A Crazy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! I've been working on a little Valentine's surprise treat for my coworkers. Most of my coworkers have a dog or cat or both so I thought it would be fun to create some ATC's using Tim Holtz Sizzix "Mini Crazy Cats and Dogs" Cling Stamps and Framelits Die Set. The mini set is a "purrfect" size for ATC's and the coordinating framelits made creating 13 of these much easier! I started with a watercolor background using different shades of red and pink distress inks. I then stamped the dogs and cats with the Misti Stamping Tool. I colored the critters with Copic Markers. I stamped a quick sentiment and added some small hearts punched from the water colored paper. I colored the small hearts with a Wink of Stella brush to add an extra pop of glitter.  Each ATC looks different - that's one of the many reasons I LOVE watercoloring!! Here's a peek of them together followed by close ups of each ATC. 

I have to admit, creating 13 of these: 10 for my coworkers, 2 for friends and 1 for me, was fun!! Having the coordinating framelits and the Misti Stamping Tool made it so much faster. I'm still working on my Copic Skills so this was GREAT practice. 

Here's some close ups of the crazy critters.

I love the grey and pink combo - I used Picked Raspberry for a few of the backgrounds. 

Here's the crazy doggies.

I made a few ATC's with the dog below coloring him in different color combinations. 

Here's a lighter version of him.

I love how goofy this guy is - he's the party dog!

Here's the last pup.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a crazy, fun Valentine's Day!!

Holiday ATC's

Hello and Happy Christmas Eve Eve! I truly cannot believe there's only two days until Christmas. I am working today (a drawback of working in the medical field) then off for three days. Family time on Christmas Day then a chill day and then back to work. 

I wanted to do something nice for my coworkers so I decided, at the way last minute, to create some Holiday Atc's. I haven't created any in awhile and I was up for a last minute challenge. I found a cute Vintage image, added some ribbon, doilies, corrugated cardboard, sheet music, Petaloo Flowers, shimmer twine, sequins, gesso and Ranger's Occasions Small Talk Stickers and went into mass production!! Here's a look.

I included a small easel so the ATC could be easily displayed.

Here's one more close up.

I love giving special unique handmade gifts, even if it's at the LAST MINUTE! 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you all have a wonderful and safe Holiday Season. I'll be back next Tuesday with my final layout for the Noel Mignon Design Team! 

5 for 5 Blog Hop Event: Halloween - Day 1

I'm happy to say that the 5 for 5 Gang is back with another fun Blog Event. Who is the 5 for 5 gang you ask? Well, we are 5 crafty friends getting together and creating 5 Holiday themed projects for 5 consecutive days. Our last Blog Event was Easter 2015, so we are so excited to be back!! We have a blast creating projects for you and inspiring you to create along with us!! We use whatever we have in our stash and just have fun!

Welcome to Day 1 of our latest 5 for 5 Blog Hop Event. The event runs from October 12th (today) until October 16th and is Halloween inspired!!

Each day we will base our projects on a theme. Today's theme is PAINT. I created two ATC's. I haven't made ATC's in awhile and forgot how fun they are!! Here's my first ATC ...

 I dug up some ATC die cuts from my stash and brushed the edges with Distress Paint - Picket Fence. I added some paint to the edges of the sentiment from Tim Holtz Small Talk - Occasions and then splattered the Picket Fence paint on the ATC once I was done layering all the die cut pieces. The textured background paper is from DCWV.

My second ATC in made from old and new supplies. The papers are from an older 6x6 Halloween paper pad from Marah Johnson and I die cut some circles using Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle and Scalloped Circle Stackables Dies. The new products are Tim Holtz Idea-ology Wicked Alpha Parts and Curiosities Remnant Rubs.

I splattered Distress Paint - Black Soot onto the card once I was done. I love the cheesecloth under the spider to look like her web!! I added some stickles to little miss spider!

 Please hop on over and check out today's projects for each of the designers! They all did a great job and hopefully you will be inspired to make a card, tag, ATC or whatever you desire to celebrate Halloween!!

 

5 for 5 Designers

Donna Bowman

Rachel Kleinman

Lynn Kopas (you are here)

Kris Lancaster

Karen Lindquist Crossen

 

Thanks for stopping by and I will see you tomorrow with a new Halloween creation. Have a spooktacular day! 

 

SUPPLIES:

 

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint Bottle, 1-Ounce, Picket Fence	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paints (Black Soot) 1 pcs sku# 1873183MA	Ranger Stickles Glitter Glue stardust 0.5 oz. bottle [PACK OF 6 ]	*Lawn Fawn SCALLOPED CIRCLE STACKABLES Lawn Cuts Dies	Lawn Fawn LARGE STITCHED CIRCLE STACKABLES Lawn Cuts Dies LF795
Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Circle Stackables Custom Craft Dies LF796	Tim Holtz Idea-ology WICKED Alpha Parts TH93233	Tim Holtz Idea-ology CURIOSITIES Remnant Rubs TH93227	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 2015 OCCASIONS Small Talk Stickers TH93245	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rub Stylus, 6.25
EK tools Craft Tweezers, New Package	Ranger Heat It Craft Tool	Ranger 15-Inch-by-18-Inch Inkssentials Craft Sheet	Dritz Cheesecloth, 36-Inch by 6-Yard	Pro USA Double Sided Foam Tape Double-Sided Adhesive

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