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Enjoy, tag

Third post for today is a Tag, my entry to the   Spring Coffee Lovers Hop ,  I used a super cute image from Crafting Dessert Divas that is a freebie until today,  go here for details. I colored the image with pencils and splatter some Tatter Angels Mist. Embossed the MFS sentiment using gold tinsel power. what do you think? this is the perfect addition to a bag of coffee in my opinion ;) linking also to: SSS: Wednesday anything goes challenge SSS: National Craft Month linky party thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day! Liz

Hola card

Hello friends! Round two for today   is another card inspired by the colors of March Inspiration challenge over @   #altenewchallenge  and the gradient arrangement on the ruffles of the lady's skirt For this card I used Layerd Lilly form Altenew and a set of alpha dies from MCT . Linking to: #altenewacademy March Inspiration Challenge:  #altenewchallenge SSS:  Anything Goes SSS: National Craft Month Linky Party  Thank you for taking time to stop by, I do appreciate your comment, have a wonderful and blessed day!

You Inspire me Gradient card

Hello craft world!  I hope your day is going well.during the past 30 day I have been coloring everyday inspired by Kathy Raccosin's 30 challenge , and now it's time I use those images so, my first post for today is a thank you note inspired by the colors of March Inspiration challenge over @   #altenewchallenge  and the gradient arrangement on the ruffles of the lady's skirt The sentiment is from Altenew's  "A dore You " stamp set, I stamped the image using the "generation stamping technique" and added a small "thank you" from a Hero Arts Set. Linking to: March Inspiration Challenge:  #altenewchallenge SSS: Anything Goes SSS: National Craft Month Linky Party    Thank you for taking time to stop by, I do appreciate your comment, have a wonderful and blessed day!

Smile More, Canvas

Hello friends!  I hope your day is going well. Today I want to share my entry for the February Altenew inspiration challenge : a stamped, water colored canvas.  I used the colors from the inspiration photo and the floral theme.The process was really simple and I am very happy with the end result, I hope you like it too. Supplies : I Adore You, Altenew's stamp set Faber Castell Gelatos and texture gems small brush acetate or a piece of plastic packaging canvas white embossing powder and embossing pen black vinyl letters black embossing powder heat gun  water  I am also joining SSS Wednesday challenge: anything goes ! and SSS Work it Wednesday for February Thank you for taking time to stop by, I do appreciate your comment, have a wonderful and blessed day! Liz " all we need, is a spark of imagination to generate change!"

Mug cozy and mug rug...

Hello craft world friends!  I hope your day is going well. After a very long pause in my crafting life I am here to share with you  a quick gift idea. This took about 45 minutes to complete. What do you think? Supplies: Felt :(1) 5" square, (1) 9"x 2 1/2" rectangle, (1) 1 1/2"x 3" rectangle Muslin: pre-washed and backed with fusible interfacing: (1) 4 1/2" square, (1) 8 1/2"x 2 " rectangle, (1) 1 "x 2 1/2" rectangle Pinking shears Iron Parchment paper Thread and Needle Velcro fastener Stazon Ink: Gold, Brown Memento Luxe Ink: yellow Stamps are from Altenew, MFT and Inspired by Stamping. Pretty much all you have to do is stamp and iron to heat set the ink. In this case I used a sew in Velcro fastener for the mug's cozy. I am playing along Altenew's January challenge : Thank you for taking time to stop by, I do appreciate your comment, have a wonderful and blessed day! Liz

FCCB # 272: Monochromatic

Welcome to another Challenge Me Monday... Challenge #270-Monochromatic Make a project using a monochromatic color scheme This Weeks Sponsor: The winner will receive one free class (up to $25!) To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images. If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing! For today's inspiration I wanted to share a few reusable "non woven" tote bags decorated using Stencils (some made with my Cricut) and Acrylic Paint (Liquitex, Basics, ORANGE, YELLOW, WHITE AND RED) and a painters knife. Why stenciling? you might ask, well non woven materials don't like heat- ask me how I know ;)- therefore Iron on was out of the question. :) Why this particular brand of paint? Because I had it on hand and I really like th...

A lovely box :)

Hello friends and Happy Belated 2016!!!  I cannot believe it has been so long since my last post, we hit a rocky patch the past few months but things are slowly going back to normal. I wanted to stop by to share with you this box I made for my nephew's girlfriend. I cannot believe he is old enough to be dating!!!! I guess my word this year will be "incredulity" LOL! Anyhow, this box will hold a customized jewelry set my but he won't allow me to share until after V's day I hope I don't forget to come back and show you  what I made for her. I started with a panel of watercolor paper and art masking fluid. Then I  watercolored the heart using Faber-Castell Gelatos in two shades of blue. I stamped a few hearts using "aquamarine" archival ink. I stamped the dolphin from PCS' "Sea Ya Later" on Vellum using Black Archival ink In order to create the "mirrored" dolphins I stamped one on the front and the other one ...