Coloring Book fun with Adornit

Good morning everyone - welcome to my stop on our fun Adornit Coloring Book blog hop! You should be arriving here from my dear friend MariLynn's beautiful blog. I love how there are so many beautiful books these days for adults (though I keep needing to hide mine from my son...sheesh...) and this one is no exception. Super thick paper, whimsical images - I love it!

I received the Critter Friends Coloring Book and it has everything in there from tags to card fronts to full-page works of art. I admit, I was a little intimidated and had no idea where to start. So I closed my eyes, grabbed some markers, and just started coloring.

Yes, I'm not done with the chevrons...LOL I just can't seem to put my markers down and stop coloring! I aws going to leave them white, but then I colored one and...well...then I HAD to take a picture before the sun set. LOL

I just love how my owl turned out!

This quote is one of my favorites. I taped it to the outside of the frame simply because trying to photograph through glass is just a headache. This way you get to see all the pretty colors without the glare!

I have a clue word for you as well. My word is:

to

All right, now you're off to my dear Paula's blog! Happy hopping and crafting, I'm off to color some more!

Adornit and MPC Art Play Blog Hop

Good morning everyone - welcome to my stop on the Mountain Plains Crafters & Adornit blog hop! You should be arriving here from my dear Pam's blog. If you stumbled in here by accident this chilly October morn, you can see what all the fuss is about on the Adornit page.

I have to tell you, these ArtPlay 12x12 pages are so much fun! If you've never held one before, they're made of super thick watercolor paper and work beautifully with every medium I threw at them. Of course, I made the 'mistake' of bringing them to my weekly scrapbooking group and had to keep stealing them back!! LOL

In the end I created four different projects using Spectrum Noirs, Copics, Distress Markers, and Koi Watercolors. Since there are four artists who designed for this release, I couldn't resist using one from each of their sets. I cannot wait to color some more of these bad boys!

Gift bag with birthday gift tag made from the Be Yourself ArtPlay Paintable

Make a Wish: Koi Watercolors, Glossy Accents, Pearl Liquid Pearls, brown cardstock for a backer, twine, Lawn Fawn treat bag die

Greeting Card using the Take Flight ArtPlay Paintable

SU paper for card base, MME Indie Chic-Saffron for layers, colored with Distress Markers and Wink of Stella

Greeting card/frame-able piece made with the Pray ArtPlay Paintable 

DCWV Vintage Collector card base, blue cardstock, Koi Watercolors, Hero Arts bling, foam tape

Upcycled treat bottle with a Rudolph tag made from the Holly Jolly ArtPlay Paintable

Copic markers, Spectrum Noir markers, Wink of Stella, white UniBall gel pen, Glossy Accents, Simon Says Stamp postage stamp die, twine, kraft paper for backer

I just love how these turned out! As you can see, it's no problem to die cut the pieces or add wet things like watercolors and Glossy Accents to them with no warping. And hey, coloring is therapeutic!

Time for me to send you off to Sheryl's blog, but before you go, what's a hop without prizes, right? Here's your clue from me:

Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Crafting!

Wedding Roses

Tired of all of my wedding-related posts yet? ;) Now that I'm quite sure my sister and new brother-in-law have received their card, I can finally share it with all of you!

Funny story; this card was sort of done before the wedding. Kind of. Ok, a few pieces were and then I packed up everything else I needed (including the heat gun) and brought it to the hotel with me and finished it the morning after the ceremony. What, am I the only one who's ever done that? Hey, I had 75 fan programs to finish first!!

I bought the new Ranger Texture Paste and simply went to town with my stencils one night playing with it, so that lovely background was already sitting in my stash. The red ribbon was actually part of some packaging from an online order (yay for reusing!) so all I had to really create were the roses. My dear friend Annette over at Feeding the Soul with Art handed me her DeNami rose stamp and said "here, this is what you need for a wedding card" and she was so right.

I heat embossed two of the roses with the gorgeous Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder; OMG is this stuff beautiful! I almost could have left the roses alone, but instead went in with the Distress Markers in  Fired Brick and Peeled Paint for just enough color. After letting the markers dry for a moment, I fussy-cut them out and used my favorite foam tape on just the rose buds and some of the leaves to stick them to the card. The stems were tied with the ribbon and then tacked down under the ribbon. Made them more three-dimensional and made it so that I didn't have to try and glue down those little stems!

I opened up my brand new Wink of Stella clear pen and proceeded to get a HUGE drop of it right on the card. ACK! I freaked out, looked again, and added 3 more to balance it all out and make it look intentional. Yup, when in doubt, act like it was intentional. Then I added it to the rosebuds as I had planned all along. All done!

We have two more weddings to attend this month, so better be prepared for more wedding posts! I'm also blogging over at Mountain Plains Crafters today about a stunning (if I do say so myself) fall card I made up for our latest card challenge. Be sure to stop on by and say 'hello'!

Linking up to: Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge; Bold

Happy Crafting!

Remembering Why

Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone! Today I'm sharing two cards that remind us why we have a long weekend, sales, BBQs, and all the other things we enjoy this weekend.

This first one was created by inking up my stamps with the Distress Markers, giving them a quick 'huff', then stamping onto linen paper. The end result is a lovely texture with bright, vibrant colors.

This one was a very CAS card and can also be found over on the Mountain Plains Crafters blog today. You might also find a flash giveaway over there...shhhh! The feathers were die cut from my Simon Says Stamp dies (love them!) and spritzed with Heidi Swapp gold spray, then a couple of Pretty Pink Posh sequins were added to draw your attention back to the sentiment. All of the stamps are from Unity Stamp Co.

Both of these cards will be sent off to Operation Write Home. Hope you get some crafting in this weekend, and take a moment to remember all of our troops past, present, and future.

Happy Crafting!