Aww Thanks - Three Room Studio Saturday Challenge

 Today's post is for Three Room Studio's Saturday Challenge and the theme is Thank You and

I've used the Aww Thanks set plus the matching die. 

Including myself, the following team members are also participating in the challenge.

Marilyn

Pam

Karen

Kim

Allison

I sponged Bundled Sage distress ink onto a cardbase and then smeared the same ink to a piece of acrylic, added some water and spread it around a bit with my fingers and then 'smooshed' it down over the card base to get the mottled effect.

The Hugs sentiment was stamped with Bundled Sage distress ink and cut with the matching die.  I also cut 4 more layers out of white card stock and then glued them all together.

Be sure to check out the Three Room Studio shop to have a look at the stamp sets, to the Three Room Studio blog, the design team blogs and Instagram.
Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies:
Stamp & Sentiment - Three Room Studio Aww Thanks
Dies - Three Room Studio Aww Thanks, Rubbernecker Circle Scallop/Holes, CC Designs Stitched Circles, My Favorite Things Layered Leaves

Hello Mr. Squirrel - All Dressed Up Release

 

Wow, here we are in October already and it feels like time is just flying by.  It's definitely fall here, with some trees having lost their leaves already but the temperatures are still nice, no need for a jacket yet.
We have a new release at All Dressed Up stamps and I was given the Hello Mr. Squirrel to use.  I always enjoy the little girl images Wendy comes up with and this one is no exception, she's a cutie.

Here's a look at all four of the images released this month but be warned, they are so cute that you will likely want them all!

Be sure to visit the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog to see what else was created by the team for this release. While you are there, take a peek at the current challenge where the theme at the is always Anything Goes with the only rule to enter being you use an All Dressed Up image. If you don't have any, they can be can either be purchased at the All Dressed Up Etsy Shop or downloading one of several cute freebies offered on the blog.
Join us for some fun and wonderful creations at the Facebook Fan Page, Facebook Challenge (there is a theme for this one) and there's also a Pinterest page to view some more gorgeousness.
Thanks for stopping by and have a good week!
Supplies:

Image - All Dressed Up Hello Mr. Squirrel
Dies - CC Designs Build a Card, Lil Inkers Stitched Circles

The Way You Move - Stampingbella

 I've been going through my card box and have found some cards which I have never posted and this is one of them.  hahahha... it's so old the stamp is no longer made.  It's a Diane Duda stamp which was made by Stampingbella and called The Way You Move.  I like the whimsical and primitive nature of these stamps so it's something different from me.  I had pieced the dress and buds from the stamped flowers from a piece of My Mind's Eye Sunshine paper and then added some flowers cut from CC Designs 5 point flower die.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Copics: 

Hair - E49/47/44/43/42/YR31

Dress Shading - BG13/11/10

New Home

 

Hello and I hope all is well with you.  It's good here but definitely fall weather with it being a little cooler and the leaves on the trees are quickly changing colour. 

Today's card was made for someone who has purchased a new home so I sent this along with the housewarming gift I had made.  The cute little mushroom house is a digi from Pink Petticoat but they no longer sell under that name.  She now makes her images available under The Lovely Studio.   I have so many of her images and am very glad I got them when I did because she doesn't have them all listed in the new shop.

Thanks for stopping by, take care and have a great week!

Image - Pink Petticoat

Dies - Your Next Stamp Stitched Happy Rainbow Set, My Favorite Things Stitched Blooms, CC Designs In & Out Rectangle 

Misc - Stickles 

Three Room Studio CASE Challenge

Hi and welcome to another challenge at the Three Room Studio and this week we are casing anyone we choose to.  Although I'm a little late, I knew immediately that Chrissie Stokes of Simply One of a Kind was going to be my pick.  She does the most beautiful clean and simple cards which are always so stylish and elegant so go ahead, check out her blog and you can see for yourself.  The card I cased is here:
http://simply-one-of-a-kind.blogspot.com/2015/08/love-of-sailing.html.  
I decided to dig out my watercolors for this thinking the image is small so I couldn't mess it up too badly.  I love the look of watercolour on other people's cards but am never totally happy with my efforts.  This time I am so I think I'll try it again, maybe on something bigger!
It really doesn't show in the photo but I heat embossed the image in silver... I don't know why but it looks like black ink in the picture.
You can enter the challenge on Instagram and share it by using #TRSCardChallenge 

Be sure to check out the Three Room Studio shop to have a look at the stamp sets, to the Three Room Studio blog, the design team blogs and Instagram. 

Three Room Studio products are currently available at ONLY the following retailers. Any other retailers selling Three Room Studio products and not listed here are not authorized and the products being offered are therefore counterfeit (AKA: Stolen).
Three Room Studio: http://www.threeroomstudio.com
Simon Says Stamp: http://www.simonsaysstamp.com
Scrapbooking Fairies: http://www.scrapbookingfairies.com
Artful Angel: http://www.shopartfulangel.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Image - Three Room Studio Mom's Hibiscus

Sentiment -  Three Room Studio Believe in fairies

Die - CC Designs Half Rectangles (this must be discontinued, there is nothing in the store)

Misc - Watercolor paper, WOW Silver Embossing Powder, Watercolor paint

Rainbow Girl - All Dressed Up Challenge

It's challenge time again at All Dressed Up and I've chosen to use one of the sweet little girls from Wendy's designs. Rainbows are trending right now and this little gal is trying to paint some cheer and happiness in these trying times.  The image is Rainbow Girl and available in the All Dressed Up Etsy Shop right now.

The theme for the challenge is always Anything Goes with the only rule to enter being you use an All Dressed Up image. If you don't have any, they can be can either be purchased at the All Dressed Up Etsy Shop or by downloading one of several cute freebies offered on the blog.

Be sure to head on over to the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog where you can see all kinds of inspiration from the rest of the girls on the team. Join us for some fun and wonderful creations at the Facebook Fan Page, Facebook Challenge (there is a theme for this one) and there's also a Pinterest page to view some more gorgeousness.
Thanks for stopping by and have a good week!
Copics:
Dress - R85/83/81/00
Hair - E57, E55, E53, E51
Skin - E04/11/21/00/000

Shading - BG10/70 

Rainbow -R39/37/35/32;  YR07/04//02/00;  Y06/02/00

Supplies:
Image - All Dressed Up Rainbow Girl 

Sentiment - CC Designs Lucky Rainbow 

Dies - My Favorite Things Blueprints 18

Misc - Stickles

Hippo - Gerda Steiner Designs

Hi and I hope you are well and staying safe.  I seem to be spending more time in my craft room these days so thought it was a good opportunity to get some ink on stamps I have and today's pick is the cute little Hippo with Butterfly from Gerda Steiner Designs.  I stamped a couple butterflies and then stamped and cut another to put on his face so those crossed eyes have something to look at.  You can't really see it on the photo but the butterfly is glued only in the center so his wings have a little dimension.  I used the sentiment from the set and curved the ends down a bit so it would go around the edge of the circle.  I don't know why this little guy has been sitting un-inked for so long... I've always thought it was such a cute image and I'm pleased I have finally got him on paper.
Copics:
Hippo - T5/3/1/0
Shirt - RV23/21/00
Supplies:
Image & Sentiment - Hippo with Butterfly
Dies - CC Designs Stitched Circle, MFT Stitched Blooms
Challenges:
Gerda Steiner Designs - April Share Your Design   

Retail Therapy - Three Room Studio

Hi and welcome to the our challenge at Three Room Studio and this week it is a colour challenge.  I find colour challenges difficult sometimes but once I finally decided on the paper I wanted to use, it went along smoothly.

For my card, I used the Retail Therapy set. I have to admit, this card took me a long time.  I misplaced the little package stamp that goes with the set which is why my cart is empty.  I spent at least an hour looking for that little thing, obsessed about it and looked some more but I never did find it.  This isn't the first time this sort of thing happened... I remember finding my missing Misti magnet three months later!  All of this is because I am a very messy crafter!

You can enter the challenge on Instagram and share it by using #TRSCardChallenge 

Be sure to check out the Three Room Studio shop to have a look at the stamp sets, to the Three Room Studio blog, the design team blogs and Instagram. 

Three Room Studio products are currently available at ONLY the following retailers. Any other retailers selling Three Room Studio products and not listed here are not authorized and the products being offered are therefore counterfeit (AKA: Stolen).
Three Room Studio: http://www.threeroomstudio.com
Simon Says Stamp: http://www.simonsaysstamp.com
Scrapbooking Fairies: http://www.scrapbookingfairies.com
Artful Angel: http://www.shopartfulangel.com

Thanks for stopping by!

Copics:

Shirt - R24/22/20

Pants - BV02/00/000, added dots with a white gel pen

Hair - E47/44/43/42/41

Skin - E11/04/00/000

Cart - T7/5/3/1

Supplies:

Image & Sentiment - Three Room Studio Retail Therapy

Dies - CC Designs In & Out Circle, Quikutz Circles & Scallops

Autumn Leaves - All Dressed Up Challenge

It's challenge time again at All Dressed Up and I've chosen to use one of the sweet little girls from Wendy's designs. This one is Autumn Leaves.
The theme for the challenge is always Anything Goes with the only rule to enter being you use an All Dressed Up image. If you don't have any, they can be can either be purchased at the All Dressed Up Etsy Shop or by downloading one of several cute freebies offered on the blog.
Be sure to head on over to the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog where you can see all kinds of inspiration from the rest of the girls on the team. Join us for some fun and wonderful creations at the Facebook Fan Page, Facebook Challenge (there is a theme for this one) and there's also a Pinterest page to view some more gorgeousness.
Thanks for stopping by and have a good week!
Copics:
Dress - Y15, Y13, Y11, Y00, YR24
Hair - E57, E55, E53, E51; Y21
Skin - E13, E11, E00, E000
Shading - BG11, BG10, BG70
Boots - T7, T5, T3, T1
Supplies:
Image - All Dressed Up Autumn Leaves
Sentiment - TLC Creations Have a Wonderful Day Dies - CC Designs In & Out Circle

Autumn Owl - All Dressed Up Release

Hi and welcome to the new release at All Dressed Up digi stamps and it's another month with four beautiful new images which are just in time for fall and Christmas.  This little beauty is named Autumn Owl and below is a pic of all the new images which can be purchased in the store now.

You know how every once in a while we end up with a card which seems to be destined for trouble from the very beginning?  Well.. that's what this one was.  I had my paper picked out and was set to do a fall colour scheme but before I got it cut, I changed my mind and spent a good 20 minutes looking for something different and then found this floral one which I quite like.  That was the least of my worries because from that point on, it all went downhill.  I had the owl completely coloured and went to put dark v's on the wing for feathers using a Copic but I couldn't get the lines fine enough so started over.  I had almost everything coloured and pulled out a pink marker to do some flowers and when I opened it, some pink dots flew out onto my picture.  AAAck!  I know better than that... I make a conscious effort to never open a marker over the picture because this very thing has happened before.  Luckily, I managed to get rid of most of it with colorless blender and disguise the rest but I wasn't totally happy with how the card was looking but pressed on because I was running late and had to get it finished.  Thought I'd finally made it to the finish line but once I had the picture taken and watermarked, I realized I'd forgotten to add a button and string to the sentiment bar which I intended to do.  Time was really running short so I decided to got with the pic as is and was annoyed as all get out about it.  

Hahahah... sheesh, this card had me so stressed out but you know, I think we all need one of those 'oh my' cards every once in awhile to be able to appreciate our work more.  I'm still not totally happy with the card but I feel I learned from doing it and that's always a good thing.  There... that's my card saga and hopefully it doesn't happen again for a long, long time!

Be sure to visit the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog to see what else was created by the team for this release. While you are there, take a peek at the current challenge where the theme at the is always Anything Goes with the only rule to enter being you use an All Dressed Up image. If you don't have any, they can be can either be purchased at the All Dressed Up Etsy Shop or downloading one of several cute freebies offered on the blog.
Join us for some fun and wonderful creations at the Facebook Fan Page, Facebook Challenge (there is a theme for this one) and there's also a Pinterest page to view some more gorgeousness.
Thanks for stopping by and have a good week!
Copics:

Shading - C2, C1, C0, C00

Owl - E53, E51, E50; E35, E33, E31, E30

Supplies:
Image - All Dressed Up  Autumn Owl

Sentiment - Papertrey Ink Mega Mixed Messages (this may be discontinued.  I've had the stamps for years and cannot find a link for it)

