Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog #53: Table Christmas Tree

 Hello Crafty Friends, 

Christmas is approaching fast and hopefully you have been busy this year preparing for this busy season.  This post is for Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog, Anything Christmas Goes.

I believe this stamp is when the artist Krista Smith called her digital stamp and art company Saturated Canary.  You can still find many of her images on Etsy.  This is Xmas Tree Décor colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  

Here is the inside using a stamped sentiment from Stampin Up.

thanks for looking :o)

        ·         stamps: Krista Smith: xmas tree décor, SU: All Holidays

        ·         paper: Recollections, Brazzill: admiral, BoBunny: Midnight Frost Moonlight

        ·         die-cuts: MFT

        ·         embellishments: Recollections: snowflake brad

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog #163: Glad We Are Friends Summer

 Hello Crafty Friends!  Summer is almost over, but still time for one more summer card. 

All sisters blogs go live today, so go and get inspired.  This post is for Love to Scrap Challenge Blog, Anything Goes.

Gotta love some cute summer images and Krista Smith has some cute ones.  This image is Beach Hat, colored with my prismacolor pencils.  As I have gotten older, I love my big summer hat to wear while working in the garden or just being outside.

Here's the inside.

thanks for reading and looking :o)

·         stamps: Krista Smith: Beach Hat   SU: Best Yet

·         paper: Brazzill, Recollections: Painted Fancy, scraps

·         die-cuts: MFT

·         embellishments: the Paper Studio: pink vintage paper flower, Spare Parts: sea creatures charms, baker twine, lace

Very Merry Simple Christmas: MLCCB #48

 Hello Crafty Friends and Happy New Year!!  Christmas is over, the new year is here. Time to start next year Christmas card stash is a must.  

This post is for Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog, Anything Christmas is welcomed.

I have always loved the images Krista draws. Probably why I have so many, but I always want more.  I'm sure one day, I will get them all colored up...maybe.  This image is called Merry Christmas and was colored with Prismacolor pencils. I like all things vintage, trying to give this card that feeling.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking :o)

o   stamps: Krista Smith: Merry Christmas   SU: Short & Sweet

o   paper: Recollections, Bazzill, the Paper Studio: Polka newsprint-grey

o   die-cuts: Craftin Desert Divas: fancy frames

o   embellishments: stampendous: embossing

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges: 

•    613 Avenue Create: #202301-AG w/Opt twist: Winter Theme
• A Perfect Time to Craft: #1-2023 Anything Goes
•   Once Upon A Time Challenge Blog: #6 The Snowy Day

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog #137: Coffee Cup of Love

 Hello crafty friends :o)   Running a little late on my posts.   This is my post for Love to Scrap Challenge Blog, this month: Anything Goes.

I colored this cute image from Saturated Canary months ago, but was unsure how to finish it.  Then, I saw this coffee cup SVG file from Simply Crafty, I knew what I had to do.

I tried to make the cup as girlie as possible.  Pearls around the top, some decorative papers.

A flower, some twine and don't forget the crown .

A few K-cups will fit inside and even some tea bags if you wanted to.  This can be a great gift for a friend. 

 thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: Saturated Canary: Little Bit of Coffee, whole Lotta

paper: MFT: primitive white, K&Company

die cuts: Simply Crafty SVGs: Takeout Coffee Cups

embellishments: charm, twine, pearls, Prima Flower

Mix It Up Challenge Blog #25: Grungy

Hello crafty friends!  It's a new month already and Spring is here.    We have a new monthly challenge at Mix It Up Challenge Blog, this month we want to see some mixed media projects.

 Those who have been following me for awhile, know that I take Kit and Clowder classes.  This was the last project I needed to do for the Mixed Media class.  It was 3 projects using the same image in different ways.  I wanted to be different, decided to use the class project image once and 2 different ones for the other 2 projects.  This image is Christmas Prayer from Saturated Canary, artist Krista Smith. 

Sprayed the canvas first with ink, then laid some stenciling on top in different areas.  Brushed paint around the edges and image (using the dappling technique).  There are micro beads, flowers (painted with the same color paints), chipboard, embossing powered, gold flakes, wire string.   It was nice to use items from my crafting closet.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: Saturated Canary: Christmas prayer
paper: scraps
embellishments: Kit and Clowder packet: chipboard, flowers, wire string, doily, Recollections: micro beads, Stampendeous: fragments, aged rose embossing, Ranger: indigo ink,

 

Mix It Up! Challenge Blog #17: School Days

Hello craft friends!  This is my 4 posts day, so lots of inspiration today for you to enjoy.  This post is for Mix It Up! Challenge Blog , where this month's challenge is all about "layers".

