Same again as yesterday, only this one matches my daughter's room. Process was the same but instead I used copper knobs, and Dashing DP. Image is Hanglar and Stanglar gingerbread kids. They were water colored with re-inkers on Fabriano Artistico Hot press paper. I'm taking a bit of a break so my posts will be short for awhile.
I made these cute little hangers for my son's room. They are simple to make and very cute. My husband cut the wood panels out of pine for me and routered the edge with a decorative edge. He then sanded and brought it home. I sanded, sealed and then painted the panels. After adding 4 coats of ivory paint I added a satin finish. Next I used some of the old Christmas paper from last year's mini catalogue. It was adhered down with mod podge. Last a final coat of satin glaze was placed over. Images are from Magnolia and were stamped on Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper Hot Press. They were painted in with water brush and SU re-inkers. Next they were matted and attached with red liner tape. The final step was for my husband to attach the hardware. Drawer knob's for the front and the thing for letting you hang it. Thanks alot and have a great day.
Just a quick post to show one of my Craft fair projects. Theses are sets of 8 mini note cards in a decorated round tin. Original idea came from Erica Martin . I just fell in love with her cute little tins. Since I had no square tins, I decided to use what I had which was round tins.Each card was cut using Spellbinder Nestability circle, then embossed with a matching circle front. Cards were done using different colors of Bazzil 12x12 CS which gives 8 cards per sheet. Stamps are Stampin'Up Sweet Treats, Like it a Latte, Magnolia cupcake, and Lockhart cupcake which can not be seen. Like it a Latte is dressed up with Puff Applique for the foam and glitter and Spica red for the straw and marshmallows. Sweet treats has Crystal effects shining up the chocolate. Magnolia Cupcake uses watercolor marker technique, crystal effects for icing and Spica red and green for strawberry. Tins were altered to match card colors. Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening.
Wow, the past little while has been something of a roller coaster ride. I had my Craft fair on Sunday, and was rather nervous seeing that it was my first time doing something like that. I was up the whole night leading up to it putting finishing touches on a bunch of projects. For the first time in my life my head never touched a pillow within a 40 hour period. I was an absolute grouch by the evening and ready for a mental breakdown. I'm not quite sure why i do this to myself. It was not to bad, I made good contacts and not bad sales, hopefully I've come away with enough experience to put to use for the next fair in Spring.
This second card us made to display the dry emboss technique. Big on Christmas was stamped on Vellum CS with Staz-On and then flipped over. The SNW letters were pressed with stylus tool to create a raised embossed section. Snowman was stamped on Whisper White, colored, cut and glittered and then placed over main panel with a pop-up dot. Brads were used to adhere layer to Sky later. Holes were punched and bow tied. The other layers are Shimmer White, Sky and Blue Bayou card base. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to show you some of my Craft fair projects in the coming days.
Just a quick post. I did a little Magnolia card. I just couldn't resist taking a break from craft show prep to play with her. She is stamped on watercolor paper, masked and the SU French script is stamped over. Image was colored using Tombow and SU markers then brushed with water to blend. Riveting was used to make the seal. Little lamp is Magnolia, and hearts are from a punch with stickles added to it and the light of the lamp. Copper Tattered Angel Shimmer mist was added to the whole. CS is So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Real Red and Au Cerise DP. Ribbon is unknown Organdy with Satin.
Pictured above is the disaster that is my space. It is a miracle that I can work here. Believe it or not it is cleaned up every evening and over the course of my work time becomes this again!
I realize of course that this may not be terrible exciting to ya'll, but its all I have to show at the moment. These are two of the projects for stampers club. The 3-D is not here at the moment because it does not yet exist. I kept procrastinating wanting to play with other stuff and now must pay the piper. I am scrambling to come up with the last design lol. Oh well, I'm sure I will pull a rabbit out of my hat. These projects all feature a element of working with paper. Paper Piecing and Torn Paper techniques. Well ta-ta, in a rush, hopefully something more exciting to show you later.
Just a quick stop in to upload one of my more recent cards. I'm presently preparing for a couple Classes and Club's and don't have much time to write. This is a card using the CCdesigns Reindeer Games set. They are so cute and so much fun to work with. I kept the design simple and un-cluttered to showcase the image more. Card stock is Confetti Cream, Pomegranate, and SU shimmer white CS. Image is colored in with Copic Markers and highlighted with Spica Glitter pens in Red, Gold and Clear. Christmas ball border is embossed with SU glitter embossing pwd. Lettering is Cuttlebug Olivia, and distressing is done with Ranger Distress ink in Tea Dye. Cheerio and have a great day!
I had done the past few cards all at once the other night, and am posting them one at a time. This is a card done once again in a more Euro style. Can you tell I love the style? If you are tired with it it, well I apologize, but its what I feel like doing lately lol. The image is a Hanglar stamp from last Christmas, greeting is SU Riveting. Paper is Caramel, Real Red and Au Cerise DP and Cryogenic White shimmer CS. Embellishments are Prima, rhinestone brad and Quickutz swirls. Image is colored with Prisma's, Faber and Castel and odorless spirits. Ultra fine glitter is used to highlight the image from Art Institute glitter. Please enjoy and have a great night.
At long last I am having the opportunity to post the Magnolia projects which I have been working on. One of my greatest inspirations for these stamps is the very talented Inge who is on the Magnolia design team. She has so many great cards with these stamps. If you haven't tried them out then by all means click on the link in my shopping section and go to their site. It is not hard to navigate, and they will invoice you with a total within a week. Shipping is also very reasonable. For this project I created another DVD pencil tin. The one I did for my daughter turned out so nice that I decided to do another for myself. Whenever I travel somewhere I always bring some of my daughters schooling and I am always in need of my own pens, pencils and erasers.
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I was so excited when I opened my mailbox and found this great new set from CCdesigns that will soon be released! They are just so adorable and fun to work with. I love the fact that they have these adorable little candy's to accessorize. There are a whole bunch of fun little sayings and so many extras that the possibilities are endless. I think that I am the most excited about this set. My first card is done in in Soft Sky, Real Red, Whisper White and Natural Ivory and Poison Ivory shimmer CS. Image was stamped using masking, and colored in with Copic Markers and the Airbrush system. Spica glitter pens were used to highlight portions. Ribbon is SU Old Olive, and all stamps are CCdesigns.
My next card has the image stamped on Watercolor paper. CS is River Rock, Chocolate Chip, and Basic Grey Fruitcake DP. Image was created with masking and colored in with re-inkers. Glitter was applied to different jellies. Glitter is all Art Institute Glitter in different colors. Crystal effects was applied to the tops of chocolates to simulate the ganash that is at the top of a truffle. Ribbon is May Art and all stamps are CCdesigns.
I know I have been neglecting my Blog shamefully! Unfortunately I needed a break. For now I am running solo at home. My husband has started his training for his next tour to Afghanistan which means that before his 6 month tour, he will be gone for another 4-5 months of build-up training! This of course is a time of adjustment for myself. I have to do everything on my own, and it so far has not left much time for anything else. To give you an example, I had two classes at the local library which I was conducting. On the Monday, unable to get a sitter, I had to bring the kids with me. My daughter took my class while my son decided it would be fun to run off with pieces of peoples projects. Working on essentials in the evenings has been my focus and only now am I able to play a bit! Today's two cards are made with CCdesigne stamps. I can't tell you how cute and wonderful these stamps are. I can't get enough of them, and I can't wait to start showing you some of the cute Christmas stuff. I know, I know, others are doing Christmas, but somehow it seemed wrong until Halloween was at least over. For these two cards, I chose fun bright colors again. I realize that these are not my usual color schemes, but every now and then you have to push beyond yourself. I find they remind me very much of the colors used for girls rooms and bedding now days. Most of the supplies can be found at All That Scraps.
This second card was another fun one.
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Stamps: CCdesign stamps, SU Fancy Flexible Phrases
Paper: Daisy D's DP, Almost Amethyst, Barely Banana, Poison Ivory shimmer CS
Other: Copic Markers, Nestability Oval and classic scallop oval, White brads, May Art satin ribbon, Ranger Distress Ink in Tea Dye, Cuttlebug Tag, Copic Markers
Well this is what I have to show you tonight. I hope that you can all have patience with me in the next while as I am really struggling to get lots of stuff done on my own. I will try to leave the comments that I can, and post when I can, but may not be doing so regularly. Thanks so much and have a great day!
Woohoo, last week my Magnolia stamps finally arrived! They are gorgeous. I can't wait to do more stuff with them. Ordering from the Swedish site can be a bit of a pain, It took over a month between when I ordered and when they arrived. Shipping was actually really fast and cheap all things considered. Anyhoo, I wanted to make something fun and feminine for my daughter. She never seems to have enough pencils, they always disappear on her so I figured I would make pencil tin to keep an arsenal of sharpened pencils. The main image is from the new September release of Magnolia. The background is Oh so Lovely. Both images are colored with Copic markers and the backgrounds are airbrushed with the markers. The Magnolia girl is enhanced with Faber and Castel color pencils, Solvent and twinkling H2O's. Spica glitter pens are used to add shine to the girl. Judikens MicroGlaze is added to protect the surface from the handling that it is sure to receive. Nestability scallop rectangle was used to cut the girls image and for masking. Hope you enjoy today's project, hopefully I will be back tomorrow with more!
I needed to take a break from the daily grind, and I decided to use this sweet little flower fairy. The layout is again in the European style. Yes, I am still very much in love with this style and am playing with it every opportunity that I can. I really hope that I captured the style.
