Eclectic Ellapu May Challenge - Anything Goes!

 

This month's Eclectic Ellapu Challenge is Anything Goes!

For my card, I used Heartfelt Creations Winking Frog Collection including paper, the leaping frogs stamp and matching die, and sentiment.  I embellished using some sequins.  My card is an easel card fold.

 

We hope you'll share your anything goes cards and/or projects with us this month.  You can find the challenge HERE.

Altered Eclectics May Challenge

 

For this month's Altered Eclectics Challenge I created a mixed media canvas.  It is a very simple canvas (I do struggle with mixed media, so thought the best way to get into it is to begin simple!)  I watered down some acrylic paints and brushed the colors across the 5x7 inch canvas, then using white acrylic paint created some clouds and then edged the canvas using the white paint  I used archival black ink to stamp the images and sentiment and added a black butterfly punch out.

 

The Altered Eclectics Challenges are always anything goes as long as it is mixed media projects, upcycled, recycled, or altered art.  No cards or ATCs.

 

You can share your altered art with us at the Altered Eclectics Challenge HERE.

MFP Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes!

 

This week's challenge at MFP Stamps blog is Anything Goes.

 

For my card I used the MFP Stamp Shop Hydrangea stamp set.  I colored the image using Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens.  The bottom of the card was die cut using Spellbinders borders dies.

 

We hope you'll share your anything goes cards with us this week.  You'll find the challenge HERE.

MFP Stamps April Blog Hop - Day 4

WELCOME  
TO MFP STAMP SHOP

 

Bugs and Butterflies
 BLOG HOP


 Watch out for creepy crawlies !

 

JOIN US EACH DAY, April 26-29 FOR A BUTTERFLY KISSES GOOD TIME. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the APRIL 29th POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop BUGS AND BUTTERFLIES related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the APRIL 29 post. The winners will be announced on MAY 14, 2016 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday May 13, 2016 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
April 27-- Flower Arranging by Sandy
April 29-- Retiform by Pat

 

Let's get started !!

I couldn't resist using the coffee rings from the MFP Stamp Shop Java Time stamp set!  Each circle holds a butterflies from the Spring Things and Glad Glads stamp sets.  The small butterfly and sentiment are from the MFP Stamp Shop Cracked Hello stamp set.

 

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie
Gail

 Karen
Kren
Lois  
Marilynn

Pat
Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day. We hope to inspire you to start your own Bugs and Butterflies projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by May 13th and 
check back on May 14, 2016 to see if you are a winner.  

MFP Stamps April Blog Hop - Day 3

WELCOME  
TO MFP STAMP SHOP

 

Bugs and Butterflies
 BLOG HOP


 Watch out for creepy crawlies !

 

JOIN US EACH DAY, April 26-29 FOR A BUTTERFLY KISSES GOOD TIME. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the APRIL 29th POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop BUGS AND BUTTERFLIES related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the APRIL 29 post. The winners will be announced on MAY 14, 2016 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday May 13, 2016 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
April 27-- Flower Arranging by Sandy
April 29-- Retiform by Pat

 

Let's get started !!

Today's card is CAS using MFP Stamp Shop Dragonflies and Mushroom Selections stamp sets.

 

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie
Gail

 Karen
Kren
Lois  
Marilynn

Pat
Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day. We hope to inspire you to start your own Bugs and Butterflies projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by May 13th and 
check back on May 14, 2016 to see if you are a winner.  

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Create a Birthday Project

 

 

The theme for The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge is Birthday!

 

I had so much fun creating this card in a box!  I used two new Spellbinders die sets to create my card.  Spellbinders Scalloped Pop Up box die set and Spellbinders Shapeabilities Flower Bundle dies.  Also used CheeryLynn Butterflies dies,  a set o banner dies, and the sentiment is from a MFP Stamp Shop stamp set.  Used pearls to embellish the flowers and butterflies and nestled a little pink ladybug onto one of the leaves.

 

We hope you'll share your birthday projects with us at The Sisterhood of Crafters.  You can find the challenge HERE.

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge #128 - April Showers!

 

The April Showers theme for Ruby's Rainbow Challenge was chosen by Pat.

 

For my card, I used the Umbrella Brentwood digi stamp from JessicaLynnOriginal.com  I printed the image onto Bristol Cardstock and colored it using an aqua brush and Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens.  I also used the Ryn water droplets stamp to lightly stamp the rain in the background.

 

We hope you'll share your April Showers projects with us.  You can find the Ruby's Rainbow Challenge HERE.



MFP Stamps April Blog Hop - Day 2

WELCOME  
TO MFP STAMP SHOP

 

Bugs and Butterflies
 BLOG HOP


 Watch out for creepy crawlies !

