Poinsettias: 30 Day Color Challenge

Hello everyone!

Today is the last day for Kathy's 30 Day Color Challenge on her blog and on Instagram. The card I'm sharing today was made using my favorite coloring medium: watercoloring. Here's my card:

I used the following materials to make this cute card:

• Holiday stamps by Hampton Art (Michael's)
• Tim Holtz Water Color Cardstock
• VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
• Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
• Ranger Fine Tip Water Brush
• Simon Says Stamps Stitched Rectangle Dies
• Pretty Pink Posh Clear Sequins
• Multi Medium Matte Glue
• Tombow Extreme Adhesive

Thank you so much for stopping by! I appreciate you kind comments! Have a very blessed day, everyone!

Lisa

Candy Cane Christmas: 30 Day Color Challenge

Hello, everyone!

I've been working on a few more Christmas cards while participating in Kathy's 30 Day Color Challenge for the month of November. I was looking through my stash of holiday stamps and I found this cute candy cane stamp with a bow. It's part of a stamp set I got years ago from Close to My Heart.

After I stamped the candy canes in VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, I water-colored them using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and a water brush onto water color cardstock.  I fussy-cut some of the candy canes to arrange one of my cards. Here's a list of the materials I used:

• Close to My Heart "Holly Jolly Season" stamps
• Sentiment by Hampton Art Holiday Stamps (Michael's)
• Tim Holtz Water Color Cardstock
• VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
• Zing Clear Embossing Powder
• Versa Mark Ink
• Hero Arts White Embossing Powder
• Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
• Ranger Fine Tip Water Brush
• Simon Says Stamps Stitched Rectangle Dies
• Pretty Pink Post Stitched Border Dies 2
• Simon Says Stamps Diagonal Stencil
• Memento Rhubarb Stalk Ink
• Glossy Accents
• Clear Wink of Stella
• Pretty Pink Posh Clear Sequins

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful evening, and Happy Thanksgiving (USA)!

LISA

Merry and Bright: 30 Day Color Challenge

Hello everyone!

I've been enjoying seeing all of the beautiful color creations of fellow crafters on Instagram participating in The Daily Marker's 30 Color Challenge (click here for Kathy's blog). I haven't been able to color everyday, but it really makes me happy when I can.

I made a few clean and simple Christmas cards for today's post:

I used the following products to make these cards:

• Hampton Art Christmas Stamps
• VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
• VersaMark Ink
• Zing Clear Embossing Powder
• Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock
• Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
• Ranger Detail Fine Tip Waterbrush
• Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 2
• Wavy Scallop Stitches
• Simon Says Stamp Diagonal Stripe Stencil
• Mowed Lawn Distress Ink
• Tim Holtz Mini Round Blending Tool
• DCWV Green Cardstock
• Pretty Pink Posh Clear Sequins

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a blessed day!

Lisa

Grateful for you: 30 Day Color Challenge

Happy Saturday, everyone!

Kathy over at The Daily Marker (http://www.thedailymarker.com/) is hosting a 30 Day color challenge on her blog and on Instagram (November 1st-30th), so I've decided to participate today with one of my card designs.  Here it is:

I found some rubber stamps in my stash of fall leaves and acorns I thought would make a great card for this beautiful Fall season.  Here are the materials I used to make this card:

- Stamp Craft Leaf and Acorn Stamps from Michaels

- Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock

- My Favorite Thngs Hot Fudge Hybrid Ink

- Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers

- Ranger Watercolor Detail Brush

- Simon Says Stamps Rectangle Stitch Dies

- My Favorite Things "Grateful" Clear Stamps and Die

- Fun Foam

- Glossy Accents (on the acorns)

- 3D Foam Tape

- Multi Medium Matte Glue

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today, and don't forget to check out Kathy's 30 Day Color Challenge. Have a blessed day, everyone!

Lisa

WCMD: Altenew Peony Bouquet

Hello everyone!!

It's World Cardmaking Day, and I have a few cards to share:

I used the following products to make these cards:

- Altenew Peony Bouquet Samps

- Simon Says Stamps & Hero Arts Prayers Stamps and Die

- Simon Says Stamps Painted Frieind Die

- Simon Says Stamps Wavy Scallop Stitches Die

- VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

- DCWV Yellow and Blue Cardstock

- Zig Clean Color Real Brush  

- Tim Holtz Distress Inks

- WPlus9 Doodle Buds Stamps

- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder

- Recollections Black Cardstock

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you have a blessed evening!

HUGS!!!

LISA 

Cards using WPlus9 Free Hand Florals

Hello everyone! I've recently been working on some card sets to send to friends and family. One of my favorite stamp sets to use for quick cards are the Free Hand Florals by WPlus9. Here are three of the cards:

Products used to make these cards:

- WPlus9 Free Hand Florals Stamps and Dies 

- Big Kick Die Cutting Machine 

- Simon Says Stamp Inks

- Recollections Heavy Weight White Cardstock 

- Simon Says Stamp Wavy Scallop Stitched Dies

- My Favorite Things Painted Prints Smitten 6x6 Paper

- Simple Stories DIY Boutique 6x6 Paper 

- My Favorite Things Grateful Stamps

- Stampedous Bouquet for You Stamps 

- Tombow Multi Medium Matte

- Tombow Permanente Adhesive 

- Pretty Pink Posh Seqins 

Thank you so much for stopping by! I appreciate your kind comments! Have a blessed day!

HUGS!!!

LISA

Grateful: My Favorite Things Roses All Over

Hello everyone!

Some time ago, I got some craft products from My Favorite Things, but I haven't had a chance to use them until now. I was inspired by a few crafty friends I follow on Instagram to come up with these two cards:

I really enjoyed watercoloring these embossed panels. Here's a list of materials I used to make these cards:

- MFT "Roses All Over" Cling Stamp

- MFT "Grateful for You" Stamps and Die

- Tim Holtz Distressed Watercolor Cardstock 

- VersaMark Ink

- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder

- Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Spiced Maralade, Candied Apple)

- SSS Stitched Retangle Dies

- Ranger #2 Paint Brush

- Recollections Heavy Weight Black Cardstock 

- SSS Diagonal Stripe Stencil

- Black Soot Distress Ink

- Ranger Round Blending Tool

- Pretty Pink Posh Clear Seqins 

- Tombow Multi Medium Matte Glue

- Tombow Extreme Adhesive 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. I appreciate your kind comments!

Have a blessed day!!!

LISA

So very grateful: WPlus9 Beautiful Bouquets

Hello all!

Today is the last day of Kathy's 30 Day Color Challenge on her blog www.thedailymarker.com, so I came up with this card design inspired from Dawn at WPlus9 using a few of the Beautiful Bouquets stamp sets. 

I stamped each of the floral sets onto watercolor paper and heat embossed them using white embossing powder to color them with Zig Clean Color Brush markers. Here's a list of the products I used:

- Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock 

- VersaMark Ink

- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 

- WPlus9 Ranunculus and Dahlias Stamps

- Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers 

- Ranger Fine Tip Waterbrush 

- My Favorite Things "Grateful for You" 

stamps and die

- Fun Foam

- Pretty Pink Posh Clear Seqins 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate your kind comments!

Have a blessed day!

LISA

Thank you so much: WPlus9 Doodle Buds

Happy Friday, everyone!

Sorry I've been away from blogging for so long. I haven't been creating for a while due to some health issues, but I have a card to share that I made a few months ago. I want to share it as part of Kathy's 30 Day Color Challenge on her blog, www.thedailymarker.com. Here's my card:

I did some ink blending and used a stencil for my background, then I added some flowers that I colored using the same distressed inks as the background. 

Here are the products I used:

- Tim Holtz Distress Inks Shaded Lilac, Twisted Citron, and Tumbled Glass

- Round Ink Blending Tool

- Prima Honeycomb Stencil 

- WPlus9 Doodle Buds stamps and dies

- VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

- Sentiment from Winnie and Walter

- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 

- Darice Iridescent Seqins 

- Black and White baker's twine

- SSS Rectangle Stitched Dies

Thank you so much for stopping by! I appreciate your kind comments! Have a blessed weekend!

HUGS!!

LISA

Hello Dear Friend: Mama Elephant Organic Blooms

Happy Friday, everyone!

About a week ago, I was watching one of Kristina Werner's card videos using Zig Clean Color markers. The stamped flowers she colored were so pretty and vibrant that I was inspired to use my Zig markers as the color medium for today's card post featuring the Mama Elephant Organic Blooms stamp set:

Here's a list of the products I used to make this card:

- Mama Elephant Organic Blooms stamps

- Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock 

- VersaMark Ink

- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 

- Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers 

- Ranger Fine Tip Water Brush

- WPlus9 Dahlias stamp set (sentiment)

- Mini Misti Stamping Tool

- Gray Flannel Memento Dye Ink

- Recollections Gray Cardstock 

- SSS Diagonal Stripe Stencil

- Hickory Smoke Distress Ink

- Ranger Mini Round Blending Tool

- SSS Stitched Rectangle Die

- Pretty Pink Posh Clear Seqins 

- Tombow Permanent Tape Runner 

- Multi Medium Matte Glue

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate your kind comments!

Have a blessed day!

LISA

Love you lots, friend: MFT Funky Flowers

Happy Tuesday, friends!

My card today was made using the Funky Flowers stamps and the coordinating dies from My Favorite Things. These stamps are so cute! They're easy to color, and you can mix up a variety of colors to make them pop on any card or scrapbook design!

Here's a list of the supplies I used to make this card:

- MFT Funky Flowers 

- MFT Die-namics Funky Flowers 

- MFT Die-namics Striped Sentiment Strip Cover-Up Die

- Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Papz

- VersaMark Ink

- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 

- Kuretake Zig Real Brush Markers

- Ranger Fine Tip Water Brush

- SSS Painted "friend" die

- Mama Elephant Organic Blooms Stamp (for the sentiment)

- VersaFine Black Onyx Ink

- Mini Misti

- Tombow Mono Multi Glue

- Multi Medium Matte Glue 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate your kind comments!

Have a blessed day!!😉

LISA

Hugs from me to you: SSS Spring Flowers

Happy Friday, everyone!

My card today was made using the Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers set. When the set was originally released it did not have coordinating dies, but now it does! 😃 I'm not good at fussy cutting and die cuts are very helpful. Here's my card:

Here's a list of the products I used:

- SSS Spring Flowers stamps

- SSS Spring Florals Shapes

- Lawn Fawn Stripey Backdrop Die

- Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock 

- Distress Inks (Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Viloet)

- SSS Painted Hugs Die

- WPlus9 Dahlia Stamp (sentiment)

- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 

- Pretty Pink Posh Clear Seqins 

- Multi Medium Matte Glue 

- Tombow Mono Glue

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate your kind comments! 

Have a blessed day!

LISA

Happy Birthday: Clearly Besotted Wild

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

I have a few cards to share using the Clearly Besotted "Wild Thing" stamps and dies. I thought they would make great kids birthday cards:

Here's a list of the products I used to make these cards:

- Clearly Besotted "Wild Thing" stamps and dies

- Sizzix (Lori Whitlock) "Happy Birthday to You" stamps and dies

- VersaFine Black Onyx Ink

- Tim Holtz Distress Inks

- My Favorite Things Wild Prints paper

- Altenew Peony Bouquet stamps and dies (leaves)

- Hero Arts white embossing powder 

- SSS Stitched Circle Dies

- Pretty Pink Posh Clear Seqins 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! I appreciate your kind comments! 

Have a blessed day!

LISA

Thinking of You: Clearly Besotted Stamps and Mini Misti

Happy Saturday, everyone!

I'm sharing a card today using the "To You with Love" stamps from Clearly Besotted and my Mini Misti Stamping tool. Stamping is so much easier now that I have the Mini Misti! Here's my card:

The Mini Misti tool makes it easier for me to get a great stamp impression every time. 

Here's a list of products I used to make this card:

- Clearly Besotted "To You With Love" stamps 

- Mini Misti Tool

- VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

- Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper 

- Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock 

- Zig Clean Brush Markers

- Ranger Fine Tip Waterbrush 

- SSS Friendship Blooms (sentiment)

- Hero Arts white embossing powder 

- SSS Diagonal Stripe Stencil 

- Black Soot Distress Ink

- Ranger #4 Paint Brush 

- Pretty Pink Posh Clear Seqins 

- Ranger Multi Medium Matte Glue

- Tombow Permanent Tape Adhesive 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate your kind comments!

Have a blessed day!

LISA

With Thanks: WPlus9 Freehand Florals

Hello everyone!

Today's blog post features my card made using the WPlus9 Freehand Florals stamps and coordinating die set:

I was inspired by Dawn's YouTube video showing how to do stamp layering and die cutting with this set. I also used Press n' Seal wrap to hold my die cut images in place before adhering them to the card. Here's a list of the products I used:

- WPlus9 Freehand Florals stamp and die set

- WPlus9 Beautiful Bouquet Ranunculus Clear Stamp set

- SSS Hybrid Ink Cubes 

- SSS Diagonal Stripe Stencil 

- Tim Holtz Round Blending Tool and round sponges 

- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 

- Vellum (Recollections)

- Press n' Seal Wrap

- 1/8 inch Score-Tape 

- Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

- SSS Stitched Rectangle Dies

- Pretty Pink Posh Clear Seqins 

- Tombo Multi Medium Matte Glue

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate your kind comments!

Have a blessed day!

LISA

Thanks a million: SSS Friendship Butterflies

Happy Saturday, friends! 

I have a few thank you cards to share today featuring stamps and dies from the Simon Says Stamp Friendship Butterflies set:

I used some distress inks with a stencil to make the background for both cards. Here's a complete list of the products I used:

- SSS Butterfly Friends Stamps and Dies

- SSS "thanks" Die

- Stencil by Heidi Swapp 

- Distress Inks (Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass)

- My Favorite Things Hybrid Inks 

- Vellum (Recollections)

- EK Success Large Butterfly Punch

- Martha Stewart Small Butterfly Punch

- SSS Stiched Rectangle Dies

- Winnie and Walter Big Bold You stamps 

- Taylored Expressions & Darice Seqins 

Thank you so much for stopping by! I appreciate your kind comments! I hope you all have a blessed weekend, and happy Memorial Day to those celebrating in the US!

Hugs!!!

LISA

Thank You: Friendship Blooms

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

I'm posting a series of Thank You cards on my blog this week. I was inspired by one of my crafty friends on Instagram for this card design:

I was going for a tropical color scheme for my watercolored background. Here are a list of products I used:

- SSS Friendship Blooms

- Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock 

- VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

- Zing Clear Embossing Powder 

- Distress Inks (Mustard Seed, Spice Marmalade, Fire Brick)

- Altenew Painted Greetings 

- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 

- SSS Diagonal Stencil 

- Black Soot Distress Ink

- Ranger Round Blending Tool

- Darice & Taylored Expressions Seqins 

- SSS Stitched Rectangle Die

- Ranger Multi Medium Matte Glue

- Tombow Permanent Tape Runner

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! I appreciate your kind comments! Have a blessed day!

LISA

Thanks: Simon Says Stamp Artful Flowers

Hello crafters!

I'm working on some thank you cards this week to send to some amazing family members who helped me when I needed them most! I'm so grateful to have them in my life! Here's the first one:

I made this card using the following products:

- Simon Says Stamps Artful Flowers and Die set

- Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper

- VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

- Zing Clear Embossing Powder

- Distress Inks (Mustard Seed, Spiced Maralade, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn)

- Simon Says Gingham Background Stamp

- My Favorite Things Lemon Drop Dye Ink

- SSS "thanks" die

- Winnie and Walter Big Bold You stamps

- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 

- Ranger Multi Medium Matte Glue

- SSS Stitched Rectangle Dies

- SSS Diagonal Stencil 

- Black Soot Distress Ink

- Ranger Mini Round Blending Tool

- Tombow Permanent Tape Runner

- white fun foam 

- Darice Clear and Iridescent Seqins 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate you kind comments! Have a blessed day!!!

Lisa

Sending You Hugs: Stampendous Daisy Cluster

Happy Friday, everyone!

I've been doing some watercoloring with some wooden stamps from my stash, and I loved how this one turned out. 

Here are the supplies I used to put this card together:

- Stampendous Daisy Cluster stamp

- Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock 

- VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

- Zing Clear Embossing Powder

- Distressed Inks (Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Pumic Stone, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Tumbled Glass)

- SSS Painted Hugs Die

- SSS Prayers Stamp Set

- SSS Diagonal Stripe Stencil 

- Black Soot Distressed Ink

- Round Ink Blending Tool

Thank you so much for stopping by! I appreciate you kind comments! 

Have a blessed day!

Lisa

Happy Birthday: WPlus9 Dahlias

Hello everyone!

Today I'm sharing a few cards I designed using the Dahlia stamp by WPlus9. This stamp is very easy to color using a variety of coloring mediums. 

After heat embossing the stamped image onto watercolor paper, I colored them using Tim Holtz distressed inks. I then used the following products to create both cards:

- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder 

- Ranger Paint Brushes

- Worn Lipstick 

- Peeled Paint

- Mustard Seed

- Fossilized Amber

- Simple Stories Vintage Bliss Papers

- SSS Painted Happy Birthday Dies

- Winnie and Walter word stamps 

- Pretty Pink Posh Borders Stitched 2 Dies

- Bazzill Basics "Thunder" Cardstock 

- Darice Seqins 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! I appreciate your kind comments! Have a blessed day!

HUGS!!!

Lisa

Happy Mom's Day: Altenew Peony Bouquet

Hello everyone!

It's great to be back on my blog today! I've finally recovered from my carpel tunnel surgery, then I had to have a pain block in my lower back (ugh!). 

I have my mom's card ready to give to her tomorrow, and I wanted to share it with you:

To align my flower and leaves, I used to press & seal wrap technique I've seen used by some of my favorite crafters. Here are the other materials I used:

- Altenew Peony Bouquet stamps

- Altenew Peony Dies

- Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock

- VersaFine Black Onyx Ink

- Distressed Inks 

- Zig Clean Brush Markers

- Simple Stories Vintage Bliss Paper

- Hero Arts CL334 Mom's Day stamps

- Hero Arts White Embossing Powder

- Simon Says Stamps Stitched Circle Die

- Darice Crystal and Iridescent Seqins

- Clear Wink of Stella

Thank you all so much for stopping by today! I appreciate your kind comments!

Have a wonderful Mother's Day!

HUGS!!!

Lisa❤️

Winnie and Walter Flowers + Hiatus

Happy Monday, everyone!

I hope everyone enjoyed their Easter weekend! I have a card to share today using flower stamps from the Winnie and Walter "The Big, The Bold & Extras" set. It will be my last card to share for a little while because I will be having Carpel Tunnel Surgery on my right hand tomorrow. Here's my card:

I stamped the flowers and leaves repeatedly onto some Tim Holtz Watercolor paper using VersaMark Onyx Black ink. I watercolored the flowers and leaves using my Kuretake Zig clean color brush markers 025 Pink, 041 Light Green, and my fine tip waterbrush. I used  the SSS A2 size curved die to cut my watercolored panel and matched it with some light green paper from the Simple Stories DIY boutique 6x6 pack. 

I adhered the papers to a top folding A2 sized card base, added my embossed sentiment (from WPlus9 Doodle Buds) on the bottom of card with an extra flower I watercolored and fussy cut. Finished the card with some Clear Wink of Stella on the flowers and adhered some sequins by Darice using Multi Medium Matte glue. 

Thank you SO much for stopping by! I hope to recover soon so I can get back to crafting! Have a blessed week!

HUGS!!!❤️

Lisa