Karen's Stamping & Crafting Creations: Tim Holtz Texture Fades

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Saturday, August 9, 2014

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #14 - Z is for Zoo!

Hi All!

Welcome to the The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #14 - Z is for Zoo! All you need to do is make a project featuring animals or animal prints!

No stamping this time. I found this awesome photo* of a baby giraffe! For some reason I think his name is Gerard...Gerard Giraffe. I felt Gerard seemed to be blowing a (tongue between the teeth) raspberry. His tongue is not showing but, from this angle, his upper lip looks like one. “TTTTHPBT!” and the inside sentiment was typed in a free font - Distress. I used the Tim Holtz Burlap Texture Fade and embossed an Um Wow chipboard branch. All the cardstock is from Club Scrap.

The challenge ends on Friday, August 22nd, at 11:55 pm EDT Link your project at SoSS. You'll have a chance to win the auspicious title of Queen or Princess of Snark!

You know you want to win it! If you're our Queen, you can be our Guest Designer!

Don't forget to visit the blogs of the all the other talented Snarky Sisters and check out their awesome Z is for Zoo creations!!!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Creatalicious Challenges #65 - Monochromatic 8/15 voting after the 15th
Paper Wings Productions August Challenge - Anything Goes 8/29
Eclectic Paperie August Challenge - Embossing 8/31
Crafting for all Seasons Challenge - Feature Creature 8/18
2 Cute Ink Challenge #112 - Animals 8/16

Thanks so much for visiting!
Karen

* There was no copyright on the photo so I felt I could use it. If someone finds a copyright, please let me know, although I do not plan on selling this card.

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Sisterhood of Snarky Stamper's Challenge #11: S is for Steampunk!

Hello All!

Welcome to the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers

Challenge #11: S is for Steampunk!

Edna is the Steampunkiest, isn't she?

I decided to alter a composition notebook for our Steampunk Challenge. I bought quite a few of these after Target clearanced out their Back To School items. My daughter tells me I'll have to get rid of them if I don't use them soon. Did I forget to tell you I bought them about four years ago. She says I ought to use them or not buy them! Now she wants me donate them....obviously, she is not a crafter! Shhhh, don't tell her that the Graphic 45 paper and the eyelets are at least that old too!

I attached the Graphic 45 Communique paper to the notebook by spreading a quick dry tacky glue in an extremely thin layer over the entire cover (ModPodge works also). Most glues contain too much water making your papers wrinkle. After I trimmed the little bit paper overhang so it was flush with edges of the notebook, I sanded and distressed the edges with Vintage photo ink.

I used Kraft-Core Notalgic Core'dinations cardstock with the Tim Holtz Texture Fades-(Blueprints and Pocket Watches) and sanded them to bring out the kraft colored core. All of the elements, except the man stamp were sanded on their edges and distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The Tim Holtz Time Travelers man was stamped on some map DP I had in my stash.

All other images are from the Graphics Fairy. They have tons of free vintage images to use! I fussy cut the cat and the hand. I used pop dots on the cat and fingers of the hand. Glossy Accents were used to accent the bulb and cat eyes. The free font I used for the snarky Steampunk saying is Ornatique.

Have fun, create a Steampunk project, and enter Challenge #11 for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers~S is for Steampunk! We'd love to see what you come up with!

You have until Friday, July 11th, at 11:55 pm EDT to enter at SoSS. You'll have a chance to win the auspicious title of Queen or Princess of Snark! You know you want to win it! If you're our Queen, you can be our Guest Designer!

Don't forget to visit the blogs of the all the other talented Snarky Sisters and check out their phenomenal Steampunk creations!

I am entering this notebook in the following challenges:

QKR Challenge #94 -Use a Cat or a Dog

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Left of Center Challenge #34-Use Metal 7/10

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #8. "C" is for Crap!

Hello all and welcome to the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #8 - "C" is for Crap! Crap, you know, those things you bought with good intentions to use, but never did. Or the fantastic items you bought years ago which are now woefully out-of-date. These are the perfect items to use for our challenge!

I bought Micro Beads years ago to embellish my cards and not just one bag, but quite a few. I was going to create awesomeness...that is if I had ever used them!

To use the Micro Beads I put wide Scor Tape on a piece of cardboard and ran it through my Cuttlebug using Tim Holtz's Caged Bird Die. I peeled off the covering, poured the beads over it, and pressed to secure them on the tape. The Core'dination cardstock background was dry embossed, sanded, and distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The bird was die cut, sanded, and colored with Mustard Seed Distress Ink. The crown and missing you sentiment stamps are from Tim Holtz.

Dig into your supplies, find something you wonder "Why the heck did I buy this crap", and create. We'd love to see what you come up with. You have until Friday, May 30th, at 11:55 pm EDT to enter at SoSS for the coveted title of Queen of Snark! You know you want to win it!

Visit the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for all the details and check out the awesome artwork the rest of the DT has created!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafty 4 Enternity Challenge #176-To Die For 5/22 - Caged Bird die
QKR Designs #88-Dies and Punches 5/22 - Caged Bird die
Crafting for All Seasons #77 - Things with Wings 5/26
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:Simon Says Die Crazy 5/21
Repeat Impressions - DCC57: Bird Watching 5/20

Thanks for visiting,
Karen

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Happy Birthday Card-Drunken Stampers: Anything Goes!

Hi All!

We're back......! I bet you thought you got rid of us. Well, no, we're back after a month break with the first of the Drunken Stampers challenges of the year. Our Challenge #157 is Anything Goes! Have fun designing whatever you want and become our next Life of the Party!

I designed this birthday card for a friend...she likes traditional cards and I felt the cupcake out of the Birthday Blueprint stamp set from Tim Holtz was the way to go! Black Core'dination's card stock was dry embossed and sanded. I used Distress Stains to color the watercolor paper. I then stamped the cupcake twice, fussy cut the frosting, and colored it with Copics. It was embellished with some Stickles - Orange Peel, Yellow, and Distress Rock Candy, ribbon, and jewels.

I hope you enjoyed this card. Don't forget to enter the Drunken Stampers Anything Goes - Challenge #157. You have until 11:59 PST on Friday, February 7th to post your project and vie for the title of The Life of the Party! We're always looking for someone to drink with us!

I'm entering this in the following challenges:
Eureka Stamps Challenge #74 -Anything Goes

See you soon,
Karen

Thanks for your comments! I truly appreciate them!

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Drunken Stampers Challenge Thing: New Year's Day

Hello All and Happy New Year!

This week Drunken Stampers challenge features a thing: New Years Day! (Drinks or resolutions or whatever inspires you about the new year)

One of my resolutions is to takes some risks so I am able to discover more of who I am. The Tim Holtz stamp in the Urban Tapestry set is a perfect mantra for me to repeat so I continue to focus on my resolution through out the year.

I stamped the verse and the Tim Holtz Framelits Retro Christmas star using Versamark and Zing! Aqua Opaque Finish Embossing powder on Club Scrap Silver paper. The stars were then die cut. I used the sunburst folder out of the three pack of Playing Games Texture Fades set using Core'dinations Black Magic cardstock.

Celebrate with us by making a card/project for the Drunken Stampers challenge: New Years Day! (Drinks or resolutions or whatever inspires you about the new year)! You could be our next Life of the Party! Projects need to be uploaded by 11:59 pm PST on Friday January 10th for this challenge. Can't wait to see what you come up with!