Stampin' In Alaska

  A new challenge has posted over at the Word Art Wednesday blog .  My project features the Giant Happy Birthday die from our sponsor Lawn Fawn. The one and only Lawn Fawn Stamps is the sponsor for this FUN new challenge. Lawn Fawn carries a wide variety of high- quality ADORABLE dies and stamps.  One lucky person will WIN a generous $25 gift certificate to spend at Lawn Fawn .  That's a real treat considering they have SO many great stamps and dies in their AMAZING shop. One very lucky person will win this awesome prize.  Thanks for your support, Lawn Fawn .   As always, you are welcome to save the word art to your computers; but you are never required to use it in order to play along in our challenges or to win. We welcome you to share your all you r art with us; remembering that Anything Goes as long as it's family-friendly and uses an encouraging or uplifting sentiment.   I had so much fun with the die that I created a few cards for more stash....

I'm joining the current sketch challenge at Your Next Stamp with their adorable Aquarium Antics stamp and die set.  This set is so much fun!  It includes several puny sentiments, water critters and two fish tanks for fun scenes. I started the card by experimenting with Tim Holtz Alcohol inks on Yupo cardstock for the base panel.  I mixed Indigo, Mermaid and Lettuce.  I kept adding layers, spritzing alcohol and blending solution until I was satisfied with the coloring. I layered a white panel with the circle cuts on top of the Yupo.  Finally, I spritzed Dylusions ink on the white panel for an extra "water" looking effect.  The little critters were stamped onto water color paper, colored with Tombow Markers and die cut. Of course, I couldn't resist adding googlie eyes to the little crab!  He just makes me smile.  I finished with a few enamel dots for extra color and texture. I'm sharing my card with the following: Your Next Stamp S...