Guesting with CAS(E) This Sketch

Hello Again!

I have the pleasure of joining the CAS(E) This Sketch team this week and creating with a great sketch by Brian King!

Anyone who knows me knows I am a mountain girl.  But, I know a lot more beach girls and they are beating me to retirement!  So this Art Impression Stamp set, Happy Trails,  was perfect.

Here is the sketch for this week~

My retiree is colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  My background was water colored with my beloved Ken Oliver Color Bursts. I grounded the retiree with a vellum rectangle.
I am linking up to Just us Girls for their color challenge this week~

 As well as AAA Cards- single image

Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of the week!

Lee Ann

Retirement LOL

Hello All!

I squeezed in a card this evening as I needed it for a friend who is retiring.  We started out as a
large group at work and now the retirees out-number us worker bees.  But we still get together for
lunch, hunting for bargains at vintage markets etc.

When I spotted this stamp set, I knew it would be perfect for the group of friends from work.
I did some masking to added the gal standing in the back.  Once colored, I fussy cut out the image.
I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps~

Don't you just love these ladies?

Thanks for stopping  by! 

Lee Ann

Last Color Throwdown for April!

Hi All!

Well, can you believe it?  It is the last Wednesday of April already and that means that this is my last post for The Color Throwdown!

Yes, so I went bright with this card!

 I would say these are happy colors!  I started with the fun image from Art Impressions Sunny Shades Stamp Set and then added a background that was first watercolored, then did some stencil monoprinting using a Tim Holtz stencil and Distress inks.  I embossed my sentiment on black cardstock and added it to a patterned paper background, die cut with Sugar Pea Designs Zig Zag Stitched Rectangle Dies.   Check out what the rest of this talented team has to share then link up your project! 

Amy Rohl

Amy Rysavy

BarbaraAnders 

Broni Holcombe

JodiCollins

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put

Vickie Zimmer

Wanda Cullen

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a blessed week !

Lee Ann 
 

Week 4 with Simon Says Stamp and Art Impressions!

Hello, Hello!
Welcome to another Wednesday challenge with Simon Says Stamp!

                       It has been an honor to Guest Design for Simon Says Stamp!  Sadly, this is my last week- but it is a good one!

     

This week the design team is featuring Art Impressions products.

 The challenge this week is 'Anything Goes'- always a crowd pleaser!

I love Art Impression's comedic images!  They remind me of the group of friends from work- all of us with our quirks and unique ways.  I like to use AI images for cards I make for them.  I have used the Art Impressions Sunny Shades Cling Rubber Stamp Set here.  These delightful ladies are colored with Copic Markers.
To die cut the panel, I used the My Favorite Things Stitched Basic Edges Die-Namics.  The sentiment is stamped with Versafine ink and heat embossed with Wow Clear embossing powder.
Glossy Accents was added to the lenses of the glasses.

Simon Says Stamp generously provides a $50 dollar gift certificate each week so be sure to get your entry in for a chance to win!


 Thanks for stopping by!

Getting Silly with Seize the Sketch!

Hi Everyone!

It is time for a new sketch at Seize the Sketch.  This week, Katie has a sketch for us that is wide open to interpretation.

I just had to have this new Art Impressions Stamp Set-  What a hoot!  I colored it with my mom and dad in mind.  :)
As you can see I turned the sketch 180 degrees and used clouds for the star embellie.
The image was colored with Copics, fussy cut out, and popped up on dimensionals for depth.  I found this great piece of dp that looked like sky, and for the life of me I cannot remember the company.  The cloud dies used are from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps- Happy Happy Dies and Cloud  and Raindrops Die Set.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Check out all of the fabulous inspiration by the rest of the Design Team on the Seize the Sketch blog.  If you are hopping along to all of the Design Team members' blogs, Lesley is next up! 

Have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)