Crackle Paints from Ranger

Greeting! New product day today. Trying to show you more stuff that I am seeing not only on blogs but also in the stores. Today's post is all about Crackle Paint. Tim Holtz has a ton of new products, one of them is called Crackle Paint. Years ago, I used something similar but it didn't have the color in it. It was more of a coat of paint you added after you painted the original color...and it DID NOT have the distress affects this stuff has. Jennifer McGuire has lots of these video tutorials, which I love because you can really get a sense of how the products work plus you get a TON of ideas. See them here on her blog.
The card I used the paint on is made with Junebug from Basic Grey. I simply punched a circle from tag board and painted it with the crackle medium. I then sped up the drying process with my heat gun. (You will have to enlarge the picture to see the distressing done withthe green paint.)
This card was made for my friend Tara who not only celebrates he birth date but also her birthday week and month. CRAZY WOMAN! Enjoy!

Cute Little Stamps

Greetings! It has been quite some time since my last post. Not only have we been very busy doing"summer" things, but I have also been waiting to post these birthday cards for my mom and mother-in law. My mom and mother-in-law share the same birth date. (I don't want to spoil the surprise now, do I?)
Today's post features some of the cute little stamps in the $1.99 bin at Archiver's. I love the Matrushka dolls. They are really quite fun to color too! All those little details!! I used papers form Basic Grey's new paper line called Junebug. They have all sorts of cool quilt like patterns in this pad. I also used tiny paper clips from Tim Holtz. The clips are miniature and come in copper, antique gold and pewter.
My mother-in -law loves layered cards so I added as much stuff as I could. Flowers are from Hero Arts - inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink and topped off with Hero Arts gem. I hope you enjoy these cards!

Happy Fourth of July

Greetings!
I hope you are having fun getting ready for the 4th of July! This year we are celebrating early with our neighbors and friends with a cookout on Friday! It is so much fun getting together with everyone!
My post today features a Stampendous exclusive found only at Archiver's. The stamp set has a Lady Liberty and Uncle Sam image as well as fireworks, Happy 4th of July and United We Stand sentiment. I used papers from Reminisce and dies from Spellbinders. I also added some ribbon from May Arts and Distress Ink from Ranger. Coloring as always was done with my Copic markers. Hope you enjoy!

Flower Soft-Thank Yous

Greetings !
Today's post features some cards I made using Flower Soft. Flower Soft is a product which adds a dimensional look to your cards and scrapbook pages. (It looks like little shaved eraser bits.)
I used the product on an image I stamped on my last post, except I omitted the flower portion of the image. I cut a slit in the pot and added flower soft to florist wire with tacky glue. The flowers appear 3-D. I then colored the image with Copics and pop dotted the can to the card. The papers used are from Basic Grey (Porcelain). Other products used are from Hero Arts ( flowers/gems), Distress Ink (Ranger) word punch ( Stampin' Up) ribbon (Bazzill) and Glimmer Mist (pearl colored). On the other card I simply added the Flower Soft directly to the stamped image (over the flower area) and made the image look 3-D like. Again , I used similiar paper and products. Hope you enjoy!

Bunches of Thanks

Greetings! Today is a semi-gorgeous day in St Paul. The temperatures are down but the sun is not up. Looks like it is going to rain but it doesn't. Nevertheless, I am enjoying the break from the air conditioning...nothing like keeping the windows open all day.
Today's post features some papers from Adorn-It. The paper has a collage of images on it ranging from birds and flowers to text (Plant Seeds of Joy). I used a stamp image from Hero Arts I found at Archiver's. The stamp comes in package with the flowers in a watering can, bunches of thanks sentiment and a few other small images. I colored them with my Copic markers and used Ranger's distress ink with the ink applicator to add color to the white and edges. Finally, I finished up with a little tulle in the color green on one card and polka dot black on the other. Enjoy!

Pink and Orange Challenge...Just A Little Something

Greetings! Oh come back great shining thing in the sky! I hope summer is not lost!!!
Today my post features another fun card challenge sponsored by Pink Persimmon stamps. They are presenting 13 different challenges throughout the summer months and this week they ask you to create a card with the colors orange and pink!
My card uses papers from K&Co. Citrus line and stamps from Stampendous. This is an older set but I love all the cute little puny sayings it includes. I also added a fabric tag which I had in my stash of ancient left-overs. Coloring is done with Copic markers and glittering with my Stardust (clear) pen. Enjoy!

Train Album

Greetings! Rain , rain and more rain! So glad..we really needed it! I spent much of my weekend organizing and crafting. I made my daughter's teacher a kite with transferred pictures of the class in the shape of a cross. The kite is a decorative one..it will never be able to fly. I hope she likes it.
Today's post is another gift creation. Father's Day is coming up in a couple of weeks and I created something for my dear old dad. Last Father's Day, we went on a free train ride courtesy of Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad.
I created my own train with an album from Maya Road and papers from Crate. The papers are from a collection I purchased years ago called Cowboy. Other products used: Distress Ink, Metro QuicKutz alphabet and Zig Writer.
Hope you enjoy!