Going Around in Circles...

Good morning everyone!

A new challenge starts today over at Try it on Tuesday and the theme is...

Going Around in Circles!

My card features a cute owl image from Vera Lane Studio, it's colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Hero Arts. The background was created by using a smooshing technique with acetate, Lucky Clover, Mowed Lawn & Twisted Citron DOI. I used TCW Mini Circle stencil for the dark green circles, I mixed Twisted Citron ink & modeling paste together and applied it through MFT Confetti stencil for the larger circles and the circle loops were cut with a SSS die.

 

Now head on over to the main challenge blog and check out the beautiful creations by the other team members!

Thanks so much for stopping by... I'll see you tomorrow! :)

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Cardz 4 Galz- Stencils

Crafty Calendar- Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations- No Patterned Paper

Daisy Chain- Wildlife (No Pets)

Happy Little Stampers- Anything Goes with Stencils

We Love 2 Create- Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Wild at HEART

Good morning everyone and happy Friday!

Today I'm sharing a fun birthday card that I made for my Dad! :)

It features a cute image from Vera Lane Studio's Wild West digi stamp set and I colored it with Copics. I used a MFT stencil for the clouds and a Simon Says Stamp stencil for the grass. The sentiment, sun and plants are from Recollections Wild at Heart stamp set and the letters were cut with a misc. die.

That's all for now... thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

 Addicted to Stamps and More- Make your Mark (coloring with Copics)

C.R.A.F.T.- Masculine

Little Red Wagon- Masculine

Pearly Sparkles- For the Men/Boys

Scrapping4fun- Father's Day/Masculine

Simon Says Stamp- Masculine

The House That Stamps Built- All about the Boys

The Male Room- Dad's & Grandads

Birthday Birdie...

Good morning everyone and happy Friday!

Today I'm sharing a colorful birthday card featuring images from Vera Lane Studio... 

I can't get enough of these adorable digi stamps! :) 

This cute bird and her accessories are colored with Copics, fussy cut and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches. To create the background I used- Carved Pumpkin & Mustard Seed Distress Oxide sprays, a Carabella Studio circle stamp and a few splatters of white paint. The stitched rectangle was cut with a Penny Black die, I used a Avery Elle die for the clouds and a MFT die for the scallop border. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your weekend! 

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter: 

A Gem of a Challenge- Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More- Any Occasion

Alphabet- B is for Bird 

Creatalicious- Anything Goes + option: Things with Wings
Paper Shelter- Birthday

The Creative Crafters- Always Anything Goes

Try It On Tuesday- Inspired By a Song: 'Little Bird' by Annie Lennox

Be a Cactus in a Delicate World of Flowers

Good morning everyone!

Today I'm sharing another art journal page and this one is inspired by the Southwest. It features several images from Vera Lane Studio's Succulents bundle... what an awesome digital stamp set- you get several potted cactus plants and three sentiments! Perfect for a cactus lover like me! :)

The images were colored with Copics, cut out and I used one of the sentiments included in the set. The background was created with Lucky Clover, Cracked Pistachio and Broken China Distress Oxide inks. I used Delta's Southwest Stencil for all of the different designs/patterns and a tiny sun stamp from Recollections. I also added detailing with white and black Posca pens.

Well, that's it for now... thanks so much for stopping by!

Take care, Tammy

Challenges I would like to enter:

Art-Journal-Journey- 'Inspired By' theme... in honor of Eileen

(my page is inspired by my love of succulents, the southwest and green & blue colors)

Crafts Galore Encore- Anything Goes

Creative Artiste- Anything Mixed Media Goes

Happy Little Stampers- Anything Goes with Stencils

Shopping Our Stash- Plant Life

Create your own Sunshine

Hello everyone... today I have a very bright art journal page to share with you!

It features a cute image from Vera Lane Studio, she's colored with Copics and the sentiment is computer generated. I created a watercolor wash background with Lucky Clover, Cracked Pistachio and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Inks. I used a Simon Says Stamp stencil for the grass and a MFT stencil with Stickles Moon Dust Glitter Gel for the sun rays.    

Here's a close up of the image and some of the sparkle :)

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

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Art-Journal-Journey- Shelia's 'A Single Flower' theme

Clever Dexter- Watercolour Background

Happy Little Stampers- Anything Goes with Stencils

SheepSki Designs- Girls, Girls, Girls

Try It On Tuesday- Use a Stencil or Two

welcome Little One...

