August SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to the August Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month you'll find 22 fabulous SOTM creations on the hop using School Year, a set of nine Back to School themed stamps. You might be arriving here from DARLYS'S BLOG. If you get lost along the way you can find the full list of hoppers here. 

I chose to highlight a single image from this set, the pencil. I stamped a row of pencils along the bottom of a panel of Watercolor paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Then I misted the watercolor paper heavily with water. I dropped watercolor paint onto the panel, helping the color to move along in stripes across the panel. After the paint had dried I went back to stamp the sentiment in Tuxedo Black across the top. I added some hand drawn lines around the card front edge using a journaling pen, as well as some clear Shimmer Brush on each pencil.

 I'm linking this project up to the Just Us Girls Something Old/Something New Challenge. My Something New is the new Stamp of the Month, of course, and my something old is the sentiment from Little Dreamer (which is retiring soon) and my extremely well loved watercolor paint palette.

Be sure to ask your consultant about the August SOTM or click here to get yours before it's gone! Next up on the hop is GINA'S BLOG. Happy Hopping!

Unicorns and Rainbows Workshop

I am so very excited to teach this class! I can't even tell you how much fun I had designing this one. It's rainbows. It's unicorns. It's watercolor. It's glittery. It's everything I love in one happy, colorful place. 

I'll be hosting this sparkly workshop on May 21st. You have so many options with this kit. You can make just the six cards for $12. Or you can make EIGHTEEN cards (3 of each design) for $25. Everything you need is included, except the watercolor paints (but I'll share my paints in class).  

Or you can make this adorable 6x6 Mini Album for just $20! Can you see that sweet heart print paper? Swoon! This project has no stamping, and all the embellishments pictured are included! It's a double sides display album, so when you flip it around you get this:

Or you can have it ALL for just $35. Seriously. the mini Album and 18 cards. The full color instructions and, if you are local, The May 21st full day crop with lunch is included. The only thing you need to bring is your own favorite adhesive. This Unicorn and Rainbows workshop is truly magical! 

If you are on my VIP FB group, there's a special watercolor bonus bundle posted there right now! 

Ready to rainbow it up with us? Order your choice of kit below! If you need it shipped to your home, please choose the shipping option too, or we can meet up locally for free if you aren't able to attend on May 21st. Here's the Paypal link to reserve your kit. 

Holler if you have questions, and have a magical day!

Crop Kits or To Go Kits!

(1) I WANT IT ALL Kit (Mini Album & 18 cards) $35.00 USD (1) Mini Album Only Kit $20.00 USD (1) 6 Card Workshop Only Kit $12.00 USD (1)18 Card Workshop Only Kit $25.00 USD Watercolor Bonus bundle $20.00 USD Shipping to Your Home $10.00 USD

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Day 362: Rainbow Hello Card

I didn't even hit my stamp space tonight until 9 p.m., and it was pretty much the thought of quitting my 365 days of projects challenge with only 4 days left that made me head downstairs to craft when I was already comfy in my bed. When I was done with this card, I was glad I crafted.

I hopped over to CAS(E) This Sketch for some sketch inspiration. I considered looking for some washi tape to make the stripes...but that jar is not unpacked yet, so I have three kinds. Then I pondered watercolors, but I can't remember where I put those for safekeeping last week. I looked at the 10 ink pads I have on hand (because I haven't found the spinner boxes to unpack yet) and realized I almost have a rainbow. Sold! 

I stamped the Hello bubble from Share the Love on my card front. Then I lazily stamped my arrow stripes around the bubble without even bothering to mask it off. I know I should have, but I think it came out cute anyways. I considered embellishing, but I was really happy with this one layer totally CAS card. Now I get to go back to bed. Good night, Stampin' Friends! 

Day 185: Thanks So Much Card

Yesterday afternoon my friend Sarah came over for a little one-on-one Cricut tutorial. We tried out my Expression and my Explore machines in the hopes of helping her decide which model she'd like to add to her crafting stash. I grabbed a packet of Garden Green cardstock to cut random things with her, since it's long retired and I have a fairly thick stash of that color left. I thought I'd be able to just recycle the cuts...

I was showing Sarah how to cut an oval out of the front of this THANKS SO MUCH card from the Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge using Design Space. As you can see, I couldn't toss it. I trimmed it down to fit a 4x4 card, and, using the new sketch from Retrosketches, I whipped up a cute little card in minutes.

 I carefully sanded the cricut cut cardstock with my emery board so I wouldn't mess up the adorable attached sentiment. Then I stamped the sun and clouds using Rain Or Shine. I coated the sun image with Wink of Stella. Then I added the stitch detail using the stitch stamp from the Zoe WOTG. That is one of those stamp images bound to get it's own block and a place of honor on my stamp table. It's small enough to be easily included in my basic on the go kit too! Hooray for stitching with no stitching! That heart is hand-cut from a scrap of coral shimmer trim.

I ran a strip of the coral shimmer trim behind the sentiment along the bottom of the card. I stamped the rainbow from Rain or Shine in Memento Tuxedo Black, then colored it in with a waterbrush and 3 inks: Sorbet, Canary, and Glacier. That got a nice coating of Wink of Stella too.

Thanks for the crafting time, and the inspiration, Sarah! 

I'm Stamping Royalty...

Only in my head, lol. I finally got my act together to submit a few cards for the awesome Paper crafts Mag Stamping Royalty contest this year. It's my first time entering, and I had no delusions of actually winning, but it was really fun to make some fancy cards for them, and now I get to share them on my blog! Which is awesome, since I missed a bunch of blogging while I worked on these...

I think this one was my favorite submission. I embossed the background with my favorite big dot cuttlebug folder. Then I edged my cricut cut frame with a silver gel pen. I colored the CTMH Color Ready Seam Binding ribbon in one inch chunks with my markers (Tulip, Sunset, Sunny Yellow, Pear, Pacifica, and Gypsy) then pleated it across the card using my stapler and some Liquid Glass. I rolled each Polka Dot Alphabet letter into two of the Ink colors, then fussy cut them and popped them up on 3-D foam tape.

Then there was the butterfly. Ah, butterflies, why do I love you so much? (Sorry, Caren C.!) I cut both layers of this butterfly from my sidekick, the Art Philosophy Cartridge.  Then I colored the background layer with the same markers from the ribbon coloring and the front layer with my black marker. I sprayed the top black layer with Silver Spray glitter (LOVE!) and put everything together with 3-D foam tape and Sparkles for the body.

Speaking of letters you can customize, the Color Ready Alphabets are now in the "While Supplies Last" area of my website at just $1.50 a package! I'm stocking up, because, while I LOVE the versatility of a letter stamp, sometimes nothing beats the ease of a letter sticker. Especially letter stickers you can sponge/stamp/distress/and customize to your hearts content in two fonts! Oops - better make that one font - Hodge Podge sold out while I was typing this post!

Place any order on my website by Saturday of this week, and I'll mail you one of these pretty butterfly cards! Hello spring!