Altenew’s Kid Colorpalooza

 Hi!  I’m just popping in to share my daughter’s entry to the Altenew Colorpalooza Contest, #Altenew #Altenewkids.  Thanks for checking it out!

Trying my Hand Again

Hello again!

I'm not really sure why this time of year has me itching for posting on my blog again, but it seems to be a thing for the past couple of years.  I feel so sad to think that this blog has been so quiet for so long.  For so many years this blog was like another baby to me, in which I poured my crafty soul out to the world.  I had hit such an all time crafting high over a year and a half ago, but then suddenly it all started to become overbearing.  Crafting became more like a second job, and with working full time outside of the house, running my two very active children to all of their activities, coaching competition cheer for the first time, I no longer had any me time... crafting for fun was not... well... fun.  Then the pandemic hit, and I took a bit of a seat to crafting and sharing.  I still crafted occasionally, but not anything like I had in the past.  Nothing came naturally anymore, and so I was at a loss with my art.  I focused more on my family, more on myself, more on moving and building a new house.

Speaking of new house, I now have a dedicated craft space!  I am oh so lucky!  I will share pictures soon, as it is still a work in progress and I still wish to purchase a few more things before I share the whole space.  But I LOVE IT!  It has big beautiful windows, and two smaller windows on the side. ( I thrive on windows and sun )  And I am slowly dipping my toes back into the crafty blog world again.  Posts will not be as often as they once were, but I'm hoping to get back into the routine of sharing my art with all of you, and being inspired by your artwork as well!  I've still visited many crafting sites, while taking my break and left my comments, but I'm excited to be inspired by other blogs again and join in challenges and more!  I'm also hoping to get back into my original paper crafting love of scrapbook pages.  I miss having those sweet memories to flip through, and for my children to look through and ask questions or share stories.  

Alas, I've probably shared more information than you might have been expecting when you stumbled upon this page, but I hope you will take a moment to see the card I've created as a jumping point back into the papercrafting world.

I found my inspiration from the Altenew April 2021 Inspiration Challenge.  

The colors were not colors I would typically think to put together, but I really wanted to try putting them together.  To create my card I used a fun mix of Altenew products including:

Altenew Aztec Motif Stencil

Altenew Precious Moments

Altenew Striped Florals

I really like when crafters use tone on tone, especially with colored cardstock.  Again, this is something I admire of others, but seldom try myself so I decided to give it a go.  Since I was going to use colored cardstock for my background I chose to stamp my images onto colored cardstock as well.  The great thing about stamping on colored cardstock, especially with floral images is that half the coloring is done for you! ha!  I then used my Spectrum Noir Classique Alcohol Markers to add more depth to the stamped images.  Please keep in mind it has been quite sometime since I've colored in stamped images, and so my shading is not quite as accurate as one would hope, but I was just proud of myself for following through with my original idea.  Never missing a chance to add sparkle whenever possible I used my Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen in Crystal Clear to color over my flowers, and oh how I love that pen!  Once I heat embossed my sentiment onto black cardstock I began layering my elements up from the stenciled background, flowers and leaves, sentiment, and a final touch with a mix of flat back pearls and rhinestones.

I am also linking this card up to the Shopping Our Stash: Plant Life Challenge

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog, and I do hope you'll come back!  Next time I promise not to have such a long winded opening to my post lol.  

Have a great rest of your day, and Happy Crafting!

Lisa

Always Happy Layout

Hello crafty friends!  I hope all is finding you well.  I'm happy to say I have been able to venture into my craft room again, and this time I created something I haven't done in more than a year... a layout! I have been wanting to create layouts again for quite some time, but I have had such a craft block lately and I wasn't quite sure where to start with making a layout again.

So I turned to several challenges that helped get the ball rolling, and this is what I created...

To create my layout I used a mix of Pinkfresh Studio products (many that come from older collections such as Up in the Clouds: their very first paper collection). 

I was inspired by the Pinkfresh Studio Challenge:

As well as the Scrap Our Stash Challenge: "Feelings"  The Feeling I chose was Happy! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope to be back with more crafty projects soon!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Altenew Love Again

Hello!  I'm back, and again I'm sharing my love for Altenew by playing with a mix of their stamps and dies.

To create this card I started by diecutting Altenew's Garden Picks 3D Dies in various watercolor patterned papers.  I happened to have this frame already cut and in my die stash so I added some drawn on lines in black.  I popped all of this up onto black cardstock.  I then added two strips of different washi tape down the side.  For the sentiment I used Altenew's Beautiful Quotes Stamp Set.

Today I'm linking this up to the Simon Says Stamp Wed. Challenge: Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Long Time No See

 Hello crafty friends!  Wow, it has been a long long time since I've posted on here.  That's not to say that I haven't been crafting during my personal blog silence, quite the opposite.  I simply ran out of time to post any of my creations here.  So much of my crafting was for Design Teams and trying to meet so many requirements, on top of going back to work full time, coaching a competition cheer team, keeping up with household demands, and running my kids to all of their extracurricular activities... well I guess you get the point... I was just too busy to add anything else in.  And that included crafting for fun... that almost sounds like an oxymoron in a way, but here I am!  

Recently I've found myself Design Team less (the first time in 8 years!), teaching my kids and nephews from home, and quarantined to our house.  It has definitely taken me a moment to get use to this new, slower life, but I think I've found a schedule that is working.  I've already gone through many of my craft supplies and purged, so I finally took a deep breath and created something just for fun.  I also have to give credit to a few challenges that helped me jump back into the swing of things, and had me excited to just play.

The first challenge I joined was the Altenew March Inspiration Challenge.   

I loved the colors on here, and while my colors came out a bit brighter than the ones in the above photo I did use the leafy image as inspiration to play with the Retro Plantines Stamp Set.

The sentiment I've used is from the Sohcahtoa Stamp Set, and for colors I used my Altenew Watercolor Set.

I am also linking this card up with the Simon Says Stamp Wed. Challenge: Anything Goes

Thank you for making it this far in my post, and for taking a moment to visit me after such a long absence.

Crafty Hugs,

Lisa

Just a Note...

to say I'm over on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog today! Yay!!!  I've gone bright, bold and fun with my project and I'm hoping you can stop by to check it out!

Happy Crafting!

Lisa

Some Kind of Wonderful...

Happy Friday friends!  Ohio has had lovely weather lately ( not including today which is rainy and a bit chilly lol ), and with all of the flowers popping up in my yard I couldn't help but to create a floral card with newer Altenew goodies from the Crafty Doodle Chick Store...

You can find my full post and project over on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog and I do hope you will get a few moments to stop by and check it out!

Happy Crafting!

Lisa

Little Letterboard Love

Hello friends!  It's Friday and that means I'm over on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog today sharing my love for letterboards...

Hope to see you stop by and check it out!

Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Out of this World...

Hello and Happy Friday!  I'm back with another fun card on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog.  This time I've mixed some of the new Gina K. Glitz Glitter Gel in Gold with the Hero Arts Dream Big Set, and it's a match made in heaven...

I hope you get a chance to stop by the blog and see the full post and pictures!

As always, thank you for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Lisa

Spring Fling with Stamplorations and Daily Prizes!!!

 
Hello!  I am so excited to get to take part in the Stamplorations Spring Fling Event!!!  This event is full of inspiration, fun, and daily giveaways... 12 WHOLE DAYS!!!  For my card today I've used the same products to create two very different looks...

(Supplies Used: STAMPlorations Sketched: Tulips Stamp Set (Retired), CUTplorations: Hello Sunshine and Art Edges)  Tip: Use Framed Tulips Stamp Set in place of the Tulips I've used.

 For the first card I stamped my flowers onto a white panel and colored them in.  Next I die cut the one edge and diecut my sentiment from pink cardstock.  I then adhered this panel to yellow cardstock and finished it off with a few flat back rhinestones.  After looking at my scrap from my die cut sentiment I came up with the idea to make a second card featuring the negative of my cut as the center of my card.  I then stamped the same image in the lower right corner, but this time I found no need to color the flowers in.  I adhered this to yellow cardstock and finally onto blue patterned paper.  I added a few colorful sequins and viola!  Two cards with very little supplies and effort!  And for a working mom like me, it's perfect.

Make sure you head over to the STAMPlorations blog for more inspiration, giveaway details and fun!

Happy Crafting and Thanks for stopping by!!!

Lisa

A Happy Hello

It finally feels like a touch of spring here in Ohio, yay!!!  And with that I'm celebrating on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog today...

Hope you can stop by and check out my newest creation and the products I've used!

Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Feeling Purple

Hello, hello!  It is wonderful Friday and that means that I am up on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog today using many new Altenew goodies...

I hope you'll get a chance to stop by their blog and see my full post!  Thanks so much!

Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Magic Picture Changer Time

Hello!  I'm over on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog today with a super fun interactive card to share...

Stop by the blog to see the fun scene change and how easy this new Lawn Fawn Interactive Cut really is!

Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Happy Blooming Birthday!

Hello friends!  Today I'm over on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog sharing a sweet mix of Newton's Nook and Lawn Fawn in hopes that Spring will soon be here.  ( Even though there is new snow outside my window as I type this lol )  

I hope you'll get a chance to pop over on their blog and check my full post out!

Happy Crafting!

Lisa

Gnome One Like You

Hello!!!  Today is Friday, and thank goodness!  This week has been draining, but I decided to brighten my own week up by playing around with some of my new Lawn Fawn goodies from the Crafty Doodle Chick Store...

I hope you'll get a second to stop by their blog for a full write up on how this card came together!  And make sure you check out the new goodies that are arriving weekly!

Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Kind Words and A Winner

Hello, hello!  It's my turn over on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog today and I hope you'll get a chance to stop by and check out my post in full.

Make sure you stop by the Crafty Doodle Chick Store as new goodies are coming in from the latest releases!

Also, I wanted to announce the winner of my Birthday Giveaway.........

Avra Williams said...

Commented on Crafty Doodle Chick :)

Congratulations Avra Williams!!! Leave me a comment with your email address and I will pass along that Crafty Doodle Chick Gift Card!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter my giveaway, and I hope to do more soon in the future!

Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Beautiful Floral

Hello friends!  I'm over on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog today and on here sharing a new watercolor floral card with all of you...

To color my image from Hero Arts in I used Tombow Watercolor Markers and a waterbrush.  I then created my background with Distress Oxide Inks and a heat embossed sentiment by GinaK. Designs. 

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit me today!  Make sure you stop by the Crafty Doodle Chick Store to see all of the new products coming in weekly and the great deals!
Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Eskimo Kisses

Hello crafty friends!  I'm so happy to be back today here and over on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog :)  This time I'm sharing one of my first Valentine cards of the year...

This sweet Eskimo Kisses Stamp set by Sunny Studio Stamps makes my heart happy.  Hope you'll get a chance to stop by and check out my full post.

And don't forget to check out their Overstock sale with 25% off!

Happy Crafting!
Lisa

It's My Birthday!!! (Plus a little giveaway)

Hi friends!  Today is my Birthday and I'm sharing a fun Birthday card with all of my favorite things on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog to celebrate!  

I hope you can stop by, check it out, and leave a little message!  It would truly make my day!

Happy Crafting!

Lisa

PSSSSTTT - And since you've made it this far in my post how about we celebrate with a little giveaway?  It has been some time since I've held one on my blog and I want to spread a little joy.  I have a $10 gc to the Crafty Doodle Chick Store, to share with one of you.

To Enter to win you need to do three things... (leave a separate comment for each thing)

1. leave me a comment here, anything happy!

2. Be a blog follower.

3. Leave me a comment on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog post.

Best of luck!

*In no way is Blogger responsible or a part of this giveaway.  You must be 18 years or older to win. Giveaway ends 2/7/19 at midnight EST.

Wish Big

Hi!  Today I am over on the Crafty Doodle Chick Blog sharing a "cheat" card, as I call it lol!  Find out what I mean and what this card is all about over on their blog now!

Happy Crafting!
Lisa