SoSS Challenge #55 ~ J is for Joke

J is for Joke!

I've been missing from the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for quite a long time.  Hopefully I be around from now on.  The stamps I used are from Crackerbox Palace Rubber Stamps.  They are Popcorn Bowl, Slimer, Popcorn Kernel, and Monster Fingers. 
I paper pieced a scrap of paper I made a lomg time ago using Tim Holtz Distress Stain for the bowl.  Slimer, the monster, and the popcorn were colored with Copics. I colored the background and the edges of the sayings by using a sponge and green olive ink. 

 

Challenge #55 ends on 4/15/2016  at 11:55 pm EDT

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Karen 

Beach Dreams

Hi All!

I'm here today with my first card as a Designated Designer for Drunken Stampers!  Our theme is Place: A Beach [Use water, a beach, or the tropics as your theme.]
The challenge runs from August 10th -16th!  Have a few drinks [alcohol or not] and make sure to link your entry at the Drunken Stampers Blog.

The stamp I used is a retired stamp [Summer by the Sea] from Stampin' Up.  I stamped it in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Copic X-press paper two times and colored the images with Copic markers.  The women's hair, shirt, and man's arm/leg were colored on the first one.  The man pants and hair were colored on the second image.  I stamped the man' s shirt again, on patterned paper.  All of these images were fussy cut...the entire first image, the man, except his arm/leg on the second, lastly the shirt.

The background was watercolor paper which had been colored with Tim Holtz Distress Stains [Chipped Sapphire and Broken China] and then distressed around the edge with Broken China Distress Ink. Two pieces of 100 grit sandpaper [I think it really looks like sand] were torn and distressed...and the first piece was attached to the background.  The complete image was added on the sandpaper and the second piece of sandpaper was placed over to cover part of the man's foot.  The 2nd image...man's pants, shirt and hair were placed over the first.  The last piece added was the shirt.  [I didn't like that the shirt was higher than the man's hair so I stamped and colored another head and added on top of the other one.]  The word Dream [from my stash] was distressed and stapled, using the Tiny Attacher, to the background.  Next time, I'll hopefully remember to take photos of the steps when needed...it would have helped here.

I hope you enjoy all the Designated Designers' cards and have a Tropical Hooter on us!

Have a fantastic week,
Team Tropical Hooters

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Repeat Impressions DCC#731-Water Element
The Order of the Opus Gluei Challenge # 162 - Don't Be Such a Beach! x
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #181-Anything That Looks Like Summer
The Perfect Sentiment Challenge #86-Your Favorite Technique - Fussy cutting x
Quick Quotes Friday Challenge #30-Summer
Simply Create Too Challenge #43 - "Photo Inspiration"  Photo below

Without Words Challenge-Beach Holiday/At the Seaside
Rubber Stamp Events- Collinsville, IL 2013 show-Card Contest-Dreaming...I won 2nd Place!

Hold Onto Your Brains!

Hi All!
I'm entering a darker side.  I don't follow the Walking Dead, nor am I getting ready for the Zombie Apocalypse.  But I do have a number of acquaintances who are preparing for that day!  I am entering a few challenges which this card is made for.  I took the Edward Scissorshands digital stamp from the Octopode Factory and morphed him into a zombie.  I colored with Copics, added Black Diamond Stickles for his hair, used Crystal Stickles for accents on his clothes, and then fussy cut him. 

The background was made with Tim Holtz Distress Stains on watercolor paper.  After it dried I covered it with glue and sprinkled Distress Stickles Dry Glitter-Rock Candy all over it.  I added some washi tape to the background.  I stamped "Got Brains?" using Close to My Heart Delightful Alphabet (retired).  For those of you who don't know; zombies eat brains!

Zombies have difficulty holding themselves together so mine has a screw as a replacement eye.  His other eye is red and falling out.  I think he'd scare anyone.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge

Macabre Monday Challenge:HDH171-Freaker's Free For All

Simon Says Stamp and Show-Good To Be Green

Johnny Depp's Mad Hatter ATC

Hi!  I've made my first Artist Trading Card in a long time!  We used to have a group making ATC's for trade every month.  It was so much fun!  I decided to enter Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge to play with this smaller surface.  For those of you who do not know, an Artist Trading Card is the same size as a playing card-2.5 x 3.5 inches. 

I started out with a piece of watercolor paper in the correct size.  I blended Tim Holtz Distress Stains in Seedless Preserves, Salty Ocean, and Antique Bronze.   I printed out the Mad Hatter digital stamp from the Octopode Factory at 16 per the page on XPress paper.  I'm beginning to like digital stamps as long as they have a lot of detail.  

I colored the Mad Hatter with Copics and spread some Golden Rod Stickles over his hat and Orange Peel on his shoes.  I had the perfect matching ribbon in my stash and had to add it along with crystals on his hat pins.  I printed out the saying in Treasure Map Dead Hand (free font-forgot where I got it) and outlined it. The saying is part of the quote the Mad Hatter says to Alice.

I based my coloring on the model of Johnny Depp's version made by Disney.  This picture is a trademarked item, but I am not using this for sale, so I hope this is okay to display.

I am entering this ATC in the following challenges:

Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge-#92 Down the Rabbit Hole

MarkerPOP! Challenge #26 Anything Goes Just use your Copics or ShinHan markers on a project!

Dr. Seuss Canvas

This is the second canvas I've made for my great-niece and great-nephew.  Love Dr. Seuss quotes!!

As I make more canvas art I hope I will start to feel free enough to start experimenting with mixed media art.  It is had to let go and risk it, but as I have found, you can just add more paint and cover up what you do not like.

I used gesso, a variety of acrylic paints, white card stock edged with Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire Distress Stain, and covered with Mod Podge.  The Mod Podge is water-based and allows the distress stain to tint the card stock a bit.  The Mod Podge I used was the glossy finish...I have a gallon of it!?!  When I do another canvas I would cover it with the Matte finish.  The font I used, "For The One Hundredth Time",  is free and available for download at kevinandamanda.com.  It is such a fun font to use!

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