When life give you Lemons!

 I have always loved the phrase, "When live gives you lemons, make lemonade!" I also love the combination of yellow and black. 

Stamps used from I Brake for Stamps:

Lemons and Phrase Set (ibrakeforstamps.com)

Other supplies:
Watercolors Yellows and Greens
Watercolor Paper
Water brush
Parchment paper
Stazon Ink
Stamp platform
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray Vintage Photo
Die cut butterfly
AAll & Create Square die #41
Nuvo Midas Touch Aqua Shimmer Pen
Enamel dots

Cardstock: Yellow, black, and white
Dimensional Foam/Glue
Sticky Dots

Paint watercolor paper with blobs of yellow and green. 

Stamp image on copy paper to create a mask.  Lightly sprintz the watercolor paper with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray Vintage Photo

With Stazon Ink stamp lemons on parchment paper and fussy cut.  Using Sticky Dots adhere the stamped parchment to the area of the watercolor paper that was masked.

Stamp sentiment on white cardstock and mount on black cardstock.

Die cut black lacy mat using the AAll & Create Square die #41.  Adhere the black lacy mat to the card base. 

Die cut the watercolor paper with stamped lemons using the matching AAll & Create Square die. With dimensional foam attach the lemons to the black lacey mat.

Adhere sentiment with dimensional foam.

Apply Nuvo Midas Touch Aqua Shimmer Pen to the butterfly die cut from black cardstock. Add three enamel dots to the body of the butterfly. 

Randomly add enamel dots to the card. 

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Spooky Night Cemetery Crypt

Happy Halloween in August! Lyneen here, I don't think it is too early to start creating your spooky cards, tags and decor for Halloween. I am sharing a tag today; I masked to the spooky cemetery. This technique can be used for cards too. 

Stamp from Blank Page Muse
The Cemetery Crypt can be purchased as a single stamp or as a part of a full stamp set.

Cemetery Crypt Cross Halloween Rubber Stamp

Can also be found in the Halloween Takes Flight Rubber Stamp Set


Other Supplies
Aall & Create Tag Die #30
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Dusty Concord, Squeezed Lemon and Carved Pumpkin
Stazon On Jet Black
Stamping Platform
Gems
Ribbon

 

Die cut the white and black layers of the tag. Stamp image on paper and fussy cut.

Stamp the image with StazOn ink on the white die cut tag.  I like to use a stamp platform when stamping.  

Cover the stamped image with the mask.  With Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Dusty Concord, Squeezed Lemon and Carved Pumpkin

Lift the mask off and lightly ink the moon with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Squeezed Lemonade. Leaving the cross and crypt black and white.   

Mount the inked tag on the base black tag. Add die cut paper hole enforcements, adhere to the front and back of the card. Tie festive ribbons onto the tag. Finally, add a few gems for a bit of bling.  

Your tag is ready for any Halloween gift bag, host gift or add it to the front of a card. 

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Beach Tote

Hello! Kelly here today with a quick tip on making those plain grocery bags into something spectacular!!

I don't know about you, but I have lots of those reusable totes for groceries, the beach, and shopping in general. You know the ones, they usually have a big logo on one side and are made of plastic but are reusable. Well, I was headed to the beach the other day and I was looking for a tote to put all of the towels into when I came across one with pink palm trees all over it...now I am not sure where I got this one, it doesn't have the store logo on it but it did need a make-over!! Here is what it looked like...not the prettiest bag I have ever seen but I thought I could make it work with some stamps and ink!

So with that thought, I pulled out my Stazon Inks and the following stamps - 

Beach Phrases Sentiments 

Butterfly Silhouette

Whimsical 5 Petal Doodle Flower

Flamingo Row

 

Just stamp the images onto the tote with Stazon and let dry for a few minutes, your tote is now ready for the beach. 

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Vintage Kinetic Hot Air Balloon Card

I always find it a pleasant surprise to find a kinetic element on a card. My hot air balloon is free hanging and; therefore, can swing when the card is handled. Challenge yourself to add something a bit unexpected to your project like a hinged element, wiggly eyes, or a shaker filled with sequins. All this month, you will find more inspiration from the BPM Design Team about clever ways to add different types of  movement to your projects.

BPM Stamps:
Hot Air Balloon with Wooden Barrel Basket Rubber Stamp
Life is Not About Waiting For the Storm to Pass Sentiment
Steampunk Devil Collage Stamp

Directions
1.  Stamp the hot air balloon onto white card stock using black ink.

2. Next, stamp a balloon onto transparency using permanent ink and set aside to thoroughly dry.

 

3. Color the paper image using a sponge applicator.
(Time Saver TIP: The coloring does not need to stay within the lines since the image will be cut out.)

4.  Next, fussy cut to separate the balloon, people, and basket.

5. Reassemble the pieces of the hot air balloon over the transparent image and adhere with foam tape.  Use a white gel pen to add fine details to the hot air balloon.

6.  Take a craft card base and stamp along the edges with the clocks & newsprint design using blue ink. Lightly ink the edge of the card base with brown ink to give it an aged appearance.

7.  Stamp the sentiment with black ink onto the lower right corner of the cream cardstock. Then antique the edge of the paper by gently inking the edges of the sentiment with brown ink.  To give the card a kinetic element, attach twine to the top of the hot air balloon. Adhere the other end to the back of the stamped sentiment so the hot air balloon embellishment hangs freely.  Matte with maroon card stock. Attach the matted hot air balloon element to the middle of the card base.

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Spooky bookmarks

Hi Everyone,
Jess here today with a little something to keep your page when your book gets too scary to read at night!

Blank Page Muse Stamps Used:
Ashes of Ex-Lovers Bottle
Mummy Ribs Bottle
Powdered Cobwebs Pot
Halloween Bingo Set
31

Other Products used:
Staz On ink  Gothic Purple
Archival ink in Jet Black, Potting Soil, and Plum
Distress ink in Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac, Dusty Concord, Carved Pumpkin, Black Soot, and Pumice Stone
Distress Spray ink in Walnut Stain
Dylusions Spray in Fresh Lime
Sizzix Halloween Sideorder and Halloween Script
Sari Ribbon
Ken Oliver Water-media Bookmarks
Card Stock
Adhesive


Stamp your bookmark with your Ashes of Ex-Lovers Bottle, Mummy Ribs Bottle, and Powdered Cobwebs Pot.  Using your permanent ink, stamp each bottle in a different color and at various angles to create interest.

Once the inks are dry use Distress ink to cover the entire bookmark.

 Layer your bookmark onto various colors of cardstock.

Punch a hole in the top of the bookmark.  Add your die cut skeleton images, words, and your sari ribbon.

For the second bookmark the paper layering will be the same.  Using the permanent ink stamp your Oct. 31 and Spider from the Halloween Bingo Set.  Add in the tiny 31 to fill in the gaps.

  Once your ink is dry create your background.  Cover the entire bookmark using Shaded Lilac Distress Ink.  On your craft mat smoosh on the other two purple shades and spritz with water.  After your have sprayed your water tap your bookmark in the color.  Be sure you only tap it in a couple times.  If you just rub it around you won't get speckles and splats.  Look at your bookmark and see if you like the patterns that are appearing.  If you do, stop and dry your layer.  Once the layer is dry then you can go back and tap into the ink again.  Drying between layers makes a huge difference.

Add on your die cut image. 

Spray your sari ribbon and dry it.  Add the ribbon to the top of the bookmark.

I hope you're inspired to create some on your own.  They are easy and fun to make!

Happy Crafting,

Jess

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Sin City Stamps Design Team Owl… Be Good Card

Hi all Lisa Here…  Just started playing with these owl stamps they are so cute.  We are heading to Disney on Sunday and wanted to leave a "Be Smart" card for my oldest son  Going to stick some money in it…

Here's the process

Outside Card

Inside Card

Here is some photos of the process

After stamping the images cut out the images

Then I started using the Acrylic Inks to paint them.

Once all dry - just fill in your message and your friend or family will love it… these are so cute these stamps - they are a must have!!

Supplies Used:

Stazon - Jet Black & Azure

Sin City - Hoot Owls Michelle Frae Cummings

Acrylic Inks

Dr. Ph. Martins - Cherry Red 6A

Dr. Ph. Martins - Violet 10A

Dr. Ph. Martins - Juniper Green - 12A

Daler Rowney - FW Flame Orange

Daler Rowney - Light Green

Daler Rowney - Hot Cool Yellow

Misc Scrapbook Papger

Aleen's Tacky Glue