Something Unusual...

Hello my crafty friends. 

 I hope you are all doing well.  The weather is starting to get chilly and it definitely feels like fall. (Which I'm loving since it's my favorite season!

I've started to break out the boots, long sleeves and pumpkin spice candles...

 ok, so yes I burn fall candles all year round and wear my boots anytime I can, but now its acceptable. 

Anyway into crafting... 

Today  want to share an "unusual" card for week one of the
Stampotique Originals designers challenge "unusual cards".

 

This is such a fun challenge... I was going to create a Halloween card in the shape of a coffin at first, but then I thought I would make my friend Mike's birthday card. 

After a bit of thought and idea hunting on pinterest I landed on the "star effect" easel card. I thought it would be fun to try something new.  (And I'm glad I did, I love this. My husband even said it's a favorite of the ones I've created). 

I followed the tutorial from HERE

I started with a 6.5in×6.5in piece of cardstock and a 6×6 piece of scrapbook paper for my base. 

(I basically scored the paper at 3.25 in then cut on the diagonal)

You can see the layers below, but what you can't see is the awesome "action wobble" so when you flick the happy birthday the wobbles and skates... I tried to  capture it in a short video.

Thank you for visiting!!

 

Clowning Around with Mail Art

Hello Crafty Friends! 

Welcome Back to another
Mail Art Monday!

Stamps Used:

Creepy Clown On Unicycle

Typeset Scallop

Grunge Circles

I started with an A2 sized envelope. The 1st stamp I stamped was the creepy clown.  Once the clown was stamped, I stamped it again on scrap paper to create a mask. 

Next, I created the address block by tracing a mini playing card. (I left this in place as a mask also.)

I chose the typeset scallop to use as a banner.

 (You know banners are fun right?!)

Once the banner and all of the foreground pieces were masked off, I started on my background.  I used distress oxide ink in cracked pistachio to color my base color. Next, I stamped my grungy circles in the same cracked pistachio color.

At this point you can remove all of your masks.  I used Blick alcohol ink markers to add all my base colors.  I added a bit of blue watercolor colored pencil around the banner too. I added extra details with a white gelly roll pen.

Something wicked...

Hello Crafty Friends! 

I hope you are all safe from the storms and doing well. 

Today I want to share an easy Halloween card.  I'm naming this card "something wicked" because of the sentiment inside... :) 

Stamps Used:
Halloween Tree Silhouette
Something Wicked This

Other products:
Distress ink- carved pumpkin, spiced marmalade, and mustard seed.
Distress oxidize -black soot and fossilized amber.
Washi tape (bought at a yardsale)
Cardstock- black and white
Distress stain- black soot
Pop dots
Adhesive (miracle tape is a great one)

I started by creating my backgrounds.  The layer I stamped on I created with my inks and a blending tool.  The base was created with water and smooshed ink on my glass craft mat. 

(Look how great this creepy tree and owl are... this is just stunning on own!)

 

After the base pages were dry I stamped my tree on the top card base.  To add extra grunge I flicked a few drops of water on the base, and a few flicks of black distress stain added to the grungy creepy feel. 

I added the top layer to the base using the pop dots. 

(Sentiment on the inside)

I hope you enjoy this quick and easy Halloween card!

(I need to get to work making more for some crafty friends!)

Under the Stars

Hello Crafty Friends! 

I hope you are all having a wonderful week.

Today I want to share a super fun and cute card I created for the Stampotique Designers Challenge.  

This is week 2 of the challenge: Sun, Moon and Stars. 

For this card I used a rainbow of distress inks. 

I created a cloud mask using card stock I cut scallops in with scissors.

Once I had my background cloud layers finished, I used a Tim Holtz layering stencil with rays to add more details. (kind of my hint of sun rays from the inspiration). 

On a separate piece of card stock I colored my little angel girl with various colored pencils and a few Zig Clean Color markers.  When I had her looking the way I wanted, I fussy cut her out and glued her down on the background.

To add a bit more flare, I glued down some iridescent stars, and added a few touches of clear 

wink of Stella. 

September releases

Happy 1st of September...

Its that time again... 

Time for Stampotique Originals new stamp releases! 

Who doesn't love new stamp releases? I know I do! 

This one is of course another fabulous release.

Mail Art Envelope

(go you remember the concrete geese phase a few years ago ... you know the one where people dressed them up.. that's what I want t do with this little guy)

(yes i will have more examples where I did just that and dressed him up)

(Duck, Banner, Diva, Cubes)

Mail Art Envelope

(Journey Collage, Cubes, Wuosal)

Any Occasion Card

(Journey Collage, Cubes, Wuosal)

(Journey Collage, Cubes, Wuosal)

Gingerbread man Mail Art Envelope

(Winter 

(this little "mitten" is so fun to create various characters with! Just wait until you see the rest of my inspiration pieces)

"Freddie" card :)

Art journal page "Amber"