Black & White & One More Color

Hello, friends!    It's kReN@afourthlife sharing some digital fun with you today at the Artsystamper Challenge Blog.  We're focusing on our theme-- Black and White and One Other Color --  and I chose images from the set called Field Flower Silhouettes and a sentiment from Beverly's Rose Stamp Set. 

        

The winner of our two week challenge will receive the stamp set of their choice from TheArtsystamperShop. Beverly Cole’s selections offer stamps and sentiments in each set as well as pre-colored images for easy, last minute cards. Why not take a moment and check out what she has in the store!

Join us!

kReN@afourthlife

Check out Bev's images!

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and check out Bev's amazing digital image tutorials on
 BZCole Mixed Media on YouTube

Blessed Turkey Time

Hello, Friends!  

TAGS!  TAGS!  TAGS!

I used some snowman circles and a stitched daisy die.
I hand cut a beak and wattle and added wiggle eyes. 
Hope he makes you smile!

MHK Designs Bunny and Tulips

Hello, Friends!  It's Kren here to share a beautiful MHK Designs image with you today for the MHK monthly challenge.  I'm using a freebie provided by Mynn to get me in the mood for pastels and Easter.  This bunny with the row of tulips is really cute and I love how it turned out.  I love all Mynn's products, but this little bunny with his tulips really makes me smile!  Hope it makes you smile too!

Christmas Cheer

It's always good to add to your stash

of Christmas cards.

I ran across a printed sheet with images

from Diane's Daydream Designs,

a digital company no longer in business.

What fun to work with Diane's images again.

Here are my finished cards.

I will share my projects at Christmas at Sweet Stampin', Digi Choosday Challenge, 

Happy Little Stampers, MHK Designs, Sweet Stampers, The Ribbon Girls, The Sisters of Craft , 
Through The Craft Room Door

Counting My Blessings

Thanksgiving is a perfect time to count your blessings.  The Autumn Words embossing folder by Cuttlebug captures my list.  Hope, Thankful, Faith, Love, Harvest, Autumn...and too many Blessings to list.  I used the Stitchy Fall set.  Deedee's Digis sponsors many challenges and we're giving away prizes for the Outlawz challenge right now.  You should join in on the fun and share what you are thankful for.

Stitchy Fall

MFP Blog Hop Day 2 and the Cutest Giraffe

It's blog hop time at MFP, and I am here to share a 
card for a small child.
It's a flip card and uses one of my favorite color combinations.

Zoo Friends 2013, Bundles of Joy 2014

And now let's get on to Day 2 of the blog hop!

•••••••••••••••••••••• WELCOME TO MFP STAMP SHOP

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS
  BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, OCT. 27-30 FOR SOME CHILD LIKE FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the OCT 30 POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Child related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the post. The winners will be announced on Nov. 14, 2015 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday Nov. 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
OCT. 27- GIFT CARD HOLDER by Vickie
OCT. 29- A FUN FOLD by Sandy

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie,  Jane,   Karen, kReN (That's me!),  Lois ,   Marilynn,  Pat,  Pam,  Sandy ,  Shirley,  Toni,  Vickie,  MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop.  Come back each day for more Kiddo fun. We hope to inspire you to start your own Kids projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by Nov. 13 
and check back on Nov. 14, 2015 to see if you are a winner. 

MFP Blog Hop Day 1 and Welcome, Little One!

Hello, Friends!  It's Kren here again
to share MFP Stamp Shop images and blog hop information.
My card today is for a newborn and is a flip card.

And now, let's get to the blog hop!

••••••••••••••••••••••

WELCOME TO MFP STAMP SHOP

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS
  BLOG HOP

JOIN US EACH DAY, OCT. 27-30 FOR SOME CHILD LIKE FUN. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the OCT 30 POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Child related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the post. The winners will be announced on Nov. 14, 2015 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday Nov. 13, 2015 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
OCT. 27- GIFT CARD HOLDER by Vickie
OCT. 29- A FUN FOLD by Sandy

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie,  Jane,  Karen,  kReN (That's me!),  Lois ,  Marilynn, Pat,  Pam,  Sandy ,  Shirley,   Toni,  Vickie,  MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day for more Kiddo fun. We hope to inspire you to start your own Kids projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by Nov. 13 and check back on Nov. 14, 2015 to see if you are a winner. 

Happy Graduation Day

It's a month for graduations and here's a card for the Brown Sugar challenge. Hope you enjoy it!

Shoe La La

Today's first card is called Shoe La La because a girl just can't have too many pairs of shoes.  The images are from The Angel Company and the sentiment is computer generated.   It will be entered at Mark's Finest Papers/SpeedyTV Inspiration challenge.

It's Friday and an Envie Pocket Card

Happy Friday, Friends! Today I have an Envie Pocket Card to share with you.  It begins with an A2 envelope that is cut, embossed and crimped, and decorated.

It creates a little pocket for a tag with your note or sentiment.  It will be entered at the MFP/Speedy Fox and Friends, Stampnotique Designers SCD103, The Paper Shelter, There She Goes, and Stamps & Fun = Creativity challenges.  See you again soon!

Low-Cal Yummy

Today's low-cal yummy card:  A cupcake for someone special for MFP/Speedy TV/Simple Salutations--birthdays.  Other challenges:  Loves Rubber Stamps, Make It Monday, Word Art Wednesday, Tuesday Throwdown, Vicky's at Lady Anne's Challenges, Crafting Desert Divas--ribbon, Make My Monday--ribbon.

I'm a Big Fan

Hello!  The challenge says find something in your house to inspire you.  I looked around and found that we have quite a few old fans.  I have 2 in my studio, my husband has one in his shop, and I have one in a bedroom.  So that became my inspiration for this card:

My Cuttlebug got a workout with this one and I think the color combo is just quirky enough to work.   The card is for a challenge at Friends of Speedy TV #72.  Thanks for stopping by!

Muslin/Tissue Paper Tutorial

Hello, Paper Artists!  Welcome back to A Fourth Life.  Because I attended parochial schools and was on the business track in high school, I never was able to take art classes as electives.  That may be why I love to make backgrounds for my cards using art supplies.  Today, I have another mini-tutorial using muslin, magazine photos, glue, silver paint, and tissue paper. I am hoping Victorine Original Stamps--Mother's Day, and Speedy TV/FOSTV--tissue paper like my finished product.   Cut a piece of muslin and coat it with white liquid glue.  Attach cut out glossy photos from your favorite magazines to create a collage effect.  Let dry completely.  Coat again with white glue and crinkle tissue paper and lay on top.  Let it dry completely.  Dry brush silver paint in parts of the sheet of paper.  Use this background paper to make your card.  You might consider making the design and embellishments simple since the background will be so striking and textured.  Thanks for stopping by!

This card will be entered in the following challenges:
Splendiferous Creations--a feminine touch;  Broken Box Stock -- Mother's Day;  Make It Monday--Anything Goes;  Brown Sugar--Mother's Day;  Chocolate Coffee Cards--Mother's Day;  Creative Corner--Mother's Day;  Dilly Beans--the word Mother on the card;  Crafter's Cafe--Mother;  DL.Art Thankful Thursday--Anything Goes;  Word Art Wednesday--Anything Goes

Star Dreams

My second post today!  I've created a card called Blue and White Star Dreams.  I had a particular little boy in mind who should always have sweet dreams and who wears denim, denim, denim.   It was created with a burlap background stamp using denim distress ink and trimmed with deckle decorative scissors.  The stamp is a favorite but of unknown origin because it was unmounted long ago.   Not too much ribbon was applied so it wouldn't get too "girly" and my Sketch with a Twist challenge card over at MFP/Speedy TV was completed.  It will also be entered into the Stamping Chef "for a boy" challenge, that is, if Mr. Linky let me play along! And Through the Craft Room Door--Anything Goes.  Thanks for peeking in again!

Vellum Black-Eyed Susan

Today's card was inspired by my Bush Daisies that are in bloom.  It uses both dry and wet/heat embossing, a flower image from MFP's Black Eyed Susan for Encouragement set that you can see here, a daisy punch, my favorite color ribbon,  and follows the challenge requirements at Sketch with a Twist at Speedy TV.  This card will be entered into:  365 Cards--Welcome Spring,  Bearly Mine Challenges-spring flowers, Word Art Wednesday--anything goes. We're having hot days here this week and many of you aren't even having Spring yet.  FL is sure to have a hot summer if we're reaching 90 degrees in mid-April.  Thanks for stopping by!  Take care and have a great day!

Valentine's Day Card Challenge--Simple Heart

Cbug Embossing Folder, MS Border Punch, Spellbinder Heart, and Simple Heart is created!

Today's card is called Simple Heart.  I used a Spellbinders scalloped heart, a MS heart border punch, a Cuttlebug heart embossing folder, and a ribbon.   The Tiny Tidbits sentiment is from The Angel Company.   A CAS card that was fun to make!  Go over to the MFT site to see the Simple Sentiments challenge at http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/simple-salutations-challenge-31-02-06-13

Bicycle Masculine Birthday Card

Bicycle All-Occasions Card

I'm having a memorial service today for my embossing heat tool,  "Gunner" as I fondly called him.  No amount of coaxing will bring him back to life and my intentions of making a Cracked Glass card for another challenge are dashed.  Instead, I turned my energies to a masculine birthday card for the Speedy Fox & Friends challenge.  No cars or tools for this one, but I love this bike stamp that I thought might bring back childhood memories to a guy.  Kind of brings Easy Rider to mind, doesn't it?  With a manual varoom, varoom required.  Five days of 50% chance of rain are headed my way so maybe I can come up with a sketch card for MFP.

B/W/Y At the Beach

The flowers are in bloom, the birds are singing, the stream is roaring, and our friends are at the beach.  In honor of their beach trip for the holiday weekend, I made a black/white/yellow card.  Yellow for the sun, white because they will start off pale without a tan, and black because blue seemed too predictable.  I challenged myself to use a die and gingham ribbon so you will see those elements.  I found a white heart button and a great sentiment from MFP.  So this card is off to the Sketch with a Twist challenge and I am off to run an estate errand.