Wicked Wednesday...

...in a winter storm!  Don't know where you live but here in North Carolina the snow is coming down fast and furious and I'm kinda loving it.  I'm normally not a fan of the white stuff but It's been a cozy and snugly kind of day and that's the part I'm enjoying.  Plus, it really is pretty to look at!

So, it's Wicked Wednesday and time for another ATC challenge, here's mine:

This is Zodiac - Aquarius from Delicious Doodles, our sponsor for this week.  Since February's birthstone is amethyst, I decided to keep her in lavenders.  I colored her with my Copics and added a little sparkle with my Spica glitter pens.  Next, I mounted her on lavender Bazzill trimmed to ATC size.  I finished her off with a little sentiment from My Favorite Things and some Lavender Glitter from Stampendous.

I hope you'll play along and link your creation to the challenge blog.  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon.  Tomorrow I have a card for Dreamweaver and Friday I'll have a little Stampendous love for you.  Have a blessed day.

Hugs,

Lea

Stack Art is Regal in Red

Hello there, happy crafters!  I’ve got another cute little Stack Art piece from Stampendous to share with you today.  I love making these little works of art, they’re fun and easy to do but they look like you’ve spent hours creating them.  They won’t know the truth unless you tell them!  Here’s my project for  today:

For this piece, I’ve used the Regal Bird Kraftboard Kit, one of my favs!  I just love that little birdie!  From the Red Encrusted Jewel Kit, I used Red Glass Glitter, Aged Scarlet Embossing Enamel, Red Tinsel Embossing Powder and Scarlet Fragments.  From the Gold Encrusted Jewel Kit, I used Champagne Pearl Embossing Powder and Gold Halo Glitter Mix, which gave it loads of sparkle!  The sentiment comes with the kit, you just cut out the one you want and layer between the pieces!  Easy peasy!  I punched two holes in the bottom piece before I started and added some red craft wire that I had partially wrapped around a skinny paint brush.  Such a fun little project!  These are great for gifts for teachers, co-workers or anyone really!  It might be just the little gift someone needs to lift their spirits!  The nice thing is they’re so easy to slip in a little envelope and send along.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you’ll come back soon.  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Lea

Eureka! It's Wicked Wednesday!

Hey there crafty folks!  Hope you’re having a fun Wicked Wednesday!  Today our Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge sponsor is Eureka Stamps and I love my little Hearty Dragon!  He makes my heart flutter!  I’ve colored him with Derwent Inktense Pencils and I have to say, these pencils are the bomb!  They are truly the most vibrant watercolor pencils I’ve ever used.  Here’s my ATC:

My base is Bazzill and I’m not sure what my patterned paper is as it was a scrap with no name!  My sentiment is from Memory Box.  The heart brads are from my stash. I do hope you’ll get wicked with us this week, it’s so much fun creating these mini works of art!  See you again tomorrow with a post for Stampendous!  Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, 

Lea

Happy Birthday!

Desert Islands Crafters Challenge Blog is three today so we're having a mini blog hop!  Woohoo!  Happy birthday and congratulations, Suzi, for creating this challenge blog we've all grown to know and love!  Here's my card to help celebrate the occasion:

Our sponsor this time around is Sassy Studio Designs and my image is Rainbow Bright Sassy that I've colored with Prismacolor Pencils.  Boy, did this one ever take me back in time!  LOL!  One of my daughters used to love Rainbow Bright!  For this card I've used Bazzill, Neenah Classic Crest and My Mind's Eye Hootenanny Six by Six Designer Paper Pad papers.  The stars are punched, the ribbon is seam binding I colored with Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Barn Door and the number 3 is part of a Tim Holtz grunge board letter and number set that I painted with the same paint.  I put it all together with Beacon Zip Dry and a few pop dots.  Here's the itinerary for the current challenge:

1.  Birthday
2.  Party
3.  Cake
4.  Ribbon or Twine
5.  Add Some Sparkle
6.  Emboss It - Dry or Wet Embossing
7.  3 Patterned Papers
8.  3 Different Embellishments
9.  Favorite Colors
10. It's a Gift - Make a Gift or Gift Box/Bag

I used numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8 for my card and I'm kind of stretching #2!  LOL!  That's okay, I know the thought process behind the card so if I say I was thinking party, you just have to believe me!  Here's the hop list:

Alison

Erica

Jenn

Kelli

Lea (me!)

Suzi

Thanks for stopping by today and I sure hope you'll leave us each a little birthday love as you go!   Don't forget to play along, we want to see what you come up with!

Hugs,
Lea

Do You Stack Up?

The January 2014 Stampendous! catalog has been released and today I'm sharing a project I created with one of the new products.  It was really hard for me to decide which project I wanted to share first but this one just called to me on so many levels!  I won't bore you with the details!  I have to apologize now as I'm confined to the main level of my house at the moment recovering from knee surgery, because of this, I don't know all of the supplies I've used on this.  I know most of the basics though and when I can, I'll go back and add the additional information.

Stampendous has released these really cool Stack Art Kits!  They come with nifty little chipboard pieces that can be decorated in any number of ways with Elements Kits and included printed sentiments.  They have their own matching stamp sets that can be used on other projects, too.  I'm in love with them!  Here's the first one I ever did and I think it came out super cute!

For this one I used the Stack Art Kraftboard Angel Wings Kit and the matching Stack Art Cling Rubber Stamps Angel Wings Kit.  The patterned paper on the bottom layer is from Bo Bunny and I used a bit of DecoArt Metallic Lustre (Champagne, I think) around the edges. For the next layer up, I stamped it with a red Archival Ink then painted over it with some cream DecoArt paint which allowed the red to ghost through the paint.  I also rubbed more of the Metallic Lustre over it once the paint dried.  I also used a little of the paint around my sentiment for accent.  I used Chunky White embossing enamel on the wings and as soon as my enamel was melted, I used the matching wing stamp and pressed it into the wings.  I rubbed some of the Metallic Lustre to bring out the detail of the wings.  For the heart, I used our Red Micro Glitter and totally covered it for lots of sparkle!  I punched two holes in my bottom layer and added wire that I randomly curled and added little seed beads here and there for accent.

Super cute, super easy and super fun to create!  What a fun little project to give as a teacher gift or to grandparents and friends!  If you haven't tried one of these cool kits, you really need to.  Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,
Lea  

Bali, Baby, Bali!

Have you seen all the cool new designs from Dreamweaver Stencils?  I've used two on my card today and I love them all!  For this card I used double-sided sticky paper and embossing powder and I'm really enjoying this technique.  The embossing powder has a distressed look and that's right up my alley!  For this card I used LG756 Open Elephant and LX7023 Large Scales stencils.  All the embossing powders are from Stampendous.  I apologize for not having the details at hand but as soon as I do, I'll add the details in.  Here's my card:

I let my paper from My Mind's Eye Indie Chic collection guide my color choices and I think they're perfect.  I love the Bali-wood feel to this card!  I've had to include two pictures of the the card as the gold embossing powder is so reflective it makes it difficult to see the whole elephant.  Since we're doing clean and simple for this month's challenge, I kept my accessories simple with skinny gold twine and an oversized brad as my only embellishment.

I hope you like my project today.  Here's the list of my teammates that are playing along today:

Dream It Up!
Louise Healy

Cyndi Bundy

Terrece Siddoway
Cherylynn Moser
Lyn Bernatovich
Pam Hornschu
Lea Kimmel

If you haven't already checked out their projects, please do and be sure to leave them some love!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again tomorrow.

Hugs,
Lea

Show and Tell

In Creative JumpStart 2014, Nathalie Kalbach has asked us to do a little show and tell as to what inspires us.  Both of the projects I'm posting here have been posted previously but they were created after two of the many things that inspire me.  The first is flowers.  I love flowers!  My grandmother was a HUGE lover of any plant that bloomed and she instilled that love in me.  This card was originally posted on December 13, 2012:

The stamps are both from Stampendous and the images were colored with Copic markers.

My next inspiration piece is one inspired by the beach.  Being a North Carolina gal, I spent a lot of summers vacationing at the beach.  I could sit and watch the waves roll in forever!  It's so peaceful there and I find that I fully relax when I feel the sand between my toes.  Ahhh!  Sweet serenity!  This card was originally posted on April 14, 2012.

The stamp is Stampendous, I've colored her with my Copics, the metal background piece is part of a truck filter that I've recycled.  The shells are from my favorite beach, Oak Island, NC!

There are many other things in life that inspire me, my children, music, all of nature, art in general, it doesn't take much to get my creative juices flowing!  These are just a couple of examples of my art and how I express myself.  I hope you enjoy them!

Hugs,

Lea