Doodle Blessings

Hi, like most things time seems to slip away from me, I wanted to post this yesterday. Anywoo, here's my most recent creation.

Doodle Blooms from Altenew

I used their watercolors (which sold out again)  along with permanent black and emboss ink as well.  I used my misty to create lots of beautiful doodle blooms and leaves. For the background, I masked off an area to add some color! The sentiment is from the Birch Land stamp set on black cardstock.
my watercolor paper is Strathmore Ready Cut Hotpress which I got from Amazon. 

I did this close up to show you the details from some of the splatter and the Nuvo Midas touch glitter pen, that I received as a gift from a dear friend!

other items used, Wink of Stella Black, white card base from Hero Arts! 

I hope you've enjoyed my creation
Eva 

RG Studio 360 Blog Hop -Foxy Fall

OMGoodness I am so excited to hopping with everyone today!
A blog hop, a new website and coming soon with new product line this fall... it's all so fabulous!
I can't wait to see what everyone has created for the hop!

Get your Foxy Fox today at RGStudio360.com 

My take on RG Studio 360 - Foxy Fall

For my card and project today, I've used lots of copics for my coloring. For the bear I used, E00, E11, E34, E74. next up is the feathers B01, BG18, BG23, BG32, BG34.  For the fox, I used N9, E09 and for other highlights, I used RV52 and BV000. 

For a bit of texture, I ran some twine on top of my cardstock and ran it through my die cutting machine. My star got a little extra touch with a bit of color from Altenew and a large wax brush.

Some additional touches here and there, like printed paper, washi, and twine!

For the treat box, I did a simple 6x6 piece of gray cardstock (sample in white) and scored at every 2 inches once, then turned my cardstock and repeated the scoring. Once I had those done, I scored from corner to corner twice.  Here are some images to help you make one.

I used the small sitting Fox on my box along with the Give Thanks sentiment.

With matching printed paper, and washi from my card these two would make the perfect gift set.

I just love how cute they turned out.

It's been a fantastic blast to hop again, with Richard Garay, the Studio Designers and

 I can't thank you enough for stopping by! 

Today I've got a special surprise for you, a giveaway! Each blogger has their favorite RG Studio 360 download to give away! Here is mine, leave a comment for your chance to win Fang Tastic! 

Here is the list of links for everyone that is part of the RG Studio Blog Hop celebrating the launch of the brand spanking new website.., if you get lost please return to 

https://rgshares.com/

RG Shares 

https://rgshares.com/welcome/

Tenia Nelson

https://jazzypaper.blogspot.com/2018/08/rg-studio-360-blog-hop.html

Victoria Calvin

http://victoriamarieblog.com/2018/08/24/rg-studio-360-blog-hop-foxy-fall-digital

Nikki Turnour

https://nikkiscreativenook.blogspot.com/2018/08/rg-studio-360-create-and-capture-blog.html

Eva Bussom ( You are here)

http://evascardsandthings.evabussom.com/2018/08/rg-studio-360-blog-hop-foxy-fall.html

Rose Curtis (Next)

https://loverosiesworld.blogspot.com/2018/08/foxy-fall.html

Misty Knott

https://baystampingwithmisty.blogspot.com/2018/08/rg-studio-360-digital-download-foxy-fall.html

Michelle Saddler Arrue

YouTube Link -  check the comments to go to the next link!

https://youtu.be/Bq3Cc2Adq8k

Linda Gorman

https://dabblesbylinda.blogspot.com/2018/08/celebrate-with-rg-studio-360-make.html

Melinda Beltran

http://www.mypapercrafting.com/2018/08/rg-studio-blog-hop.html 

RG Studio 360

https://rgstudio360.com/time-to-rise/

Thanks so much for hopping along with us and celebrating the new website!!! Subscribe to the newsletter to keep up with RG & the Team and remember to comment on each blog for the possibility of winning a free download from each designer. 

If you get lost please return to the https://rgshares.com/ 

Up Next is Rose 

Until next time, enjoy!

Eva Bussom

:)

Irresistible Inking Techniques - Altenew Academy

Irresistible Inking Techniques was an interesting class. 
I've done many of the tips shared, but I was surprised at how long ago I put it to practical use. 
So I grabbed some cardstock and got crafty!

I used the ink block technique from class for today's project.
I started with Sea Glass, which is soft and gorgeous!  I also added some splatters in Desert Night before stamping my butterflies and sentiment both from the  Bamboo Rose set. I watercolor washed the bold yellow tones from the Pocket of Sunshine ink cube set, using Fresh Lemon and Honey Drizzle.
I mounted my card front onto a foam base to secure it firmly and it adds dimension as well.
Lastly, I added a touch of Gold Wink of Stella, gave some details to the butterflies by drawing on it with a Gel pen in white and mounted it on a blue cardbase from Hero Arts. 

On a personal note: Today is day 4 without social media, I'm not gonna lie it been super hard not to go see what all my crafty friends and family have been up too, but I've got 6 more days until I complete my goal of 10 days.  I miss you all, and can't wait until March 1st.

I've also been working on my final, for my Business Law class... another challenge!

Anywho... I hope you've enjoyed my card and if you want to learn more about this class check out Altenew Academy and all the classes they have to offer!

Until next time
Eva 

Layers of Letters featuring Altenew

As most of you know I've been working on my Altenew Educator certification to teach Altenew classes! Well, they've added some new classes, one is all about Dies! Yeah, me!!  Lydia Evans is the instructor, I love the way she thinks! This is just one of the many classes she has and I totally had to do it! 

