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!

So Suzy Stamps: A Haunting We Will Go

Hey gang - I'm over on the So Suzy Stamps blog today with another fun Halloween card! I got all mixed media-y last night...LOL Follow the link for all the details!

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Something Spooky This Way Comes

Happy October everyone! It's the first, which means new release day over at So Suzy Stamps - I hope you're ready for some spooky fun.

I love the new little Halloween kitty! The sentiment is also epic, and did I mention we were given little chipboard pieces to play with? Oh yes, yes we were. The ghosts I coated with Ranger White Crackle Paint and the pumpkin I first painted with Orange Marmalade Distress Paint, then coated with Clear Crackle Paint when it was dry. They came out perfect and the pieces didn't warp at all!

The sentiment I simply stamped with black ink, but my kitty was stamped with black VersaFine then clear heat embossed for extra texture. Thanks to Pinterest, I found this great idea of adding on washi tape and those spooky eyes have just been sitting on my desk, waiting for me to use it.

A little blurry, I know, but you can really see the texture and shine.

A little layering of black and orange cardstock and this spooky card was done. I may have trouble parting with it!

Be sure to check out what the rest of the team came up with - we went Halloween happy this month!

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Happiness is...COFFEE!

Happy National Coffee Day, my friends! Fall is here and it brought with it cool air, warm coffee, and my baby in kindergarten. Say what?!? That's ok, I'm the mama with the cup of coffee at the bus stop...especially since it comes before 8am. Whimper.

And, AND, the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is in full swing!

You may have already seen the card I created for Super Sponsor a2z Scrapbooking, but I had to make one with my So Suzy Stamps goodies as well. And I was in the mood to get messy...soooo messy...LOL

The card base reminds me of cozy sweaters and I went with fall, jewel tone ink splatters on my background paper. Don't forget the coffee cozy for that hot coffee!

I used Distress Inks and a paintbrush to make my splatters (ahem, gotta love how well the inks clean up off your desk, brushes, stamp packaging, the cat...) and a die set from Top Dog Dies that I won a while back. Gee, wonder why I picked it? LOL And if anyone asks, that's totally pumpkin spice latte in the cup.

The stamps are from So Suzy Stamps and utterly perfect for this card. Ok, and my life in general. Those I heat embossed with the gorgeous Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder.

It needed a heart, so I colored a heart die cut from the same die set with my Spectrum Noir DR3 marker and added on Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents. A few cups of coffee later it was dry and the perfect touch for the card. Oh, and the brown ink splatters? The new Ground Espresso ink, naturally.

Be sure to check out the entire Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop here - there are some amazing creations, and more keep being added!

Supply List:

Happiness Is...	Coffee	Top Dog Dies Mini Coffee Die Set TC096	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger TIM43270
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad FOSSILIZED AMBER Ranger TIM43225	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad DUSTY CONCORD Ranger TDP39938	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TUMBLED GLASS Ranger TDP40248	Ranger Embossing Powder LIQUID PLATINUM EPJ37484
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets	*ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker 025320	Mini Glossy Accents

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