Dare To Get Dirty - My Challenge

Hello!

Today marks day three of Dare to get Dirty at Splitcoaststampers.com! The Dare to get Dirty event is a week set aside to challenge and celebrate the talents of the Fan Club members as a special thank you for their support all year long.  We laugh together, chatter, send virtual hugs and of course, create art, there are  even prizes to be won!!!! 

It was about this time four years ago that I found Splitcoaststampers, thanks to my son and daughter's 5th-grade teacher.  Armed with a couple of Martha Stewart punches, a heat tool that had been given to me ten years prior but never used, some paper and a couple of ink pads, I joined the "Stampin' Flybabies" group at  Splitcoaststampers. They took in this newbie and taught me everything I know!  They introduced me to blogging, where to find tutorials at Splitcoaststampers, and let me know I won a prize for playing along in my first HYCCT among other things!   I have even been privileged to meet several of the group IRL!!   The icing on the cake for me came in October 2013 when I was asked to join the Dirty Dozen team (I am still glowing from that honor)!!!  

I am continually inspired by the talented artists that share their work in the galleries, the fabulous tutorials, and the amazing weekly challenges!  Now you know why I get so excited about the happenings at Splitcoaststampers and I don't want anyone to be left out!  

Are you a Splitcoaststampers Fan Club Member? If not find all the details and benefits HERE then come join us for a fun week!

My challenge is going live today.  I can't tell you what the challenge is because it's a secret for Fan Club Members but I can tell you that I had lots of fun playing with this cute image from Red Rubber Designs called Hello Day.

This little girl just emanates sass and sparkle, don't you think?  I have a blast every time I create with her.  I stamped an extra cat, set of glasses, top and shoes then colored and fussy cut them.  The glasses and shoes received glossy accents for shine!  A little bling on the shoes and that was it! 

Thanks for stopping by today!!! 

Dare To Get Dirty

It's August and that means my emotions are all over the place!   By this time next week, my teens will have their first day of the 2015/2016 school year behind them.  It's a big year at our house with a freshman and senior in high school.  The fun part about the first week of August is that means it's time to enjoy a week of fun Dare to get Dirty challenges at Splitcoaststampers!

I would love to say that I was able to get my team on board and everyone agreed to this permission slip but instead I received groans, a couple of outright "no's" and a glazed look in the eyes! LOL

Today kicks off the first day of challenges and I played along with two of the six challenges.

Now I can't tell you what the challenges are but I can tell you how I made the card for Lydia's fun DTGD15UnderstandblueA!

I sponged TH Distress Peacock Feathers and Seedless Preserves ink in a random pattern. I spritzed water on the  MFT Confetti BG Stamp and rubbed the  sponged side of my background onto the stamp (it's a large stamp so it's easier to place the cardstock on the stamp instead of stamping on the paper).  The result was that the wet random confetti dots bleached through ink!  Cool, don't you think?  

Snowflakes - Top Dog Dies

Believe- Little Yellow Bicycle

Doily Border- Sweet 'N Sassy

I also played along with Lee's fun DTGD15LuvLee challenge.  For this card, I rescued a bokeh background from my reject pile.  I die cut a Penny Black word die that I received from my sweet friend Janine of Brain Waves.

Celebrate - Penny Black

Gems 

Now aren't you curious what the challenges are?  If you are not a Fan Club member stop by Splitcoaststampers to see how you can play along!

MIXed Leaves - Red Rubber Designs

It's the last Thursday of the month and that means it's my turn to share a design for Red Rubber Designs!   I am so excited to show you my mixed media creation and I can't wait to hear what you think!  I was inspired by Vivian Keh at ContadinaK.

Here's a little sneak peek:  

I used two of the splendid leaf stamps from Red Rubber Designs: Luscious Leaves  for the outside and three of the leaf designs on the inside.

 I hope you will hop on over to  Red Rubber Designs blog to see the rest of the card and let me know what you think!

Stop on by Red Rubber Designs store to view new stamps, special items on sale as well as a spotlight set at 40% off!

Luscious Leaves

Thanks for stopping by!!!

In My Thoughts

Hello! Angie here on this hot summer day!  It's been hotter than normal here with heat indexes of 100 - 105 degrees.  Ugh!  I am staying inside and coloring as often as possible, how about you?

I used the gorgeous lotus flower, dragonflies and sentiment from our new stamp set, Lovely Lotus.

I have two dear friends going through a very difficult time right now so I was totally drawn to this sentiment as both of them are in my thoughts throughout the day.  I just love the font on these beautiful sentiments and there are nine to choose from!

For my design, I played along with Splitcoaststampers SC550 which is to choose a sketch.  I chose SC545

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Angie

The Lovely Lotus stamp set is available as a pre-order from the 

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store.

Lovely Lotus

Hello, Friends!

I am thrilled to share that Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is releasing two new stamp sets for preorder today!!!  Lovely Lotus and Floral Pattern Background clear stamp sets combine  beautifully!   For my sample, I featured the smallest of three lotus blossoms, a dragonfly and one of eight sentiments from Lovely Lotus.  Don't you just love the font on the sentiment?

I stamped the sentiment on a Mini Tags Die cut tag then fussy cut a little dragonfly and popped him up, he looks like he is flitting over to the blossom!

 Funny story!  The day I was putting the finishing touches on this card I received a card from Janeen.  I loved the way she tied some ribbon so I tried it for my card.  When I thanked her for the inspiration she said she took the idea off one of my cards!  LOL  

For the background, I used a cool "fresco" technique Lydia at UnderstandBlue shared recently.

 It really doesn't matter if paint gets into the background when watercoloring because the second step hides it!

I hope you will stop by Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps blog to view the gorgeous samples the rest of the team has designed for your inspiration, several of the samples show how beautifully the stamp sets combine!


I am adding my card to Splitcoasstampers F4A282 Challenge - add something that flies
Simon Says Stamp Monday Blog Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Christmas in July!

Happy Monday to you!

I don't know about you but I am over the whole heat thing so I was delighted to see that this week's Splitcoaststampers CAS333 challenge is, Christmas in July!  I also played along with TLC542, All Different Directions.

I pulled out my Red Rubber Designs stamps featuring the snowflakes and a sentiment from, Vintage Santa Rubber Stamp.  In honor of Lee, the CAS challenge hostess (and well, let's be honest we all know I love pink and bling too) I created a PINK Christmas card with lots of sparkle!

  

 I played along with CAS(E) this Sketch:

sketch:

&

CASology

Sooo Thinking of You

Happy Saturday to you!

I carved out some stamping time yesterday and had a blast  combining two Splitcoasstamper challenges with a Red Rubber Designs image!  

The F4A281 encouraged us to think BIG and use a large image so I pulled out the Red Rubber Designs, Gerbera Daisy for my image.   I colored the daisy with Inktense pencils and an aqua brush, then sponged distress ink on the edges.  MIX128 had us doodling so I doodled a frame around the daisy with a little help from Jeanne Streiff. 

For the base layer, I used one sheet of designer paper from Rustic Chic.  At $1.49 this stack is an amazing deal!  

For the center I added brown reinker to glass bead texture paste.

On the inside, I used this super fun sentiment from the "Red Rubber Designs, Joyful Notes" stamp set.

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

Espresso My Thanks

Hello, Angie here with a little "thank you" card to share.  My daughter and I escaped hot Georgia for ten days and received blissful pampering by my sister. Naturally my first card creation upon returning needed to be a thank you!   My sister has a Nespresso machine and treated me to several varieties while I was visiting so I thought the cup and sentiment from Sweet 'N Sassy's, "Pick Me Up Clear Stamp Set" was perfect for the occasion!

Thanks for stopping by!

Angie

I am entering this card in Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Coffee or Tea.