangle and the Grassy border die is from Lawn Fawn.

  Well, that's it for now... thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today! 

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter
Aud Sentiments- Animals + a Sentiment

Ching-chou Kuik Digital Stamps- Four legged friends

Cutie Pie- Favorite Color Combo (greens & blues)
Dragonfly Dreams- No Patterned Paper

Dream Valley- (C10) Hand Colored Image 

Simon Says Stamp Monday- Midsummer Blues
Simon Says Wednesday- Midsummer Blues

The House That Stamps Built- Tic Tac Toe: border, stencil & bright colors

You are my HAPPY!

Hello everyone and happy Friday!

Today's card is another mixed media style of card and it features several stamps from Carabelle Studio!

I created a 'stamping with a stencil' background with Darkroom Door Polka Dot stencil and several of my favorite colors of Distress Oxide inks. The cute little owl, checkered pattern and circles are from Carabelle Studio and the sentiment is from Cardz TV Stamps. The owl was stamped with Ranger Archival Ink and watercolored with Distress inks... to finish it up I added some googly eyes :) 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for stopping by! 

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter
A Inky Mess- Anything Mixed Media Goes
Artistic Stampers- Anything Goes + rubber stamp

Cute Card Thursday- Circles

Lavinia World- Anything Goes Using Rubber Or Clear Stamps

Papercraft Business- Anything Goes + optional use a circle

Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday- Use Tim Holtz Products

Stamping Sensations- Things with Wings

We Love 2 Create- Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Vintage Botanical Cards...

Good morning everyone! 

Today I'm sharing a couple of cards that I created with Tim Holtz Botanical chipboard pieces...

On this card I added Crazing Collage Medium over the flowers, once dry I rubbed some gold acrylic paint into the cracks. The yellow panel was created with Tim Holtz Resist Spray, Simon Says Stamp Grid stencil and Mustard Seed distress ink. The stitched rectangles are also from Simon Says Stamp and to finish it up I added gold and copper sequins. 

On my second card I added a coat of Matte collage medium over the flowers, a little white acrylic paint to the background paper and some gold acrylic paint to the die cut sentiment. I used Avery Elle dies for the postage stamp frame and rectangle, all papers are from MME and I used Walnut Stain & Vintage Photo inks for the distressing. 

Enjoy your day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper- Anything Goes with Patterned Paper

Creatalicious- Anything Goes + optional distress it
Creative Artiste Mixed Media- Anything Goes

Funkie Junkie- (C10) Marvellous Metallics

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

More Mixed Media- Anything Goes/Optional Bright
Papercraft Business- Anything Goes + optional use a circle

Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday- Use Tim Holtz Products

Birthday Hedgehogs

Hello everyone and happy Wednesday!

Just a quick post today to share a couple of birthday cards and they feature a cute little hedgehog from Polkadoodles!

 They are colored with Copics, the Sentiments are from Penny Black and My Favorite Things. I used Pink & Main dies for the stitched rounded rectangles and My Favorite Things dies to create the flowers. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment! 

Tammy :)

Challenges I would like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps and More- (C10) Make Your Mark

Creations in Pink- Anything Goes in Mainly Pink (1st card)

Cutie Pie- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Digi Choosday- Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon- Digi Do!

Polkadoodles- Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown- Furry Friends

Just For You

Good morning everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at Back to Basics and Beyond and the theme is... 

Off-The-Edge Stamping!

For my card I decided to use a couple of Vera Lane Studio stamps again :) I love her fun and quirky stamps! The images are colored with Copics and the label sentiment is from Altenew. I created a watercolor wash background with Mowed Lawn and Mermaid Lagoon Oxide inks. Once dry- I randomly stamped a Darkroom Door mesh stamp in Mermaid Lagoon ink and then stamped Carabelle Studio hearts in black ink for my Off-the-edge technique. I used a Pink & Main die for the stitched rounded rectangle, a Lawn Fawn die for the grass and the sequins are from my stash.

That's it for now... thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog to check out the rest of the teams gorgeous creations!
Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Country View Crafts'- Blues and Greens

Creative Artiste Mixed Media- Anything Goes

Cutie Pie- Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Dragonfly Dreams- Things with Wings

Happy Little Stampers (watercolor)- ATG + option: Wings (I created a watercolor wash background)

More Mixed Media- Anything Goes w/ optional Pastel

Scrapy Land- ATG Goes + Scrappy Land die (I used Lawn Fawn + Pink & Main)

Try It On Tuesday- Splatters and Splodges

Frozen Fellowship...

Happy Monday everyone!

I wanted to pop in today and share a couple of Christmas cards with you... They feature the adorable Frozen Fellowship stamp from Newton's Nook! The first one is stamped with black licorice ink, colored with Copics and I added a little detailing with a white Posca pen. 

On the second one- I stamped the image onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper in VersaFine black ink and colored it with Zig brush pens, the sentiment was stamped in VersaMark ink and heat embossed with white powder.

I used a Lawn Fawn die for the Zig Zag rectangle and a Sizzix/Tim Holtz die for the double stitched rectangle and there you have it... my first Christmas cards of the year!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment! 

Tammy :)

Challenges I would like to enter:

Alphabet- H is for Hats and Handbags
CCC Digi Creations- Christmas in July
Chouxchoux Paper Art- Visions of Sugar Plums
Country View Crafts'- Blues and Greens (second card)
Crafty Calendar- Christmas in July
CuteNCrafty- Christmas in July
Jingle Belles- Tic-Tac-Toe (diagonal: Snowman, Red or Green, Diecuts)
Tales From The Craft Room- Christmas in July

Ruff day?

Good morning everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at Back to Basics and Beyond and this time we would like you to create a card or project inspired by one of the photos posted on the blog.

This is the photo I used for my inspiration: I went with the cream, red & teal colors, the tile/diamond patterns and the sofa... 

and my card features an adorable Helz Cuppleditch image from Stampavie. It's stamped in Ranger Archival Ink, I used a combination of  Zig Brush Markers and Distress Inks to watercolor it and the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. I stenciled Fired Brick Distress Oxide ink through Simon Says Stamp Grid stencil for the red panel and I sponged Peacock Feather Oxide ink on the large panel. The stitched rectangles were cut with Avery Elle dies and I used Elizabeth Crafts dies for the flowers, the sequins are from my stash.

 I hope you can join us and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog to check out the rest of the teams beautiful creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by and for all of the comments you leave!

Tammy :)

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter

A Place To Start- Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs- Our Pets

HLS- Always Anything Goes with Dies

HLS Watercolor- with option: wings

Inkspirational- 3 or 5 of anything- (3 flowers & 3 sequins)
Lavinia World- Anything Goes Using Rubber Or Clear Stamps

Lemon Shortbread- Always Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- Always Anything Goes

leave a little sparkle...

Good morning everyone! 

Today I have a VERY bright and fun card to share with you... it features an adorable image from Vera Lane Studio! 

She's colored with Copics and I used a couple of Tim Holtz stickers for the sentiment. For the background- I sponged a piece of Mixed Media paper with Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink, then I stenciled Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide ink through Simon Says Stamp Grid stencil. For the glittery flowers- I mixed Carved Pumpkin Distress ink with Moonstone Glimmer Paste and applied it through Rangers Spring Bloom stencil... I LOVE how the flowers turned out! :) The stitched rectangle was cut with an Avery Elle die and I used a My Favorite Things die for the stitched sun.

That's it for now... thanks so much for stopping by! 

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:
a2z Scrapbooking- Sparkle and Shine

A inky Mess- Theme anything mixed media goes

Alphabet- Grunge or Glitz

Ching-chou Kuik Digital Stamps- Make your own Background

More Mixed Media- Anything Goes with optional Purple
Simon Says Stamp Monday- Make Your Own Background

Sweet Stampin- You are my Sunshine
We Love 2 Create- Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes