Thank you BERRY MUCH

Hi everyone!

June is over, and so is the first half of the year!—Unbelievable how fast time flies!! 

I'd briefly like to remind you that we're now kicking off the second half of our Dream Factory challenge 

 

Cleaner

This month's theme is CAS—pretty simple, right?

...or maybe not! ;))

It's been months—if not a year—since I made a card based on a sketch but...

...yesterday I saw one on my friend’s blog that inspired me to make this card. 

Of course I’m entering it in her challenge—after all, the sketch was what sparked my creation!

The fence and mouse images are once again from a picture book (Deco Time). They're so cute! I’ve already used them to make a card and an ATC. The die-cut foliage (Deco Time) is leftover from this pop-up card. The sentiment embossed on black cardstock is from Stampin’ Up.

You can see tiny strawberries (Studio Light) on the strip behind the mouse. To create them, I stamped tiny hearts and added tiny leaves with a felt-tip pen.

The yellow paper along the lower diagonal is patterned with white flowers. The design is so delicate that you have to squint to make it out—even up close!

For the two sets of three dots, I stamped tiny little flowers (Stampin'Up).

To add a nice finishing touch to the card, 

I cut out the panel using a scalloped die and then glued it onto a blank card.

The card looks a lot more complicated than it actually was. 

What took me the most time was coming up with the idea! LOL

Linked up with:

Kreativ-Tanten - Use the Sketch

Inkspirational - Word Promt - Leftovers (The foliage is leftover from an older pop-up card)

Cut It Up - Critters + use at lest one die-cut (Foliage)

Love Those Pretty Papers - Use Pretty Papers + opt. Pastel

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Sentiment and tiny flower (Stampin'Up); tiny hearts (Studio Light);

Images: Fence and mouse are from a picture book (Deco Time);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Barn Door (Distress Ink); Mowed Lawn (Distress Oxide);

Dies: Foliage (Deco Time);

White embossing powder, patterned paper, alcohol ink markers, green felt-tip pen,

Freshly Picked

Hi everyone!

We're heading into the second half of our challenge at

"The Little Things" 

The theme is: Anything Goes

The challenge blog focus on small card formats, 

such as ATCs, tags, Memorydex cards, Mini Moo cards, bookmarks etc.

I still have a few strawberry-themed images left. 

They're so pretty that I wanted to use one for this ATC, too.

I combined them with stamps from AALL&Creat (spoon), Pinkpaislee (vintage background), 

and Studio Light (hearts and checkered pattern). The spoon I stamped on acetate, 

cut it out and stuck it next to the cup of strawberries.

I assembled the word “Strawberries” using stamped and cut-out letters (AVEC). 

“Freshly Picked” is computer generated.

Linked up with:

ATC Around the World - Berry and Fruit Picking Season

Tag-along (and ATC's) - Add some Text

Inspiration Station - Inspiration Photo

Try it on Tuesday - In the Garden

Ellibelle's Garden Party - Anything in (or from) a Garden

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Spoon (AALL&Create); Vintage background (Pinkpaislee); chess pattern and hearts (Studio Light); sentiment Strawberries(AVEC); Freshly Picked is computer generated

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Picked Raspberries (Distress Oxide; Barn Door (Distress Ink);

Image: Cup of strawberries (Deco Time);

Alcohol ink markers, acetate,

Berry Special

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at the Dream Factory

Our movie for this month is:

Cleaner

This month, we're making it easy for you—or maybe not!? ;))🤔🤔

Well, for some of you, they’re a piece of cake; for others, a real challenge. 

We hope you fall into the first category! LOL 

We're talking about 

Clean & Simple cards

Using an acrylic block, I created a background with blue and green Distress Oxide inks.

I then stamped the ground and the sentiment. Cut out the mouse and strawberries from a picture book (Deco Time) and glued them on. Done!

Dream Factory - Movie Poster

Would be great to see you there... :)

Linked up with:

Inspiration Station - Inspiration Photo

Four Seasons - Anything Summer

Addicted to Stamps and More - Any Occasion (The card is for my auntie's birthday)

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Ground (Katzelkraft); sentiment (composition of Stampin'Up and Yixuan stamps); 

Image: Strawberry plant and Mouse from a picture book (Deco Time);

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Salty Ocean and Mowed Lawn (Distress Oxide);

Sardines à l'huile

Hi everyone!

