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Harvest Inchies!

Challenges, Copic Markers, Inchie Art, Spellbinders, Thanksgiving/Fall, Whipper Snapper Designs 3 Responses »

Oct 112008

Happy Saturday! I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying your weekend so far. I finally made it down to the studio this morning and am busy working away. I’m leaving for Texas this coming week, and I’m trying to get some projects done before I go. I’ve taken a short break because I want to share one card with you today.

I finally got around to doing this week’s Color and Sketch Challenges on Splitcoaststampers. I’ve had this idea in mind ever since I saw the Color Challenge on Tuesday, but other things had to take precedent. It also didn’t hurt that I could utilize the Sketch Challenge with my idea.

The images were colored with Copic Markers and then punched with a one inch square punch. The background panels were stamped with the plaid image from the set. The sentiment was die cut with Spellbinders Shapeabilities Tags. Can you find the subtle humor in the card?

Stamps: Anna Wight’s Harvest Blessings from Whipper Snapper Designs
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango and Chocolate Chip
Ink: Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black, Archival Jet Black and Vintage Photo Distress
Accessories: Copic Markers; Spellbinders Shapeabilities Ribbon Tags Trio; Square Punches; Ribbon; Brads; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber

I hope you have a great weekend!

Pink is for Little Girls!

Copic Markers, Inchie Art, Rubbernecker, Soldering, Spellbinders, Techniques 5 Responses »

Aug 162008

I hope you are enjoying your Saturday! I went into the studio early this morning, and was working on a few cards when I realized that I didn’t have something I needed! Well, that called for a shopping trip. I headed out to Lowe’s, Home Depot and then ended up at Hobby Lobby! Oh my and yes, my Hobby Lobby DOES have Spellbinders! I was in shock. They don’t have Ranger Perfect Pearls, but they do have Spellbinders.

Since Mallory has one day of work left, tomorrow, she needed me to make her a card today. Her manager had a baby this summer and Mallory has had a baby gift sitting here for weeks. Why for weeks? Because she has been asking me to make a baby card for that long, and I have not either had the time or been too pooped to work on it late at night. Yesterday when Mallory mentioned the card again, I knew I didn’t have any other option than to make the card today. As you can tell, her manager had a baby girl!

I colored the lamb with Copic Markers and then die cut the image with a Circle Nestability. I knew that I was going to airbrush the background, so leaving the image in the Nestability, I masked it and then airbrushed. For the background I decided to stamp some stars, instead of using designer paper. The same stars are stamped on the pink scallop panel on the front as well. For an embellishment, I made an Inchie. I stamped the bootie, colored it with Copic Markers and then over stamped the work girl. I mounted the Inchie between two pieces of 1″ Memory Glass, and then soldered the charm. I added a jump ring at the top to run the ribbon through and then tied a bow from the jump ring. I don’t think I’m ready to make fancy jewelry yet, but at least I’m still practicing with the solder. I’m not ready to throw in the towel yet. On the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment “We can give our children two things . . . One is roots, the other is ‘wings’.”

Stamps: Rubbernecker Baby Collection: Lamb SKU:88-01, Sleeping Moon SKU:88-13, Roots Text SKU:88-02, It’s A Girl SKU:88-19, and Bootie from Rubbernecker Stamp Company
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Pink Pirouette
Ink: Ranger Pitch Black and Archival Jet Black; SU Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Copic Markers and Airbrush System; Spellbinders Plain and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, and Wizard; Ranger Inkksentials 1″ Square Memory Glass; Copper Foil Tape; Soldering Tool; Silver Jump Ring; Solder; Ribbon

Enjoy your weekend. I’m heading back down to the studio. So many ideas and so little time! Scary thought – I know! Oh and don’t forget that Rubbernecker still has Ranger Pigment Pads and Reinkers on sale. If you purchase $25 in product, you will receive a 10% rebate on your entire shopping cart. Check out all the deets on the Rubbernecker Home Page.

Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge RBC09

Chipboard/Illustration Board, Copic Markers, Inchie Art, Rubbernecker, Spellbinders, Techniques 6 Responses »

May 122008

Good Monday morning! I had such an excellent Mother’s Day yesterday. Both of my girls were here at the house and then we took dinner over to my mother’s. My sister stopped and picked up the chicken, and I got the DQ ice cream cake! Other than that, I sat and watched old movies all day – good times!

