Fall Critters

 Okay so I'm not a huge fan of squirrels, they are constantly digging holes in my garden and yard for acorns. However, that being said I have caught them stealing small pumpkins from my yard and it is pretty cute...Scroll to the bottom for super cute pumpkin stealing squirrels...

Anyways so I when I saw this stamp set I surprisingly was like ohhhh it's so cute, and mostly for the sentiments. I just had to go for it. I definitely got me some nuts around me!! Pretty straight forward card with some Ohuhu coloring and fussy cutting and ink rubbing for the background. The stamp is Hampton Art  by Tracey Hey and I used Ranger Distress Inks for the background. 

Watch out for those squirrels this fall!! Barbara

It's That Time of Year

 I bet you thought I was going to say Christmas! In reality though I always think in school years! I think having been a teacher for so many years, my year starts in September and ends in August. So, I am making some cute teacher cards for some friends for this year. Tah dah!

First things first, lots of coloring of pencils and fussy cutting...Fussy cutting is not my favorite friend, but these pencils were a a great find at the Dollar Store, Crafter's Square  has some great surprises if you're willing to fussy cut.  I found a real "silver" alcohol marker at Hobby Lobby with the Master's Touch brand. 

This paper is ADORABLE. It's American Crafts find from JoAnn Fabrics. I peruse lots of stores...

Cut a circle for my shaker window, add some plastic to the back and I actually doubled my dimensional foam for making the shaker taller so the pencils could move better.

Find cute yellow card stock for details, although this photo really doesn't look yellow, but it really is! 

How cute! The sentiment is Brutus Monroe, such a great one for this time of the year. To often teacher's don't get to hear how much they matter. Happy Teaching!

Stained Glass Card

 

This card was SUPER simple to make! You can take any fun cad overlay die and cut it out in black card stock. Step one done! Two I used the holographic paper and mounted it as a background on an A2 card. I placed dimensional tape around the outside of the A2 card base and then filled the inside with beautiful rainbow sparkle sequins. I'm pretty sure this was a set of sequins from Michaels. If you go to the kids craft section instead of cards / scrapbooking sometimes you can find some bright sequins and shaker bits that aren't in the other section.

So to finish the top of the card I hand cut a rectangle out of a second piece of holographic paper making the frame that you see in the picture. So then I took dot adhesive (it's faster than using detail glue) and used it on the back of the black diecut cardstock, attached it to the frame holographic paper, and then attached those to a piece of plastic wrapper from one of my stamp packages. I then last placed that on top of the shaker card with the dimensional adhesive and sequins. It really was a fast card to make. I think this one really packs a pop though with all the colors!

Mermaid Watercolors

 I love anything fantasy inspired such as mermaids, fairies, dragons, sign me up! This card looks harder than it was, really! All of the watercolor was Colorista markers on a piece of glass, being mopped up by water color paper, then sprinkled with kosher salt and left to sit for at least an hour. I use the glass from an old picture frame because it gives me lots of space to work with. The green leaves are also from watercolor. Sometimes pretty paper makes everything just come together!

I use a Momenta Christmas Wreath die to cut out all the foliage and the mermaid and sea turtle are from Hero Arts and colored with Ohuhu alcohol markers. The tiny bit of glitter is actually Glitz embossing powder from Recollections. If you look closely too you can see mermaids in the sequins, how fun is that!! 

A few gem embellishment with Buttons and Galore half pearlz (I LOVE their half pearlz) and all done! I plan on putting up a shaker reel on Instagram @bkeeleycrafts in the next couple weeks that will show how to make that shaker sequin window. Shaker cards are really super approachable!

Lisa Frank Unicorn

 

Today I am sharing my Lisa Frank inspired card! I LOVE this card. I have a few things I would do better but it definitely gives off the right vibes!

It looks like it has so much going on but the zebra is a deco foil toner print with Mystic Rainbow deco foil and the Happy Birthday was also made using deco foil. The unicorn is a sticker from my Lisa Frank sticker book and the little dots are fabric paint in various colors. When you take all that away, which is pretty straight forward it's really just the background!!

The background is ink blending of yellow first in the middle and then pink and blue on the edges, the overlap made the green and orange, yay for color theory! The I took my leopard print stencil and ink blended with black a few spots, I went for a triangle to help move the eye around the card, without having to fill in the entire background, it's already a very busy card so I didn't want to fill the whole space with the print.

Ta Dah! That's it, back it on some paper and it's all done. I can't wait to make another Lisa Frank inspired card. Her aesthetic is just so fun!