Stand up Halloween Card tutorial | Halloween Happy Mail Series

Hello loves!

Today I have another fun episode in my Halloween happy mail series! Today I show you how to make 2 different styles of stand up cards. I got this idea from my friend Dani from Popfizzpaper. Scroll Down for video tutorial!!

The first card is made with a digital stamp by MMedel Illustrations on Etsy and paper from my Spooky Pastel and October Nights paper collections.

The Second card is made using watercolor paints and a Stampotique Stamp and my Spooky October stamp set. You can watch the full tutorial below!

I like this style of card because to me they are like little works of art that you penpals can display on their desk or shelf as halloween decor!

thanks for stopping by, Click here to watch all episodes thus far in my series!

Stay Spooky,

Serena

Altenew And Tombow USA Hop

Hello Lovelies! 

Welcome to the Tombow USA and Altenew Blog Hop! We have a great day of inspiration ahead of us. Make sure you leave a comment on all the blogs for the chance to win one of 4 prizes! 

For my project I used:

•   Sohcahtoa  stamp set
•  the Shades of Purple Ink pack, 
• and the Fenstone Decorative Element

As for my Tombow products, I used:

• the new and amazing Tombow MONO Adhesive + Permanent  my new favorite glue runner!!! Watch video to find out more and see it in action!!
• Black Dual Brush Pen
• Tombow 3D Foam Tabs
• Tombow Mono Aqua Liquid Glue

I had a lot of fun creating with this stamp set, it allows for so many possibilities that I just couldn't stop and made 5 cards! Please watch the tutorial below to learn how I made each card!

Here is a look at all 5 cards, please watch tutorial to learn how to make these

Thank you so much for stopping by! Which card is your favorite? I think my favorite is the ink pad impression card, I love how the inks blended so nicely together!

Make sure to hop along with everyone in this hop for more inspiration! Also follow Altenew and Tombow on their social media accounts for more entries in the giveaway!!

Altenew has a special offer for our amazing readers and followers: Get 10 % off your entire order at www.altenew.com with code ALTENEWLOVESTOMBOW at check out. Offer ends on May 30th at midnight EST.

Now on to the Prizes!!

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*One of two Altenew $30.00 Gift Certificates

*The NEW Tombow Irojiten Vivid

*A Tombow Adhesive Bundle

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"Simply Meant to... Have an Awesome Birthday" Card Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack and Sally Card

Hello lovelies!

Just wanted to share a birthday card i had made back in April for a friend who is in love with NBC, I thought it would be fun to play with one of the movie quotes, instead of "simply meant to be" i made it "simply meant to...." and on the inside wrote "have an awesome birthday!" Fun right?!

Here are some pictures, I also have a youtube tutorial up on my channel, please check it out, video can be found down below!

Here is the video tutorial! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Don't forget to check out my New stamp set sneak peaks here and here

Serena Bee

My Last Oddball Art Design Team Project

Hello Lovelies,

As you have read in the title, today i am here to share with you my last project as a member of Oddball art's design team and FB co-ordinator. I had a great ride and met a lot of amazing people in the last year and i am grateful for the experience Lizzy Love gave me as being Facebook co-ordinator.

My last project is for the Facebook anything goes challenge over at Mixed Mediaology and I created a card. 

I was inspired by a photo i saw on Instagram posted by @getmessyartjournal where they made a similar background on an art journal page using washi tape. I took out all my favorite washi tapes and decided to try to re-create my own version of this.  I also added scraps of pink glitter paper that i had sitting on my desk from a previous project.

I used a flower i got from michaels a while back and some glitter pieces also from michaels. My sentiment was made using my dymo label maker and i colored up the digi with my copics.

Well, i guess this is it folks. Thanks for stopping by and thank you to Lizzy Love for having me on her design team. On that note, have you heard about the new DT call? There’s been some new changes and awesome added opportunities added and you all should check it out and apply if you are interested in being a part of a great community and Design Team. Good luck to everyone who applies.

 I can't wait to see this new design team and all the greatness coming in the future.

Talk soon <3

Serena

Bah Humbug! Oddball Art Winter Challenge

Hello Lovelies!

And happy 2015!! Today I have a new Oddball Art Design Team Project to share for the recent Winter Theme challenge that is happening on the blog! You have until Jan 14th to enter any and all your Winter themed projects, and remember for this challenge you can use any digital stamp of your choice, but of course, we'd love it if you use one of Lizzy's adorable digis :)

Here is my project: 

Living in Montreal, Canada, the winters can be pretty brutal. It is actually -23 degrees Celsius right as   I type this with a crazy wind chill *brr* So one can see why I dislike the winter! 

Here are a few rules and the prizes up for grabs!

1. You must follow our theme

2. Please mention and link back to our challenge on your personal blogs/galleries

3. Creations must be NEW, no backlinking

4. Limit of 3 entries per person

 1 Random winner will get to choose 3 digis from ODDBALL ART STAMPS and  a Top 3 with prize format as follows.....

• First prize wins 3 digis
• Second prize wins 2 digis 
• Third prize wins 1 digi

If your are on Instagram:

Make sure to tag your pictures so we can all see what you create with Oddball Art digital stamps!

use these: @oddballartco and #oddballartchallenge . We can't wait to see you on instagram!

Thanks for stopping by! Please check out the Challenge blog to see what the other creative DT members made!

Hey Lovelies,

I have a new stampotique project to share but this time it is a birthday card. All month long stampotique's designer challenge is "anything goes".

Here is my card: 

I used Twinkie and one of the new party hats stamp cube from Daniel Torrente. I also added some birthday stickers, washi tape, and colored it up with copics.

Hope you enjoyed my card, thanks for stopping by.

Serena

Here Comes Sandy Claws Card

Hello lovelies!

I am following along with the challenges over at the stampotique blog and decided to make a Christmas card for each week. All month long their theme is anything goes so that means you can enter up to 5 times!

I made a shaker card using Dweeze and the christmas cube stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

Serena

Jingle Bells Xmas Card: Stampotique Challenge SDC176: Anything Goes, Week 2

Hello Lovelies

For today's blog post I have a xmas card share that I made for the new Anything Goes Week 2 challenge over at the Stampotique Challenge Blog.  It's 'anything goes' all month long so we can enter up to 5 times to win one of two 30$ prizes!

I used the stamp Noelle for this card, she is one of my favorites. I decide to keep it on a simple white background and used some of the Stampotque presents cube and embellishments along with a red border sticker, some washi tape and punch out snowflakes. I loved the look of those snowflakes on the previous card I made so I decide to use them again. 

For the sentiment I wanted something sassy to make the stamp so I found this sentiment around on pinterest and used alpha stickers to spell it out.

I hope you enjoyed this card share. I'm busing working on more holiday cards for my crafty friends. these are the cards I have so far, I believe I have 10 more to make, eek! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Serena Bee

Serena Bee's First Halloween Craft Series! Project #1 Halloween Shaker Card

Hello Ghoulies!

Today I have a special post to share. You all must know by now my love for Halloween and fall, so this year I am doing my very first Halloween Craft Series on my Youtube channel!!! I am so excited. I have a few project ideas lined up and I cannot wait to share them all with you throughout the next 2 months! And at the end of my craft series, I will be having a halloween giveaway! I did one last year and I included some of my favorite halloween items, including the movie Hocus Pocus!! I might just do that again this year and include another one of my favorite movies ;)

Now let's get to the first project!

I use my circle Diemond Dies to create my first shaker card! I had a lot of fun making it.

I dry embossed white cardstock with my Haunted Demask embossing folder from Cuttlebug and added orange distress ink on top to make the pattern stick out. 

Please watch my video for more information on how I put this card together and the products I used.

Hope you like my first project in my Halloween series!

Check back on Monday when I post project #2. Here is a little hint, it's a ghoulish home decor piece, you don't want to miss it!

Happy Halloween Wishes!

Serena Bee

Too Cute To Spook Card | Oddball Art Facebook Group Challenge

Good Morning Lovelies!

Today is September 1st which means it is time for a new Oddball Art Facebook Challenge!! It also means that we had to say goodbye to some of our old DT members and hello to new members and a new Design Team structure! Thank you to Crystal GetsCrafty Jenn Engle Melissa Nash Oeters for all the amazing work you created for us, it was great working along side you talented ladies!

Now let's welcome some of our new design team member for our new term! We also have a new DT set up; we have divided the group into 2 teams. Today team A will share with you what they've created for this challenge and team B will be creating amazingness over at the blog challenge on September 15th so you don't want to miss out on that! 

Let's welcome our team A: Ria ZonneStraaltje, Monika Korjat, Vicky Fortier, Kasia Frezja Kowalczyk Curcelli, Jenn Blakeney Borjeson, and me, Serena Bee. Head on over to Oddball's Facebook page by clicking this link to see what we all created! Please note the privacy settings has changed for the group, you now must be a member in order to join. Lizzy changed it to a closed group because she will be giving away free digis in the upcoming future and wanted to keep them from spreading.  Here is a look at the free digi offered on the facebook group for this challenge, so go on over to claim it!  

How could you not want this free cutie!

 Now here is a look at what I created for this challenge, once again the theme is "anything goes"

Now here's the thing, I really set out to create something else other than a halloween card this time around, i swear I did but in the end this is what I came up with lol. It's ok, halloween is the best and I will be sending it out to a Youtube buddy!

I used image #102 Teacher With Bloody Eyeballs and colored her in with my copic markers.

I then created a bow and added a puffy eyeball sticker in the center. This is my favorite part of the card :)

Now let's get to the prizes!

 Lizzy has decided to shake things up so there is no longer only 1 prize, there are now 4 WINNERS for both the Facebook challenges and the Blog Challenges!!!!! How super awesome and gracious is that!!!! So here is how the new set up will work:

1st grand prize winner will receive 3 free digis of their choice

2nd prize winner will receive 2 free digis of their choice

3rd prize winner will receive 1 free digis of their choice

and there will be one winner chosen at random that will also recieve 3 free digis of their choice!!!

That is a total of 18 digis given away every month that you could potentially win!! How freakin cool is that!!

Now go on, check out the facebook group, join, get your free digi, and enter to win one of 9 prizes!! You have until October 1st to join!

Good luck :)

Serena Bee

Forever Haunted | Oddball Art Design Team Challenge

 Hey Lovelies,

It is time for a new challenge over at the Oddball Stamp Blog! The theme for this challenge is simple, just show off your coloring skills using any color medium you like. Just have fun with it. Enter our challenge for a chance to win 3 free digital stamps of your choice!!

So come on play along, you have plenty of time to join; the challenge will end on August 14th!

Those who follow me on Facebook and youtube know that I have been on a halloween kick, I cannot wait to get my hands on some of the new halloween goodies for this year! I am also hosting a halloween project swap this month so I've been playing with my halloween stash and created this card.

I had colored other digis using pencil crayons and water-colour crayons but I feel most comfortable with copics so I started over.

I used the Fairy Batgirl digi. I absolutely adore her. I added wink of stella in clear to her batwings and dress.

The flowers and ribbons were gifted to me in some recent happy mail from my friends Susumu and Elizabeth. 

I used my new Diemond Dies to create this circle card and my new Bigkick that I won from Susumu.

Isn't she lovely? 

If you are on Instagram:

Make sure to tag your pictures so we can all see what you create with Oddball Art digital stamps!

use these: @oddballartco and #oddballartchallenge . We can't wait to see you on instagram!

Thanks for stopping by! Please check out the Challenge blog to see what the other creative DT members made!

Serena

Guest Designer For Octopode Factory's New Nautical Digi Stamps | Project #1 Masculine Birthday Card

Hello Lovelies! 

Today is the beginning of something special I have planned for the month of July. The lovely Lily Chilvers who is the designer of one of my favorite stamp companies, The Octopode Factory, has asked me to be a guest designer for her new summer nautical digital stamps! I was over the moon and so honored to have been asked because I absolutely love her drawing style and digis.

  I wanted to do something special because this is the first time I was ever contacted by a company to showcase their work and also because it is one of my favorite companies. So I have come up with 3 different projects for the month of July 2014! I will post a new video along with a corresponding blog post on every week.

