Happy Monday! The first thing I need to do today, is tell you that the winners of The E-Team Blog Hop will be posted on the eP Blog today! Don’t forget to take a look and see if you are one of the winners.
So, I have to honestly tell you that I haven’t been in the mood to stamp lately. I don’t know what it is . . . maybe the sunny weather and wanting to get outside, a slight burn out, or maybe even having enough family stuff going on that I’ve used it an excuse not to head into the studio. It could also be that my work area is in the basement and now that it’s sunny outside, I don’t want to go down into the dark dungeon. Whatever it is and after giving myself 2 weeks of self-pity, which has put me way behind again, I’m pulling myself up by my bootstraps and getting on with it. Balance, I need balance and it’s time I got it back!
How about we talk about today’s project.
When I first started playing with the Webster’s Pages new Triple Pack, including Yacht Club, I realized that I needed to make a card one day with JustRite By the Sea. I finally got this card made yesterday afternoon. Of course Mallory said the image was too bright and I needed to dull it some . . . she’s probably right, I was just too lazy to photograph everything again.
The image was colored with Copic Markers. The ones I used are pictured below:
The seam binding was dyed with Antique Linen Distress Stain. Antique Linen Distress Ink was used to sponge all the edges.
Well, I guess that’s all I have for today. Tomorrow one of my first projects for Graphic 45 is to be featured on their blog. I think this is the one with the video tutorial.
I hope you have a fabulous day and thanks for stopping by!
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Good rainy Monday morning! I don’t think our rain is ever going to end . . . at least for this week it’s here to stay. If you watch the weather and see the Ohio Valley line and see Louisville, KY on the map . . . that’s me. I’m right across the river in Indiana and all I can say . . . it’s wet!
I remember in 1997, March 2 to be exact. It was Kate’s birthday and I had planned a huge skating party for her. It started raining and didn’t stop. All the roads and low lying areas flooded and the river was rising. By the end of day we were moving my parents out of their home on the river. It takes the river to rise 28 feet to be over the wall to be in the yard. Their house was higher than most and it took another 4 feet to be in the upper portion of the house. It ended with 4 feet of water in their house and the clean up was horrendous. I don’t think the river is going to be that high when it crests this week, but it is expected to be 4 feet over the wall. I am so glad my mother has finally sold the river house and Kate and Will have moved from there. This is the first year in I don’t know how long (I can’t remember the first year my parents spent on the river, but I’m guessing early 80’s) that we won’t have to mess with moving stuff up and/or out of the house. Can you hear my big sign of relief.
My studio is still gathering ground water and I have a line of beach towels holding it back. When they get soaked, I replace them with dry ones and bring the wet ones up to take a spin in the washer and then the dryer. They keep rotating periodically through out the day. Luckily our power outages have not been as bad as the first day (14-16 hours I think).
I haven’t been getting the studio time that I’d like to have over the last week (because of the weather) and this has put me way behind on projects that need to be completed by the end of this week. On Saturday, when my girls were at the movies, I did sneak in a little time (before the water got so bad again) to create a quick card. Well I shouldn’t say quick because it took me all day, but only because of the water and switching towels, etc. This is the project I have to share with you today.
I used one of the bird images from the JustRite Back Yard Birds set and some of my new Melissa Frances paper (5th Avenue). The image is colored with Copic Markers and the paper was all sewn to some Core’dinations cardstock. Of course, you’ll also see many different Spellbinders™ die templates.
I’m going to finish my morning coffee and then head down to the studio to check on the towels and hopefully work some. I’m trying to avoid bringing stuff upstairs to work because I know I won’t have all that I need at any given time . . . and I just can’t work like that!
I hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by!
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At Winter CHA, Inky Antics Rubber Stamps introduced a new product to the market . . . The HoneyPOP Collection. This is such a different and fun collection that even us die hard vintagy/grungies love it! Jackie Lewis, the founder and Creative Director for Inky Antics, has a fabulous video tutorial, as well as a written one, on how to use these stamps in conjunction with the Honeycomb Pads. You can find them both here on their eclectic Paperie home page. Did I watch the video before I made my card . . . NO! So needless to say I left out a few steps.
As an added surprise in today’s hop, Jackie thought it would be nice if all the designers gave away a set of HoneyPOPS and coordinating Honeycomb Pad! She was very generous and gave each of us an additional collection that we will get to give away to one of our lucky readers. eclectic Paperie will also be giving away a $25 Gift Voucher on the eP Blog.
Here’s how you can win your own HoneyPOPS! Simply leave me a comment telling me what you think of the HoneyPOP Collection and/or any of the projects you have seen on the hop. You have today and tomorrow to leave comments and the winners will be announced on Friday!
Don’t forget to leave comments for my fellow E-Team members. Remember they are all giving away a HoneyPOP set too!
The E-Team
Daisy Sparks
Broni Holcombe
Latrice Murphy
Linda Duke
Linda Ledbetter
Micki Harper
Sherry Cheever
Starla Nelson
Now for my project! I must first tell you, that even though these stamps are probably better suited to children, I found a way to work around that. I made my card for any of my gray, wrinkled friends or maybe even some of my mother’s friends. It’s just a little twisted campy humor!
I colored the images with Copic Markers (W-1, 3 & 5; BG0000; BG10) and used some old BasicGrey Marrakech Designer Paper. Marrakech is one of those papers that I had a hard time using (so I have tons of it) but when I think of elephants my mind automatically recalls the Marrakech paper. Because I was coloring with Copic Markers, the images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black so the image wouldn’t smear. The sentiment was stamped in Ranger Archival Jet Black because I prefer the crispness of the ink, and then die cut/embossed with Spellbinders Grommet Tags.
Because I just can’t make a one-layer card (it would be stepping too far out of the box), I stamped the elephant on white cardstock cut to size for the card. Because I decided on a top fold card, my balloon looks a little funky because of the Honeycomb lines.
Well, I think that’s it for me today! Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to leave some comments for my fellow E-Team members!
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