  Dynamic Die Cutting Class with Lydia is open to everyone!

Here we go...

As you can see from the image below this card has lots of layers... thus the name of today's post.

Let's start with the color: you can use colored cardstock, or you can use Ink like I did.
Today's card features the brand new ink colors, called Sweet Dreams, these blues are amazing!
They come in two sizes mini ink cubes or full-size oval ink pads and they have reinkers as well. 

The make me happy is the You Make Me happy mini stamp set. I masked off the "you" and inked it in the Jet Black Ink oval pad.  The letters are from the Caps Bold Alpha Die set. 

The cardstock is from Altenew as well, they offer a Classic Crest Solar White in 110lbs which is perfect for any project!  I also used their 3 pack glue tape to pull it all together!

My final touches were to add some Wink of Stella Gold and to add a Hero Arts card base!

Until next time
Eva

Don't forget to check out the classes at Altenew

SIP #52 A year in the making

Just wanted to jump in really quick.. and share a card I made for the 1st anniversary of SIP challenge

I used the new Hero Arts kit for my card tonight!

and some of my SIP Store Hampton Ice sequins of course!

Have a wonderful evening all

Until next time!

Eva 

PDX Keeping Portland (Oregon) Weird!

So I was chatting with Justin the other day, and Hero Arts has these amazing city stamp sets by Clearly Kelly! Well, one thing led to another and bam! After I saw his card, I knew I had to case it! Most of you who know me, know that I don't case... except in rare occasions!

He's version was going to be posted on Friday, here we are...

I really loved how each of our cards has lots of wonderful on it!

There is a link near the end of my post to Justin's blog!

This is the craziest thing I've done all week... 

Okay on to the card...

Like I said before, the stamp set I am using today is Clearly Kelly from Hero Arts.

There is the Fremont Bridge, a bike lane stamp, of course, the super cool coffee and donut! The there is a food truck! Each summer the city of Portland has a ton of food trucks with the best in the NW has to offer!  Topped off with an awesome PNW (Pacific NorthWest) is best stamp! I also cased the stamp in the background (which you can hardly see now) and since I didn't have a stamp die or punch... I created my own, I cut a 2 1/4 square piece of woodgrain cardstock and marked a 1/4 from each edge, and used my hole punch to create a stamp like shape. :) I was very proud of it!lol

I've done the mix of cardstock, chipboard, and vellum for my stamped images.

This set is fantastic, and it has everything PDX'y folks love!

Here's what I used on my card today

Bridge and blue strip  Cardstock - MFT Samps
Coffee cup and Kraft piece - Recycled Chipboard
PNW - Stampin' Up - C. Coral
Black Ink - Stazon, Memento

Food Truck - Spectrum Noir BT2-BT5

Bike Tag - Diamond Press - Tag die

Twine - Fun Stampers Journey Natural
Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen
Signo - White Gel pen

Stampendous - White Emboss powder on vellum cardstock

Cardbase - Simon Says Stamp - 120# ultra thick white

and last but not least

Sequins - Stamp, Ink, Paper Store - Hampton Ice clear 6mm cupped sequins

here's a close up :)

Oh and here's that link I mentioned above!

--->  Justin's <---

which I have no doubt will be epic, he doesn't do less than epic!!!

That's it for today.. Until next time!

Eva 

Hero Arts Spring Hello THDC#01

Okay so I found a new challenge... just starting! So I thought I'd put a little something together!

I used my Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush watercolor on wc paper. I started by selecting my Spring Hello stamp set from Hero Arts.  The colors from the challenge are so pretty, here take a look!

I used my gift card envelope die from May's HA kit.  I finsihed it off with 4mm dropplets from Pretty Pink Posh!

I also did a simple flower on the closure side of the mini envy!

AC has some wonferful twine, so I added a bit of that in blue!

Like I said.. super simple!

Until next time!
Eva

PCCC 172 A sketch by Pam

Hey it's time for another challenge at Paper Craft Crew!

I kinda felt my card needed something else... but I never did figure it out!

So if you have suggestions please post a comment! 

I strayed a bit from the actual sketch,  I made an ornament from Lawn Fawn's Stitched Circle tags.

You know how you are lucky when you find something interesting? Well I did... that awesome kraft cardboard on the ornament and in the background! To top it off was in the new blankie for Gus our dog and I've got big plans for the rest of it! :) I ran the die through the big shot, with the cardboard and also some acetate, I used some Wink of Stella and Mister Huey's on it using my a splatter effect.

Up next came the cardstock, both the White cardbase and Black cs is from Simon Says Stamp and the plaid is from the Authentique collection Everlasting.   I stamp the sentiment Season's Greetings from the Hero Arts Kelly's S'no Problem set in Memento Black and the snowflake in Stazon Black on the acetate sheet! Last I added a little bow of white twine.

Until next time,

Eva 

CYCI#94

Welcome back, today I'm back with the CYCI team, and we have a super sketch!

Here's my card for this challenge, enjoy.

I've been sick this week, so I'm just listing the products I've used

Echo Park Hello Winter Paper Pad

Hero Arts Clearly Kelly's S'no Problem Stamp Set in Memento Black ink.

Lawn Fawn Stitch Circle Tags and Bokeh in the Snow paper pad

Shimmel & AC Santa Stamp

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

Black Twine

and Pretty Pink Posh Sequins.

Until next time
Eva