Spring on My Mind

Hello Everyone!
I am sharing a card with some gorgeous spring colors from The Card Concept.  I would consider this to be in a mixed media style card.  I used the sketch from Fusion.  This was just a bunch of mish mosh pieces and I love how they all came together~

The flower is from Altenew and the sentiment is Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, Precious Poppies.

Scalloped rectangle die is MFT and I used Color Bursts to make the background.

I am also linking up to Stamplorations March Challenge~

I am also linking up to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge- Floral Frenzy

Thanks for stopping in, and, if you are from St Louis, stay DRY!

Lee Ann 

Cool Colors with Altenew

Hello again!
Second post of the night- it is either feast or famine over here when it comes to crafty happenings!
I try to have plenty of Sympathy cards on hand as it is not something I really want to make when the need comes.  The colors over at Altenew challenge this month were perfect for a sympathy card~

Here is the inspiration photo~

I used Altenew's Vintage Flowers Stamp Set; I have gotten so much mileage out of this set.  One can never have too many floral bouquets!  The flowers are inked with the Glacier Caves Mini Cube Set, leaves are Warm Grey Mini Cube Set and the tiny flowers- well, honestly, I don't remember what I used.   Although, I wish I would have stopped before adding the two twigs in the back of the bouquet.  Know. When. To. Stop.  :D

The sentiment is from a sweet little sympathy set from Avery Elle.

Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann 

Lots of Crafting and Cactus

Hi Everyone!

So my spring break is quickly winding down, but it ended on a super high note.  I had the pleasure of attending one of Kathy Racoosin's Coloring Road Trip Events.  It was hosted by the fabulous
Marcella Hawley, the talent behind Power Poppy!  What a day!
Needless to say, it was an  inspiring day and I came home and got right to work- well, first I
went to bed, THEN I woke up and got to work.  Can you tell I was at one of Kathy's coloring
events??!

This actually looks better irl, but lighting/editing is washing out some of the color of the flowers.  This fantastic image is Prickly Pear from Impression Obsession and is one of Dina Kowal's designs.  Love this stamp!  This is actually a Mother's Day Card, but I just love this sentiment from IO's Grunge Map Stamp Set; it is perfect as my mom is out of town.   Happy Mother's Day will be on the inside. 
Everything is colored with Copics; A bit of detail was added with a portion of a scalloped rectangle die cut.  Sparkle was added with Wink of Stella and sequins.

I am linking up to Impression Obsession's Challenge- Pick a Holiday ( mom's day)

I am also linking up to Time Out Challenge- this week the inspiration is the phrase "Birthday's are Full of Sunshine, Love and Laughter."  I think love and sunshine are pretty evident on this card!

Lastly, a picture of the fun that was had at the coloring event on Saturday (lots of laughter!)~

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  

A Unique Take on Paper Piecing

Good Morning and Happy Wednesday to You!

It is spring break here in St Louis and we finely have a wonderful sunshiny day after two days of dreariness.  I cannot wait to hit the trail this afternoon.  I was able to stamp some yesterday, being stuck inside due to the yuck weather.  I received a new toy in the mail- have been wanting a small brayer to try a simple multi colored brayered tedchnique.
That lead to me trying Distress Oxides on Craft and that lead to rainbow colors.

Well, that lead to this adorable bird image stamped over my rainbow stripes.  This has to be one of my favorite bird images- it is from Unity.
Not sure what lead me to paper piecing the birds in their color based on their position on the background, but that is where this went.  Instead of neutral birds, I have neutral, paper pieced flowers and instead of colorful flowers I have colorful, patterned birds.
So this morning I turned this into a simple card on a black card base.  I added a sentiment from SugarPea Designs. 
I love how this turned out, in all of its quirkiness.
I am linking up to several challenges~

The Sisterhood of Crafters- Birds
Double 'D' Challenges- Just Wing It
The Paper Players- CAS Rainbow
Sweet Stampin' Challenge- Use Your Scraps

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann 

The Birds

Good Morning and Happy Monday, All!

It is spring break here and I am loving my free time!  I have a huge list of things to get done so I suspect crafting my be at a minimum, but hopefully will get to do a few fun things.
Speaking of fun, I went to see the movie, 'I Can Only Imagine' over the weekend.  Ah-Mazing!
It is a must-see movie.  I cannot recommend it enough.
Anywho, today's card is all about birds!  And technique!

Have you checked out Karen Dunbrook's blog?  If you have not, you should.  Karen makes the most amazing backgounds for sentiment and solid image stamps.  One of Karen's techniques was the inspiration for this card.
The Distress Inks are applied to a craft mat, spritzed with water  and then transferred to the card base with a piece of acetate, allowing you to apply color where you want it; this is a lot less random than dragging the paper through the color.
My Technique Junkies stamp, Fly, was inked with versa mark, stamped and them heat embossed with black ep.
 

If you are looking to do some Technique Junkies shopping, you can

get a 10% discount with the code TJ10LeeAnn. Thank you in advance

as I do receive a small commission from your order.  

Thank you and have a fabulous, blessed week!

Lee Ann 

Spring Bunny

Hello All!

Well, it might snow here today, but sure enough, Easter is definitely right around the corner!  I love the flower adorned bunny from Unity~

This is one of those images in a pile that I finally turned into a card.  It is watercolored with Zig watercolor brush pens.  I used a die to emboss a white background and added a doily for some frill.

I am linking up to Just Add Ink- 'Just Add Water' and Simon Says Stamp Monday Inspiration challenge.
Have a blessed day!

Lee Ann

Atomic Love

Hello All!

This sweet and so unique image and sentiment is fabulous in bright colors!  It is part of the March Technique Junkies release.  You can get this stamp- actually, your entire order 10% off with code TJ10LeeAnn.

The image comes with a linear frame, but I masked it off before stamping.  I also masked off the 'you' in the sentiment so that I could you my large Simon Says Stamp 'You' die cut.
The image is colored with Copics; added a few highlights with my white gel pen, then added red strips and black cs strips and the 'You' die cut which is 3 die cut layers thick.  The red strips are actually white cs colored with Copic marker and then textured with alcohol and burlap.

Of course, had to finish of the card with some sparkle-SSS sequins and some Wink of Stella on the die cut.

Don't forget that you can get 10% off your order with code TJ10LeeAnn if you go shopping (something I have been doing a wee bit too much of lately!).

 I am linking up to Addicted to Stamps and More- 'Make Your Mark' challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann