Just for Fun: May Challenge "just the girls"

It's time for a new Challenge at Just for Fun Stamps.

This month we are challenging you to do something "Girly" 

If you know me then you know I don't do this well.

I am pretty much a jeans and t-shirt hair in a ponytail kind of girl.

This is what I came up with.

I altered this composition book. 

My niece turns 16, and she is much "girlier" than I am. 

I thought she would like the colors, the butterfly, the buttons, ect. 

I hope you will hop over to Just For Fun Stamps and check out their fabulous product. 

Spring Poppies at Just for Fun Rubber Stamps

Good morning!

It's a surprisingly cool morning here in Arizona.

The weather forcast tells me it's going to be excessively HOT next week 

(like very close to 100.)

I can't really say I like the heat.

It makes one sticky and smelly!

However I can say I have been loving all the amazing blooming flowers here in the desert.

That inspired me to create this card with a wonderful poppy on it. 

I stamped the poppy with my distress inks,

and then I filled the poppy in also using the distress inks, but as a watercolor.

I love this technique.

It leaves a beautiful image.

I finished off the card with a little gold washi 

(cause I can't get enough of the gold trend right now)

and some gold embossed sentiment. 

How are you enjoying the beginning of your spring?

There will be a brand new challenge up at Just for Fun Rubber stamps tomorrow.

All I can say is it's something the "nest" in.

Have a wonderful day! 

Stocking card

Good morning bloggy friends,

Christmas is fast approaching, I hope you all have your shopping done,

and are getting to enjoy some time with your families!

This year I am lucky enough to have my parents staying with me for 7 weeks,

which includes Christmas and New Years.

Mom and I have been making ornaments, and planning our

baking list!

Today I want to share with you a little card I made. 

I have been so fortunate to be a part of the design team at Just For Fun Stamps,

and this fun stocking stamp.

I colored it up using my watercolor pencils,

and attached it to some leftover pieces of Christmas paper. 

I am loving the sewn crazy quilted look of the paper with zentangle of the stocking!

Merry Christmas to you all! 

Have a wonderful time with friends and family! 

Joy

It's December!

It's December!

Did you hear me?? It's December!

And there are only three weeks until Christmas!

Have you found your joy this season?

I know I'm loving this amazing joy stamp from Just for fun stamps.

It's a big stamp, and it leaves a great impression.

If you have some last minute cards to make, get to steppin! 

Fall leaves

Zentangles!

Who loves them like I love them??

Let me see your hands raised up high!

Do you love to color them, and even draw them?

Well maybe not draw them so much as color them!

Then these stamps from just for fun stamps are for you! 

See all those fabulous nooks and crannies?

See all the places to put different colors and goodness?

Yep, me too,

and plus since we don't really get falling fall leaves here in southern Arizona,

I have to sometimes live vicariously through my art!

I see falling leaves in my card, and that makes me happy!

How about you, are you getting falling leaves? 

Or have you moved on to winter and snow?

Happy Fall and Thanksgiving to you all out there! 

Witch Parking Only

Good morning bloggy friends!

I had one day off from work this week, and I got my crafty on!

Yep, Two days ago I shared this canvas, 

and today I have a fun Halloween Card to share with you using Just For Fun Stamps. 

I have to be honest with you, I'm not a huge Halloween fan. 

I love fall (not that we get much of it here in Arizona,)

but Halloween has never been a big deal to me. 

However for this fun card I used two stamps, the witch parking only sentiment stamp,

and the witch broom stamp.

Both of these stamps give a really clear and clean line, and stamp fabulously!

If you're looking for any Halloween stamps hop on over to Just For Fun Stamps, they have a really really good selection of stamps, and they are a great quality (and a value for their money as well!)

Jff skeleton

Good morning!

My month of craziness has hopefully come to an end. 

To celebrate the coming of Halloween, I've created this fun skull tag! 

This was the beginning version, and it was finished about a week ago.

Then as I sat and looked at it more and more I thought that it needed something more.

So I added the bat stamps to the background. 

I think they give a finished look, and are that much more "Spooky"

If you are looking for some amazing stamps, go check them all out here. 

Thanks for dropping by!

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Paper issues: Spooky Halloween

Just for Fun with alcohol inks

Good morning friends and fellow bloggers.

If you've come to my blog by way of Just for Fun Stamps

then welcome, and I'm so happy you hopped on over. 

I have a fun card and a mini-tutorial to share with you all today.

But first I am so happy to share with you all that I have been asked to join the design team at Just for Fun Stamps, and today is my first posting. 

I got a HUGE package of the most amazing stamps,

and after sorting through them all, I knew I'd be using this amazing and large peacock feather first! 

Wow right?? 

I love the crisp image that is produced, especially over my alcohol ink background.

Speaking of that background, here is a little mini-tutorial on how I made that background.

First I dropped a little bit of each color onto my glass work surface.

You could also use your craft mat,

but it wouldn't work on just paper because it will absorb into the paper.

Add some blending solution on top of these inks.

Then you swipe your gloss paper through the inks. 

Keep on swiping until you get the coverage you want. 

If your inks start to dry out add more of the blending solution and keep on picking up the ink onto your paper. 

Mmmmmm isn't that a beautiful background?

I then dropped (gently) some blending solution to the background to make some more detail.

Wanna know the best part of working with this product??

It dries so fast you won't believe it, and you can stamp it up immediately!

I used my archival ink to stamp the peacock feather onto the back ground. 

I hope you found my mini-tutorial helpful, and are inspired to maybe break out those alcohol inks you've had stashed in the back of your closet. 

Remember how fun and beautiful they are.