Atlantic Hearts Sketch #125

Welcome back to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #125.

I came across a few paper flowers and felt that this wine was just perfect for this challenge!!  Life has dealt me quite a hand over the past few weeks and I needed a card to send to a friend who has been there through all!

Thank you all for visiting this week!  I can't wait to see your submissions!

CASE-ing Christmas #29

The Don't Run with Scissors studio has been in hiatus!  But, we're back!

Please come and join us at CASE-ing Christmas this month!  It's snowman time...

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #123

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!  I am in the mood for Fall.  I'm not sure if it is because the school buses are back on the road, or the brisk New England air.... Who am I kidding!  It's hot and humid here in New England!  

The leaves were made using distress inks and watercolor paper and die cut from the leaf Lawn Fawn die set.

Get your craft on!  To view and enter the challenge, please visit the Atlantic Hearts blog page!  Entries are due on Sunday, Sept. 6th.

4CC Challenge #261 - Funky Hair

This certainly was a tough challenge for me!  Funky hair!?  Since I don't own one stamp that has a 'person', I didn't know what I was going to do about hair!  Then, I came up with an idea!  Why not an unusually colored animal with the catch phrase, 'there is one in every crowd.'  Well, this is what became of my idea!

The die is from Penny Black 'feline.'  I absolutely love it.  I used my spectrum noir. Rakers to color one of the cats and added some polka dots with a white gel pen.  The sentiment was printed on my laser printer (lobster two font) and then I used my laminator and some Heidi Swapp foil to make it shine!

Get your craft on!  Come visit us at 4 Crafty Chicks Blog and submit your entry by noon on September 1st!

4CC Challenge #260 - Distressed

Welcome Back!  It's time for another 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge!  This week is all about distressing!  I don't know about you, but being in the studio is my 'distressing'!

This Autumn Greetings card is all about distress.  I started with white catdstock and painted it with black distress paint dauber so (acrylic paint).  I then embossed some flourishes and script with clear embossing powder.  Then I painted over the entire page with a raspberry paint dauber.  When it was almost dry, I wet a cloth and wiped the paint off the the embossed images.

The leaves were made from th Lawn Fawn stitched leaf die from watercolor paper.  I used some distress inks to blend some oranges, yellows, and reds together.  The sentiment is embossed in gold and I added some bakers twine and a button to finish it off!

Get your craft on!  Come visit us at 4 Crafty Chicks Blog and submit your entry by noon on August 25th.

It's Technique Tuesday! Have a lot of scrap paper? Turn it into a quick card!

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  If you are like me, you have a ton of scrap paper lying around!  There are many techniques for using it up... And here's the first!  I'll be showing my techniques in the coming weeks.  Get your craft on!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #121

Welcome back to another Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!  This one was actually harder than I thought it would be!  I just acquired this Tim Holtz clock stamp and have been leaning towards nautical paper lately.  So, I decided to blend the two together.  Get your craft on!  To view and enter the challenge, please visit the Atlantic Hearts blog page!  Entries are due on Sunday, August 30th.