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Rocketing Hellos!

Sep 242007

Happy Monday! What a great lazy weekend around here. Sat on my duff and stamped when I wanted and had a great time talking to friends. Can I tell you that I am so looking forward to getting together with Jeanne and Kittie at the Pampered Stampers Retreat in Cincinnati! If you haven’t checked on that retreat, you need to! It is gonna be so much fun and it can’t come soon enough!

One of the things I worked on yesterday was a card to send off to Daughter #2. She has so much going on and is so excited with college life, and I thought this rocket from High Hellos by Lizzie Anne Designs would be so cute to send her – blasting off! Mal if you are reading this, sorry to ruin the surprise but maybe you’ll get something else as well. But that’s gonna be a secret! (BTW I did get your list of much needed items.)

The images are colored with Copic markers and I used a Sakura Jelly Roll Glitter pen on the stars and fuse. The background set is another Lizzie Anne set, In the Background. I stamped the circles in Real Red and Brilliant Blue at different angles on the cardstock and then sponged the edges of all the white panels with Real Red. The image panels are raised on mounting tape. The ring holding the ribbon is actually a saved ring from on old key tag.

Stamps: In the Background and High Hellos from Lizzie Anne Designs

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, SU Real Red and Brilliant Blue

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, SU Real Red and Brilliant Blue

Accessories: Copic Markers, Sakura Gelly Roll Glitter Pen, Pilot Black Gel Pen, Ribbon, Key Tag Ring, Mounting Tape, Sponge Dauber

Just Because We Wanna!

Copic Markers, Humor, JBWW Challenges, Rubbernecker, Techniques 16 Responses »

Sep 232007

Good morning! It’s that time of the week again, another Just Because We Wanna Blog Challenge. This week it’s Jeanne’s turn to pick the challenge. Pick up one of those stamps you just had to have, knock off the dust, and ink them up. We are going to use stamps that we haven’t used before. If you don’t have any new rubber that you’ve not used, then go find one that you haven’t used for a long time. Remember when you upload to Splitcoast to use keyword JBWW and to post a link to either blog!

I picked up so much new rubber at Stampfest Orlando that I haven’t begun to ink up even a third of it. It’s about time that I do though, so here’s what I’ve done! I picked one of the unmounted sheets (Murray & Ethel) from Rubbernecker stamps, cut the images apart and decided to make some cards. I’m still working on getting back to the basics, and still trying to get some simple, light on embellishment cards for my mother and aunt. Even though they both love Millie, I’m hoping that they like Ethel too! I haven’t made a Millie card since her farewell in the DD Gallery. Millie may have to come out of retirement next week!

Anyhoo, here’s another silly card with Ethel. I colored the image with Copic markers and made the polka dots on the background panel with a sponge dauber. The sentiment is raised on mounting tape.

Stamps: Murray & Ethel by Rubbernecker Stamps

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, SU Green Galore and Basic Black

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Green Galore

Accessories: Copic Ciao Markers, Ribbon, Mounting Tape, Sponge Dauber

I did get a second card finished last night — another Ethel card! Once again I colored the image with Copic Markers but used a background stamp from In the Background by Lizzie Anne Designs. I outlined the circles in the background and colored the polka dots on her bathing suit with a Sakura Gelly Roll Glitter Pen.

Stamps: Murray & Ethel by Rubbernecker Stamps , In the Background by Lizzie Anne Designs

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, SU Lovely Lilac and Basic Black

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Lovely Lilac

Accessories: Copic Ciao Markers, Sakura Gelly Roll Glitter Pen, Ribbon, Mounting Tape

Ethel

Rubbernecker, Stampin' UP! 12 Responses »

Sep 222007

I hope everyone is having a good weekend so far! I’ve been working the last couple of days on some projects that need to get done, but I wanted to sneak in some fun too. Both my mother and my aunt are wanting some funny birthday cards. I can’t remember the last time I stamped anything haha funny, so I’m starting to do a little here and there. First off, I need to replenish the card stash, but I also need to get some creative juices flowing with funny stuff. This morning I finished up a project, went to Splitcoast to check the Inspiration Challenge, and wasn’t all that interested. I wanted to stamp, but not something I had to do. Anyhoo, here’s what I did!

Ethel was colored with Copic markers and there’s just a touch of Sakura Gelly Roll Glitter Pen on the pom pons on her shoes. I call her Ethel because she is from the Murray & Ethel unmounted sheet from Rubbernecker Stamps. Another one of those that I picked up at Orlando Stampfest. I could actually see Ethel in an old flannel robe, so I stamped the background with Flannel Plaid. The sentiment is also from this collection, and is raised on mounting tape. Another not heavily embellished, simple card for mailing.

