Grunge it up card

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In My Garden card

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Timeless Treasure art journal spread

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Father's day card

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Distress it card

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Monday, October 8, 2012

Halloween's rustification

Hi everyone,

As you know I'm in Halloween mode, and the challenge of this week's Simon Says Stamp and Show fits that perfectly. The challenge is called Rustification. What did you just say??? Yes, Rustification ... May Flaum (our DT leader) has made up the word and you can interpret it as you wish. Sush as makeing something look rusty, or use some rust colors. What ever you want to do, let your imagination run free. I chose to make something rusty looking. In this case a rusty fence. I've done that ​​with a Andy Skinner Time Worn Technique. I'm so loving his amazing techniques!


The tombstone I've made using the Dylusions Perfect Splatter Technique that my dear friend Anita Houston shows here in a great video. I chose Black Marble Dylusions and Pewter Perfect Pearls to create a black marble effect. The letters I've cut out of vinyl with my Silhouette Cameo. Unfortunately I did not come up with the text/name for it, but found it on the internet somewhere. When I saw it I knew immediately that I wanted to use it! It's too funny, right?







To join in all you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks challenge and you can be the winner of the $50 gift voucher that our amazing sponsor Simon Says Stamp offers. This prize will go to a random entry. So go over to the Stamp and Show Challenge blog, let the DT members inspire you and join in the fun!

Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Spooky Alcohol Resist

Hi everyone,

Linda has treated us again to a new Compendium of Curiosities challenge and it is a though one! But very fun to do/try. It is the Alcohol Resist technique which can be found on page 59. I didn't do much Halloween ​​projects for a little while, so it was about time for one.

I've used Pitch Black and Purple Twilight alchohol inks as base. I continued a little too long application of the alcohol inks, and now it is become a bit dark purple, but actually I think it's pretty cool. This technique I used for the whole background. I am so in love with the wiggly eyes that I have applied them to Mr. Owl and in the o's of wooden spooky letters.







Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Autumn Birthday

Hi everyone,

 
My sister's birthday is coming up and that can go witout a card. Not just any card, it had to be different than usual. For a while I've been thinking about what I wanted to make and today I saw the new challenge of Frilly and Funkie. Well that got me to thinking some more. We have to use a tag but differently than normal. So I knew I wanted to use a jumbo tag as a card. Unfortunately I don't have jumbo tags, so I made one out ​​of kraft cardstock. Last weekend I ordered some of those "donut" labels that goes around the hole of a tag! Ghighi!



I also wanted to join Compendium of Curiosities challenge where this week the challenge is Distress Markers! What I really like most to do with the distress markers is stamping. This technique I have used with the Congratulations stamp.





Finally I had some inspiration for my pop-up die. I saw everyone making beautiful pop-up cards, but it didn't gave me a creative spark to create my own. So I'm very happy that I finally had some inspiration to make my own!


The colors are a lot darker and richer than on these pictures! Very irritating when you don't get that good in the pictures. Sigh!


Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra

Monday, October 1, 2012

Artsy Autumn Leaves

Hi everyone,

It's fall and that means that the leaves of the trees will change color and provide a amazing color palette! That is incredibly beautiful sight and that is maybe the only thing I really love about autumn. I'm more of a spring and summery kind of gal! The challenge this week at Simon Says Stamp and Show is leaf-tastic.


For this challenge, I made ​​a card with watercolor paper as base. The beautiful and bright colors of the Dylusion Sprays are great for a nice autumnal background. I'm still experimenting with the Dylusion Sprays. Especially how the colors stay as bright as possible. And I think that I managed to keep them nice and bright for this card. But I can't remember what I did exactly... Sigh... As decoration along the edges I used the Luscious Leaves stencil. And the words are stamped with Ali Edward stamps. I really like those!


I'm entering this card to Frilly and Funky, as their challenge is Fall into Fall.



To join in all you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks challenge and you can be the winner of the $50 gift voucher that our amazing sponsor Simon Says Stamp offers. This prize will go to a random entry. So go over to the Stamp and Show Challenge blog, let the DT members inspire you and join in the fun!

Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Blogcandy winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi everyone,

Thank you for all your lovely comments! It means a lot! So funny that I now have exactly 100 followers! What a great day to pick out the blogcandy winner! I let the random.org do his thing and the winner is...........................................



That's you Patricia!! Please email me smouwen80 at gmail dot com to claim your prize!

Thank you all for visiting me, following me, and leaving me wonderful comments! I'm so happy that you found me and that you are along for my creative ride the past year! Hope you continue to do so for the next year!

Hugs,
Sandra

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Let's go to the movies

Hi everyone,

When I saw Linda's tag she made for the Compendium of Curiosities challenge​​, I almost immediately knew what the theme of mine would be. I'm really a movie fanatic and go every week to the movies with friends. The last movie I've seen is Ted! Actually I didn't know what I expect from that movie, but eventually it was incredibly funny.



The technique of this week is Riveted Patchwork and can be found on page 57. It's the same technique Tim used for the September tag of the 12tags of 2012. So I'm gonna join in another time :). This week the challenge is also sponsored by the Funkie Junkie Boutique!





The movie ticket is from My Favorite Things. It is a stamp set with a die in the shape of a ticket! This time I did use steel wool to burnish the alcohol ink. To give the background a little more interest, I used some brown paint. And at the bottom I made with tissue paper some popcorn...



Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra

Monday, September 24, 2012

Spooky Sparkly

Hi everyone,

It's yet another Monday, and that means a new challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Show! Autumn is in full swing and the colors of the leaves begin to change. The weather's also changed since iT turned autumn just a few day ago. The challenge of this week is to use some sparkle in your project. I love sparkle and shimmery in my projects. But somehow I don't use it that often. Hmm I need to change that! It's another Halloween project! I think you guys are getting crazy of my Halloween madness. Sorry guys!

For the background of this card I used Ripe Persimmon and stamped with Black Soot Distress Ink the Wallpaper stamp(one of my new favorites for Halloween scenes) and embossed it with clear embossing powder. It may not sparkle, but it absolutely shines! I recently bought these little vails and so perfect for this theme. I printed out these awesome labels, and stuck them on the bottles. With double sided tape I adhered the vails to the card.






Finally it was time for some sparkle and die cut come beautiful flowers with the Tattered Flower Garland die. To add some sparkle it put some stickles in them! But that was not enough, so I took my only Halloween stamp and stamped with Versamark on black cardstock and brushed some Perfect Pearls Pewter on it.


To join in all you need to do is make a project that fits this weeks challenge and you can be the winner of the $50 gift voucher that our amazing sponsor Simon Says Stamp offers. This prize will go to a random entry. So go over to the Stamp and Show Challenge blog, let the DT members inspire you and join in the fun!

Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra