Florals with Thanks

So, I'm as pleased as punch with this one.

I'll set the stage.  It was a late Saturday night, a semi-clean work area, tunes of Seals & Crofts, nothing really pressing to do, creating for just the fun of it.  So I got a little lost in coloring.  Don't you love it when that happens?  I do.  It's been awhile. 

I'm on this kick right now of looking at the shelves that line one entire wall of the stamp room.  Filled, and I mean filled with old wood-mounted stamps.  'Cause I began this hobby before there was any such thing as unmounted or clear polymer. 

This card features an image from Inkadinkado.  I had to stamp it twice to go across the card and that required a bit of masking.  But, I had the time.  Then I just colored most of the night away with Copic markers.  It was glorious.

The sentiment is from an A Jillian Vance Design die. 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!

Bright Yellow Flowers

Flowers?  December 26?  Why not?!  The weather around here has been incredibly warm.  It feels like April.

This image is from Inkadinkado.  I colored with Derwent Inktense pencils a couple of years ago, when I just got them.  I came across the colored image accidently as I was going through some papers in my stamp room.  Seemed like it was finally time to put it on a card.

Sentiment is a die from Paper Smooches.  Rectangle and circle stitched dies are from Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for dropping by my blog today.  I hope these flowers brightened your day.

Sassy Black and White

It's Tuesday!  It is time for another challenge on the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is "Black and White Photo Look".  Sure hope you'll join us.  There are two free digital images up for grabs for one lucky participant.

For this challenge, I got out my Copics (N0-N6) and got to work.  I printed the Sassy Cheryl's digital image of "Who Burst Your Balloon?!" onto a piece of Hammermill Color Copy Digital Cover (80 lb) and colored with Copic markers.  Fun!

Then I printed the sentiment which is also a part of "Who Burst Your Balloon?!" and framed it with black cardstock, adding a clear button with Baker's Twine.  I added a scrap of patterned paper from Jillibean Soup, also framed with black cardstock. 

To make the film (I remember what that is!) I printed several smaller versions of Noah, one on top of the other.  Using a stamp positioner, I was able to stamp an image of a film strip from Inkadinkado to frame these images using Marvy black dye.  I colored the film a light gray (N1).  I cut these and tucked them under and above the patterned paper strip.

A Balloon has but ONE life to live...and you've got just ONE week to join us in this fun challenge. 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today.

Shells

One of the reasons I love being on break is that it gives me time to play in my stamp room.  Just play.  Today, I played around with Splitcoast's F4A149 Challenge, rediscovering emboss resist.

So, in the true spirit of playing, I decided to emboss resist on kraft which resulted in the image being outlined in brown, rather than the typical white.  I went ahead and proceeded.

I stamped the shell image from Inkadinkado with Versamark Watermark onto kraft.  I applied clear embossing powder and heated with a heat gun.  I then used many, many inks to sponge and "color" the various shells and starfish in the image.  Inks such as Brilliance Moonlight White pigment, Brilliance Pearlescent Beige pigment, SeaShells Sandal dye, Adirondack Latte dye, Memento Desert Sand dye, and Whispers Whisper Pink dye. 

I distressed the edges with a Tim Holtz distressing tool.  Framed it with an off-white/beige cardstock, which was framed with kraft that was dry embossed with a Spellbinders folder.  Other layers include a dry embossed off-white/beige cardstock with a Cuttlebug folder, with the largest panel being a light beige cardstock dry embossed with a Spellbinders folder. 

Finishing touches on this card include a sheer light beige ribbon and bow, along with a PSX sentiment stamped with Memento Desert Sand dye onto a torn piece of off-white/beige cardstock.

And, it should be noted, the photograph for this card was taken at approximately 10:45 pm.  Special thanks to my husband for getting me a light box for Christmas.  WOOT!

Love Silhouette

I was intrigued by a recent Try a New Technique challenge on Splitcoast, TLC308,which was the many different ways to use silhouette stamps. One of the suggestions was to stamp a silhouette image onto patterned paper. It had never ever dawned on me to do this before, so I had to give it a try.

The silhouette used is a new stamp given to me by my new mother-in-law at Christmas. It is from Inkadinkado. I stamped the image with Versafine Onxy black ink onto the "I Love You" patterned paper from DCWV. I cut the panel and framed it with black cardstock. Light beige cardstock and more black cardstock form the layout for this card, which was inspired by the current Clean and Simple (CAS) sketch challenge, CAS102, on Splitcoast.

Black sheer ribbon and a small red cardstock heart cut with a Nestabilities die add the finishing touches to this card.

No coloring!!!??? Really???!!! LOL!

Waggy Birthday

Maybe I just have a lot of time on my hands. This is a card I made for Sloopy's friend, Gracie. Her birthday is in a couple of weeks.

I used last week's Sketch Challenge #235 for the layout. I had this card in mind last week, but needed to make a few Nestabilities purchases before I could complete the card. Great excuse to go to Marco's.

The adorable dog image is a Sue Dreamer image from Inkadinkado. I bought it a couple of years ago when I was visiting Sioux Falls, SD on business. It was way over priced, but I remember that I just had to have it. You've been in that situation before, right? Well, I thought it was about time that I use this image and thought this particular sketch would be perfect for it.

The party hat dog is stamped on Georgia Pacific cardstock circles with Marvy Dye black ink. The circles were cut using Nestibilities. I colored the image with Copic markers. I also cut hot pink cirlces from colored cardstock using Nestabilities. Patterned paper was also used to complete this card, as well as paw print ribbon and bone brads. The sentiment, "Waggy Birthday" was computer-generated. The little paw prints on the sentiment are from a small portion of a Stampendous stamp.

I'm not sure how much Gracie will like this card. Sloopy isn't so sure either. But, it was fun to make. It's all about the process, they say.