Stamps: Murray & Ethel from Rubbernecker Stamps

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, SU Real Red and Basic Black

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Real Red

Accessories: SU Red and Black Gingham Ribbon, Copic Markers, Pilot Black Gel Pen, Mounting Tape, Sakura Gelly Roll Glitter Pen

By the way, the Rubbernecker stamp site is still under re-construction, but I understand that it will be open very soon.

Santa's Hat

Challenges, Christmas, Holidays, Lizzie Anne Designs 14 Responses »

Sep 212007

WOW it’s hard to believe that it’s Friday already! I didn’t get any stamping done yesterday. I shopped with my sister most of the day. We headed out to the Dollar General Store, Target and Hobby Lobby, and then met our mother and aunt for lunch. I got some great buys at Target (stuff I wasn’t even looking for), and had a fun time with my sister. I had made up my mind that if I was actually leaving the house for a day, she was too! My best buy of the day – a rolling briefcase. I had been thinking about getting one since my trip to Florida. This laptop gets just a little heavy. We walked down the luggage aisle and one caught my eye but I really wasn’t prepared to pay $60 for a briefcase. As I rounded the corner – CLEARANCE! Oh WOO HOO my type of display. There on the bottom shelf, calling my name, was a rolling briefcase on clearance for $15. It has originally been $60. Tan, nice looks, big enough to pack clothes in for an overnight trip, place for my laptop and other accessories. I pulled it off the shelf, went through it, and the handle was broke and wouldn’t lock. I was almost tempted to put it in the cart, when my eyes wandered to the top shelf – and there was one more! WOO HOO – it made it to my cart, into the trunk of my car and now sits in my bedroom waiting for the upcoming trip to the Pampered Stampers Retreat in Cincinnati. There were other pieces of luggage that matched and I was so tempted to get them, but decided that I had enough at home as it was. I only needed the briefcase. My sister called last night and she had been back to Target – all of it was gone. I’m so glad I found it when I did and didn’t hesitate.

For the last week or so I have felt the need to get back to basic stamping. I need to recharge the creative process and try new approaches. When I checked in on the Splitcoaststampers Limited Supply Challenge this afternoon, I was so happy. The challenge today is to use limited layers. Any simple embellishments, stamps, etc., just keep the layers to a minimum. I have had an idea in head for a few weeks now and new without a doubt that this idea would fit today’s challenge.

Such a simple card, it took me a mere 15 minutes to make it, but only because I didn’t allow the Puffy Paint to dry first – I used the heat gun. I am tickled with the card and it actually came out exactly as I saw it in my head.

I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to size, covered it with Tulip White Puffy Paint and sprinkled with glitter. The holly is from the Lizzie Anne Designs Glad Tidings set. I colored the stamp with markers, stamped it out and then embossed with Dazzling Diamond Dust. The holly is raised on mounting tape just for the fun of it.

Stamps: Glad Tidings by Lizzie Anne Designs

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, SU Real Red

Ink: VersaMark, SU Real Red, Old Olive and Always Artichoke

Accessories: Many Marvelous Markers, Tulip Puffy Paint, Glitter, Dazzling Diamond Dust

You're How Old?

Challenges, Humor, MFT Designs, Picture Show Stamps, Stampin' UP! 13 Responses »

Sep 192007

Happy Wednesday! Things have finally settled down around here and I’m back in the studio today – for as long as I want! WOO HOO! A couple of weeks ago, my sister and my aunt came over and went through my card stash. They needed cards for birthdays, thinking of you and sympathy. Then yesterday my mother went through what was left. They have literally wiped me out of birthday cards and they also let me know that I needed to make more birthday cards. My mother wants funny cards for her lady friends, my aunt wants some funny/cute cards but she also wants something stamped on the inside and my sister just doesn’t care. They all loved my Wednesday girl from Picture Show, and I just couldn’t resist!

This card is for today’s Sketch Challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The sketch today fit Wednesday so well that it was an absolute must. For the background panel I used a sponge dauber and dabbed circles of Soft Sky. The long middle panel is also stamped in Soft Sky with the retired SU Happy Birthday background stamp. The greeting is using the Eek stamp from Fright Night by My Favorite Things, which Kim so graciously replaced after I washed the first one down the drain. Wednesday was water colored with reinkers. To finish off the card, I typed for the inside . . . You’re how old? This is a fun card and one I enjoyed working on!!!!

Stamps: Little Girl (I call her Wednesday) from Picture Show Stamps, Fright Night from My Favorite Things, SU Happy Birthday Greetings

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, SU Basic Black and Soft Sky

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, SU Soft Sky

Accessories: Reinkers, Watercolor Brush, Circle Punches, Brads, Double Stitched Ribbon, Mounting Tape