Vintage feel Quick Card

Hello and Happy Tuesday!

Here in the US, next week brings Thanksgiving, so soon! I have no idea where the time has gone, woo!

I do know that there is always something, many somethings, that are needed at the last moment with little time to get them done. So, I wanted to share a simple card that can really fit many occasions.

I used the Sketched Holiday stamp set by Brutus Monroe for this project, a handful of Distress Inks by my desk, watercolor paper and embossing powder.

Using the Brutus Monroe embossing ink from my DT stash as well, I stamped the poinsettia image onto water color paper. I heat embossed it in copper.

The Distress Inks give a fast and light touch of color. Color and shine I love the combination!

Once it is all dry, mount the stamped piece onto a card blank and Done!

Thanks so much for reading and have a great week!
~kim

My First PPinkyDolls Coloring~Cloud Lily

Hello!

Happy Saturday!

Glad you stopped by today. Today I finished my coloring of the digital stamp from PPinkyDolls, Cloud Lily. She is adorable, isn't she? I love her softness and dream quality. Each month the Facebook group gets a new image for free to color and submit for a challenge. The random winner will get 3 digis from PpinkyDolls!

Here is my Cloud Lily.

I printed her onto Bristol paper on the smooth side. I used Distress Ink pads and a water brush to color her. The background is also Distress Ink with the small circle dauber.

Thanks so much for stopping by, have fun!

~hugs~

~kim

October 15~ 31 Days of Halloween Wicked Blogger Challenge Day 15

Happy Wicked Wednesday!

Day 15 of 31 for the awesome 31 Days of Halloween Challenge by Smeared and Smudged. See the cool shop HERE. If you are wanting to see all the wickedly cool art by all the super talented artists, you can follow the blog hop Blog Roll there under the Neon Skele on the right sidebar.

Make sure to stop in at Terra's blog to get the daily clue for the Scavenger Hunt, you can click HERE.

For your consideration today I have this portrait. This poor lady is always in a state of mourning. Don't feel sorry for her, she knows exactly what she is doing this spooky season.

Click image to see it larger:)

The lady and strawberry are free clip art images from The Old Design Shop. The lady image is dated 1889. The skull is a vintage anatomy free image from The Graphics Fairy.

I layered them and then printed them out on heavy paper. I used Distress Inks to watercolor them lightly.

The floral background I made using the bottom part of a bunch of celery, makes fun rose shapes! I dipped it in acrylic paint and stamped onto tissue paper.

The frame is painted with Distress Paint and layered with tissue stamped bats. The Love Potion stamp is by Graphic 45. The tag is inked with Distress Ink Vintage Photo and sprayed with water to make it blotchy.

If you have any questions, just ask:) I don't mind.

Thank you for spending some time here today! Now Hop on!

~hugs~

~kim

~Tag Play~Sunday Stamper: Bits & Pieces Hels Sheridan

Hi There!

Hope you are enjoying your August Day! July left too fast...amazing!

Bit of tag play to share today! I have been a follower of Hels Sheridan's blog, HERE, long before I decided to actually get inky crafty. She has great tutorials and brilliantly lovely projects, always a great inspiration. Super funny to read, too. Make sure you pop over to take a look.  Each Sunday she posts a fun prompt to play with. I finally got organized and time managed enough to join up!

Here is my play tag, enjoy :)

I used a tag I made awhile ago with Distress Paints and marbling. I added some Distress Ink with stencils on top. I practiced my stamping and embossing with the Tim Holtz stamps.

 I absolutely LOVE the heart stamp. I bought that set mainly for that particular stamp even though they are all really cool. I made the heart red with some Dylusions Red Spray Ink and a waterbrush.  I needed polkadots, truly really needed them and tragically(!) I have no polkadot stamp. Next best thing a bit of stashed ribbon :)

Another of my favorite things are flowers made from paper. I made these a bit ago as well. They were sprayed with Dylusions Purple Spray Ink and again with water to lighten up the centers. 

Thank you for visiting! I hope you like my project, all comments are greatly appreciated :)