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Happy Waves

>> Tuesday, March 19, 2024

 Hi Everyone,




I made another card using the fun new Happiness Comes in Waves Greeting, and the whole concept is making me wish I was at the ocean. 




I began by making an underwater scene using some fish stamps and a die.  I colored it up using markers and some chalk shading.  I attached it to a background made using the Sand, Snow, Water Lines stamp and wrapped it in some netting.



Links to stamps:


School of Fish


3 In 1 Ocean


I'm hosting Easter for a group for the first time since, what I call, the "Before Times" and I needed some invites.  Hence the simple design since I was making multiples.  Just a bunny die and some great sentiments were all I needed. Only 5 more to go!






Here are the stamps I used for both:




Happy Spring!
Karin

 

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Happy Thoughts

>> Thursday, August 17, 2023

 Hello there, crafty friends!

Ok, to start this card I used a circle mask to draw a circle in the horizontal center
of the top layer with a pencil before stamping each of the 4 in 1 Seashells.  
I fussy cut the inside section to make a round frame.


The inside section was brayered in a cross-hatch fashion with Carribean Kalidacolor ink. After that I stamped the Bubbles and then masked them to stamp the fish from 4 in 1 Ocean Designs using a Misti because I wanted to paint the fish with gesso and stamp it again (it still didn't color very well though, I should have done another coat of gesso).


I popped the frame up over the fish after sponging the edges and then I stamped the sentiment, One Line Happy Thoughts.

Thanks for visiting!

Robin





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Cast Away Your Troubles

>> Thursday, August 3, 2023

 Hello crafty friends!

Today I'm sharing another masculine birthday card, I hope you like this one!!




I stamped the fish then the mountains. Next, I stamped the treeline on each side of the trees that are part of the fish image.  I stamped everything on a sprayed blue and pink background with Versafine Claire Black then I colored the images with Zig Watercolor brushes.
Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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O-Fish-ally

>> Thursday, July 20, 2023

 Good morning friends!

My first card this morning has this cute little row boat with DRS: Best Fishes Hook ,

Fishing Birthday Greeting and Big Mouth Bass on a mini slimline card.




My next card is an underwater birthday featuring DRS: 3 in 1 Ocean Flood, O-Fish-Al Birthday


I did a little masking on the fish and seaweed, used clear Nuvo drops for bubbles, and a net die cut on the edge.


Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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Have A Reel-y Great Day

>> Thursday, June 8, 2023

Hello friends!
I'm sharing some guy cards today (Father's Day is fast approaching!) 
First I have this pleasing early morning fishing scene made just for fishermen
of all ages. The sky is all lit up with color and so are the Mountains from Mountain & Treeline 2 in 1.  I used the Silhouette Fishermen out on the lake and the River Rocks & Fence Line 2 in 1 in the foreground.
The tree line is actually stamped in the Misti using a dark green ink, (I used the Misti for the fishermen
as well). The fishermen have a bit of black pencil added to cover the line of the trees.

The sentiment is from Fishing Birthday Greeting
The frame die is from APG at Spellbinders.

My next card features some really cute fishing stamps:

The frame is popped up.
I stamped the fishing pole twice, once on the fish scene and again on a separate 
piece of scrap, colored then cut out (just the hand part) and glued to the frame.


Thanks  for visiting today!
Robin


 

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A Fishy Birthday

>> Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Hello Crafty Friends!



I have been practicing my watercolor/sketching of fish and this one totally screamed for the O-Fish-al Birthday Greeting. Fishing season is in full swing around here. 

My daughter, her husband, and her kids absolutely love to fish.  Here is a fun picture of one of her catches. 
Hope you are having a wonderful week!  

Hugz,

Nancy


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Fishing Birthday

>> Tuesday, May 9, 2023


Hi Everyone,

I love how happy this Proud Catch Fisherman looks when it comes to his big catch, so I thought he would be perfect for this new  O-Fishal Birthday Greeting!

The greeting and image do most of heavy lifting when it comes to making a cute card, so I simply made a background using Vicki's Versatile Background and Sand Snow Water Lines, using blue and green ink.


The black strip was embellished by me adding a few doodles and the Big Mouth Bass was fussy cut and added with pop dot.

Here hoping YOU have a REEL-Y great day too!

Karin

 




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Reel-y Good Day!

>> Thursday, April 20, 2023

 Hello there!

This is the time of year we start thinking about making Mother's Day and Father's Day cards, isn't it?, 

I am sharing some Father's Day (or guy birthday cards) today, hope you like them!

I used DRS Designs: Fishing Birthday Greeting, Silhouette Fishermen, and Mountain and Treeline 2 in 1.  




I used a previously made background piece then added some chalk pencils to the sky and lake for more scene creating.
The sentiment was cut up and I used a bit of dark twine to embellish.



My next card features DRS cute little Derby guy, Proud Catch Fisherman and O-Fish-Al Birthday Greeting


Even though both sentiments are actually birthday greetings, you could easily make either card a Father's Day as well.

Hope you like these and make some for yourself!!
Thanks for visiting!

Robin

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Perfect Day

>> Thursday, August 4, 2022

 

Good morning crafty friends!


My husband loves this card, he asked me to make him one (probably to give to a little boy knowing him), because he said it has Nemo on it!! He is a sweetie!



So, the stamps I used for this shaker card are DRS: School of Fish, 3 in 1 Ocean Floor, Porthole,


Do you think I accomplished the tarnished brass look?  That was what I was hoping for anyway!!
I used some screw brads dabbed with some alcohol ink to keep them from looking like new screws, I also used a net die from Amy Design-Maritime.
For the shaker I used acetate, die cut foam frame for under the acetate and lots of tiny various goodies inside to shake around.
The edges of the die cut net were sponged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
The oval and round dies are both from Lifestyle.

Thank you for visiting today!!

Robin

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Sending Sunshine

>> Wednesday, July 6, 2022

 Sending cards is like sending sunshine don't you think?



This card is sure to make someone smile as the Big Mouth Bass looks so happy jumping for a bug that just came out of the tangle rushes (made with the Sea Grass image stamped over and over). I wanted the grass to look super full so I also stamped my favorite Script Font Background in too (this image is retiring soon so if you don't have it already, I highly encourage you to get it).  I stamped the script in the water too using the same distress oxide ink that I dragged over the paper to give the effect of water. I sponged in some yellow to add in some sunshine (in the sky and the water for a bit of reflection).

The card was finished off with a few scribbles on the bottom of the rushes and the Sending you Sunshine Greeting

I hope your week is going well so far!

Hugz, 

Nancy


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Bunny Buns!

>> Thursday, March 10, 2022

Good morning friends!
I love this cute little bunny!
Bunny buns has left little eggs to find everywhere,
how fun!
 


I also used some Elizabeth Craft Designs dies and some Amazing Paper Grace dies.


My second card is just in time for St. Patrick's Day.
Green card and a cute redheaded Irishman!
Today I used When Irish Eyes Are Smiling and
The dies are from Stampendous.


This guy with his derby has to be Irish right?
Well, that is what I think every time I see him.

These cards were so fun to make I hope you'll do some too!
Thanks for visiting today!
Robin



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Over Under

>> Thursday, August 12, 2021

Good morning!
Today I have an ocean scene with another whole world going on under the water.
I drew the lines for the water using a die cut for a template and used a stencil for the light rays
shining through the water.
My sky was done using a torn piece of paper towel to mask and sponge clouds.  I also used a bit of white gel pen to highlight some.
The boat wake is a snow pen and glitter.
I did a lot of masking, stamping what is closest in the foreground first then worked my way back masking as I stamped more dimensions.

I colored all the images with Copic Markers.
Thanks for visiting today!!
Robin


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HAPPY THOUGHTS!

>> Thursday, July 15, 2021

Good morning!
I'm sticking with the ocean/beachy theme this morning
First I have a sailboat going out of the harbor at dawn (east coast) or sunset (west coast) for a little cruise with the family for a boat BBQ. (They have a portable one that swings out over the water so not to worry!)!!
I used the slimline style for this, works great for the scene I wanted to show.



My next card is an underwater theme obviously
I used a new 3D embossing folder from Memory Box
and some fun stamps.  DRS: 4 in 1 Ocean Designs,

I fussy cut all the stamped images and then popped up the shark, glued the fish
and popped up a couple shells.
The embossing folder was rubbed with blue ink before putting my paper in to emboss it
getting the letter press effect.  That works really well with these 3D folders.
The label die is from My Favorite Things.

Thanks for visiting today!
Robin



 

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GIANT Catch

>> Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Hello Crafty Friends.



My grandson Lewis (age 5) informed us again he has changed the theme of his birthday party. back to sharks.  He has been waffling between a shark theme, a lego theme, and a superhero theme. We have 2 months to go so who knows which will win. I decided to go ahead and make some shark cards just in case - lol!



This card is full of texture.  I took a piece of an Amazon box (most likely held legos - lol), pealed off the first layer of paper, and cut it into a tag shape.  To get a beach/ocean theme, I painted on some white Gesso, painted the tag with different colors of blue, and added in a little beach with a strip of the paper that I removed from the tag and some more white Gesso.  I splattered on the remaining Gesso because I didn't want to waste it.  A bit of Vintage Photo Distress ink around the edges and I was ready for the images.



















I water colored some paper using a quick wash, and then stamped the Happy Shark on a section that had a white strip at the bottom. I also stamped on the Fishing Square, loosley watercolored the basket tan, restamped the image in my MISTI, and fussy cut the boat, rod and basket out.  
To finish off the card, I added in the Killer Birthday Greeting.  The base layer was made using watercolors and doing the Ink/Spray/Smash technique.  

