Perk Up! Card and Suncatcher

It’s time for the 2020 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

As I’ve been overwhelmed with family health issues, I haven’t done much crafting this year, but I did make one fun project that I’ve saved for this hop:

This sweet faux stained-glass suncatcher is hidden inside this card:

Nice, bold fall colors!

Ever since I got the A Jillian Vance Grandpa’s Glass: Cup of Love die and stamp, I’ve wanted to make a stained glass suncatcher. I learned a few things while making it….

I used StazOn to stamp on the plastic. I could have re-stamped it, but it was enough for what I needed. JudiKins cleaner does a good job of removing the ink and the stain left behind will not affect the stamp.

Nuvo Crystal Drops in Ebony Black, Gloss served as the ‘lead’ outline.

I was excited to try Nuvo Jewel Drops, but was disappointed to find that that only the Strawberry (more orange), Orange Marmalade (more yellow) kept any color… Lemoncello, Periwinkle, Rosewater and SeaBreeze dried practically clear, so I switched to more opaque Nuvo Crystal Drops for the cup (Navy Blue and Midnight Blue with Apple Green mixed with Woodland Green for the green tea look)

I solved the problem using Copic Markers to color the clear areas. Better! But there was one problem I hadn’t foreseen…

! S – D – R – A – W – K – C – A – B

Oops! Solution….

Just cut off the bottom!

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I hear it’s still hanging in the green-tea-loving recipient’s window, so the colors must be ok and the Nuvo Drops haven’t melted off the plastic after several weeks. So, despite a few set-backs, I’m pleased with the end result.

Have fun with the rest of the Coffee Lovers Hop!

~D.Ann

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Bear’s Paw Succulent and Hugs, Thinking of You, Paw-some Friend Cards

Hello all! I’ve found another old post in my ‘drafts’ folder and have finally gotten it polished off for you… These were some sweet gift sets I made up last year when I found some ADORABLE Bear’s Paw succulents and put them in some cute cactus shot glasses from Dollar Tree and paired them with some stuffed bears and a handmade card to make some sweet and encouraging gift sets for some beary pawsome friends. First up a set for a special couple needing encouragement:

Awww! That sweet Pink & Main bouquet on the front of the card is colored with some fabulous shimmery Shuttle Art Gel Pens and a hand-drawn edge.

The inside has some cute Pink & Main stamps to match the gift, too…

I’m just head-over-paws in love with those darling bear’s paw succulents (Cotyledon tomentosa)! Aren’t they just TOO cute?!!

Of course, this post was done in March last year (I TOLD you I was backlogged!). Today I stopped by mom and dad’s and saw how much they have grown in such a short time:

This set went to a single friend, so there’s just one bear inside…

 

Supplies used:

• Pink & Main stamp sets: Fur Ever, Grandma’s Lace, Mini Faces Set 1, and Thinking of You Always
• Shuttle Art Gel Pens

And, I had this darling interlocking ‘hugs’ card for another friend:

Supplies used:

• Concord & 9th Hugs Card die
• Concord & 9th Cuddles & Hugs stamp set
• Essentials by Ellen All Inside stamp & die and Bear Hugs die
• DCWV The Butterfly Garden stack cardstock
• Hero Arts ombre ink pads: ombre dolphin ; pink to red;
• Tsukineko Memento Rich Coocoa dye ink
• Copic Markers C1 E 13, 33, 71; R20

I hope you enjoyed these Pawsitively darling little treats!

~D.Ann

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pps: UPDATE: Dad finished his radiation treatments Friday. YAY!! Doc said it’ll probably take a couple of weeks for the side effects to resolve. She’ll see him in 5 weeks and then order tests – likely a PET scan – to be done at 8-10 weeks. Meanwhile he’s to exercise, eat well, exercise and stay healthy so his body can clear out all the irradiated cells. We’re looking forward t a good report!

Hope you’re all staying healthy and sane in these crazy times.😉

 

 

 

Humorous Pop Out of Bed Card

Spritz, spritz, wipe, wipe… This post has been thoroughly sanitized with bleach and I know you’re staying 6 feet away, so we’re all safe. : ) I know we all need some humor to keep us sane in these stressful times, so I thought I’d share this cad I made last year to cheer up my dad as he started feeling the effects of the chemo….

Hahahaha! Both he and mom got a kick out of it.

Gotta love that exhausted rooster!

Googly eyes on the ‘toast’ and a nice enamel toaster add to the fun:

I love putting something funny in a delicate and delightful frame….

Supplies:

• Art Impressions Fainted Chicken
• Spellbinders Romancing the Swirl Ringlet Round die by Becca Feeken
• Spellbinders Toast with Jam and Bread stamp and die set by Debi Adams

I hope you got a chuckle out of this sweet card! Since we don’t sleep in toasters and half of us are supposed to be staying in… no need to pop out of bed, ok?!

Take care!

~D.Ann

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Update on dad: Thanks to all of you who have been e-mailing your well-wishes while he has been getting chemo for pancreatic cancer these past 4 months! They did the preliminary set-up MRI and CTs at UM Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Thursday. They hope to be up and running with the new MRIdian Linac machine by April 8, and afterward they will schedule his 5 days of radiation… barring further interference from the coronavirus. They’ve changed it so that only the patient can go into the hospital and all have to have their temperatures taken and maintain social distancing except the medical personnel treating him, so we feel fairly confident as they’re not near where the sick patients are. We were going to stay down in Miami during his treatments, as traffic is usually too thick and too exhausting for any of us to handle driving back and forth 5 days in a row. But with over 2000 of Florida’s 4000 COVID-19 cases here in South Florida, they’ve shut down all but essential business (and his treatments are essential) so traffic is MUCH lighter, cutting the drive down to an hour. I’ll probably go stay at their place and we’ll drive back and forth each day… that’ll be better anyway, since mom and I also have weak immune systems. Eight weeks after the radiation they will reassess his progress. Thank you again for your kind concern!!

 

2019 Cat Lovers Hop Crafty Cat Card and The Gray Muse Enamel Pin Giveaway

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Hello and welcome to the 2019 Cat Lovers Hop celebrating our 5th year – MEOWZA!! Paws up to Janis, who puts loads of hard work into putting this hop together for us each year!!!

Unfortunately I won’t have as many posts as I’d planned for you this year (see previous post for deets), but I do have at least one card and a fabulous giveaway sponsored by Rubeena at The Gray Muse for you at the end of this post. In fact, I used her fun new Cats in the Craft Room stamp set to create a card for my dad who just got home from the hospital:

I wanted the front to rouse curiosity, so I cut out the cat that’s coloring and had him peeking into the ‘window’ with no sentiment

On the reverse side I found kitty on the craft mat in the same set that pretty nearly fits the head size and stamped it on the back for the face. The kitty in the CRAFTS box (that’s FTs, not Ps) in the set provided the paws… I just cut them out and folded them over the edge before gluing down the cat.

To give depth to the inside, I stamped the cat drawing 4 times and cut out each ‘page’, distressed the edges and then layered them exactly as the stamp, with the kitty on top. Then I drew thought bubbles to the stamped sentiments and wrote in my explanation of the scene below (now you know why I prefer using stamps!! lol!).

This card says everything I wanted to say! I’m SO happy that Rubeena has branched out into stamps! The Gray Muse is most famous for her fun enamel pins. Some are true-isms like this one: We rise by lifting others!

Supplies:

• The Gray Muse Cats In the Craft Room stamp set
• Spellbinders Gold Labels 4 dies
• DCWV Mercury Glass Stack & Glitzy Glitter Stack
• AC Cardsctock glitter card base
• Core’dinations white card stock
• Tsukineko Memento dye ink Tuxedo Black
• Tsukineko Versamagic chalk ink Red Magic
• Marvy Le Plume II pen #1122
• Kaiser Craft Neon Gel pens
• The Paper Studio Gemstones
• Sookwang Scor-tape
• Aleene’s Original Tacky Glue

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**** edited to note: giveaway now closed****

Now, for the part you’ve been waiting for!

