Stenciled Merry Christmas

What a fun and easy Stenciled Christmas Card.  I used my ARTplorations Weathered Wood and The Merry Tree Stencils :-)  Finally a Christmas card!  I love both these stencils,  but have never paired up before.  Worked Great!  I used the Stenciled Monoprint by Lee-Anne technique for the woodgrain background using TH Distress Inks.  I used the normal stenciling techinique for the tree using 2 different Distress Inks.  My sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers "Mixed Christmas Sentiments" set.  I used my MISTI to get good coverage on the sentiment.  The Arches 140# cold press is quite textured so need to restamp images.  I stamped my sentiment 4 times to get it perfect...that is not because of the stamp. They are excellent quality.  Had fun decorating my tree with sparkly HLS enamel dots.

My card is for several challenges........

ARTplorations April Stencil Blog Hop

STAMPlorations Never Ending Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers CAS April Challenge: Stencil Monoprinting

ATS&M April CAS Challenge

CAS Mix Up April 2016 Stenciling Challenge

Thanks girls for all your fabulous challenges.  Always so inspiring and great samples from your Design Teams :-)

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Happy Little Stampers "Mixed Christmas Sentiments

Paper: Arches 140# Cold Press paper,  SU Old Olive CS and Very Vanilla CS

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks:Tea Die,  Antique Linen and Crushed Olive for background.  Peeled Paint and Mowed Lawn for Tree.  Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: ARTplorations "Weathered Wood" and "The Merry Tree" Stencils, MISTI, HLS Enamel Dots, Blending tools, dimensionals

Techniques: Stencil Monoprint using Lee-Anne's Technique, Stenciling, CAS

Hope you get to play in these challenges too my friends!

Thank you for Looking and especially for commenting.  So appreciated.

CAS Stenciled and Chip Board Hello

Had fun making a card today for favorite challenges.  I also did a Stenciled Monoprint Background technique by Lee-Anne Cross for the first time.  Thank you Lee-Anne.  So fun and easy. I used a  Tim Holtz "Stripes" stencil with Distress Inks then spritzed with water following Lee-Anne's video exactly.

This weeks SCS's  CAS372 "Love the Chips"  inspired me to use this scrap butterfly that I had cut out of a Emerald Green Brushos scrap.  I used my HLS Butterfly Die and cut out another thicker butterfly with my SU Coaster Board and glued to my brushos butterfly.  Looks just like chip board.  I outlined the butterfly with a mixed media pen and attached with Fine Tip Glue Pen. Loved how it turned out.  Always fun to use scraps :-)

My card is for three more Challenges besides the CAS372 Challenge which is Linked above!

CAS Mix Up April 2016 Stenciling 

Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media April 2016 "Wings"

Happy Little Stampers CAS April 2016 "Stencil Monoprint"

Stamps: SU sale-a bration Hello

Papers: Arches 140# Cold Press, SU Basic Black and Whisper White Thick

Inks: TH Distress Inks: Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistacchio

          Brushos Emerald Green

           Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories and Tools: Big Shot, HLS Butterfly Die, TH "Stripes" Stencil, Paper towels, sprizer, Coaster Board, Mixed Media pen, Thin Tip Glue Pen, Wink of Stella on sentiment

Techniques: CAS, Stenciling, Chipboard, Die Cut Butterfly

Thank you for Looking and especially for Commenting my dear friends!

Springtime in the Northwest

April 2016:  Front yard looking up the canyon.  Our 50" x 100" vegetable garden on the far upper right waiting to be tilled and planted.

 April 2016: Front yard looking toward our cedar home.

April 2016: Side of house and garage.  Bambi waiting for next camping trip!

Happy Springtime and Gardening my friends !

Ivene's 100th Birthday!

Close Up of Shimmer on Ivene's 100th Birthday Card!

My twin sister Margie and I have been invited to our Godmother Ivene's 100 Birthday Party :-)  Now that is a HUGE accomplishment !  I had so much fun using my new SU "Number of Years" stamp set along with the SU Large Numbers Thinlits Die Set.  The stamp set has 29 photopolymer stamps and the Die set has 11 Dies.  Both very versatile!

I used SU stamp pads and markers and my MISTI to color and place the images exactly where I wanted them.  I then added Wink of Stella to the tiny flowers and painted "gold" Viva Inka Gold over the So Saffron die cut numbers.  The flowers and numbers shine beautifully.  So pretty IRL!

Isn't Ivene a classic tough Norwegian born in North Bend, Oregon ?!?  Love you Ivene !

My card is for 2 favorite Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Blog Challenge: Birthdays  Simon Says Blog is Celebrating its 7th Birthday!

Seize the Birthday Anything Goes and "Floral" Topping

Card Recipe

Stamps: SU " Numbers of Years"

Paper: Whisper White Thick, Pacific Point CS

Inks: SU Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron and Night of Navy Ink Pads.  Markers:  P. Point, Strawberry Slush and Tempting Turquoise.  Viva "Gold" Inka Gold paint.

Accessories and Tools: Big Shot, SU Large Numbers Thinlits Dies, Memory Box Stitched Rectangles Die, MISTI, Paint brush, craft mat, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella

Techniques: CAS, Die Cuts, 2-Step Stamping

Thank You for Looking and especially Commenting dear friends!

CAS Alcohol Stenciling Inlaid Hello !

I had so much fun trying out a new "Alcohol Ink Background" using Adriondack Alcohol Ink Refills and a Ranger "Dylusions" Stencil.  My girlfriends Loll, Bonnie and Susan were playing with alcohol inks too.  I went to SCS Tutorials Alcohol Ink Backgrounds for a starting point.  This was my 1st time to use Tim Holtz Adironndack Alcohol ink refills and "Yupo"polypropylene paper.  I was able to get both at my local stamping and craft store :-)

Even though I ended up doing my own thing with the inks,  the tutorial was very helpful.  I wanted to incorporate a stencil so I placed my stencil over the Yopo paper and dropped 3 colors of ink over the stencil then blotted with paper towels without removing stencil until ink dried .  I kept the colors light.  Then when dry I replaced the stencil and painted very loosely with a paint brush Christmas Green Acrylic paint over the background.  I loved the effect so stopped there !  I used my entire 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" piece for my finished card.

I die cut 2 layers with my MB Stitched Rectangles dies and then die cut and inlaid my SU Hello "Greetings" Thinlits Die after die cutting and painting with the acrylic paint.

I added a Dream brad from my embellishment sewing box and a rhinestone.  Really fun and creative card and yet CAS with Mixed Media.  My only stamping was inside my card.  My card is for two favorite  Challenges.

 The current STAMPlorations CAS April 2016 Anything Goes Challenge with the twist "Spring Green"

My card is also for the Addicted to CAS Challenge #85 Code Word Inlaid Die(s)

Card Recipe

Stamps: STAMPlorations Bold Sentiments hashtag authentic: You Are So CREATIVE

Paper: SU Whisper White Thick and Basic Black.  Yupo Mixed Media Paper by Legionpaper.com.  Ranger carries the same paper.

Inks: Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink refills: Juniper, Stonewashed and Lemonade.  Acrylic paint by Ceramcoat..Christmas Green.

Other: Big Shot, Ranger Dylusions Stencil, MB Stitched Rectangles Dies, SU Greetings Die, paper towels, Cropadile, Brad, rhinestone, Thin Tip Glue Pen, dimensionals

Techniques: CAS, Die Cuts, Alcohol Ink BG, Die Inlay, Stenciling, Mixed Media

Thank you for Looking.  Your comments are so appreciated.  Hugs,  Nancy

CAS Mix Up April 2016 Stencil Challenge

Close Up to Show Shimmer!

Stamping + Stenciling + My Choice: Mixed Media Paints...Brushos, Zig Markers, Inka Golds

My main image was a saved smooshed piece I found in my treasured box of scraps.  I just stamped the sentiment,  doodled the border and added a watercolored Inka Gold butterfly and popped up over a watercolored "Gold" Inka Gold "Sun Ray" Tim Holtz Stenciled background.    Love the Inka Gold

My Challenges...

CAS Mix Up April 2016 Stenciling

 STAMPlorations April Mixed Media Card Challenge Sunshine.

Card Recipe

Stamps: STAMPlorations Fond Expressions 2 and SU Papillion Potpourrie

Watercolors and Inks: Watercolors...Brushos, Zig Brush Markers, Inka Gold Emerald and Gold 

Inks...03 Black Art Pen, SU Elegant Eggplant

Paper: Arches 140# Cold Press  W/C paper, Strathmore 140# Mixed Media paper

Accessories: TM Rays Stencil, SU Bitty Butterfly Punch, MISTI, Zen watercolor brushes, dimensionals, craft mat

Techiques: CAS, Stenciling, Mixed Media, Stamping, Smooshing, Doodling

Thank you for Looking and Commenting  my friends.!