A Slice of Life!

Happy Mother's Day weekend Everyone! - To all of the beautiful women who WANT to be a Mom, but for some reason or another can't - you are a Mom at heart... To All those who are Mother's, but may be going through a challenging time with your children...To all those who are blessed to be a Mother - I pray a special blessing to all of you - may the LORD grant you peace, love, comfort and strength to get through today. May you find joy in today and this weekend as you celebrate. May the JOY of the LORD be yours today...


Today is Sweet Stop Sketch Day! Welcome! Today, I am sharing a project using lots of FUN toys! I started my project by using the Technique Junkie Newsletter and the technique Zen Stamping.

To paint this SWEET little Slice of Life Peeker from the Sweet Summer's Peekers Collection available at Susana's Custom Art and Card Design, I used the SHIMMERY Inspiration Paints. Have you ever used these? They are so creamy, smooth and have just the right amount of shimmer in them! To create the Zen Stamping technique from the Technique Junkie Newsletter, I used the Copic Multi Glitter Pen Set .

Here is this weeks sketch! Come join in on the fun!

Here is how I created some of the fun details on this! I love that with the Silicone Molds (they are so cool!) I can create my own embellishments to coordinate with my projects.

Using the Martha Stewart Garden Silicone Mold and my Crafting Tools, I gently patted the Viva Crystal Gel (Hologram) in the mold. Starting with a small amount and making sure I gently pat down to get inside each of the grooves to catch all of the fabulous details. Marti created a fabulous video HERE on SCACD with great details on how to use the Viva Crystal Gel and Silicone Molds. There are also a variety of colors of the Crystal Gel and other Silicone Molds available HERE.

Allow time to dry - over night or 24 hours. I often make a bunch of these ahead of time and set them aside to color for projects when needed.

Carefully peel out of the mold and there will be some gel that has dried and is stuck to the edges. This easily peels away.

Using a Stipple Brush and the LuminArte Silks in Vaboom Red, I stippled the color on the Silicone Molded flowers and allowed them to dry while I stamped and painted the Slice of Life Peeker .

I then layered all of the card stock using assorted Circle Punches and ran them through the Big Shot with an embossing folder. Susana has such a COOL variety of embossing folders! I adhered the Silicone Molded flowers with Mini Glue Dots.

When you are done looking here, please take some time to be inspired by the Sugar Babies creations: Cathy McCauley, Monika Davis, Janice Melton, Shannon White and Shelby Goolsby

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a WONDERFUL Mother's Day!!!

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER...

Hello Everyone - It is Saturday again! Isn't it amazing how fast each week goes (weekends too! LOL) Today is another fabulous day and the Sweet Stop Sketch team is sharing another fabulous sketch created by my friend Korin Sutherland!

I started my project with a piece of water color card stock. Using a water color brush and Twinkling H20's I did a quick wash over it to create a soft background then used a Heat Tool to speed up the drying.

I then ran the Courtship Embossing folder through the Big Shot and using the water color brush and the Twinkling H20's - saturated the card stock to add more color. I heat set it with the Heat Tool and painted the Luminarte SILK  Acrylic Paint in Vaboom Red as an accent and allowed the background to dry for a few hours.

While the paper dried, I painted the tips of the Wild Orchid Craft Roses with the  Luminarte SILK  Acrylic Paint in Vaboom Red so I would have coordinating flowers to embellish my card. 

I used the twinkling H20's to paint the adorable Guardian Angel collection available now at Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. I used the cutie called Knowledge is Power Angel. I cut out a Circle Spellbinders and painted the border with the Luminarte SILK  Acrylic Paint. I then added a layer with the Heart Circles Spellbinders Die, adhering them together using Mini Glue Dots.


I used the ScrapPerfect Best Glue Ever to adhere all of the layers of card stock together and ScrapPerfect Best Cleaner Ever to clean the stamps I had stamped in Versamark Ink, sprinkled with Black Embossing Powder and heat embossed. Susana also has refills available HERE. I added a sentiment that came from a set from Unity Stamps.


When you are done looking here, please take some time to be inspired by the Sugar Babies creations: Cathy McCauley, Monika Davis, Janice Melton, Shannon White and Shelby Goolsby

Other Challenges I played along with: Stampin' For the Weekend - Layer Upon Layer, 2 Sisters Challenge - Anything Goes, Joanna Sheen Challenges - Flower Power, Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Spring Bling



Thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!