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Happy Beerthday to You

I found a new Waffle Flower Challenge in their Waffle Flower Garden Facebook Group ... the September theme is all about Falling for Fall.

 

 

One of the things that changes at our house as fall begins is the kinds of beers you will find in the Beer Refrigerator ... deeper, richer and darker.  I couldn't resist breaking out my Waffle Flower Prost Germany Stamps together with a sentiment from the Waffle Flower Home Brew Combo.

 

I used a favorite \fall color combo (Rust, Saffron & Fern Green) and did some rainbow stamping with my MISTI.  I added enamel dots in the same three colors.

I kept this one clean & simple because it needs to travel through the mail.

I'm also joining the Fun Card Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

Critter Crafting with Hero Arts

Today's Stay Crafty with Hero Arts Challenge theme is creating with Critters #staycraftywithhero.

 

 

If you've been around here long, you know I"m not a huge critter stamper (mostly because I feel like they require coloring, which I usually don't have the patience to do) ... but today I've got nothing but time, so why not color.

The first critters are the gold fish from Hero Arts Fishy Stamp & Cut ... it was the perfect opportunity to try out the new Graph'It Markers I recently purchased.  I was so excited when I saw they had a tiny coloring nib, I had to get them all (and they come in their own storage container, which is super-awesome).  The tiny nibs were so perfect for coloring and shading those little gold fish.

 

 

I stamped the Hero Arts Wallpaper Pattern Bold Print along the bottom because I thought it looked a bit like the greenery in my fish bowl.  I finished with a few sequin "rocks" along the bottom of my fish bowl.

The next critter in today's cardmaking is the fun little pig from Hero Arts Hay Party Animals.  I used the Hero Arts Paper Sample Pack for my card fronts. 

 

The bottom of this card is the Hero Arts Tiny Star Background.  On both cards I added some Love from Lizi border Peel-Off Stickers along the bottom (love those) ... the pink glittery ones are super-fun for this cute little piggy.

 

This cute little Piggy is also linking-up at the Cute Challenge at A Blog Named Hero.

I had a ton  of fun crafting with critters today (it didn't hurt that I did it while on a crafty call with Lauren ... so sad we haven't been able to craft in person this year, but grateful for video calls).

Golden Birthday Jubilee

When I saw the theme at Seize the Birthday was to add Gold, I knew I had to break out the laminator and do some foiling.

 

 

I used my Unity Stamp Company Toner Card Fronts with ... you guessed it ... gold foil.

 

 

Stamps are from Unity Stamp Company ... birthday jubilee.  I used the royal blue designer paper from yesterday's card to punch out some stars for my embellishments (using a sponge to ink the edges, so the white paper doesn't show).

 

Simple but fancy at the same time using this week's CAS(E) this Sketch!

 

 

And it's also Just Add Guys Week at Just Add Ink Challenge.

 

Monster Smiles

When I was pulling out my Halloween papers, I found this fun collection of Monster papers that I thought would be perfect for this week's Sketch from My Favorite Things.

 

Who would smile if that happy guy showed-up in their mailbox.  Monster & Sentiment are from My Favorite Things Monster Love.

 

I Love the 80's

I am thrilled to be Guest Designing on the Jaded Blossom Blog again today featuring the August I Love the 80's release.

 

Today I chose to focus on the 80's Stencil with several different stenciling techniques.  The first is using Therm-o-Web Transfer Gel.  I usually apply the gel through my stencil before I go to bed, then it is nice and dry and ready to go by morning.  Otherwise it takes about an hour or so to dry, depending on how heavily you apply it.  I used watercolor paper as my base.

When it was dry, I ran it through my laminator using wonderful Therm-o-Web Rainbow Transfer Foil ... how cool is that fun design with the 80's Stencil.  I love that the design works from any direction.

 

 

For my layout I used this week's Paper Craft Crew Sketch.

 

I cut coordinating rainbow card strips and used the sentiment stamp from Love the 80's.  I added a touch of color to the stamp, and then cut out a second shooting star to use as the embellishment on the bottom left of the sentiment.  I added bright pink star gems to finish the design.

 

There are so many 80's friends that I could send this one too.

When you foil a background you are left with the negative of the design.  Since I could bear to let it go to waste, I applied 6" double stock tape to the back and attached it to white cardstock.  When I pulled away the clear overlay, it pulled away tiny bits of the foil, but I still loved the effect.  Since the open areas were now stick with the adhesive from the back, I sprinkled on clear glitter to fill them.

I used my diamond punch to punch out as many diamonds as I could from the 6" piece keeping them all facing the same direction.  Next I used adhesive to position my diamonds on a white card base hanging them slightly over the edges.

 

 

I added my favorite sentiment from Pump Up the Jam stamped no white cardstock and adhered with foam tape for dimension against the busy background.  I'm linking this card up at the Little Red Wagon Use a Stencil Challenge.

 

I finished with trios of rainbow gems.  I love how the "leftovers" turned out.

I hope these projects gave you some ideas about how you can try different techniques with the 80's Stencil from the "I Love the 80's" release ... and if you didn't catch my projects that I made for the release, you can find them at my blog Ingenious Inkling or my Instagram account.

 

We All Deserve an Alcoholiday

I'm finally back in the studio today after almost two weeks of Derecho Storm disruption.  There are still a number of people without power, but when I drove this morning, all of the traffic lights were working, which was a major improvement.  The damages to our geo-thermal system on the roof of our condominium have been repaired ... the next thing will be removing all of the fallen trees (so many large oaks damaged on our property).

I decided some Punny cards for the Inspired by Challenge using my Stickers from A Vintage Girl & Her Daughter ... remember use my Discount Code SMILYNSTEF at checkout for 15% off your order.

 

I decided to make a set of cards featuring some Eyelet Outlet Beer Brads and Bingo Cards from Simple Stories Summer Fresh.

I started with We All Deserve an Alcoholiday from the Happy Hour Sticker Sheet.    An it a bit of punny brilliance, I paired it with Eat Drink & Be Merry from Christmas Quotes 1 (because Alcoholidays aren't just for Christmas)

 

 

Here are all the sentiments from the Happy Hour Quotes.

 

 

I used the sketch from this week's Try Stampin - or Not - on Tuesday Challenge (using only the sketch, although an Alcoholiday could certainly involve a ticket to the tropics).

 

 

I finished with some Beer Brads from Eyelet Outlet.

 

 

My next card focuses on Tequila from the Fiesta Quotes Sticker Set.  I used three stickers from the set to make  a "BINGO" on the Carefree Card.

 

 

I added a little bling to fill out my card for a BLACKOUT.

My final card features more stickers from Happy Hour Quotes.  I used more Beer Brads together with some Beer Washi Tape for a Clean & Simple Design for the My Time to Craft Challenge.

 

 

This one features more PUNNY goodness from the set.

 

 

Glad to be back in the studio ... and hope you've enjoyed my Punny cards today.

Quarantine Crafting

One thing that has changed about my crafting since March is the joy of doing it on Video Calls with crafty friends.  I was so used to crafting in solitude ... but being able to talk with others and hear about their lives and how quarantine is going in different corners of the world has been life-saving for me. 

So what better theme for my card making during today's video call than Quarantine Cards.

I started with this fun drinking sticker from Quarantine: Social Distancing Quotes from A Vintage Girl & Her Daughter and built my card around it ... remember if you want any of these stickers, using my code SMILYNSTEF at checkout will get you 15% off your purchase.

 

 

I used this week's Sketch from the Inspire.Create Challenge and some fun drinking papers from my stash.  I finished with enamel dots framing my sticker sentiment.  I loved how it perfectly coordinated with one of the local beers in our refrigerator.

 

The next one used stickers from both Quarantine: Social Distancing Quotes and Quarantined Out.

 

 

I used a bingo card from my stash together with lots of coordinating papers and the Layout from Sketch Saturday.

 

I accented the quotes with some fun floral gems.  This card is inspired by my sister's 40th Birthday celebration this last week ... there was a lot of Quarantine Chill.

The final card uses stickers from super-fun Quarantine Time sticker sheet.

 

 

I combined three of the stickers from this set together with a hand-washing sticker from Quarantined Out for another fun bingo card design.

 

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch and finished my Bingo Card with some pink gem clusters.

 

Jaded Blossom August Sneak Day 5 Blog Hop: I Love the 80's

Today is release day at Jaded Blossom.  Welcome to Jaded Blossom's August Stamp Release Blog Hop.  Now if you're here from Paper Crafts by Candace you're in the right place, if you're just passing through start at the beginning because you don't want to miss a thing.  I also have the complete line up at the bottom.

For my final project of the week, I started by decorating the Jaded Blossom Wine Tag Die.  I stamped the fabulous larger Rainbow Doodle Stamp multiple times on a piece of watercolor paper using my Memory MISTI and Versafine Black Ink until I covered the paper.  I used the smaller star & flower stamps to fill in any blank spaces.

 

 

Then I die cut my Wine Tag Die from Black Cardstock with the inside pieces die cut from my stamped paper.

 

 

 

I love the outline on the Jaded Blossom Rainbow Die that allows you to fit your different colors inside the frame.  I continued using my fun 80's Neon colors and die-cut my rainbow from all four Neon Colors and a fifth time from Grey Card Stock for the frame (to have a bit of contrast with the black).

 

 

Next I die cut the clouds from white felt for some fuzzy texture ... and then I finished with the big bold Be Happy sentiment from the set.

I used the same rainbow die to make my coordinating card, this time die cutting the frame out of black for contrast against a background that I painted.

 

 

I used another puffy felt die cut Cloud and a sentiment from the Pump Up the Jam Stamp Set.

 

 

I created one more bonus card for today's blog hop using the Glasses Dies from Yellow Glitter Paper.  I used the three Star Glasses for my card.

 

 

I put a star Sticker inside one of the lenses and finished with what I thought was the perfect sentiment from Pump Up the Jam.

 

And of course we have to have a deal for you right? This weekend only you can get the entire release package for $109.99

 

Regular Price for the Release Package is $117.99

 

 Free 4x6 stamp set for customers that spend over $40 before tax and shipping! FREEBIE is only available until Sunday 8/9, 11:59pm pst. 80's ICONS

 

 

 

BLOG CANDY

 

 

Customer Treat

 

 

One Lucky Winner will get to pick a stamp set of their choice!

Just leave a comment on all the blogs along the hop!

The more blogs you comment on the more chances you have to win!

 

 

Now on to the HOP ...

 

 

Next up is Cindy's Scraptastic Designs

 

Just in case you get lost here is the Entire Line Up:

 

Candace

Stephanie <<----------- YOU ARE HERE

Cindy
Rosemary
Marcia
Lee-Ann

Nicole

Mel
Larelyn

Jamie
Michelle

 

 

Jaded Blossom August Sneak Day 3: I Love the 80's

Welcome to Day 3 of the sneak peak posts for the Jaded Blossom I Love the 80's release ... I'm having so much fun Guest Designing.

Skittles were a big 80's candy for me (introduced in 1979), so I thought they were be perfect to pair with this fun roller skate from the Jaded Blossom Kawaii 80's Stamp Set  I stamped it on white cardstock, detail cut out the skate, and then used the Ink Smoosh Technique with Acetate using three colors of Distress Oxide ink (Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover & Blueprint Sketch) to color my skate.  I love how it sort of gave it a tie-dye effect.

 

 

The topper is the Jaded Blossom Fancy Topper Die cut from Blue Glitter card stock with the Insert from light green that coordinated perfectly with my skate.  Using the colors from the Skittles, I stamped my Pump Up the Jam Sentiment on Yellow card stock.  I attached my sentiment & skate with foam tape, and positioned the sketch right on top of my sentiment.

I made several coordinating cards featuring the Jaded Blossom Love the 80's Stamp set.  I love how the stamps combine sentiments with images ... so perfect for cards.

 

You guessed it, more neon.  The Stars are from the inside of the Glasses Die Glasses cut from Yellow Glitter paper and the Roller Skates are from the Jaded Blossom Kawaii 80's Stamp Set.  I used my Neon Karin Markers for coloring.

And all of us who lived through the 80's remember the importance of a good Boom Box.

 

This card is inspired by the Words at the Time Out Challenge.

 

I added more Karin Neon Marker coloring and some pink pearl bling to decorate mine ... how perfect does it look with that great rainbow paper.

Thanks for joining me for Day 3 of the Sneak Peak of this super-fun Jaded Blossom I Love the 80's release.

You can buy the entire August Release Gotta Have it Now Package now for $109.99

 

August 2020 Release will include:

 4 - 4 x 6 Stamp Sets2 - New Dies1 - New Stencils 1 - 4x6 Freebie Stamp Ala Carte Items available on Friday 12am PST  NO PREORDERS! NO BACKORDERS!No waiting WEEKS for your stamps. This Package is only available till Wednesday 11:59pm pst, then will be back up on the store on Friday at 12 am pst during our Stamp Release Blog Hop! 

Regular price for the release package is $117.99

Jaded Blossom August Sneak Day 1: I Love the 80's

I am thrilled to be Guest Designing for the August Release at Jaded Blossom ... and even more thrilled that the theme for the month is I love the 80's. 

 

I had so much fun flashing back to all of the fun designs and colors from that period.

 

 

My first project for the release is this fun little Candy Caddy Die decorated with the new Glasses Die release (oh how I love the Glasses).

 

 

I die cut the Glasses from three colors of Neon Cardsotck and decorated the Candy Caddy and the large roll of Smarties (that I ate a lot of in the 80's) that fits right into the Candy Caddy.

the sentiment is from the new Pump UP the Jam Stamp Set. 

The tray fits right inside the Caddy for gift giving.

 

So many fun possibilities with this Candy Caddy Die.

 

 

Next I made a card to go with this fun little gift using more of the Glasses Die Cut and the new 80's Stencil for the card background.  

I used a combination of Neon Orange Glow & Neon Poppin Pink Glitz Glitter Gel with the stencil for that fabulous glow on black cardstock.

 

Then I used the stars from inside of the Star Glasses as embellishments for my glasses with the perfect sentiment from the Pump Up the Jam Stamp Set.  

 

 

This card makes me want to break out my Flash Dance Sweat Shirt and Leg Warmers.

I'm also linking-up at the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

 

It's also Anything Goes at Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.

The Gotta Have it Now Package for the entire August release is on sale for $109.99

August 2020 Release will include:

 4 - 4 x 6 Stamp Sets2 - New Dies1 - New Stencils 1 - 4x6 Freebie Stamp Ala Carte Items available on Friday 12am PST  NO PREORDERS! NO BACKORDERS!No waiting WEEKS for your stamps. This Package is only available till Wednesday 11:59pm pst, then will be back up on the store on Friday at 12 am pst during our Stamp Release Blog Hop! 

Regular price for the release package is $117.99

Make sure you check out all of other Designer projects using this great new August release.