Life can be Tough

Hi Stamping Friends,

It is time to play along with Happy Little Stamper Mixed Media Challenge again! April Challenge Theme is SPRAYS which I’m sure everyone addicted to Mixed Media Art is quite familiar with.

For more details and other DTs’ inspirational artworks, please check out the Challenge Blog. Anything mixed media could be linked up to our challenge as long as it follows our theme. Be sure to join for a chance to win $15.

        
The following are how I made my tag.

1. Sprayed Distress Spray Stains – Ripe Persimmon & Dried Marigold on flower stencil, then flipped the wet side over cardstock.
2. Sprayed Distress Spray Stains – Crushed Olive & Mowed Lawn on flower stencil. Rolled paper towel to absorb inks. The two-tone stenciling background is as shown.

3. Stamped envelope background and bird collage background as shown.

4. Applied translucent embossing paste over stencil. After dry, sponged white ink over the indentation to create a mosaic look.

5. Print texts and cut out to affix to the tag as shown on top.

I must confess that March has been a tough month for me. I was facing some challenges in my work while my father has been in hospital due to hip fracture. “Life can be tough. You are tougher.”  Somehow this sentence flashed into my mind many times and has brought me some strength. Yes, Life can be tough and I’m tougher! Spring is coming. Things will get better.

Hope my tag is inspirational to you. If you like my tag, please drop me a note. Thanks for stopping by. Cheers.

Edited on 12/31/2017
The tag was chosen as one of the Top 5 by More Mixed Media Challenge. Thanks, DTs, you made my day.

Challenges to enter:

• Craft Stamper, Take It, Make It April Challenge – Anything Goes Stamping Challenge
• STAMPlorations Mixed Media Challenge

    

• Creative Artiste Challenge #25 – Anything Mixed Media Goes
• The Artistic Stamper April Creative Challenge - Backgrounds
• Love to Create Challenge #7 - Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

    

•  Classic Design Team Open Challenge # 13 – Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door Challenge- Anything Goes April 4- April 10th
• More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes Optional Yellow
• A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #04 - Anything Goes

Every Girl Deserves a Fairy Tale

 

 

Hi Stamping Friends,

It is time to play along with Happy Little Stamper Mixed Media Challenge again! March Challenge Theme is Books.

For more details and other DTs’ inspirations, please check out the Challenge Blog. Anything mixed media could be linked up to our challenge as long as it follows our theme. Be sure to join for a chance to win $15.

  
My tag has three elements echoing BOOKs: dictionary background, emboss resist on a circle dictionary panel and a sentiment about Fairy Tale. The following are how I made this tag.

1. Stamped dictionary background on tag.

 

2. Applied three colors of Infusions together with  Gel Medium on tag.

3. After dry, stamped several grunge elements using Distress Paints.

4. After dry, applied Pearlescent Embossing Paste through a stencil over the tag. Die cut a circle panel. Stamped dictionary background. Heat embossed silhouette couple with VersaMark.  Applied Distress Ink to create Emboss Resist effect. Trimmed circle panel and attached to tag as shown.

5. Heat embossed sentiments in white on black cardstock and cut in pieces. Made three DIY rolled flowers.

6. Assembled the tag as shown on top with a zoom-in below.

Hope my tag is inspirational to you. I’m happy that I played something new - Infusions and something old – Distress Paints and Pearlescent Embossing Paste, and something very old - rolled flowers dies and sentiment stamp. I’m also happy with how the tag turned out.

 

Do you agree that “Every girl deserves a fairy tale”?  I do agree.  Hope you like my tag. Thanks for stopping by.

 

Challenges to enter:

• Simon Says Monday Challenge: Make Your Own Background
• Craft Stamper, Take It Make It January Challenge – Anything Goes Stamping Challenge
• STAMPlorations Mixed Media Challenge

     

• Creative Artiste Challenge #24 – Anything Mixed Media Goes
• Love to Create Challenge #5 - Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

    

• Classic Design Team Open Challenge # 12 – Anything Goes
• A Vintage Journey Challenge – All Aboard
• Dies R Us Challenge #68 - Something New

     Infusions are something new in this tag.

• CUTplorations March Challenge

  
   I was inspired by flowers and the color of red.
• Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge

Happy Ever After

Edited on 4/8/2017

The card was chosen as one of the Top 5 Favorites by House of Cards DTs. What a happy surprise! Thanks, DTs.
 

I made this card for my niece. The wedding will be held in Chicago. Duo to long distance, we won’t be able to attend. I hope this card will express our most sincere wishes to the young couple.

This is the first mixed media CAS wedding card I’ve ever made. I kind of love how it turned out and I truly hope my niece will like it.

Hope this card brings you love and happiness. Thanks for stopping by.

Challenges to enter:

• STAMPlorations February CAS Card Challenge – Anything Goes Optional Color Twist – Hot Pink

    

• Happy Little Stampers February Watercolor Challenge – Anything Goes Optional Twist- Dies

     

• City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #350 ~ A Few Stitches

 

• The Diva’s that Cut February Challenge – Using Red or Pink
• AAA Cards CAS Game #84 Watercolor

 

• Fusion Challenge – Pretty in Pink

 
   I was inspired by the color of pink and the heart shape.

• House of Cards February Challenge: Love Theme and/or Colors

 

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes
• STAMPlorations Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge