Good morning!  Before I hit the road this morning, I wanted to share an SU! card with you.  I know, I can hear some of you now . . . an SU! card?  Well, I am still a demonstrator and do have a Stamp Club, but I rarely use SU! unless it’s for Stamp Club.  One reason is that I haven’t bought much from the last few catalogues.  When I saw the Level 2 Hostess Set, Kind and Caring Thoughts, I NEEDED it!  It’s floral and a silhouette . . . oh my badness!

Anyhoo, here’s my first sample with the set.

One of my favorite techniques to use with floral silhouettes, is to stamp on damp watercolor paper.  I mist my watercolor paper thoroughly and let it sit until just slightly damp.  My image has been colored with markers, and when the paper is ready I mist the image with water and then stamp onto the damp paper.  If the ink hasn’t bled enough to give the effect you’re after, you can always mist it with water and then dry with a heat tool to keep it from bleeding further.  This is what I did with the gingko leaves in the background.  By the time I got around to stamping the red flowers, the paper was already dry so the only water effecting this ink is that which is misted on the stamp.

• Stamps:  Kind and Caring Thoughts from Stampin’ UP!
• Paper:  Prism Spring Willow Dark and Black; Strathmore Watercolor
• Ink:  Ranger Archival Jet Black and Old Paper Distress
• Accessories:  Spellbinders S7-014 Grand 12” Classic Lace Borderabilities, S4-140 and S4-138 Petite Ovals, and S4-139 Scalloped Petite Ovals Large; Tombow Markers; Venture Foam Tape; Ranger Matte Accents and Mini Mister; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Sewing Machine; May Arts Ribbon

I hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

  I can hardly believe that midweek is here and it’s Wednesday!  I don’t know how Monday and Tuesday went by and I did nothing creative.  It happened though!

The card I had for you today is one I finished a few days ago and never got it photographed . . . let alone get it mailed . . . . because a friend of mine is having a birthday today . . . .

Kittie this one’s for you!

(sorry, your card is still sitting on my desk)

Anyhoo, since today is Hump Day it’s also WACKY WEDNESDAY Challenge Day!  To play along with us “Red-Hot Mommas,” check out Bev’s challenge to us today on the Rubbernecker Blog.  She’s actually challenged us to use both metal and ribbon on our project this week.  So how many of you use brads?  How many use ribbon?  Use both together?  You’ve got the challenge done already!  It’s pretty simple to play along . . . make a card to fit the challenge and then post a link to your project on the Rubbernecker Blog.  Who knows, it might be YOU who wins a Gift Certificate for 40% off your entire Rubbernecker Stamps order!

Even though Kittie’s card fit this challenge, I decided to make another.  You see, I’ve still spent a chunk of time trying to get that Jerri Kay mojo working and got so engrossed in water coloring Sunday afternoon that I just had to finish this card up last night for today’s challenge.

The image was embossed with Queen’s Gold EP on watercolor paper, and then water colored using Tombow Markers.  They seem to be growing on me and I’m obsessed!  For the background, I decided that designer paper (after a long search through my stash), was just too busy for this image and I needed a more muted soft background.  SO, I decided on the Wrinkle Free Distress technique using colors from the flowers and watercolor paper.  Oh how I LOVE the look of this technique on watercolor paper.  For the side border, I cut a piece of paper a little longer than I wanted and then die cut and embossed with the new Spellbinders S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities.  I decided how wide I wanted the border, scored at the desired width and folded it over the background panel.  Since I needed to have ribbon and something metal for the WACKY WEDNESDAY Challenge, I ran the ribbon through the Lattice border and tied off a gold heart that I found in my junk jewelry stash.

• Stamps:  63-03 Floral Pot from Rubbernecker Stamps
• Paper:  Strathmore Watercolor; Prism Butter Cream
• Ink:  Ranger Distress Embossing, Dried Marigold, Shabby Shutters and Worn Lipstick
• Accessories:  Spellbinders S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities; Ranger Mini Mister, Non-Stick Craft Sheet, Queen’s Gold Embossing Powder; Watercolor Brushes; Venture Foam Tape; Ticket Corner Punch; Tombow Markers; Gold Metal Heart; DMC Embroidery Floss

I hope you decide to play along in the WACKY WEDNESDAY Challenge and thanks for stopping by today!  By the way, you may want to stop by Kittie’s blog, Kittie Kraft, and wish her a Happy Birthday!

Good morning!  Today is the last post I’ve made on the Flourishes Newsletter as the June Flourishes Limelight Designer.  Today I covered the Faux Bleach Technique on the Flourishes Newsletter.

For this week’s post, I worked with both the Home Tweet Home and Birds in Vines sets. My first card uses Home Tweet Home.

The image was colored with Tombow Markers and I used the new Spellbinders S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities for the border along the bottom.

• Stamps:  Home Tweet Home and Many Sentiment from Flourishes Stamps
• Paper:  Prism Spring Willow Dark and Butter Cream; Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; BasicGrey Boxer
• Ink:  Ranger Archival Jet Black and Antique Linen Distress
• Accessories:  Spellbinders S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities, S5-006 Curved Rectangles Mega Nestabilities, and S4-139 Petite Scalloped Ovals; Tombow Markers; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Venture Foam Tape; Ribbon; Brads; Button; Ranger Matte Accents

To show examples of the Faux Bleach Technique, I used Birds in Vines and airbrushed over the embossed image with Copic Markers.

and the embossing ironed off as a second background:

• Stamps:  Birds in Vines from Flourishes Stamps
• Paper:  Prism Tawny Medium and Black; 7 Gypsies Market; Manila Shipping Tags
• Ink:  Ranger Distress Embossing, Spiced Marmalade, Aged Mahogany, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Black Soot, and Archival Jet Black
• Accessories:  Copic Markers and Airbrush System; May Arts Ribbon; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Ranger Matte Accents, Clear Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder, Ink Blending Tool; Spellbinders Grand 12” Classic Lace Borderabilities and S3-031 Scalloped Tag; Clover Craft Iron; Tim Holtz Tonic Scissors for distressing; Sewing Machine

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

Spellbinders Introduces:

Shapeabilities Pendants Blog Frenzy

June 22 through June 29^th, available for ordering June 30, 2009

Commenting on this post is welcome but does not enter you into the contest. This contest is sponsored directly by Spellbinders Paper Arts.  Please read the post to find directions for entering. If you have any questions, please e-mail PenContestQuestions@Spellbinders.us.

Welcome to the fifth day of Spellbinders Pendants Blog Frenzy!

Spellbinders is celebrating the introduction of Pendants die templates, a new die line that will inspire your creative mind.  You have the opportunity to win the Pendant and Border dies I’m introducing today by entering the contest at the end of this post. Be sure to read all the rules before entering! You still have until June 26th, 11:59 pm EST to enter Keri Lee Sereika’s blog at:  Pink Lemonade and until June 27, 11:59 pm EST to enter mine.  Please Note: Although the contest entry is now closed on this blog, please see the list below for blogs in which the contest remains open. Thank you!

To see previous reveals, or to go to any of the ones coming up, feel free to visit the following:

June 22, 2009 - Beccca Feeken

June 23, 2009 – Debbie Olson

June 24, 2009 – Michelle Wooderson

June 25, 3009 – Keri Lee Sereika

June 26, 2009 – Sherry Cheever

June 27, 2009 – Heidi Blankenship

June 28, 2009 – Linda Duke

June 29, 2009 – Jennifer Davis

After the entry deadline is reached, Spellbinders will randomly pick one entry from each Blog Frenzy reveal as stated in the “Rules”. Winner will be contacted by e-mail within 24 hours of the contest deadline. Winner will have 72 hours to reply to that e-mail to claim the prize. If Winner fails to respond within 72 hours, a new name will be drawn for said prize. Winner will receive the new die templates being revealed on the specific daily blog post they are entering.

Entrants visiting all 8 Spellbinders Pendant Reveals and correctly entering their information into the separate drawings, as described below, will automatically be entered into a GRAND PRIZE give away of a full set of the 8 Pendants die templates and 8 matching Petite Border die templates being revealed.

I hope you’ve enjoyed the first 4 days of the Blog Frenzy.  I have so enjoyed seeing what the other Designers have made with the new Spellbinders Pendant die templates and Spellbinders Borderabilities die templates.

It is my pleasure today to reveal the following new Spellbinders Pendant die templates and Spellbinders Borderabilities die templates.

S4-210 Lattice Pendants MRSP 24.99

S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities MSRP  19.99

Here’s my first project for you today!

I used only watercolor paper for this project, making the background using the Wrinkle Free Distress Technique.  The Spellbinders S3-146 Butterflies 2, were die cut and embossed from extra scrap of the background.  They were then covered with Ranger Matte Accents and sprinkled with vintage glass glitter.

While I was working with the Pendant part of the Spellbinders S4-210 Lattice Pendants, I realized that the extra Accents of the Pendant that were embossed and then cut out, would make fabulous pieces to layer.  In order to line the parts up, the Pendant was placed on the background and then I traced where the Accents would be placed.

The Accent pieces were then glued down and the Pendant was raised over the Accents pieces with foam mounting tape.

The Center die template was then die cut and embossed with more spare scraps of the background and raised with foam tape over a Spellbinders S4-124 Classic Scalloped Circles Large.  A button and ribbon hold the final center pieces together.