 

JOIN US EACH DAY, April 26-29 FOR A BUTTERFLY KISSES GOOD TIME. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the APRIL 29th POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop BUGS AND BUTTERFLIES related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the APRIL 29 post. The winners will be announced on MAY 14, 2016 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday May 13, 2016 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
April 27-- Flower Arranging by Sandy
April 29-- Retiform by Pat

 

Let's get started !!

For today's card I used MFP Stamp Shop Butterfly Sayings and Just a Note stamp sets.  I colored directly to the stamps using Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers, gave a little spritz of water and then stamped the images onto Bristol cardstock for a watercolor look.

 

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Gail

 
Karen

Kren

Lois  

Marilynn

Pat

Pam

Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day. We hope to inspire you to start your own Bugs and Butterflies projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by May 13th and 
check back on May 14, 2016 to see if you are a winner.  

MFP Stamps April Blog Hop - Day One

WELCOME  
TO MFP STAMP SHOP

 

Bugs and Butterflies
 BLOG HOP


 Watch out for creepy crawlies !

 

JOIN US EACH DAY, April 26-29 FOR A BUTTERFLY KISSES GOOD TIME. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the APRIL 29th POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop BUGS AND BUTTERFLIES related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the APRIL 29 post. The winners will be announced on MAY 14, 2016 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday May 13, 2016 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
April 27-- Flower Arranging by Sandy
April 29-- Retiform by Pat

 

Let's get started !!

 

 

 

For today's project I used the MFP Stamp Shop Hello Butterflies stamp set to create napkin rings!  I'll use these for each dinner place setting on Mother's Day.

 

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie

Gail

 Karen

Kren

Lois  

Marilynn

Pat

Pam

Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day. We hope to inspire you to start your own Bugs and Butterflies projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by May 13th and 
check back on May 14, 2016 to see if you are a winner.  

OLCCC - Final Challenge

 

At the end of this challenge next week, The One Layer Christmas Card Challenge will no longer offer the challenges, but the blog linky will remain open until November 30 for those who want to continue sharing their one layer Christmas cards.

 

Thank you to all who have participated in the OLCCC!  This challenge has given me a chance to get a head start on my Holiday cards.  We hope you will share your one layer Christmas cards with us.  You can find the challenge HERE.

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge Blog is Celebrating Its Fifth Birthday! BLOG CANDY WINNER!

 

 

The winner of my blog candy determined by Random Drawing is Kren Kurts.  Congratulations Kren.  Please email me your mailing address!

 

I want to thank everyone for entering to win with your lovely comments.

 

The challenge for today's Fifth Birthday Celebration at Ruby's Rainbow is to use your favorite colors on your project!

 

For my card, my favorite color is pink!  The Designer Paper I used is from my stash, the doily is from Martha Stewart, the flourish is MFT die cut, and the butterfly is a CheeryLynn die cut.  A very quick and easy fancy fold card!

 

In celebration of Ruby's Rainbow Challenge Blog's 5th birthday, I am having a blog candy give away here on my blog.  The downside is due to shipping costs I am only offering the candy to residents within the US.  All you need to do to be considered for my blog candy is leave a comment on this blog post and indicate the US state in which you live.  Winner will be chosen at random.

 

Then, be sure to check back here on April 26 to see if you won!  And, here's the blog candy I'm offering:

 

 

And, here is the main blog to enter your favorite color project.  Ruby's Rainbow Challenge #127.

 

There are several design team members offering blog candy, so be sure to check it out!

MFP Stamps Challenge - Color Challenge

 

There is a bit of irony in today's MFP Stamps Color Challenge - Purple.  Ironically, the challenge themes are selected weeks ahead for the Design Team to create our challenge cards.  To honor the music of a recent Pop icon who left this world too soon, I'm calling my card "Purple Rain."

 

I used the MFP Stamp Shop Glad Glads stamp set to create my card by stamping the image onto Bristol cardstock and colored using Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens and an aqua brush.  I used spray distress stain to create the splatter (rain).

 

We hope you'll share your cards created using this week's purple color challenge as your main color (you can also add white, black, and one other color to your purple cards/projects).

 

You can find the challenge HERE.

 

I'm entering my card in the Stamps and Splatter challenge at STAMPlorations HERE.

 

OLCCC #30 - Anything CAS Christmas Goes

 

For my one layer Christmas card I inked an acrylic block using Spectrum Noir Aqua markers, spritzed it with water and stamped it onto the Bristol cardstock to create the scene for the stamped image.

 

We hope you'll share your CAS one layer Christmas cards with us at the One Layer Christmas Card Challenge blog.  You can find OLCCC #30 HERE.

MFP Stamps Challenge #16 - Joy Fold Card!

Joy Fold card closed

 

 

Joy Fold card open

 

This week's MFP Stamps Challenge uses a different kind of card fold!  There is a tutorial link on the MFP Stamps Challenge Blog for the Joy Fold card.

 

For my card, I used the MFP Stamp Shop Country Charm stamp set.  I colored the images using Copic markers.  The background paper is called Cowgirl and Brown Cowprint from Reminisce.

 

We hope you'll share your Joy Fold cards with us this week.  You can find the challenge HERE.

 

Sparkles Monthly Challenge - Thinking of You!

 

I got to choose this month's theme for the Sparkles Monthly Challenge!  I chose Thinking of You!

 

For my card, I used the JessicaLynnOrignal digital stamp called Stompy.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Big Scripty Greetings and the scallop panel is a die cut using All Prettied Up from Mama Elephant.

 

This month's sponsor is Crafty Ribbons.

 

 

We hope you'll share your thinking of you projects with us this month.  You can find the challenge HERE.

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Generations!

 

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge theme is Generations!  For your card or project, use an old picture or anything about generations.

 

For my card, I took a picture of a picture of my grandparents that we have hanging on our entryway wall.  I then printed it off and used pastel chalks to color my grandmother's dress.  I created an oval frame card using Spellbinders Oval Regalia die and an oval die.  I added a ribbon bow and an embellishment from my stash.  A very easy, yet elegant card.

 

We hope you will share your generations cards and/or projects with us at The Sisterhood of Crafters.

OLCCC#29 - Anything One Layer Christmas Goes

 

Today's one layer Christmas card was created using the Penny Black Snowflake and Holly stamp.  The sentiment is from PTI Christmas Blessings stamp set.

 

I used Spectrum Noir Aqua markers to color directly on the stamp before stamping the image onto Bristol 96lb paper.

 

We hope you'll share your one layer Christmas cards with us this week.  You can find the challenge HERE.

MFP Stamps Challenge #15 - Faux Patina Technique

 

 

This week's MFP Stamps Challenge is a technique challenge, Faux Patina.  There is a link to a tutorial on the MFP Stamps Challenge Blog.

 

For my card, I used the MFP Stamp Shop Hello Butterflies stamp set.  The embossing folder is Decorative Iron.  I stamped the butterfly on vellum cardstock and colored it using Copic markers on the backside before fussy cutting it out and adhering it to my card front.

 

We hope you'll take the Faux Patina technique challenge and share your creation with us at MFP Stamps Challenge Blog found HERE.

Serendipity Stamps Challenge #54 - Emboss!

 

The April challenge at Serendipity Stamps Blog is to "emboss" - dry embossed using an embossing folder or heat embossed using embossing powder.  For my card I used the Serendipity Corner Vase stamp set and the Sizzix Bricked embossing folder. 

 

I used Bristol 96lb cardstock, stamped the image using Archival black ink then used a water brush and Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens to color the image and do a soft color wash behind the image.  Once dry, I embossed the image panel with the Bricked embossing folder and adhered the stamped and colored panel to the card base.  A very CAS card with no ribbon and no embellishments so the focus would be on the stamped, colored, and embossed image.

 

I'm entering my card in the Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog SSCB#54 found HERE.

11th Anniversary for JessicaLynnOriginal!

JessicaLynnOriginal is having an 11th Anniversary Celebration and the Design Team has been asked to share a favorite stamp and technique!

I LOVE Brentwood Owl stamps!  For my technique I chose to show some steps to watercolor my Brentwood images.

For my card above, I used Canson Bristol 96lb paper.  I like this paper for not only stamping using Archival Black Ink but also use it to print digital images I want to watercolor.  When printing digital images I recently bought a Laser Printer....love it!  My next favorite watercolor paper is Ranger Watercolor paper for stamping and doing color washes.

Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens are my preferred watercoloring medium along with a water brush.

I use a flat, smooth board and low tack tape to hold my image in place, pull out the colors I want to use and begin.

I color section by section by first using the water brush to lay down some water and then use the watercolor pen to apply the color.

When I have the image colored I use my heat tool to dry it and then carefully remove the low tack tape.  For this image, I also used a cool gray Copic marker to color the jar.  One of the things I like about doing the watercolor is no bleed through like I get when I use Copics.

(a little Cool Gray Copic bleed through on the back of the image panel, but no watercolor bleed through.)

Other ways I have watercolored:

*Smoosh Distress inks or dye inks onto a craft mat or acrylic block and pick the color up using the water brush or paint brush.

*Use waterbased markers and scribble on a piece of acetate or acrylic block and pick up the color using the water brush or paint brush.

There are so many different coloring mediums and ways to watercolor.  Just experiment and find the way you enjoy best!  It has to be no stress and fun!

There is a free digital image being offered for a limited time at JessicaLynnOriginal.com  Be sure to download it from the online store and share your creation with us at the JessicaLynnOriginal facebook page!