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Pink is for Little Girls!

Copic Markers, Inchie Art, Rubbernecker, Soldering, Spellbinders, Techniques 5 Responses »

Aug 162008

I hope you are enjoying your Saturday! I went into the studio early this morning, and was working on a few cards when I realized that I didn’t have something I needed! Well, that called for a shopping trip. I headed out to Lowe’s, Home Depot and then ended up at Hobby Lobby! Oh my and yes, my Hobby Lobby DOES have Spellbinders! I was in shock. They don’t have Ranger Perfect Pearls, but they do have Spellbinders.

Since Mallory has one day of work left, tomorrow, she needed me to make her a card today. Her manager had a baby this summer and Mallory has had a baby gift sitting here for weeks. Why for weeks? Because she has been asking me to make a baby card for that long, and I have not either had the time or been too pooped to work on it late at night. Yesterday when Mallory mentioned the card again, I knew I didn’t have any other option than to make the card today. As you can tell, her manager had a baby girl!

I colored the lamb with Copic Markers and then die cut the image with a Circle Nestability. I knew that I was going to airbrush the background, so leaving the image in the Nestability, I masked it and then airbrushed. For the background I decided to stamp some stars, instead of using designer paper. The same stars are stamped on the pink scallop panel on the front as well. For an embellishment, I made an Inchie. I stamped the bootie, colored it with Copic Markers and then over stamped the work girl. I mounted the Inchie between two pieces of 1″ Memory Glass, and then soldered the charm. I added a jump ring at the top to run the ribbon through and then tied a bow from the jump ring. I don’t think I’m ready to make fancy jewelry yet, but at least I’m still practicing with the solder. I’m not ready to throw in the towel yet. On the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment “We can give our children two things . . . One is roots, the other is ‘wings’.”

Stamps: Rubbernecker Baby Collection: Lamb SKU:88-01, Sleeping Moon SKU:88-13, Roots Text SKU:88-02, It’s A Girl SKU:88-19, and Bootie from Rubbernecker Stamp Company
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; SU Pink Pirouette
Ink: Ranger Pitch Black and Archival Jet Black; SU Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Copic Markers and Airbrush System; Spellbinders Plain and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, and Wizard; Ranger Inkksentials 1″ Square Memory Glass; Copper Foil Tape; Soldering Tool; Silver Jump Ring; Solder; Ribbon

Enjoy your weekend. I’m heading back down to the studio. So many ideas and so little time! Scary thought – I know! Oh and don’t forget that Rubbernecker still has Ranger Pigment Pads and Reinkers on sale. If you purchase $25 in product, you will receive a 10% rebate on your entire shopping cart. Check out all the deets on the Rubbernecker Home Page.

Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge RBC09

Chipboard/Illustration Board, Copic Markers, Inchie Art, Rubbernecker, Spellbinders, Techniques 6 Responses »

May 122008

Good Monday morning! I had such an excellent Mother’s Day yesterday. Both of my girls were here at the house and then we took dinner over to my mother’s. My sister stopped and picked up the chicken, and I got the DQ ice cream cake! Other than that, I sat and watched old movies all day – good times!

This week’s Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge, RBC09, is to use a circle or circles somewhere on your card. If this is the first time you’ve played in the RN Blog Challenge, you can find all the details and more information on this week’s challenge on Jeanne’s Blog, Inky Paws.

A while ago, I shared a few cards with you made with Inchie images from the Out of Africa Collection. I mentioned then that they were part of a set, but that I would show the rest to you later. (If you wish to refer back to the original post, you can find it here.) Well, later is now! Actually, if you visited the Rubbernecker Booth while at the Akron Stamp Show, you saw these cards in person.

All the images were colored with Copic Markers and raised on heavy weight chipboard coasters. For the first card, the coaster was colored with Sharpie Black Marker. For the subsequent cards, the coaster was covered with black glossy cardstock. Square Nestabilities were used to make the background panels for each of the images.

Stamps: KK Originals Background Collection Spiral Background SKU:59-04 KK; Goddesses Collection We Be Jammin SKU:41-25 KK, Star Keeper SKU:04-01 KK, and Zeke from Rubbernecker Stamp Company

Paper: Georgia Pacific White, Black, Glossy Black

Ink: Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black

Accessories: Copic Markers, Heavy Weight Chipboard Coaster, Ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities

To see other samples for today’s Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge, please visit the blogs of Broni, Kittie and Jeanne.

Oh and by the way, for Mother’s Day my girls gave me a pair of purple Crocs and a planter for the deck. I’m sure you’ll be seeing pictures when we get a little sunshine and no rain and clouds. Have a great day!

Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker

Chipboard/Illustration Board, Copic Markers, Rubbernecker, Spellbinders, Techniques 10 Responses »

Apr 152008

Well, it’s Tuesday and you know what that means. It’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker! If you follow the clues and find the hidden treasure, you will receive it free, if you make a purchase. You can find the first clue in the Treasure Hunt on Broni’s blog today. Two of our Design Team Members, Jeanne and Linda, have Rubbernecker Blog Candy today. You’ll want to be sure to visit their blogs for a chance to win. While you are visiting Rubbernecker, don’t forget to check out the home page for info on how you can earn free stamps and shipping.

The card I have to show you today is the first in a series of five. They are fun little cards that make me giggle. I hope they do the same for you!

This is Bayo, who was colored with Copic Markers, trimmed down to 1” square, and then mounted on a heavy weight chipboard coaster. The coaster square was covered with Black Glossy Cardstock. Image background panels were made with Nestabilities.

Stamps: KK Originals Out of Africa Collection Bayo and Backgrounds Collection Spiral Background 59‑04 KK from Rubbernecker Stamp Company

Paper: Georgia Pacific White, Black Glossy

Ink: Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black

Accessories: Copic Markers, Heavy Weight Chipboard Coaster, Ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities

Since there are five of these, I decided to show you a second one today – Sanyu.

Sanyu was colored with Copic Markers, trimmed down to 1” square, and then mounted on a heavy weight chipboard coaster. The coaster square was covered with Black Glossy Cardstock. Image background panels were made with Nestabilities.

Stamps: KK Originals Out of Africa Collection Sanyu and Backgrounds Collection Spiral Background 59‑04 KK from Rubbernecker Stamp Company

Paper: Georgia Pacific White, Black Glossy

Ink: Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black

Accessories: Copic Markers, Heavy Weight Chipboard Coaster, Ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities

Here’s hoping each of you have a great day today and stay out of trouble! Hmmm, if you can’t stay out of trouble, at least I hope you aren’t too BAD!

New Hanna Preview

Challenges, Copic Markers, Hanna Stamps, Inchie Art, Techniques 13 Responses »

Apr 022008

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.

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!

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