What's on My Kitchen Counter

Hungry? I fried up some paper bacon and eggs yesterday. I made the egg and bacon strips using a mixture of Liquitex gloss gel medium and Imaginecrafts Goosebump spray.  I watercolored the bacon and inked up the yolk after cupping the circle in the middle using a stylus.  Then I put a large amount of the gel mixture on the papers and fried them with a heat tool.  I did a few layers on the bacon sponging on some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Walnut stain in between coats.  Built up an extra layer of gel on the yolk.  I was inspired by three challenges on Splitcoaststampers.com:  the Inspiration Challenge (my choice of image was some pretty Easter Eggs), the Sketch Challenge (I used it for this card), and the Mixed Media Challenge (my blue paper strip is from a security envelope lining and I used three mediums to qualify).  If you are not a member, I really encourage you to join (it is free unless you want a Fan Club Membership which is not expensive and well worth it).  I

On Splitcoaststampers.com, the CAS challenge this week is icy/frosty cards, and I am stuck on them!! I am feeling frosty even if the weather here in Central Alabama is still on the warm side.  Some of the new images are great for frosty cards.  I used the new Snowy Days Frosty Nights Greeting and added some Snowtex and glitter to get a frosty look.  I added some fun little Skippy the Penguins at the bottom of my new Stitched Dies.  On this card, I used my new MFT snowball stencil and Stitched Rectangle die plus an old heart punch and birch tree die (I think it is also from MFT).  I used modeling paste mixed with white chalk paint to make the falling snow and Snowtex mixed with glitter for the snow accumulations.  The sentiment is SU!  I love how this came out.  Stay warm (or cool). Hugz

There are some fun new stamps in the latest DRS Designs release.  I used two of them on this fun Valentine's card. I am so on a kick with using all that leftover cardboard from Christmas!  To make this card,  I cut and painted up a corrugated cardboard heart with some white chalk paint.  Then I layered on the new Amazing Love Puzzle (I fussy cut and sponged it), and the Amazing Valentine's Day Greeting .   To add an element of whimsy, I added a Cupig  (love this little character).  Don't you just love Valentine's cards?  They bring back so many fun childhood memories for me.  I am entering this card in the: Crafty Sentiments Challenge which is Anything Goes this week. In the Pink Challenge - Anything goes but your card has to have pink as the main color. Pile it On Challenge   -  Colorfully Aware (using an awareness ribbon as inspiration - Breast Cancer is my choice) Hugz