First, in case you want that terrific cat stamp set, some of her other lovely stamps or some of her fabulous enamel pins, The Gray Muse is offering an exclusive 10% discount to all hoppers and readers of my blog during the hop (Oct 21-26)… just use the code: SPONSOR10:

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In addition, Rubeena  has kindly offered to give away one of her recent kitten-in-the-craft room enamel pins to someone who comments on this post!
     

You can read about her Kitten & the Craft Box pin HERE and her Kitten & the Craft Mat pin HERE… they are based on her own cats! We can all relate to their shenanigans!!

What do you have to do to be entered to be the winner of one of above cute pins from The Gray Muse? Well, let’s show her some gratitude… First, go to her Facebook page HERE, like it and leave a message thanking Rubeena for her generosity! Then come back here and leave me a comment that you did so. Easy peasy. If you’re not on Facebook, or for a second entry, you can go to her Instagram Page HERE, follow it and comment on one of the two pins pictured above (just click on the picture to go directly to the post) and then come back here and leave me a comment that you did it. Maximum 2 entries per person. (BTW, while you’re there, I highly recommend signing up for her informative and entertaining newsletters. You will have until Midnight, Eastern Standard Time, October 27, 2019 to get your comments in. Sometime during the next week, I will publish a post listing all winners from giveaways on my blog from this hop (chosen using Random.org). Winners will have 48 hours to claim their prizes so be sure to subscribe to my blog so as not to miss that post!!

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But wait! There’s more!! Rubeena went above and beyond and sent me several of her pins as samples and I’ll be giving them away. In addition, before the cat pins came out, I had already purchased the trophy pin for this years hop:

Here’s how these enamel pin giveaways will work: On Sunday, October 27, 2019, you can send me ONE e-mail (d.annscraftingwhims (at) gmail (dot com)) with your entries (please mark your calendars as I may not be back here to remind you this year) as follows:

1. You can nominate someone else’s card for the Carmaking Talent award pin (presented by me). Did someone enter an exceptionally beautiful or difficult card that caught your eye. Please let me know the name and entry number from the Main Hop Page. Please send only one nomination.

2.  You can nominate someone else’s funny/humorous card for the CUT-UP award (the interactive papercutter).Please let me know the name and entry number from the Main Hop Page. Please send only one nomination.

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d e  f 

3.  Would you like to be in the running to win one of the above enamel pins?

Please let me know the letters of the ones you’d like to win (in order of preference) and I’ll use Random.org to pick winners.

You will have until Midnight, Eastern Standard Time, October 27, 2019 to get your e-mail to me at d.annscraftingwhims (at) gmail (dot com). Sometime during the next week, I will publish a post listing all winners from giveaways on my blog from this hop. Winners will have 48 hours to claim their prizes so be sure to subscribe to my blog so as not to miss that post!! Sorry I can’t be more specific on the date, but everything is up in the air as dad just got home from the hospital and starts chemo Monday. Thanks for understanding!

Thank you, Rubeena and The Gray Muse, for your generous support of this crafty Cat Lovers Hop!! Your goodies and discount make this event even more fun!!

Phew! I’m ready for a cat nap after this!! I look forward to seeing all of your crafty projects but I may not get around to commenting on them all as I have done it the past. Hopefully, next year I can be back with you all in full force! Have fun hopping!!

~D.Ann

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Wake Up Brave ‘Floating’ Masculine Card and Personal Update

Hello! It sure has been a long time!!

Many thanks to those of you who have written inquiring why I’ve been away so long and then sent encouraging notes!! My heart always swells with your kindness!!

For those of you unaware, it’s been a rough few months: It started with the 40 year concrete reformation on my building that required everything off my patio for a few months… no small feat as my patio is about 1/2 the size of my efficiency! That left me with just a path from the kitchen to my bed and hardly any room to turn around, let alone craft. Then we decided to evacuate with Dorian as having gone through Andrew and Wilma taught us we never want to risk Cat 4/5 storms if at all possible. I sure feel for the folks in the Bahamas!! One small wobble and that could have been us. To top it off there have been some major family and personal health issues. As you know, it’s hard enough for me to keep up when life is ‘normal’ let alone upside-down. Despite all of that, I DO have a few posts back-logged and will post them as I can.

