Have you ever done something stupid – I mean stupid? Something that made you hurt yourself? Well, I did last night. I got up in the middle of the night to change from flannel sleep pants to shorts (got a little warm) and was in the bathroom stumbling around in the dark. Stumble I did! The door was half open, and I fell forward. Can you see it coming, that edge of the door right at your face? Actually, it took me by surprise more than anything else. My forehead hit the door. Oh yeah – stunned! I actually wondered if maybe I shouldn’t sit up for a while and not go to sleep it hurt that bad. But, I was too tired for that. So back to bed I went and didn’t give it a second thought. I’ve had a little headache this morning, but not bad and actually forgot that I hit that door last night. DUH – CRS! Just a few minutes ago, I was talking to a friend on the phone, and reached up to rake my fingers through my hair. OUCH! I have got a goose egg in the middle of my forehead you wouldn’t believe. Okay, you can laugh now because I know I am! How could I be so darn stupid?

Enough of my babbling about how clumsy I really am. Let’s talk stamping! Last night I started working on a preview for the Hanna Stamp Release this coming Friday. I have become so taken with inchies, and can’t stop making them. Inchies have been around for a while, and in my search to find out how long, I did a Google Search. Let’s just say that I gave up on page 68 of the search. There are 77,500 results for inchies. Anyhoo, I have been incorporating them into my stamping as a great way to showcase a stamp set for a preview or sneak peek. Now I’m hooked. I worked on a series of cards last week that I’ll show you in the next week or so, and I see now what the rave is all about. The little buggers are addicting!

I started working on this card last night, coloring the full image of Hanna from the new Passport set and making inchies for some of the small images I wanted to showcase. Well, this morning when I saw the Splitcoast Sketch Challenge, the card changed course. Instead of a full Hanna now, you’ve got an inch of the image.

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I stamped all the images and then colored them with Copic Markers. When I was done coloring and decided what part of the image I wanted to showcase, I cut them down to 1″ squares. Why didn’t I use my square punch you ask? Well because the darn thing broke – guess that means a trip to Hobby Lobby later. Oh my! I trimmed the sentiment down too, and sponged the edges of all the images with Antique Linen Distress Ink. The background paper is some new stuff I picked up at Archivers a few weeks ago. It’s by K&Company and is textured! Oh one last thing and I don’t know I keep forgetting this. I covered the windows and headlights of the taxi with Ranger Glossy Accents, AND I also forgot to put it in the product photo. Oh yeah – CRS!

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Stamps: Passport by Hanna Stamps

Paper: Georgia Pacific White; K&Company Roam Mat Pad; Prism Frosted Mint Medium, Suede Brown Medium and Mystic Light

Ink: Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black and Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink

Accessories: Copic Markers; Ranger Glossy Accents; Mounting Tape; Ribbon; Brads

I hope you all have a great day, and I’m off to take the pups for a walk and enjoy the !

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Well, must to my surprise and astonishment, Julie Buhler has bestowed the Arte Y Pico award to me!

There are 5 rules attached to this and they are:

1) You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributes to the blogging community, no matter what language.

2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone. Click on her name above to visit her blog.

3)Each award winner has to show the award that she has been given, by the one aforementioned.

4) Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of “Arte y Pico” blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.

5) To show these rules.The 5 blogs that I choose are:

  1. Kittie Caracciolo
  2. Leslie Miller
  3. Trudee Sauer
  4. Jeanne Streiff
  5. Bev Gerard

If I have named you and you’ve already been bestowed this honor before – Well, just know that I love your blog and your work. If I didn’t name you and you want to start your own chain, feel free!!

Happy Tuesday morning! Today is the day, April 1st, and Rubbernecker Stamp Company releases KK Originals today! KK Originals is a unique and fresh line of stamps by Kathy Kaberline, designed with her own unique twist. Rubbernecker Stamp Company has acquired distribution rights to this diverse line and we are so excited to be working with the images.

It’s also Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker today. You’ll have to follow the clues to find the treasure, and I have the first clue. Your search will begin in the Flower Collection of KK Originals. Treasure Hunt Blog Candy is being offered by Shelly and Candy today. You’ll want to visit their blogs to see more KK samples and to leave a comment for blog candy. If this is your first visit on a Treasure Hunt Tuesday, you can find all the details on the Rubbernecker Home Page.

My card today is made with three different images from KK Originals.

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The bouquet was stamped in Adirondack Pitch Black and then colored with Copic Markers. To make the frame, I cut the image out and embossed it with a square Nestability. To make the white frame around the image, I left the die cut square in the Nestability, using it has a mask, and airbrushed the blue background. The bottom two image panels were also cut and embossed with square Nestabilities. The background panel is a flourish randomly stamped with light blue ink on light blue paper. The sentiment was stamped directly on the background with Archival Jet Black.

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Stamps: KK Originals 66-22 KK Flourish, Flower Collection 03-11 KK Bouquet and Sentiments Collection 40-16 KK Happy Birthday 3 from Rubbernecker Stamp Company

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Crafty Secrets Radiant Heartwarming Vintage Collection; Light Blue; Black

Ink: Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black and Archival Jet Black; Light Blue

Accessories: Copic Markers and Airbrush System; Spellbinders Square Nestabilities; Ribbon; Brads; Mounting Tape

Well, I had to come back and add another card. After running errands this morning and stopping to visit my mother, I decided I needed to do today’s Splitcoast Color Challenge. While I was working on the image, I realized that it would also fit this week’s Try a New Technique Challenge

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This card is actually inspired by the movie Steel Magnolias. One of my favorite movies and one that I frequently quote. One of my favorite quotes from the movie is “You know I love you more than my luggage.” The other day I was flipping through my stamps and ran across this suitcase. Well, I just couldn’t help myself – I immediately thought of the sentiment Love Ya to go with the image.

I stamped the suitcase and started coloring it, when it occurred to me that I could layer all the travel decals. So, I stamped the suitcase out two more times and colored just the decals and cut them out. The layout of the card just came to be. I had no idea what I was doing, but did cut out circles with Nestabilities, and started working from there. At first, I had cut the middle panel to be a diamond, and then didn’t like it when I had it laid out – hence the corner panel. I was going to computer generate the rest of the sentiment – more than my luggage – for the front of the card, but when I finally found the layout, it wouldn’t work. More than my luggage can be the inside sentiment.

Stamps: Rubbernecker Travel Collection 44-04 Suitcase and KK Originals Sentiment Collection Love Ya from Rubbernecker Stamp Company

Paper: Georgia Pacific White, Vanilla, Apricot, Coral, and Moss

Ink: Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black

Accessories: Copic Markers; Spellbinders Nestabilities; Mounting Tape; Brads; Ribbon; Black Gel Pen

Hope ya’ll have a great day today and if it’s sunny where you are, get out and enjoy the sunshine!

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