My other grandsons came over and loved it.  One wants me to make him one and one wants to make one himself.  This one got the quality seal from my family.

Hope your week is going well.

Hugz,

Nancy


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Best Fishes

>> Monday, June 21, 2021

 

One of my favorite backgrounds to do on a card is to clear heat emboss on black cardstock. It adds the image but gives the illusion of a clean and simple card since it is just tone on tone.


For this card I clear heat embossed the SCHOOL OF FISH - 1038E on black card stock. Then I stamped the SILHOUETTE FISHERMEN - 663G and BEST FISHES HOOK - 597F. While the images were in the die cut I added some blue sponging. I then added a bit of copic coloring to the Best FIshes Hook image.

The images were pupped up on dimensionals to finish off the card.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card this week.

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Fun In The Sun!

>> Thursday, June 17, 2021

Good morning!
Wouldn't you love to be sitting on the beach (west coast)
at sunset?  Oh, it is always so pretty especially when
there are a few clouds to add to the drama of the sky.
I prefer to think of this as sunset as I would NOT like to get up
sunrise early while on vacation!! LOL!
DRS Designs stamps: Sailboat, Lighthouse and Toes In The Sand Greeting
I used a couple of different beachy dies on this card as well as stamps.
Dies are from Joy Crafts and I.O.


I stated this card by spraying a couple of panels with Oxide Inks and Dylusions inks.  Purposely keeping the blues at the top and bottom to make more of a sunset scene...(sorry east coasters, I know you all think of this type of scene as sunrise).
I made this an easel card to show the happy place beach chairs and sentiment at the same time.
I used a white gel pen on the boat wake and to highlight the sun a gold glitter pen.


My next card is underwater...this is what's happening
while we all sit on the beach enjoying the sunset!!

This is also an easel card.  I stamped and masked the school of fish several times 
after stamping and masking the larger foreground fish and seaweed.
I stamped the coral while seaweed was masked.
For the inside I just stamped the sentiment on white and die cut it with a
Rubbernecker die.  I stamped the seaweed a couple of times but left the color as is.
I used a green glitter pen to outline the seaweed and a bit of Stickles on the foreground fish and coral.
The bubbles have white gel pen as highlights.
I did this background with a technique that my friend Susie William (susie australia of SCS) called the smack and squirt technique.
She says to smack down some inks on foil, squirt with water then instead of using a foam blending tool as Susie does, I just dipped the cardstock pieces onto the inks and smooshed it around.
I let it dry mostly on it's own with a little help from a heat tool then I spritzed the background with water and used a paper towel to blot.
So, that's my story for today, have a very nice crafty rest of your day!
Robin












 


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Splish Splash!

>> Thursday, June 10, 2021

Good morning!
I used a couple of backgrounds I had on hand today.
I usually always have a multitude of
spray or "dipped" backgrounds hanging around.
I use a combo of Oxide Distress sprays or pads and Dylusions
sprays from Ranger.

Today I used DRS Design stamps: Sailboat, 4 in 1 Ocean Designs,
The frame die is from MariAnne Designs.
I stamped the boats on the background then again on white paper, colored and fussy cut.
I used a white gel pen to add white to the birds and white caps.  I used a watercolor brush
to add a bit of water horizon.  Then added Stickles to the boat wakes.  
The "Father's" in the sentiment is glazed.
I fussy cut the background around the frame also then matted with colors from
the background.  


My next card features a stamp I haven't used before even though
it has been in my stash for a while!
I thought I'd add a generic everyday card that could be sent to anyone.
DRS Design stamps: Splash the Dolphin, Splish Splash and 


I did the same thing on this background, I stamped on the background and 
on white then fussy cute.  On the water I added white pencil, white 
gel pen and stickles in a combination.  The places I put the stickles
made the color bleed back through (note to self!).

                                                                               Inside



Have a fabulous crafty day!!
Thanks for visiting!
Robin

 

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Summer Fishing

>> Friday, May 28, 2021

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! And I hope you have some fun plans for the Memorial Day weekend. For my card, I have a summer fishing theme. I thought I would make it look like an instant picture, pinned to the board. After cutting the picture frame, I brayered the bg of another piece, then stamped the fishermen & tree line. When I was using the brayer, I accidentally picked up some glitter from a Wink of Stella pen that was on the scrap paper. But I actually liked the bit of shimmer it gave the water & sky so I added a little more. 

The summer word across the bottom of the picture was done w/ a word punch board & the black bg was embossed w/ a camera folder. 

Here's the inside:

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great Memorial Day weekend!


Supplies:
paper:  Staples 110# white, black
ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Kaliedacolor Riveria & Baby Powder
accessories: Rubbernecker Circle Stitch, Rounded Corner Square Stitch dies, Misti, We R Memory Keepers word punch board, Darice cameras embossing folder, Misti 

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