Brutus & Friends Holiday ATC~Inspiration Tuesday

Happy Tuesday!

Today I have an ATC to share that I made for the Brutus Monroe Inspiration Team, it is posted here, too.

This little cutie is the Brutus in Brutus Monroe, isn't he adorable? Love this new stamp set from the Chuck Carson Collection available now.

Have a great day!
~kim

Happy Weekend! Things to Alter MDF ATC

Hello!

I am so happy and honored to share the news that I have joined the new Design Team for the Things to Alter Challenge blog!

Things to Alter is based in the UK and is a family owned and operated business featuring wonderfully detailed MDF cuts for all your crafting needs.

I received a welcome box full of wonderful bits. I will be putting them to great use. I have a project to share today and come back in a few days to see my second make.

We have a mixed media challenge blog you can play along and help spread the word, join up and play. There is also a Facebook Group with mini weekly challenges, too.

Visit the Things to Alter shop, HERE and see what the lovely owner, Jac, has created to inspire you!

For this project I used the blank MDF ATC, Framed Label,  mini Bird with Heart and 

Penny Farthing. 

The background is stenciled with heavy gel medium, micro beads and inked with Distress Ink.
The MDF is all natural, with the laser scorching, just gorgeous. Did not want to cover it up at all!

Click HERE to hop to the Challenge! The theme is Anything Goes, not Cute

Hugs and have a great day!

~kim

Lost Coast Stamps Playday!~JOY ATC

Hello Lovely People!

Thanks so much for coming back to spend a bit of your precious time, it means so much to me!

I have an ATC to share today made with wonderful stamps by Lost Coast Designs. I wanted to feature one of the new Grunge Borders and Dictionary Words for you today.

Just in case, an ATC is 2 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches. I really love the challenge to play in a small space, it is amazing what you can fit into the area and to me, it changes how I see a lot of design elements.

The base is made from the Grunge Border 3" stamp. It is about 3 inches tall and 11 inches long! I don't have a block or mounting supplies for a stamp this size, so....I improvised a bit. I inked up the stamp flat on the table with Archival Cornflower Blue, Tree Branch and Black in random spots. Then I carefully pressed the cardstock half sheet onto the stamp. I loveeeee the way the image came out. All new to me, I know the technique is established by still thrilling :)

"Joy" is stamped in Cornflower Blue Archival ink, one of my new favs.

The edge is inked with Distress Ink Peacock Feathers and sloppy wetted, messy is my rule.

Thanks for reading! I hope you have time to pop over to the Lost Coast Shop and check out our Challenge, too!

~kim

Mixed Media Mojo~ATC Challenge~DT Inspiration~"Thoughtful"

Happy Mid-Week!


Today I have a short inspiration post for you, thanks for dropping by!

We still have a few days left in March for our challenge at Mixed Media Mojo. The theme is ATCs, the twist make 2.

I made a single ATC that came together very quickly and simply. I like it when projects come along simply.

Over at Mixed Media Mojo I posted a step by step, I hope you will pop over and check it out. Let me know what you think, I adore comments:) it keeps me going for sure!

Here is my Springy ATC, "Thoughtful". So happy the weather is slowly turning to Spring! Wonderful time to bring on the sweet bird stamps.

Hope to see you play along at Mixed Media Mojo! Again, the theme is ATC with a twist of 2. You can interpret 2 as you will....

~hugs~

~kim

I am also sharing and supporting the following Challenges:

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #10: Birds of a Feather
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge #144 Bookworm/Things with Wings

Welcome to the start of a fabulous week!

Hope your week is wonderful and you have time for some inky or painty play!

Today I'd love to share an ATC I made for Wicked Wednesday's ATC Challenge.

The prompt this week was Bookworm or Things with Wings.

I covered my ATC with some Distress Inks and Distress Paint. Once dry I added a bit of texture paste through a stencil. 

I added some torn magazine images and text. The sentiment above I stamped on tissue to get a better image on top of the bumpy substrate.

I double layered the dragonfly stamp to get more POP.

Hope you like this bit of early Spring color!

Thanks so much for visiting.

~hugs~

~kim

Snowman ATC~Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge #143

Hi!

Today I made an ATC for the Wicked Wednesday Challenge. This week's prompt was Snowmen.

As always, I have so much fun playing with this format, so small and fun to layer with!

I made the base of the ATC, which is 2 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches, from a piece of cardstock. I applied a thick layer of texture paste on top. I was messy with it to add more bumps and ridges. Then I inked over it with Distress Inks.

I diecut the snowman from a Simon Says Stamp flower die, you can see the die HERE.

Thanks for looking!
When you have a chance, I hope you can visit Wicked Wednesday and see all the wonderful mini pieces of art!

Have fun!!

~kim

Dilly Beans ATC~Wicked Wednesday #142~ Black, White & Pink

Happy Tuesday!

