You Give me a Royal Headache

No, this is not going to be a post about the British royal family...though I have been keeping up with the gossip online. "Megexit" is oddly fascinating, but who has time for that? I have my own life to worry about and crafting deadlines to meet! Sheesh, all of that pish posh gives me a royal headache!

I saw the new challenge on the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers blog and made a quick card using the monthly card sketch from Club Scrap and some of the scraps on my craft table! 

I had some Rinea foil panels left over from the 10,000 Thank Yous video hop and I wanted to try die cutting the foil using my Silhouette Cameo. I needed a sentiment to reflect the theme of the "headache" challenge and the crown image from the Club Scrap Confetti collection set the sentiment in stone! I downloaded the digital kit and resized the crown to fit the dimensions of my card and cut it with the Silhouette. Then, I created the sentiment using the Midnight font featured in the collection and the Moon Flower font for a little word swag! I cut the words using the Midnight font on sapphire Rinea foil and used sketch pens with the Silhouette Cameo to print the words featuring the Moon Flower font. 

This was the first time that I used the sketch pens, but this video was super easy to follow. I'm going to try this again - what a great way to add a sentiment to a card design!

This is probably an overused phrase...the Rinea foil cut like butter! I used the vellum setting for cutting and the machine cut perfectly the first time. I set the pens to make two passes, but it really wasn't necessary. I love the final effect!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Click HERE to shop with me at Rinea and get 10% off of your order. P.S. The new ghost ink 2.0 is available!

SUPPLIES USED:

Below you can find a list with all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!

CHALLENGES ENTERED:

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Headache

Club Scrap January 2020 Card Sketch Challenge

613 Avenue Create Challenge #229 Anything Goes

Calypso in the Country Best of the Month January 2020

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Queen of Hearts

I am the mother of two fine sons and a pretty awesome husband.

We raised them to be good men. They are kind, loving, secure and confident, but not arrogant. They treat everyone with respect until they are given a reason not to! They are both men of integrity and they make their parents proud every day.

I have to admit that I am a spoiled wife and mother. The men in my family love to cook and I love to eat. Win! Win! I don't mind the clean up after either. This is my youngest son's creation for our family's restaurant...King Cake Cheesecake! It is our homemade cheesecake with a cinnamon roll crust drizzled in a glaze icing and dusted with colored sugar. Oh my YUM!

One of the things that I admire about all three of these crazy Bellino's is their adventurous spirit. This is their new venture...learning to fly!

https://youtu.be/2oIyjAN1JIY

They inspire me to come out of my shell and experience new things, but my hair is turning gray FAST! 😅

Today's post is part of the Southern Girls February 2019 Challenge "Girl Power".

Oddball Art is one of our sponsors for this challenge and I found the perfect image for my project. I chose the Queen for the Day Image No. 326, the foul-tempered monarch who is quick to give death sentences at the slightest offense and screeches "Off with their heads!" She is the polar opposite of me, however, I channel her now and then to keep my thrill seekers in line!

Oddball Art Queen for the Day Image layered on a background created using the Club Scrap Cobblestone stencil and card stock. Detailed supplies list at the end of this post.

I resized the digital images in Photoshop Elements, printed on Crafter's Companion Spectrum Noir Specialty paper and trimmed using my Silhouette Cameo. The images were colored with a combination of Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, Prismacolor pencils and Dylusions paint pens. I added a little sparkle with Yellow and Diamond colored Stickles. The background was created using Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink layered with the Club Scrap Cobblestone stencil and Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink applied with a sponge dauber.

Click HERE to check out what the rest of the design team has created and link up your project for a chance to win a prize from one of our sponsors, Krafter's Kart and Oddball Art.

I'll look for you in the gallery!

SUPPLIES LIST:

Below you can find a list with all the products used today. Links to multiple online shops are available. Just click the static image below to be redirected to the LinkDeli product list. When the bookmarklet opens, click your favorite store link below each item. Compensated affiliate links may be used – that means if you make a purchase using my links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support of my work on this blog!

https://linkdeli.com/widget.js?1549439153802

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The Holidays are Upon Us!

WOW! This year is just blowing right along! I refuse to decorate for Christmas until after December 1 because I leave my decorations up through New Year's Day. If I put them up too early,  I'll want to take everything down before Christmas! I have a week to get in the festive spirit and get my house arranged and ready for decorating. I just can't seem to get in the spirit this year! Yeah, I know...BAH Humbug!

There's a new challenge on the Cupcake Inspirations blog and the theme is The Holidays! Our sponsor for this challenge is Sparkle and Sprinkle and they are generously offering a $15 gift certificate to shop in their online store.

I used the Three Wise Men digital stamp from Sparkle and Sprinkle on my art journal page.

I designed my layout in Photoshop Elements and printed on mixed media paper.

I got out my Gel Press and some Dylusions paints and sprays to create the art journal background and added some interest with the Tapestry masking stencil from the Club Scrap Tapestry page kit.

The images were colored with Prismacolor colored pencils, fussy cut and added to the layout with foam tape. A little Stickles glitter glue and gems were added for sparkle.

Click HERE to check out what the rest of the Design Sweeties have created and link up your creation for a chance to win!

I'll look for you in the gallery!

SUPPLIES LIST:

Below you can find a list with all the products used today! Links to multiple online shops are available, just click the logo below each item. Affiliate links used where possible at no extra cost to you.

Gel Press 8 x 10 REUSABLE GEL... [ SSS ] Me and My Big Ideas - Create 365... [ SBC ] Me and My Big Ideas - Create 365... [ SBC ] Canson? XL? 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Mix Media... [ ART ] Ranger Dylusions Ink Spray WHITE... [ SSS | SBC ] Ranger - Dyan Reaveley - Dylusions -... [ ART | SSS | SBC ] Ranger Dylusions Paint AFTER MIDNIGHT... [ SSS | ART ] Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue: Diamond [ ART | SSS | SBC ]

CHALLENGES ENTERED:

• House of Cards November Challenge Gold and Pearl Accents or Colors
• Always Fun Challenges #86
• HIMCR # 380 Any Holiday!
• Crafty Cardmakers #223 Anything But a Card

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Spirit of '76

In 1976 a wave of patriotism and nostalgia swept the nation as we celebrated America's Bicentennial. Everybody got in on the celebration...Disneyland, DisneyWorld, commercial products, the '76 Olympics, the Superbowl, Major League Baseball...even Schoolhouse Rock!

https://youtu.be/gdZYyY7g8g4

I was 7 and my little sister Stephie was 3. I wanted to be a gymnast and do flips on the balance beam like Nadia Comaneci in the summer olympics; Steph wanted to do whatever I did!



Daddy sold Coppertone suntan lotion that summer while he was in dental school. He set up and serviced Coppertone displays in stores. His territory went all the way to Panama Beach along the Gulf coast. Mom, Steph, and I would tag along and hang out in the hotel pools while Dad worked. My Aunt Janie mailed us matching string bikinis to wear.



Steph and I were the belles of the pool! We swam in our floaties and ate chips and ice cream sandwiches from the concession stand,  while mom worked on her Coppertone tan. Paul McCartney and Wings sang “Silly Love Songs” hourly on the radio. I knew every word! Everybody thought Steph was the Coppertone Girl!

 



Those happy memories inspired my  Spirit of '76 art journal layout.



I made a video of the process with some fun songs from 1976!

https://youtu.be/kaIepLIh_b8

I used stamps from JFF Rubber Stamps. The stamptangle hot air balloons remind me of some of the groovy designs from the 70's!

[caption id="attachment_12592" align="alignnone" width="5472"] JFF Steam punk balloon, flower balloon and bicycle.[/caption]

I designed the quote in Photoshop Elements and printed on Strathmore Colored Pencil paper; I like the texture of it. The font is Wicked Seventies and was perfect with my theme!

[caption id="attachment_12591" align="alignnone" width="5472"] JFF Stamptangle balloon and Club Scrap stencil (limited edition; no longer available).[/caption]

My layout is part of the Red, White and Blue challenge on the JFF Rubber Stamps blog.



Link up a festive creation using our color theme for a chance to win a gift certificate to shop at JFF Stamps. Don't have a blog, but you want to join the challenge? No problem, you can link from Facebook, Pinterest or Instagram! Click HERE for instructions!

Happy Fourth of July and LET FREEDOM RING!



CHALLENGES ENTERED:

Cute and Crafty Challenge Blog 4th of July Theme

Retro Rubber Challenge Blog Red, White and Blue Inspired!

Power Poppy Star Spangled Hues

Crafty Gals Corner Challenges #169 Red, White and Blue

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How About a Pizza Pie?

Welcome to my stop on the Club Scrap® Trattoria Blog Hop! If you started on the Club Scrap blog, then you know this is the last blog hop for the Club Scrap Artist Team. I have been a member of Club Scrap® for many years and being a member of the Artist Team was just the icing on the cake for me. This has been such an awesome experience and I am so honored that I was a part of it! Molte grazie Club Scrap® !

This month's kit is the ultimate kit for foodies. After seeing these stamp images, I had to go with a pizza theme for my project!

[caption id="attachment_12231" align="alignnone" width="600"] Trattoria Jumbo Unmounted Stamp Set[/caption]

I found this printable pie box template and my creative juices started flowing...or maybe I was just hungry!



How about a pizza pie?

[caption id="attachment_12222" align="alignnone" width="4217"] Card stock and wooden die cut from the Trattoria Deluxe kit. [/caption]

Of course I had to fill the box with something!



I enlarged the pie box template to fit on a 12x12 sheet of card stock and designed some pizza slice shaped cards to fit inside. I made a set of four cards, but there is plenty room for more!



Card #1



I stamped the plain side of the green printed card stock with images from the Jumbo Unmounted stamps. I stamped a collage of cheese wedges with Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink and stamped an extra wedge onto cream plain card stock. I fussy cut the tiny image, punched holes with a piercing tool for effect and added it to the card front with a foam square. The sentiment and edges are stamped and inked using Club Scrap Earth ink.

Card #2

[caption id="attachment_12226" align="alignnone" width="3456"] Trattoria Grazie Stencil, jumbo fork charm and mini bows.[/caption]

This little googly eyed chef made an appearance on a card I made a few weeks ago. I liked him so much I had to make another one! Who would argue with an Italian chef holding a fork?!

Card #3



Yeah, I know the print is upside down...wanna pizza me? This card features the pizza stamp image from the Jumbo Unmounted set and a sentiment from the Greeting Unmounted set. I colored the stamped image with colored pencils and cut the heart out with a craft knife (that sounds like a Mafia crime scene!). I added a piece of dark brown card stock to the back and adhered with foam tape.

Card #4



This one was fun! I selectively inked the fork portion of the tri-panel collage stamp with a Perfect Medium pen, stamped on the edge of the card stock and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I found some yellow waxed linen thread and stitched some "spaghetti noodles".  That Jumbo Unmounted sentiment cracks me up!

Your next stop on the hop is Kelly's blog! Be sure to check out what the rest of the Artist Team has created by beginning on the Club Scrap blog  where you'll find the full list of bloggers.

Do more of what makes you happy!



SUPPLIES USED:

I link to sources for your convenience. Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you.

Trattoria Deluxe Kit



Trattoria Jumbo Unmounted Stamps



Trattoria Greeting Unmounted Stamps



Trattoria Grazie Stencil



Club Scrap Earth Ink

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