A Frantic Stamper Day!

 Frantic Stamper strikes again!   LOL I'm still having fun stamping and coloring.

Die Cut Divas Tic Tac Toe challenge is almost over. You only have until 9:00 p.m. Pacific time to enter, so get your project posted.  Below is the tic tac toe board.

Here's what I used for my card: Chocolate/Heart/ Patterned Paper

My teammate, Linda, sent me the die cuts for the book box and it is gorgeous paper and makes a gorgeous box.  She sent me chocolate too!  Well,  not the edible kind, but I really don't need the edible chocolate. 
No COLORING EITHER!  

Thank you to my fellow Die Cut Diva DT, Linda, for the die cuts.

What a gorgeous paper to make this box just so beautiful.

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs Die Book Box at Frantic Stampers (Thank you to Linda)
Altenew Enamel Dots Warm Gray at Frantic Stampers

Hero Arts Enamel Dots Sunset Hero Hues at Frantic Stampers

Hearts & Sentiment from my stash

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

Digi Choosday - "Anything Goes" (weekly- starts on a Tuesday)

Allsorts Challenge - 730 - Anything Goes (no stencil)

Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes" Wk 11                        
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge "Anything Goes"

The Paper Funday - "Anything Goes" #53 w/opt twists - no embossing

Love To Scrap Challenge (always Anything Goes) #161

Mix It Up Challenge Anything Goes #65 no embossing

Third Tiny Matchbook Card, This one going to Craft Roulette

 My third Matchbook card, but I made it according to Craft Roulette's parameters with the categories being:
Project: Card w/flaps
Colors: Winter colors
Element - Children's story
Random: Tile(s)

I do think there are enough flaps to go around - LOL.  The roof folds down (the BRRRRRR is the bent part of the overhead). Santa and Xmas tree cover the winter colors.  Santa's Workshop or Santa settling in after his flight around the earth delivering presents to all the girls and boys.  Now the tiles are a creation from my own mind.  See all those whit dots on the paper?  Well, those are my tiles.  All in all, I'm happy with it.  There is even a rug under the train.
This is a combination of different matchbox scenes.

Oh, yes, this is a small card with its own envelope.
Close-up below.

Supplies:

Art Impressions MB Santa Christmas (Santa in chair & Xmas tree)

Art Impressions MB Christmas (train & shelving against back wall)

Art Impressions MB Template Dies (foundation of card, rug, wreath)

Art Impressions MB Envelope Dies (envelope beside card in 2nd picture)

Paper - Graphic 45 - (double-sided) in stash for 4 or more years

Copic markers

Nuvo Drops crystal - Simply White

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #50

Peace on Earth Xmas "Always Christmas & Anything Goes" #40 The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything goes" #100 w/opt twist of holiday decorations

My Second Tiny Matchbook Card

 This time, I decided I wanted to try the Garden dies and I found some wonderful paper to create the matchbook foundation.  I'm going to give this to my granddaughter as she has a green thumb and would enjoy this.

I really love how this turned out and plan to try each of my matchbook stamp and die sets in the following weeks.

Supplies:
Art Impressions MB Garden

Art Impressions MB Den Set - "Enjoy the Little Things" sentiment only

Art Impressions MB Envelope Dies

Art Impressions MB Template Dies

Copic markers

Vagabond die cut machine

Paper in my stash - 12X12 - first time using it

I'm entering the following challenges:NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff)
Ally's Angels  "Anything Goes" 
Beautiful Blossoms "Anything Flowers

FarmQuestGeneralStoreChallenge  "Anything Farm/Country Goes (flowers farm fresh)

Park Hopping My Happy Place - Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park
Digi Choosday - "Anything Goes" WK20

 

My First Tiny Matchbox Card

 My first TINY MATCHBOX card.
I just received my Art Impressions (AI) stamps and dies for about SIX matchbox die sets, one the template and one the envelope, while the others were for specific scenes.  I now have two Xmas scenes, one with Santa and one with an elf.

These are tiny, about a 9/10 in. tall & 2 1/8 in. wide when folded up.  But they really are so cute and you know how it is - I just had to have some.

This first picture is a bit dark because the top was closed over the scene.  Better pictures follow.

The top is open and you can see all the dies in the scene.

I included the envelope beside this tiny matchbox scene.  I cut the paper in the teeny, tiny envelope to slip inside for a little note.

I recommend this video and this video for putting together everything including the main template that is used for making every tiny Matchbox card from 

Art Impressions (AI).