Good morning everyone!

Today is the start of a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly and our theme is Babies...  

I decided to do something a little different this time and create a inky background instead of using DP. I used Victorian Velvet and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide inks- I really like these two colors together :) The cute giraffe is from Vera Lane Studio and it's colored with Copics. I used a Pink & Main die for the stitched rectangle, a MFT die for the sun, a Lawn Fawn die for the grass and a Avery Elle die for the clouds.

 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 beautiful cards! 

Take care... Tammy x 

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter

Craft Rocket- Use Dies and/or Spring

Everybody-Art-Challenge- Baby

Pearly Sparkles- Must use a Digi

Time Out- Different (I don't usually create a inky background for a baby card)

you can never have too much happy...

Good morning everyone! 

I wanted to pop in real quick today and share my latest Art Journal page... 

It features a couple of cute owls and a flower from Vera Lane Studio... I love these owls- they make me happy and you can never have too much happy! :) They are colored with Copics, fussy cut out and the inspirational sentiments/quotes are from Tim Holtz.

For the background I used these supplies:

Fossilized Amber, Gathered Twigs & Stormy Sky Distress Oxide inks

Light & Fluffy modeling paste & Stickles Moon Dust Glitter Gel

Botanical stencil from American Crafts/Vicki Boutin

Darkroom Door (mesh) stamp & Waffle Flower (November) stamp

Misc. number die 

 I won't post again until next week- so if you celebrate Thanksgiving I hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hugs, Tammy

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter

Art-Journal-Journey- Wendy's Bird theme

Artsystamper- Critters

Creative Artiste- Anything Mixed Media Goes

Papercraft- Create your own background

you hoo!

Good morning everyone... Happy Friday! 

Today I have a couple of mixed media cards to share and they feature cute owl images from Vera Lane Studio!

They are colored with Copics and the backgrounds were created with a combination of Distress Oxide inks & sprays... Carved Pumpkin, Abandoned Coral & Picked Raspberry.

I used My Favorite Things Confetti stencil on both cards. On my first card I added some Picked Raspberry DOI to Viva Decor glitter paste and on the card below I added Carved Pumpkin DOI to some modeling paste... I love adding color to my paste! :) 

I used a Whimsy Stamps die for the zig zag rectangle, the sentiment is from Hero Arts and the tree limb is an old stamp from Sandylion.

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

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter

Creative Artiste- Anything Mixed Media Goes

Cute Card Thursday- Anything Goes

Funky Junky Boutique- Stencils 

More Mixed Media- Anything Goes with optional Brights 

Watercooler Wednesday- Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist

We Love 2 Create- Anything Mixed Media Goes

Happy Trails to you Buckaroo...

Good morning everyone! 

Today I wanted to share a really fun masculine birthday card with you! It features one of the images out of the 'Wild West' digi bundle from Vera Lane Studio- Isn't that cowboy cute?! And he was so fun to color! With that huge mustache he kinda reminds me of Tom Selleck or maybe Sam Elliott! LOL! 

Anyway, for background I added some Faded Jeans Distress Ink to the Numeric (Tim Holtz/Sizzix) embossing folder, spritz it with water and ran it through my Cuttlebug machine using a piece of blue cs. I colored the image with Copics, fussy cut it out and then added detailing with a with Posca pen, the sentiment is from The Cat's Pajamas. I used a Pink & Main die for the stitched rounded rectangle, a Lawn Fawn die for the grass and Taylored Expressions dies for the clouds. I cut the succulents out of a dark brown cs using Spellbinders dies and then I added a few 'star' like flowers to the saguaro cactus.

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

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:
Artsystamper- It's A Guy Thing

Creative Craft Cottage- Make it Masculine

Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations- For the Men/Boys

Happy Little Stampers- Always Anything Goes with Dies

International Art & Soul- Humorous
Try It On Tuesday- Cut it Out

Vera Lane Studio Birthday Cards...

Good morning everyone!

I'm popping in today to share a couple of cards that feature images from Vera Lane Studio... 

On my first card I used my new Caroline's Cupcakes image... isn't she cute and look at that stack of cupcakes falling over! And on my second card I used this fun cat image again- I love that cat! :) The images were colored with Copics, fussy cut out and then I added some detailing with a white Posa Pen. The backgrounds were created with Distress Oxide Inks, Viva Decor glitter paste and a American Crafts/Vicki Boutin stencil- they are so sparkly IRL!  

I used a Whimsy Stamps die for the zig zag rectangle, a Avery Elle die for stitched rectangle and the sentiments are from Penny Black & Technique Tuesday.

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

Take care and stay healthy.

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter (2nd card)
Crafty Sentiment Designs- Happy Birthday

Love to Scrap- For the Girls
Sisterhood of Stampers- Birthday or Folded or both

Try It On Tuesday-  Fun With Stencils
WaterCooler Wednesday- (C8)Occasions

STAMPlorations- April: Use Stencils

You Make Me Smile...

Good morning everyone... I hope you are doing well.

I have a fun and colorful card to share with you today!

It features a cute cat image from Vera Lane Studio and it's colored with Copics, the sentiment is from MFT. I created a watercolor wash background with Lindy's Magicals- this time I used Hibiscus Rose and Mango Mania... I love working with these Magicals! Once dry- I mixed a tiny amount of the Mango Mania powder with modeling paste and applied it through TCW Mini Circle stencil. I cut the rectangle out with a Penny Black die and used MFT dies for the scallop border and hearts. 

That's all for now... thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today :)

Take care and stay healthy.

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter

Allsorts- Anything In The Animal Kingdom
Arty Divas- Anything Goes
Crafter's Cafe- Animals

Dragonfly Dreams- Feminine

Pearly Sparkles- For the Ladies / Girls

Show us your Pussycats- Anything goes + cat

Give Me Some Sugar...

Good morning everyone!

Today I have a couple of Love/Valentine's Day cards to share with you and they feature the adorable 'Give Me Some Sugar' digi stamp set from Vera Lane Studio! The images were colored with Copics and I added some detailing with a white Posca pen. 

Supplies for my first card: Lawn Fawn- Spring Fling papers, Simon Says Stamp sentiment die, Pink & Main stitched rounded rectangle die, My Favorite Things stitched circle die, Glitter Dust Spray & Wink of Stella pen.  

Supplies for my second card: Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink, Bubble Gum Pink Mica Spray, My Favorite Things sentiment stamp, Carabelle Studio hearts stamp, Simon Says Stamp heart dies and a Lawn Fawn grass die. 

Well, that's it for now- short and sweet... enjoy your day and thanks so much for stopping by! 
Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Allsorts- Add a Heart
Crafty Cardmakers- Love is all you need
Cutie Pie- Cute and Cuddly Animals (2nd card w/dog)

Dragonfly Dreams- (February) Love
Dream Valley- (C10) Love

Love to Scrap- Red and/or Pink equals Love (2nd card)

My Time to Craft- Love Me Do

Sweet Stampin- All You Need Is Love
Try It On Tuesday- Share the Love

A couple of mixed media cards...

Hello everyone, happy Monday- I hope you had a nice weekend!

Today I'm sharing a couple of mixed media cards that feature adorable images from Vera Lane Studio! These were really easy to put together because the background panels were already done... I always make several at a time for future cards :)

The cat image is from this set and the llama and flowers are from this set... all images were colored with Copics, fussy cut out and then I added a little detailing with a white Posa Pen. The label sentiments are from Mama Elephant and the stamped sentiment is from Inky Antics.

I used several Distress Oxide inks to create the backgrounds along with stencils, stamps, dies and glitter paste. I also used the 'stamping with embossing folders' technique on both cards with the Kaisercraft's Waffle folder... but this time I just pressed the pattern onto the panel instead of running them through my Cuttlebug machine.

I love how fun and colorful these cards turned out because I'm going to add them to my donation box... I'm sure they will put a smile on someone's face! 

Well, that's all for now... thanks so much for stopping by and for all of the comments you leave!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:
A Gem of a Challenge- Anything Goes
Country View Crafts'- January- Love (my first card)

More Mixed Media- Anything Goes/Optional Blue
Simon Says Stamp Monday- All Loved Up (my first card)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday- Besotted With Our Pets (the cat on my first card)
 Try It On Tuesday- White Space or Colorful Grunge

a new year is on the way...

Good morning everyone! 

