Mission ... Possible!

Hi friends!

Happy March!

I love March and the approach of the first day of spring,

and in just a few months, it will be summer

and our schedules free up a lot!

 And I also love that my birthday is in March
and my family always makes it a fun week/end!

I hope you had a marvelous weekend!

We've enjoyed some cooler temps here 

and spent nearly the entire weekend outdoors ♥

Today's card is an absolute mess!

But, let me 'splain!

 Mission ..... Possible is a new card group started by Jeanette,

and she graciously invited Barb and myself to join her in this mission.

The idea is based on a product she bought - and then 2 more - 

and she packed up the 'mystery' item and mailed it to us.

This will be a quarterly challenge and we 3 will attempt

the mission in a creative way. 

Jeanette's card is here +
Barb's card is here.

 And the mystery item is ....
 Ink on 3 Liquid Pixie Dust!

I confess, the only Pixie Dust I'm used to is what we see at

Walt Disney World in the Peter Pan ride, LOL!

 

 For my card, I decided to go in the direction of a brick wall with graffiti.
The melancholy bunny from Honey Bee Stamps
was my muse and my idea was: brick wall, stencil, paints, graffiti.

I just picked up some Tim Holtz distess oxide spray in Cracked Pistachio
and knew I was going to work with the brick wall stencil as a background.
My thought was:  The pixie dust and oxide would be a nice pairing.

yeah.

Unfortunately you can't see either very well
(what's that saying? Can't see the forest through the trees?!)
because I paired both with a matching color of distress oxide ink.
In hindsight, a hue in the same color wheel would have worked better
rather than the exact. same. color!
After distress oxide ink blending the background with the stencil,
I spritzed the oxide spray all over the cardstock.

Tip:  Let this dry overnight! 
It's wet like the Rio Grande, my friends!
I tried the heat gun and didn't like the result
so I spritzed several more and let them dry overnight = ta da!
Once I picked a panel I liked, I popped in a piece of snow hill stitched white cardstock as a base sidewalk and added the Ink on 3 Pixie Dust
by adding it to a paint brush and randomly flicking it onto the 'wall' piece.
 I added a frame and popped up the bunny on foam, added some dots,
stamped on the sentiment from a Paper Smooches set 
and there. you. go!

I stenciled,
distress oxided, 
spritzed distress paint,
spritzed again with some Pixie Dust,
colored,

glued,
stamped,
and this card did not self destruct!

 I'd say ...

Mission Accomplished!

The card actually turned out cute and the creative process was a fun one,
despite the mishaps and mess.
I think the jury is still out on whether Pixie Dust is for me...

unless I'm at Walt Disney World, of course :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥
~Kelly

Drive by Crafts ~ Celebrate!

Hi friends!

I love surprises!  I really, REALLY do! 

And sometimes I even manage to surprise myself! LOL!
Like today!

I'm up on the Drive By Crafts blog today 

(thinking it was for tomorrow - but it was for today ~ see!  Surprise!  Hee hee!)

I'm so blessed that Annette from Drive By Crafts is such a sweetheart ♥

More importantly, she has amazing stamps and dies and goodies in her store!

Including a wonderful assortment of stamps in the clearance section ~

ANd, yes ~ there's more! ~ shipping is economical and FAST!

Here's what I love so much about stamps ...

finding ways to stretch their use and make your purchase 

affordable AND smart!

This holiday Blah Humbunny stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps

is now a Celebration Box bunny! 

Here's how I made this delightful card:

 First, I stamped out the box stamp from the set onto designer paper,

then cut that out, paper pieced it with paper from Illustrated Faith.

Using heavy weight #110 white cardstock, I used my distress oxide

ink in broken china to create a background.

I stamped the bunny in the same cardstock and cut that out as well,

and layered it behind the box because

 the stamped/colored gift was going in it.

Next, I stamped out some confetti swirls from the Celebration Box stamp set

and added some berrylicious sequins to finish the card.

You can find the products I used on this card at Drive By Crafts 

store and so much more ~

reasonable prices, fast shipping, amazing customer service!

Please note that Annette @Drive By Crafts has had to take emergency leave

home but will be back in her store shipping very soon! 

For a quick glance, here are some of the products I used:

 Thanks for stopping by today!
Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly