Gift giving bear

Hello all.

Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch #663 challenge today and a few others below.

The bear image is from My Favorite Things. I stamped him onto kraft cardstock and colored it with primsacolor pencils. The stitched snowflake cover die is from Waffleflower which is used on the green panel to add a bit more interest. 

Anywho - thanks for stopping by.

Challenges:

CAS on Friday

Simply Clean & Simple - Christmas is coming

Winter scene

Hello. Playing around with the Stampember Gina K stamp set called stay cozy.

I created the hills using a sheet of copy paper cut into curves and Simon Say Stamp saturated ink and a blending brush. The fir, tall trees and deer are all stamped in Versavine black onyx ink.  The moon is done with SSS ink. Once I stamped the fir trees, I used a prismacolor pencil to draw in the shadows.  

The stitched outline cover die is from My Favorite Things.

I'm entering this into the Simon Says Stamp anything goes challenge featuring Gina K Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by.

Birthday Wishes

Hello. Playing in the Retro Rubber Challenge of Spring Flowers today.

This stamp is at least 20 years old, if not older. It's from Great Impressions stamps. I used prisma color pencils and gamsol to color it in. The birthday sentiment is from Technique Tuesday.

Thanks for stopping by.

Wishing you all kinds of happy.

Hello. Playing in a few challenge today with the lovely navy creation. The flower challenge #45 is to use navy + one other color.

Stamps are from The Ton, that I got yesterday. Wonderful set called wishful wildflowers. Stamped them in Versafine, heat embossed with clear embossing powder then colored with Copic's. I did use a white prisma colored pencil to add further highlights to the centers of the flowers. Then added some self adhesive navy shtickems - to finish it off with more interest/bling.

I'm adding this into the NBUS challenge, as this stamp set is new to me. 

Hope you all are taking care and being safe. Thanks for stopping by. 

 

Project of the week - colored pencils on kraft

Hello! It's my turn over at The House That Stamps Built to feature a project of the week. I'm using my Prismacolor pencils to color on kraft cardstock.

I stamped the tulip vase in versamark ink, then heat embossed it in fine detail white embossing powder. I chose to use shades of blue for the vase and then pinks and green for the tulips. I also used the blender pencil to blend the colors.

 To get the highlights on the vase, I used the white pencil to add some "light" and then blended.

Here is a close up of the finished design. I ended up using deep navy cardstock to layer everything. I like how well it set off the finished vase of tulips.

Thanks and have a wonderful day!

Everything will be okay

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today.

Flower stamp is an old one from Close To My Heart. I stamped it in versafine, heat embossed in clear then colored with Copic's. I did also highlight the centers using a prismacolor pencil in light blue and white.

Sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. Gingham designer paper is from A*Muse. This ended up being a top folding card.

Also adding this into the Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes challenge.

Stay safe out there!

  

Sending hugs

Hello - playing in the Freshly Made Sketch today.

I used distress oxide inks to blend on the back ground stripes. Peony stamp is from Penny Black and the sentiment is from Memory Box.

Colored with Copic's and a few colored pencils.

Thanks for stopping by.

Camellia on kraft

Good Morning. Playing in the Inspirational challenge of using kraft today.

I stamped the Camellia with Versamark then heat embossed with fine detail white embossing powder from Ranger. Then colored up this beauty with Prismacolor pencils. All stamps from Technique Tuesdays Greenhouse Society, but sadly it has been retired.

Have a wonderful day and thanks for dropping by.

DCC - Single layer card

Hello. It’s time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week it's a designer choice challenge and Donna wants us to do a single layer card.

I used distress ink for the sand, Memento sky blue for the sky and I do have some very subtle clouds in the background. I did hand draw in the birds.  Palm tree and Adirondack chair colored with Prismacolor pencils.  Lots of masking on this one.

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 any of our challenges, 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

Donna
Ester
Heather
Joy
Shirley

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

Thanks for stopping in.

DCC - All creatures great and small

Hello. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. Today is a designer choice challenge and Cheri has challenged us with "All creatures, great and small." Here is what I did with it.

I colored this wonderful bird with Prismacolor pencils. You can find this over at Repeat Impressions #211-P, Chickadee at Rest.

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 any of our challenges, 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

Donna
Ester
Heather
Joy
Shirley

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Project of the week - Black Magic

Hi everyone, it’s my turn to provide a project of the week over at The House That Stamps Built. I decided to go with the Black Magic technique this time around. 

 Supplies needed:
·         White pigment ink
·         Heat embosser
·         Solid stamps
·         Black or dark cardstock
·         Colored pencils

Stamp your solid images in white pigment ink and heat set. Then color with colored pencils. The technique can call for outlining or adding lines and dots with a white gel pen or pencil, but I decided to keep it clean and simple.

I really like breaking out of my normal coloring rut and doing something different now and again, and this technique is a good way to make images really pop.

I heat embossed the sentiment using white detail embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by!

Googly eyes

Hello and Happy Friday! Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch.

I just picked up this googly eye embossing folder from Darice and just had to use it. Worked well for this sketch and looks great paired with the bat from Paper Smooches.

The bat is colored with prisma colored pencils and blend with OMS. The designer paper is from The Pumpkin Patch from DCWV that I believe is from a couple of years ago. I've had it in my Halloween stash for a while.

Added some self adhesive googly eyes down in the right hand corner to compliment all the other "eye" and we're done.

It's been so hot this summer that I'm now looking forward to the fall and the cooler weather! Hence the Halloween card.

ETA: forgot to enter this in to the anything goes challenges over at SSS and WIW.

Thanks for stopping in!

One layer water scene

Hi all! Here is my take on this weeks Less is More challenge. It's one layer week and they want to see water!

Stamps are from Gina K Designs called By the sea 2. I've used this set many many times so it well worth the money.

Stamped the pier and pelican in Jet Black archival ink. the water is made using my cheap water color set and Copic opaque white paint. I just used a stylus to get it out of the jar and squiggle it on like it was froth from the sea.

I did the sun using a circle stencil and yellow and canary ink and a finger dauber. I chose not to fill in the sky and keep it CAS with lots of white space.

To get the shadows and on the pier and under the pelican's perch, I just got out my black primsa colored pencil and drew it on.

Adding this to the Addicted to CAS challenge of Birds, too.

Thanks for stopping by!

Doggone good day

Hey everyone! It's one layer time over at Less is More and the challenge this time around is to include an animal into the mix.

Stamps are from Close to my heart and I'm not even sure they are still available. I colored the dog using prismacolor pencils and blended it with Gamsol. I haven't played with this technique in many moons, so it was fun to get the pencils out and play a bit.

It's raining cats and dogs outside so it's a good day to stay indoors and stamp. But I also have a ton of chores to get done! Yuk! thanks for stopping by!

ETA: Adding this to AAA cards, Game #35 bare naked. 

Mojo Blue Birthday

Hi everyone. I decided to give this weeks Mojo Monday 366 sketch a whirl. Here's what I did with it.

Stamps are from Verve. I initially used a light blue ink to stamp the bluebells, however they really didn't show up like I wanted. Ended up taking a darker blue prismacolor pencil to add some highlights.

Designer paper is from Michael's Reflection line.

Off to see what else I can create! Thanks for stopping in.