I'd Hug You

Howdy y'all!

It's been a while so let me reintroduce myself! My name is Mary Ellen Driggs and my blog is Creative Time With M.E.

I am so happy to be back as a guest designer for the Clever Dexter blog!

Our Sponsor this time around is La Casetta sull'albero di Chicca 

This Month's Theme Challenge is: JUST BECAUSE 

For this Month's Theme Colors, we have : 

Red, Pink, Blue, White, & Dark Red

The challenge runs from February 1 to February 28!

I was so happy to get a chance to play with Sweet Little Red Riding Hood!

For my card, I started out by printing the image. Onto some white cardstock and removable sticker paper. Then I fussy cut the sticker paper to create a mask for the image. Once the mask was on, I brought out some stencils. For the ground I used Simon Says Stamp Grassy Edges with Evergreen ink. After that I brought out Trinity Stamps Layered Birch Stencils. Which I applied Espresso, Toffee, and VersaFine Clair Pinecone ink to create the scene. As for the sky and moon, I used Homemade Stencils along with Sapphire and Pacifica ink. The girls coloring is Ohuhu markers, Uniball Signo White, and ARTEZA Inkonic Fineliners.

Stamps: CasettaSullalbero Sweet Little Red Riding Hood, CTMH A Piece of My Heart

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: VersaFine Clair Pinecone, MFT Extreme Black, CTMH Sapphire, Pacifica, Espresso, Toffee, Evergreen

Accessories: Simon Says Stamp Grassy Edges, Trinity Stamps Layered Birch Stencil, Ohuhu markers, Uniball Signo White, ARTEZA Inkonic Fineliner, CTMH Sponge, Amazon makeup brush

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Stay Safe!

Stay Crafty!

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,

M.E.

Pumpkin Spice oh so Nice

Howdy! 

Mary Ellen from Creative Time With ME here!  Today I have a fun eclectic pumpkin card to share and video too!

Stamps: Art Impressions/Simon Says Stamp Pumpkin Spice

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Kraft

Ink: Catherine Pooler Icing On The Cake

Accessories: FolkArt Vivid Orange, Seashell Pink, Delta Creative Ceramcoat Candid Coral, Calypso Coral, Tim Holtz Distress Paint Vintage Photo, M. Graham & Co Quinacridone Violet, Cadmium Red Light, Spellbinders Pumpkins Nestabilities, Recollections Halloween Pumpkins

This video shows the creation of this fun card! 

Here are similar dies you can find in the Dies R Us site.

Impression Obsession - Dies - Pumpkin Set

Poppystamps - Dies - Pile Of Pumpkins

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Thank you for stopping by!

Stay Healthy! 

Stay Safe!

Day at the Park

 Howdy Y'all!

Mary Ellen here from Creative Time With ME!  Today I have an adorable Bendi Card featuring Lawn Fawn stamps. 

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters at the Dog Park

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Crystal Blue, Nutmeg, Willow, VersaFine Clair Nocturne

Accessories: Marianne Design Bendy Card Die, Lawn Fawn Critters at the Dog Park dies, Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils Deco Peach, 20% French Grey, Blush Pink, 90% Warm Grey, 10% French Grey, Ohuhu Art Markers NG5, NG3, NG7, Spectrum Noir Triblend Tan, Brown Grey, Earth Brown, Coral, Simon Says Stamp Grassy Edges stencil, homemade cloud stencil, CTMH Round Sponge

I have video showing the creation of this adorable card! 

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Thank you for stopping by!

Stay Healthy! 

Stay Safe!

Dachshund Your Birthday

Howdy!

Today's card is being entered  into these challenges:
A Blog Named Hero - Birthday Challenge
AAA Birthday Card Challenges - Game #10 Cute
Time Out Challenges - Challenge #155. 
Use the quote - "It's your birthday, so party and throw acts of kindness around like confetti!"
#SSSIGCHALLENGE - Which is Simon Says Stamp Challenges on Instagram. This month's challenge is to create birthday cards.
Spectrum Noir Creative Community (on Facebook) challenge - which is birthdays

Stamps: Hero Arts Holiday Dachshund, Messages

Ink: CTMH Intense Black

Accessories: Spectrum Noir Triblend Earth Brown, Brown Grey, Jade Green, Coral, Dark Red, Bright Pink, Purple

My inspiration for the card. And one of the lights of my life is my sweet girl Samantha. She's a very sweet girl unless she has a toy or is playing with one of our other dogs. Then she's a real terror. Also, it's quite hard to get a good picture of her. Because when they were coming up with Vantablack, aka the blackest black. They must of used her as a reference, LOL. When we go downstairs at night, with the lights out. We find her by looking for the black hole looking area. But, I wouldn't go putting anything on her back. Well except for a dog toy or treat.

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Your Time to Shine

Howdy!

I created today's card for the Simon Says Stamp blog challenge. Also, it's my early birthday present to myself! The challenge over at SSS is Stars. When the subject of stars comes up, my mind goes to where they come from which is the galaxy. So that is where the inspiration for this card came from. 

Stamps: Spellbinders Wink Wink

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Vellum

Ink: VersaMark Dazzle Frost, Dylusions Ink Spray Vibrant Turquoise, Black Marble, Crushed Grape, White Linen, Pure Sunshine, Art Anthology Juicy, Perfect Pearl Mists Perfect Pearl

Accessories: Ranger Princess Gold Embossing Powder, M. Graham & Co Titanium White

For this card, I decided to use my favorite technique for making galaxies. And that is to use Dylusions Spray Inks. A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

As for the white splatter, I used some Acrylic paint. In the past, I have used White Daisy ink for the splatter. But I decided to change things up for today's card. I applied the paint using a toothbrush. First, I sprayed the toothbrush with water. Next, I dabbed some paint onto the toothbrush. Then, I flicked the toothbrush using my finger. I did this until I was happy with the look on the card front. 

I also realized that I wanted to place a sentiment on the card. But, I didn't want to detract from the beautiful galaxy image. So I chose to stamp my sentiment onto some vellum. Vellum is beautiful, but can be a hard surface for sticking things down. At least if you wish to hide the adhesive. For my sentiment, I chose to cut a piece wider than the image on my card. I then used washi tape to stick the image on the back. And then I used foam adhesive to pop the card front up a bit. 

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,

M.E.