Loves Rubberstamps Saturday Inspiration: Happy Father's Day!

Hello Friends!  Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend!  In preparation of the Father's Day Holiday coming up, I thought I'd create a Father's Day card for my share today!

And here it is...

I had so much fun water coloring with my distress markers for the last card that I couldn't resist making another card with a water colored background!  For this one, I used a background stamp I have in my stash and stamped it onto some Tim Holtz water color paper using my Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad.  I then added some white embossing powder from Recollections and heat set it.  Over this cool design, I water colored over it with my distress inks and water using some colors I thought would make a good background for a masculine card.  The colors I used were Pumice Stone, Faded Jeans and Black Soot.  I really love the way they blended together so well!  I added some splattered ink to parts of it for a fun effect!  The sentiment came from a Winnie & Walter Set called "The Big, the Bold & You".   I also embossed this sentiment and used some Sparkle Black Ranger embossing powder for this.  The die cut used for the background is from MFT called Warm Wishes Die-Namics.  To finish off my card, I added some enamel dots and twine.

Here is the full supply list for my card:

Faded Jeans - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Black Soot - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Pumice Stone -Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Versamark Water Mark Stamp Pad - Tsukineko

Warm Wishes Die-Namics - My Favorite Things

Water Color Paper - Tim Holtz

Black Sparkle Embossing Powder -Ranger

Mono Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

The Big, the Bold & You - Winnie & Walter

For those of you celebrating Father's Day, I hope the "Dads" in your family have a special day and that you all have a wonderful celebration!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Marcy

Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge: I Thank My Lucky Stars for You

Hello and Happy Tuesday!!!  We have a new Loves Rubberstamps Challenge this week for you!  Our theme is "Masculine"!  Our fantastic sponsor  is Bugaboo Stamps !!!

Here's my card...

With my household full of boys, it's a wonder that masculine cards are still always a challenge for me!  But with Father's Day coming up, I thought this was the perfect opportunity to make a Father's Day card!  I thought this one would be fun to make for my hubby.  Plus, I wanted to do a lot with my background and I knew he would forgive any of my mistakes! LOL   I have been wanting to use this fun stamp set by W9 called "Lucky Stars" for some time so I was happy to finally take it out to create.  I stamped using my Versamark Water Stamp and embossed my stars and sentiment using some Pale Gold embossing powder by Hero Arts.  I then water colored my background using various Tim Holtz distress inks.  This is always so much fun to do! I used the resist technique with some water droplets for a cool effect.  I also took some of the leftover water color to splatter small droplets in various sections. I really like the way the background came out!  To finish off my card, I added some black and white twine and also some small platinum heart sequins from Pretty Posh.  

Here is my full supply list:

Seedless Preserves - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Black Soot - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Faded Jeans- Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Salty Ocean- Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Versamark Water Stamp  - Tsukineko

Mono Multi-Liquid Glue - Tombow

Lucky Stars - W9

Pale Gold Embossing Powder - Hero Arts

Hope you enjoyed my card!  Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Marcy

Loves Rubberstamps Saturday Inspiration: Easter Card With Love

Hello Friends!  I hope you're enjoying your weekend so far and that some of you are enjoying the Easter festivities going on this week and weekend!

Here is an Easter card I've made for my Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Day....

I had so much fun making this card and especially with these cute bunnies from the Lawn Fawn set called Snow Day.  Even though this stamp set can easily be used for Christmas, it can also be used for Easter and many other occasions.  I mean who doesn't love cute bunnies, right?!! :) This card is going to my mom from my kids and it's perfect since there are 3 little bunnies to represent each of them!  For the background, I had fun watercoloring using some Tim Holtz distress inks over an embossed background stamp called BG Gingham Background from My Favorite Things.  I really like the way it came out with the soft colors which match the copic colors I used on this image.  To finish off my card, I scattered some sequins on top and also took out my bow it all to make a festive 3 looped bow!

Here is the full supply list for my card:

Snow Day - Lawn Fawn

BG Gingham Background - My Favorite Things

Copic Markers

Black Tuxedo - Memento Ink

Salty Ocean - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Peacock Feathers - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Mustard Seed - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Versamark Stamp Pad - Tsukineko

Mono Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Wink of Stella - Coming soon!

Make sure to check out the Loves Rubberstamps store to see all of the adorable Lawn Fawn Set!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!  For those of you celebrating the Easter holiday, may you have a special day with families and loved ones!

Hugs,

Marcy

Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge: Water color Background!

Happy Tuesday All!  We have a new Loves Rubberstamps challenge this week and it's a super fun one....Create your own Pattern Paper or Technique Background!!!

Here's my card for some inspiration...

I enjoyed my chance to create another  fun water color background using my distress inks.  It's just so much fun to experiment with all of the pretty colors!  I kept my card very simple and decided to grab some gorgeous Wild Orchid Crafts flowers to cluster in the center.  To further embellish, I added some sequins and some clear rhinestones. The sentiment was embossed in white against the background and I really love the way it pops!  

Here is my supply list:

Seedless Preserves - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Shaded Lilac - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Victorian Velvet - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Spun Sugar - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Versamark watermark Stamp Pad - Tsukineko

Mono Multi-Liquid Glue - Tombow

Check out the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge blog to get more details and to see the other DT projects!

I hope this gives you some inspiration to create some of your own backgrounds on your cards and projects.  Once you try it, you're going to want  to create a bunch more because they are just so much fun!

Have a wonderful week and thanks for visiting!