Today I have an Art Journal/Calendar page to share with you... I wanted to make a page that I could hang in my craft room and then in February I'll add the page to my 8x8 journal! And who knows I might make a few more calendar pages because I had so much fun making this one! :)

It features a new Digi Stamp from Vera Lane Studio... isn't she adorable?! She colored with Copics and the sentiment is computer generated. The 'create' die from Taylored Expressions, I used my new number dies from AlinaCrafts and the mini calendar stamp set is also new.

 And here's a close up of this little cutie!

For the background I used these supplies:

Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn & Mermaid DO inks
Peacock Feathers DI & black archival ink

Rangers Old School Number stencil & American Crafts/Vicki Boutin flower stencil

texture paste, rub-on stickers, Washi tape & a Posca pen

That's all for now... thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Art Journal Journey- Something New (new stamps, dies & New Year)

Ching-chou Kuik Digital Stamps- New Year, Beginnings or New Crafty Stash

Crafty Friends- Something New (new stamps, dies & New Year)
Dream Valley- (C10) Something New (new stamps & dies)

Fab n Funky- No Designer Paper

More Mixed Media- Anything Goes/Optional Blue

Simon Says Stamp Monday- something new (new stamps, dies & New Year)

Try It On Tuesday- What a cutie/Make someone smile today

O Christmas Tree!

Good morning everyone!

Today I wanted to share a Christmas themed art journal page with you. I decided to combine some fun images with a vintage style background :) 

The digital stamps are from Vera Lane Studio, I printed them on cream colored cardstock and fussy cut them out. The cute little deer is a die from Simon Says Stamp and the sentiment is computer generated.

For the background I used these supplies:
Tim Holtz Festive stencil

Kaisercraft Music Sheet Stamp
 Gathered Twigs DO ink, Brushed Corduroy DI & black archival ink

Glimmer Paste, Glitter Dust spray, gold Wink of Stella pen & gold acrylic paint

8x8 black Creative Journal

Well, that's it for today, short and sweet... thanks so much for stopping by!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Country Views- Stars

Crafty Cardmakers- Christmas

Creative Artiste-  anything Mixed Media Goes

Incy Wincy Designs- Christmas without Red or Green

Paper Minutes- Star

Scrapping4fun- Christmas

Simon Says Stamp Monday- Stars
The Sisterhood of Crafters- Anything Christmas

Try It On Tuesday- Christmas is Coming

Birthday Succulents...

Good morning everyone and happy Friday! 

Today I wanted to share another card that I created with a few of the gorgeous succulent plants from Vera Lane Studio.

The images were colored with Copics, the label sentiment is from Altenew and the stitched rounded rectangle is from Pink & Main. I created a watercolor wash background with Mowed Lawn, Mermaid Lagoon and Peacock Feathers Oxide inks. Once dry- I applied more Peacock Feathers ink through Simon Says Stamp Grid stencil.

I love how this card turned out because I used some of my favorite colors and I love succulents! We have several indoor succulent plants, two of them are over 5 feet tall and many are 25+ years old thanks to my husband... he has the green thumb in the family :) 

Enjoy your weekend and thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today! 

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

a2z Scrapbooking- Birthday
Colourific- Anything Goes
Polkadoodles- Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday- "S" is For? (succulents, stitched die & SSS stencil)

Simon Says Wednesday- Anything Goes
The House That Stamps Built- Anything Goes

WaterCooler Wednesday- (C8) All About Occasions

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

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

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

Nail Polish Art for Dad!

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/project using the Nail Polish Art Technique!

        I've never used this technique before and had so much fun playing with my nail polish... I found this tutorial online- it was very easy to follow and she gives great tips. 

I created my nail polish marbling with only two colors- a sky blue and lime green, two of my favorite colors. I really like how the lime green thinned out in some areas and turned a yellowish-green. I used a couple of Vera Lane Studio potted cactus plants again, colored them with Copics and fussy cut them out. I used Simon Says Stamp dies for the stitched rectangles and My Favorite Things dies for the sentiment.

I'm going to give this to my dad Sunday for Father's Day and I know he'll get a real kick out of it when I tell him that I used nail polish for the background! :)

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 beautiful 'Nail Polish' creations!

Challenges I would like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps- For a Boy/Man

Crafty Cardmakers- Masculine 

Cute n Crafty- Father's Day or Card for a Man

Die Cuttin' Divas- Masculine or Father's Day

Dragonfly Dreams- For a Man/Boy

Through the Purple Haze- The Guys have It

Try It On Tuesday- It's A Man's World
Watercooler Wednesday- (C8) All about Occasions