"Using Distress Oxides On Glossy Paper"

We've made it to Friday my friends, followers, visitors and viewers.
For those who have the weekend off, I know you have great plans to either relax, shop, or be entertained.   Just catching up on that hour you turned your clock ahead last weekend would be nice.  Some of us don't like to go shopping even if it is to get grocery but if you're a lover of shopping, do a lot of window shopping.  Doing it that way will not obligate you to spend money.  Being entertained at the movies or since this weekend is St. Patrick's Day, why not enjoy those festivities.  Some places will be having parades or Irish food tasting.  Check out you local listing.

It looks like spring outside but for me it doesn't feel that way.  Bright shining sun but cool winds for my body.  Officially, the calendar will say spring on Tuesday, so I made a spring card today.  I experimented with using distress oxide inks on glossy cardstock (Canon) again this week.  I fabricated a bag from my piece of colored cardstock.  I used the last of some flowers I had in my stash and added a bunny sticker from Recollection.  The frame was fussy cut from some pink cardstock and the sign came from a larger bunny I had received in the mail.  I had some green and pink tissue paper that I tore and stuff down in the bag.  A fun little quick and easy project.

Happy Spring everyone!!!

Thanks for looking.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,
Lois

" Torn Tissue Paper + Distress Oxides + Fran-tage = Card"

Hi Everyone. 
It's Thursday and we are moving toward the weekend.  I know you've read it and you've heard it over and over but I'm going to write it again...the time will change this weekend.  We will spring forward one hour on our clocks.  So many people always miss a Sunday morning service at church when we "spring forward".  Some people will turn their clocks backwards one hour. (go figure).  There are a lot of crazy things people will do with changing time.  Not only clocks but with time zones as well.
Enough about time...let's move on to today's card:

entry for http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

 This is  a frontal view of the card.
These are the items I used:
cardstock: white PaperandMore;  Recollections BOHO paper;  black Recollections cardstock; Bristol smooth cardstock; white tissue paper (crumbled and glued to certain spots on the Bristol cardstock)
ink: Distress Oxide  inks to lightly color the panel ( spiced marmalade, abandoned coral, worn lipstick, tattered rose, seedless preserves, broken china and salty ocean); VersaMark
embossing powder: Fran-tage chunky metallic
embellishment: K & Company bird

This is another frontal view turned just a little to show the shine from the embossing powder.

This view is a side view of the card.

This card will be used for my bible journal entry.  It's approaching spring time and soon we will be celebrating Easter.  FAITH is what keeps me going from day to day.  It is impossible to please God without it.

Thanks for viewing.  Please come again.
Comments are welcome.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,
Lois

"A Fun Card To Construct"

Hello friends, followers, visitors and viewers.
It's Thursday and it seems as if this week went by so fast.  We have one more day before the weekend.  Are you making plans?  Are you going out shopping for that "big screen TV" to watch the super bowl next weekend?  Are you getting hyped about who is playing and anticipating the half-time show?
I'm getting there but it is a slow process due to many other things that  happened and is requiring my focus and attention.   DH will be maneuvering  better by next weekend than this one...he will.  I have put my faith, trust and hope in God and I know HE will see us through.

Okay, here is a little something for your view today.  I tried to keep it very simple until I added all those Ranger liquid pearls drops.  Before doing that, the card looked "naked" and I had to dress it up a little more (ha, ha, ha).

I started with a white linen piece of cardstock.  First, I used Sizzix (Stephanie Barnard's) dotted Rectangles die to go around my panel.  Then,   I die cut the Poppy Stamp "stick frames" twice on this piece which left an opening.  I used distress oxides on another piece of white cardstock and placed it behind the linen piece .  This looks like it was inlaid back into the cut space, but it is not.  I pulled out my Planner stickers from "Me & My Big Ideas and found one that I liked.  The card looked somewhat blank until I put different colored Ranger liquid pearls drops around the card.  Very easy and fun.
Enabler's List:
cardstock: Neenah white; PaperandMore white linen; Recollection black and the pattern paper is from Recollections Secret Gardenia pad.
Inks: Distressed Oxides blended together; Ranger liquid pearls in six colors
sentiment is from Me & My Big Ideas The Happy Planner stickers.

Thanks for viewing today.  Come again and you are welcome to leave a comment.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,
Lois

Valentine's Day Card"

Hello everyone on this Monday.
Did you survive the weekend?  Did you do something fantastic that we would love to hear about?
How many of you watched The Golden Globes on TV last night?  What are your thoughts about the support given to women as well as men?  Did your favorite win?
When you look at yourself within and without, where do you shine the brightest, where is your beauty?  Is it your head, your chest, your arms, your legs, your smile, your admiration, your generosity, your tenacity, etc.?  How about your heart?  " No beauty shines brighter than that of a GOOD HEART"!  (I don't know who quoted this saying but I love it).  I liked it so much that I've made a card using it today.  It is another Valentine's Day card and this quote goes with a lot of people that I know:

This card will be entered in the challenge at http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

The focal or top layer is a piece of white pearlescent paper from PaperandMore.com.  I used it as a base to distress another piece of paper, so this was deliberately done to achieve this effect. I used Nellie's Snellen heart frame to cut out the heart.  The little bits that fell out were saved to use as embellishments around the card.  I pulled out a piece of Offray white ribbon and a piece of Christmas house white ribbon with a silver design.  These two ribbons were adhered together and wrapped around the cardstock.  The sentiment came from Google search of "love quotes".

 

Enabler's List:
cardstock: Neenah white; Recollections black; PaperandMore white pearlescent; patterned paper from ODBD Christmas Collection 2017; Craft Smith Holiday Foil Solids
die: Nellie's multi heart frame's die;
inks: Distress Oxide #1
embellishments; white Offray ribbon; white & silver Christmas House ribbon;
sentiment from Google search on love quotes.

Is it what's on the inside  that counts or is it the other way around...it's what's on the outside that counts?

I'd rather see your beauty come forward from within ...caring, loving, kindness, being gracious are some of those things you do that makes you beautiful.  It is not your make-up or your slim body or the expensive clothes you wear.  Your GOOD  HEART makes you beautiful.

Thanks for viewing with me today.
Comments are always welcome.
Please come again.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"Shadow Box Christmas Card?"

Happy Tuesday, October 17, 2017.
I'm very chilly this morning with temps in my area coming in below 50 degrees.  We will warm up to about 65 degrees today.   Yes, summer is really over.  For me, it seems as if we went from summer to winter overnight.  It is time to move some plants inside because of the temps.  It's all over...summer ...not unless I move to a warmer climate for the winter and come back home when it is summer again.
Maybe this is the reason I decided to do another Christmas card this morning.  My body feels as if it is really, really cold outside with snow in the forecast.
(This is a side joke or laugh...DH told me to go outside and stand in the sun for a little while and maybe I'll feel as if it is still summer...  He is a character that needed a good laugh himself this morning).
Here is my share with you. 
I'm admiring shadow box cards.  A craft show that comes on the TV...Create and Craft...has been showing a lot of shadow boxes recently.  I've also researched the ones on Google and Pinterest.  Today, I made an attempt at making one:

entry for http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

and

http://www.cropstop.com/blog/autumn/october-challenge-link-party-33/

Enabler's List:
cardstock: Neenah white; Recollections black; Ranger watercolor paper
inks: Distress Oxide broken china; Distress Oxide black soot; Distress Oxide faded jeans
dies: Sizzix woodlands; Cottage Cuts Christmas Winter Night; Echo Park Reindeer Sleigh Die Set
embellishment: Stickles glitter glue
Big Shot machine
foam tape
Nuvo glue

Get those Christmas cards ready.  October is almost over and November will be a blink.
Try making a shadow box card...they aren't that hard to do and they look so 3D.

Thanks for coming and I hope you enjoyed the view from your place today.
Come again and comments are always welcome.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"It's An Inking, Stamping Situation Kind Of Day"

Welcome to Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
My good friends, followers, viewers and visitors...you know that this is the last week in this month.  I should be saying, the last few days in this month.  October comes with its "spookiness" on Sunday.
Are we getting older or wiser?
Do pigs and time really fly?
If I blink my eyes will Christmas be here tomorrow?
Those are just a few things to have you smiling for a few seconds or minutes.
If I said to you "The Time Is Now"....what thought would actually come to your mind? 
If this statement was presented to me,  I would immediately think about the current moment and what would be going on before giving a response.  Next, I would probably ask you to explain  "time" in reference to what you are talking about, then, my answer would be different.

Here is the card I'm sharing today:
I started by using Distress Oxide inks ( seedless preserve, spiced marmalade, wild honey) on a piece of Bristol smooth white cardstock.
 Next, I used a stamp designed by Ryn Tanaka on the right hand side of the card.  I used Distress Oxide walnut stain to ink my stamp.   I searched through my stickers to see if I could find a clock shape to put on my card.  I used  an epoxy sticker from Marcella by Kay that looked like a clock and then cut out one from the Recollections "Steampunk Botanica paper pad.
Next, I added stickers from Martha Stewart "pearl garden branches" and "butterflies".  To tie everything together, I used a sentiment from Sandy Lion "essentials stickers" that referenced "time".

Enabler's List:

Rubber Art Stamps by Ryn Tanaka

Martha Stewart butterfly stickers

Martha Stewart pearl garden branches sticker

Sandy Lion Essentials stickers

Distress Oxide inks: walnut stain, seedless preserve, spiced marmalade and wild honey

 

Thanks for you time and for coming to view today.  I hope I have inspired you to ink and stamp.  Have a great day and the time is now to enjoy yourself and do something great for someone else.

Your comments are appreciated so you are welcome to leave one.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,
Lois

"It's Friday And You Know The Drill"

Hip, hip, hooray friends, followers, visitors and viewers.
It's Friday and you know what that means...something quick and easy from my stash.
Before we get to that...I want you to do something for me.  Check out this special announcement...

I want to thank Ester Asbury for her invitation and her kindness towards showcasing me.

A sneak peep at something you may see when you check out my card over at http://www.cropstop.com/blog

another view of something over at http://www.cropstop.com/blog

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Here is the card I'm sharing with you today.

"Change Is Beautiful"

I used a piece of Bristol smooth white cardstock, a stencil from Recollections and some wilted violet Distress Oxide ink.

The ink was applied on top of the stencil in an ombre effect going from left to right.  Next, using stamps from a Martha Stewart clear stamp set, I stamped several images from that set along with a butterfly from the Recollections stamp and stencil set.  The sentiment also came from the Recollections stamp/stencil set. Watercolor pencils were used for the butterflies and the flower in the far left corner.

Fun, quick and easy.

This card will be added to the following challenges: http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com Anything Goes - Weeks #298-#299  and to http://www.cropstop.com/blog August Challenge – Link Party #31 .

Your enabler's list

Thanks for viewing with me here and I hope over at http://www.cropstop.com/blog.

Your comments have been very supportive and appreciated.

This is a holiday weekend, so have fun and be safe.

Until next time...

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"What's In My Stash, Friday"

It's Friday and are you glad about it?
August 25, 2017 my friends, followers, visitors and viewers.  Your last work day for the week.  Probably your last good weekend before the kids are back in school.
What's on your agenda?  Back to school shopping...another weekend at the beach...relax, refresh and reflect...fishing...?????
My DH came in from cutting the grass on Wednesday and he stated..."let's just pack our bags and get out of town.  I need a change of scenery."
Where are we going?  I don't have any idea.  When we were young and adventurous, we would just get in our vehicle and ride without any planned place to stop.  Now that we have family in the north, children in the south, family in the east and don't really know anyone in the west...where shall we go?
While rummaging through things in my stash, I found items to use for today's card.  Today, I knew exactly what sentiment to put on it...something that went along with his idea of a change of scenery.  *Please note that I have stuff in a bin that I put there after coloring or cutting.  They are not used on the day or days they are made. These items are there for a day like today or when there is a quick need for a card.*
Items chosen:

• a distress panel using Distress Oxide inks
• a die cut panel from Crafter's Companion ...Ornate Lattice die
• a dragonfly cut from Tonic Studio Dragonfly Brooch die
• a quote chip from Tim Holtz's box of quote chips
• drops of Ranger liquid pearls 
• cardstock to match the distress panel...Recollections purple, yellow and pink cardstock

 I'm adding this card to the challenge at http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com
and to http://www.cropstop.com/blog/cards/august-challenge-link-party-31/

items used:

Distress Oxide #2

Crafter's Companion Ornate Lattice 

Tonic Studio Dragonfly Brooch

Ranger liquid pearls lemon chiffon

Tim Holtz quote chips

Thanks for your time viewing and for your lovely comments.  I appreciate both.

Please come again

Use your wings and do something fun, exciting and relaxing this weekend or today.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"Happy Day" Birthday Card

Good Tuesday friends, followers, visitors and viewers.
After the eclipse, what excitement is in store for you today?
My grand ("Sunshine") started her first day of school for the 2017-2018 school year.  I can imagine the excitement she is feeling.  Meeting new peers and socializing with the ones from last year.
My peers in the teaching field also went in today for meetings and conferences that will take place between today and August 31.  Our school will not open for the children until September 5, 2017.

It is going to be a happy day for everyone involved.
I'm in my crafting space until noon (being happy) and after that other important things.
Are you happy at this moment?  What will it take to cheer you up if you're not?
Here is a card that I made hoping that it will put a smile on your face:

I started with a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock in which I used Distress Oxide inks for the background.  A little water was spritz on the card and with a dry paper towel...it was immediately removed.  Using Tattered Lace Opulent Over the Edge die, I used another piece of smooth cardstock to cut out the die.  As stated, it is over the edge...it does not cut all the way out of the paper.  If you would like for it to do so, then, you will need to snip it away from the paper. There was enough space to slide my distressed piece behind the die.
I used a sentiment that was cut using my Cricut Explore and Cricut Design Space (free image).  For embellishing my card, I placed Martha Stewart faux pearls on the flower, around the top and on the butterfly (Tattered Lace Butterfly Dance die).
Entry for http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com
Challenge #296-#297 - Anything Goes.

Tattered Lace Opulent Over the Edge die

Distress Oxides #1

Spice marmalade, fossilized amber and vintage photo was used on the card.

Martha Stewart faux pearls

Your visit and comments are always welcome.  I enjoy reading your expressions.  Thanks for your time and I hope you enjoyed your view.  Please come again!

Sending you a hug and LOVE,
Lois

"Birthday Celebration"

Hello friends, visitors, followers and viewers.
We have made it to the middle of the week. Keep pushing forward...you can do it.
Great things have happened to us and greater things are on the horizon.
Birthday Celebration!!!!
It's here!  My "Sunshine" is jumping for joy because she is a big "nine" years old today.  WOW....time flies and if I blink really fast, she will be a teenager.
I have two birthday cards to share.
One for my box that I'll be giving to the soldiers and the other one for "Sunshine".  We sent her one in the mail and this one will be sent to her e-mail address today.

This is for a soldier:

 I took a photo without the sentiment and one with the sentiment.
The process used to make the background :
(Tissue Technique)

• Use a piece of white tissue paper that is bigger than your card base.
• Crinkle or crumble the paper up in your hand.  Apply distress ink (your choice of colors) over the crinkle paper.
• Cut the tissue paper down to the size you want and adhere it to your card base with an adhesive.
• Embellish as you desire.

This will be used as an entry for http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com  ATG #Challenge #292- #293 - Anything Goes  and

http://www.cropstop.com/blog CURRENT CHALLENGE

Below are items I used to help make this card:  Ranger Distress inks; a cut from Cricut Art booking cartridge; Spellbinders Romantic Vine die; Doodlebug Design chunky brads and Petaloo texture mixed media layers.

Here is the card I will be sending via "Sunshine's" e-mail.

 The items used:
Inks: Distress Oxide; VersaMark; Ranger black Archival ink; Hero Art white embossing powder
Stamps: Recollections Doodle Birthday; CTMH celebration
Paper: Ranger Water Color paper; Recollections black cardstock; Recollections Burlap paper
Size: 6 x 5.5

Thanks for viewing today. 
You are always welcome to come back. 
Comments are encouraged.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"Going Whimsy"

Hello friends, visitors, viewers and followers.
Welcome to Tuesday, July 25, 2017.
What can we do today that will put a smile on your face and a bounce in your stepping?
Let's Go Whimsical...yes, let's do that. 
It is not a National Day Calendar event but why not let your hair down and pick your distressing pad or brushes up and let's party with some inks.  Not one, not two but lots and lots of inks....Oxide, Distress, Hero Arts, Umbrella or any of your favorite kind.

• Start off by just playing around with different colors of inks on a piece of  Ranger water color paper.  Don't try to form a pattern or have an idea in mind.  Just pretend you're seeing how each color will look.
• It may or may not be pleasing to the eye but that's okay (we're being whimsy).  Get a stencil or two.  It doesn't matter because we will enhance those colors a little more and bring in a pattern or two to our design.  Use a darker shade of ink or go lightly with black ink.
• Take your black Pitt Artist Pen and draw around some of the stenciled items (I drew around the smaller circles and the flowers).
• With the Pitt Pen still in your hand, draw a straight line anywhere on your inked/stenciled image.   Add a zig line over your straight line. Put some lines in your stenciled circles.
• You want more circles but not the same size as your stencil... bring in the white Gelly Roll pen and draw your small white circles along your black line.  You can also add white lines to the stenciled circle just like you did with the black Pitt Pen.
• Use a desired sentiment.
• It's your whimsy.  Don't listen to the critics.  You've done birthday, get-well, sympathy, encouragement, etc. cards  all along and this one can go in any of those categories. 
• Make it a joy and have fun doing it...I did.

 So many of you liked the display I used yesterday.  It was really a spur of the moment type of thing. I was trying to get more light for my card but not really focusing on showcasing the display.  This morning, I tried to find some whimsical items to go along with my card.  I hope you enjoy this display.

entry for http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

entry for http://www.cropstop.com/blog/

Items used :

• Oxide inks from #1 and #2
• TCW (the Crafter's Workshop) stencil
• Walmart stencils
• Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pen...black
• Sakura Gelly Roll bright white ink pen

Have a great fun day.

Come again to see what this Little Artsy Woman is doing.  Remember, your comments are always welcome.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"What's In Your Stash...Friday"?

Hello All,
Today is Friday.  We're expecting to have a long three day weekend.
The celebration for Memorial Day has started. 
Friday is my busy day.  What I try to do is to share something from items I have in my stash.

• Out of my stash, especially the die cut folder, I found a cut from a Spellbinders die (an expandable pattern die
• I did pull out my Distress oxide inks to play around with coloring the die cut
• I found an extra butterfly that had also been cut from the die.  I blended some ink on top of the butterfly.
• I had a scripture sticker that didn't have adhesive on the back (no problem here...I just added some glue)
• Out of the bag of gems, I took out some that would fill the center of the flowers and to add some to the butterfly.
• I started layering different color coordinated cardstock until I could adhere my focal piece to the card base.

I hope you  enjoy this short and sweet project.  Come again to see my creation and don't forget to leave a comment.

 

Two views of the same card.  On the right, I wanted you to see that I placed two butterflies together.

Items used are Distress oxide inks and Spellbinders die

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"Distress Oxide + Stencil + Water"

Hello friends, followers, visitors and viewers.
Happy, happy Wednesday, May 17, 2017 to you. 
We're in the middle of the week.  Some of us, as usual cannot wait until the weekend.  I know because that was the feeling I had when I was working.  Believe me, sometimes I feel that way now just working for myself (lol).
The three things, according to "National Day Calendar", to celebrate for today are:  MAY 17, 2017 – NATIONAL CHERRY COBBLER DAY | NATIONAL PACK RAT DAY | NATIONAL WALNUT DAY.  
I can identify with all three.  I love cherry cobbler and walnuts.  I could make one and put some walnuts in it for today but would probably just look at it since my glucose has been up and down for the past week.  I don't want to end up in "emergency care" from eating  this.
Pack Rat, I'm not!  I have to keep a balance all around me.  When things start flowing over, I start getting rid of the excess.  My goal for this week (something I do every spring) is to get rid of some things out of my closet and donate them to the Salvation Army or Good Will.  The boxes have been collected and now all I have to do is to fill them up.

The card I made today will go in my file for a time when I  or someone else need to give it away.
Enabler's List:

• cardstock...Neenah white, black Recollections, Bright and Basic Recollections paper pad, and Strathmore watercolor paper
• inks...black Ranger archival ink and Distress Oxide (worn lipstick, fossilized amber, spiced marmalade)
• stencil from Art C...interlock squares
• die...Tonic Studio "Sweet Melia Beautiful Blooms
• embellishments...NUVO red berry crystal drops and Recollections paper flowers
• Recollections clear stamp 

Process:
For the focal area, I used the watercolor paper.  I applied the Distress oxide from top to bottom in the following order, blending one into the other...fossilized amber, worn lipstick , fossilized amber, spiced marmalade.
The Art C stencil was placed on top of the distressed piece.  I used a wet paper towel to dab over the stencil in certain areas. The wet towel removed some of the distress oxide in those areas. 
Next, the Tonic Studio die (three flowers taped together) were used to cut out areas to highlight the paper flowers as leaves.  The flowers were adhered to those cut-outs.
Using the Recollections clear stamp, I stamped a sentiment onto the card using Ranger black archival ink.  The very last thing (before adding the focal image to other layers of cardstock) was adding three NUVO crystal drops.

 

This card will be submitted to http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com

    

Challenge #282-283 - Anything Goes

 

 

 Strathmore Watercolor paper, Distress Oxide inks, Art C Interlocking Squares

Tonic Studio Sweet Melia Beautiful Blooms die, Recollections clear stamp, Ranger archival ink NUVO red berry crystal drops and Recollections paper flowers.

Go forth and be creative or do something nice for someone else.  Don't forget to give yourself some LOVE in the process.
I always love to hear from you....if you're out there and have been just looking, let me know if you like what you see.  Sometimes you just have to step from behind the curtain and let someone know that you are here.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

 

"Our Weird Sense Of Humor"

Friday, March 17, 2017

Hello Everyone!
Happy St. Patrick's Day to those who are celebrating.  Enjoy your celebration.
Happy Friday to those who are working their last day for this work week and can't wait until the close of the day to start your weekend.

The story behind my card for today, has nothing to do with a St. Patrick's Day card.  It is one that started behind our  weird sense of humor.
Story:
DH announced that he was going to the grocery store to get him some ice cream.  So I stopped what I was doing and said, "there's something I need from the store but I don't know what it is.  I would go with you but it is so cold outside I don't want to put on all that heavy outer wear.  I'd rather stay warm...you go."
He comes home with the ice cream and a bag of lemons.  I asked, "what are the lemons for? That's not what I needed from the store.   Do you plan to squeeze the juice in your ice cream when you eat it?"
He tells me the lemons are for me since I was so cold.  He thought I could make me some lemonade and pretend it was summer time.  Then, I could get warm.
What a "joke" he is or we are!
I took his joking and use it for this card today.  I had been thinking how I could use green on a card since yesterday . 
Here it is for your viewing:

I started with a piece of Ranger water color paper.  I added cracked pistachio, peeled paint and fossilized amber Distress Oxide to the paper and spritzed water on it.  While waiting for the paper to dry, I stamped the jar onto vellum paper (two times).  I cut out the jar and added a piece of cardstock to look like a straw between the two pieces.  I also stamped the lemon-lime like slices from the Fiskars fresh fruit stamp and colored them with water color brushes from Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pen set.  When the paper was fully dry, I used a border from Lawn Fawn stitched scalloped borders on the edge. All the piece were adhered to the card front.  I layered this piece with black Recollections cardstock and a piece of stripped green cardstock from DCWV before placing it on the white card base.
To my husband, here is a card letting you know from your humor, I simply enjoy you.  Thanks for the inspiration.  Lemonade to make me feel warm in this cold weather.

These are some of the items I used:
Ranger Distress Oxide
Recollections jar stamp
Fiskars fresh fruit stamp
Lawn Fawn stitched scalloped borders
Sizzix Big Shot machine

I hope you find your sense of humor and make someone else laugh today or this weekend.
Thanks for stopping by.  Come again!

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

" Using A Jane Davenport's Acrylic Stamp"

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Hello friends, followers, visitors and viewers.

What is the type of card that you make most often than others?  I'm not referring to the seasonal cards you make during Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, etc. I'm asking about those cards that you have  for ongoing celebrations....  Is it a sympathy card?  Is it an encouragement card?  Is it a birthday card? Is it a wedding anniversary card?  Is it a get well or on the road to recovery card?  Is it a new baby card?  Or, is it a congratulation card?

I was checking out my box of cards on yesterday and noticed  I needed to add more birthday cards to my stash.  We are just into the third month of the year and the birthdays are coming fast.  I have three family members in the month of March who celebrate and will be celebrating birthdays.  My son-in-law starts off the month of April celebrating along with four other family members during the same month.

I can say, with my large family and friends, "birthday" cards are the ones I make the most in the greeting card occasions list.
Here is one for your viewing today:

have a fabulous birthday

Items used are Distress oxide inks (worn lipstick, spiced marmalade and broken china); Jane Davenport's acrylic stamps; Heidi swap "magnolia Jane" stamps;

To color the roses, I used a combination of the red  brushes.

If you're having a birthday today or sometime this month...then, "Happy Birthday" to you.

Thanks for stopping by to view and/or make comments.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois

"Distress Oxide... 1st Try"

Monday, March 13, 2017

Hello friends, followers, visitors and viewers. 
Welcome to Monday.
 We are back from a glorious, cold, windy weekend that was still full of fun and relaxation.
Our weather people are saying we will have snow coming in tonight.  My granddaughter saw some in her area this weekend.  She was getting excited because as it was sticking, she thought the school would be closed.  However, the sun came out in the afternoon and it all melted away.

At first I wasn't going to do it...buy the new Distress Oxide inks.   I looked in my painting and coloring supplies and said, "I don't need anything else to color with."   As you can see from this post, I had no restraint (a measure or condition that keeps someone or something under control or within limits).  My sister made one comment... (You may want to use it for the darker colored cardstock)  and this sent me off to start looking for a bargain.  I found one and the inks arrived within two days.

Here is the card I made:

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

 I used the following Distress Oxide: worn lipstick; fossilized amber and broken china on top of a piece of paper taken from Paper House "Field Study" paper pad.  The next thing I did was to stamp the image from Stamp in Up "Beautiful You" onto the distressed paper (the dress is paper pieced from paper I had in my stash).  I cut out the "flower bramble" from the Cuttlebug die and separated pieces of it to fit within the frame which was cut from black Recollections cardstock.

Here, you have some of the other items used to make this card:
Paper House "Field Study" paper pad
Cricut Cuttlebug "flower bramble" die
Stampin'Up "Beautiful You" stamp
Ranger Distress Oxide inks

I'm going to experiment with these inks and watch YouTube to see what else I can do with them.  Someone posted that Jennifer McGuire did a tutorial or post on how she used these inks.  I'm going to check it out and will keep you posted on what I can do with them.

Thanks for viewing.

Sending you a hug and LOVE,

Lois