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.

Today Rubbernecker Stamps releases 5 new sets!  To celebrate this release, we invite you to Blog Stroll along with the Rubbernecker Red-Hot Mommas.  The Stroll begins at the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog where you will find the guidelines on how to win one of the four sets being given away during this release.  If you haven’t started at the Rubbernecker Blog, you should go there as soon as possible. That’s where you’ll find the first clue to begin your Stroll and where the key words for the phrase actually starts.  I’ve noticed that some of you don’t start at the Rubbernecker Blog and then leave out part of the words in the phrase you submit.   Sorry y’all but I can’t count those in the drawing for prizes.

I’m very excited about these images and find that they are so versatile.  They can stand alone or be combined to make scenes, collages . . . really, anything you desire to make!  Remember this card?

I used the Butterfly and Flourish Inchies being released today, along with the large Flourish and Floral Silhouettes released earlier.  Pretty sneaky huh?

For today’s card I’m using the new Diva Inchies.  If you like shoes, purses or hats, you’re gonna LOVE this set!  There’s a little BAD humor in today’s card . . . . let’s see if you can put it all together!  Actually, let’s put it together with today’s Blog Stroll.  When you leave your comment to be considered for one of the 4 free stamp sets today, tell me what you would call this card.  I won’t tell you yet what I had in mind  . . . I want to know if you can see it and/or guess it.

This card actually started out as a card for this week’s WACKY WEDNESDAY Challenge, but then I had another brainstorm (yes, you know it hurt) and had to move on to that idea.  The images were stamped, die cut and embossed to be Inchies, and then they were placed on a layer of pink cardstock.  The pink layer was die cut with the Spellbinders rectangle that I die cut out the middle of the black cardstock.  It fit together beautifully and made its own frame.  The background panel was stamped with Rubbernecker’s new Flourish set.  I found the sentiment in among my Rubbernecker stamps, but because it was rather large for what I wanted, I generated it with the computer to fit my Spellbinders tag.

• Stamps:  422 Diva Inchies and 463 Flourish Set from Rubbernecker Stamps
• Paper:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Pink Pirouette and Basic Black
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; SU Pink Pirouette
• Accessories:  Spellbinders Classic Square and Long Classic/Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities, and Tags 5 Shapeabilities; Copic Markers;  Ranger Matte Accents; Doodlebug Designs Lily White Jewels; May Arts Ribbon; Computer; Venture Foam Tape

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

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, May 28, and the winners will be announced on the Rubbernecker Blog!

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

Good morning!  I can hardly believe that it’s Wednesday already . . . of course, I always get my days messed up when we’ve had a long weekend.  I got to spend a large amount of time in the studio and I’m almost (now I said almost) caught up with projects due this week.   Can’t ask for anything more, can I?  Well, I could I could!

Since today is Wednesday, it means that it’s time for another WACKY WEDNESDAY Challenge!  Kittie is our hostess today and she has challenged all of us to make a card using some type of frame.  You can find all the details about participating in the challenge and how to win a 40% Discount on your next Rubbernecker order at the Rubbernecker Blog.

My card for today is using the new Diva Inchies Set to be released tomorrow.  Oh yeah . . . Rubbernecker Stamps is releasing 5 new sets tomorrow and since it’s a release day, there’s gonna be another Blog Stroll!  WOO HOO!!!!!  I do love the Blog Strolls.

Anyhoo, here’s my card.

My frame is made from cardstock using Spellbinders Long Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities.  The cardstock was just a little flimsy, so using the same die, I cut a light weight piece of cardboard to attach it to.  I used Spellbinders Classic Square Nestabilities to cut the images.  The background panel was a white piece of cardstock that I airbrushed using a pink Copic Marker and the Spellbinders Flowers Impressabilities.  The bottom of the background panel was die cut and embossed with the Spellbinders Petite 5-1/2” Deckled Scallop Borderabilities.  To add a little accent to the frame, I applied Ranger Liquid Pearls around the scallops and then colored the inside border with a Silver Spica Marker and then went over that with black.  If you can tell in the photo, the frame is raised over the images with foam tape.

