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Sunday, March 27, 2022

Tip Toeing Through the Tulips

 Hello All!

Spring has finally sprung and Easter is on its way.  I used some dies and one of my favorite slimline stamps for this card~


This adorable little gnome is tip toeing through a field of pink tulips, looking for a place to hide his egg.  He is one of three in the set Easter Gnomes from IO.  

The tulips are from one of the newest Spellbinders die sets,  Artful Tulips.  It is all backed with a panel stamped with one of my favorite background stamps, Wildflowers Slimline from IO.  I love using this stamp for scenes like I did HERE.  Using my MISTI, I stamped the sentiment, which is from snss 's Rustic Easter Stamp Set.  

Enabler ALERT!  IO Stamps entire website is 20% off this month! 

I am linking this card up to the following challenges~

Tic Tac Toe Challenge- I used slimline, green and Free.  

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes. 

Paper Funday Challenges~ Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful week!


Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers
Copic Sketch Markers

SSS | Blick
3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider
3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider

SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock

SSS
Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins
Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins

SSS
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Versafine Onyx Black Ink

SSS | scrpbk
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer

SSS
Gina K Connect Glue
Gina K Connect Glue

SSS
Spellbinders Artful Tulips Dies
Spellbinders Artful Tulips Dies

Spellbinders
IO Easter Gnomes
IO Easter Gnomes

IO
IO Wildflowers Slimline Stamp
IO Wildflowers Slimline Stamp

IO
snss
snss

SnSS

Anemones for Mom

 Hello!  

I hope you are enjoying your spring; we are enjoying sunshine here, after a week of rain.  

A friend requested some Mother's Day cards, so I have been busy with feminine cards.  You can't go wrong when you use florals for Mom's Day.


I needed a bit of inspiration for this card, so I used the sketch from Inspire Me.  I am also linking up to the Krafty Chicks Challenge, 'All Occasions''. 

I love using scraps up and this card used a lot of them.  The green background panel, the purple watercolored  strip and the white die cut ring were all scraps.  

The flowers are from the Anemones Slimline Stamp set from IO.  And...enabler alert- IO Stamps entire website is 20% off this month! I colored the flowers with Copics and fussy cut them out.  The panels were assembled and the flowers were popped up with scrap pieces of card stock.  The sentiment is from Altenew's Extra Special Stamp Set

The green panel in my stash was made with multiple snss sentiments stamped in white as well as the Fern Background Stamp which was stamped tone on tone.

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a fantastic week!

Lee Ann


Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers
Copic Sketch Markers

SSS | Blick
3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider
3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider

SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock

SSS
Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins
Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins

SSS
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Versafine Onyx Black Ink

SSS | scrpbk
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer

SSS
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

SSS | scrpbk
Wacky Stitched Circles Dies
Wacky Stitched Circles Dies

IO
Gina K Connect Glue
Gina K Connect Glue

SSS
IO Anemone Slimline
IO Anemone Slimline

IO
snss Fern Background Stamp
snss Fern Background Stamp

SnSS
Hero Arts Unicorn White Ink Pad
Hero Arts Unicorn White Ink Pad

SSS

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Paint Your World

 Hello Everyone and Happy Spring!

If you have not seen many posts from me lately it is because I have been taking a bit of a crafty break.  But when I saw the new Spellbinders Dies, Paint Your World, I could not resist and had to break out the craft supplies.  

I started out with a mixed media card~


How fun are these dies!!!  The paint brush is adorable and the tulips are so sweet with the brush or on their own.  

For my background, I used a Tim Holtz Stencil, Burst, and some white embossing paste on Canson Mixed Media Paper.  I like using MM paper when I want a more grunge look as watercolor paint does not absorb into the paper like it does for watercolor paper.   Once the paste was dry I loosely painted some yellow Ken Oliver Color Burst Watercolor around the stenciled image.  Once dry, I spattered with some brown paint.  

Now the die fun.  I cut lots and lots of tulips out in a variety of colors using the new Artful Tulips Dies.  With the paintbrush, I settled on neutral colors.  I decided on the yellow tulips and sponged a bit of yellow ink on them for a bit of dimension and detail.  A sentiment strip across the card using the IO Creative Sister stamp finishes the card.  

I added SSS Moonshine Sequins and a twine bone for a bit of detail.  

I am linking this card up to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, Bright and Cheerful. I used the sketch from the Make the Card Challenge~


Next up, a clean card with minimal layers~


I used the same Artful Tulips Die Set, this time using pink tulips.  I swished a paint brush stroke of pink ink using the direct to paper technique across the background panel and then spattered it with white and black acrylic paint.  The sentiment is from an older Spellbinders Card Club Kit.  A few SSS Moonshine Sequins finish this simple card.  

I am linking this card up to The Paper Players

I am also linking up to D and D Challenge, 'Something with a Handle'.  

Thanks so much for visiting! 

Lee Ann 


Supplies used in today's project(s)

Ken Oliver Color Burst Watercolor Powder
Ken Oliver Color Burst Watercolor Powder

Blick
3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider
3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider

SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock

SSS
Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins
Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins

SSS
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Versafine Onyx Black Ink

SSS | scrpbk
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer

SSS
Gina K Connect Glue
Gina K Connect Glue

SSS
Canson Mixed Media Paper
Canson Mixed Media Paper

Blick
Tim Holtz Burst Stencil
Tim Holtz Burst Stencil

SSS
Spellbinders Artful Tulips Dies
Spellbinders Artful Tulips Dies

Spellbinders
IO Creative Sister
IO Creative Sister

IO
Spellbinders Clubs
Spellbinders Clubs

Spellbinders