This week’s Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge, RBC09, is to use a circle or circles somewhere on your card. If this is the first time you’ve played in the RN Blog Challenge, you can find all the details and more information on this week’s challenge on Jeanne’s Blog, Inky Paws.

A while ago, I shared a few cards with you made with Inchie images from the Out of Africa Collection. I mentioned then that they were part of a set, but that I would show the rest to you later. (If you wish to refer back to the original post, you can find it here.) Well, later is now! Actually, if you visited the Rubbernecker Booth while at the Akron Stamp Show, you saw these cards in person.

All the images were colored with Copic Markers and raised on heavy weight chipboard coasters. For the first card, the coaster was colored with Sharpie Black Marker. For the subsequent cards, the coaster was covered with black glossy cardstock. Square Nestabilities were used to make the background panels for each of the images.

Stamps: KK Originals Background Collection Spiral Background SKU:59-04 KK; Goddesses Collection We Be Jammin SKU:41-25 KK, Star Keeper SKU:04-01 KK, and Zeke from Rubbernecker Stamp Company

Paper: Georgia Pacific White, Black, Glossy Black

Ink: Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black

Accessories: Copic Markers, Heavy Weight Chipboard Coaster, Ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities

To see other samples for today’s Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge, please visit the blogs of Broni, Kittie and Jeanne.

Oh and by the way, for Mother’s Day my girls gave me a pair of purple Crocs and a planter for the deck. I’m sure you’ll be seeing pictures when we get a little sunshine and no rain and clouds. Have a great day!

New Hanna Preview

Challenges, Copic Markers, Hanna Stamps, Inchie Art, Techniques 13 Responses »

Apr 022008

Have you ever done something stupid – I mean stupid? Something that made you hurt yourself? Well, I did last night. I got up in the middle of the night to change from flannel sleep pants to shorts (got a little warm) and was in the bathroom stumbling around in the dark. Stumble I did! The door was half open, and I fell forward. Can you see it coming, that edge of the door right at your face? Actually, it took me by surprise more than anything else. My forehead hit the door. Oh yeah – stunned! I actually wondered if maybe I shouldn’t sit up for a while and not go to sleep it hurt that bad. But, I was too tired for that. So back to bed I went and didn’t give it a second thought. I’ve had a little headache this morning, but not bad and actually forgot that I hit that door last night. DUH – CRS! Just a few minutes ago, I was talking to a friend on the phone, and reached up to rake my fingers through my hair. OUCH! I have got a goose egg in the middle of my forehead you wouldn’t believe. Okay, you can laugh now because I know I am! How could I be so darn stupid?

Enough of my babbling about how clumsy I really am. Let’s talk stamping! Last night I started working on a preview for the Hanna Stamp Release this coming Friday. I have become so taken with inchies, and can’t stop making them. Inchies have been around for a while, and in my search to find out how long, I did a Google Search. Let’s just say that I gave up on page 68 of the search. There are 77,500 results for inchies. Anyhoo, I have been incorporating them into my stamping as a great way to showcase a stamp set for a preview or sneak peek. Now I’m hooked. I worked on a series of cards last week that I’ll show you in the next week or so, and I see now what the rave is all about. The little buggers are addicting!

I started working on this card last night, coloring the full image of Hanna from the new Passport set and making inchies for some of the small images I wanted to showcase. Well, this morning when I saw the Splitcoast Sketch Challenge, the card changed course. Instead of a full Hanna now, you’ve got an inch of the image.

I stamped all the images and then colored them with Copic Markers. When I was done coloring and decided what part of the image I wanted to showcase, I cut them down to 1″ squares. Why didn’t I use my square punch you ask? Well because the darn thing broke – guess that means a trip to Hobby Lobby later. Oh my! I trimmed the sentiment down too, and sponged the edges of all the images with Antique Linen Distress Ink. The background paper is some new stuff I picked up at Archivers a few weeks ago. It’s by K&Company and is textured! Oh one last thing and I don’t know I keep forgetting this. I covered the windows and headlights of the taxi with Ranger Glossy Accents, AND I also forgot to put it in the product photo. Oh yeah – CRS!

