Happy Veteran's Day

 Today we celebrate all men & women that have served the military so we thank you for your service and sacrifice. This card is for you

It was inspired by Mary Polanco, she made a set of cards using the smoosh technique and I liked it so decided to use her idea. I used regular distress ink instead of oxide and I did use all colors in one card just because LOL I dry in between layers antique linen, frayed burlap, vintage photo, old paper, forest moss and ground espresso. Stamped my eagle with VersaFine Clair fallen leaves which is a stamp by A Country Welcome, let it dry used anti static powder and stamped my soldiers 4 times with same ink they are from Lovely Legs military strong set by Colorado Craft Company and added clear fineline embossing powder then with a sponge dauber added some VersaFine Clair fallen leaves all around my layer. I found a piece on my scraps that was already die cut that fit my message perfectly, did some more smoosh inking and sponged and stamped with VersaFine Clair fallen leaves, the set was land of the free by Altenew, used some more scraps to add dimension just because I have more of the same pieces already cut so I could use them. Have way too many scraps

Don't forget to VOTE

 I'm one of those that don't really care if I vote or not, yes it a right I don't always use but I always complaint about the waste of tax payers money for a vote here or there, that we shouldn't have so many for things that don't even make sense, that it should only be once a year or when we have to vote for people so whatever we need to vote on keep it to then so we don't have to mail so many ballots and also make it easier to read & understand and never put two things on the same question so we don't have to decide do if we want to help veterans but don't want to help something else and then we say yes or no because helping one helps the other. The most important I hate politics so all the annoying phone calls BUT this year is important to vote since we are voting for President and in some cases for Governor like in our state so make your voice count.

In the stamping side which is why you are here for, these were done with my January 2020 Paper pumpkin I'll bee yours kit using the smooch technique. The first card with rococo rose spot ink, the printed die-cut hearts are from kit, stamped on one of them from kit set with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink and used some sequins from kit on the center of flowers, the enamel dots are from past kit, message is from dragonfly greetings set by Birch Press Desing with VersaFine Clair nocturne ink

for this card all was the same except I used lavender lace spot ink for the smooching technique

Shoebox Thursday

For today's project I have a very simple card using the smoosh ink technique with distress paint crushed olive and brushed corduroy. The stamping is from soft spring SU hostess set with VersaFine Clair nocturne, distress ink peeled paint and fossilized amber and the message from rose wonder also SU set with VersaFine Clair nocturne

I made some extra cards for my donation box but for those I changed my message using the small set tucked in thinking of you by Papertrey ink

Happy Independence

Today is Mexico's independence day. I ran out of time or just wasn't ready to get creative so just made this simple card using the smoosh ink technique. I first printed my message with the computer on heavy cardstock then I used distress ink mowed lawn on my glass mat added water and applied it with a piece of acetate,  for the red I spray some candied apple stain on my glass mat and added some water and with another piece of acetate applied the ink to my cardstock after it was dry I cut my layer with double stitched rectangle die by Kat Scrappiness and then added the center of a flag in my center

Happy Birthday

This was a playing with a new technique for me from and idea out of Creative Stamping Magazine where I got the stamps for this card. The husband of a dear friend is celebrating his birthday today so wanted to making a card and since we just got back from the coast recently this was the perfect card. All the stamps were freebies on the issue 72 of the magazine and were stamped with HA intense black and colored with Copic Markers. I did the smooch ink technique with broken china and weathered wood then I cut my layer with Kat Scrappiness double stitched rectangles while it was drying I colored my images with Copic Markers and fuzzy cut it, I could have stamped masked and then do the smooching but I would still have to fuzzy cut so decided to just fuzzy cut and glue on top and didn't have to worry about how much water I added on my paper