Dies - Uniquely Creative Stitched Scallop, Sugar Pea Layered Label

After colouring the image, I soaked a segment of paper towel in Colorless Blending Solution and pressed down to give the body a little texture and more of a mottled look
Misc - Stickles, Bundled Sage distress ink, Liquid Pearls, Copic Multiliner

Autumn Wreath - All Dressed Up Stamps New Release

Hi and welcome to the new release at All Dressed Up digi stamps and it's another month with four beautiful new images which are just in time for fall and Christmas.  This little beauty is named Autumn Wreath and as soon as I saw it, I hoped it was the one I would be given and lucky me, it sure was!
Here's a pic of the new ones which can be purchased in the store now.

Be sure to visit the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog to see what else was created by the team for this release. While you are there, take a peek at the current challenge where the theme at the is always Anything Goes with the only rule to enter being you use an All Dressed Up image. If you don't have any, they can be can either be purchased at the All Dressed Up Etsy Shop or downloading one of several cute freebies offered on the blog.
Join us for some fun and wonderful creations at the Facebook Fan Page, Facebook Challenge (there is a theme for this one) and there's also a Pinterest page to view some more gorgeousness.
Thanks for stopping by and have a good week!
Copics:
Hair - E57, E55, E53, E51, E40
Skin - E13, E11, E00, E000, R20

Leaves - E07, YG63, Y02; YG17, YG13, YG11

Shirt - G24, G21, G20 and white gel pen for the dots

Flowers - R24, R22, R20

Shading - C2, C1, C0, C00

Supplies:

Image - All Dressed Up Autumn Wreath

Sentiment - Tracey Hey Alpaca Pals Be Fierce

Dies - CC Designs Make a Card #9

Misc - White gel pen, Stickles

Wild Thing

As soon as I saw the Wild Thing sentiment, I knew I had to have it, first because it's cute but secondly the Trogg's Wild Thing song started bouncing around in my head.  You know when that happens, you have to hear the song again so here's a You Tube video of it.
It didn't take much looking to find the perfect image and here is Monty, the big hairy ol' monster.
I stamped the sentiment with white ink on black paper and used Copics to colour Monty.  The rest is quite simple, a couple circles, a flag for the sentiment and some black brads.  Somehow Monty doesn't seem scary at all once the song is rattling around in your head.

You can find lots of inspiration from the Design Team Divas at the One Crazy Stamper blog, and the One Crazy Stamper Facebook Fan page plus you can also follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Copics:

Monty - T7, T5, T3; RV 42, R20; E55, E53, E50

Supplies:

Image - High Hopes Q109 Monty

Sentiment - High Hopes H184 Wild Thing

Dies - CC Designs Stitched Circles

Paper - Doodlebug Petite Prints

Tags - Christmas and not

 Hi there and I hope you are well.  The mad rush is on for me with the last of the holiday tasks to finish up before we leave for Christmas so I thought I would post the last of my Christmas tags and add some that were made for my granddaughter to add to her gifts.
These cute chubby robins are from Clearly Besotted Red Robin set and the tag die is CC Designs Holiday Tag Die set.  I cannot find a link to the Robins anywhere so maybe it has been discontinued.

 This fun little reindeer stamp is from Clearly Besotted and is Let's Prance - I love these silly little fellas!

 These two are for our granddaughter and the bunny is also Clearly Besotted and is the Woodland Kisses set.  This company has some of the sweetest stamps!  The silly chicks are Technique Tuesday's Chicks Rule and again, another set which may be discontinued because I cannot find a link for it anywhere on Technique Tuesday but did manage to find one at Scrapbook.com.  This is what happens when you dig out stamps you haven't used yet...

 Another great stamp set of animals and this one is Simon Says Stamp Encouraging Animals.  Cute set with 5 different animals and several sentiments.

 Here's some Gorguss Girls for the granddaughter and again, stamps I've had forever so it's nice to finally get some ink on them.

 This one is Sugar & Spice.

 Next is Little Love and

finally Little Song.
There, I think this wraps up the last of my Christmas tags to post.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great Christmas and holiday season!