I love me some Saturated Canary images by Krista Smith, so many I haven't gotten to.  Even though she doesn't have her store to still shows her work on her blog and through children's workshops.  Since school has started or is about to start, I thought this image Coffee and Books was perfect to use.   The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  There's about 6 layers on this card, which is more than the challenge asked for.  I even used paint and some spray inks, made sure I had some texture. 

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: Saturated Canary: Coffee & Books
paper: kraft, Pion Designs
die-cuts: MFT: oval stax 2
embellishments: Celebrate It: ribbon, Tim Holtz: typed tokens, Recollections: lace, stickers dots, paint, spray inks

Love to Craft! Challenge Blog #21: Hero Warrior

Hello crafty friends!  Today is my 3 blog post for all the sisters challenges, so sit back and enjoy this new month of craftiness.

This post is for Love to Craft! Challenge Blog, as always...Anything Goes.

I colored this image in monochromatic colors based off the Kit and Clowder Mixed Media class.  I love the class image, but wanted to used a different image for the project I had in mind.  Besides, it gives me an excuse to use another Saturated Canary image (Honor) from Krista Smith.

After I colored my image, I tackled the 8x10 canvas (the class uses 5x7).  The project is base off the class, but modify for the size and what I had on hand.  I did order a kit with some of the embellishments used in this canvas, but also used lots of things from my own stash.    The tissue paper position on top was first determined and the I used stencils (yes, I've been gathering stencils to use now), to created texture with molding paste.  Ink pads and paint for the background and embellishments.

One of the paints used was a shiny platinum.  I used it on the background as well as the embellishments and it gives it a beautiful shine and metal look.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my mixed media canvas in the following challenges:

• 4 Crafty Chicks: #396 Crazy Egg/Anything Goes
• A Inky Mess: #19 Anything Mixed Media
• Alphabet Challenge: A=Anything But A Card 
• Classic Design Team Challenge: #24 Anything Goes
• Create & Makes: #20 Anything Goes
• Mixed Media World: Anything Goes twist: Spring (facebook challenge)
• World Wide Open DT Challenge: #3 Anything Goes

stamps: Saturated Canary (Krista Smith): Honor
paper: Tim Holtz: tissue paper (from kit), Recollections: printed tissue
embellishments: Kit & Clowder kit: Chipboard, textured ribbon, butterfly button, some of the flowers, a couple of the buttons  My stash: buttons, lace, big flower, little buds, metal heart, black plastic dots, stencils, brad

Mix It Up! Challenge Blog #11: Steampunk Mixed Media

Hello crafty friends!  This is my 3 post day, so enjoy the inspiration today.

This post is for Mix It Up! Challenge Blog, this month is Anything Goes + optional Making Your Own Background.

Here's my project for this challenge.  This is a Mixed Media class offered by Kit and Clowder and this is one of 3 projects you get to created.  You can use any image and product you have in your stash.  I did use the class image, because I already had it and I love this image from Saturated Canary, Krista Smith (even though you only use a portion of the image).  I did order the kit offered by Kit and Clowder, because it had the chipboard, flowers and some of the embellishments needed for the projects (this also keeps you for over buying embellishments).

To create my background, I just use some stencils and molding paste.  I used 3 different stencils for this project.  The canvas is only 5x7, which seems small, but it really worked.

This is my background after spraying with inks, embossing powder and some paint.  I didn't have alcohol spray inks, but I found some small spray bottles for inks.  (You can see the little bottles in the pic below).  All the embellishments had to be painted and sprayed too.

Here are a few of the products I used to create my mixed media canvas.

This is the portion of the image I colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  After coloring, you have to fussy cut out the image.  The one thing that wasn't mention in the class, was how to protect your image or if you really needed to.  I decided to put a UV sealant for pencils over the image.  I thought it might protect it better, especially if you decided to hang it up and proudly display.

I really enjoyed this project.  I got messy (my fingernails are still inked, at least my skin finally came clean) and finally got to use some things in my stash.  There were a few things I wasn't sure what to do with in my stash, like the micro beads that came in the glitter pack.  After taking this class, I think a few more items will be used a lot more.  Sometimes you just need some guidance and be willing to push yourself to learn new things.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my Mix Media into the following challenges:

• Classic Design Team: #23 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner: #160 Anything Goes
• Love 2 Create: #5 Anything Creative Mixed Media
• Pile It On: #139 3D Embellishments and/or Stickers/Washi Tape
• Rhedds Creative Spirit: March: Altered Art/ Mixed Media
• SanDee & Amelie's Steampunk Challenge: March: AG-Steampunk/Industrial
• Through the Craft Room Door: 27th Feb Anything Goes
• World Wide Open DT Challenge: #2 February 15th: Anything Goes

stamps: Saturated Canary: Steampunk Style
stencils: Tim Holtz: layering stencils, Folkart: lovely floral
embellishments: Recollections: micro beads, Stampendous: aged rose & aged gold embossing powder, white paint, gold paint, alcohol inks, metal flower  (kit: chipboard wings, flowers (paper, plastic & metal), chain, metal button, doily)

Love to Craft! Challenge Blog #15: Little Cook

Hello crafty friends!  Today is a new month and that means you get 3 times the post, yup 3 posts to start your month off right.  Love to Craft, Love to Scrap & Mix It Up challenge blogs all go live today with new challenges.  Can't wait to see what you craft up.