Hugs,
Marcy

Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge: Coloring with Distress Markers and Wink of Stella

Hi Everyone!  Can you believe we're already in the month of March?!!  This year is definitely moving so fast!  Well to start off the shamrock month, we have a fun challenge over at Loves Rubberstamps and it is the ever so popular "Anything Goes"!!!

Here is my card...

I had so much fun making my card using this sweet image called Yuki by Saturated Canary.  Instead of using my normal copics, I decided to use some Tim Holtz Distress Markers to color her up.  I used a technique shown by Kristina Werner where she used her Wink of Stella glitter pen instead of water to blend out the distress markers.  You can see her video here.   It took me a while to get the hang of it but once I did, it was pretty easy and I love the cool look and all the shimmer it left behind!!!  I also water colored my background using some of my Tim Holtz distress inks.  The sentiment Hello comes from a W9 stamp set and I embossed it with some black sparkling powder by Ranger.  I finished off my card using some yellow twine and a few sequins.

Here are the additional supplies used on my card:

Mustard Seed -Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Picked Raspberry - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Victorian Velvet - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Pumice Stone - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Versamark watermark Stamp Pad - Tsukineko

Mono Multi-Liquid Glue - Tombow

Thanks so much for stopping by and makes sure to stop over at the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge blog get the details for this challenge and to see the amazing DT cards for some inspiration!

Have a wonderful week and thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Marcy

Loves Rubberstamps Saturday Inspiration: Vintage tags using distress inks

Hi Friends and Happy Saturday!!! I have something a little different from my usual card to share with you all today!

Here are some vintage tags I've made using my distress inks...

So when I first started making cards, my style was very much different from how I create today.  I would say it was more of a vintage grunge style.  I definitely couldn't do without my distress inks and I loved to layer and use flowers in everything I made.  Now with distress inks as popular as ever as well as stencils, pastes, sprays, water coloring, background stamps etc..., I've been having so much fun creating different backgrounds with all of my art media supplies! I also love layering whenever I have a chance which is perfect with these types of projects! 

Here are the supplies used:

Victorian Velvet - Tim Holtz distress ink

Spun Sugar - Tim Holtz distress ink

Vintage Photo - Tim Holtz distress ink

Dried Marigold - Tim Holtz distress ink

Black Soot - Tim Holtz distress ink

Butterfly punch - Martha Stewart 

Black Sparkling Embossing Powder - Ranger

Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad - Tsukineko

Black Tuxedo - Memento Ink

Multi- Medium Matte glue - Ranger

Multi Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Hope this gives you some inspiration to get grungy with your inks!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Marcy

Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge: Adore You!

Hello and Happy Tuesday Friends!  Today starts a new Loves Rubberstamps Challenge and the theme is "Let it Sparkle"!

Here is my card...

This week's theme was my pick and since I always love to add lots of sparkle, this was super fun for me!  For my background, I used the BG Gingham Background stamp from MFT embossed on some white card stock and then covered with some pretty distress inks.  I actually sprayed some glimmer mist from my stash which got the colors flowing to give it that water color effect.  I decided to make a shaker card so I could fill the shaker with lots of pretty sequins and then decided to scatter a few more on the top of the card for added sparkle!  I took the Die-Namics Love and Adore You die set by My Favorite Things to create my sentiment with some fun blue glitter paper from my stash. I then added some twine and lots of Wild Orchid Crafts flowers also sprayed with the glimmer mist. 

Here are the additional supplies used on my card: 

Salty Ocean -Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Broken China - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Faded Jeans - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Ripe Persimmons - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Squeezed Lemonade - Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Versamark watermark Stamp Pad - Tsukineko

Mono Multi-Liquid Glue - Tombow

We have a very special GUEST SPONSOR this week who will be providing an awesome prize to our winner as well!

Lacy Sunshine

Thanks so much for stopping by and makes sure to stop over at the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge blog to see the rest of the Design Team's amazing projects and to participate in this fun challenge!

Have a wonderful week and thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Marcy

Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Saturday: Love You Always!

Hello Friends and Happy Saturday!  I have a fun Valentine's Day card to share with you all for today's Inspiration Day!

Here is my card...

So my inspiration came from a card by Kristina Werner in which she made a background by water coloring with distress inks.  You can find her beautiful card here!  I just have so much fun water coloring and am loving all the great techniques I'm seeing out there.   I took some Tim Holtz water color paper (Oh no, my last piece!) and then added lots of water and some fun Tim Holtz distress inks in shades of pinks and purples.  And voila... a fun and pretty cool looking background!!!  The adorable image on my card is by Tiddly Inks called Friends are Flowers.  I had so much fun coloring up cute Wryn with my Copics.  I also added some polka dots to her dress with my white gel pen and then Wink of Stella all over her outfit  and heart flowers.  The sentiment was stamped onto my paper using Versamark Ink and then embossed with some white embossing powder from my stash.  Of course, I couldn't resist scattering some sequins all over my card!

Here is the full supply list for my card:

Friends are Flowers - Tiddly Inks

Seedless Preserves - Tim Holtz distress ink

Picked Raspberry - Tim Holtz distress ink

Spun Sugar - Tim Holtz distress ink

Shaded Lilac - Tim Holtz distress ink

Water Color paper - Tim Holtz

Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad - Tsukineko

Copic Markers

Black Tuxedo - Memento Ink

Multi Multi Liquid Glue - Tombow

Hope my card gives you some inspiration to try some water coloring and playing with distress inks!

Enjoy your weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Marcy

I'm entering this card into the Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge.  Wish me luck!!!