So without any further ado, here is my first project:

I made a clean and simple birthday card for my father. He loves fishing so when I saw this adorable fishy I knew just what to put on his birthday card. This digi is perfect for masculine cards. This digi is called fishes and it also comes with a fish border which you will see used in later projects.

I added stickles to really make him stand out.

If you want further detail on how this card was made and which products I used, check out my video down below:

I hope you like my CAS card for this week. 

Don't forget to check back next Tuesday when I share a new project showcasing more nautical digis from The Octopode Factory!

Thanks for stopping by!

Serena

SDC 150th Challenge!

Hello Lovelies!

I have a quick post today, I made this birthday card for a friend's birthday but I thought it would be fun to use my Stampotique stamps to recreate her family: her, her husband, and her 2 boys. I Decided to make an easel card simply because I haven't made one in a while.  I am entering this card into Stampotique's Celebration challenge for their 150th challenge! They are also looking to fill some guest designers spots with this challenge (wish me luck!).

I was contemplating wether or not to use a birthday sentiment but I had this project life card sitting on my desk so I decided to just go with that so I trimmed it and glued it down to the bottom section of the card. I think it's a fun sentiment to remember to enjoy and celebrate life!

I got a little messy with the background and used my Silks Acrylics Glazes on a piece of black and white patterned paper. I then hand drew a black and white border and used my super thin black and white washi tape to recreate that border all along the bottom half of the card. I think it turned out pretty cool.

 I also used some heart blink and black enamel accents on the sentiment and on the little dots on the background and I used some enamel accents on their eyes as well.

Thanks for stopping by!

Serena 

Polka Dots Galore

Hello Lovelies,

For today's post I have a quick card share. I need to start growing my card inventory for when I have happy mail to send out so I started with this cute card I made for Stampotique's new challenge: Pink, Turquoise and Polka Dots.  Make sure to check them out and you could win a great prize.

I started with a plain white card base and used Distress Paint in Picked Raspberries and Silks Acrylic Glaze in Guatemalan Green which is actually a gorgeous turquoise-y color and I used some punchinella and my new dots stencil to create my polka dots. I just had fun with the stencils and decided to layer the colors.

The stamp I used is called Kitty Squad and I colored them up with my copics and added some stickles and wink of stella to them.

I then added some glitter ribbon tape and black polka dot fabric tape and stamped "hi there" with a new alphabet set I recently bought.

Thanks for stopping by,

Serena

Twinkie Says Hi

Hello Lovelies!

I have yet another Stampotique project share, you all must know by now my love for this stamp company right?

They are still having a call to have your projects featured on their store front at www.stampotique.com. We are allowed to enter up to three times and this will be my last chance entering. Fingers crossed they pick me! They are also having a giveaway! 

Here is what I made this time:

This 6x6 card came together late one night. I recently bought black and white polka dot paper from Target and I have been using it on my art journal pages, so I thought to try it out on a card. I used a glue stick to adhere it on white card stock.  I then started by smearing some silver paint on top and then continued with purple and black paint making lines with an old gift card.

I colored Twinkie with some of my new Copic markers and added him on the card with foam adhesive so that he stands out from the busy background. 

I used circle punches and glitter paper to create added interest to the background and used my label maker for the sentiment.

I will also be entering this card over on Simon Says Stamp Challenge for this week, the theme is anything goes!

I hope you like! And thanks for stopping by!

Serena Bee

Dream Deeply {Art Journal Page}

Hello Lovelies,

I am back with an other Oddball Art Stamp Design Team share!

Every 1st of the month we have an "anything goes" using an Oddball art digi challenge over on the Oddball Art's Facebook Page. 

We were given this adorable Big Eyed Girl digi and she is one of my favorites! I made an art journal page:

Sentiment is from an AFI song

My favorite part are these glittered stars

I really enjoyed working on the background of this page. I have a video where I go through the step by teps  in creating this page, please watch below:

Remember, our month long challenge over at the Oddball Art Blog is still going on. You have until May 14th to enter your Easter/Spring project! 

I will also be entering this page on Simon Says Challenge for this week, the theme is Anything Goes.

Thanks For stopping by,

Serena