Just add a bit of sparkle and shine

I made this card awhile while playing

with a new (to me) TH Die that as you can see

was a mighty fine price.

I also have to admit this layered dies completely

baffle me.

Jigsaw puzzles are not my thing.

However, 

I did love it.

But then, boredom set in.

and wa-la

Sticles and Nuvo to the rescue.

The background is a Sissix die.

 

Belated Birthday Card featuring Gertrude

 Another birthday card for my granddaughter who 

loves the color purple.

Would you believe I have like a gazillion pounds of paper

in my stash and NOOOO shade of purple in it.

Soooo....TH crayons to the rescue along with the 

TH die Gertrude. 

Not too many moving parts to Gertrude.

I like that.

I also jacked the sentiment "Be flamazing" that

originated from one of TH's makers.

LOVE IT.

And since I hail from FL - the flamingo is perfect.

My friend Brooke gave me the paper and

I have no clue the mfg. but I love it.

Also fussy cut some flowers for depth.

More flowers on the inside with some stickles going on

and homemade enamel dots with some black stickles.

Oh and I used my handwriting on the sentiments.

I had a good day with the penmanship.

Woohoo!

Christmas cards

 

I love this stamp and it was so much fun to make these cards.

Ten of them.

Using Tim Holtz distressed crayons and diamond stickles

for the beard, etc. just made it all pop.

I forgot how much fun stickles are and what

they do for your page.

They had somewhat fell out of vogue and

since nothing I do is really in-style - I'm gonna use them more.

I used a Michaels "background" stamp and tore

the edges and distressed them.

The yellow I admit is a strange choice but it appears to work

and make ole Santa pop off the page.

Just need to stuff and mail.

Hopefully, on time.

 

Using other mediums in my "watercolor" album

Because of limited space in my area I ditched

a lot of other mediums I had but

thankfully I didn't ditch the gelatoes.

Mind you, I didn't use them much before but they

are small enough to tuck them in somewhere and in

binge watching Missy Whidden (who's u-tube as hacked

and finally restored) uses gelatoes quite liberally

so therefore I had to be a copy cat.

Love the results.

Bold and fun, though if I need them softer, gesso to the rescue.

 Back to watercolors here, but I did purchase a new

stencial prior to all the stores closing down and

I love the "fireworks".

 AND then I had also kept a small stash of mists.

Mostly Studio Calico Mr. Huey

and THAT was to spray and let run.

AND THEN, I remember stickles from Studio G.

They were really popular back in the day and sort of

went out of vogue but I had some silver and

doesn't it look really cool.

 And picked up this cute butterfly stamp in the same

shopping spree and love how they're

watercolored randomly around the page.

They'll be easy if fussy cutting is on the agenda.

 This is kind of a stencil fail. 

It was too watery and leaked about but I learned

about "pencil" lines and one does not need to be

an artist to slap some pencil marks around.

AND there's always gesso to cover up and get a do-over.

Or just plop a photo there.

 AND then, I decided that the cover needed to be jazzed up.

Enter dylusions.

It's loud and psychedelic.

And then the title - I embraced my inner Lisa Fonseca

(check her out on u-tube) she handcuts everything.

From scratch.

Sigh.

She can handcut perfect alphas like nobody's business

without drawing them out first.

I drew out my letters first - and I love how they

work with the wildness.

I do not remember the mfg for the other dodads on there

except for the bird - that is a fussy cut stamp.

I'm likin' the bigger size because the TN is kinda restrictive

so we'll see how this one rolls.

It was one of those pages

That really didn't come together easy.

I couldn't make up my mind about anything.

Well except the base paper, and the star stamp

came in a really cool  stampin' up set with a girly skull and bones

and I really wanted that on the page too

but its HUGE, and didn't quite work out - so in

with the heart that wasn't quite so big.

Another 8x8 page - seems I'm rolling with

that size and decided to go crazy.

Love the owl and birdcage was a lot of fun.

A sort of title on the heart like a ransom note. 

It just seemed to work.

 Do you ever get stuck on a title for your blog

never mind one for your page.

I really wanted something fun with the witch hat and helmet

but alas none come to mind.

 And like who doesn't have an issue with stickers.

Like sticking your finger in when wet.

Or outlining a word and then sticking your finger in it.

However, it works, sortof.  Especially when its faraway. LOL.

It's a fun photo and I had fun making a quirky page.

I know she loves Frozen so there's a little 

character tucked in there and of course that owl.

The owl, leaves and cage remnants from my die cut box.

Amelia having fun dressing up as a witch to go bike riding -
Halloween in June. Why not.

Getting crafty with pinecones

We have a lot of pine trees in the backyard.

That bear lots of pine cones.

And every year I say I'm going to do something.

So this year I did.

I have a TON of supplies 

and I know that surprises you - so I dug out a variety

because I wasn't sure which way I'd roll.

 I started with paint.

And some glitter.

I must say that the deck looks lovely in glitter.

As did my hands, pants and hair.

 And the paint made a happy little pine cone and I love that color blue.

Or Turquoise or blue green.

I have lots of blue, turquoise pine cones.

 Next I broke out the stickles and it looked very pretty.

However squeezing it out bit by bit was annoying and time consuming.

So...I dumped the entire bottle out and commenced to painting it on.

 Painting worked out well for both Stickles and Liquid Pearl.

 I did make a variety until I ran out of something.

I used up a lot of supplies that had been sitting in the drawer

for a long, long, long time.

 The Stickles made it blingy.

 And the glitter made it sugary.

I really love both looks.

I also kept some of the pinecones pure.

Love that rustic look.

I used jute as the hanger and made it extra long.

And used hot glue.

Hot glue is like eating French Onion Soup.

And it ain't pretty.

I'm still pulling strings off of things.

 The beautiful bows were from ribbon from grandson Lou's shower.

I still have some left if you're interested.

However, its down to the colors yellow and blue.

So this is the case of about 40 pine cones all done up....

ready for our Christmas party that all my pals

can pick and choose whichever ones they like.

I did keep some for my trees and they look amazing as you can see above.

Anyway I used about 20 bottles of stickles

and 3 bottles of glitter.

I still have paint remaining

 (big bottles).

And you thought I was slacking off.