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Dude!

2/8/21 Rising Star at A Place To Start!

Hi everyone! Happy Monday! Hubby had a doctor appointment this morning and then we ran a few errands, so we are just now getting home. Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I have a fun CAS card to share that I made yesterday for The Outlawz Sunday Songs & Rhymes Challenge. ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ is the rhyme for the new challenge that started yesterday so let me introduce to you my star struck chicken! This image is from Sherry West Art who is our sponsor this time! I did LOL (literally) a few times while making this card! I don’t even know the name of this image – it was a freebie in Sherry’s Facebook Group – but isn’t it a hoot?!

I created a standard A2 size side-folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock. I printed the image on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock as well and colored it with alcohol markers, trimmed it and layered it on yellow cardstock and then black. I stamped the sentiment from Whimsy Stamps Hey Ostrich stamp set in black ink and added some stars to fit the theme for the challenge. I lucked out having this awesome stamp set in my stash with sentiments that go so well with this chicken image!

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and embellished it with strips of black and yellow cardstock, stamped the sentiment and layered the panel on yellow cardstock.

And one more look… how hilarious! Love how this turned out!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: January 2021 Anything Goes
2. 613 Avenue Create: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
3. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #1-2021 – Anything Goes
4. A Place To Start: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
5. Classic Design Challenge: #1 – January Anything Goes
6. Crafty Calendar Challenge: January Challenge – Make It Cute
7. Creative Inspirations: January & February Challenge – Animal Antics
8. Happy Little Stampers: January CAS Challenge – Short and/or Tall
9. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges: January 2021 Anything Goes
10. Let’s Craft and Create: #167 – Anything Goes w/ optional Cheers To You

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Papertrey Ink Bright Buttercup cardstock, American Crafts Black cardstock
Stamps: Sherry West Art chicken digital image, Whimsy Stamps Hey Ostrich stamp set
Ink: Nuvo alcohol markers- 405, 475, 379, 430; Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Stampin’ Up Itty Bitty Star punch
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

its your BIG day

Hi everyone! I’m back with one more project I created last Thursday for The Outlawz Challenges! That was the day that I set a record in my studio – ten cards in one day. I finished two that I had already started and then created eight more. Several were for The Outlawz, several were for two guest gigs coming up and several were with new products for another design team I’m on. Definitely a busy and productive day for sure! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! This card is for the Twisted Thursdays Challenge where Fabrika Fantasy is our sponsor. The challenges are always Anything Goes with an optional twist. This time the twist is Glitter! I used loose glitter, glitter paper and glitter washi tape for this birthday card!

This card features the Cottage Cutz Sweet Fairy die set. It has a gazillion pieces so I die cut them all from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock and colored them individually with alcohol markers. It brought back childhood memories of coloring my paper doll clothes back in the day! The little fairy was created first and set aside. I used loose glitter on her wings. ;)

I cut a standard A2 size top-folding card base along with a white layering panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock and dotted and striped silver foil vellum panels which I adhered to the layering panel. I added a strip of red glitter washi tape to the seam and then adhered the panel to the card base. I punched several 1/2″ circles from Stampin’ Up Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper and adhered them over top of the foiled dots in random places. I adhered the fairy on foam dimensionals and added a sentiment stamped in navy blue ink to pull in the color of her dress. The final touch was adding tiny iridescent gemstones to the stars on the sentiment strip and larger iridescent gemstones on several of the foiled dots.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock and embellished it with a wide strip of the striped silver foil vellum and a strip of red glitter washi tape, stamped the sentiment in navy blue ink and layered the panel on CutCardStock Red Wagon cardstock.

And one more peek… totally loving how this turned out! It’ll be set aside for a very special granddaughter’s birthday later this year! ;)

Sharing in these additional challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #1-2021 – Anything Goes
3. Classic Design Challenge: #1 – January Anything Goes
4. Crafty Calendar Challenge: January Challenge – Make It Cute
5. Happy Little Stampers: January Anything Goes with Dies
6. Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog: #487 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock, CutCardStock Red Wagon cardstock, Stampin’ Up Silver Fancy Foil Designer Vellum, Stampin’ Up Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper
Stamps: C.C. Designs Birthdays rubber stamp set
Ink: Stampin’ Up Night of Navy ink; Nuvo alcohol markers- 404, 431, 417, 405, 379, 377, 463; Spectrum Noir alcohol markers- IG1, FS9, FS4
Dies/Punches: Cottage Cutz Sweet Fairy die set, Stampin’ Up 1/2″ circle punch
Accessories: Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Gemini Junior, Stampin’ Up Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Peachy Cheap Red Glitter Washi Tape, Darice Iridescent Gemstones,

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

life is a journey

1/17/21 Winner at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends!
2/10/21 Favorite at Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge!

Happy Sunday, everybody! I hope your day is as beautiful as you are! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’ve been having some fun in my studio and have popped in this morning to share a clean and simple masculine card that I created on Thursday to enter into The Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge! Our sponsor this month is Sherry West Art and the challenge is to use black and white plus one color from the inspiration photo, with an optional twist of adding a circle. In addition to black and white, I used tan, and I’m playing the twist with the travel globe as my circle.

This is the photo inspiration we were given. I saw neutral tan, and rather than use kraft cardstock, I colored the tan elements on my card with a Nuvo alcohol marker.

I cut a top folding A2 size card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110# cardstock and rounded the bottom right corner. I cut a piece of black cardstock at an angle and adhered it to the bottom of the card base. I cut a narrow strip of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock at a very slight angle, colored it with the tan alcohol marker and adhered it across the top of the black cardstock. I die cut the travel globe pieces from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, colored them with tan and black alcohol markers, and assembled it. I applied a STAMPlorations Shine Bright Clear Stickers sentiment to a scrap of white cardstock, trimmed it and adhered it to the bottom left. I adhered the travel globe on foam dimensionals and added several different sizes of black gemstones to complete the front.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and embellished it with a wide strip of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock that I colored with the tan alcohol marker along with a narrow strip of black cardstock. I applied another STAMPlorations Shine Bright Clear Stickers sentiment and layered the panel on black cardstock.

And one more peek… totally loving the masculine feel of this!

Sharing in these additional challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
2. AAA Cards: #182 – Up To One Third w/ optional Summer

3. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #1-2021 – Anything Goes
4. A Place To Start: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
5. Classic Design Challenge: #1 – January Anything Goes
6. Happy Little Stampers: January Anything Goes with Dies
7. Happy Little Stampers: January CAS Challenge – Short and/or Tall
8. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #149 – 6th Birthday Celebration/Anything Goes
9. Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog: #487 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, American Crafts Black cardstock
Ink: Nuvo alcohol markers- Pitch Black and Shorthorn Brown
Dies/Punches: Tim Holtz Tiny Travel Globe thinlits, Kadomaru Pro corner rounder
Accessories: Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Gemini Junior, Stampin’ Up Dimensionals, STAMPlorations Shine Bright Clear Stickers, Darice black gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

silent night

1/15/21 Winner at The Outlawz Songs & Rhymes Challenge!

Hi everyone! Hope you’re having a wonderful Saturday! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’ve popped in this evening to share a card I created Thursday for The Outlawz Sunday Songs & Rhymes Challenge and then forgot to post it! Our sponsor this month is Katy’s Card Emporium and the song/rhyme is about reindeer, so I created a sweet forest scene with a buck and his young buck. ;)

I cut a standard A2 size side-folding card base from green cardstock and Neenah Classic Crest Baronial Ivory cardstock layers for the front and inside. I cut a couple Christmas trees from the same green cardstock, the two deer from brown cardstock and a moon from a pale yellow cardstock scrap, and arranged them on the front panel. I stamped the sentiment in brown ink, trimmed it and flagged one end, and layered it on a brown cardstock scrap which I trimmed leaving a small border.

I embellished the inside panel very simply with a narrow strip of brown cardstock, stamped the sentiment in green and brown inks, and adhered it to the inside of the card base.

And one more look… such a simple design that took less than 30 minutes to create! Love it when that happens!; )

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: January 2021 Anything Goes
2. 613 Avenue Create: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
3. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #1-2021 – Anything Goes
4. CAS Christmas: January Challenge – Silhouette
5. Classic Design Challenge: #1 – January Anything Goes
6. Creative Inspirations: January & February Challenge – Animal Antics
7. Happy Little Stampers: January Anything Goes with Dies
8. Happy Little Stampers: January Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes w/ optional Stockings
9. International Art & Soul: #99 – Landscapes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: GKD Christmas Pine and Dark Chocolate cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Baronial Ivory cardstock, GKD Sweet Corn cardstock scrap
Stamps: Hero Arts Color Layering Fawn and Blessings stamp sets
Ink: Stampin’ Up Early Espresso and Tranquil Tide ink
Dies/Punches: Tim Holtz Woodlands and Darling Deer thinlits, Stampin’ Up 1/2″ circle punch, EK Success 3/4″ square punch (to flag sentiment)
Accessories: Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Gemini Junior,

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

It’s raining CATS and DOGS!

Happy Saturday, everyone! I hope you had a great week! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’m happy to be back on the Eyelet Outlet blog today with another awesome DT inspiration project! I created a fun cat and dog card inspired by our rescued feline fur babies. My husband and I are ‘crazy cat people’ and we have ten, and all but one are rescued. We love dogs too (in fact, we love ALL kinds of animals) but have found that cats tend to be easier if we decide to take a weekend trip. If you’re interested, you can read all about our fur babies HERE.

I created a top fold card base and a slightly smaller background panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock. I created a computer-generated sentiment which I printed on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and adhered across the top of the panel, then put a strip of Weather Washi Tape just beneath it. Then the fun began adding Cat Quicklet Eyelets and Dog Quicklet Eyelets in a ‘raining-down’ fashion. I’ve never used quicklets before and these were so easy to set with a ballpoint pen! I adhered a piece of light blue cardstock to the card base, then adhered a piece of light blue craft foam to the back of the panel, and adhered the panel to the card base.

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and embellished it with a strip of the washi tape and the light blue cardstock used on the front, stamped the sentiment in black ink, and layered the panel on the light blue cardstock.

And one more peek… such a fun card! LOVE these cat and dog quicklets!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: January 2021 Anything Goes
2. A Place To Start: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
3. Creative Inspirations: January & February Challenge – Animal Antics
4. Happy Little Stampers: January CAS Challenge – Short and/or Tall

Eyelet Outlet products used:
Weather Washi Tape
Cat Quicklet Eyelets
Dog Quicklet Eyelets

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Colorbok Pastel Blue cardstock
Stamps: Paper Smooches Charmed Cat 2 stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, light blue craft foam, MISTI stamp tool

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project! Be sure to check out all the fun goodies at Eyelet Outlet! I can already see you drooling, lol! Be sure to ‘like’ and ‘follow’ Eyelet Outlet Facebook Page to keep up with news and sales, and while you’re at it, join the Eyelet Outlet Fans Facebook group for lots of creative inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Sending Hugs Across the Miles

2/8/21 Rising Star at A Place To Start!
2/8/21 Top Pick at Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges!

Hi everyone! A big Happy Friday to you! I hope you have something fun planned for this weekend! I’m sitting here chuckling while I’m posting another front step card fold… one yesterday and one today! Well, who am I kidding?! I LOVE this fold and it has quickly become my ‘go-to’ fun fold since discovering it last summer! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! This card is for The Outlawz January Freebie/Progressive Challenge where Jan’s Digi Stamps is our sponsor this month! Those of us who regularly play in this challenge were gifted the gorgeous Fall PEAR-fection digital image along with a sentiment that I used on the back of my card which I paired with a stamped sentiment on the front.

Pink and green is one of my all-time favorite color combos. I branched out a bit this time and went with a salmon-pink card base and green paper layers – and I love it! I printed the image on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, colored it with alcohol markers, cut it with a stitched oval die and layered it on a slightly larger stitched oval die cut. I stamped the sentiment across the top in dark green ink and added some salmon-pink Sprinkles in the corners.

For the back panel, I printed the sentiment on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, trimmed it and added strips of green paper and salmon cardstock across the top.

And one more peek… I’m sure you can see why this fold is one of my favorites! It’s different, it’s versatile and I love that it folds flat for mailing!

Sharing in these additional challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #1-2021 – Anything Goes
3. A Place To Start: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
4. Classic Design Challenge: #1 – January Anything Goes
5. C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: #582 – Anything Goes
6. Creative Moments: #206 – Anything Goes
7. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges: January 2021 Anything Goes
8. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #149 – 6th Birthday Celebration/Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Watermelon Wonder and Flirty Flamingo, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Stampin’ Up Color Me Autumn DSP
Stamps: Jan’s Digi Stamps Fall PEAR-fection digital image and sentiment, My Favorite Things Lots of Hugs stamp set
Ink: Nuvo alcohol markers- 410, 412, 405, 373, 374; Spectrum Noir alcohol marker- IG1; Faber-Castell May Green Artist Pitt pen; Stampin’ Up Mossy Meadow ink
Dies/Punches: Memory Box Stitched Oval Layers dies
Accessories: Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, MISTI stamp tool, Gemini Junior, Doodlebug Design Sprinkles Tangerine Assortment

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Believe

1/31/21 DT Favorite Winner at Classic Design Challenge Blog!

Hi everyone! I hope your first week of the New Year has been a good one! I’m absolutely thrilled to share that I’m once again guesting for Scrapping4fun Challenges! One of my projects was a Featured Creation last month and I was offered a guest design spot in Challenge #183 – Anything Goes, so here I am! Polkadoodles is our sponsor for this challenge and I have lots of their digital products in my stash, so I dug into the Winnie White Christmas Big Kahuna Download Kit for the image and papers I wanted to use for this front step card which is one of my favorite fun folds!

I created the card base from Papertrey Ink Simply Chartreuse cardstock. I printed three coordinating Polkadoodles digital papers, a round element, two merged pre-colored images and two sentiments on HP 32# copy paper and trimmed them. I layered the focal image on gold foil cardstock and set it aside. I adhered panels cut from the three digital papers to the card base and then adhered the focal image and a layered sentiment to the front along with three 8mm green cut jewels across the bottom.

I embellished the back panel with a leftover strip of the plaid paper and the round element that I punched with a 1-1/4″ circle punch, and layered the panel on the plain green paper.

And one more look… totally loving this fold! It’s easy to adjust the measurements if necessary (I made this one a little taller to accommodate the focal image) and it folds flat for mailing!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #1-2021 – Anything Goes
3. A Place To Start: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
4. Classic Design Challenge: #1 – January Anything Goes
5. C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: #582 – Anything Goes
6. Crafty Calendar Challenge: January Challenge – Make It Cute
7. Creative Inspirations: January & February Challenge – Animal Antics
8. Creative Moments: #206 – Anything Goes
9. Happy Little Stampers: January Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes w/ optional Stockings
10. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges: January 2021 Anything Goes
11. Let’s Craft and Create: #167 – Anything Goes w/ optional Cheers To You

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Papertrey Ink Simply Chartreuse cardstock, Hygloss Gold Foil cardstock, three digital papers from Polkadoodles Winnie White Christmas Big Kahuna Download Kit, HP 32# copy paper
Stamps: Focal image and sentiments from Polkadoodles Winnie White Christmas Big Kahuna Download Kit
Dies/Punches: Stampin’ Up 1-1/4″ Circle Punch
Accessories: Bearly Art precision craft glue, Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Eyelet Outlet 8mm green Cut Jewels

I hope you’ve enjoyed this fun fold and will link up an ‘anything goes’ project with us this challenge! Be sure to check out all the fun goodies over at Polkadoodles – you won’t be disappointed! I’d love to have one of everything, lol! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Happy mother’s day

2/8/21 Rising Star at A Place To Start!

Howdy, friends! I hope your week is going great – tomorrow is Friday already and we are a week into January! Time is flying by! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’ve popped in to share a hybrid Mother’s Day card that I’m entering in The Outlawz Festive Fridays Challenge that ends this evening. Our sponsor is Fred She Said, and participants have the option to choose from New Year, Christmas, Thinking of You and Anything Goes themes – and I chose Anything Goes. I was in my studio all day and I think I set an all-time record… ten cards made in one day. I finished two that I started earlier in the week and then made eight more. I woke up with ideas running through my head so I knew it was going to be a productive day, lol!

I used a Create-A-Card die set to cut the card base from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, then cut layers from red cardstock with the next smaller size die. I printed the focal image for the front and a single flower image for the inside on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, and cut them with the next smaller size layering die. I stamped the front sentiment in black ink on a scrap of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, trimmed it, and layered it on two additional pieces of cardstock for a little dimension. I adhered the panels together and then adhered them to the front of the card base, and then added some Crystal Drops.

I stamped the inside sentiment (from the same stamp set) in black ink on the Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock panel, adhered it to the Tomato Soup panel, and adhered them to the inside of the card base.

And one more look… totally loving how this turned out! I really do like the look of a shaped card!

