Happy Birthday sung by Alice

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Hello!  One of my favorite challenges at Splitcoaststampers is the Featured Stamper.  Each week the challenge focuses and celebrates one person at Splitcoaststampers.  It's so much fun to connect with other stampers and celebrate them.  A note about Splitcoaststampers in case you don't know about it.  It's a free online site open to everyone!  It's a fabulous place to learn new techniques and make friends!  I love the personal gallery where I can feature every card I create.  If you have never stopped by Splitcoaststampers or if it's been a long time since you stopped by, I hope you will give it a try!

  With this card, I am celebrating Gayle, our newest Featured Stamper!  She has a beautiful card in her gallery featuring a SU! girl in red.  For my card, I colored Alice Girl, the newest girl at Picket Fence Studios, and the coordinating die. (I love coordinating dies for quick and easy scene-building!)  I lightly stamped the microphone in gray and added a sentiment from Do Good Recklessly.  Lastly, I sprinkled Spiked Cider Sequins Mix.  

 Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you will join us at Splitcoaststampers!

 

 

           
   

    

More Picket Fence Studios Release Day Goodness

 Hello crafty friends!  Yesterday was the Picket Fence Studios January Release Day and today I am over at the Picket Fence Studios Blog sharing a couple of new Release cards so I thought I would share them here too!   This release is so huge that you are going to have to check it all out HERE at the store!  But before you go, I have a few samples to share with you!

 I have another slimline to share only this time I have switched the orientation.  For the background, I have stamped the 4x4 Falling hearts and then I added a top layer using circles from the Slim Line Die Cutting System. I made a faux shaker by simply adding a sprinkle of Green Fairy Sequins to each circle.  I die cut the new Always sentiment out three times and stamped LOVE from Wild Peonies.  Wild Peonies only a beautiful floral set but it also has wonderful sentiments too.   Lastly, I have my card resting on the new Slim Line Neutral envelopes!

There is so much more to see!  I haven't even touched on the new Gem Mixes, the 1 oz jars  or half the new stamps and dies so for a look at the entire January Release stop by HERE. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look today!

                  

                  

      

                                              

              

         

Friday with Alice

Hello, everyone!  I am up on the Picket Fence Studios Blog today featuring sweet Alice!   I think Alice is delighted that it's Friday and she has started celebrating by listening to her favorite mix! 

I created an interesting background with the Geo Squares Stencil and LC Blender Brushes.  I colored Alice then I used her Coordinating Die to cut her out.  Next, I stamped a flower and leaves from Beautiful Girl Flowers and die cut them with Coordinating Dies.  I really like PFS Coordinating dies because they save me so much time when creating cards AND they are sold already separated, no metal cutters required!  You know, I love PFS Sequins so I sprinkled a bit of Razzle Dazzle and that was it!

 Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you feel inspired to create something this weekend!

          

               

 

 

 

Christmas Magic

Hello!  It's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new Watercolor Wednesday Challenge!  This week, I am featuring a tutorial that shows three easy watercolor cards.  I decided to do just the first one for now because my week has not allowed for much practice, but I do want to try them all.  I can imagine making tree after tree!  It's so fun!  After painting the tree with Daniel Smith Watercolors, I added Golden Rose Paper Glaze using one of these spatulas and the Star Stencil from Picket Fence Studios.  After the Glaze was dry I stamped a sentiment from Inside Quotes: Christmas (it would probably be best to do the stamping first but nothing went awry).  I added a liberal amount of Paper Glaze splatter and lastly, I added sequins from Creme de Menthe and Holiday Hopper Sequins Mixes.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I would love to know if you like to paint and which medium is your favorite!  

 

            

           

Rainbows After the Storm

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 Hi, everyone!  It's time for a new Inspiration Challenge! Julie has chosen a site with lots to inspire our crafty hearts!  

I found THIS photo on Pinterest and right off I knew what I wanted to do!

I spent the weekend at Lydia's October Virtual Retreat.  We had so much fun!  We Zoomed half the time and took classes on FB via LIVE events.  I feel like I made a whole batch of new friends and learned a lot too!  So, I didn't completely follow the directions on my card because this was my second attempt.  First, we used tape to mask off some lines.  Then we stenciled the background and I chose the Slim Line Rainbow Stencil.  This is where I diverged from the lesson. We are actually supposed to take a pen and draw lines so that the white-masked pathways seem to be above the stenciled pattern below.  Sadly, my hands are just too unsteady and my black pen lines went everywhere, EVEN though I used my trusty ruler. Therefore on this attempt, I decided to go without the pen lines.

Now back to the inspiration photo!  When I saw the bright colors and the white lines, I thought, "I have a card partway done for that"!  I decided to cut a square out of the card front using the new Picket Fence Studios Slimline Cutting System.  Then on a white layer, I stamped the cute umbrella duo from After the Storm and colored them. I adhered all the layers and then I added Screwdriver Sequins Mix.  I just love Picket Fence Studios Sequins Mixes because they can have unexpected colors in the mix.  Who would have guessed that this mostly orange mix would include these cool blue reflective sequins?!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you will join us for the Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge!

       

   

Stencil, Sparkle and Shine

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Hi everyone!  Today I am over on the Picket Fence Studios Blog plus I am hosting the Free 4 All Challenge at Splitcoaststampers!  For the Free 4 All Challenge, we are using black on our cards plus sparkle/and or shine.

I thought it would be fun to show the versatility of the Picket Fence Studios Floral Stencils. So, first up, I turned the Floral Slimline Stencil into a Christmas card by simply adding the Merry Christmas sentiment from Baby It's Cold Outside.  I used a reverse stencil method by blending blue distress ink over the cardstock with Life Changing Blender Brushes (also sold as a bundle) then I placed the stencil onto the cardstock and blended black ink through the stencil.  I added sparkle with Glitter Paper and then tossed Gin and Tonic Sequins Mix from about 6 inches in the air and glued the sequins onto the card where they fell!  (I learned that trick from Lydia!)

Next up, I used the 6x6 Floral Stencil to make an A2 Christmas Card.  This time I stenciled the new Artemisia Silver Paper Glaze through the stencil.  I added a sentiment from Inside Christmas Quotes and then finished off the card with Gin and Tonic Sequins plus Black Russian Sequins Mix.  

I love the versatility of the Floral Stencils as they can be used for any occasion including Christmas! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I would love to see your creation on the Free 4 All Challenge!

                        

             

       

 

Dare to Get Dirty - Fall Day

It's Day Two of Day to Get Dirty and as it happens I made Fall cards for two of the challenges.  It's funny to me that this is the first year that I really love creating Fall cards.  I really never liked the color combo all that much but this year I am all about Fall!  :)  Neither challenge is a "Fall" Challenge, the details are kept secret for Fan Club Members so I am not letting anything out of the bag.  If you are not a Fan Club Member it's super easy to join.  Details can be found HERE.

First off is a card for Ann's Dare To Get Dirty Challenge, featuring all Picket Fence Studios products. First, I used a palette knife and smoothed Golden Rose Paper Glaze over the paper.  Once dried, I die cut the branch. For the shadow branch, I die cut a negative from the white base scene.  Next, I stamped the pumpkin from A World of Octobers and colored it in with black marker to create a silhouette.  I added the crow from Witch Please and the sentiment.  I just couldn't pull out that stamp set without adding two fairy frogs!    Lastly, I added Purple People Eater Sequins!

Next up I played in Mary's Dare to Get Dirty Challenge with the beautiful Impression Obsessions Tree Banner stamp and a sentiment from Card Sentiments.  There are 10 wonderful sentiments in that set which makes it one of my favorite "go-to" sentiment sets!

I added a clip and Baker's twine but otherwise kept the card CAS!

I am also celebrating Angela Maine as this week's Featured Stamper.  She is incredibly talented and it's always a treat to view one of her exquisitely fashioned cards!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I would love to see you at the challenges!  

I just want to say thank you for stopping by even when there isn't a GIVEAWAY!  I appreciate your comments so much!  So I have decided to do a Giveaway!  I have a small collection of never used and gently used stamps and stencils.  I am going to split up the items and draw two winners!  All you have to do is comment on my Dare to Get Dirty Posts!  I started posting on August 22nd and the last day will be the 28th.  Leave a comment on any or all of the posts by August 31st.  The more days you comment the more chances to win!  I will post the winners on Saturday, Sept 5th so make sure to stop back by so I can get your info!

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Dare to Get Dirty

 Today is the first day of Dare to Get Dirty Week at Splitcoaststampers!  Here are the three cards I uploaded to the first day's challenges.

I am hosting a Challenge today but we keep the challenges secret as a special thank you to the Fan Club Members so I can't tell you what the challenge is.  If you are a Fan Club member you can check out my challenge HERE and if not stop by HERE for all the details!  I came up with the idea for this card when I searched this week's Inspiration Challenge.  The Pink Chair was totally inspired by one of the pins!  

For the first Challenge of the week, I used the adorable Suzi twice, and then I added the die-cut sentiment from Love Words.

  I added glam and drama to the first card with amazing Picket Fence Studios Sequins! First, I watercolored the adorable Your Friend Dear stamp set. The sky needed a little something extra so, I added clouds over the top of the watercolor with the Layers of Clouds Stencil and Life Changing Blender Brushes (Also sold in a Bundled set).

For the final touch, I added Frozen Nutcracker Sequins!  This sequin mix is so fun with pink, turquoise, and shiny holographic sequins!  What an easy way to add sparkle and glam to any project!

You can add the entire Picket Fence Studios Sequin Mix to your collection at a bundled price!

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to add sparkle to your weekend projects with sequins!!  

I just want to say thank you for stopping by even when there isn't a GIVEAWAY!  I appreciate your comments so much!  So I have decided to do a Giveaway!  I have a small collection of never used and gently used stamps and stencils.  I am going to split up the items and draw two winners!  All you have to do is comment on my Dare to Get Dirty Posts!  I started posting on August 22nd and the last day will be the 28th.  Leave a comment on any or all of the posts by August 31st.  The more days you comment the more chances to win!  I will post the winners on Saturday, Sept 5th so make sure to stop back by so I can get your info!