Enough about me. I wanted return by sharing with you this masculine ‘floating’ see-through Wake Up Brave card I made for my father who has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer (he starts chemo tomorrow):

Supplies used:

• Altenew Dodec cover die
• Spellbinders Labels 18 dies
• DCWV Shimmer Stack cardstock
• Sookwang Scor-tape
• Metal token from Hobby Lobby
• Acetate repurposed from packaging

May we all Wake Up Brave as we face each day!

I intend to be back in time for the Cat Lovers Hop (5th year!) coming up the 21st (if not before). See you there!!

Hugs to you all and thanks for your continued support!

~D.Ann

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CATchy MEWsic Card

Hello and thanks for your patience! I’ve been out sick again, but finally got back in the saddle with a really fun card I needed to make up for a friend. I used the current challenge prompts from A Blog Named Hero: Love is in the Air with a color palette:

   

Now that I’m on my computer, I see that third color is fuchsia… on my phone it looks red. I figured out it’s the phone… I took a screen shot from the pone and put it on my computer and it looks just like the one above. Crazy! Oh well, it’s close enough and still perfect for the theme. Next time I know to check the computer for truer colors!

From the minute I saw this Dancing Music Notes die, it was almost exactly what I’ve long had in mind for my Taking Note poem about the people in the symphony of our lives. I wanted the poem written across a flowing staff with pictures of people’s faces in the notes. I have tried and tried to fit it in, but it just looks too crowded…

I guess I’ll have to just print it out in a pretty font on the inside of the card… unless I can talk Hero Arts into making this into an 8×10 die and printing my poem on a stamp, too! lol! For this card I specifically wanted this lovely sentiment on the inside:

At least my other idea for this die worked… having cats playing across the music staff… so fun! My favorite is the white kitty in the lower right who’s resting with her paw linked through a musical rest symbol! To get the reverse image of the dangling kitty I stamped him off on a flat rubber stamp and stamped that onto paper. Since the impression was light, I traced over it with an ultra fine pen. I didn’t worry about the umbrella piece showing… It just looks like part of his paw. I may have gone a little overboard with the hearts, but to me they represent their fabulous musical purrs. The sentiments seemed a little lost after I added the hearts, so I outlined them with the black ultrafine marker. If I could have put my hands on a paw-print stamp, I’d’ve probably put one in each note, and then it would’ve been WAY too busy, so it’s a good thing I couldn’t find one handy.

Supplies used:

• Hero Arts Dancing Music Notes Confetti Die
• Hero Arts Raining Cats and Dogs stamps and dies
• Hero Arts MMH04-18 & Cinco de Meow stamp sets (feel the MEWsic)
• Die-Versions My Micro Font 1/4″ die (CAT-chy!)
• CAS-ual Fridays Big Treble stamp set(inside)
• Tsukineko Memento dye ink: Tuxedo Black
• Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils (cats):  Cadmium Orange, Dark Cadmium Yellow, Warm Gray 1 & 3, Ivory, Pink Carmine, Rose Carmine, Light Red Violet
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks (blended background): Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Barn Door
• Hero Arts inks: MMH 01-18 Passion Flower (sentiments) & MMH04-18 Fiesta Red (hearts)
• Sakura Microperm 01 ultrafine pen
• Core’dinations cardstock: white & purple; card base: Parisian Nights
• Simply Defined permanent adhesive runner and ‘Stay-Put’ glue

Thanks for stopping by to CATch this MEWsical little number! I hope it made you smile!!

~D.Ann

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Jumping into the Waves – Just Be Happy cards

Hello and welcome! I intend to make a splash with today’s fun cards that I’ve been sneak peeking on Instagram!

When I first saw the stamp of this girl jumping (by Visible Image), I knew I wanted to have her jumping into the wave (by The Ton). If I were younger, I’d join the jumping photo craze and get a picture of me jumping into a wave at the beach!! This, however, is as close as I’m going to get! Lol!

First, I started by trying out different color combinations for the wave with the inks I had on hand. Which combo do you like best? (Comments from Instagram peeps who have been watching the progress mostly favor the Hero Arts combo. For me, it’s Simon Says Stamp.)

The one done with Distress Oxide Ink gets some additional water effects by spritzing:

Next was to add the clouds. Then I cut out the clouds and wave out of acetate and use blending brushes to add the sky and sunrise/sunset. with so much blending to do, I chose to try comparing my different blending brushes. I tried the new-to-me Tim Holtz brushes. They worked good, but I didn’t get the evenness I’d’ve liked. Perhaps I just need more practice.

I’ve always wondered if plain xl paint brushes would work. The answer is: Yes, but not as well as blending brushes!!

So I finished off with my standby Clarity brushes. Love ’em!! Don’t know if the Ken Oliver brushes work as well… they look the same. And I have yet to see the new ones there’s so much buzz about… (Life Changing Brushes by Picket Fence Studios… Ya’ll can send me some if you want!)

Next, I added the jumping girl. I though black would be too stark, so chose dark blues/aquas. To give her a dripping wet look, I then embossed her with clear embossing powder.

Because she’s in the water, people have said she’s a mermaid… almost looks like it, but when you look at the stamp, I’m pretty sure it’s a shoe, not a tail.

The inside of each card got her stamped in Versamark ink:

That left the sentiment. I love the carefree typography of the Just Be Happy sentiment — it goes great with this joyous jump!

Card 1 Supplies used:

• The Ton Stamps: Wave; Golf Course A (layering clouds, Palm Tree (birds) & Pyrotechnics (sun rays)
• Visible Image Tomorrow Doesn’t Exist stamp set (jumping girl and sentiment)
• Wave inks: Simon Says Stamp: Audrey Blue; Scuba; High Dive
• Other inks: Simon Says Stamp: Blue Jay, Cloudy Sky, Duckling, Hot Mama, Orange Slush Rosie Cheeks, Sunkist, Teeny Bikini
• Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
• Tsukineko Versamark Ink
• JoAnn Crafts clear embossing powder
• Core’dinations Parisian Nights card base
• Recollections white cardstock.
• Scotch adhesive runner

Card 2 Supplies used:

• The Ton Stamps: Wave; Golf Course A (layering clouds, Palm Tree (birds) & Pyrotechnics (sun rays)
• Visible Image Tomorrow Doesn’t Exist stamp set (jumping girl and sentiment)
• Wave inks: Papertrey Ink dye inks: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal
• Papertrey Ink dye inks: Lovely Lady, Lilac Grace, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Broken China
• Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
• Tsukineko Versamark Ink
• JoAnn Crafts clear embossing powder
• Core’dinations Parisian Nights card base
• Recollections white cardstock.
• Scotch adhesive runner

Card 3 Supplies used:

• The Ton Stamps: Wave; Golf Course A (layering clouds, Palm Tree (birds) & Pyrotechnics (sun rays)
• Visible Image Tomorrow Doesn’t Exist stamp set (jumping girl and sentiment)
• Wave inks: Hero Arts: Summer Sky, Aquatic, Pool
• Hero Arts: Fiesta Red, Fiesta Yellow, MMH Rusty Orange, Passion Flower, Soft Pool and Simon Says Stamp Rosie Cheeks
  • Note I don’t know if I switched the inks in the picture or switched my Post-it notes in the cards, but these MAY be the inks for card #5. My senior moments seem to have rapidly expanded into senior days, weeks, months and years! Hahaha!
• Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
• Tsukineko Versamark Ink
• JoAnn Crafts clear embossing powder
• Core’dinations Parisian Nights card base
• Recollections white cardstock.
• Scotch adhesive runner

Card 4 Supplies used:

