I love the new Tim Holtz oxide inks

Have you tried the new Tim Holtz oxide inks?  I finally found some at Michael's up in Cincinnati last week and I decided to only buy 3 colors so I could try them out. I bought: Broken China, Wilted Violet and Cracked Pistachio. I love what these inks will do that regular distress inks will not. These inks blend beautifully together where with distress inks, they can be somewhat blending challenged. Also, you can stamp directly ONTO the stamp with these ink pads where you don't get a clear crisp image when you do it with distress inks.

While I was in FL this past week, I stopped at 3 different Michael stores and 1 Joann's to see if they had any oxide inks and they had ZERO. So today I looked at eBay and decided to order 5 more colors. I can't wait to get them and play with them next week.

I used the oxide inks for the background of the card and I also stamped the cactus stamp directly into the inks.

Cactus stamp by: Stampabilities
Sentiment by: Art Impressions
Background by: Tim Holtz Oxide inks

Margarita's anyone?

As You Like It - Favorite Fruit (and why)
Little Miss Muffet - Anything Goes
Die Cuttin Divas - Summer Food
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes


I love ALL fruits in the summertime but I especially love pineapple. I love it on pizza, I love it in fruit salads, I love pineapple upside down cake and I love it by itself.  It's so sweet and I could eat it everyday!

I used the new Lawn Fawn Color Slider die for this card. This die cut makes it soooo easy to make a slider card.

A truck with some washi!

With Father's Day just around the corner, I pulled out my washi tape and this truck stamp and voila! A cute man's card if I do say so myself :).

Craft Rocket - For the Boys/Men
Star Stampz - Make it for a Man
Crafty Gals - Vintage
Fab 'n' Funky - Vintage
Tuesday Throwdown - For the Men
Unicorn Challenge - For the Guys

Have you tried the new Magic Color Slider yet by Lawn Fawn?

My stamp store had these in stock so I was pretty excited to get it before it flew off the shelves. I watched a you tube video and I could not wait to try it.  It took me a few tries to get it right but I finally can do them now with no "issues". One issue I had was I found out I had to use 1/8" thick double sided tape. It makes it SO MUCH easier to slide in and out. Anything bigger than 1/8" is too wide and you have to cut it to fit and it just was not working right.

Inkspirational Challenge - Windows

Father's Day card for my hubby

Crafty Cardmakers - Father's Day
Always Fun - For Dad
Cards in Envy - You're the Man

Elephant stamp by Unity Stamps
Sentiment by Hero Arts

Twist Pop Up with flamingos

This is the first time making one of these funky fold cards. It took me a few tries watching a you tube video but I finally got it right.  I watched this you tube video.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Pile It On - Fancy Folds
Stamping Sensations - Favorite Stamp
Crafty Friends - Pink
Snarky Stampers - B is for Beach
Always Fun Challenges - Summer
Dream Valley - More than One Fold 

Flamingo stamp by Art Impressions

All sentiment stamps by Unity Stamp Co.

Cards for SC Dept of Juvenile Justice

This month's Cards for a Cause Mission for the month of June go to:

South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice

and you can find the information at Splitcoast Stampers. These are the cards I am sending out in the next day or so.