Nov
11
2008
It’s been forever since I’ve done a challenge on Splitcoaststampers. I couldn’t wait to get into the studio this morning and decided I would take part in today’s Color Challenge. Because I’ve been away from my ink and stamps for a while, it took me a little while to get into the swings of things. After a couple of hours I finally ended up with this card.
The ornament was embossed with Queen’s Gold EP, masked and then the branch was stamped. I water colored the ornament with SU Pacific Point and Certainly Celery. After trying to work on the layout and papers for what seemed like too long, it finally hit me that I had some BasicGrey Fruitcake that had the colors I needed for my background. The background papers were sewn to panels of Pacific Point and then mounted on a card base of SU Basic Gray.
- Stamps: KK Originals Christmas Collection: Christmas Ball SKU:57-15 KK and Pine Bough SKU:57-03 KK from Rubbernecker Stamp Company
- Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Pacific Point and Basic Gray; BasicGrey Fruitcake
- Ink: Ranger Clear Resist and Peeled Paint Distress; SU Pacific Point and Certainly Celery
- Accessories: Ranger Queen’s Gold EP and Inkssentials White Opaque Pen; Spellbinders Classic and Scalloped Rectangles; Venture Foam Tape; Sewing Machine; SU Pacific Point Ribbon and Scallop Punch
I hope you find time today to be creative and don’t forget to check out the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog for information on today’s Treasure Hunt!
Oct
31
2008
I’ve been meaning to post all day, to wish you all a Happy Halloween. You also should check out the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog today. Kittie has posted a wonderful tutorial on how to create one of her winter scene cards. It’s all part of our new Friday Focus Feature!
With that, I leave you with one of my favorite cartoons!
Oct
29
2008
Hey, 
. I hope you had a great day yesterday! I was just a bit lazy . . . lying on the couch, napping, lying on the couch, napping, blah blah blah. I sure as hell didn’t get much done, but oh what a great day!
Today is another Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge. Tami gave us an excellent sketch, which you can check out on the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog. I hope that you join us and play along this week!
I used a new stamp on my card today. I actually didn’t have this one, BUT while I was at Bev’s it was lying on the table with a few stamped images. I started to take the stamped images, but the stamp actually made it into my bag instead. Anyhoo, I wanted to follow the sketch (since it’s such a great one), and left my second panel plain. I’m not sure about this and almost put a grunge flourish on it before I took the pic. I wasn’t too sure about that either, and decided to continue to look at the card for a few days. I’ll make up my mind later on if I should add something or not.
The image panel started as white paper and then color was added by swiping the ink pads on my craft sheet, misting with water and adding layers of color, ironing in between the layers. The edges of the image panel were distressed using scissors. I tell you this so that you can see the difference between the results of the scissors and that of the distressing tool. The panel behind the image was distressed with the tool. Big difference! When I want a more aged distressed look, I go for the scissors! The images were colored with distress reinkers and a paint brush. I decided to use up some of the letters in my mini Grunge collection for the sentiment. They were first covered with Distress Crackle Paint, leaving space in between the paint. When the letters dried, I went back over them with distress ink. The sentiment is adhered to a Spellbinders die cut with glossy accents. Fun card to work on!!!
- Stamps: Stamp Oasis Holiday Collection: Pine Cone Montage from Rubbernecker Stamp Company
- Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, BasicGrey Figgy; SU Chocolate Chip and Baja Breeze
- Ink: Ranger Broken China, Vintage Photo Brushed Corduroy and Pine Needles Distress; and Archival Jet Black
- Accessories: Clover Craft Iron; Sewing Machine; Ranger Craft Sheet, Peeled Paint Distress Crackle Paint, Ink Blending Tool, Mini Mister, Glossy Accents; Tonic Tim Holtz Scissors and Distress Tool; Tim Holtz idea-ology Mini Grunge Board; Spellbinders Shapeabilities Ribbon Tags Trio; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Brads; Cotton Twill; Venture Foam Mounting Tape
Have a great day and I look forward to seeing what you do with this sketch!
Oct
24
2008
Happy Friday! It’s rainy here today with a nip in the air – a perfect day to spend indoors stamping. I haven’t done a Splitcoaststampers Challenge in what seems like weeks. Actually it probably has been weeks with my traveling and all. I’ve checked in on them every day this week, but the mojo has failed me.
All week long, the challenges have been in honor and celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. They have gone PINK! Since this is a cause near and dear to me, I couldn’t let another day go by without participating.
I think this is the first time that I have combined more than two challenges into one card. Today, I’ve combined four: the Color Challenge to use Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss and Chocolate Chip; the Sketch Challenge; the Ways to Use it Challenge to use just one word; and today’s Limited Supply Challenge to use leaves.
A few months ago I went to Cincinnati Stampaway with some friends, and bought a few of the new Studio 490 sets. I met the designer, Wendy Vecchi, at Winter CHA and was in total awe of her designs. I was so excited at Summer CHA to see that she had released sets incorporating her unique style with chipboard and grunge board. Today I finally broke them in and put a little ink on them!
Let’s start with the Grunge Board leaves and flowers first. I stamped the images on the Grunge Board, cut them out, and then inked the leaves with Kiwi Kiss and the flowers with Worn Lipstick. An idea-ology Hitch Fastener holds the petals of the flower together. The background papers started as white. To give them color, I swiped both Pink Pirouette and Worn Lipstick on my Ranger Craft Sheet, misted the ink with water and laid my paper in the ink to pick up the color. Using a craft iron, I ironed over the paper to dry it. This process was continued to keep adding layers of color to the white paper. The sentiment, dream, was part of a phrase that I masked, inking only the one word to stamp on the third panel.
- Stamps: Studio 490 Dreams of Art, Flower Art and Ticket to Art from Stampers Anonymous
- Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Chocolate Chip
- Ink: Ranger Archival Coffee, Worn Lipstick and Vintage Photo Distress; SU Pink Pirouette and Kiwi Kiss
- Accessories: Tim Holt idea-ology Plain Grunge Board and Hitch Fastener; Ranger Mini Mister, Gold Perfect Pearls and Inkssential Ink Blending Tool; Tonic Tim Holtz Distressing Tool; Clover Craft Iron; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Venture Foam Tape; Ribbon
Have a little fun today and stamp trying something new!
Oct
15
2008
I’m off today (okay, not just today - 
)! I am so looking forward to my trip and getting to visit with my buds! Can you tell I’m just a bit excited - yeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaw 
(gettin’ the Texas mojo going a little early).
Before I leave today, here’s the card I started working on Monday night and didn’t quite get finished! It’s for the Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge today, which is a color challenge (blue, green and brown). I must admit that when I sat down to make this card, I had something else in mind. With these colors, I was seeing a snowman, some trees and a snow filled sky. Well . . . . as it happens sometimes, I did a complete 180 and when to something else. Something else that strikes me is that I didn’t sponge or distress — I must have a fever!
You can’t see it very well (if at all) in the photo, but the wings are highlighted with a Stardust Gelly Roll pen. The halo and stars and colored with a Gold Spica Glitter pen and there are added red berries.
I hope everyone has a great day . . . . as for me, (sing along) I’m leavin’ on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again . . . 
