Hello (shaker card/galaxy background)

Hi y'all! 

Happy Wednesday, hope your week is going good?! :)

I'm sharing a 'just for fun' card that I was inspired by quite a few craft friends. ;) I've been seeing for a while now so many playing with alcohol inks and seeing the stunning results, that I wanted to try some things. But I don't own any alcohol inks...so what was I to do?...I could go buy a few inks and paper but was trying to use things that I already have. After some thinking, I thought I'd use some photo paper (the kind you use in your printer to print photos) and I would try using it with the Nuvo shimmer powders that I have. I didn't know if things would even work for me or what would the end result would be, but I gave it go. Has anyone even done this before?!?...

I think things look pretty good...yeah?!

To get my results, I spritzed some water onto the photo paper and then sprinkled on some shimmer powder here and there and then spritzed things a few more times. I did let things sit for a bit and even dabbed the the paper with a dry paper towel to soak up the remainder of the water on top. That's pretty much it. Now, I don't know how the alcohol inks look when dried on the paper?...but when things were dry, my only wish was it looked more glossy? (if that's even the word I'm looking for?). Things dried good, but maybe I should have sealed it with something?...just to give it more of a glossy/smoother look...this is what somewhat led me to doing a shaker. Probably something I'll play around with more. ;) Though, it's always fun to try new things, right?! :)

That's all for me.

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Have a great day and see you soon! :) 

Let's party!

Hi y'all! 

Happy Friday, yay!! :) 

I'm swinging in today to share a 'just for fun' card that I made. I've been going through things and trying to use things I still have yet to do anything with. ;) (I'm certain this will be never ending with me. lol) 

So here's my card...

I couldn't tell you how long ago I bought the Pinwheel Party bundle from The Greetery, but it certainly was a while ago. lol Anyhow, I finally put things to use and had sooo much fun doing so! Don't you just love those pinwheels?!! :) 

Well, that's all for me...thank you so much for stopping by!
Have a great day and enjoy your weekend! 

Sending a happy hello.

Hi y'all!

Happy Thursday, almost Friday! :) 

I made a card for the current Unity Stamp Co. challenge on their Facebook group and thought I'd share it here too. 

Pretty straight forward and simple, right?!...I did some stamping, coloring, and a little bit of die cutting. Easy peasy. ;) 

That's all for me today.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day! 

big birthday wishes

Hi y'all! 

Happy Friday, hope all is well?! :)

I'm swinging in today to share a fun birthday card with you! No challenges or anything, just need some birthday cards for my stash. ;) 

I tried keeping things pretty simple, which I still think it is?...I just decided to add a little bit of layering with die cuts. It was also long overdue for me to use some Mama Elephant goodies I had sitting around...way too long. lol Hope my card makes you smile?! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Have a great day and enjoy your weekend! 

Sending love & hugs

Hi y'all! 

Happy Saturday, hope all is well?!...

Once again I have been somewhat MIA...just when things seem to be getting on track. If it's not one thing, it's another. I just wish some of those 'other things' were good things rather than the not so good things. But we have to keep moving forward and stay positive, right?...

So with that being said, I did get some time to craft and I made a card for the current Altenew Inspiration Challenge. :) 

Well, that's all for me.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Enjoy your weekend! :) 

every cloud has a silver lining

Hi y'all! 

Happy Friday, hope all is well?! :)

I'm swinging in to share a 'just for fun card', no challenges or anything. ;) I actually put to use some Neat & Tangled sets (anyone else miss Neat & Tangled?), as well as a little hot foiling and coloring. 

This card took me a few days to finish and not just because of my slow coloring. lol But I couldn't figure out a background! I was almost tempted to go to one of the craft stores to see if anything would 'grab' me, but decided with the stuff I have, there had to be something. I went through my scrap pile and came across the heart cut out panel I made and just never used, guess it was meant for this card. ;) Once finding that, things then came pretty easy. Don't you love the foiling for the 'rain'?!...Hopefully you can see all the glimmer of colors?...

Well, that's all for me today.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Have a great Friday and enjoy your weekend! :) 

I think you're amazing

Hi y'all! 

Hope you're enjoying your Sunday! :) I'm taking it easy today and relaxing...maybe even a little crafting. ;) 

I'm swinging in to share a card I made for the current Unity 'show & tell' Facebook challenge. In all honesty, I was actually just in the mood to do some coloring and used a Unity stamp set. After thinking about the challenge because I haven't played in quite some time, to my surprise it was all about florals. If that wasn't good timing I don't know what is! lol ;) 

I did not color this in one day...more like 3! lol I enjoy coloring and I think because it is soothing to me, I tend to just take my sweet ol' time with things. After my coloring was done, I added a mix of splatters in brown watercolors and then stamped on the sentiment. Pretty simple, right?!...

Well, that's all for me today.

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your day! :)