One of two Tuesday Treats today...

An ATC made in pink, black and white using a super cute Dilly Beans digital stamp! There is a fun challenge each week for ATCs at Wicked Wednesday.

Love this format, can't say it enough:)

Have fun!

Thanks for looking I appreciate your visit and comments:)

~hugs~

~kim

October 24~ 31 Days of Halloween Wicked Blogger Challenge Day 24~APC Trick or Treat

Happy Smeared Ink Friday!!

Welcome to Day 24 of 31 Days of Halloween! Each Friday there is an optional part to the challenge: to use in your creation a stamp, rubber or digi, by Smeared Ink. Remember to pop over HERE to Terra's blog to see the daily Scavenger Hunt prizes donated by our awesome sponsors and find the daily clue. You can also see all the rules there, too. For your reference I have the Wicked Blogger Hop list on the ride sidebar:)

For today's picture I used my favorite Grumpie Digital Stamp offered by Smeared Ink. This is a standard sized playing card done up for some crazy alien trick or treatin'!

Have fun and I adore your kind words and visits!

Please ask if you have any questions, today is short and sweet!

Boo!

Happy Hopping!

~hugs~

~kim

October 21~ 31 Days of Halloween Wicked Blogger Challenge Day 21~Beware ATC

Tuesday! ....already!

Day 21 of 31 for the ongoing 31 Days of Halloween Challenge! Love it!!!

Please visit Terra's blog for the details of the challenge and the daily Scavenger Hunt clue for this fabulous Smeared and Smudged event. We have some awesome sponsors and you can see them at Terra's blog.

My brain is mushy today, so I opted for simple color and stamping. I had no brain stamp to make a mushy one, so I just went with a Haunted House and my trusty Distress Inks to make an ATC.

I don't know if I did the inking in the right order or not....I stamped all the images. Then decided I wanted a cobweb too. It kinda obliterated the Beware sentiment.  I stamped using Ranger Jet Black archival.

Then I applied the Distress Inks. I did the yellow first to make the interior glow and carried it up into the web. Then I used Wild Honey, my go to and only orange Distress Ink. Inked that corner downwards a bit. Then I inked the dark blue around the edges as you see. I use the round spongy dauber, spongy like my brain.

Then I decided it needed a black edge.....I dropped the inked dauber onto the blue corner. Thank goodness it was not on the orange:( Soooooooo I had a lot of black there. I kinda smooshed it inwards then took my wet washrag that I wipe down my craft mat with, and dabbed that corner. Kinda sorta maybe mhmmmsureeeee looks sorta ok.

Sorry for the ramble.

Hop on!

~kim

October 14~ 31 Days of Halloween Wicked Blogger Challenge Day 14

Hello!
Happy Tuesday!

This is Day 14 of 31 in the 31 Days of October Challenge by Smeared and Smudged.
The Wicked Blogger Hop List is posted on my right side for your reference. Please make sure you visit Terra's blog to get the clue for the Daily Scavenger Hunt and see our awesome sponsors!

For today I have a simple ATC, small is good, very good at this moment:)

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Thank you so much for making time to Hop and comment each day, I really cannot believe 14 days are done! WooooWhooo! Gratz everyone:)

~kim

October 13~ 31 Days of Halloween Wicked Blogger Challenge Day 13~APCC Week 6 Card 2

Monday!

Day 13 of 31! Love it!!!

SMILE we are almost half way there! I am thinking I will be sad when Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween is done:( What do you think?

Please visit Terra's blog for the details of the challenge and the daily Scavenger Hunt clue.

This is my second altered playing card for week 6 in Claudine's 26 week ongoing play along for altering an entire deck of playing cards. You can see this week's inspiration HERE and to join us go to this PAGE.

I made a Day of the Dead inspired card today.

The inspirational technique is to use a napkin. I found this Sugar Skull at a $1 store. I have always loved sugar skulls and have slowly collected small things. The bird underneath the skull was stamped on tissue. I adhered both with watered down gel medium. Really fun and effective, I love playing this way.

Hope you are having a great day!
~hugs~

~kim

Altered Playing Card Challenge~APCC~Play Along! Week 1

Blog surfing I found a posting about altered playing cards while here at Ink Stains with Roni. It looks so much fun! I followed her link to Claudine's Art Corner, Claudine is the fabulous inspiration of this amazing project!

I love the small format of ATCs and this a  great step and journey to make. Claudine is going to alter a full deck of playing cards, at a reasonable rate of just 2 per week! Do-able for sure....err I hope:) There will be some fun prizes along this journey and the prep step is now posted.

The prep step just make a regular any old deck of cards not so slick! Sand or gesso now so you are ready to play! Easy peasy so far:)

Join up and do make sure you hop over to Claudine's blog for all the fun details!

Fun, don't you think?

~kim