Playing around

Hi everyone! I've been busy playing around with a new stamp set and an old one. Here are the results!

This is my new set from Memory Box (except for the sentiment, which is from SU!) that I picked up from Impress Rubber Stamps. I saw a version of this on their web site and just had to try making the bees.

I started with white shrink plastic, stamped the bee's with stazon and colored them with sharpies. The sky is done with ice blue chalk ink from Colorbox and my Picasso stencil. The flowers are from the same set and I added a stick on pearl in the center of each flower. The pearls are from Kaiser craft products and are self adhesive and very reasonably priced.

This next one is from the Penny Black Salutations stamp set. I have used this set so often and I highly recommend it! The flowers are stamped with Colorbox Q inks, and I found papers to match the inks from the Core'dinations paper line. I know so many of us have this flower punch - well here's a way to use it. I like the simplicity of this card! As you can see those pearls got used a lot in these two cards!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! The weather is beautiful and hot here in the PNW! Too hot to stay in doors, that's for sure! I'll post another card sketch after it cools off!

Card Sketch #85 - Dream

Hi everyone! Here's sketch #85 measuring the normal A2 size.

This one turned out soft looking and could be used for a masculine card. I created the tie downs using a small circle punch, brads and some string. I got the idea from a digital scrapbook element and decided to try to recreate it on a card.

I used Palette burnt umber ink to stamp the main image and sentiment and then used a dauber to sponge around the edges. The copper embossing was a last minute addition and in hind sight, I should have used gold ep. It might have matched the eyelet color a little better. Oh well, lol!

I hope everyone has a great week!



Supplies:
Black, kraft and cream card stock
Palette burnt umber ink
eyelets and string
Stamps by Gina K - Botanical dreams

I'm a new member of a Design Team

Hi all! I have been asked to become a member of Cards by Maria's design team! What an honor! She hails all the way from Sweden and designs her own stamps! You can visit her blog here. A while back she sent me a RAK of some of her stamps - I designed a card sketch around one of them and you can see that on her blog and here on mine.

Here are a few more cards that I did with her stamps!

Bear stamp is from Maria and the paisley background stamp and sentiment is from SU! Paper is DCWV.

The Halloween sentiment is from Alota Stamps.

Thanks for asking me to become part of your design team, Maria!

Translated into Swedish: =)

Tack själv för be om jag till bli del om din design slå sig ihop Maria!

Card Sketch #84 - celebrate moments!

Hi everyone! Here's sketch #84! This one measures normal A2 size!


As you can see, I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to cut the circle when I drew this up in Microsoft word! There's only so much you can do with it! I might have to start using PSE 5 to create with from now on!



Ok, a couple of things going on with this one! I made the circle and the strip back ground paper using a technique that might be out there somewhere - and I don't know what to call it! I used some re-inkers (Palette Jardin Moss) and some Crystal Lacquer, mixed it up and sponged it on with a make up sponge. After it was dry, I stamped on the circle, and ran the strip through my new cuttlebug embossing border folder.

I decided to get out the sewing machine and stitch up this one! The stitching got really small at the top for some reason! lol - but what the heck - it looks pretty good otherwise!
I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! It's raining and a perfect day to stay inside and stamp!


Supplies:
Stamps - sprigs and the sentiment is from Life is short, all from TAC
Paper and the TAG - The Angel Company
Brad
Palette Jardin Moss ink
Crystal Lacquer

Blog Award

I was just awarded this from Beth! You can see her blog here. Thanks, Beth! Now I have to nominate 5 people. So, here they are!

1. Jany

2. Char

3. Nicole

4. Jenn* - soon to be a TAC demo!!!

5. Barb

All these ladies have great blogs for you to find lots of inspiration from!

Vacation scrapbook pages

Hi all! Here are my first two scrapbook pages from our vacation. These pictures were taken with my Nikon D60 DSLR camera (early birthday present from DH) at Long Beach, Washington.



This first sketch is from Marie-Josee Trudel blog which you can see here. She has a lot of really neat scrapbook sketches for you to try out!

Supplies:
Paper - Raspberry Road Designs - Mystic water
Embellishments - Starfish by Phuong Ton Designs and the net is from AWP by Vicki.
Fonts - Marcelle script for the title and Angelina for the journaling.




This is a sketch from Nicki over at ASB. If you can click on the photo to enlarge it you will see some of the tongue in cheek effects. =)

Supplies:
Background papers are photo's that I took on vacation.
Brushes - swirls from scrapgirls and the birds are from Obsidian Dawn.
Splat from Ton Designs.
Fonts - Marcelle script for title, surfer for journaling.

Have an awesome day!

Card Sketch #83 - Blue Bird

Hey there! I'm back from the week long road trip to the coast! Wow, that went fast! Why is it that work weeks last forever and vacation weeks go by in a flash?

I took some stamping stuff with me, but didn't get a chance to play all that much as we were seeing the sights most of the time! I just took some small stamps with me and my prisma color pencils and OMS, so I could color! Wow, don't I sound about 5 years old when I say that? I always did like to color - guess I haven't grown up all that much! giggling!

Anyway, here is sketch #83! This is 4 x 4 square and can be used for a quick little card at any time!

The background is done using my new cuttlebug embossing folder - this new one went great with the stamp I used! I did try to run an ink pad over the embossing to give the limbs a brown look - it came out so ugly, that I tossed that one right in the garbage. Not what I was looking for, so I ended up staying naked, so to speak! =)

The bird is colored with Prisma colored pencils and OMS - it's layered using my rectangle nestabilities and blue and brown card stock, as is the sentiment. I got lucky that I had ribbon that matched the blue cs that I had chosen!

I took so many pictures of the beach this last week - so you'll end up seeing some digital scrapbook pages soon!

Supplies:

Stamps - Bird is from Studio G and the sentiment is from TAC

Cardstock is from Bazzill and DCWV

Grosgrain Ribbon

Cuttlebug embossing folder