Art By Mi Ran Progressive Challenge ~ My First Christmas Card This Season!

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I have a fun little card that I created during a get together with a local friend of mine. She came over and we played in my craft room till the wee hours of the night. It is awesome to have met someone who is a night owl as much as I am.

My card today is my very first holiday card of the season. I have used this months Progressive Challenge Digital Image which you can get at a reduced rate or even FREE if you participated in last months challenge. Click HERE to go see all the details of the challenge over on The Art By Mi Ran Facebook Group.

I colored this adorable image using my Copic markers. The dies used are by Marianne Dies and the flower and sentiment was stamped using the Stampin' Up! set called "Reason for the Season" This stamp set is a 3 Part Stamp set which creates such depth when stamping, especially with multiple colors. See the close up photo below. I stamped the images onto a gold shimmer paper and heat set the ink. I love the reaction I had with the inks and the vintage feel to it.

Make sure to pop on over the The Art By Mi Ran Facebook group so that you can play along with us this month.

~Happy Crafting ~

Melanie 

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Crafts & Me Design Team Call ~ Dragonfly

Hi There Everyone,

I am coming to you tonight with an entry of mine that I have just posted in the Crafts and Me Facebook Group to be considered for one of their Design Team openings.

I have chosen to use a digital image called "Dragonfly". It is by artist Jerimiah Ketner.

I love that Crafts & Me has a large variety of artists and a lot of their stamps have a fantasy theme which fits perfectly with my love of fairies. 

 I have colored my image with Copic Markers in the following colors:

Skin Tones: E000, E00, E04, E11, E21, R20 

Hair: Y21, Y23, Y26, Y32, E35

Flowers and clothing: V01, V04, V06, V09 

Thank you for stopping by to visit with me today. Please check out Crafts & Me's entire website for a wide variety of stamps (both digital and rubber) as well as a large selection of craft supplies. 

 Melanie Smith

SU! Paper Pumpkin Fun ~ A Alternative Project w/ mini tutorial

Hi Friends,

Today I am coming to you today with some Paper Pumpkin Fun. September's Paper Pumpkin Subscription kit makes these adorable little Halloween treat bags. 

For a lot of us we have older children or we love our Paper Pumpkin kits because of the exclusive photopolymer stamp sets enclosed. This month's stamp set is ADORABLE!!! I for one am more of a card maker than a treat maker so I decided to play with my kit and have some "Alternative Fun"

 

I decided to create a basic card because a friend of mine, Karen, who is one of my very first subscribers came to me privately as she was hoping to receive some basic instructions on how to make cards. This was her first month with me as a subscriber so I made these basic cards showing her how any PP kit can become a card kit even when the project created by SU! is a 3-D item.

I have used the stamp set, both tags, and some of the paper fringe that was included in the Paper Pumpkin Kit. I added some card stock, brads, and Stampin' Write Markers to complete the card. All extra supplies are pictured below and also linked at the bottom of this post for your shopping convenience. 

Other supplies I used were my Fast Fuse Adhesive, hole punch, and bone folder.  

For the background I simply used a piece of Whisper White card stock and 3 Stampin' Write markers. I colored directly on each stamp one at a time then stamped directly on the paper. This gives a two tone effect perfect for fall leaves. 

I did this same technique decorating the front tag as seen below...

The tags came in the kit with just one hole so I added a second with my hole punch, inked up the leaves to create a border, and stamped my sentiment in the middle. All stamps are part of September's Exclusive Paper Pumpkin Kit.

If you would like to join My Paper Pumpkin Family simply click HERE - Once you join send me an email at fairystampland@comcast.net and I will welcome you to our exclusive Facebook group where we can all share in our Paper Pumpkin together. 

Happy Crafting! 

Melanie 

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Art By MiRan Anything Goes Challenge ~ Optional Theme... Anything But a Square

Hi Friends,

I am coming to you today with something really special. This past week Norma Lee from My Craft Room was our Guest DT. I have adored her work ever since I began designing cards. I visited her blog and fell back in love with her tutorial page. Since this week's challenge has an optional theme, "Anything But Square", I thought her Mini Round Easel Card (With a Bottom Swing Panel) would be a perfect fit for this weeks challenge. Thank you Norma for sharing your beautiful designs with all of us. They are truly a work of art!

I have used My Mind's Eye designer paper from "The Sweetest Thing - Tangerine" Line. The sentiment is from a Stampin' Up! set called "You've Got This" and is cut out using the "Chalk Talk" Die set also from SU! Many other Spellbinder Dies were also used including 

Grand Caliber Circle & Scallop sets

Classic Scallop Circle sets in small and large

Standard Circle in large

 Large Classic Inverted Scallop Circle set. 

This digital image is called Azalea and can be found in the Art By MiRan Etsy Store. It was a pure joy to color with my Copic markers. I used the following colors:

E000, E00, E04, E11, E21, E30, E33

R20, R21, R22. R24

B91, B93, B95, B97

Y17, YG63

The bottom swings out to reveal a inside section to write a personal message. 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by today. Please consider "following" my blog so you don't miss a single post.

Melanie

September's Art By MiRan Progressive Challenge

Hi Everyone,

Today I am coming to you with a new Progressive Challenge post for the Art By MiRan design team. If you haven't heard about this awesome challenge make sure you check out our Facebook Group. Each month we have a new challenge and you can get this image at a discounted price right now and if you use the image and enter our progressive challenge each month you can earn the following month's image for FREE..... 

This months image is breath taking.

I have used Prima papers along with flowers and dies to create this vintage looking card. This image has so any possibilities. Make sure to check out all the design team cards over on FACEBOOK.

Here is a close up of my coloring. I have colored her with Copic Markers in the following colors.

Skin: E000, E00, E04, E11, E21, R20 Eyes: E37, E35

Hair: E30, E33, and E35

Clothing: E41 E42, E71, E74, E77, E79

Flowers: R32, R35, R37, R39 BG 72, BG75, BG78 Y08

Background: BG000, BG01, White Gel Pen

I really enjoyed coloring the flowers in this image. Make sure to "Follow Me" so you don't miss out on future blog posts. Thank you for stopping by today.

Melanie

 

Anything Goes Challenge with Optional "Wings" Theme. ~ Conentina ~ Art By MiRan

Welcome back friends,

Welcome back. I am bringing you a fun little challenge this week. It is Art By MiRan's Anything Goes Challenge over on our Facebook Group. If you haven't yet joined us make sure to click on over to participate. 

This weeks challenge is "Anything Goes" with an optional theme "Wings" I have colored up "Conentina" which is available in a rubber stamp on the Whimsy Website HERE. I had a lot of fun coloring her with my Copic markers. 

Here is a close up of my coloring. This stamp was a joy to work with.  

Want to play along with us in our ANYTHING GOES challenge over on our Facebook Group? Simply Click HERE for details.

To Purchase Whimsy Stamps Click HERE

To Purchase Digital Images Click HERE

Thank you for stopping by today. Hope to see your projects over in the Facebook group. :-)

Heartstrings ~ Art By MiRan Progressive Challenge

Hello friends,

I apologize for the lapse of time since my last post. My family and I have been in the process of moving. We are now in our new home, though we still have a lot of unpacking to do... HaHaHa

Today I am sharing my first project from my new craft room. I am using the Art By MiRan image named Heartstrings. Make sure to pop on over to the Art By MiRan Facebook Group to see how you can pick her up for a discounted price and get FREE images in the future by participating with us in the Progressive Challenge.

I had a limited amount of my supplies while making this card but I found some really pretty embellishments that I felt matched this "Simple Stories Homespun" designer paper perfectly. I also used the "Hello You" dies from Stampin' Up! I love adding word dies to finished card. You can find these dies HERE.

I colored little miss "Heartstrings" using my Copic Markers in the following colors:

Skin: E000, E00, E04, E11, E21, R20

Hair: E30, E34, E35

Hearts:  R24, R27, R29

Dress: B34, B37, B39 

Thank you for stopping by today. Please consider "liking" my page or signing up to receive automatic emails. I would love to stay in contact with you. 

Melanie