Supplies:
AI Templet Dies
AI MB Santa Christmas includes two sentiments 
AI MB Envelope Dies
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Gloss - Simply White
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Gloss - Dandelion Yellow
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Gloss - Caribbean Ocean
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Gloss - Red Berry
Copic markers
Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

Stamping Sensations Challenge - Anything Stamped (did not do option) 

NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) #50 - Every stamp & die
Ally's Angels  "Anything Goes"  #70

Another Friday and Another Craft Roulette Challenge

The wheel spun around and landed on the following categories. 
Project: Slimine
Colors: Tea Party
Element: Word
Random: Hand Drawn Line(s)

This time around, I actually knew exactly what I wanted to do.  I dove for my Altenew tea pot and cups (already die cut and ready to color).  I had received a paper bundle of flowers from my daughter-in-Law (sounds funny, but the card spreads into a basket or bouquet of flowers).  That gift came in a beautiful large envelope that I thought was perfect for the back ground.  That's my Green Tea background (at least to me).  I used two greens and one orange marker for coloring - I haven't had coloring go so fast in ages.  LOL  The sentiment is "You're my BesTea".  I drew the flowers on the tea pot and cup, so you can see the extent of my personal drawing aptitude (NIL).  I still like this and it's the first time I used this set with some great categories to work with.

Supplies:
Altenew Tea Time Stamp & Die Bundle (on sale now)
Waffle Flower Mini Slimline Layers dies
Copic markers G20, G82& YR07
Papers in my stash
Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:
Creatalicious - "Anything Goes" w/option (not doing the option)
The Paper Funday - "Anything Goes" w/opt twist( no embossing here) #53

Classic Design - ATG #5 
Crafty Calendar post Anything but square
Love To Scrap Challenge (always Anything Goes) #161 Mix It Up Challenge Anything Goes #165 NBUS Never-Before-Used-Schtuff!  #50

May Wolrdwide Crafters and Colorists

 Worldwide Crafters and Colorists.

You MUST be a DT on any Design Team in the World to be eligible to enter this Challenge ~ New exception rule, this challenge is now open to any of Julia Spiri Facebook Members, and you are not required to be on a DT.

The challenge runs from May 15th through June 12th, 

2:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time

Visit Julia Spiri's Etsy shop for one of a kind marvelous images.

Check out the Worldwide Crafters and Colorists Challenge Blog here!

Such a lovely face to color.  I wanted to do something unusual with the framing, so I mixed some dies to get some of the framing I wanted.  

Supplies:

Julia Spiri Onalee image

My Favorite Things Outside the Box Level Up die-namics - top two die-cuts

My Favorite Things Elegant Stitched Stax die-namics

Copic markers

Kat Scrappiness Ice Ice Baby Enamel Dots

Sentiment from stash

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

Mix It Up Challenge Anything Goes + did not do any embossing #65

Cra fty Catz  weekly - every Friday  "Anything Goes" #637

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies
NBUS - challenge 50 - never been used - digital image, Onalee

A Spin of the Wheel

Another Craft Roulette experiment and I think a fun one.  I went literal on this one. #163.

The Wheel spun round and round, round and round. The Resulst:

Project: 3 tags
Colors Rose Garden
Element: May
Random: Masking

I searched for a stamp beginning with the word "May".  I found a sentiment and the cute little penguins to go with it.  Next I chose my papers to work with.  Would you believe I went with the smallest tag die I own, which led me to making a mini-slimline card.

I have three tags out of this great patterned paper, and very RED Rose garden colors (you can't see anything but the flowers).  My sentiment starts with the capitalized word "May" and the middle penguin is actually wearing a small black mask, thought the two candy canes are doing quite a good job of masking that face too. 

Supplies:
My Favorite Things Penguin Party stamps & matching dies
I can't find the large red panel dies as this red panel was on my desk
Hero Arts Infinity Dies - Nesting Tag Dies

Copic markers
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Gloss - Simply White on hats and 

Glossy Accents on the headphones

Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:

Mix It Up Challenge Anything Goes + did not do any embossing #65

Merry Little Christmas Challenge "Always Christmas & Anything Goes #50

Peace on Earth Xmas "Always Christmas & Anything Goes" #39 The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything goes" #100

Cra fty Catz  weekly - every Friday  "Anything Goes" #637

Krafty Chicks Different challenges - Week 2 Christmas 

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies