Just Us Girls #607 - Photo Week

Hello!  Cecile is hosting Photo Week over at Just Us Girls, and she has chosen the cutest photo!  I just love it!

 

I knew right away what my card would look like, and it came out just as I imagined.  I've had this fox from Whipper Snapper for a long time and had to look for it!  It's a wood mount stamp too.  I started by stamping the fox, then the banner.  It took me three tries before I got it right!  The banners are one stamp, so I had to mask each one to stamp the other.  It should have been easy, but for some reason was a pain!  After that, I used a stencil for the clouds and stars.  The fox was colored with copic markers.  I added star dust stickles to the stars and glossy accents to his nose.  

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our October guest on the JUGs blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Rizzo (Whipper Snapper), Festive Fall Bundle (Gina K)

Paper:  Recollections white, black

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black, mandarine spice, pumice stone, copic markers

Accessories:  Festive Fall Bundle stencil (Gina K), stitched rectangle die (MFT), star dust stickles, glossy accents

Color Throwdown #528

 Hi everyone!  I'm playing in this week's Color Throwdown.  I haven't played in a while and had some time today to play with these fun colors.

 

Are you on a gnome kick? I just think they are so adorable and found this St. Patrick's Day one that I purchased last year that had not seen ink.  It's from Whipper Snapper and I colored it according to the image on the packaging.  I had to fussy cut it (no dies) which I do not enjoy I must say!  The background is a turnabout stamp from Concord & 9th that I stamped in two colors of green.  I die cut it with a stitched rectangle.  Then I used the thin frames die from that panel as well as from a black panel to get that thin black frame.  The sentiment was die cut three times and stacked.  I added star dust stickles to the gnome and spectrum noir shimmer to the sentiment and stars.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Lepregnome (Whipper Snapper), Star TAB (Concord & 9th)

Paper:  Recollections white, black

Ink:  Amalgam (Gina K), limelight and gumdrop green (MFT)

Accessories:  Stitched rectangle (MFT), Thin Frame die (SSS), Wet Paint Cuts die (PTI), star dust stickles, spectrum noir shimmer, dimensional tape 



Time Out #137 - Theme Challenge

Hi there!  The new Time Out challenge is a theme challenge, and the theme is Nature.

 

I went through my bevy of stamp sets and came across this Whipper Snapper cactus stamp.  It was perfect for this challenge as well as for a thank you card I needed.  We visited my cousin in San Diego a few weeks ago, and she and her husband graciously shared their home with us for two weeks as well as gave us their car to use for the entire time we were there.  I admired her cactus gardens while I was there, so this image was totally appropriate to send to her.  I stamped it in Memento tuxedo black and colored it with copics.  I love Whipper Snapper stamps and packages because they include a colored image that you can use for inspiration.  I die cut the image with a stitched rectangle die.  The thanks word was die cut once from green cardstock and twice from white then were stacked offset.  The sentiment was stamped with black ink and die cut with a banner die.  I added this to a piece of diagonal striped pattern paper as well as white Nuvo drops.  I also added some shimmer to the image and the word die.

 

You can see more from our Time Out challenge and our guest for this challenge, Lise, on the Time Out blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Cactus & Aloe (Whipper Snapper), Thanks All Ways (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, X-press It card, lucky limeade, pattern paper (unknown)

Ink:  Versafine onyx black, memento tuxedo black, copic markers

Accessories:  Stitched rectangle die (MFT), quote tag die (Paper Smooches), banner trio die (WPlus9), Nuvo drops, Spectrum Noir shimmer, craft foam



Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!  I went to a class at my local stamp store and made four of these cards there.  I came back home and made more!  They are all Whipper Snapper Designs and I colored them with copic markers.  Love them!  Here they are!

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!



CAS(E) This Sketch (again!)

Hi again!  Three posts in three days is really not like me, but on Sunday I was on a roll! 

 

Today's Valentine card is for my hubby.  I remembered I had this image when I went to my LSS last week and saw it there.  I had to search for it, but found it.  And guess what?  It has never seen ink, of course!  Glad I could ink it up today!  It was inked with Archival Jet Black ink so I could watercolor.  I'm really enjoying watercoloring lately!  I used Going Gray, Really Rust, and Certainly Celery reinkers.   The dp is Basic Grey's Kissing Booth.  I love how masculine these papers are.  The little hearts were punched from Really Rust paper, then covered with Wink of Stella shimmer brush and Glossy Accents.  I added Glossy Accents to parts of the mower also.

 

The sketch is from this week's CAS(E) This Sketch.

 

That's it!  You probably won't be hearing from me until Saturday's Just Us Girls post...but you never know!  Thanks for stopping in!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Whipper Snapper designs

Paper:  Vintage cream, Kissing Booth (Basic Grey), black

Ink:  Archival jet black;  going gray, certainly celery, really rust reinkers

Accessories:  Martha Stewart heart border punch, Wink of Stella shimmer brush, glossy accents



Case this Sketch #58 - Hey There

Hey there!  Are you stranded at home?  I just heard on the news that Western New York (where I live in Buffalo, NY) was the snowiest place in the country today!  Buffalo is right on Lake Erie and I live just on the outskirts of Buffalo in a city called Lackawanna.  We were in the eye of this storm since yesterday.  Our schools were closed today, and I just got a phone call that we are closed tomorrow as well!  I hope that's all the snow days we will have to use because we only have three allowable snow days in our schedule before they start taking days away from other vacations.  Fingers crossed!

 

But since I was home today, I spent about 5 hours in my craft room.  I only made two cards and a tissue box cover (the other card and tissue box will be shown over the next two days), but it felt good to be down there!  I love this first card I made.  I wanted to color today with my distress markers and chose this cute Whipper Snapper fox to color.  I stamped the WPlus9 sentiment then added some snowflakes (since snow was on my mind today!) with a stencil and modeling paste.  I also added some shimmer to the snowflakes with a Wink of Stella brush.  The fox's nose was given some shine with glossy accents.

I used the sketch from Cas(e) this Sketch.  I think it's pretty CAS, don't you?

This card made me think about all the animals that are outside in this cold weather and I worry about them.  We have lots of deer and I've seen a fox and even a coyote in my yard before.  We also have a few stray cats.  I hope they've found some shelter from this cold weather.  And I hope all of you are safe and warm today too!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Rizzo Fox (Whipper Snapper), Strictly Sentiments (WPlus9)

Paper:  Distress watercolor paper, dusty durango, black

Ink:  Archival jet black, distress markers

Accessories:  Modeling paste (Golden), glossy accents, Wink of Stella brush, falling snow stencil (Simon Says Stamp)
 



Just Us Girls #200!!! Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone!  Can you believe this is the 200th challenge at Just Us Girls?  I remember when we first started this challenge and how excited we all were!  And guess what?  We are STILL excited about these challenges!  This week is our sketch challenge brought to us by Maria.  Love this simple sketch!

 

 To celebrate our 200th challenge, Inspired by Stamping is giving a $15 gift certificate to one lucky winner! 

I have a bridal shower to go to tomorrow, so I used this to make a card for Stephanie.  This Modern Bride stamp is from Whipper Snapper.  I've had it forever and just love it!  I colored it with copic markers and added a pearl for her earring and some star dust stickles on her hair and flowers.  The paper I chose is Delightful from Authentique.  I mounted it with some blushing bride cardstock.  The sentiment is from Print Works.  I used a fancy Spellbinders die to cut out the sentiment and added some pink ink on it.

Stop by these blogs to see more inspiration using this sketch.

 

JUGs blog

Elise Durenberger

Maria Levine

Marisa Ritzen

Tangii Crain

Vicki Dutcher

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 



Recipe
Stamps:  Modern Bride (Whipper Snapper), sentiment (Print Works)
Paper:  X-Press It Blending card, PTI white, blushing bride, Delightful (Authentique)
Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versafine black onyx, copic markers
Accessories:  Spellbinders fancy tag, pearl, star dust stickles, dimensionals

Just Us Girls #71 - Spotlighting Technique

Happy Saturday! Just Us Girls has a great technique challenge chosen by Andrea...spotlighting! When was the last time you did that oldie but goodie challenge? It's such an easy technique...the most difficult part for me was choosing which stamp to use! Today I used a really cute stamp I've had for a long time but never inked up! This cute image is called Conway Tweetie from Whipper Snapper. I stamped it in Memento tuxedo black twice and cut out just the bird with a nestie. I colored that piece, put it on a pacific point scalloped nestie, and matched it up over the uncolored image. The bird part is "spotlighted" and pops off the uncolored image. I tried sewing again on my card...I like that look, but have a terrible time with the bobbin! The sentiment is from the Critters with Heart stamp set from My Time Made Easy. I managed to bend the sentiment on my block to get the curved look. I added silver pearls to finish it off.

The sketch is from the Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge, but I didn't use the rectangle inside of the big circle.

Stop by the JUGs blog to see the spotlighting technique samples by the DT and guest designer, Lori. Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great weekend!

Recipe

Stamps: Conway Tweetie (Whipper Snapper), Critters with Heart (MTME)

Paper: PTI white, summer sun, pacific point, Good Morning Sunshine dp (SU)

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, copic markers

Accessories: Nesties, EK success border punch, silver pearls, star dust stickles, sewing machine, dimensionals

Doggone Cute! - CR84FN13 and Sweet Stop Sketch

Happy Monday everyone! I had a nice weekend, how about you? On Saturday, I went stamp shopping with my friend, Cheryl Rowley, and boy is she a bad influence! LOL!! (Only kidding, Cheryl!) Guess what I bought? A Grand Calibur! Cheryl told me she bought one and I had been debating whether I had to have one or not. Then guess what I saw at my feet on the floor of the stamp store? It was fate! So now I own one, but I have to find a permanent place for it. I see reorganization in my life soon! LOL!! I had a great morning/afternoon with Cheryl talking about teaching and stamping! We never have trouble finding something to talk about!

While we were at our LSS, Buffalo Stamps & Stuff, our very talented friend Debbie was teaching a class. She does the most amazing 3-D creations with all sorts of images. She showed us one she did with a Whipper Snapper dog image called Relax to the Max (thanks to Anna Wight for the link because I couldn't find it!). Well, I had to buy the stamp and try it out. Here's what I did.

I started with the CR84FN colors of red, turquoise, and brown. Such yummy colors and right up my alley! I found those colors in Basic Grey's Max and Whiskers paper pad. Perfect for my dog image! I stamped the image three times. I cut one of them out with the nestie, one of the dog and bottom part of the chair, and then just the dog. Each one was colored and two were popped up using a dimensional silicone gel. Here's a side view so you can see the dimension.

You can see where I cut part of the ear and hind leg for dimension. I hope Debbie sees this (she's not a blogger, but she really needs to so everyone can see her amazing work!).

The flower was made with a die from My Favorite Things and Papertrey Ink's felt. I used the smallest one and it's adorable!

I used the Sweet Stop Sketch from this week. It worked perfectly for my image.

Thanks for stopping in today! Tomorrow is release day for My Time Made Easy and the MTME team will all be posting projects. I have a fantastic project to share with you, so please stop back! See you then!

Recipe
Stamps: Dog (Whipper Snapper)
Paper: PTI white, Max & Whiskers dp (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, tea dye distress ink, copic markers
Accessories: Nesties, MFT flower die, dimensional silicone gel, felt, star dust stickles, dimensionals

Just Us Girls #33 - Color Challenge

Hi everyone! The Just Us Girls color challenge is being hosted by me this week. I thought with Memorial Day coming in just two weeks, I'd choose patriotic colors. I also just found out, from reading LeAnne's post, that today, May 15th, is Armed Forces Day! How perfect to honor our armed forces with these great colors!
I love red, white, and blue. And the addition of kraft is such a fun option! Here's what I did.I chose these colors a while ago, so I was on the hunt for a great image and paper to work with. I found this image (by Whipper Snapper called Grill Sergeant) at my LSS, Buffalo Stamps & Stuff, and decided it was perfect. What better way to start off the summer months than with grilling? I printed the sentiment on my computer on the kraft paper since I did not have one that fit the bill! (Gotta love technology!) The paper is by Magnolia Ink (the same company that makes the Magnolia Tilda and Edwin images). Again, a perfect find! One sheet is blue with white dots (sort of covered up) and the other is the striped red and white. I added a touch of the ribbon and the patriotic stars.

The JUGs girls have really knocked it out of the ball park this week with their challenge cards. You can see them on the JUGs blog and on their personal blogs.

Alicia Weiman
Dana Gustafson
Maria Levine
Mona Pendleton

Pam Imholz

Teresa Kline - Special Guest Designer for May

LeAnne Pugliese - Featured Designer for May

Hope to see you playing with Just Us Girls! Enjoy your weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

Thanksgiving Whipper Snapper Style!

I have some Thanksgiving cards (yes, that's right, Thanksgiving!) to share with you. They are from Anna Wight's August release for Whipper Snapper and this one is called Turkey Time. I remember the thing I liked most about this one was the dog! I love dogs, so that's not surprising, but I just love that Anna drew a pilgrim collar on him! So cute!
I used Jen del Muro's sketch for this card. I just loved this sketch! The chocolate chip squares and circle were run through the swirls folder. I colored the images with copic markers and the little dog was cut out and popped up on dimensionals. He's so sweet! The dp is PTI's Autumn Abundance and I also used SU's new Dusty Durango cardstock and ribbon. I added gold to the buckles on the boy pilgrim with a Spica glitter pen.

The next card is a smaller 4.25" square. I wanted the cornucopia image to be the focal point, and it was too small to put on a larger card, so I just made it smaller! The dp on this card is from SU's Holiday Mini catalog and it's called Autumn Meadows. It has some really fabulous fall prints in it. I scalloped the edges with a border punch, and used scallop scissors for the sentiment. I added those fabulous glitter dots...I was lucky and had these copper colored ones. This card was done using Beate's Weekend Sketch. I don't know what I would do without all these wonderful ladies out there creating these sketches for me! I'm definitely sketch-challenged!

Thanks for staying with me for these two cards. I hope we're not rushing the holidays...but it's always great to get ahead! I'm going to have a Christmas card for you tomorrow, so watch for that one! We're having a blog hop for the Artful INKables new releases! Please join us for that! And I'll have another blog hop for you on Tuesday from Paper Makeup Stamps. I'm issuing a warning now...it's going to be a monster hop, so be prepared! LOL!! Don't forget to stop by the Whipper Snapper Feature Designers gallery on SCS to see all the cards the other guest designers have done with Anna's new releases! See you tomorrow!

Happy Harvest

Have you been enjoying the cards I've been making with these new sets by Anna Wight for Whipper Snapper as much as I've been enjoying making them? Fall is my favorite season, and these sets really have been a joy to work with. I'll have more this week because there are three releases this month and each one has so many stamps that allow you to make a bunch of different cards! Here's another I made with Farm Fresh. Doesn't this card just scream fall? It makes me happy! I started this card with the sketch. I saw Gina K do a card on a Stamp TV episode and fell in love with it! She even gave the dimensions of each of the pieces, so it made my job really easy (she's so thorough!)! The sketch also allowed me to use six on of the sixteen stamps in this set! The dp is PTI's new paper called Autumn Abundance and it's mounted on SU's new in color dusty durango. The ivory is PTI's vintage cream. All the images are colored with MANY copic markers! It's amazing how many you have to use to get all the shading! Love them! I added star dust stickles (of course) to the images for some sparkle. I also used lots of dimensionals on this card! The brads broke up all the squares.

If you haven't visited the Whipper Snapper Featured Designer gallery on SCS, you really should. The girls have been cranking out some beauties with these sets!

Oh, by the way, did you know that I was chosen as the Featured Stamper on the Color Throwdown blog this week for this card? The colors were just so me, and I had a great image to work with (it's still free until tomorrow!) from Paper Makeup Stamps. You can still pick it up here. How fun is that? Thanks for choosing my card, ladies!

Thanks for stopping in today. Tomorrow I'll have something for you from Artful Inkables, so please visit again.

Recipe
Stamps: Farm Fresh (Whipper Snapper)
Paper: Vintage cream and Autumn Abundance dp (PTI), dusty durango (SU)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, chocolate chip
Copic Markers: E15, 18, 27, 29, 31, 37, 97; YG00, 13, 17; G09, 16, 29; C-3, 5, 7; Y15, 17; YR16, 68
Accessories: Nesties. brads, star dust stickles, dimensionals

Yipee-ki-yi-ay

I have another card done with Anna Wight's new stamp set called Singing Cowboy that was released yesterday at Whipper Snapper. Great set...tons of options!I purchased the paper just for this set. I just loved the denim and the paisley print together...so western! I tried to do actual stitching with this little "sewing machine" I purchased long ago for about $10, but I wasn't having any luck at all...and I tried it twice! So I ended up going with the faux stitching...so much easier! I used the Mojo Monday sketch from yesterday for the layout. This singing cowboy was colored with copics, and I added some sparkle with a Sakura star dust glitter pen. I even added it to the dp.

You have to see what the other Feature Designers have done with the three new sets Anna designed. You can find them on SCS at the Whipper Snapper Featured Designer gallery. They are fabulous! Thanks for stopping in today and for your nice comments! Stop by again tomorrow for another one done with Anna's sets! See you then!

Recipe
Stamps: Singing Cowboy (Whipper Snapper)
Paper: Neenah white, night of navy, The Paper Studio (from Hobby Lobby)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, night of navy
Copic Markers: E00, 02, 15, 18; B39, 45; R27, 35, 59; C-1, 3, 5; Y17
Accessories: Nesties, PTI ribbon, sakura glitter pen, brads, white gel pen, paper piercer, dimensionals