Stamps: Passport by Hanna Stamps

Paper: Georgia Pacific White; K&Company Roam Mat Pad; Prism Frosted Mint Medium, Suede Brown Medium and Mystic Light

Ink: Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black and Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink

Accessories: Copic Markers; Ranger Glossy Accents; Mounting Tape; Ribbon; Brads

I hope you all have a great day, and I’m off to take the pups for a walk and enjoy the !

Hanna Stamp Previews!

Copic Markers, Hanna Stamps, Inchie Art, Masculine, Sewing/Stitching, Techniques 7 Responses »

Mar 102008

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a nice weekend and you’re not starting your week off one hour late. It was in the 50’s here yesterday and most of the snow has melted and the roads are clear. Thank goodness, since it was on the news last night how Jeffersonville is on the last dredges of their salt supply.

Mallory and her friends left here Saturday night for Florida. She called last night and they made it safely with no problems. I know those kids are going to have a fabulous time! I can still remember my first College Spring Break in Florida – how could I forget – that is where I met my husband, Lance. We actually lived in the same dorm and he worked in the dorm cafeteria. However, I had only met him once in a friend’s room and didn’t pay that much attention to him. I went to Florida with some friends, and he went to Florida with some friends, one of them being the same friend whose room I met in him. Now here are three girls thinking that we really don’t want to run into those guys. The first day on the beach who walks up, but Lance and his friends. We ended up hanging out with them all week and when we got back to school, Lance and I started seeing each other. That was 30 years ago this month.

Enough reminiscing, let’s get to some stamping. On Friday this week, Hanna Stamps is releasing five new sets. I have a couple of previews for you today! The first one is from the new set, My Best Friend. I picked one stamp from this set to work with, because I couldn’t resist the prissy little dog! Doesn’t she just look like a well-heeled, spoiled pup?

I stamped the main image in Brilliance Graphite Black and then colored it with Copic Markers. For some accents on the dog house, I added Ranger Frosted Stickles to the dots on the house. Once it was dry, I masked the image and lightly airbrushed Cool Shadow in the background with the Copic Airbrush System. The image was then punched out using a 2″ Marvy Uchida Punch and matted on 2-1/2″ and 3″ layers of different cardstock. I used the Inkssentials White Opaque Pen for the dots on the pink layer, and Ranger White Opal Liquid Pearls were placed on the scallops of both pieces of the brown. My background paper, SU Berry Bliss, as sewn to another layer of cardstock on the sewing machine, and then attached to the card base of Chocolate Chip.

Stamps: My Best Friend from Hanna Stamps

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip and Berry Bliss

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Adirondack Espresso

Accessories: Copic Markers and Airbrush System; Sewing Machine; Ranger White Opal Liquid Pearls, Frosted Stickles and Inkssentials White Opaque Pen; 2″, 2-1/2″ and 3″ Marvy Uchida Punches; Fiskars Scallop Scissors; Mounting Tape; Ribbon

The second preview is from the new set, Mikey. He so reminds me of a college student and since we are dealing with Spring Break, he just had to have a tan.

All the images were stamped with Brilliance Graphite Black and then colored with Copic Markers. Each image was then punched out using a 1-3/8″ square punch and matted on SU Blue Bayou what had been punched out using the 1-1/4″ square punch. The six individual squares were then matted on a piece of SU River Rock. Using an artist pen, I doodled around each square and on the River Rock. The background paper, SU Western Sky, was matted on Soft Sky. Both the image panel and the panel behind it are raised with mounting tape. The sentiment is stamped directly on the designer paper. Oh and since this is a guy card, no ribbon! Just piercing, brads and photo corners.

Stamps: Mikey and Things Hanna Would Say from Hanna Stamps

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Soft Sky, River Rock, Blue Bayou and Western Sky

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black

Accessories: Copic Markers; SU 1-3/8″ and 1-1/4″ Square Punches, Photo Corner Punch and Matt Pack; Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pens; Brads

I’m sorry I don’t have product photos today for those of you who like them. I worked on these cards over the weekend and never stopped long enough to get a photo. However, I did notice on Kristi’s blog today, that she is now offering Seasonal Sets of Copic Markers. For those of you wanting the guess work taken out of choosing what colors you should get, you need to check this out.

Until tomorrow!