Joy

 



Greetings! A bit late today with my creation for Inkspirational.  Sometimes life just gets in the way...We have a Photo Inkspiration Challenge this time and its so cool! 

Wait to you see what the rest of the design team came up with for you.  For my own creation, I began by spritzing Brusho Crystals onto water color paper with water.  A few bits of Washi Tape were added for a punch of color.  The focal image by Outline Rubber Stamps was stamped onto water color paper, matted and mounted to a burlap panel and then onto the card front.  We look forward to seeing your creation and hope you will join in the fun.  Best, Yvonne

Je t'aime Paris

 

Greetings! It's time again for a new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenge.  This time, the theme is "Wintertime in Paris."



I found this a bit of a challenge, but afterall, that is what this is, yes?! I selected several photo stamps and sentiments from Stampsmith and stamped them in black and white for the bleakness of winter.  The water color panel was stamped with resist ink and then colorized with Dylusions Ink spray.  The snowflakes were gifts from Linda at the Funkie Junkie Boutique.  You will just love the samples the other Design Team members created!  We cannot wait to see what you come up with.  Remember there is a $20 gift voucher from our generous sponsor, FlonzCraft, for one lucky participant! Thanks for stopping by! Yvonne

Peace on Earth

 

Greetings! It is time once again for another challenge over at Inkspirational! This time, it is anything goes with silver.

 

Not having any silver items, I chose to paint over some rusted metal items with Distress Paint.  The background is done with red and green Bister spritzed with water on water color paper.  The sentiment is by Red Lead Paperworks and the Angel is by Oxford Impressions.  I hope you will stop over to see all the beautiful inspiration pieces of the rest of the Design Team and then create a project of your own to share with us! Thanks for stopping by. Hugs, Yvonne

Giddy Up!

 

Greetings!  Thanks so much for taking the time to stop over to my blog today.  Eclectic Ellapu is back with November Challenges! The pink team have selected "Banners, Bows or Balloons" for their theme.  I hope you will take a look at all the variety in the design team samples and then create a project of your own to share with us.  My card is created using images from several different Artistic Outpost Stamp Sets.  The background is done with Bister Color Crystals and the images are tinted with TowBow Markers.  I am also adding my card to the Artistic Outpost Challenge for November.  I value and cherish your visits and comments, fellow seekers of art! Hugs, Yvonne

Boo!

Greetings! It is time again for a new challenge over at Inkspirational! The theme: Cute Halloween.  If you are not into Halloween, you can still join in by making a project with an Owl or Pumpkin instead. 

For my card, I used some background paper and then stamped several vintage inspired Halloween stamps, which I thought were cute onto scrap card.  I colored them in softly with Gelatoes, distressed the edges and matted them and added them to the card front.  The chip board letters are by Tim Holtz and the ribbon and buttons are from my stash.  I hope you will stop by Inskpirational to see the inkspiring work of the rest of the Design Team and then submit a project of your own!

Thanks for stopping by! Yvonne

Changing Seasons

 

Greetings! It is time once again for the latest challenge at Fashionable Stamping Challenge! Our theme this time around is "Changing Seasons." Isn't autumn a beautiful time of year? I love pulling out my cozy sweaters and corduroys! For my own sample, I began by spraying fall colors of Dylusions Ink Sprays onto a water color panel and spritzing with water.  The focal image and sentiment are by Unity Stamps.  The girl is colored with TowBow Markers.  The acorns are from Red Lead Paperworks and the bark is from my yard! I hope you will pop on over to see what the rest of the team has dreamed up to inspire you and that you will then create and share your own project with us for the chance to win a prize offered by our generous sponsor, FlonzCraft.  Thanks for stopping by.  Yvonne 

Glow!

 

 



 

Greetings! It's good to back with another sample for the latest challenge over at Inkspirational! Our them this time is the word prompt "Glow."  Lots of ways to interpret this one.  Just take a look at all the samples by the Design Team to get some great ideas and we hope you will share one of your own with us as well.

 

For my own card, I worked with a base of water color panels and colorized them with several shades of Dylusions Ink Sprays.  The sentiment, focal image, stencil, cat and wood disk are all by Red Lead Paperworks. 

 

Have a lovely autumn weekend! Hugs, Yvonne

Getting Ready for Halloween

 

Greetings and thank you for stopping by my blog today.  Today, I share my cards for Gecko Galz with you, with mixed emotions.  I have decided to step down from the GG Design Team and this is my last set of design samples.  I love GG designs and will truly miss being a part of GG, but will always hold GG dear to my heart. 

 

 

The samples were made using background papers from the Freak Show paper pack, images from Halloween is for Kids, Halloween Night and Wicked Words clip art images.  Rubber stamps are from Red Lead Paperworks.

 

Below is the free clip art image for you from Gecko Galz.  Enjoy.

Thank you for stopping by.  Hugs, Yvonne

High Heels

 

Greetings! My post tonight is for the newest challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenge where the theme is to "use a quote or sentiment." I began with a water color panel and added some Bister crystals to the panel and spritzed with water and let dry. I overstamped the focal image, by Artistic Outpost and then stamped the sentiment by Dyan Reaveley onto scrap card, trimmed and mounted it to the panel. I drew a border free-hand and matted the panel and added it to a card base. I hope you will stop over to FSC to see what the rest of the design team came up with and then consider submitting a creation of your own for a possible prize of a $20 gift voucher by our generous sponsor, Flonzcraft. Thanks for stopping by! Yvonne

Tis the Wind and Nothing More

Greetings! It is time for a new challenge at Inkspirational! This time we are looking for creations using orange and green.  My card was sprayed with Dylusions Ink Sprays and over stamped with images by Red Lead Papersworks and hand carved stamps by Kate Crane. Please check out the other Design Team Projects and consider submitting a project of your own! Thanks for stopping by!

Peace and Love

 

Greetings! My post today is for the new challenge over at Eclectic Ellapu for the Pink Team where "Anything Goes!"  I have really been bit by the Mixed Media Bug and wanted to try to use some of my newer stamp images from Stampotique and Kate Crane.  The background is a Traci Bautista Stencil by Stencil Girls that was spritzed with water after sprinkling on Color Burst Crystals.  The stencil was then turned upside down and more color was applied to the panel.  The hand carved images by Kate Crane were dipped in paint and added next.  The angel and sentiment were stamped on scrap card, trimmed, colored with TowBow Markers and adhered to the panel as shown  Touches of gold paint by Golden were added.  The panel was matted with black paper and added to a card base. We look forward to seeing what you share with us! Take care, and as always, thank you for your visits and comments.  Hugs, Yvonne

Gecko Galz August 2015

Greetings friends! My post today is to showcase some of the August 2015 imagery by Gecko Galz! I hope you will check out all the gorgeous art work by the rest of the Design Team and check often as new inspiration is offered throughout the month.  For my card above, I began by add Bister Crystals to a water color paper panel and spritzing with water.  I next stamped hand card images by Kate Crane and added Gold Fluid Acrylic paint by Golden.  The focal image and sentiment are from Gecko Galz Circus Time Stamps CT22, and Circus Life 2. and were printed, trimmed, matted and adhered to the card panel. I added liquid pearls to the corners.  The circus wagon by Artistic Outpost was stamped, trimmed, colorized and adhered to the card front.

 

 

For my next card, I printed out Curiosity Shop Papers CS2 and trimmed it to fit card front.  I matted the designer paper with black paper. I printed out focal image (Curiosity Shop Stamps CS) and sentiment (Gecko Galz Circus Time Stamps CT22) trimmed, colorized and mounted it to panel.  The panel was added to the card base. Liquid pearls were added to each corner of card.

For my final card, I again colorized a water color panel with Bister Crystals and stamped Kate Crane hand carved stamps.  I really liked the Gecko Galz Clown looking from the side, which was printed, trimmed and colorized and added to the card front.  The focal image, also be Gecko Galz was matted and adhered as shown along with the sentiment.  (Gecko Galz Circus Time Stamps CT23, CT22, Circus Life 1.)

 

Below is a FREE clip art image from Gecko Galz! Enjoy!

  

Thanks so much for stopping by! Best, Yvonne

 

BonBons and Chocolate!

 

Greetings! It is time once again for a new challenge over at Inkspirational!  Our theme this time around is the word prompt of "Melt."  I did not have a snowman stamp and decided that chocolate also melts! 

The background was colorized with Squeezed Lemonade and Spun Pink Distress Spray. The images are by Oxford Impressions, except for the ornate corners, which are from Crafty Individuals.  The images were colored in with TowBow Markers and I finished the card off with a seam binding bow from my stash. 

I hope you will stop over at Inkspirational and check out the really cool inspiration pieces created for you by the rest of the Design Team and then create and submit a piece of your own.

Hugs, Yvonne

Peace and Love

Hello and thank you for stopping by my blog today! Just had a play with a bunch of new mixed media products for no particular challenge.  I began by laying down a new stencil by Traci Bautista for Stencil Girl, sprinkling it with several Color Burst powders and spritzing with water.  I then turned stencil over and put more color down on the rest of the water color panel.  The stamps are brand new and came from across the pond.  Kate Crane hand carved them and sent them my way!  Love them.  The focal image and sentiment are also by Kate Crane for Stampotique.  Thanks so much for your kind comments and visits. Hugs, Yvonne

The Voice of the Sea

 

Greetings and welcome to my blog! It is time once again for a new challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenge.  The new theme is "By the Sea." I must confess, I picked the theme this time around.  I just love the beach and the ocean and it turned out I just ordered and received some new stamps from Oxford Impressions which I used to make my card.  In a recent post, and another seaside card, I added images stamped on tissue paper and added them to a water colored panel.  I decided this time to stamp the images directly onto water color paper and then colored them in with Inktense Pencils, which are permanent, using a water brush. I then carefully water colored the sea and the sky around the images.  A few small shells were added for dimension.  I hope you will pop on over to FSC to see the fabulous collection of inspiration pieces by the rest of the Design Team and then consider submitting a piece of your own.  Please remember we are a stamping challenge, so stamped images must be the focal point of your piece.  As always, FlonzCraft, our generous sponsor, has a $20 gift voucher for one lucky participant.  Thanks for stopping by! Yvonne

Wish You Were Here!

 

Greetings! My the weeks are just flying by! Today is the first day of August and time for another challenge over at Inkspirational.  This time around, we have a photo to inspire us, shown below.  

 

 

I was inspired to make a relaxed beach scene using colors in the photo.  My images are by Crafty Individuals and the background was created using Bister Crystals.  I hope you will pop on over to Inkspirational to see all the beautiful projects created by the design team and then consider creating a piece of your own to share with us.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  Hugs, Yvonne



 

Secrets of the Sea

 

Greetings! It seems like it has been forever since I have blogged, and almost as long since I have created art.  My husband has had some health issues, again, so my mojo and time are limited.  Any way, with the beginning of August comes a new challenge over at Eclectic Ellapu.  I am hosting this time around and pinked the challenge for the Pink Team, which is "By the Sea."  I truly love all things beachy!  I recently ordered some new images from Oxford Impressions and thought they were perfect for the new challenge.  I began by rubbing Inktense Blocks onto a water color panel and then blended them with water.  The individual images and sentiment were stamped onto tissue paper, trimmed by running a water brush around the images and then tearing the waste away.  Goldens Fluid Matte Medium was used to adhere the images.  Towbow markers were applied lightly and spread out with a water brush.  I added a few sea shells and Viva Décor Liquid Pearls to the corner, matted the panel and applied it to a card base and my card was finished.  I hope you will stop over to see the beautiful projects from the rest of the Pink Team and then consider making a project of your own to share with us! Thanks for dropping by.  Best, Yvonne

Gecko Galz July Imagery!

 

Greetings! Here today with cards made with new imagery by Gecko Galz for July 2015. For my first card, layer Gecko Galz imagery to a water color paper panel. Mount to black paper and then to card front.  Add button and thread. Gecko Galz Seaside Icons and Seaside Papers were used.

  

 

For my next card, I printed imagery by Gecko Galz, trimmed and added to the top of the card base as shown.  I then printed additional images and trimmed them and added them to the bottom of the card. Gecko Galz Seaside Icons and Seaside Papers were used. Shells and seam binding are from my stash.

 



 

For my final card, I started with a black paper panel and added imagery from Gecko Galz as shown.  I then embellished with small shells and a seam binding bow.  I used Gecko Galz By the Shore, Seaside Icons and Seaside Papers.

Leanne has generously offered a free image, above, for you, just for stopping by my blog! I hope you will check out the beautiful images Gecko Galz has to offer and make some beautiful seaside art! Thanks for stopping by! Yvonne

Seaside

 

Greetings! A bit late with my post for Inkspirational as I have been out of town and my wifi was down.  Back home and happy to have wifi back! Our challenge this time is to create a project with Kraft.  I chose to use a panel of Kraft card stock and tore up some designer paper from Gecko Galz as I thought it went well with the Kraft card. 

 

 

 

I stamped some sentiments from Red Lead Paperworks and added a button and my card was complete.  I hope you will pop on over to see what the rest of the design team created and then submit a project of your own.  Thanks for dropping by.

The Hero

 

Greetings and welcome to my blog! Fashionable Stamping Challenge is back with a new challenge for you.  This time, the theme is "All About the Men." I chose to work with this set by Artistic Outpost.  I began by adding Bister crystals to a water color paper panel.  The background stamp was repeatedly stamped. The images and sentiments were stamped on scrap card, trimmed, and distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and mounted onto the panel which was then matted and added to a card base. A bit of vintage black seam binding and some gifted buttons from Unity Stamp Company and my card is complete.  I hope you will check out the rest of the samples created for your inspiration over at FSC and then make one of your own to submit. One lucky participant will earn a $20 gift voucher from our generous sponsor, FlonzCraft. Thanks for stopping by. Hugs, Yvonne

I am Woman, Hear me Roar!

 

Greetings and thanks for dropping by.  Sharing a canvas I finished recently.  I was in my art room perusing my stamps and decided to ink up these beauties by Dina Wakley for the first time. My eyes fell on these sentiments by Unity Stamps and I was ready to go. After gessoing my canvas, I added a number of Gelatos to the canvas.  Using my finger dipped in water I blended the colors.  I decided to mute the colors by adding a wash of gesso and water to the canvas.  The large circles are a stencil from Stencil Girl, colored with more Gelatos.  Additional marks were added with Titanium White Golden Fluid Acrylics and Ranger Archival Ink using more Dina Wakley stamps.  The drips and blobs of Aqua Ink are by Dr. PH Martin. The women were colored in with Gelatos and the sentiments and woman were all shaded with a Stabilo Pencil.  Thanks for your continued support.  Hugs, Yvonne

A Gentleman is Always That!

 



Greetings! Back again with a new challenge over at Inkspiration where our theme this time is "Grunge."  For my own card, I began with a water color panel, spritzed with water and some Bister. The edge of the panel was distressed and torn and then inked with Vintage Photo Distress ink. The background was stamped with Artistic Outpost images than collaged with a bit of old text.  My AO images were stamped, distressed with ink and added to the card front.  I hope you will stop over to see what the rest of the team has dreamed up to inspire you and then make a project of your own to share with us.  Thanks for stopping by.  Yvonne

Explore, Dream, Discover

 

Greetings friends!  Thank you for stopping by my blog today.  I am sharing my creation for the Pink Team over at Eclectic Ellapu where our theme for July is "Travel."  Lots of ways to go with this one and you will not be disappointed with what the team has dreamed up to inspire you.  For my own card, I started by creating a background with Bister.  Then I selected a number of images from Crafty Individuals and Artistic Outpost that I thought went well together to create my scene.  A bit of Idea-ology gears and some copper Viva Décor Liquid Pearls and my card is complete.  We cannot wait to see what you dream up! Hugs, Yvonne

Gecko Galz June 2015 Imagery and a FREE Digital Image for YOU!

Greetings dear friends! Thank you for dropping by my blog.  Today I am sharing with you a number of cards I created using some of the most recent images and background papers released in June  2015 by Gecko Galz.

Create card base with white card.  Cut Gecko Galz Portabella Road papers (03, 04) to fit card front, mat with black paper.  Layer paper doily in center.  Print Gecko Galz High Tea Icons (HT07) image, trim, mat and layer onto doily.  Add Black Viva Décor Pearls to corners.  Print Gecko Galz icon, trim and add to doily as shown.  Embellish card with buttons and black seam binding. 

 

Make card base from white card.  Print Gecko Galz High Tea Paper (HT02), trim to fit card front and mat with black paper.  Layer white doily onto card front.  Print High Tea Stamp (HTS04), trim and water color with Towbow markers. Mat and layer over doily.  Add black pearls to corners.  Stamp sentiment (Oxford Impressions), mat and add to top of card as shown.  Print HTS (12) cupcake stamp, trim, watercolor and embellish.  Add to card front.  Finish card with a black seam binding bow.

 

Create card base from white card.  Cut hot press water color paper to fit card front.  Spray with Dylusion Ink Sprays.  Spritz with water.  Apply Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste through a Tim Holtz stencil.  Print Gecko Galz image and sentiment from Stars and Stripes 2, trim and add to card front.  Add seam binding bow and gold pearls.

I hope you have enjoyed this small preview of Gecko Galz images and will visit Gecko Galz often for daily inspiration! Below is a free digital image compliments of Gecko Galz for your use! 

 



Thanks for dropping by! Hugs, Yvonne

Go Wild!

Greetings! Thank you, as always, for dropping by my blog! A huge thank you to my latest followers, as well.  My post today is for the newest challenge over at Inkspirational where we have the word prompt "Wild" this time around. 

For my own card, I decided to create a card using these precious wild life images and sentiments from Crafty Individuals. The base of the card is a water color panel colorized with Bister Crystals.  The large jungle-like leaf is by Donna Downey for Unity Stamps. 

I know you will be as impressed as I was at the variety of designs the talented Design Team created for your inkspiration.  We look forward to seeing what you come up with too! Hugs, Yvonne

Glitz and Glamour

Welcome Everyone To FSC's 100th Posting

To celebrate our success and to say a huge thanks to each and everyone of you fashionable crafters for joining us each fortnight (many from the very first challenge) we are starting this auspicious occasion with a 'Blog Hop'.  There will be prizes on offer to go along with this weeks theme which could only be ...

 

'Glitz & Glamour'

 

Even though this will be out first Blog Hop, lots of you will already be familiar with the concept.  If not, here's how it works.   Click on the name below and Hop to the next blog and leave them a comment.  You keep hopping until you have left all the Design Team a comment.

 

Leaving them a comment is important as each DT member will be doing a draw from comments on their blog for the chance for you to win their fabulous inspirational make.  As well as one lucky winner receiving the €20 voucher to spend at our sponsor's store.

 

Below is the name of the DT member where you will Hop to and leave your comment (don't forget to leave one for me lol).  If you get lost you can always pop back to FSC and start over.

 

CLAIRE

We have more news for you.

Starting from today FSC is changing to monthly.  Each challenge will now be starting the second Sunday of the month.

 

 

For my own card, I decided to do a collage of images from FlonzCraft that reminds me of Supper Clubs of long ago!  The images are layered over a water color panel that was colorized with Dylusions Ink Sprays. The panel was matted with black paper and the images and background were sparkled with Ranger Stickles.  We cannot wait to see your own creations!  Thanks for joining us.  Hugs, Yvonne

 

 



Unity Blog Hop

Hello!  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today.  I recently was selected as the April Winner of the Unity Be Inspired Challenge over at Unity and was invited to be a Guest Artist for their next Blog Hop.

Below are the inspiration projects that I had to choose from.  As you have probably guessed, I chose the color challenge shown below!

 



To create my card, I began by water coloring a hot press water color panel with soft shades of green and blue.  To create the clouds, I quickly blotted the sky while wet with a baby wipe.  Natalie Girl was stamped next onto scrap water color paper and was colored with TowBow Markers and then trimmed and adhered to the card panel.  The sentiment, flowers, bird and flags were also stamped onto scrap water color paper, and tinted with the same TowBow Markers and painted with a water color brush and water.  I assembled everything on the panel, matted it with black paper and added it to the front of a card base.  Simple embellishments include Viva Décor Liquid Pearls and Ranger Liquid Pearls and black and white Bakers Twine. Stamp sets used include:

 

    Natalie Girl - Angie 1175A

    Tiny Vintage Banners - IB-263

    All Kinds of Happy - UK-764A

    Hello Birdie - UK-760A 

 



I hope you will join us for the Unity Blog Hop which starts here.  Remember to leave a comment for a chance at the Blog Hop prize!

 

A Favorite Book

 

Greetings! It time for another new challenge over at Inkspirational!  We have a Photo Challenge this time.  You will want to stop on over and see what the rest of the design team have created to inspire you. 

 

 

For my own card, I began by laying down water colors on a piece of hot press water color paper.  I dabbed the sky while wet with a baby white to create the clouds.  The flowers, by Unity, where stamped with Archival Ink and colored in with TowBow Markers.  The centers were filled in with yellow Ranger Liquid Pearls.  The little girl and sentiment are both by Artistic Outpost.  The birds are from Crafty Individuals. Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs, Yvonne