• The Ton Stamps: Wave; Golf Course A (layering clouds, Palm Tree (birds) & Pyrotechnics (sun rays)
• Visible Image Tomorrow Doesn’t Exist stamp set (jumping girl and sentiment)
• Wave inks: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide: Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress inks: Broken China, Carved Pumpkin, Faded Jeans, Milled Lavender, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Tumbled Glass, Victorian Velvet, Worn Lipstick
• Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
• Tsukineko Versamark Ink
• JoAnn Crafts clear embossing powder
• Core’dinations Parisian Nights card base
• Recollections white cardstock.
• Scotch adhesive runner

Card 5 Supplies used:

• The Ton Stamps: Wave; Golf Course A (layering clouds, Palm Tree (birds) & Pyrotechnics (sun rays)
• Visible Image Tomorrow Doesn’t Exist stamp set (jumping girl and sentiment)
• Wave inks: Lawn Fawn Merman, Mermaid, Peacock
• Lawn Fawn: Bubble Gum, Carrot, Forget-me-not, Fresh Lavender, Lemonade, Sunflower & Tsukineko Memento Angel Pink dye ink
  • Note: I don’t know if I switched the inks in the picture or switched my Post-it notes in the cards, but these MAY be the inks for card #3. Yep, nearly constant senior moments… now I’m just waiting for the occasional junior moment to pop up. Lol
• Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
• Tsukineko Versamark Ink
• JoAnn Crafts clear embossing powder
• Core’dinations Parisian Nights card base
• Recollections white cardstock.
• Scotch adhesive runner

Which one is your favorite?

I’m entering this card in the following fun challenge… click on it for more information on how you can play along:

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Typography – Card #1 using SSS inks (Card #5 will be entered from IG  (sorry, it didn’t let me choose one of the additional pics on that post.))

Thanks so much for stopping by and for all of your encouraging comments. I really enjoy reading them!

~D.Ann

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Darling House Mouse Cards

Hello and welcome! Today I have a set of darling House Mouse cards to share with you.

If you follow me on Instagram, you know that I’ve been trying to keep up with #TheDailyMarker30Day coloring challenge this month. This time around I’ve tried to stretch my coloring skills, and ventured into doing some skies with Copic markers.

Previously, after finishing coloring the main image in Copics, I’ve used chalks for the sky because I would get streaks and unevenness trying to do a sky with Copic markers. I think I’m finally getting the hang of it! On this first card I was also pleased to get a bit of reflection of the walnut in the water, with a natural ripple look, too:

Love the sheen of these DCWV Shimmer Stack papers!! For the inside, I dry embossed the dye (you’ll see it better in the next cards) and used the cutout center as a decorative element:

On the second card, I added some rain to the sky. Here in Florida, it can be both rainy and sunny with a blue sky while raining, rain on one side of the street, but not the other, etc., so I didn’t feel like I needed clouds. I didn’t have a good terracotta color in my Copic collection, but I found that RV 34 and R22 mix together nicely for a close match.

Since part of the die impression reminds me of suns, I ran over the raised ‘suns’ with some yellow chalk and added this little guy celebrating, with my own sentiment:

For the final card, I decided to switch the ice cream color from pink to strawberry-flavored red to match the cardstock. The House Mouse stamps have names for most all of their critters. The bunnies are Hop-it and Itty Bit. I love that little Itty Bit fell asleep in a sugar coma before he got his face and paws cleaned off! : ) I also like that the frame die kind of reminds me of a waffle cone pattern! Since my hands were actually steady today, I took a chance on writing my own sentiment:

Here’s the inside:

        

Supplies used:

• First card (Maxwell floating in a walnut)
  • Stampendous House Mouse Pop Stamp set HM01A: POPHM01-09
  • Tonic Studios Deco Oval Trellis die set
  • DCWV The Shimmer Stack cardstock
  • Recollections white cardstock 65# and 110#
  • Tsukineko Memento Rich Cocoa dye ink
  • Copic Markers: B02, 21; BG90; C3; E00, 02, 31, 33, 37, 51; W1; Y35; YG61, 63; YR02, 04
  • Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops: Gloss Ripened Pumpkin
  • Prima Marketing Planner Glue Pen
  • Simply Defined adhesive runner and ‘Stay Put’ adhesive glue
• Second card (sitting in a flower pot in the rain)
  • Stampendous House Mouse Pop Stamp set HM01A: POPHM01-02 & 07
  • Inside: Stampendous House Mouse Pop Stamp set HM01A: POPHM01-03
  • Tonic Studios Deco Oval Trellis die set
  • DCWV The Shimmer Stack cardstock
  • Recollections white cardstock 65# and 110#
  • Tsukineko Memento Gray Flannel & Tuxedo Black dye inks
  • Copic Markers: B02, 21; BG90; C1, 3; E00, 02, 51; G24, 82; R22; RV24; YG61, 63; Y35; YR02, 04
  • Pebbles, Inc. Pearlescent Chalks – Jewel Tones
  • Sakura MicroPerm 01 Ultrafine pen
  • Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops: Gloss Red Berry
  • Prima Marketing Planner Glue Pen
  • Simply Defined adhesive runner and ‘Stay Put’ adhesive glue
• Third card (ice cream bunnies)
  • Stampendous House Mouse Ice Cream Lick
  • Tonic Studios Deco Oval Trellis die set
  • DCWV The Shimmer Stack cardstock
  • Recollections white cardstock 65# and 110#
  • Tsukineko Memento Gray Flannel & Tuxedo Black dye inks
  • Copic Markers: B21; C3; E02, 31, 33, 51; G24, 82; R24; RV02; YG17 61, 63
  • Pebbles, Inc. Pearlescent Chalks – Jewel Tones
  • Sakura MicroPerm 01 Ultrafine pen
  • Prima Marketing Planner Glue Pen
  • Simply Defined adhesive runner and ‘Stay Put’ adhesive glue

I’m entering this card in the following fun challenges… click on any of them for more information on how you can play along:

• House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge HMFMC #284 Love/Anything Goes (I’ll enter the first card from here and the other two from Instagram)

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Add Some Red Cards 2 & 3 (3 entered from IG)

I’m glad you stopped by! Hope to see you again soon!!

~D.Ann

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My Monthly Hero Paraguayan Dancer Card

¡Hola! Hello! Mba’éichapa! (–that’s “hello” in Guarani – one of the two national languages of Paraguay.) Welcome to a post with an international flavor today! I chose to turn the darling dancing mouse in the My Monthly Hero April 2018 set into a traditional Paraguayan folk dancer doing the famous bottle dance:

When I lived in Paraguay, doing a missionary type work, I would often see women balancing amazing loads on their heads as they walk through the streets… laundry, a basket full of delicious chipas (a cheese bread made with cassava/manioc flour, shaped like a bagel) and more. These well-balanced women really know how to use their heads! In the bottle dance a girl or woman will start by balancing a bottle on her head while dancing. More and more will be added by her partners, one at a time, reaching up to 10 or more! After each, she continues to dance. Impressive!! Here is part of a page from my scrapbook, using a postcard picture:

I just drew a couple of these bottles on cardstock, fussy cut them and covered them with Texture Gems for my little mouse dancer. The texture gems added a little sparkle as centers to the flowers in the frame and sentiment, too.

  

I love that the leaves on flowers in the frame with this kit can be lifted up… just a little, or into a daffodil shape. I gave my mouse and bottles a little depth by cutting them out in black cardstock and having it peek out just a bit.

Materials Used:

• Hero Arts My Monthly Hero April 2018 (MH 0418C) stamps and dies (note: bottles were hand drawn)
• Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Fiesta Red ink
• Copic Markers: C1,3; Gr05;R20, 22, 24, 29; Y08
• Faber Castell Texture Gems: Silver
• Core’dinations cardstock: White, Red, Black
• Tsukineko Memento dye ink: Tuxedo Black
• Simply Defined “Stay Put” glue

I’m entering this card in the following fun challenges… click on any of them for more information on how you can play along:

• A Blog Named Hero : Crafter’s Choice

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Add Some Red

Thanks for traveling with me today!