Sharing in these additional challenges:
1. 613 Avenue Create: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #1-2021 – Anything Goes
3. A Place To Start: #1 – January 2021 Anything Goes
4. Classic Design Challenge: #1 – January Anything Goes
5. Creative Moments: #206 – Anything Goes
6. Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges: January 2021 Anything Goes
7. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #149 – 6th Birthday Celebration/Anything Goes
8. Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog: #487 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstoc k, GKD Tomato Soup cardstock
Stamps: Jan’s Digi Stamps Tea Time digi set, The Project Bin Defined stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Crafter’s Companion Die’sire Stacey Create-A-Card die set
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Gemini Junior, MISTI stamp tool, Nuvo Ivory Seashell Crystal Drops

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and will come join us in The Outlawz Challenges! Lots of fun going on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Go the extra mile

1/15/21 Top 3 Winner at Alphabet Challenge Blog!

Howdy, friends! A very Happy Saturday to you! Affiliate links are used in this post at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support! I’m happy to be back on the Eyelet Outlet blog today with another awesome DT inspiration project! I created a masculine card featuring some of the coolest brads I’ve ever seen paired with black enamel dots! Masculine made easy! ;)

I created a standard A2 size top-folding cardstock from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock. I lightened a photo of a United States map I had on my laptop, printed it on 60# Hammermill copy paper and trimmed it down to use as the background for my card. I created a highway using a punch for the center lines and adhered it at an angle across the map. I stamped the sentiment in black ink, added three Motorcycle Brads and three Black Enamel Dots, and layered the panel on black cardstock. That’s it… it was THAT easy! ;)

I cut the inside panel from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and adhered a strip of the map and black cardstock down the left side, stamped the sentiment in black ink, and layered the panel on black cardstock.

And one more look… what a fun card! If you’re a fellow biker, you know we ride in groups! ;)

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge Blog: #1-2021
2. Alphabet Challenge Blog: T is for Traffic
3. Classic Design Challenge: January 2021 #1 – Anything Goes
4. Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: #148 – Anything Goes
5. Your Scrapbook Place: January Anything Goes

Eyelet Outlet products used:
Motorcycle Brads
Black Enamel Dots

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, Colorbok Black cardstock
Stamps: The Project Bin Wild Thing stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Dies/Punches: Stampin’ Up Curvy Corner Trio punch
Accessories: Tombow Mono permanent adhesive, Bearly Art precision craft glue, MISTI stamp tool

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

be authentic

Hi friends! Happy Friday and Happy New Year! I hope you’ve had a most awesome week! Our new challenge is live this morning over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m super stoked to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #45- Anything Goes + Bleaching! I created an inspirational card using the bleaching technique along with heat embossing. Come on and play with us – don’t be afraid of using bleach on your project… it’s fun!

This is the third or fourth card I’ve created over the years featuring this awesome stamp and the bleaching technique. My inspiration always comes from a past project from seven or eight years ago when I hosted my first challenge while on the Blockheads Paper Arts design team. Blockheads is sadly out of business now, but my challenge featured the bleaching technique and I did a stepped-out tutorial on the blog. One wouldn’t ordinarily think of using bleach on a craft project, but when carefully used on dark cardstock, the results will amaze you! I went with a black card base here because I thought the shimmer papers would look awesome against the black.

I stamped the moth in Versamark and heat embossed it in black. Using a Fantastix brush point tip applicator, I very carefully ‘bleached’ all the parts of the moth inside the embossed areas. I let it air dry (which didn’t take very long) and then colored the moth with water-based markers and Clear Star shimmer pen. I cut the image with a stitched oval die and layered it onto three dotted rectangle die cuts in graduating sizes. I added black gemstones and a Tim Holtz sentiment sticker.

I embellished the inside panel with some leftover cardstock strips and added another sentiment sticker.

And here’s another peek… really loving how this turned out!

Sharing in the following challenges:
1. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: January Anything Goes
2. A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge Blog: #1-2021
3. Classic Design Challenge: January 2021 #1 – Anything Goes
4. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: #83 – January Anything Goes
5. Paperbabe Stamps: #134 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: GKD Black Onyx, Sweet Corn and Peach Bellini cardstock, DCWV Shimmer cardstock stack
Stamps: Blockhead Paper Arts Whimsical- Take Flight stamp
Ink: Versamark, Marvy Uchida water-based markers, Sakura Clear Star pen
Dies/Punches: Memory Box Stitched Oval Layers die, Sizzix Dotted Rectangle dies, Yvonne Creations Trellis Frame die
Accessories: Ranger fine detail Black embossing powder, household bleach in small dish, Fantastix brush point tip applicator, Tim Holtz Small Talk sentiment stickers, Darice black gemstones

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card and will link up an ‘anything goes’ project with us this month! And maybe you’ll try the bleaching technique? Whether you do or don’t, we can’t wait to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you again soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig