Art grows your spirt. Art is your story. Art is a way of living.

Good morning everyone!

I have another Art Journal Page to share with you... my second one this month! I'm really enjoying making these pages and can't wait to make another one! 

To start- I added clear gesso to some old dictionary pages, let them dry and then stamped my circles using Simon Says Stamp Scribble Flowers set and a miscellaneous circle stamp set. I then painted all images with Mowed Lawn, Stormy Sky and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide inks.

 For the background- I lightly smooshed Stormy Sky DOI onto a piece of mixed media paper. Once dry- I added my grass using a Simon Says Stamp stencil & Mowed Lawn DOI. I used a Carabella Studio stamp for the background circles, a Bo Bunny stamp for the flower stems and Dina Wakley Collage words for the sentiments:

I added splatters with a white Posca pen and more DO inks and there you have it!

Thanks so much for stopping by- I really appreciate it :)

Take care and stay healthy!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

A Place To Start- March: Unconventional materials (I used an old dictionary)

Art-Journal-Journey- Green

Always Fun- Flowers
Crafty Gals Corner- Flowers
Mix It Up- Anything Goes + optional smooshing 

Paper Minute- Painting / Artwork

Unicorn- Flower Power

We Love 2 Create- Always Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

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

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

A little Birdie...

Hello everyone and happy Monday!

Today I wanted to share a very colorful birthday card...

The bright background was created with Mowed Lawn and Mermaid Lagoon Oxide inks... two of my favorite colors! Once dry, I stenciled more Mermaid Lagoon ink through Rangers Old School Number stencil and then randomly stamped the hearts by Carabelle Studio. The Paper Artsy images were stamped with black licorice ink, colored with Copics and the sentiments are from Studio Katia and Reverse Confetti.

Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment :)

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter

A Place To Start- Stencil Me In

Aud Sentiments- Nature + a sentiment

Crafter's Castle- Anything Goes + OPTION is Mixed Media

Get Creative- Anything Goes with Option Favorite color combo (green & teal)

Stamping Sensation- Show your true Colors

Sweet Stampers- Animals

We Love 2 Create- Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes