HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

Hi, There
I am "celebrating" with a challenge entry over at 613 Avenue Create - it is their 3rd year!!  And how they have grown!!  HB to all of you!  The card design is from a sketch over at Mojo Monday and I have used the ideas from the TicTacToe Challenge blog!!  Lots of fun going on at these challenges! Thanks for stopping by - till next time, Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

Challenges for this card:
613 Avenue Create Challenge #158 - 3rd Block Birthday Party
TicTacToe Challenge #1 - I used the column - Gold/Celebrate/Background Stamping
Mojo Monday Challenge #430

Card Recipe
Image is from a Stamp and Die set/ Dare to be Artsy colored with Copic Markers.  Love these Owls - so cute!!
The background was stamped with cupcakes and "iced" with different color stickles.  I also stamped and embossed some hearts with gold embossing powder in the background.  Added a doily and to the left a strip of magic card from Heidi Swapp and this was sprayed with Dylusions Inks.  A number 3 was stamped on the bottom cupcake and mounted with two foam dots.  Distressed with ink the sentiments and the base card.  Some glossy accents on his eyes.

ESCAPE REALITY

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I would imagine at sometime or another, we have wished to be able to do this.  I personally find this escape in the nature and colors that surround me.  I am fortunate to work not far from a State Park and I can go there to "escape".
So I tried to make a card that would portray the escape!  Hope you like it. Till next time, thanks for stopping by and I hope you find time to "escape" whether it is in an actual place or just in your dreams!  Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

Challenges:
Crafting When We Can Challenge #110 - Something New - Mine is a new butterfly stamp and die
Stamping Sensations Challenge  - Anything Goes with die/s

Card Recipe:

Watercolor paper

Image is a rubber stamp and so is the sentiment "Escape Reality" - unfortunately I found these stamps at the bottom of my fairy collection box and I do not know where I bought them - sorry.

Both stamps were stamped with Archival Black Ink - colored the image with distress inks and colored pencils.  Painted the wings with Radiant Pearls and stardust.

The watercolor background I made using the following:
Distress Inks - Shabby Shutters, Hickory Smoke, Tumbled Glass
Distress Pewter Paint on the background for some shine
Distress Inks used on various stencils in background, small butterfly stamps at random
Liquid Pearls and stardust

Card base is a Heidi Swapp Magic Card spritzed with Color Shine - Patina, Ocean.

Sparkle ribbon with a charm tied on, a pearl heart, sparkle cutout star, and a silver filigree corner.
Distressed the whole finished product before mounting onto the Magic Card.

Butterfly Stamp and Die are new from Sizzix/Tim Holtz Alterations.  Painted the butterfly dies with Radiant Pearls - Fandango Green, Capian Sea.

RELAXING AFTER THE HOLIDAYS WITH HOT COCOA

Hi, There!

I hope you were able to relax over your fave beverage and just take a deep breath!  Sounds wonderful but I know sometimes not so easy.  I had a day off from work so needless to say I was relaxed!!!! Just said no to housework and cleaning up after the Christmas celebrations here and spent a lot of time in my craft room.  Till next time, thanks for stopping by and sharing a fave beverage with me. (Mine would have to be a "little" stronger than hot cocoa! LOL)
Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

Challenges:
613 Avenue Create Challenge #157 - Anthing Goes/ CAS Card
The East Wind Challenge #46  "Flag on the Play"

Card Recipe
Digital Image from The EastWind - "Girl with Cocoa"
White card stock background created with Brusho Crystals - Black Only used on this.  Banners cut out from Graphic 45 papers, white liquid pearls, added a snowflake brad. Image was punched out with a Spellbinder oval scallop die cut, distressed with Chipped Sapphire, mounted with foam tape to the background white cardstock- then mounted to a white card. The snowflakes in the image colored with Luminarte Candy Red and True Blue, added liquid pearls and stardust on the snowflakes.  Glossy Accent used on her eyes.
Copic markers used on the image:
E000 E00 E01 E11 E93
E70 E71 E74 E77

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND MAKE A WISH!

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A new year and I am so excited!  Looking forward to see all you create.

I have invested in some new stamps (almost all fairies) from Lavinia and this is my first creation.   Also, spent a lot of my holiday time watching videos on mixed media works of art and I am hooked on all the different mediums, from embossing pastes, textures, gelli plates,  to all the different distress inks, Dylusion inks, Color Shine mists, etc.  So I am getting my feet wet, but slowly.  I want to try working in my journal, on some canvas, watercolor paper etc. but for now I only had time for this card.  Hope you have some wonderful new ideas coming at you too.  Thanks for taking a peek and I hope 2016 turns out to be one of the most creative for all of us!  Till next time, Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

Challenge:

613 Avenue Create/Anything Goes  Challenge # 156

Card Recipe
Used regular white cardstock and made the back ground with Brusho color crystals - Leaf Green, Turquoise, Yellow.  Painted the yellow background with some Luminarte pearls - Sour lemon and that gave the yellow a nice shine.  Made the ground with distress inks and sponged distress inks around the edges.  Stamped the images from  Lavinia "Make A Wish" and stamped twice with the Fairy Dandelions in MomentoLuxe Tuxedo Black.  Black colored pencil used to make shadow under their feet to ground them.  Used Versafine ink in colors Deep Lagoon and Imperial Purple for the Fairy Buttercups.  Colored the fairy wings with Radiant Pearls - Royal Orchid, Sourlemon and Candy Apple.  Used Liquid Pearls on the dandelions and sprinkled glitter over that.  Used some stardust on the wings. Text is from Hero Arts - Acts of Kindness and clear embossed.  Mounted onto the front of a white square card.  Fun!  Fun!

GOD BLESS US - EVERYONE!

Hi, There!

This is my last post for the holiday season and I will be back in January - so Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year  and Peace to all is what I wish for you!!

For my last card and challenge entries of 2015 -

I love the new paper by Graphic 45 - A Christmas Carol!!  I love that movie - with Alastair Sim!! Not the colorized one either - the old time black and white movie!!  Grew up with all these movies.  I have some of these movies in a special Christmas box so my next movie to watch would be The Bishop's Wife - Loretta Young, David Nevin, Cary Grant!!!  

Anywhos - I used some of the elements in the DP pack for the window area and the background I created with distress inks and a brick stencil from Tim Holtz.  The window is an Impression Obsession die cut and the sentiment is from Graphic 45 A Christmas Carol.  Some rhinestones from Recollections. Thanks for stopping by and, if you wish, I have posted another card made with the same elements for you to take a peek at except that sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo - thanks so much for being with me for 2015.  Looking so forward to some new beginnings in 2016 for me!!  Till next time,  Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

Challenges for this card:
613 Avenue Create Challenge #154 Anything Goes
A Gem of A Challenge #159 anything goes/Christmas
My Sheri Crafts Challenge #171 - A Vintage Christmas

One extra card that I made - not for the challenge is the following:

PRINCESS OF SNOWFLAKES

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I hope you are well and enjoying some sunshine where you live.  We had plenty of sunshine today and it was very mild for a December Day!  But soon we may be experiencing some of these pretty snowflakes that this princess has surrounding her!  I used some of Tracy's papers again and I love the colors.  I used the following Copics to color her up:

Skin E0000 E000 E00 E01 E02  

Hair R0000 R000 R00 R01 R02  

B0000 BG000 B00 B01

Eyes B0000 B00 B01 B02 B04 B16

 Dress & Snowflakes B0000 BG000 B00 B01 B02 B04 B16

Papers from Tracy Wray and I used Spellbinders circle diecut.  The Bow Corner is from Memory Box.  Stardust, liquid pearls both in blue, pink and white, sequins here and there.  Sentiment from Lili of the Valley stamps.  Stay well, thanks for stopping by, till next time Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

Challenge:

Artbymiran challenge #46 anything goes

PEACE TO YOU

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Something we seem to need a little more of these days is Peace!  So that is my wish to you - Peace of mind, heart and soul.  I wish a blanket of peace could cover the world and keep us all safe.

For my card I used a stamp from Inkadinkadoo.  I stamped it in black and used stardust for the stars. Background is done with distressed inks.   Snowflake punch from Martha Stewart - I had trouble using the beautiful paper for these snowflakes but the color complimented the distress inks so well and the paper is a freebie from Tracy Wray .  Used rhinestones from Recollections for center of snowflakes.  I have another card in the works using more of Tracy's beautiful papers along with an image from Artbymiran for next post.  Thanks for stopping by, till next time, Peace and Hugs ~ CaroleAnn

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafting By Designs Challenge Anything Goes
The Crafty Addicts Challenge #5 Anything Goes