Hope Makes Honey

     After playing at a Faber-Castell workshop at CHA, I have been eager to try out my free gift that I was given for completing the class. I received a box containing 24 colors of Gelatos! 

     To make the background for this tag:

• Paint Gesso onto Kraft paper.
• Drag Expresso ink pad in strips down the paper. This gives a wood grain look.
• Rub blueberry Gelato in upper left and lower right corners. 
• Use Wet Wipe or damp paper towel to smooth blueberry Gelato.
• Place flower stencil and use Wet Wipe to remove Gelato from flower.
• Use Wet Wipe to pull a bit of the blueberry away from the flower.
• Use burlap stencil and Green Tea Gelato randomly.
• Use clear Wink of Stella over the petals of the blueberry flower.

     The embelly is one that I made a couple of years ago. The project got crushed. I rescued it from old project and now placed it onto a new project.

Challenges

Crazy 4 Challenges - Pop - #20 - 2/22
 Creaine Challenges - Bingo: Glitter, Flower, Blue - #76 -*
Fairy Tale Challenge - New Technique, no cards - #6 - *
HLS Mixed Media - Stencils - #65 -*
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - T is for Technique - #17 - *
Stamp TV - Tag, You're It -*

Picture in Picture

     This is my first monochromatic card. I just started tossing blue stuff on to my craft table. I started with butterflies and birds. But as you can see, they never made it onto the card. I chose Melanie Muenchinger's "Branching Out" stamp set. I don't know how I ended up with Theresa Momber's "Wild About You" stamps. I love giraffes, so it was real treat to add them to this card. 

Challenges


Amusing Challenges - Shades of Blue - #4 - Winner!

Aud Sentiments Challenge - w/sentiment - #122 - *
Bastel-Traum - Valentine - #16 -*
Card and Scrap - Blue and White - #37 -*
Craft for the Craic - January Blues - #65 - *
 Glitter n' Sparkle - Say it with Music - Singing the Blues - #7 -*
MFP Stamp Shop - Blue - #7 -Winner!!!
 
Sparkles Forum Challenges - Monochromatic Blues - #40-*
Stamp TV - Singing the Blues -*
Stamping Sensations - Stamp and Die - #206 -*

Hey Ladybug

     I started with Melanie Muenchinger"s "Inspiration Mosaic" stamp set. I stamped it with black on white. I then stamped the same image on My Mind's Eye: Buttercup Polka Dot with gray ink. I fussy cut each section of the stamped image and pieced it together. The other stamps are from "Lovely Ladybug". 

     I decided to try a couple homemade embellishments. I took a 1 1/2 in. black button and attached a 1 1/4 in. stamped background image to it with Glossy Accents, then covered the top with more Glossy Accents to make it shiny. I also added glitter to 3 heart-shaped black brads. I then used a toothpick to place red dots from a pearl pen. 

Inside of Card

Challenges

Allsorts Challenge - Valentine - #11 -*
Double Click - Anything Goes - #21 - *
Mod Squad Challenge - Love - #64 - *

My Sheri Crafts - Fussy Cutting - #15 -*
Send A Smile 4 Kids - Child's Birthday - #30 -Winner!

Simon Says - Create with Critters - #280 - *

Stamp TV Mix-It-Up-Monday- Make an embelly -*
Stampavie and More - Patchwork - #6 -*
Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes - #159 -*

Emboss Resist Sympathy Card

     Here is my entry to Karen Hightower's "Let's Have Some Color" challenge. The challenge colors are blue, green, and orange. I used 2 of Melanie Muenchinger's stamp sets: Arranged with Love and A Beautiful Life.

Inside of Card

Challenges

Double Click - Flowers - #16-*

Hiding in My Craft Room - Embossing - #24 -*
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Ribbon and new stamp sets - #39 -*
Sparkle N Sprinkle - Powder (Embossing) - #33 - *

Stamp TV Weekly Challenge - Let's Have Some Color -*