MIM #157: DIY Cover Plates

 Barely making it again for MIM! 

I went old school & pulled out the butterflies!

Trying out the Tsukineko Radiant NEON ink!! LOVE!

Fun technique- I can see using this again!

We made it through the PTA vortex of March!! Lol. Tuesday is my sweet girl's birthday & she's been asking for a kitten for such a long time.... Surprising your child with exactly what they want? 

Best.Feeling.Ever.

Meet Annie Crookshanks. 

grin.

Have a great day!

March 2014 PTI Blog Hop

Super quick for me- I've got a shiny umbrella to share for the hop!

I created it with layers of UTEE.

Raindrop stencil is Dreamweaver- I embossed it too, although difficult to see the raindrops are raised- so will link to the Moxie Fab World Stencil challenge too!!

ETA: I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Mallard for the raindrops; Paper is DCWV

Happy Hopping!

MIM #156: 3D stamp paint

This week the challenge was to add dimension with paint. I didn't have the paint that Melissa used so I thought I'd try adding to acrylic paint. I can tell you not to add gel medium to paint if you're going to use it this way. Kind of takes the finish off your embossing plate :(

I ended up using Dreamweaver embossing paste & acrylic paint.

 PP is Studio Calico

Sporting the brand new KRAFT Baker's Twine from May Arts. 

LOVE.

 And here are my two loves- as they were heading to the Daddy Daughter dance (with a 'Surf's Up! theme!)

Barely making it again...

May Arts + Penny Black!

May Arts & Penny Black have teamed up this week! 

This has been my first experience with Penny Black & I really loved the images!

First up I've created a 4.25" square card using the Japanese Maple Leaf image on top of the Letter Background stamp. I stamped on watercolor paper & I used 1.5" silky crush in bittersweet & 1" sheer in pewter for my ribbon accent.

Next up is the Scented Message image. 

I watercolored the image with watercolor pencils & I've added a 1.25" violet silk & 5/8" textured two tone ribbon in purple/pink. I also tucked in some satin leaves!

My last creation uses the Flower Poetry image- I just love those dogwood blooms with the script. Based on my choices, apparently I love script with everything!

Another 4.25" square card- more watercolor pencil, and also watercolored with Delicata ink- the shimmer in person is gorgeous! I used 5/8" faux canvas in salmon & 5/8" pink sheer ruffle layered- I wrapped them around the card & tied it up on the side.

That's it for me today- I had a great time with the Penny Black images!

Now make sure you stop by all the blogs- there's a prize every day!!

Here are your stops:

Penny Black Hop Schedule

Monday

Charlene Driggs

Courtney Lee

Emily Lanham

Tuesday

Gini Williams Cagle

Jen Shears

Wednesday

Jenifer Cowles

Jennifer Davey

Karen Baker

Thursday

Lalo IK

Rhea Weigand

Friday

Latrice Murphy

Shellye McDaniel

MIM: #154- Color & Texture for One Layer Cards

This week the challenge at MIM was to add color & texture to one-layer cards. 

I used chamomile stamped off with the embellishments set & it's still a bit too dark for the look I was going for. A couple different greens for the leaves, a little ink spatter & an embossed frame around the sentiment.

I was supposed to be getting my taxes ready- at least it was creative procrastination!

Friday was a spirit day at school- a 'read-in' in honor of Dr.Seuss's birthday- Hadley wore her jammies & the entire class was surprised to find their teacher had taken nearly all of the furniture out & replaced it with tents for the day! It.Was.AWESOME.

Had's teacher makes ME want to be in third grade!!!

Here's the door to their class: 

Luck O' the Irish

I'm up at May Arts today- details on making this:

So loving the new adhesive ribbon- have you tried it yet?

Head over & check it out! I'd love to hear what you think! :)

MIM: #153- Watercolor Emboss Resist

Sneaking in again for MIM!

Mine is the same as Dawn's, but with blue watercolor.

 I did add some blue crochet, well, because I couldn't resist. 

Bwahaha!!!

Erin let me know that my hop card made the PTI email spotlight this month!!!! WOOOHOOO! (I didn't have internet for awhile, so hadn't seen it yet!)

It was a great day on the slopes- snow so dry & light!!! But BRRR!!!

Here's a pic of my 2 favorite skiers- the lift opened 15 minutes early & we were right there- darn near the first down the face today :)