Time to Think About the NEXT Holiday...

...and it is one of my FAVES!!! I love Valentines Day! I love the colors, I love the candy hearts and I LOVE the Art Impressions Valentots! I stamped this little cutie with black Stazon onto watercolor paper. Then, I used STAEDTLER watercolor crayons to color this little darling in! I scribbled some of the crayon onto scrap paper and then I used a water brush to liquefy the color and painted her in! I added some glitter to the pom pom on her cap and here is my creation!

Where did the darling roses come from you ask... well... I MADE THEM!!! here is how! I used a push mold from STAEDTLER and some FIMO effects clay. I pushed the clay into the mold,removed it and here is my flower! The best part? I can make as many as I wan...in any color I want and I can make a whole cookie sheet of them in like 20 minutes! If you done want to by alot of clay... you can always so what i did and that is to add some extra color for dimension by scraping some STAEDTLER karat soft pastel chalks into a little pike and brushing the color onto the clay before baking it! It is a great effect and adds dimension and character super fast! i adhered them to my card with glue dots! easy peasy!Thanks so much for popping in and be sure to keep watching this page for more great creations!!

Auntie Lovelle...Pulling Out All The Stops!

Here is a fun card I created! I have been house shopping and it is a daunting task! I thought she looked like I felt! OVER IT!!! LOL anyway... I colored this image from Art Impressions in using STAEDTLERS KARAT WATER COLOR CRAYONS and let me tell you something... I ADORE THEM! I stamped my image in Black Stazon and then i scribbled a little of each color that I wanted to use on some scrap paper... I used a water brush to liquefy the color and add it to my image!Quick and easy!!! And for the shading? SIMPLE! Just add more pigment to the brush and go over the image where you want it darker! I hope you enjoyed this card and thanks for popping in!!!

Funky Folds Challenge over at Art Impressions Stamps!

This is the fun folds card that I created for the challenge over at the ART IMPRESSIONS Challenge blog! i used STAEDTLER water color pencils to color everything and some STAEDTLER chalk pastels to age and distress my card! This was a really fun challenge and I love the look of the watercoloring with these fun and easy to use pencils! Thanks for stopping in and be sure to check out the Art Impressions blog to play along with this weeks challenge for a chance to win a gift certificate from Art Impressions!

Art impressions Snowman Card Keeper

I ADORE snowmen...and this one is no exception! Art impressions has come up with a really clever way to give gift cards this holiday season. Actually, there is a Card Keeper stamp for many occasions... i just happen to love snowmen and with the upcoming holiday season... this is the one I am showing off! I added the gift tag to the snowman's hand but cutting a slit in his mitten between the finger and the thumb and it slid right in there. This was a quick and easy way to dress up gift cards and I know that my special occasions will taken care of easily with these fun and easy stamps!

Challenge over at ART IMPRESSIONS... BACK TO SCHOOL!

I don't know about you... but this is kinda how I felt at carpool line. Now... I adore my kids and LOVE having them around...but this Momma was running out of tricks... and it makes me happy to know that my daughter LOVES school.

I colored this image with distress inks and added the flowers and buttons for fun! Please join us at the Art Impressions Blog to play along and show us how YOU felt about school. Thanks for popping in!

Art Impressions Challenge... One For The Boys!

Masculine cards have always been tough for me... so I made it the challenge over at the Art Impressions Challenge blog. Well... we have gotten so much awesome inspiration from the design team that I wont have that problem anytime again soon! Please make sure to check out the AI Challenge blog and if you play along, you have the chance to win a $10 gift certificate from AI. There is a new winner each week... so keep checking back and be ready to see the awesome new stamps they are coming out with!

Thanks for poppin' in and have a great day!

Ballerina Eunice

This sassy little gal is all dressed up and ready to twirl! She is also the card that I made for the Art Impressions challenge... Faux Stitching. Please be sure to stop by and  check out the fun weekly challenges and then enter to win a $10 gift certificate from Art Impressions. We do weekly challenges on Thursdays and every week you can enter to win! So check it out and see all the awesome inspiration form the Design team!

Thanks for popping in!

Art Impressions Challenge...Show Me The Bird!

We are having a fun challenge over at the Art Impressions Blog. We are challenging you to use a bird in your creation...and Art Impressions bird stamps are really fun! Just check out the inspiration at the blog while you are adding your bird creation to our challenge! Every week, a new person has a chance to win a $10 gift certificate for playing along with the challenge... why not you? Thanks so much for popping in and I cant wait to see what you create!

Nothing Like a Pig in a Tutu to Get a Party Started!

I love this stamp from Art Impressions! I colored her with Derwent Inktense water color pencils and then added the trim and such! I of course used Viva Decor for the pearls in the corners. I will never buy sticky pearls again with all of the choices available from Viva Decor! I AM LOVING THESE!

anyway... Check out the  Art Impression Blog for our latest challenge...looking forward to what you create! AND... we have weekly prizes!

Watercoloring the AI way!

I did this. ME!!! me and Art impressions watercolor stamps. And if I can... you can too. It is so easy with Art Impressions Stamps. Just stamp,add a little water and you can create a masterpiece in no time at all.

I have the stamps,some markers and the handy dandy booklet and that is all...oh yeah... a little tap water too.

There are so many to choose from and they can all work together. Please check out the stamps and see for yourself!

Thanks for stopping in!

Who Knew Art Impressions Had THESE Stamps?

I sorta stumbled across this category of stamps over at the Art Impressions webstore. They are called Stamp Puns and they are sooo funny! I used on for the color challenge over at the AI blog and Just creating this card tickled me! I mean... how adorable is this image! I enjoy sending cards to make people smile and when you check out the stamps in this category, I am sure you will need to add some to your collection!

I water colored this little lady and embossed the background and then sponged it to show off the texture. The flowers were a perfect match... so they went on there too! Our challenge this week at the AI blog is a color combo... blue black and tan! Please join us and you could win a $25  gift certificate to the AI store! thanks for stopping in!

If I Can Do It... YOU can Too!!!

Art Impressions makes it SOOOO easy! AND... you probably already have the supplies that you need to create this awesome project. Water based markers... that's right...any water based markers will do. Bonnie, the amazing Art Impressions water color artist, uses,prefers and sells the Marvy markers. She references them in her work and her amazing tutorials on you tube and her written tutorials. I used some that I had... but I followed her tutorial and I had this lovely creation in MINUTES!!! Amaze your friends...( I amazed myself) with my water coloring ability that I never knew I had until I used the AI stamps. Please Check out the selection of gorgeous stamps and the tutorials available. You can even click on a video in the left side bar and see for yourself how EASY it is! Thanks for popping in!

Don't YOU Shop Like This???

I don't do simple cards well, but I was pretty happy with the way this one turned out. I love the innocent little girls shopping... and the sentiment. I know this is they way that I like to shop. The white panel is embossed with the cuttlebug, I matted the shoppers on the black and mounted that on the white. the black ribbon was added and then I adhered the sentiment! Fun!!! Be sure to check out all of the fun stamps from Art Impressions and stay tuned for their new releases!

Art Impressions... CONGRATS!!!

Art Impressions Stamps have these new WORDS Stamps. They are awesome because... well, they are ART IMPRESSIONS and because they come in a set. One Large word, congrats, for example and then a bunch of phrase to work with it. So, aside from the Applause stamp.... you also get these phrases...So Proud of You,You've Got the World at Your Feet,All Your Hard Work Paid Off, You Did It and To The Happy Couple. You can make a TON of cards from this one set and it will fit a bunch of occasions! make sure to go to Art Impressions and Check them out! Thanks for popping in!

I am back... and I have some WORDS for you!

Art Impressions words that it! How clever are these? You just stamp them, embellish them anyway you would like and then adhere them to a card! Quick and FUN! I am showing 3 of the six words available. Each word comes in a set and you get other phrases that go along with them... you can use them on the front or the inside of the card as well. I get mine unmounted... but they come on cling also. I love the stamps from Art Impressions because you get a clean , crisp stamped image every time! SO IMPORTANT!

Thanks for popping in... I hate that I have been absent for a while... I have had issues with this darn computer and it is resolved... so I am here to stay! 

ART IMPRESSIONS Water Color Stamps

OK y'all. I am not an artist... I am a stamper. But check it!!! I,ME,MYSELF... made these 2 cards. Here is the kicker...I did it in less than 10 minutes each!!! I used ART IMPRESSIONS watercolor stamps. SO EASY!!! They have amazing stamps and watercolor paper on the site for sale and the prices are great! There are free video tutorials on You Tube and the directions are so easy to follow. There are also directional pamphlets available on the site. Go have a look... and the next time you send someone a card... they may just frame your ART work!!! Thanks for popping in!

Ready to Hit the Beach?

I know I sure am! I love these little guys from Art Impressions and I thought that I would share a quick fun card. These were colored with copic markers and I used crystal effects on the goggles and glasses to make them look real! Thanks for stopping by... have a great day! 

Me, At the Beach... in 30 Years! (I Hope!)

This lady cracks me up! She is going swimming with nary a care for fashion... but she IS practical with her duckie float! This is what I will look like in 30 years... (I hope I don't look like that now!!! LOL) anyway, I used Art Impression stamps and I colored her in with copic markers... and i used glitter pens on the details. For the sand, I cuttlebudded some paper,sponged it and tore it to make it look like dunes. I cuttlebugged and sponged the water too. Check out the new GIRLFRIENDS stamps at Art Impressions...the are darling and you will be glad that you did!

This is SOOOO Me When I Get Oder...(I Hope!)

This little lady comes to us from ART IMPRESSIONS... and this is a quicky post today.

I used copic markers, glitter pens and the cuttlebug.

I am off to enjoy the day...

SEE YA!

OK... So He is a Little Late... His Aim is Still Great!

Today, I wanted to show you a cute card made with Art Impression little cupid. Like I said, he is late (well, I am really) BUT... My Darling Hubby and I have been together 13 years... yep, lucky 13... so cupid's aim was perfect! I colored him with copics and cuttlebugged the hearts and then punced them out, Next, I tied the bows MYSELF with the bow easy and followed a sketch from SCS... and here is my card. Make sure you take a look at AI's stamps and check out the Easter stamps...  They are DARLING and it is right around the corner... thanks for poppin in!