Another Busy Tuesday

Rubbernecker, Sewing/Stitching, Techniques 44 Responses »
Jun 102008

Good Tuesday morning. If you’ve missed me the last couple of days, there is good reason. I was off working in the Rubbernecker Booth at the Gateway Rubber Stamp Getaway. What a busy but fun weekend it was. On Saturday we were descended upon by a group of Splitcoaststampers. I can’t remember all the names, and I apologize for that – what is that called, CRS? Let me see, there was Tami Mayberry (who I had not had the pleasure of meeting before), Judy Sumner, part of the Shoebox Swap group, who was also with Shirley Quarry a/k/a wannabecre8tive, Marla (is that right? – I know you’ll comment here and let me know! – hehe), and oh so many more. I’m sorry ladies but my mind is mush. Not only did I get to meet so many SCS’ers, but I got to spend time with Beth Warner a/k/a showmestamper, and Lynn Mercurio a/k/a Lynn in St. Louis. I had the opportunity to meet both Beth and Lynn at CHA in February, and they helped in the booth this past weekend. I didn’t get the chance to take many pictures, but here is one of me, Shirley, Lynn and Beth. We are showing off our inky fingers.

Collinsville

Since this is Tuesday, it’s also Treasure Hunt and Blogger Challenge day! If you are new to the Treasure Hunt, you’ll be able to find the first clue and all the deets on the Rubbernecker Home Page. Both Leigh and I have some blog candy for you today. After you are done visiting here, you’ll want to pop over to Leigh’s blog and leave a comment there for a chance too win a $10 Rubbernecker Gift Certificate. I also have a $10 Gift Certificate today, and in order to win all you have to do is leave me a comment.

RNBC Gift CardLet’s see, I’ve asked many questions before and I’m trying to think of something I’ve not asked you. How about flowers? My favorite flowers are actually any type of wildflowers. So, leave a comment and tell me what your favorite flower is. I’ll pick a winner tomorrow and will announce on Thursday morning.

The Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge, RBC13, is to use paint today. You can find all the information for playing along on Jeanne’s Blog, Inky Paws. You’ll also want to visit the blogs of Kittie, Candy, Linda, Tami, Shelly and Broni to check out their samples for this week’s challenge.

My challenge card today is a technique that I messed around with while in the booth over the weekend.

RBC13

I used the largest fragment from the Tim Holtz Fragments package, and covered the back with Denim Distress Crackle Paint. After it dried, I painted over the top of the crackle paint with a Lemonade Acrylic Paint Dabber to highlight the cracks in the crackle. The flower and sentiment are stamped on the front side of the Fragment in Archival Jet Black ink. To highlight the edges and finish off the piece, I went along the edges and just the tiniest bit on top with a gold leaf pen. The fragment is then raised with mounting tape on the background panel. To make the background panel, I cut triangles from two different pieces of BasicGrey Two Scoops, and stitched them together on a piece of Wild Wasabi.

RBC13 PRODUCT

  • Stamps: Jeanne Streiff Collection White Flower SKU:403-03 and Stamp Oasis Sentiment Mystic Dream Text SKU:1681 SO from Rubbernecker Stamp Company
  • Paper: BasicGrey Two Scoops; SU Wild Wasabi and Blue Bayou
  • Ink: Adirondack Archival Jet Black
  • Accessories: Tim Holtz idea-ology Fragments and Ranger Faded Jeans Distress Crackle Paint; Ranger Adirondack Lemonade Acrylic Paint Dabber; Krylon 18 KT Gold Leafing Pen; Sewing Machine; Mounting Tape; Ribbon

I hope you have a great day. I’m off to finish up some stamping projects that I have fallen behind with.