~D.Ann

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Set of Humorous Art Impressions ICU Step Cards

Greetings, crafty peeps! Unfortunately, it’s that time of the year when folks are getting sick and ending up in the hospital. I started this set a while back and kept needing to send off a card, so I couldn’t get the complete finished set in a picture. Here are most of them… almost finished… right before I sent off the second one:

They just make me smile!! Hope they do the same for the recipients!

First, I colored the couples up, wanting to be able to choose from a rainbow of ladies with different colored hair. Next time I want to add in some olive and dark skinned ladies, too.

Then I added some glossy accents to the eyes, lips & earrings, and to the purse and shoes for a patent leather look.

Next, I matched each lady up with a matching cardstock for the step card base and found some decorative paper to match for the background. Then I sewed the ‘curtain’ to a piece of cardstock and attached everything to the card, added the heartbeat cutout and sentiment and the front of the card was done:

Here’s a side view:

On the back, where the heart is (on this particular step card die), I added the sentiment: “Hope you’ll soon be fully re-covered!” and one of the left-over hearts from the heartbeat die cut. The envelope says: “Sending a little laughter… it’s the BEST medicine!”

So here are the rest of them – just variations on a theme:

Materials used:

• Art Impressions Get Well stamp set
• Sizzix Card, Hearts Step-Up die
• SugarPea Designs Heart Beat SugarCut die
• My Sentiments Exactly Back of Card stamp set
• Tsukineko Versamark Ink
• Inkadinkado embossing powder – black
• Memento dye ink – Tuxedo Black
• Copic Markers: B05, 21,29; BG13,15; C3; E000,00,02; R24,29
• Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents
• Kuretake Zig Wink of Stella clear
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L tape runner
• Simply Defined ‘Stay Put’ Glue
• Misc. Seafoam gauze material (Hobby Lobby), thread
  • Red card:
    • Core’dinations cardstock – red, white
    • Basic Grey Blush-Admire paper
    • Copic Markers:  B05, 21; BG13,15; C1, 3; E02, 51; R24, 29
  • Yellow card:
    • Core’dinations cardstock – red, white, yellow
    • K & Company Contemporary Papers
    • Copic Markers:  BG13,15; C1, 3; E00, 02, 23, 33, 51; R35; Y06, 08, 13
  • Green card:
    • Core’dinations cardstock – green, red, white
    • Frances Meyer Diva Stripes paper
    • Copic Markers: B02; BG13,15; C1, 3; E02, 51; G02, 05, 09; R29
  • Blue card:
    • Core’dinations cardstock – blue, red, white
    • Basic Grey Blush-Admire paper
    • Copic Markers: B02, 05, 24; BG13,15; C1, 3; E02, 51; R29
  • Purple card:
    • Spellbinders Conversation Bubble 1 die
    • Core’dinations cardstock – lilac, pale green, red, white
    • Recollections Blue Ditsy Floral paper
    • Copic Markers: B21; BG13,15; C1, 3; E00, 02, 71; R29
    • Sakura Micron pen 05 black
  • Pink card:
    • Spellbinders Conversation Bubble 1 die
    • Core’dinations cardstock – pale green, pink, red, white
    • DCWV Butterfly stack
    • Copic Markers: BG13,15; C3, 5, 7; E02, 11; RV02, 04, 17; V15, 17, 25
  • Orange card:
    • Core’dinations cardstock – orange, red, white
    • Frances Meyer Diva Stripes paper
    • Copic Markers:  BG13,15; C1, 3, 5, 7; E00, 02, 51; R29; YR 02, 04, 07

I’m entering this card in the following fun challenges… click on any of them for more information on how you can play along:

• Art Impressions Challenge #241 – Stripes and Circles (Green Card)

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Add Some Red (red card and red heartbeats on all)

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

• MarkerPoP Challenge #141 – Love is in the Air (Red Card)

Thanks for stopping by! I hope YOU stay healthy and no-one else ends up in the ICU!!

~D.Ann

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