SpiegelMom Scraps - What's Happening on Instagram!

Hi friends! Today I'm sharing a couple projects that I've featured over on the SpiegelMom Scraps Instagram feed. First up is a pretty layout 'In The Spirit' using lots of lovely papers and ephemera from the Paige Evans Pick Me Up collection. Our team was scraplifting this week and I used our fabulous Guest Designer Lina Monaco as my inspiration.

And next up is a fun shaker card using the Lawn Fawn Claw-some stamp set that I watercoloured with Distress Markers.

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Thanks so much for stopping by today! You can check out all the details on the Layout HERE and the Card HERE. Wishing you a happy, crafty week!!

Linked to:

SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG

SSS Monday Challenge - Inside The Box (the shaker box ;)

FCCB #293 - Snow!

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #293-Snow
Make a project about Snow!

This Weeks Sponsor 

Pretty Cute Stamps

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.

Any project that doesn't use a Cricut element will be deleted.

For this week's challenge I've chosen to use some cool snowflake cuts from the Gypsy Wanderings Cricut cartridge and cut the pretty snowflake border from the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge. It has finally warmed up here a bit, but we still have snow on the ground and there are a few snowman to be seen around the neighborhood. I must say that my favourite snowman are these cute watercoloured ones that I can create in my jammies! 

I stamped the snowman and snowgirl from the Snowmies stamp set from Pretty Cute Stamps (our sponsor this week!) on watercolour paper and used Distress and Tombow Markers to watercolour in my images. I've been loving purple lately and decided to pull some pinks and purples from the Pink Paislee background paper for a pretty winter feeling. I used the snowy background stamp (see image below) included in the set to add white heat embossed snow as a resist in the background before adding some blue watercolour.

I used some snowflake and heart stamps from the Little Llama Pretty Cute Stamps set - there are two sizes of snowflakes in this set and I used Distress Inks to add them to my wintery scene. I added a sentiment stamp from the Snowmies set right below my snowmen.

Inside, I added the outside cut to the negative snowflake I put on the front, some matching paper and a couple more snowflake stamps.

I love the fun, wintery look of this card. These lovely sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps, including these NEW snowflake sequins (so pretty!) add some shiny glimmer as a finishing touch!

Here's a peek at the cute stamp sets I used above:

 Snowmies 

Little Llama 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope your week is fantastic :) Be sure to head over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog to see what all our other awesome Design Team members have come up with for this challenge - and enter your own Snow project with a Cricut cut for a chance to win a fab prize from our wonderful sponsor Pretty Cute Stamps! You can find the PCS Blog here with lots more inspiration too!

Linked to:

DL Art - January Linky Challenge
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - January Challenge

Little Scrap Pieces - Show It Off Saturday

Cut It Up - Snow Fun #113

Emerald Creek Dares - Bring On The New (new sequins)

Two Fall Cards!

A couple weeks ago I made some Fall cards for a little challenge at The Clique Facebook page for World Cardmaking Day, so I thought I should share them here while Fall is still in the air!

The first card was a challenge to use vellum and a diecut. I layered a handcut vellum banner over a woodgrain paper background and tucked some diecut leaves behind it.

 Then, I used the 'thankful' and pumpkin cut files from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine - it's free and  you can download it here along with other free files!

I used some Fancy Free patterned paper behind my pumpkin and added some sequins and a couple drops of yellow Izink. Some faux stitching using a red pen on the vellum finished it off.

For my second card the challenge was to fussy cut an image, and I watercoloured a cute little pumpkin girl stamp sitting on a tree stump, both older stamps from C.C. Designs. I masked off the girl to make her look like she was sitting directly on top of the stump and then used Distress and Tombow markers to watercolour the image before fussy cutting her out.

I layered her over the free string art cut file from The Clique and backed the cut with BoBunny papers from the Believe collection. I love the look of different papers behind a diecut!!

Inside, I used a sentiment and pumpkin image from the Pretty Cute Stamps Thanksgiving Eats stamp set.

I added some pretty sequins and a button from the 28 Lilac Lane collection, and used a cute little ribbon across the top of my card. I gave this to my niece at Thanksgiving, which in Canada was a couple weeks ago, and she loved it!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful, crafty week!

Linked to:

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - Oct Link Up

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Autumn

DL Art - Thankful Thursday Oct Link Up

Pretty Cute Stamps September Challenge - Polka Dots!

There's a fun new challenge happening right now at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog - Polka Dots! I just love polka dots; they're just so FUN!

I used the stamp set Bushels Of Fun to create this pretty mixed media Fall card! Apples totally remind me of Fall, and I just love this set!

When I was doing Creative Chemistry 103 over the summer I created the panel for this card using a Distress MicroGlaze technique where I stamped my image on watercolour paper, coloured with Distress Markers and then applied the Distress MicroGlaze on top and around my image, creating a cool resist. Then, I spritzed Dylusions Sprays on my craft mat and applied my panel on top. This creates such a cool watercoloured background, but protects the original stamped image!

I stamped this sweet half apple on watercolour paper and coloured it in with Distress Markers before fussy cutting and placing it over my stamped sentiment and polka dot ribbon. The heart is also from the stamp set!

I used a polka dot stencil and transparent glaze to stencil circles on top of my panel. I added clear glitter on top before the glaze dried, creating some subtle, but sparkly dots! A few shiny sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps finish off my polka dot theme!