Sherry

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Mud Puppy

Copic Markers, Hanna Stamps, Her Badness, Photography, Sewing/Stitching, Techniques 22 Responses »
Jun 052008

Happy Thursday! I’ve got tons to do today before heading out for the Gateway Rubber Stamp Getaway later this afternoon, but I so have to share a story with you. It rained buckets here on Tuesday. I was out on the deck grilling up some dinner, and Miss Ellie snuck by me out into the yard. I didn’t think too much of it until she appeared on the stairs a few minutes later, sitting there looking out in the yard (her back to me). I said something to her and off she trotted without even turning around. I watched her go by and all of a sudden I found this. Of course, I had to grab the camera and fast! Miss Ellie by a mud hole

The Mud Puddle

and when she turned around – well just look at that face the front of those legs!

Miss Ellie

Needless to say, I still had dinner on the grill and I’m thinking what in the hell am I gonna do about this dog. I yelled for Mallory to get the shampoo and a towel. I started hosing down the little mud puppy with the garden hose, shampooing her there on the deck. Now mind you, I had dinner on the grill to pull off – which I did, and handed to Mallory. I finally was able to get all the mud washed off while I chased Miss Ellie around the deck. I knew the water was cold, but dog gone it, she was not going inside the way she looked. Once I had her clean, she was shivering to beat the band. I opened the lid to the hot tub and dropped her in. The mud puppy was now a hot dog. A quick towel dry and off into the house we went.

Anyhoo, just something silly I thought I would share today, but I have other important things too. Hanna Stamps is releasing three new sets tonight at midnight. There is a big release party in the Hanna Forum on Splitcoaststampers where there will be challenges and prizes many! If you have time, pop in and say hi! I have a quick sample of the Café set to share today. I’ve seen other DT members showcase Hanna this week, and I thought it would be fun to go a different route with it.

June Release Cafe Hanna

I colored the images with Copic Markers and then stitched around the image panel on the sewing machine. I picked some BasicGrey Sugared paper for my background and decided to do a little funky sewing. I have to tell you – too intentionally sew screwy lines is hard! I think I much prefer sewing straight lines.

Cafe Release PRODUCT

  • Stamps: Café from Hanna Stamps
  • Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Prism Herbal Garden Med; BasicGrey Sugared
  • Ink: Tsukineko Brilliance Graphite Black
  • Accessories: Copic Markers; Sewing Machine; Ribbon; Mounting Tape

I’ll be in Collinsville, IL at the Gateway Rubber Stamp Getaway working the Rubbernecker Booth for the next few days. If you happen to go to the show, please stop by the booth and say hello! It always makes my day when I get to meet my online friends!

Sherry

Posted by Sherry Cheever at 4:30 am

The Jeanne Streiff Collection

Misting with Markers, Rubbernecker, Sewing/Stitching, Spellbinders, Techniques 16 Responses »
Jun 042008

Good morning. Today is the long awaited day! INTRODUCING

The Jeanne Streiff Collection for Rubbernecker Stamp Company. So now you know, the designer of these wonderful florals and flourishes that the Design Team have been using the last few days are from our very own Jeanne! I’m so lovin’ these images. For months I kept telling Jeanne I wanted some solid florals that I could just ink and stamp. Well by golly, she did it!! They are deeply etched red rubber stamps mounted on smart cling cushion.

After making today’s sample, I got a brainstorm (and yes, it hurt). I’m gonna have to have two of this image. One to leave as one image and another to cut apart and have two separate images. The possibilities are endless – oh MY BADNESS!

Flora and Flairs

For this card, I inked the image with distress inks. The stem flourish was inked in Shabby Shutters and then rock n’ rolled in different areas with Peeled Paint. The flower was inked in Dried Marigold and then rock n’ rolled in Spiced Marmalade. Using a Tsukineko Fantastix, I highlighted the inside of the flower with more of the Spiced Marmalade. Once I had the image inked, I misted it with water and then stamped on Vanilla cardstock. Now after I had the image stamped, I went on the search for some matching paper. I know, I know – and I do this so often, I match the paper AFTER I pick my ink colors. I settled on these two papers from the BasicGrey Sugared collection and then matched that to Prism cardstock. Probably what you can’t see in the photo, is that I stamped the Wheat Swirls Flourish on the background paper in Distress Embossing Ink. It added just the slightest design on the paper which takes on a different look depending on the light. The image panels were all cut using circle Nestabilities and the edges were sponged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Flora and Flair PRODUCT

  • Stamps: The Jeanne Streiff Collection Wheat Swirls Flourish and Flora and Flairs from Rubbernecker Stamp Company
  • Paper: Vanilla; BasicGrey Sugared; Prism Herbal Garden Medium and Dark
  • Ink: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing and Vintage Photo, Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold, Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters Distress Inks
  • Accessories: Sewing Machine; Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities; Ranger Mini Mister; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber and Fantastix; American Crafts Ribbon; Brads; Clip; Mounting Tape

You’ll want to visit the blogs of all the Rubbernecker Design Team today and check out their fabulous samples! You can find all their links in the top right sidebar under Rubbernecker Designers.

I hope you have a fabulous day today! I need to get some more stamping done before I leave for the Gateway Rubber Stamp Getaway tomorrow. I suppose I should do laundry too so that I will have something to wear.

I decided to do today’s Sketch Challenge on Splitcoast, and thought that I would edit and add it to this post. After all, it is another sample of The Jeanne Streiff Collection. I was going for more of a monochromatic look, but decided at the last minute to add the black. Glad I did!

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I stamped the flower image with Distress Embossing Ink on white paper, heat set it, then stamped another image over the top. The second layer I embossed with Ranger UTEE. Instead of using ink on the paper, I decided to use two different shimmer mist concoctions. I mixed Milled Lavender with Pearl Perfect Pearls and then Dusty Concord with Pearl Perfect Pearls. I sprayed the image panel with both, allowing them to dry in between colors. I was amazed at how the image stamped with the embossing ink only soaked up the colors and got darker. Well, live and learn! I then stamped the background with one of Jeanne’s new flourish designs in Milled Lavender and then misted the background with the Milled Lavender Shimmer Mist. This baby really does sparkle in real life. I’m just sorry I can’t get a photo that does it justice.

SC179 cutout

I cut the circle images for the flowers with Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities and added some black ribbon and brads. There would be more brads, but darn it all, I have one left and only two smaller ones. Guess I’m gonna have to shop – . Anyhoo, it’s just a another sample of how versatile these stamps really are!

SC179 PRODUCT

  • Stamps: The Jeanne Streiff Collection – Swirl Flourish SKU:400-02 and White Flower
  • SKU:403-03 from Rubbernecker Stamp Company
  • Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Prism Iced, Frosted and Intense Amethyst; Black
  • Ink: Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing, Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord Distress Inks
  • Accessories: Ranger UTEE, Mini Mister, Distress Reinkers, and Pearl Perfect Pearls; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Spellbinders Wizard and Circle Nestabilities; Brads; Ribbon; Mounting Tape

Now I guess I’m done for the day. Got to go get that laundry done!

Sherry

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So Many Things Goin' On

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Jun 032008

Good Tuesday morning! What an exciting day for all of us at Rubbernecker Stamp Company today! There’s tons going on, so grap your cup and sit a spell.

Please help us our two new Guest Designers, Leigh O’Brien and Tami Mayberry. Please stop by their blogs and see what they have been up to. Make sure you tell them hello too! We are so excited to have them stamping with us over the next couple of months!

It’s also Tuesday. That means there’s a Treasure Hunt as well. As always, you can find all the deets and info, including the first clue, on the Rubbernecker Home Page. Jeanne and Linda are offering up some Rubbernecker Blog Candy today too! Make sure you visit them and leave a comment for a chance to win a $10 Rubbernecker Gift Card.

Last but not least, it’s another Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge today – RBC12, and it’s a sketch challenge today. Don’t forget that we have changed our challenges up so that you can incorporate the SCS Color Challenge into your RN Blogger Challenge card if you wish. All the requirements for participation can be found on Jeanne’s blog. I’m going to go ahead and post the sketch for today’s challenge, but I’m going to wait to post my card. I’m so in the mood to do a Color Challenge and I’m thinking I want to incorporate it with the Blogger Challenge.

RBC12 Sketch

As you are blog hopping among the Design Team’s blogs today, take a note of all of the images used. The Senior Design Team Members (Kittie, Candy, Broni, Shelly, Linda and Jeanne) have all posted previews with the new line of stamps designed by one of our very own designer team members. This line will be released tomorrow, June 4th, so I’m sure you’ll be seeing more samples tomorrow too!

Here are the two that I’ve already posted for you over the couple of weeks. The first vaguely resembles today RBC Challenge, which I just noticed, was originally posted on May 21.

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Now the second one (orignally posted on May 20).

Floral Silhouette

Have a great day, enjoy your blog hopping, and I’ll be back a little later with my challenge card.

Well, I’m back!  I finally got my Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge Sketch done today.  I’ve used a combination of two of the new Rubbernecker images being released tomorrow.  I colored the floral stamps with markers, misted them with water and then stamped.  The background is made with one of our new flourishes being released, also designed by the same Design Team Member as the florals.

CC169

And here is a better picture of just the images being released.

CC169 Product

  • Stamps:  New Floral Silhouettes and Florishes  and Stamp Oasis Petite Word Set Petite Wind & Sea SKU:2000-10 from Rubbernecker Stamp Company
  • Paper:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, SU Soft Sky and Blue Bayou
  • Ink:  Ranger Archival Jet Black; SU Soft Sky, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Real Red, Chocolate Chip
  • Accessories:  Ranger Mini Mister; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Brads; Ribbon; Mounting Tape

Well, I’m done now and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

 Sherry

Posted by Sherry Cheever at 4:30 am Tagged with: ,

Hanna Stamps Preview - Bookworm Hanna

Copic Markers, Hanna Stamps, Techniques 22 Responses »
Jun 022008

Good Monday morning! I hope everyone enjoyed your weekend. We had a great family day at my niece’s Graduation party on Saturday and then yesterday, I lazed around a bit and then got some stamping time in. I found out yesterday morning that I will be working the Rubbernecker Booth at the Gateway Rubber Stamp Getaway in Collinsville, IL this coming weekend, so I’m trying to get myself caught up and maybe ahead before the weekend. A huge task since I get so easily sidetracked – just like now.

At 12:00 midnight on Thursday, Hanna Stamps will be releasing three new sets, and I have a preview of one of the sets for you today. There will also be a Release Party in the Hanna Stamps Company Forum on Splitcoaststampers Thursday night. You won’t want to miss the challenges and there might even be a few surprises. Anyhoo, here’s my preview for you today of Bookworm Hanna.

Bookworm Hanna

The card actually uses five individual stamps from the set, and a whole lot of masking. The books and the coffee cup were stamped separately, cut out and then raised on the table with mounting tape. The entire image was colored with Copic Markers. There is a very faint layer of yellow under the lampshade which is my effort to make it look like the light is actually on. Of course, since the light is on, that side of the chair would be lighter too. The background paper and photo corners are a mixture of the different patterns from BasicGrey Mellow, which I sponged all the edges of with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

  • Stamps: Bookworm by Hanna Stamps
  • Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; BasicGrey Mellow; Prism Herbal Garden Medium and Suede Brown Dark
  • Ink: Tsukineko Brilliance Graphite Black; Ranger Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink
  • Accessories: Copic Markers; Tsukineko Sponge Dauber; Fiskars Scallop Paper Edgers; Photo Corner Punch; Ribbon; Brads; Mounting Tape

Hope you have a fantabulous day today!

Sherry

Posted by Sherry Cheever at 8:00 am
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