Thankful for You! Sensational Sunday Blog Hop - Loves Rubberstamps!

Good Morning Fellow Crafters -

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration. Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, each stop will have a full list of links. One of the Design Team posts is the hop's Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to be in a monthly drawing for a $20 Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher!  We will draw the winner of the Voucher the 1st Sunday of each month! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

It is so hard to believe that the first week of September has already flown by.  I was on vacation this week and we ended it with a huge garage sale.  I am puzzled as we were exhausted after the sale, but did nothing but sit around and talk to people all day.  Who knows??  We were just happy it was successful and we rid our house of lots of goodies.

Ok, on to today's creation...  I made a little card using my Ranger (Tim Holtz) inks and markers.  They are always so fun to pull out and create.  By the time I am done, I have a huge mess on my desk.  Well, that may not be all that unusual, but it is a bigger mess than I started with.  I used water color paper and Hero Arts Design Block Silhouette stamp to begin.  I colored the stamp with my Tim Holtz Distress Markers and then spritzed them with water.  I then stamped the background image.  It is not a sharp image, but that is ok for the background.  Then I used Distress Ink with a ink blending tool to go around the edges.  I added some pearls to the background and tore the bottom off.  I matted the image and placed it on the card. 

 I then added a bow and a tag.  The background of the tag was stamped with Penny Black, Love Chapter font in Brushed Curdory distress ink and then inked around the edges with Rusty Hinge distress ink.  The sentiment is from the Be Happy, Amy R, collection and stamped with Memento Black Tuxedo ink.   

Distress Markers used:

Barn Door

Fired Brick

Forest Moss 

Frayed Burlap

Peeled Paint

Spiced Marmalade

Vintage Photo

Wild Honey

Distress Ink used:  

Brushed Cordoroy

Rusty Hinge

Scattered Straw

So here is the remainder of the hop!

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina (you are here)

Shanna 

Marcy

Nicole

Joni

Nina

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Be sure to check out what the other lovely ladies have created today.

Blessings until next time...
Athina

Watercolor Flowers

Good Morning Friends!


Just a quick card for today.  I have some exciting news!!! I have been selected to be part of the Party Time Tuesday Design Team starting in January!  I am really looking forward to the challenge.  Stop by and play along with us.

This one is just a quick and simple one that I made as part of my husband's grandmothers Christmas Gift.  I usually make her some different cards to send out thru the year.  She loves them and it saves her some time and money for the year.

I started this one with a red cardstock base.  I used water color paper and distress markers for the image.  The image is by Stampers Anonymous.  I colored the stamp with my markers and spritzed with water.  Then stamped on the water color paper.  I added some more water to the extra ink on the stamp to stamp around the edges.  I then heated the image to set it and added some distress ink around the edges of the card.  It is finished with a background layer, some ribbon and pearls.

Just a closer look at the stamped image.

I hope you enjoyed your stop today.  Have a fantastic weekend and Happy Holidays to you!

Thank you for stopping by!

Blessings until next time....

Athina