I'm pleased to announce that I was given an Honorable Mention for Card Concept #69 - Rich Texture!

The next challenge is all purple-y, which is a favorite color of mine to work with.

This card was made using a Dreamweaver stencil and water coloring through the stencil while holding it down on the paper.  Outlining in black helped better define the image. ​  About a year ago, I made a YouTube video on fluid watercolor and at the end of it, I show how this technique works.  Click on the photo for the link.

 
​List of supplies:

Papers:  Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Paper, Fun Stampers Journey
Paint:  Koi Watercolor Paint Pallet
Sentiment:  Mama Elephant Organic Blooms, Background (a very old SU stamp)
Inks:  Hero Arts Hero Hues Chalk Ink (Iris)
Stencil:  Stampendous/Dreamweaver Bearded Iris
​Embellishments:  Stampendous Encrusted Jewels Purple Kit

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

LYN

This week's Card Concept challenge is based on the above photo.  I loved the distress of the chair the most.  I also love where an inspiration photo takes me to the finished card design!

​I found a scrap piece of background paper leftover from my Stampendous/Dreamweaver design team days and decided that could work for a worn out looking background.  Embossing folder (Cuttlebug).  Diecut leaves and sentiment (Fun Stampers Journey).  ​Flowers and lace (my stash).  Burgundy paper and pearls (A Muse).

Love these challenges!!!!

xoxo
​
LYN

I jumped on the next Card Concept Challenge #68 because my first thought was spring!  

Here's the card style I chose: 

1. Clean and Simple (CAS)

Definition:

• One main image
• Lots of open space (uncluttered)
• Limited layers & embellishments
• Quick & easy to recreate

Typically, I don't lean toward CAS but this Fun Stampers Journey (Lovely Day) set screamed CAS.  The image was stamped on Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Paper using the Mini Misti and Versafine Onyx Black ink.  Flowers were colored with Distress Crayons and a water brush.  Sentiment was inked with Catherine Pooler's Aquatini.  Splatters (Fun Stampers Journey Turbo Teal Silks).  Perforated rectangle (Fun Stampers Journey).  Embossing folder (Sizzix).  Thread (my stash).

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xoxo,

LYN

I was absolutely gleeful when I saw this week's card challenge!!!!  I went back to my roots and pulled together a card that was nothing but nostalgic fun.

​Here's my masculine #3 Shabby Chic and Vintage entry:

This cowboy stamp is my absolute all time favorite.  Unfortunately I don't believe it is in print anymore but here is the part number details that are on the side of the wood mounted stamp (7135G Standing Strand SM; 2003 Tamarind, NB).  Papers (Paper Loft - Huckleberry Pond), Sentiment (Fun Stampers Journey - Hit the Road).  Leather strip, lace and paper clip are from my stash.  Ink (Versafine Vintage).

Inside of card.  I love how all the Paper Loft Huckleberry Pond papers coordinate!

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo

LYN

Valentine Love!

I was inspired by the Fun Stampers Journey Bread Tag as the start of this card.  My upline, Chelsea, sent me the nifty Summer Branch diecut, so I added that to the card.  Creating this card felt like a walk back in time for me with adding lots of layers and 'stuff.'  It was totally fun to dig in drawers and pull out so many items to add to this card!  I had no particular company or product in mind to use, just grab and go!  Papers are from Authentique Crush.

My goal is to enter The Card Concept challenges each month, but I've already missed #65!!!  Time is really flying by this winter.

xoxo,


LYN

My friends over at Belladerma Wellness Spa have put together a sweet Valentines package!  Give yourself the gift of being pampered (or have someone else give you the gift)!!!  Take your girlfriends for a day of chillaxing, relaxing and indulging...you're worth it darling! 

Today I am posting a card to The Card Concept blog.  Here's the inspiration image:

And here's my interpretation:

I loved all the elements of this challenge and especially the golds against the white and black!  I used a Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations embossing folder and ran it through Ninah Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb. cardstock.  Stampendous Spoonful of Gold Dust Embossing Powder & Elements was sprinkled onto the tips of the feathers and heated from underneath.  Sentiment is from Catherine Pooler Designs Founations Box and was heat embossed with Versafine Ink and Stampendous Detail Gold Embossing Powder.

Thank you for stopping by!

xoxo

LYN

As I'm deleting and adding new tabs to my blog, I get excited thinking about what's next in 2017!  Tab headings give me lots of reasons to post and keep the excitement going, but What's Next is all about the  stuff I have been meaning to try!!!

So, what's next you ask?  Well, I've been gaga over mono printing with Gelli Plates - GelliArts and Creative Palettes -Stampendous but haven't taken the time to play with them in quite awhile.  I have every imagineable plate size and shape and keep seeing many cool projects on Pinterest.  Here's what's got me going today:

Laura McHugh had a pin on Pinterest and the doodles caught my eye.  She's from Ocean Grove NJ, a tiny town on the beach where my family used to vacation when I was about 6!!!  Her pin is from 2013!  Wouldn't these make fun envelopes?

So, this is my What's Next!  What's your What's Next?

xoxo,

LYN