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A Day Late, but Done!

Challenges, Copic Markers, Rubbernecker, Sewing/Stitching, Techniques 6 Responses »

Sep 132007

Good afternoon all! I’m still waiting on the plumber to arrive, but I have had some stamp time this morning – WOO HOO! I wasn’t able to work on the Splitcoast Sketch Challenge yesterday, and thought about doubling it up with today’s Ways to Use it Challenge, but the more I worked on it, it just didn’t happen that way at all! So this card is for yesterday’s Sketch Challenge.

The image is from a full sheet of unmounted rubber from Rubbernecker Stamps. Their website is still under construction, so I am assuming that they are still out on the road. I colored the image with Copic Markers and then used a red glaze pen to highlight the hearts on the ribbon. I was so impressed with the colors of Cindy Hafner’s card that I wanted to try my hand at these colors – I don’t think I did them as much justice as Cindy did. But I tried!

Stamps: Baby by Rubbernecker Stamps

Paper: SU Barely Banana, Romani by BasicGrey, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black

Accessories: Copic Markers, Sewing Machine, Mounting Tape, Sakura Red Gelly Roll Glaze Pen, Ribbon

Is there a Full Moon?

Lizzie Anne Designs 12 Responses »

Sep 122007

What a morning I’ve had today! Slept in just a little and when I got up, there were people in my house. Lance is home sick today, Kate and her boyfriend were in the kitchen, the dogs were running around. Where was my quiet mornings I am so used to. This day started out a little chaotic for me and it has only gotten worse. I had to run a few errands, so I threw the pups in the car and we went to the bank. When I came home, the house smelled so funny. I noticed a smell yesterday, but not much of one to make me think eeeeeewwwww. I kept investigating the smell, opened the basement door and oh my – horrible, horrible smell. The sump pump has died! No telling how many days I have done laundry and the sump pump has not been working. I called the plumber, who can’t get here until tomorrow. I started to overlook the mess downstairs and walked into the studio to stamp a little, when Lance decided we needed to get the wet stuff out of the basement. We’ve cleaned out the old laundry room, the trash cans are full and we still need to roll up the wet carpet and get the floor dried before we can move on to something else. If I had a dumpster right now I would do a major throw out/clean up in the basement. But since I don’t – I’m taking a little break.

I really had planned on getting to the sketch challenge today, but due to the above circumstances it probably will be much later tonight or tomorrow. So, what I will show you today is a card made with Glad Tidings from Lizzie Anne Designs. The sentiment is mounted on the inside of the card, and I used the SU large oval punch to make a peek-a-boo hole.

Stamps: Glad Tidings by Lizzie Anne Designs

Ink: VersaMagic Gingerbread and Hint of Pesto

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Always Artichoke, Bashful Blue, SU Holiday Thyme (retired)

Accessories: Brads, Ribbon, Oval Punch, Mounting Tape, Corner Rounder Punch

Purely Pomegranate and Teal

Challenges, Stampin' UP! 13 Responses »

Sep 112007

Happy Tuesday! I’ve been up and moving since 5:30 a.m., when the pups nosed their way into the bedroom and started jumping at the bed. They do this most mornings, but I don’t always hear them – I did this morning though! Actually this might be a good thing because there are a lot of things I want to get done today. Meaning, I would love to spend the entire day in the studio stamping!

I grabbed that first cup of coffee this morning and checked in on the Color Challenge on Splitcoast. The colors today are Always Artichoke, Taken with Teal and Purely Pomegranate. Now I have to say that my first instinct on these colors was yuck! But, let me tell you, I do like them together. I don’t know if I will make many cards with these colors, but it is a fabulous combination.

I combined two sets for this card, using the large single flower from True Friend as on the layers on the medallion element. All of the edges of the white were sponged with coordinating colors and both the medallion/flower and the sentiment are raised on mounting tape.

Stamps: True Friend, Baroque Motifs

Paper: Whisper White, Purely Pomegranate, Always Artichoke

Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Always Artichoke, Taken with Teal

Accessories: Hodgepodge Hardware, Large Copper Brad, Double-Stitched Purely Pomegranate Ribbon, Mounting Tape, Sponge Dauber

New Releases from Lizzie Anne Designs!

Chipboard/Illustration Board, Copic Markers, Lizzie Anne Designs, Masculine, Sewing/Stitching, Techniques 12 Responses »

Sep 102007

Great news today, Lizzie Anne Designs is releasing 8 new Little Bits™ stamp sets and 8 new Simply Singles™ today! If you’ve already seen the Sneak Peek, you know how much fun these stamps are. If you haven’t, you need to check out all the new releases at Lizzie Anne Designs.

This first card I have to show you is using the new release, High Hellos, which was colored with Copic markers. I had enough scraps left of some BasicGrey Blush to sew together a background. All the edges of the paper were sponged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The image panel was also sponged and then sewn together with a layer of the Blush and Chocolate Chip. The sentiment medallion was made by gluing more scraps onto a thin chipboard coaster and then cut out with the Cuttlebug. Both the image panel and the medallion are raised on mounting tape.

Stamps: High Hellos by Lizzie Anne Designs

Paper: SU Chocolate Chip, BasicGrey Blush, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Tim Holtz Ranger Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Accessories: Copic Markers, Sewing Machine, Chipboard Coasters, Cuttlebug, May Arts and Offray Ribbon, Mounting Tape

The second card is made with the new release, Cowboy and Howdy. Of course, I colored the image (with Copic markers) first, had a color scheme picked out, and then changed it. So if you are wondering why there is red and blue on the cowboy and green in the paper – that why! The card is SU Chocolate Chip, but the designer paper is Wanted by Cosmo Cricket. All the edges are sponged with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink and then sewn to a panel of Chocolate Chip. When I’m sewing on a card, I’ve been sewing all the layers together on a panel that is the same color of the actual card. Don’t know why, but I really don’t want the sewing to show when you open the card and then I can layer and play around with the background as much as I want. Anyhoo, I thought I would play more with some of the stitches on my sewing machine and found one that I thought looked a little western, and that’s what I used to sew the image and sentiment panels.

Stamps: Cowboy and Howdy by Lizzie Anne Designs

Paper: SU Chocolate Chip, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Cosmo Cricket Wanted

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Tim Holtz Ranger Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink

Accessories: Copic Markers, Sewing Machine, Sakura Gelly Roll Glitter Pen, Hodgepodge Hardware, Mounting Tape, Hemp Twine

Just Because We Wanna!

JBWW Challenges 20 Responses »

Sep 092007

I have some exciting news this morning! Well, it’s exciting for me and I hope that it is as equally exciting for you. When Jeanne and I were in Orlando, we also got to meet Candy Williams. She came over to the hotel where Stampfest was held and spent the day with us. We laughed, shopped and just had a fabulous day together. The more we shopped together that day, we realized that we all had one thing in common – a wicked sense of humor. When one of us would find something in a booth, we automatically grabbed 2 more of the same thing and handed them back to the others. At some point during the day, probably when we were kicking back in the room, we started talking about how much fun it would be for us to do a blog challenge with our recently purchased items, since we all had the same thing. Now there is only one problem with this – Candy has yet to start a blog. Jeanne and I were talking Saturday and decided that it was time for us to run with the blog challenge.

I asked Jeanne to pick the first challenge that we were going to post, and she has picked glitter. Now here comes the fun part! We would like you to participate with us. All you have to do is make a card using glitter, upload it to your blog and then come back and post a link to either my blog or Jeanne’s blog, Inky Paws. If you are not a blogger, but a member of SCS and want to participate, upload your card to your gallery on Splitcoast (remember though that if you are not a Fan Club Member, you will need to wait to upload until Monday), use the keyword JBWW (just because we wanna) and then post a link here or on Jeanne’s Blog, Inky Paws.

Here’s my card for the first JBWW Blog Challenge. I’ve had an idea in mind ever since I saw this set on Jacksonbelle Embellishments. I actually tried to make it this past week, but the mojo just wasn’t working. The glitter kicked it in for me however, and I finally got it done.

The card is a tall card, 4″ x 8-1/2″, made to fit a regular sized business envelope or just small enough to fit in a padded envelope (which is how I mail all of my cards). The background paper is from DCWV Once Upon a Time Mat Stack, which has just a hint of glitter on most of the papers. The stamps are From the Garden by Fancy Pants Designs. I stamped the wings in Versamark and embossed with Dazzling Diamond Dust. The heart was stamped over the wings. I then stamped a second heart image and filled in the designs on the heart with Crystal Stickles and sprinkled Diamond Gold Ultra Fine Glitter over the Stickles. The edges of all the DP were sponged with Tim Holtz Ranger Aged Mahogany Distress Ink and then sewn to a background layer of Bravo Burgundy.

Jeanne and I hope you enjoy the challenge, and we’ll be back next Sunday with another JBWW Blog Challenge!