I am so sorry to everyone for my lack of posts. I am slow at posting and leaving comments lately. It just seems like I have entered the busy part of the season and have little time for many things. I am still plugging away at my preparations for the two craft fairs, I have three classes in my home this week along with two classes at the Library next week, some more design team work which I will post later this week and so on and so forth. It feels like I am always on the move and busy this time of year, and the summer excess of time has long faded away. I'm so sad that I have not had any time to play with my Hanglar stamps or Magnolia. I am so looking forward to showing everyone the great stuff. Now on to this card, I won't get into details today, but the CS is all SU, the image is colored in with Copic markers, The DP is Daisy D's and the stamps are all CCdesigns. How fun they are! Cheerio and have a great day!
Wow, Halloween is coming fast, and as a result, I'm focusing a lot into the Halloween motif. The upper spider card was created using Black, Orange and Poison Ivory CS, as well as Chatterbox DP. Groovy Guava was sponged on main Poison Ivory shimmer CS and it was then pierced with a needle and threaded with silver embroidery floss. Spiders were stamped in black, then cut out bodies which were stamped on watercolor paper and colored in with SU markers and water were placed over. On The panel, a scallop was punched, decorated, stamped with spider and another spider body was popped and placed on top. All Stamps are CCdesigns from All That Scraps. 
Wow, I won't even try to tell you how bad this week has been. Posting has been a challenge. All the cards I've done with these new stamps were done on Tuesday night. We have had a broken dishwasher, mice running rampant, and other even less pleasant things. I've been scouring the house since we got in on Monday. So anyways, I thought I should take a few minutes to post another card using these awesome CCDesign stamps that came in the mail. Like I mentioned before they are so versatile with lots of little elements to play around with and the price is so reasonable. The particular card is really easy but just looks so cute with that little witch.
Recipe: Paper is Shimmer CS, Old olive, Garden Green, Wasabi, Not Quite Navy, Bayou, Ink is co-ordinating except for using mustard and Marigold on the moon. Image is water colored with Tombow markers and cut out and placed over image stamped on moon. Stickles was used to accent the hills and the hat ( Lime, holly, Black Diamond). Ribbon is SU Wasabi. Thanks and come back soon to check out more fun designs with these great stamp sets.
Well, I am away for our Thanksgiving weekend which is Friday to Monday. I have nothing to show at the moment, although I am hoping soon to be able to make and show you some great cards using CCdesign stamps. The stuff being made with them is awesome, and I am so looking forward to showing it to you ( post man please hurry and bring me my stuff!). So instead since I rarely show pics of my Family, I decided to show you some of my favorites. I had so many to choose from this summer. We had great stuff from the Highland games which we attended and some of the other cool spots we went to. The top one is of my sweet baby boy snoozing after a rough day playing.
I show this one because I always laugh that it is not safe to lie on the floor of our home because you are liable to have a baby sit on you. My little lad will sit on your head, your back, your bum or your legs. It really doesn't matter as long as its available.
We tried our daughter at soccer this year and it turned out to be a great social event for her. She is the one with the dark hair. She is busy chatting with a friend while the game swirls around them. As you can tell from the last pic, my Son shows more interest in the game then his sister lol. Oh well, gotta run, I'll see you Monday hopefully with some fun stuff to post!
I decided to relax tonight, and play around with these fun High Hope Stamps . I just love this image because it such a wonderful expression of little boys. I wanted to play into that, and have the water and worms to show some of those things that little boys gravitate to. The only thing missing is lots of mud all over him. The image is water colored with reinkers and cut out using a craft knife. Colors are SU Caramel, Brocade Blue, Old olive, Saffron, Shimmer white, and Chatterbox DP. Banner was hand sketched , written out and cut out. Thanks for sharing and have a great tomorrow!
I'm starting out this post today by mentioning that I've added a few things to my sidebar for those of you who are interested. The first is in my fav.places to shop, I have added the link to Magnolia store. They are a Swedish company who make wonderful and versatile stamps. My order should be arriving any day, and then I can start showing you some of the great stuff that they have. A lot of you also know that I have an ongoing fascination with the European style of stamping. So I have added some of the European blog links that I look at regularly. They are in their own separate spot. Now for this card. This was to follow Beate's Blog challenge. I've been seeing everyone doing one so I just had to add my to the lot. They are so fun and I love them. For this particular card I used the Copic on shimmer CS that I colored earlier. The DP is Chatterbox, and the rest is SU. Image is Stampendous.
The second card is a RAK that I made for Norma's MIL who is sick with cancer. You can find more info at Dittydots . Norma is a great lady with lots of great work on her Blog. She is requesting cards done in her mother-in-laws favorite colors of red and white. Mine is a bit later than I intended because I wanted to wait till I could get to the city and pick up some red DP. In this card I use a Lockhart image which you can find at Ellen Hutson's store. It is colored in with Copic markers. The DP is Tres Jolie by My Mind's Eye. Flowers are Prima and the leaves a punch. All the rest is SU. Thanks so much for coming by and if you have a moment contact Norma so you can send your own RAK which I know will mean so much to her MIL. Have a great evening.