• Paper:  Strathmore Watercolor
• Ink:  Ranger Shabby Shutters, Broken China, Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord Distress
• Accessories:  Spellbinders S3-146 Butterflies 2, S4-124 Classic Scalloped Circles Large, S4-210 Lattice Pendants and S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities; Ranger Matte Accents, Non-Stick Craft Sheet, Mini Mister; Art Glitter Vintage Shards Glass Glitter; Button; Ribbon; Making Memories Wire; Venture Foam Tape

My second project today is one of my note and/or trinket boxes.

The inside.

The top

• Paper:  K&Company Ancestry.com Tea Floral and Newsprint and Life’s Journey Layered Script; Bazzill Bluegrass
• Ink:  Ranger Vintage Photo Distress
• Accessories:  Spellbinders S4-210 Lattice Pendants, S4-218 Lattice Borderabilities, S4-189 Labels Three, and S4-110 Classic Ovals Large; Ranger Matte Accents; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Venture Foam Tape; KaiserCraft Latte Pearls; Heavy Weight Chipboard Coasters

Rules
Any participant wishing to be included in the daily drawing for the Spellbinders Pendants die templates Blog Frenzy give-away must adhere to all of the following rules. We are happy to welcome US and international blog guests for this Frenzy.

To enter each drawing on sneak peeks between June 22 and June 29, visit the reveal blog and click on the contest link to reveal an e-mail window. In the subject line of the e-mail, enter the die template name being revealed. Each blog reveal will remain open for 48 hours. Only 1 entry per blog is allowed and participant must use the same email address daily to be considered for grand prize entry, no exceptions. Please consider whether you will have access to the same e-mail address from June 22^nd through June 29^th and plan accordingly.

Spellbinders Design Team members and employees are not eligible for drawings.

Any participant wishing to be automatically entered into the drawing for the Pendants Frenzy Grand Prize must enter all 8 blog reveals and follow all the above rules.

Please note:

*Spellbinders will only use email information to contact the winner.

*Spellbinders will not share this email address with any other parties.

*Spellbinders will not use this email information for advertisements or communications

other than to contact the winner.

*If you wish to be included in further communications from Spellbinders, please go to their homepage SpellbindersPaperArts.com and sign up for their newsletter.

Spellbinders Pendants Blog Frenzy drawing:  To enter, click here OR e-mail your entry to: [Links removed because the contest deadline for this blog has now passed] if an e-mail pop-up box does not automatically come up.For more Spellbinders product release information go to the Spellbinders PaperArts Blog.

If you have any questions regarding the contest, send an e-mail to: PenContestQuestions@spellbinders.us

Thanks for stopping by today and don’t forget to register for the contests!

Good Thursday morning!     We got another exciting Thursday for y’all!  Rubbernecker Stamps is releasing 2 new sets and 1 background today  . . . and we are having another stroll!

If you haven’t started the stroll at the Rubbernecker Blog, I suggest you go there now!  I’m last on the list and if you are searching for phrase words, the first one is on the Rubbernecker Blog!    Just trying to keep y’all strolling in the right direction . . . . You’re also going to find all the deets and requirements (to win a prize) on the Rubbernecker Blog.

Yesterday I worked with the Flower Silhouette set for the Wacky Wednesday Challenge.  So today, I thought it would be fun to try the Teddy inchies.  I LOVE these little guys.  When you look closely at them, they each appear to have their own personality.  My mind is already racing with ideas for these little cuties!

The Teddy images were stamped on squares of illustration board and then water colored with Tombow Markers.  I have an artist friend who has always drawn and painted on illustration board, and NOW I know!  The colors float across the board and don’t lose any of their color (otherwise fade and/or wash out).

•  Stamps:  426 Teddy Inchies from Rubbernecker Stamps
• Paper:  Illustration Board; Prism Tawny Medium and Iced Mint; BasicGrey Wisteria
• Ink:  Ranger Archival Jet Black  and Antique Linen Distress
• Accessories:  Tombow Markers ; Ranger Matte Accents; Venture Foam Tape; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; BasicGrey Wisteria Button and Brads; Square, Corner and Border Punches; Ribbon

The Blog Stroll ends with me and my clue in the phrase is:  BACKGROUND!  I hope you’ve started at the Rubbernecker Blog, followed the instructions for the stroll - visited all the other blogs, left comments, and have found all the words in the phrase.

To win one of the newly released sets (or any of the other new releases since April 1), all you have to do is leave me a comment, and then email the phrase (with the correct subject line and your mailing address) that you found on the stroll to me at scheever@insightbb.com.   The Blog Stroll will end at 12:00 Noon on Friday, June 24, and the winners will be announced on the Rubbernecker Blog!

Before I run off today, Rubbernecker Stamps is sponsoring this week’s challenge at Charisma Cardz Thursday Craft Challenges.  Drop by for a visit . . . they are such a talented group of stampers!

I hope you enjoyed the stroll and thanks for stopping by the BAD Side for awhile.