Inside, I used another watercoloured apple and added a cute little face. I added a polka dot border of the same paper I used on the front card base. I'm not sure exactly what occasion I'll use this card for yet, but it could certainly work for Thanksgiving, friend, birthday, and more!

Here's the adorable stamp set I used for my project -

Bushels Of Fun 

Thanks so much for stopping by, and be sure to head on over to the Pretty Cute Stamps blog to check out all the other Polka Dot Projects the amazing Design Team has come up with, and enter your own Pretty Cute Stamps project here using this month's theme for your chance to win a gift certificate!! You can also check out all the awesome stamps available at the Pretty Cute Stamps store - you'll be sure to find lots of goodies - perfect for this challenge!

Distress Marker Sticker Smooshing!

Morning Crafty Peeps! Hope you're enjoying a wonderful week so far. Today, I'm sharing a technique I've named Distress Marker Sticker Smooshing ;) I had some cute, but plain stickers in my stash and just thought they needed some oomph. Of course, what do you do when anything needs oomph? Distress It! I used some bright colours of markers and rubbed them on an acrylic stamp block, one at a time, before spritzing the block with water. Then I simply turned the block over and smooshed it onto my sticker paper, repeating as desired!

To bring it up a notch I then stamped over top with Archival Ink. Now it's ready to add to a card or put into some Happy Mail for a friend!

For these pretty round stickers I chose a few different colours of Distress Markers and some CTMH Stamps.

I love the watercolour look this technique gives - even on sticker paper!

A few more CTMH sentiment stamps and a few different marker colours work perfectly for this sheet.

I can see these working for a scrapbook page too!

Thanks so much for joining me today! I'd love to hear what you think adding a little Distress love to would make it better! Have an awesome day and be sure to check back Wednesday morning to see a Sneak Peek at this month's release from Pretty Cute Stamps!!

Art Alchemy Mixed Media Tag!

I hope everyone enjoyed a lovely Mother's Day on Sunday! Any day spent with my girls is a blessing, and of course my husband and girls spoiled me. I even had time to work on this pretty tag! Recently my friend, Laura, let me borrow her Art Alchemy Metallique Acrylic Paints by Finnabair! Good friend, hey! Well, I love them.... I tried them on chipboard, metal and thought I'd give them a swipe on this manilla tag.

They have such a lovely metal sheen, and wonderful coverage! After layering on my paint I used Distress Inks to sponge on some colour on the remaining unpainted areas of the tag. I love how the paints just pop and look like they're actually added on top of the Distress Inks! After that I stamped an image with Ranger Archival Black Ink.

Next, I used a Dina Wakley stencil to add some Texture Paste to my project and added one of the metal pieces I painted with those fun Finnabair Paints. I heated it with a heat gun, so it actually bubbled a bit, and I think if I'd let it air dry it would have been smoother. But hey, sometimes a girl just can't wait, right?! I cut a Tim Holtz Sticker from the Chit Chat book in half and added it behind my metal frame.

 Here's a look at my finished tag - 

The little wooden butterfly and dragonfly are from CTMH and easily coloured up with Distress Markers. The sequins from 28 Lilac Lane add an extra bit of shimmer and shine around the page.

You can see how nicely the chipboard with the heart cutout covered using the Art Alchemy paints. This was just one coat! I layered on a left over Heartfelt Creations flower from Holly's Make 'n Take last week, adding some Stickles, and tied on my seam binding ribbon that I coloured with Distress Stains.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you'll pull out some paints and use them on something you haven't tried before!

Linked to:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Stencil It

Mini Gorjuss Girl Cards!

I just love the Gorjuss Girl stamps, so of course I was so excited to see the mini Gorjuss Girl stamps come out too! While we were away a week ago I brought along some stamps and Distress and Tombow Markers and had some fun watercolouring and paper piecing these images so that when I got home I could make up some cards.

This is one of my favourite stamps of these mini stamps! The little teddy bear is just so sweet :) I was fortunate enough to receive these pretty papers and embellishments in a recent Happy Mail swap, and they worked perfectly to put these cards together.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you are a Canadian shopper, be sure to check out the Scrapendipity Online Store - and if you're in Calgary be sure to head over to the NEW Scrapendipity store Selena just opened!! You can find out all the details on the Scrapendipity Way Of Life blog. Wishing you a wonderful, crafty week!

Pretty Cute Stamps March 2016 Sneak Peek!

Can you believe it's time for the sneak peeks at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog?! You are going to be blown away with all the amazing stamp sets this month! I'm giving you a sneak peek today of the Rainbow set - just in time for Spring!

I stamped my sweet rainbow image on watercolour paper and then used Distress and Tombow Markers to watercolour it in.

How adorable is this sweet rainbow with the cute cloud faces?! I fussy cut two extra clouds from the stamp and popped them up over the bottom layer for dimension.

I stamped sentiments from the Rainbow set on handcut banners and then stitched around the border of the card base with my sewing machine.

The background paper is from a paper pad with a resist dotted background. I used Distress Inks to sponge over it and then sprayed with Perfect Pearls to blend the inks and give a lovely shimmer.

Here's a look at today's FREEBIE cut file - which you can grab over at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog! How cute is this Rainbow Gift Bag?!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the Pretty Cute Stamps blog to see what all the other designers have come up with to show you. And don't forget to stop by Friday when you'll get to see the new stamp sets revealed and join in our blog hop!

Linked to:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Make Your Own Background
DL Art - Thankful Thursday March Link Up

613 Avenue Create - AG

Crafting From The Heart - AG 

Jo's Scrap Shack - AG