31 May 2008
Missing You .....
I coloured this image, by Lockhart stamps, a few weeks ago and just found it in a pile on my desk so I figured I better use it before I lose it again on my desk, in a pile, waiting, waiting, waiting....
I wasn't sure about the simple-ness of this card, I really wanted to dress it up and add flowers and brads etc., but on the other hand if you are missing someone you don't particularly feel all gussied up! KWIM??
The image was stamped on Stampers Select White and coloured with Copic ciao (pronounced chow - I was always calling them Copic see-eh-oh markers, until, Kraftin' Kimmie very graciously corrected me!)
The card base is Papertrey Ink Aquamist with a layer of Stampers Select White and another layer of Papertrey Ink Everyday Blessings.
I mounted the coloured image on Papertrey Ink Spring Moss cardstock and then again on Stamping UP! chocolate chip.
I have this gorgeous chocolate satin ribbon that I got from Jacksonbelle Embellishments. It is soooo luscious - it lays and ties like a dream!!
The sentiment is from Cornish Heritage Farms stamp set called Script Essential Expressions and has more than 56 expressions!!! It is fabulous!!
30 May 2008
No Time to Stamp and Happy about it!!?
29 May 2008
Ways to Use a Happy Old Truck
"You can use packing/shipping products such as bubblewrap, shipping tags, packing tape (how about glitter window or packing tape transfer), even tissue paper. OR...spin the challenge the other way and use a travel theme such as luggage tags, vacation themed stamps etc. This challenge is wide-open for interpretation so have fun with it!"
I chose to focus on the last sentence!! Interpret!
This is my interpretation for travel......The Classic Pickup Truck!
This stamp is available from Little Paper Shop and is one of many trucks and equipment stamps they have over there. Super duper for manly cards (but I like them too!)
I coloured the old truck with copics and used glossy accents that I bought at The Paper Pickle, for the windows and headlights - love that stuff!
I used SU! chocolate chip for my card base and Basic Grey Archaic for the pattern paper.
The sentiment is from Little Paper Shop All Occasions set, which has 27 stamps and a bazillion ways to use them!!
Quite a simple card to make really, but perfect for Father's Day as sometimes men are, oops, I mean enjoy, simple things!! a wee Freudian slip.......
28 May 2008
Papertrey Blog Hop!
I am still using those tall megabilities - love them too!
Okay, if it has to do with crafting- I LOVE IT!!
For this card I scored the Papertrey Ink Spring Moss cardstock on a diagonal and folded it in half. Then I ran it through the tall nestabilities with the fold at the top and the die a little bit off the top of the paper so it would keep the fold.
Then I ran a piece of white Stampers Select cardstock and Summer Sunrise cardstock through the same tall megabilities die, (not at the same time) eyeballed (Rachael Ray again...) and cut it to match up with the scallops in the card.
I stamped the sentiment in Spring Moss Ink on the white cardstock, lined it up with the Summer Sunrise cardstock and adhered it to the card where I thought it was please to my eye! The sentiment is from the Papertrey Ink's Simple Little Things. (Sorry, this is not available for sale!)
I used the Cuttlebug flower die set and cut the flowers out of Stampers Select White and Summer Sunrise cardstock. Papertrey Ink's Beautiful Blooms stamp set has some flowers in this set that match up with this Cuttlebug flower die! I stamped the bottom flower on the die cut in Summer Sunrise ink and then added some brads to the flowers!
I popped them up on pop up glue dots and added them to the card to finish it of! Perfect!
Still Hot Granny!!
I am sure my sweet little grandson, Jake ( I am not biased - he is sweet!!) thinks I am old.......oh dear....{sniff}
Speaking of sweet - take a look at this sweet little Still Hot Granny.....She is so awesome and just ready to keep on "keepin' on"!! Good for her!
I have to keep on "keepin' on" also, because it is golf day today and I have to go and practise. I hope I am back in time for the Papertrey Blog Hop tonight!!
Supplies:
Stamps: Little Paper Shop "Still Hot Granny"
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Stampers Select White and Spring Moss, SU! Purely Pomegranate
Designer Paper: Basic Grey Stella Ruby
Accessories: Maya Road Velvet Flowers, Prima Flowers, paper piercer, megabilities, nestabilities, Basic Grey Brads, MM brads, Tombow glue,
27 May 2008
If it's Tuesday, it must be CC day!
The colour challenge today on Split Coast stampers was Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla and Sage Shadow!! How can anyone say NO to Chocolate and Vanilla??!
Well, that was a bit of rambling today, but I really wanted to show you my baby birdies........I keep watching them everyday.....and I wonder HOW do they all stay in that nest together without falling out.....I am very afraid that my doggie thinks this too!! YIKES!
Ten New Stamp Sets......!!
NEWS! NEWS! BIG NEWS!!
This is a wonderful new stamp company based out of Alberta, Canada. Julia, the owner and designer, has fabulous ideas and such a creative mind!! Her stamp sets range all the way from cute and cuddly, to warm and sensitive and back to crack me up humourous!!
Right now, Little Paper Shop is having it's Grand Opening and is offering 15% off all stamps from May 27 -June 3
AND - as if that wasn't enough!!!
FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $45 (Canada and US only)
How is that for Fabulous!!!! yes-with a capital "F"!!
I will be back later to put up my "blinkie"----very excited about that!!..... I can't figure it out right now and I have to take hubby to get an ultrasound on his shoulder - silly boy - "over use" during planting season - or was that golf season....and now he may need surgery on it....yikes!
I also have a couple of cards using Little Paper Shop stamp sets that I will post!!
Y'all come back, ya hear!!?
26 May 2008
Scor-Pal quick card....
Man, this Scor-pal is awesome for jazzing up a quick card!
I needed a quick, quick, quick card for a Grand Opening of a new farm business that hubby was heading off to after his shower!! MEN!!
So I threw together this pretty little card - he will probably laugh when he sees it - kind of fussy for men, in a plain sort of way,but that is what you get when you spring it on me!
I actually scored the Blue Poppy Memory Box cardstock first and then cut it out with my tall rectangle megabilities using my Cuttlebug. I really love this Memory Box paper because it is coloured on one side and white on the other, and thick enough for a card base!!
I used the tag shapeabilities to make my tag and stamped my Verve Visual sentiment on it and then stamped over top with the Cornish Heritage Farms Pretty Pattern Backgrounder on top of the sentiment. I really should have stamped the background before the sentiment, but of course I didn't!!
I added a purple Prima flower and some Sweet Blush swiss dot ribbon and then sent it on its way to the Grand Opening!
25 May 2008
I Love Lucy Inspiration!
Caution!! Work or Play?
24 May 2008
Be Inspired and Beate....!
Sometimes I feel inspired and sometimes I don't - and today I did!!
I combined this first card with Beate's sketch challenge, WSC49, because it was in the plan for today... LOL! yeh, like I ever have a plan.....
I started this card by stamping the flowers from Papertrey Ink's Spiral Bouquet and making a background on Stamper's Select white cardstock. (Have you noticed a trend lately ?- I'm lovin' making the backgrounds!)
I cuttlebugged the middle portion with the Swiss dot cuttlebug folder and layered a pieced of boughten designer paper for the third panel.
I cut out my circles with the plain circle and scalloped circle nestabilities and stamped the sentiment from Silhouette Blooms.
I added some sparkly white brads at the bottom and then traced over the words with the copic spica pen. In real life, this is so sparkly and pretty!
Have a great day!! I just cut the grass and I LOVE that smell of freshly mown grass! So VERY summery and full of promise! Now, I may not be so kind about the grass when I am cutting it twice a week due to fertizlier and rain.....but right now - it's all good!!
Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Spiral Bouquet
Paper: Stampers Select white Papertrey Ink, stock navy cardstock, stock DP, Memory box - Blue Poppy
Ink: Versacolor - LapisLazali, Chateau Gray, Versamagic Aspen Mist, Colorbox fluid chalk Blue Iris
Embellishments: glitter white brads
23 May 2008
Limited Supplies- sort of....
22 May 2008
Rockin' Sockin'!
21 May 2008
Boys and Swirls.....
SCORE!!!!!! - pal........
I would love that Gina K Designs stamp set, Spring Blooms, but she probably won't even let me win (doh!) - here is my card anyway!
I started with my card base of Lemon Tart from Papertrey Ink and used my SCOR-PAL!! Yes, I can't believe I haven't mentioned it before now! Marcie and Jared and Jake gave me and Scor-pal for Mother's Day - isn't that just GRAND!! I LOVE IT!!
I scored my card base on diagonals and then added a piece of Basic Grey Stella Ruby DP with a little chocolate chip ruffle on the bottom.
Then I tied this most luscious chocolate satin ribbon that I got from Jacksonbelle Embellishments around the card and attached a huge Prima flower from a can (I don't know what kind of prima - sorry)
I thought I could always go back and attach a couple of tags to the flower later on if I needed a sentiment, or you can always stamp the sentiment on the inside. I don't know if that is cheating for Marcie's blog candy or not - LOL!
20 May 2008
More Sympathy......
New Technique - Double Pocket Bag...
Today there was a tutorial on how to make a double pocket bag. I tend to cringe at new things - but I read the tutorial and then read it again and it really wasn't too bad - in fact it was super easy!
I broke open my package of Berry Bliss designer paper - can't believe I haven't opened it before now - and just followed the directions! - something I am getting very good at!! LOL!
The flowers are cut out with the Cuttlebug flower die and stamped with Papertrey Ink's Beautiful Blooms stamp set. Some of the flowers in that set were designed specifically for the Cuttlebug flower dies. Cool, eh?
I stamped them with Versacolor Tea Rose ink and then the outside of the flower in Colorbox Dark Brown.
I tied in some handles with Papertrey Ink's Sweet Blush twill ribbon, and taped the ends with double sided tape.
I cut and embossed the chocolate chip cardstock tags with the Nestabilities Tag set and found some rub-ons from my ever-luvin' loaded stock of scrappin' "stuff"!
I thought it turned out quite cute if I do say so myself!! You could use it as a gift card holder for sure although two regular size cards will fit in it too and two!!
19 May 2008
Featured Stamper....Dawnsing!
SFYYT.....
18 May 2008
Fashionista Bella in the Sky.....
I made this for Beate's Sketch Challenge which I don't do very often - but today I thought I would give it a try - as you can see I turned it sideways so that this pretty Fashionista Bella could fit on the sketch.
I wanted to use my Kraft paper from Stamping Up because, naturally, I have ordered more from the Papertrey Ink release on Wednesday, so I have to justify ordering it by saying that I use that colour a lot!! LOL!
I cut a piece of Soft Sky blue cardstock 3 3/4" x 5" and stamped it first in Tim Holtz distress Ink Antique Linen - that is the closest ink colour I have to the Kraft cardstock. I used the Pretty Pattern backgrounder for that.
Then I stamped the Lace Backgrounder in White craft ink and stamped that over top.
I coloured the Fashionista Bella with copics and then cut it out and embossed it with the rectangle nestabilities.
I masked the outside of the embossing with a post it note and inked the edges of the image with the Antique Linen distress ink to make a faux border.
I had a strip of patterned paper left over from Basic Grey Figgy Pudding (can't imagine I didn't see that!) so I tucked it in behind her for the strip on the sketch!!
I matted it on Kraft paper and stamped the A Muse sentiment in dark brown Colorbox chalk ink that I bought from Cornish Heritage Farms - but I can't find the link right now - they may be sold out.
I added some Autumn Leaves bag-o'-buttons along the bottom of the card because I am LOVIN' buttons right now!! Julia Stainton has a fabulous post today on Belle Papier about buttons - check it out - you can do a bazillion things with them......!!
Our yard looks fabulous, and yet I am still being beckoned to go out and shovel more mulch.......unfortunately my back is fine today so I better go and do it!!
The end result.....keep thinking of the end result!!!
17 May 2008
Stars and Swirls and Dots....
Why would this card cause me such grief, you ask?
I don't know I answered....just one of those things.....
I ripped and tore and finally got it to where it is not so bad!!
All the ink used is Tim Holtz Distress Ink, that I got at Cornish Heritage Farms. The Old Paper is what I used for the stars and is the closest to the Kraft paper!! Almost an exact match!!
These stars and sentiment are from Verve Visual's set Polka Stars-Clear and I have had them for ages! I just have never inked them up - how AWFUL is that???
Just one of those things, ya know - no not today, no it doesn't go with what I am doing.....craziness....
The kraft paper is from Stampin' UP! and I got it from Kim Reid when she placed a big order and included mine!! Thanks Kimmie!!
I stamped the Large Polka Dots backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms in Old Paper distress Ink and then the Hero Arts Design Block Flouish background in Broken China distress ink.
The swirly background was a free stamp from the Paper Pickle because I am such a great customer and I spend kazillions of $$$$ at the store everytime I got in I think they feel sorry for me and throw in a fabulous stamp for free!! Hubby says " and well they should"!! - but he says that about anywhere I get stamps.... aren't hubbies grand!!
The base of my card, I think, is Ballet blue from Stamping UP! but I can't remember the name -how awful is that! ETA: I think it is Blue Bayou- I saw it over on A Necessary Creativy (check her out - gorgeous creations!!)
Well, I have to run, hubby has me on a marathon gardening session today ----3 loads of mulch and now he has gone to get 4 more loads-ugh I'll be glad tomorrow because it will look so beautiful!!
But my back won't thank him!!
16 May 2008
Ways to use INCHIES!!
ETA: I was out on the golf course today and suddenly I had a thought - "I didn't colour those inchies with copics - I watercoloured them!" I had a good game too, by the way - even with all that thinking!!
I bought a box of inchies from Ellen Hutson's store a while back and have been wanting to use them.
Ellen has a challenge on the Inchie INKling blog to create a food themed inchie and as luck would have it Splitcoast Stampers challenge yesterday was to use inchies!!
I have a few of the itty bitty Lockhart stamps so I decided on the itty bitty teapot and the itty bitty cupcake (herein refered to as IB).
I stamped my IB on the inchie square and coloured each one with copics.
Then I stamped the teapot on a post-it note making sure that I stamped it at the top of the note so that the sticky part would be on the back of the image when I cut it out.
After I cut the teapot out, I stuck it on top of the inchie and inked up my Pretty Patterned backgrounder with Papertrey Ink's Sweet Blush Ink. I pressed the inchie on top of the backgrounder, carefully lifted it off and peeled off the mask.
I did that with Aquamist, Lemon Tart and Spring Moss ink also.
When I did the cupcake - and for some un-godly reason- I did not make a mask and just stamped the Lemon Tart ink on the inchie without the mask. While I was doing this I suddenly thought - CRAP!! I didn't make a mask for this!!! Anyway, it turned out okay, so I was saved!!
I covered the teapot and cupcake with glaze and glued the inchies on my card base of a piece of designer paper from Memory Box.
The sentiment is from Kim Hughes stamp set Silhouette Blooms II from Cornish Heritage Farms.
Off to golf again today!! YAY!!
15 May 2008
Sketch Challenge, and busy card!!
A lot going on here in this card, I couldn't stop myself from stamping so I think I overdid it a wee bit!!
I used the Cornish Heritage Farms Open Plaid Backgrounder for my card base on Papertrey Ink Stampers Select white cardstock and I coloured copics over top for a coloured plaid.
Then I stamped Cornish Heritage Farms Leaves #3 backgrounder on top of white cardstock for the top panel and on the back of Chatterbox Greenhouse Olive plaid DP for the bottom panel.
Then I stamped Kim Hughes tree limb from the Pretty Birds stamp set on the top panel and tied a Papertrey Ink ribbon through it.
I stamped the nest on the Chatterbox DP and cut it out and popped it up and stamped the bird on DCWV boys Nursery DP and cut it out and popped it up.
I stamped the bird house, tree limb, nest, bird and the sentiment in 'Dark Brown' ColorBox Fluid Chalk Inkpad.
I sewed around both panels and added Autumn Leaves buttons in a funky little grouping!
I golfed today and actually it wasn't too ugly. There is a lot of water where I golf and of course I had to donate a couple of balls to the pond. It seems like a very nice thing to do. Yeh right..... such is golf.