• Stamps:  422 Diva Inchies and 456 Fashion Set from Rubbernecker Stamps
• Paper:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Prism Baby Pink Medium and Black
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Accessories:  Spellbinders Flowers Impressabilities, Petite 5-1/5” Deckled Scallop Borderabilities, Tags 5 Shapeabilities, Classic Square and Long Classic and Scalloped Rectangles Nestabilities; Copic and Spica Markers; Copic Airbrush System; Ranger Matte Accents and White Opal Liquid Pearls; Venture Foam Tape; May Arts Ribbon; Brads

I hope you play along with us this week in the challenge and join us tomorrow for the Blog Stroll!  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Good morning!  Man has it been hectic the last couple of days.  First, the SCS Blogs were moved to a new server and there was a slight problem that wasn’t fixed until late this afternoon.  Second, I finally broke down and went to the hand surgeon today for this trigger finger of mine.  The thumb on my left hand had started to hurt and it was getting hard to open jars, etc.  I thought I might have truly damaged my thumb.  As it turned out, the thumb was part of the trigger finger issue.  So I got two cortisone shots today, one in my thumb and one in my middle finger.  I’m crossing all 9 toes that this helps for a while!

This week for the Rubbernecker Wacky Wednesday Challenge, Candy has challenged all of us to use inchies on our card or project.  You can get all the details and learn how you can win a 40% off coupon from Rubbernecker Stamps at the Rubbernecker Blog.  You can also visit the Red-Hot Mommas blogs to see other examples!

Now I don’t want you to or anything, but I didn’t distress, sponge, use brads or sand on my card today!  I had to ask my family if I felt warm . . . I truly thought I might have had a fever.

The little chick was colored with Copic Markers and then die cut (along with all the layers behind the inchie) with Spellbinders Square Nestabilities.  The background was embossed with the new Spellbinders Paisley Impressabilities . . . isn’t that just the coolest look?  I know you think those are brads in the corners but they are actually Fiskars Dew Drops that I found buried in some junk I had.  I tell ya, there’s absolutely no way in hell that I can remember what I have and where to find it.  I also have to tell you, that this card took me just as long to make as it would for one that I distressed from top to bottom.

• Stamps:  436 Easter Inchies and 439 Party Time from Rubbernecker Stamps
• Paper:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Prism Baby Blue Dark, Sunflowers Medium and Black
• Ink:  Ranger Archival Jet Black and Memento Tuxedo Black
• Accessories:  Spellbinders Classic and Scalloped Square Nestabilities, Paisley Impressabilities, Petite 5-1/2” Scalloped Borderabilities, and Tags 5 Shapeabilities; Ranger Matte Accents; Fiskars Rain Dots; Venture Foam Tape; Ribbon; Button; Black Twine

I hope y’all have a great day and thanks for dropping in.  I’ve got another dentist appointment today . . . yucky!  This time it’s to see what molars I need root canal on.

I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup (boy!)

One of my favorite songs by the Manhattan Transfer and of course, one of my favorite things

Morning y’all!  I was MIA last week due to some family matters, but I’m back now.  You know, if you truly thought about that . . . it could be scary!

Late Saturday night (after working in the flower beds for a bit and walking the dogs), I did venture into the studio.  I wanted to play with some of the Rubbernecker sets that I hadn’t had time for the week before.  I looked through them all and finally settled on the coffee inchies.

The inchies were stamped, punched out and then mounted on 1” squares of Illustration Board.  At first I put the layers together without the sponging and truly couldn’t stand the starkness of the card.  I had to go back and sponge the edges of all the paper with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

• Stamps:  464 Coffee and Tea Inchies from Rubbernecker Stamps
• Paper:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; BasicGrey Porcelain; Prism Rose Light, Herbal Garden Light and Suede Brown Dark
• Ink:  Ranger Vintage Photo Distress and Archival Coffee; Clear Snap ColorBox Olive Pastel and Rose Coral Fluid Chalk
• Accessories:  Ranger Glossy Accents; May Arts Ribbon; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Venture Foam Tape; Square and Scalloped Border Punches; Illustration Board; Twine, Button

Thank for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous day.  By the way, you still have until noon today to enter the drawing for the Our Craft Lounge set here.