Another Easel

Hi there folks,

I am back from playing in the dirt, way out at Rubyvale. I did not find very much of note, but my lovely hubby bought me two rings....two...because I just could not decide between the two!

I meant to post this as an auto-post for when I was away, but, alas, I ran out of time.

This is a card I made for an online Yahoo group and is a secret sister card. I tried to photograph it from a few angles so the dimensional aspect can be seen. The jury is out on how well I managed that! By now, she will know who gave it to her, so all is sweet.

Here is a funny story for you:- (Though, I would have been hopping mad, had it happened to me!)..... One of the girls received her secret sister card...neatly addressed, stamps attached, in an neat space of time. The weird thing was, that it was also neatly slit across the top and the envelope was empty....minus the card! How cheeky is that????

Six ATCs down, forty to go. I think that may have to be my mission tomorrow!

An Easel Card! Fancy That!!!

Now are you surprised?

Here is my third easel card for showing. A fun one, I am sure you will agree. The image is by American Art Stamps. I have quite a few of these quirky stamps and find they are just right for certain moods! I coloured with Marvy Markers and an aqua brush and used some old DP I had laying around. I DID have to manipulate the sizing to bear with a larger square but didn't find that too hard to manipulate.

I DID have trouble trying to get the Bazzill Pansy to be the right colour (I didn't get to take the piccie until late afternoon)...and have had a go at Photoshop to correct it....The jury is out on the result!

Open and Standing on the Easel

Closed Ready for Posting

What do you think?

Easel Card

Sitting as an Easel.

Laid totally flat.

Closed for Posting.

Hi all.

I hope everyone had a marvellous Xmas break. I sure did! But now, I am ready to stamp, BIG TIME!

Here is the Easel card I finished off this morning, using a Split Coast tutorial by Beate Johns, found here http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/easelcard/ . I have really enjoyed making this, so now I know the way, be warned. I will be doing more.

As you can see, I have now used my birthday prezzie from my friends (obviously also stampers!!!!!). I guess I need a little practise with the sewing machine, but this little Sew Mini sits on my desk beautifully, so I don't have to take it out and put it away all the time. THAT has to be a great selling point!

Stamps used in my creation are by Darkroom Door from the set DDRS005 Wildflower, with the reeds from Stampscapes. All stamping was done using Colourbox Dark Brown Chalk Ink.

Off to create some more and watch the tennis. I LOVE tennis season.