Stampin Friends Blog Hop

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the Stampin Friends Blog Hop! This month’s theme is Flowers and Mom. If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Maureen's blog. Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Barbara's blog. If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of Blog Hoppers at the end of each Blog.

Here are the projects I created for this month’s hop.

I used the 6 x 6 pad by Pebbles called Girl Squad to create the card.  I then used Whip Cream Cardstock from Fun Stampers Journey to create the card base and sentiment pieces.  The sentiment comes from a stamp set from Spellbinders.

The focal point, the flower, was created using Liquid Color by Fun Stampers Journey in Watermelon Fusion, following a technique I saw from Jennifer McGuire on Watercolor paper.  She took regular watercolors, which I do not have, and dropped the colors on the saturated image with the color and rolled it around.  The technique was really impressive, but I think my image was too small and too detailed to get the same effect.  I still like the way it came out though.

Here is a detailed look of just the flower:

I did stamp the flower onto Watercolor paper with Clear Pigment ink and White Embossing powder.  The flower stamp is from the Cottage Bouquet stamp set from Fun Stampers Journey.

 My project, is the same idea as my card, just as a tag, so I can add it to a gift for mom for Mother's Day.

Here is another view of the tag.

The Black Licorice Sparkle tape is from Fun Stampers Journey.

Thank you for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment and then don’t forget to go to the next hopper to continue hopping along.

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14.  Melissa Thomas

Crafty Gals Corner- Challenge #198- Emboss it

Hello Crafty Friends,

It is Wednesday, so we have a new challenge at Crafty Gals Corner.  We are now a monthly challenge blog, which means you have a whole month to post your entry.

The challenge this month is Emboss it!

I had fun coloring up the Winnie Mermaid Mermaizing image from Polkadoodles.

I embossed the background with the scallop embossing folder from Fun Stampers Journey before doing the watercolor background.

I colored the sweet mermaid with my Copics:
Hair: E37, E33
Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00
Fin: BG78, BG18, BG15, BG13
Flowers: BG18, BG15, BG13
Dolphin: C5, C3, C2, C1

I hope you will emboss something up with your embossing folders or powder and join us over at Crafty Gals Corner. 

3/23/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

I hope you are enjoying Spring where you are at.  The first day of Spring here in Southern California started out with a rainy day.  I love rainy days so I was fine with it.  But today, seems to be a true Spring Day for us.
Today I have a card to celebrate Spring and all the flowers that are blooming around us.

The card base it made from Whip Cream cardstock, with a layer of Whip Cream Cardstock that is embossed with the Pretty Plaid Embossing Folder.  I then layered a Pool Play Cardstock circle that I cut from Journey Circles.
I then stamped the daffodils from Hippity Hoppin Stamp set and Black Licorice ink, two on one piece of Whip Cream cardstock and one on another piece.  I then colored them with Journey Splash pencils and took my blender brush with water to spread the color around.  I detail cut these out and added two flat to the card and one with foam squares to the middle.
I then placed a piece of Create and Bloom Pattern Paper.  I then stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set with Black Licorice ink.  I then fussy cut this out and used a foam square to adhere to the card.
To finish the card, I added a few rhinestones to the card.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
C.R.A.F.T challenge- Spring  #14
Craft Rocket Challenges- Flowers #108
Cute Card Thursday - Spring Fever #30

1/21/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

I had a great weekend and I am so happy to have today off as well.  I needed the extra day this weekend.

Today, I wanted to share with you one of the birthday cards we made in my classes this month.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey.  You can purchase them here.

Stamp: Magical Unicorn
Paper: Whip Cream Cardstock, Pool Play Cardstock
Ink: Black Licorice
Dies:  Cloud Dreams, Magical Unicorn
Silk: Sparkle
Made the background with the Color Splash Pencils
Colored the Unicorn with Color Burst Pencils.

1/9/18

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I want to share with you another birthday card with you.  This card you can actually use for any occasion, but a birthday would be a good time.

Supplies are all Fun Stampers Journey.  You can purchase them here.
Stamp: Handpicked for You
Paper:  Tin Pail Cardstock, Fresh Sage Cardstock, Peaches and Cream Cardstock, Whip Cream Cardstock, Good Life Pattern Paper
Ink: Black Licorice
Dies: Handpicked for You
Accessories: Special Day Organza Ribbon, Journey Natural Twine
Colored with Color Splash Pencils

1/5/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I want to share a card I created for a special friend.  It can be used for a birthday or just because.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey.  You can purchase here.

Stamp: Handpicked for You
Paper: Tin Pail Cardstock, Haystack Cardstock, Whip Cream Cardstock, Good Life Pattern Paper
Ink: Black Licorice
Dies: Handpicked for You
Colored with Color Splash and Color Burst Pencils.

6/12/18

Hello Crafty Friends,

It's a new week and for me the last week of school.  I can't wait till summer begins.

Today I want to share a watercolor card I created.

I created the background paper by stamping the leaves from the set with Black Licorice ink on Whip Cream Cardstock.
I water colored the roses with my Color Splash pencils.  I did a few different swipes to get the vibrant color I got.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Flower Swirls, Must Have Sentiments
Paper: Whip Cream Cardstock, Candy Apple Cardstock
Ink: Black Licorice
Accessories: Candy Apple Satin Ribbon
Colored with Color Splash Pencils

5/19/18

Hello Crafty Friends,

Another wonderful stamp set that is being retired this month during the Fun Stampers Journey Retirement Party is Beautiful Wings.

If you know me, I love butterflies.  They are so unique and special and hold special thoughts for me.  I am sorry to see this great stamp go.  Get it before it flies away!

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Beautiful Wings
Paper: Sweet Pear Cardstock, Watermelon Fusion Cardstock, Whip Cream Cardstock
Ink: River Stone
Accessories: River Stone Satin Ribbon, Whip Cream Thread,  Journey Glaze, Journey Color Buttons II, Journey Sparkle Dust
Colored with Color Splash Pencils

4/4/18

Hello Crafty Friends,

It has been a whirlwind of start to April!  I celebrated my birthday on Saturday and was surprised with a faux fireplace that my brother built by himself.  I was in tears because it is beautiful and I have always wanted one.

Then on Sunday was Easter and we shared the day with our family by going to church together, hanging out together and having a big Easter dinner.

Monday, was my last day of my Spring Break and I enjoyed it with some retail therapy and a nap!

Welcome April!

Today I want to share with you the last Easter card I created.  I love this one the best.

The background of the card is created using Pan Pastel and the Stained Glass Stencil.
I then stamped the Color Cross on Color Splash paper with Black Licorice.  I then colored the cross with Color Splash Pencils.
Adding the Bloom Cluster in Lemon Grass Cardstock, and some flowers and pearls to the middle, I created a work of art.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Color Cross
Paper: Pretty Amethyst Cardstock,  Color Splash Sheets, Lemon Grass Cardstock, Lavender Fusion Cardstock
Ink: Black Licorice
Dies: Color Cross, Bloom Cluster
Punches: Summer Pretties
Stencil:  Stained Glass Stencil.
Accessories: Lemon Grass Thread, Pearls
Colored with:  Color Splash Pencils and Pan Pastel

3/31/18

Hello Crafty Friends,

It is the day before Easter and I am so excited to share with you my Easter Egg Carton.   If you have been watching my Instagram page, I did a few sneak peeks of what I was working on.  Now I can reveal the finished product.

I had so much fun creating each egg.  The base of each egg is a plastic egg.
Here are the details:
The green egg is wrapped with Lemon Grass Thread.
The middle egg in the back is decorated with Mother Nature Color Me Washi Tape.  I then colored the tape with Color Splash Pencils and added water to blend the colors.
The mint green egg in the back and the pink egg in the front, was painted with Cool Pool Acrylic Paint and a mix of Sweet Berry and Butter Cream.    I then speckled the outside with Black Licorice Silk.
The two eggs in the front corners was made with squares of Spring Filled Pattern Paper.  I placed White Liner tape on the back of each square.
I then added some Butter Cream cardstock, that I cut with Fringe Shears, for grass.

Have a great Easter!!!

3/25/18

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today, is a new week, so you know that means a new layout in my planner.

This week is Easter and Holy Week, so I wanted to do something to celebrate this event.

I used the Color Cross stamp and used the die cut negative to the die that matches to create the purple cross. I colored the red cross with the Color Splash pencils.  I then "flicked" some of the red pencil onto the rest of the page.  I colored the purple cross with PanPastel.  I also stamped some verses from the Color Cross stamp set that were appropriate for Easter.

I hope you have a great Easter week.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Color Cross
Ink: Black Licorice
Dies: Color Cross
Colored with Color Splash Pencils and Pan Pastels.

3/23/18

Hello Crafty Friends,

We are getting closer to Easter.  I love Easter for all the cute little decorations, but also for the real reason, Jesus is Alive!

Today, I want to share with you a very simple card.

I used the Color Splash pencils to color in the Tiger Blooms.  I used my blender pen to spread the color and then added a little more color with the pencil to the middle area.

The sentiment is from Annual Celebration, which a must have set for all year long.

I hope you have found some inspiration to make your own Easter cards.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Tiger Blooms ATS, Annual Celebration
Paper: Bubble Gum Cardstock, Whip Cream Cardstock, Color Splash Sheets, Spring Filled Pattern Paper
Ink: Black Licorice
Dies: Journey Ovals
Accessories:  Bubble Gum Satin Ribbon, Whip Cream Thread, Clear Bloom Accents
Colored with Color Splash Pencils

Happy Birthday

Hello crafty friends,

Today is the last day of the 12 days of Deals from Fun STampers Journey.  This is such a great offer, I hope you will take advantage of it.

The card I have today, shows off some of the pattern paper we offer.

I made this card using some Color Splash paper. 
I first stamped the Happy Birthday (HB) onto the Color Splash paper with Clear Pigment Ink.  I then dusted the top of the ink with Journey White Embossing powder and dumped off the excess.
Next, I heat up the whole card.  After the embossing powder was good and try and cool, I took my Color Splash pencils and using water from the Blending Brush, I dropped color onto the card and swiped back and forth.
I then took a slightly darker pencil and flicked some color all over the piece.
To finish it off, I added some flicks of Sparkle Silk.

Today's deal is on select paper packs.  You can check it out here.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: HB
Paper: Whip Cream Cardstock, Party Pop Pattern Paper, Color Splash Paper
Ink: Clear Pigment Ink
Silk: Sparkle
Dies: Film Frame
Accessories: Rhinestones, Journey White Embossing powder

Happy Everything Card

Good Morning Crafty Friends,
I hope you are having a wonderful day.  I hope you have big plans for this weekend that involve something crafty.
Today I would like to share with you a card I created for a challenge I am in.
The challenge was to create a card using a sample from the Fun Stampers Journey catalog, but we had to use different colors and stamps.
I chose the image on page 93 and made this from the sketch:

The rose is made by using a drop of Candy Apple Liquid Color on a drop and adding some water to it.  I then stamped the image on Color Splash paper with River Stone ink and then laid the paper in the water mix.  Tada!  Isn't it beautiful?!

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Dear Rose, Greeting Trends
Paper: Bubble Gum Cardstock, Pool Play Cardstock, Lemon Grass Cardstock, Whip Cream Cardstock, Color Splash
Dies: Journey Ovals, Dear Rose, Heart Strip
Liquid Color: Candy Apple
Ink: River Stone
Accessories: Journey Natural Twine, Rhinestones

Can You Case It? #158

It's Sunday today and you know what that means...a new challenge over at Can You Case It?
I created a watercolor card using the stamp I received from Richard Garay for my birthday.


I hope that you join us at our Facebook page with the challenge.  It's a color challenge, so have fun with these colors:

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Journey Birthday 2017 (exclusive coach gift)
Paper: Whip Cream Cardstock, Color Splash Paper. Beach Breeze Cardstock, Magical Journey Pattern Paper
Ink: Clear Pigment Ink
Accessories: Black Licorice Sparkle Tape, Candy Dots, Candy Minis, Whip Cream Journey Thread, Journey White Embossing Powder
Colored with: Color Splash Pencils

Can You Case It? #149

Hello crafty friends,
Today we have a new challenge over at Can You Case It?.  It is a sketch challenge and I don't know about you, but I enjoy working with sketched.  Here is the card I created:

I hope you will join us with the new challenge.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Hello Sunshine
Paper: Pool Play Cardstock, Whip Cream Cardstock,  Beach Breeze Cardstock, Denim Days Cardstock
Ink: Beach Breeze, Black Licorice
Colored with Color Splash Pencils

Thank you

Hello friends,
Today I have a card that I had fun creating.

The Whip Cream base is where I stamped the Sweet You Flowers with Black Licorice ink.  I then detail cut the one side.
I then stamped the same images on scrap Whip Cream cardstock and detail cut the blooms and placed them on the card with foam squares.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Sweet You
Paper: Whip Cream Cardstock, Designer Vellum Prints, Lavender Fusion
Ink: Black Licorice, Grape Fusion
Colored with Color Splash Pencils

Faith Friday 2/10/17

Welcome to my blog and Faith Friday.
Today I want to share a page from my Bible I created after hearing a great sermon this past Sunday.
We are all familiar with the story of Noah's Ark.  God wiped out all of creation except for those on the ark.  But, have you ever really stopped to think about the story and how God was feeling at the time.  Lots of things have been swimming around in my head since I re-read and heard another sermon on this story this past Sunday.
The one thing that has always stuck with me in this story is the promise that God will never flood the earth again and placed his rainbow in the sky as a covenant to us.  That is a great promise!
I want to share with you the page I created:

Supplies Used:
Paper: Bubble Gum Cardstock
Dies: Heart-felt, Cloud Dreams (I used to trace the clouds)
Clouds are colored with PanPastels
Rainbow is colored with Color Splash Pencils

Christmas Trees

We are only 3 days away from Christmas and I want to share a card I created for my last class.

The base of the card is Whip Cream Cardstock.  I stamped the tree from Christmas Trim two times on the Whip Cream Cardstock with Black Licorice ink.  I then stamped one on Color Splash paper.  I let the ink dry for a few minutes.
I then added a strip of Fresh Forest and Cranberry Bliss Cardstock to the left side.  I wrapped a piece of Journey Thread Silver around the card.  I then added two pieces of Twinkle trim and tied it to the knot and tied a bow.
I stamped the sentiment from Oh Holy Stamp Set with Pomegranate Splash ink.
Now, back to the Color Splash Tree.  I detail cut the tree out and then colored it with my Journey Color Splash pencils.  I then used the Journey Blending Brush filled with water to move the color around.
To finish the card, I added the tree to the card with foam squares and then added a few Journey Sequins Holiday Elements to the trees.  Enjoy!

Can You Case It? #137

It's Sunday again and you know what that means....
A new Can You Case It? Challenge!  Today we have a color challenge.

 

Here is the card I created:

The base of the card is a Sweet Pear Cardstock, with a layer of Watermelon Fusion Cardstock.  I then took a piece of Whip Cream Cardstock and stamped the Beautiful Wings image onto the cardstock randomly with River Stone ink.  I then stamped another butterfly on a scrap piece of Whip Cream Cardstock.
Using my Journey Splash pencils, I colored the butterflies.  Bubble Gum for the background butterflies and Sweet Pear and Watermelon Fusion on the main butterfly.  I then took the Fusion Blender Pen, filled with water, and blended the colors a little bit.
I added a River Stone Satin Ribbon bow around the card, and tied the heart button from Journey Color Buttons II with Whip Cream Thread and tied in a bow.
To finish the card, I added some Journey Glaze to the main butterfly and dusted it with Journey Sparkle Dust.  Enjoy!
I hope you will join us this week with the challenge.  Also remember to follow us on Facebook to see upcoming challenges as well.