"Mistle Toad" Tag

The 100th Inky Paws Challenge offers lots of options for playing along.  I am choosing the Newton's Nook favorite category today.  This adorable image with its punny sentiment is called "Mistle Toad", and I do love to use it.  Whether on tags or cards, this cute little image always brings smiles and happy comments from the recipients.  Here, she is colored with pencils, mounted on a Reverse Confetti tag and topped off with a "junk bow" to add a little visual balance. 

Thanks for taking a look,
Christine

Linking to:
Inky Paws Challenge
Shopping Our Stash (Punny)
PIP Challenge

Build a Bunch: Sunshiny Day

After heat embossing and watercoloring a bunch of flowers from Reverse Confetti's Build a Bunch, I layered a few over the Wreath Confetti Cut Die and a panel cut  with the scalloped Edgers Confetti Cut die..  The sentiment, from Verve, is stamped on a Tall Tag that I trimmed down to fit, inked, and adorned with a twine bow.  The white-on-white background is really pretty but didn't photograph so well in the evening light.  So happy to have plenty of pretty flowers for a couple more cards.

Thanks for visiting,
Christine

Linking to RC Stock Your Stash
PIP Challenge
The Cat's Pajamas Tuesday Challenge:  Summer

It's your birthday

I'm playing along with the 100th Inky Paws Challenge, and it's a fun one!  I chose birthday as the theme for my new card, and featured Newton's Birthday as the focal image.  After heat embossing the image on watercolor paper, I watercolored Newton with Arteza markers and a water brush.  The balloons, gift, stenciled stripes, and stamped dots are in Cracked Pistachio, Spiced Marmalade, and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide inks.

Thanks for visiting,
Christine

Linking to Inky Paws Challenge
Word Art Wednesday

All Things Work Together

As a teacher, I tend to do more time consuming (to me, that means messy) crafting in the summer time. I think I might be getting addicted to smooshing ink and paint on these tags.  They are such a fun size for experimenting....Anyway, I am playing along with the Mod Squad Challenge to create a stand-alone mixed media tag.  Here's what I did:  After smooshing some Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide on an acrylic block, I sprayed it and randomly added it to the tag.  Next, Worn Lipstick was pounced in the open spaces.  Using white ink, I stenciled TH Scribbles over the inking and splattered some gold, glittery acrylic paint.  The dear scripture is a Stamplorations image, and all the little corner embellishments were in my left-over bowl.  The "junk bow" is my favorite part....I just snipped random lengths of ribbon and lace, tied a bow with the twine and hot glued it all down. 

Thanks for visiting,
Christine

Linking to:
Mod Squad Challenge
Word Art Wednesday
Stamplorations June Mixed Media Challenge
Stamplorations Never Ending Anything Goes Challenge

Love, Power, and a Sound Mind

The current Mod Squad Challenge is to create a stand-alone mixed media tag.  I haven't done much mixed media and am not really sure I understand the whole concept, but here is how I created the tag.

The base is a TH mixed media tag, about 6 x3 inches, stenciled with Altenew's Watercolor Stripes and TH Splash in Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide inks.  I did activate the ink several times throughout the process of layering the elements.  Next, I made a stencil by cutting two sizes of hearts in scrap cardstock, dabbing on white acrylic paint. The stamp is a Typographia stamp from Stamplorations, which was stamped multiple times using the MISTI.  Finally, I splattered white paint and added a few Nuvo drops around the sentiment.

Thanks for visiting,
Christine

Linking to:
Mod Squad Challenge
Word Art Wednesday
Stamplorations June Mixed Media Challenge
Stamplorations Never Ending Anything Goes Challenge

Happiness is.....

The Kat Scrappiness challenge for this month is "Meals with Dad".  Coffee and donuts is the perfect breakfast for us....he's donuts, I'm coffee.  I think both these sets are retired.  The cute donut is from Reverse Confetti's "Donut you Know" set and filled with sweet puns.  The sentiment is from a Verve set that allows the stamper to build lots of different happiness is statements.  Last, but not least, I topped the donut with some adorable Kat Scrappiness Heart Sprinkles.  How perfect for a donut topping!  These were a prize from a previous Kat Scrappiness challenge.  Thanks so much!

I am also linking this to Lisa B's challenge on the CLC Blog.  Though my stamps/dies are retired, I know that both Reverse Confetti and Verve have been CLC hop sponsors in the past.  

Hope your day is a blessed one with all the coffee you need,

Christine

In addition to the challenges linked above, I am linking to Word Art Wednesday 

and to the PIP Challenge.

Bitty Bouquets: Thanks

So glad that the Laurie's Fabulous Favorites Challenge is back!  The Ink to Paper release was wonderful, including great new products and amazing designer samples.  I chose Laurie's card, shown at the left to CASE. I used PTI's Scalloped Stackers  and Bitty Bouquets.  Since the floral element was not as full, I scattered a little bling from Doodles Paper Playground to add a little shine and interest.  It is fitting that I say, "Thanks" at this time because the pretty sparkle mix was a prize from the CLC blog, and I have enjoyed it so much!

Thanks for stopping by,
Christine


Linking to:
Laurie's Fabulous Favorites
Word Art Wednesday