Here's my page layout for Love to Craft! Challenge Blog.

When Krista Smith of Saturated Canary offered her subscription for this year, she also offered a personalized stamp with the subscription.  I sent her some pics of a young lady and she drew this one from the Jr Chef competition she was preparing for.  I have all boys and I don't think they would be thrilled over a personalized image, so this worked out well for her journal book to add. 

The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my page into the following challenges:

• Classic DT Open Challenge: #17 Anything Goes
• Dream Valley: #164 One for the Girls
• Sheepski Designs: #7 Use Some Pink

stamps: Saturated Canary: Little Cook
paper: MFT: cotton candy, BoBunny: Sweet tooth just a pinch, scrap
die-cut: 
embellishment: Celebrate It: burlap ribbon

Let's Craft and Create: Just Beachy

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here today with the Let's Craft and Create mid-post inspiration.  The challenge theme is Just Beachy or Red, White and/or Blue.

Using this cute Saturated Canary/Krista Smith image Beach Blanket to create my Just Beachy theme card.  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils, with the sky being sponged with ink.  I did use a little bit of a white ink pen to put caps on the waves.  No beach card is finish without some flip flops.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

• 2 Sisters on the Blog: #5 Beach
• Come and Get It Challenge: Use 2 or More Designer Papers
• Everybody Art Challenge: #407 Summer/Topic
• Sunny Day Crafting: #43 B is for Beach
• The Cutie Pie Challenge: #113 Here Comes the Girls

stamps: Saturated Canary: Beach Blanket
paper: Bazzill, Recollections, MME: alphabet soup girl, the Paper Studio: flip flops
embellishments: twine, 3GJ: lace, Space Arts: Sea Creature charms

Love to Craft! Challenge Blog #12: Dream Book Part 2

Hello crafty friends!  It's a new month and that's means...somehow we are through half of the year already.  UGH!  We have a new monthly challenge for you at Love to Craft! Challenge Blog.  We want to see what is keeping you crafty busy.

A couple of months ago, I posted a journal/sketch book (click for the original post) I was creating for a special young lady.  I think I'm done with my part and it's time to hand it over to her to fill with her dreams.  I want to share just a few pages of what I came up with, because it's a huge book.

Even though I posted the front cover in the original post, I changed it up just a tiny bit, by adding another leave and some twine around the flowers.  I really didn't want to cover up the beautiful paper.

As I stated before, I couldn't find a journal/sketch book, so I made my own by taking 2 books and creating one book that would fit exactly what I wanted for her.  Something she could write, doodle and paste pics into.  I tore out the pages from the lines journal book and used spray adhesive to tack them down into the sketch book.  Some of the pages I stamped inspiring quotes.

Some of the pages I added designer paper behind the line pages.  I also cut them to different sizes.  Stamped images for her to color.

This page allows pics or doodles to be added.

Her own image to color and make it hers.

Some pages, I even added small metal accents.

More encouraging words.

Lastly, I added a couple more images I colored.  Since she excels in school, this image from Saturated Canary called Diane, seemed perfect and studious.

There are also blank pages for her to do whatever or add whatever she wants.

Knowing she likes science, this image from Saturated Canary called Beauty and the Beaker needed to be added to her book.

This book is huge and just filled (weighing almost 4 lbs), so I only took a few pics of the inside or this would have been a very long heavily pictured post.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my book in the following challenges:

• A Perfect Time to Craft: #7 Anything Goes
• Classic DT Open Challenge: #16 Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore: #43 Anything Goes
• Crafty Awesomeness: July: Anything Goes
• Scrap From Your Heart: #11 Anything Goes
• Creative Ladybirds: #28 Anything Goes
• World Wide Open DT Challenge: #23 Anything Goes

stamps: Saturated Canary: Ellie Awesomesauce, Diane, Beauty and the Beaker, Unity Stamps
paper: Pion Design, Crate Paper, Recollections, K & Company, MME, Bo Bunny

Let's Craft and Create: Girlfriend Gossip

Hello crafty friends!  It's the mid-post for Let's Craft and Create.  This month's challenge: Girls, Girls, Girls.  We want to see your girlie projects.

I created a girlie card using Saturated Canary image Broken Heart.  What gal hasn't sat eating a gallon of ice cream because of a broken heart.  I love these images from Krista.  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  Sponged ink around the image and distressed the edges.  The sentiment is from Unity Stamps, it was in a bag of stamps I won from Unity, so I'm not sure if it was from a stamp set or kit.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• A Perfect Time To Craft: #6 Anything Goes
• Crafty Friends: #60 Friendship
• Classic DT Open Challenge: #15 June Anything Goes
• Creative Ladybirds: #27 Anything Goes
• Kleuren mot Potloden: June Anything Goes
• SheepSki Designs Challenge: #3 Girlz Rule
• The Ribbon Girl: June: Any Image (yellow ribbon in between layers)

stamps: Saturated Canary: Broken Heart, Unity
paper: Recollections. discount paper, MME: alphabet soup girl
die-cuts: MFT Fishtail tag stax
embellishments: YNS: gumdrops, 3GJ: harvest ribbon

Let's Craft & Create: Hope

Hello crafty friends!  This is my second post for the day.  We change the date by a couple of days at Let's Craft & Create, this is to allow a little extra time for you to play in the challenge.

For this challenge I created a card using Saturated Canary image Quiet (this image is part of the subscription images).  I colored this beauty with my Prismacolor pencils.  This month's challenge is to create your own background.  I colored a background around the image for starters.  I added a bow with a charm that has "hope" on it.

Then I created a background paper using staz on ink, alcohol inks and pearl mist (which I sprayed on heavy to make a dripping effect and you can't see in the pic anyway) on glossy photo paper.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

• A Perfect Time To Craft: #5 Anything Goes (2/3)
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge: #14 Anything Goes (2/3)
• Craft Dee BowZ: May Challenge: Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore: May: Anything Goes (2/3)
• Dare 2B ArtZy: Girly Challenge
• Fab'n'Funky: #351 Backgrounds (use background stamp or create own)
• The EastWind Challenge: #71 Celebrate with Women
• The Ribbon Girl: Anything Goes with ribbon

stamps: Saturated Canary: Quiet
paper: Bazzill, Recollections, glossy photo paper
embellishments: Tim Holtz: lace, 3GJ: ribbon, Charmalong: charm

Love to Craft! Challenge Blog #10: Dream Book

Hello crafty friends!  Well, another month down and before you know it, we'll be busy with the holiday season.  UGH!  Right now, I'm enjoying the beautiful weather.  Working outside has been very nice, even though it's rather warm at times, but I like it hot.   I have been working on some projects inside and outside.  This is going to be a 2 part blog post for Love to Craft! Challenge Blog.

I'm working on a journal/sketch book for a young lady.  Every girl needs something to write, doodle and/or just put pics of their dreams, hopes and desires.  (It just so happens, she looks like some of the Saturated Canary images.)

I'm creating a journal/sketch book this month.   I've look high and low for a book that has blank pages and line pages contained in one book....no luck.  So, I bought 2, one blank page sketch book and one lined journal book.  My idea is to take some of the line pages out and use spray adhesive to attach to some blank pages.  I have all these ideas in my head and hope they work out, that's why there will be a part 2 of this post with what I'll do with the inside.

Here's the outside of the book.  I used the sketch book because it has a hardcover and I wanted more blank pages.  I wrapped the whole outside of the book with cardstock.  Picked out some designer papers that seemed fitting.  The metal corner pieces are from China and I used rub and dub paints to distress and antique them.  As you know Saturated Canary closed her store, but Krista has re-opened it and sells images in set of 5, but will never sell her subscription images from this past year and upcoming year.  I'm not sure if this was a store image or a subscription image, but it's called Ellie Awesome Sauce.

For the spine of the book, I used 2 ribbons.  The bottom ribbon is a burlap with lace on the edges.  The top ribbon is a blue cotton with burlap edges.

Since the book didn't have a bookmark or ribbon marker, I made one, using a leather cord, some beads and a charm.

I decided to fold the cardstock over the edges of the book and it looked unfinished inside.  To give it a clean look, I put some dp on the front and back inside covers.  This is the front cover.

This is the back cover.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hopefully I'll have more for you next month!

I would like to enter my project in the following challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create: #196 Anything Goes/optional Anything Spring
• Addicted to Stamps: #147 Flowers and Butterflies
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge: #14 Anything Goes
• Crafting From the Heart: #157 Anything Goes
• Crafty Friends Challenge: #56 Anything Goes
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge: #21 Anything Goes

stamps: Saturated Canary: Ellie Awesome Sauce
paper: Recollections: light blue & mustaches, K& Company: Que Sera Sera dp
embellishments: Celebrate It: ribbon, YNS: gumdrops, lace hearts (from stash), metal corner pieces, Prima: flowers, leather cord, beads, Charmalong: charm