Good Friday morning! I got so involved with preparing for tomorrow’s Stamp Club, that I forgot I needed to do a Friday Focus post over on the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog. My post this week is all about Ranger Alcohol Inks and stamping with the Alcohol Blending Solution. I’ve been promising this technique for a couple of weeks now and finally got around to writing it up. You can check it out here at Friday Focus – Stamping with Alcohol Blending Solution.
Have a great day and be creative!
Happy Thursday! 
I have Stamp Club here Saturday afternoon, and I’m trying to come up with ideas. Because my mother is attending this month, and bringing a friend, I feel the pressure to make club special. Now my mother is NOT a stamper! I’ve tried to get her interested over the years and feel it is something she would enjoy. She’s quite artistic and has an excellent eye. Her friend she is bringing, IS a stamper. She normally attends a stamp club somewhere else. After seeing some of my cards that I’ve given mom, she has decided she wants to learn some of the things that I do. No pressure there . . . . 
I have had one idea in mind, and then when I saw the Ways to Use It Challenge on Splitcoast this morning, I knew exactly what one of my projects would be. The challenge today is to use watercolor paper. Now if you know me, and have followed my stamping for a while, you know that one of my favorite techniques is stamping on wet watercolor paper. I may have bit off a bit more than I (or they) can chew, but hey . . . they are experienced stampers (well, except Mom).
Anyhoo, here’s the card that I will use as a sample for their project. I will give them some leeway, like the sewing and maybe the initial background. Those items will be their option.
Starting with my watercolor paper, craft sheet and Distress Inks, I created a background for the stamping. I swiped a line of Broken China, Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed down my craft sheet, misted the ink with water, and then laid my paper into the ink mixture. To dry the first layer of color I used my craft iron and ironed over the watercolor paper. I continued this process until I had the desired color I wanted for the background. Because I would be using more water, SU En Francais was stamped in Ranger Archival Coffee. The stamps from Inspired by Nature were then inked, misted with water and stamped on of everything else. I misted the grass a tiny bit to make it appear more in the background before I stamped the flowers. For the finishing touch to this layer, I scored 1″ lines on the back of the panel and then highlighted the score lines and the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
The sentiment was stamped on watercolor paper that I had inked with Broken China Distress Ink. The sentiment was then die cut using Petite Oval Nestabilities (the detail of the embossing on the watercolor paper is amazing). A Tim Holtz Trinket Pin was slipped through the sentiment to hold my bow.
I suppose that’s all I have today. Actually, the mailman just came and delivered this huge box of alterables that I ordered from eclectic Paperie . . . Oh My BADness . . . stamp club projects are going to have to wait just a bit longer! Goodies galore!!!!! 
Good afternoon! It’s taken me all morning to get into the studio, but when I did . . . the card came together with no problems. I wanted to take part in today’s Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge and then decided that I could combine with the Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge as well.
For this week’s Blogger Challenge, Broni has given us a wonderful inspiration piece that you can see on the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog. I did turn the SCS Sketch so that both challenges would work together.
I started with a manilla shipping tag and colored the tag using Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo Distress Inks. The main image was stamped and embossed with Clear EP. For the background, I then sprayed the tag with Stream, Butterscotch and Red Pepper Color Wash. To remove the embossing I placed a sheet of printer paper over the tag and then iron off the embossing. The tag was cut down in size, distressed and then the rest of the stamping was completed.
Have a great day and be creative!
It’s been forever since I’ve done a challenge on Splitcoaststampers. I couldn’t wait to get into the studio this morning and decided I would take part in today’s Color Challenge. Because I’ve been away from my ink and stamps for a while, it took me a little while to get into the swings of things. After a couple of hours I finally ended up with this card.
The ornament was embossed with Queen’s Gold EP, masked and then the branch was stamped. I water colored the ornament with SU Pacific Point and Certainly Celery. After trying to work on the layout and papers for what seemed like too long, it finally hit me that I had some BasicGrey Fruitcake that had the colors I needed for my background. The background papers were sewn to panels of Pacific Point and then mounted on a card base of SU Basic Gray.
I hope you find time today to be creative and don’t forget to check out the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog for information on today’s Treasure Hunt!
Good morning! Well, the show season for Rubbernecker is finally over and this wayward traveler is home, sitting on the couch with my coffee and morning paper . . .
I had a great time in Albuquerque, and got to see some old friends, make some new ones and finally meet some blog/online friends! That’s always the best part of working the shows — meeting all of you! Over the last few months I’ve been demonstrating alcohol inks, and once again I stumbled upon another technique that I’ll be sharing with you later in the week!
Of course, I didn’t get in until late in the afternoon yesterday and then was tied up during the evening. No, no, no . . . not that kind of tied up! Needless to say, I didn’t get any stamping done yesterday, but I can’t wait to get into the studio today. I have so many ideas and projects that I need to get started working on . . . like losing these flabby arms that I recently noticed in someone’s picture of me.
I also realized that I have lost a day this week and instead of today being Monday, it’s Tuesday. So that means that today is Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker! 
All you have to do, is look for the clue on the Rubbernecker home page, and then place the stamp in your shopping cart. Purchase only one rubber stamp, and that treasure is yours . . . free! To get all the deets, and to also find out which Designers have blog candy this week, please visit the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog.
I’m heading down to the studio, and with any luck, I’ll be back a little later with some stamping for you! In the meantime, have a great day!
 Sherry Cheever aka Bad Sherry   Contact Me  Subscribe |
