The sky is the limit

Hey there. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch this week.

Stamps are a combination of PTI and Fiskars. The big balloon is from Fiskars, stamped and colored with Copic's then cut out using the Scan N Cut.  Sentiment and the clouds on the blue panel are PTI.

Sky sponged with Summer Sky Memento ink using the Picasso metal stencil from Dreamweaver. Added some die cut clouds under the blue panel for added interest.

That it for now - thank for stopping in.

Designer's choice....movies

It’s time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week it's designers choice and Cheri wants us to make something that represents your favorite movie. Mine happens to be Hope Floats. Harry Connick Jr. is so wonderful in this movie and his love for Birdie is clearly evident. So, I could have gone a couple of ways with this theme. I chose to use the following stamps:

I used the 9116-N, Hot Air Balloon Cluster to create this card. I stamped the balloons in Versafine, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder so that I could color with Copic's. I used the Picasso stencil to create the clouds using sky blue ink from Memento and a dauber.

So, what are you waiting for?!

Why not play along with us and start stamping up a card now. We can’t wait to see your creations!
Don’t forget… Take part in one weekly challenge or all of them. The more you play along, the more chances you have to win! Each submission enters you in the drawing for our gift certificate. And you don’t always have to use our stamps in your creations, but we will reward you if you do. Each submission using a Repeat Impressions stamp will earn you an additional entry in the drawing!

Also, check out our Rock Star blogs to see what they did with the challenge.

Cheri

Deonna

Donna

Heather

Joy

Patti

Shirley

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Thanks for stopping by.

Driving by.....

Here's one I just completed with the new stamp set "Bug of Fun" found in the new Serendipity Street Magalogue.

The bug and girl are colored with Copic's and cut out. I stenciled the clouds into the back ground using Memento summer sky ink and my brass stencil. The road is done with a curved cutter I purchased from Creative Memories a long time ago. I actually hate that cutter with a passion because I cut myself really badly once using it. Thought I'd have to get stitches! The white lines on the road are done using a Sharpie white poster paint pen. Grass was daubered on with Palette Jardin Moss ink.

I think it turned out pretty cute! What do you think?

Camping scrapbook pages

Well, I've finished four pages from our camping trip so far! I tend to add a lot of pictures to my layouts and not a lot of journaling. I just hate my handwriting (and making mistakes) so I end up typing things out on the computer most of the time. In this first two page layout, I actually journaled in my own writing!! I used the journaling stamp set from Autumn Leaves and then wrote a little bit about our trip.



The second two page layout was really fun to do. I just used the great pictures of the 4 mountains (check out my previous post) to capture the awe we felt seeing these. I used SU DD pines on the bottom with colorbox chalk ink in warm green. I then used colorbox chalk ink in ice blue to add sky and clouds. The clouds were done with the Picasso brass template from Dreamweaver Stencils.



I purchased a Wishblade about six weeks ago, and had a lot of fun playing with titles on these pages. What a great investment that was for me! I think it's made it's return on investment with all the great things that I've been able to do with it so far. And I've only just begun!

More layouts to come!