Ready to go for a new challenge at The Little Things ?.......   GREAT!!!

This month's theme is: Anything Goes

Our challenge blog is all about little things—more specifically, little cards.

Such as ATCs,  ATC coins, tags, Memorydex cards, 

Mini Moo cards, bookmarks, inchies, etc.

We hope that the variety of card styles and sizes 

will give you plenty of room to create something that suits your personal taste.

Today, I’m sharing an ATC shaped like a can of sardines in oil. 

I love sardines in oil, and since I’ve seen several ATC's like this on Pinterest over the past few days, I thought, “Why not?”

I started by rounding the corners of a black ATC background, then glued a smaller, offset card onto it, which I colored with Cracked Olive and Speckled Egg (Distress Oxide) inks.  This gives the impression of a can of sardines in oil.

I glued on the stamped and cut-out fish, which I had brushed with Speckled Egg, Salty Ocean, and Chipped Sapphire (Distress Oxide). I cut off their tails and inserted them between the fish heads to form the opposite row.

To make the lid, I stenciled waves using cutouts. I stamped swirls, a fish, and the word “SARDINES.” -- “A L’HUILE” is handwritten.

I then rolled up the lid, just like on a real can of sardines, and glued it on. I’m pretty happy with the result. 

Linked up with:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Fish/Sea Creatures

FarmQuest Grocery - Anything Food or Drink Goes

Paper Rocks Scissors - Anything Goes using Paper and/or Scissors (the fish are cut out with scissors)

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Tag-along (and ATC's) - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: Fish (Stampin'Up); Swirls and small fish (Pinkpaislee); A L'HUILE (handwritten); SARDINES (Alphabet stamps (AVEC));

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); Speckled Egg, Cracked Olive, Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire and Fired Brick (Distress Oxide; 

Dies: Waves (AVEC);

Summer Vibes

Hi everyone!

Time for a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create! 

Anything Goes w: optional twist: Craft or Hobby

(create something featuring your favorite pastime)

One of my favorite hobbies is—or rather, was—watercolor painting. I say "was" because ever since I discovered stamping, I’ve taken to making cards instead. But there are moments when I return to my watercolors. 

Today I’m showing you a small painting I did a while back. 

It was exactly the size of a card, so I used it for that purpose. 

I called it "Summer Vibes".

I don't think so, but if I were to add a sentiment, 

I'd do it once I've decided who it's for and what the occasion is.

Hope to see you play along with 613 Avenue Create 

Linked up with:

Allsorts - Anything Goes from the Garden

Four Seasons - Anything Goes Summer

Crafting Happiness - Summer

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - In the Garden

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes

Ally's Angels - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

I used:

Watercolors (Winsor & Newton), watercolor paper,

Keep Swimming

Hi everyone!

Unbelievable how fast time flies!! It's the end of May and we're heading into the second half of our Dream Factory challenge.

 

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

The playground for this challenge is the 

Underwater world

Ocean, lake, or river—it doesn't matter. 

To create the background for the ATC card, I used blue and green acrylic paint. 

I applied the blue paint to an old credit card and then dragged it horizontally across the paper. After the paint had dried a bit, I repeated the process with the green paint—this time moving it vertically.

I let the paint dry completely—which doesn't take long with acrylics.

Next step was the jellyfish. I stamped it once in white and once, slightly offset, in light pink (using acrylics as well). I also outlined it with a black fineliner, which I didn’t think was that great in hindsight.

Now it was the small fish’s turn. I stamped them first with light gray acrylic paint and colored them with metallic paints after they dried.

I stamped the coral, two seaweeds, starfish, seahorse and turtle separately, colored them, cut them out, and glued them on. 

Finally, I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment and added a few air bubbles above the fish.

I’m very happy with the result—what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Linked up with:

Little Red Wagon - Create your own Background

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

I used:

Stamps: All stamps are (Stampin'Up); ...except for the sentiment (PaperArtsy)

Inks: Onyx Black (Versafine); 

Alcohol ink markers, acrylic paint, white embossing powder, metallic markers, acrylic markers, white Posca pen,