Peace and Joy

Hello!
Samantha here, and today I'm sharing a sweet holiday scene with you!

I am totally in LOVE with houses right now! Especially around the holidays, it just seems like houses and snow falling are so warm and cozy!
I used the bird houses from Home Sweet Home stamp set and just made them people houses instead! Ha!

I watercolored all of the images with Distress Markers, and then lined them up in a circular pattern around that watercolor 'sunset' I created!

I used Seedless Preserves, Worn Lipstick and Dried Marigold Distress Inks to create the sweet sunset and then flicked some white acrylic paint on it to add the snow!
I heat embossed the sentiment from Snowy Backdrops stamp set!

Be sure to check back here on Monday for the start of an ALL NEW challenge! Yay! :)
~Samantha

Treat-filled Days are the Best Days!

Hello, and happy Friday!
Samantha M here today, and I'm sharing a fun halloween card with you!

I know, it's adorable, right?! Ha! I dressed up the clam!!!!! I can't even stand it! Ha! Ok, I'm getting ahead of myself, let me start over! Ha!

Ok, I stamped and watercolored images from Mermaid for You, Booyah and Year Six! I used Distress Markers to color and then also used them to create the water-y background! I scribbled Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio onto a scrap piece of plastic packaging, and then mixed them together with some water. Then, I just splatted the whole plastic sheet onto my card front! Once it was dry, I splattered on some white acrylic paint and then used Transliscent Embossing Paste and a wave stencil to add some subtle texture!

The sentiment is from the new Happy Howloween set! So fun!! 
I hope you enjoued this card, and that you're getting into the mood for fall and halloween! Be sure to play along with the current Lawnscaping Challenge, too!! 

Enjoy!
And thanks for spending part of your day with me!
~Samantha M

Waving Hello!

Hi there, and happy Friday!
Samantha here, sharing a fun little mermaid card!

I created this card and it actually, also, fits the current challenge going on: Pattern-palooza!!

ok, so maybe the pattern isn't 'palooza-y'...but there is a pattern!! I created the 'ocean' background and then added a small polka dotted pattern with a stencil! :)
The 'ocean' was created with Distress Inks in Peacock Feathers and Chipped Sapphire blending!

I used the adorable Mermaid for You stamp set! I watercolored those cute as can be mermaids with Distress Markers!
And I heat embossed the sentiment in white on some black cardstock, which adds some fun contrast to the card!

Be sure to check out the current challenge with your favorite patterns: stencils/paper/you name it!
Thanks again!
~Samantha

Just Waving Hello!

Hi there!

Samantha M here with you today, and I'm sharing a cute little card featuring the ADORABLE narwhal from the Mermaid for You stamp set!

I really LOVE this cute, clean and simple card! I tried to focus all of my attention on the adddddooooorrraaaable narwhal (did I say that? Ha!).
I watercolored the little guy with Distress Markers and then added some dots with a white gel pen and also Distress Markers (I just didn't blend those parts out with water!).

the waves were made with Distress Inks and little light handed blending! They are actually the 'wrong' part of the Ocean Wave Border Dies! SO FUN!!!
I popped up the top wave, and then added a little gold mist drops for some sun! I really think this card is so sweet, and I really hope you did too!

Be sure to come back on Monday, to see what the new challenge will be! Hint: I LOVE IT! Ha! :)
Thanks again for spending part of your day with me!
~Samantha

Waving Hello from Under the Sea

Hi!

Samantha here, and today I'm sharing an adorable little card featuring one of the mermaids from the new Mermaid for You stamp set! 

Oh I just love how it came out!

I colored the images with Distress Markers and then fussy cut them out! I added some dot details by dotting in areas with the marker I had watercolored with, as well as a shade darker and a white gel pen! I have to say, I'm totally smitten with that for underwater critters - it looks like they're shimmering under the water!!! I may have colored about...50 other water images like this...ha!

I created the backgound with Ken Oliver Color Bursts and then sprayed water along the edges of the color, so it would really soften them up - totally in LOVE with that look! 

I finished the card with a little Spectrum Noir glitter pen in clear on the crown and sea horse fins! :)

Thanks for stopping by and sharing part of your day with me!

Hope this card made you smile and inspired you to get watercoloring!

~Samantha

What's Kraken?

Hello and good morning!
Samantha here and today I'm sharing a Fun card that is really fun!! Ha!

I just LOVE the new Lovable Legends stamp set, don't you? All of those mythical (Nessie is REAL!! Ha!) creatures are just SO cute, and the phrases crack me up!!!

I watercolored the images with Distress Markers and then fussy cut them out. I also added some sparkle with my Spectrum Noir Glitter Pen to the sails and 'blush' of the creature! :)

For the background, first I colored some vellum with copcis and then spritzed it with some rubbing alcohol for a watercolor effect - it's beautiful in real life! Lol! Then I heat embossed the OTHER side of the vellum with the Woodgrain Backdrops to look like waves!! So fun!
I even cut out some of the woodgrain to look like waves! Then I popped up the images and stamped the sentiment!

I hope this makes you smile, and be sure to come right back here on Monday morning when the NEW Lawnscaping Challenge will be live! I think you're really going to like it!! :)

Thanks again for spending some of your day with me! :)
~Samantha

Sending hedgehugs . . .

Hello Lawnscapers!! 

It's Lenny, from the FIT here with you today!!
Hope you had a fun Halloween yesterday, for those who celebrate it!

For this month's post, I made a card and I used some embossing paste 
and a stencil to create a fluffy background.  :) 

Here it is ... 

When the embossing paste was dry, I added some color to a couple

of embossing dots with a few Distress Markers.

For a complete list of supplies: click HERE!

There's a new challenge on Monday, stay tuned!! :) 

Happy Saturday!

Lenny