Denim anyone?

As I was doing laundry a few days ago, I notice a big rip in my son's jeans. I know rips and tears are in on jeans but this one was in an inappropriate place. :)

I was going to through them out as I am not a sewing kind of gal.... But then I thought... Hmm... I need a fun project for me and my stamping buddies... What if I stamp on the denim?

Here it is.... Our project from yesterday using denim as the stamping surface...

I was really pleased because the die cut actually cut through the denim with the exception of the ends which it almost cut through. I think it would have but my boards are very warped for my CB and I think it prevented it from completely cutting out the denim. I handcut the ends.

Couple of things I tried and didn't work...

• Bleaching on this denim. (Too light of a surface to begin with and the stamps need to be less detailed.


• Coloring on denim. The copics do color but the color is different due to the blue tint in the background. This would require more play time and a bleached surface.


• Stamping on denim. Didn't give enough punch of color so I used embossing powder to make the color really pop.
  

Couple of things I tried and liked....

• Glimmer mist on denim. I really liked the effect. It added a glisten to the fabric. I then stamped in versamark on top and embossed with a white embossing powder and it looked fantastic.


• Ranger Puffy Embossing Powder - Fun effect added another layer of dimension. Need to play with colors to see which look the best. (Does not work for any really detailed images/sentiments)


• Die-cuts and the denim. I die-cut even a small piece.
  

Products:

• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Zing - Chestnut Embossing Powder
• Hero Arts - Silhouette Burst, Silhouette Spray
• Impression Obsession - Lofty Dreams
• Spellbinders - Nestabilities
• Rangers - Stickles - Pink

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Our Christmas Card

This is our family Christmas card or at least half of them. I usually like to have 2 different cards to send out to our family and friends. This is one of them.

I had this idea to use this stamp and color it and then take it to our local copy store and replicate it to save some time.

The stamp is from Serendipity Stamps. I used my copics to color the main images and sponged the edges with Memento Soft Plum.

Products:

• Serendipty Stamps
• Memento Soft Plum
• Copics
• Ranger Stickles - Crystals
• Nestabilities - Labels
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Snowflakes

Going to be a little slow on the creativity this week as I am working in another town in all day meetings which means long commute times. :(

Thanks for stopping by..

Suzz

Happy Birthday Uncle Paulywog!

Second of my birthday cards for this weekend. Uncle Paul (BIL) is having a birthday too! The kids will call him Uncle Paulywog sometimes which I think is funny. He is a great uncle and the kids love to see him. (He has 3 dogs which doesn't hurt his fun factor either)

Paul's birthday sometimes falls on Thanksgiving. Don't know how that was a child... We always get birthday cake at Thanksgiving which is alright along with the pie.

This card was so easy to create as the paper I used is from My Minds Eye Bohemian. The background was this lovely washed out background and the dragonfly was part of the pattern. I decided to use that as my focal point and just add some branches and leaves.

I cut up the edges of the dragonfly to give it dimension. The stamped leaves where accented with a touch of color pencil. The dragonfly wings and body have some stickles (rock candy) on them.

Products:

• My Minds Eye - Bohemian
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia, Habernero
• Watercolor Pencil
• Ranger Stickles - Rock Candy
• Twine, Buttons
• Inkadinkado - 98793-MM
• Penny Black - Japanese Maple
• Stampers Anonymous - U1 - 1334

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you are spending the day with family. Special blessings and hugs to you and all your family near and far.

Suzz

Happy Birthday Lexi!

This weekend I have to create 3 cards... I finished 2 of them and am still working on the third. I also want to send off a few packages which need a few cards too. The first card is for our niece Lexi. She is turning 12 and I am hoping she will enjoy this card as much as I enjoyed creating it!

These colors were inspired by the Basic Grey Urban Prairie paper. I have this lovely Inkadinkado butterfly stamp and had never inked it up but thought how perfect it was for this paper. The other background I had in my scraps pile an it seemed to work well with the color scheme.

I love these colors together. The yellows, pinks and turqouise are such fun colors.

Products:

• Inkadinkado - 993113-P
• Basic Grey - Urban Prairie - 6x6 Pack
• Hero Arts - Black and White Flowers
• Hero Arts - Birthday Messages
• StaZon - Fuschia Pink, Teal Blue, Yellow
• Memento - Rosebud
• Watercolor Pencils
• Stickles - Crystal, Blue

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Plums & Buttercream

Cathy over at Moxie Fab World issued a plum challenge.. Love plum colors... Don't have any. :)


Lucky for me, Jacqueline did her challenge first and used the gorgeous Basic Grey Wisteria papers on her card which reminded me that I have a few sheets of that lovely paper too.


So here is my plummy card:

Products:

• The Crafters Workshop - Orchid Template - (Love these)
• Hero Arts - S5135 Outline Flowers
• PaberBag Studios - PBS-038-C Beauty
• Versafine - Imperial Purple
• Versamark
• Basic Grey - Wisteria
• Marvy Uchida - Butterfly Punch
• Pearls - Unknown
• Light Yellow Embossing Powder
• Ranger Stickles - Purple

Thanks for stopping by... Have a beautiful day...

Suzz

How Do you Do?

This little bird was colored last week and I just finished his nest this week. He had a long tail which I cut off and made into his hairdo... He reminds me of Elvis a little and prompted me to put the little pun on the front.



I also gave him short little stubby legs when he should have long legs. I felt very mean making him short as I am definitely height challenged as they say. But he sits in his little nest nicely.





I hope you enjoyed my little friend. I am going to send him off to someone special who might need some cheering up.

Products:

• Hero Arts - CL388 Be Yourself
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Scalloped Circles
• Fiskars Circle Template
• Copic Markers
• Adirondack Brights - Citrus
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
• Ranger Stickles - Eucalyptus
  
  Thanks for stopping by....

Suzz

Poppies are so beautiful

I went away for the weekend to get my Copic Certification. Learned tons of information. All available online. :)

I got home and was very excited to practice and realized.... I don't have enough of the colors grouped together to do the proper shading.

So I will keep practicing with what I have and slowly build up my colors.

I took my class at a stamp store in Eau Claire Wisconsin Named: Picture This http://www.mmemorieslast.com/. Lovely store, class room and a scrapping retreat right behind it. If you are in the area... Worth the drive to check it out.

This all leads into me acquiring some new stamps.


I picked up this great background stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms... Scrapblock Newspaper Ads 6 x 6.

I new I wanted to ink it up and used the light grey dye ink to create my background. The circle is 5 1/2" and mounted on a 5" x 5" square black cardstock.

I stamped the Flourishes Poppy onto the stamped background using Versafine Ink and used my watercolor pencils to color in the flowers.

I attached the little charm from Plaid and this is what it says:
There are always flowers for those who want to see them.

Products:

• Cornish Heritage Farms - SB-119XUM Newspaper Ads
• Flourishes - Poppy Patch Set # 35
• Versafine - Black Onyx, Vintage Sepia
• Memento - London Fog
• Watercolor Pencils
• Inkadinkado - Bumblebee 99259-MM
• Plaid - Plenty of Flowers Charms
• Ranger Stickles

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

A great friend

I recieved a lovely package from Jacqueline and she included this adorable card...

Love how that little girl looks so pensive...

I also pulled out a glimmer mist background from my large collection and decided to stamp it up...

1. The background was created by spraying white cardstock with yellow glimmer mist.
2. Lay mask over yellow background.
3. Spray teal glimmer mist over the mask. Lift off the mask and dab up any excess glimmer mist.
4. Key for spraying glimmer mist is to shake until the sediment disappears and hold 6 inches away and spray in strokes. I have found that some spray bottles get clogged and you get spots so if this happens take the top off and run it in warm water to remove any clogging. Play with it on scraps to get comfortable with the even coating.
5. Stamp the Lined Paper using brown pigment ink on the background.
6. Stamp the berries using brown pigment ink over the background.
7. Stamp butterfly and birds using versamark and emboss using orange embossing powder.
8. Outline birds and butterfly using white gel pen.
9. Stamp sentiment using versamark and emboss using brown embossing powder.
10. Accent berries with copper stickles.

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Kwerner Challenge #44

Here is Kristina's latest color challenge: http://www.kwernerdesign.com/blog/?p=887

She posted her colors after I had just finished my pink and brown card. So I created another card using a lighter pink.

The background is made using the new alcohol inks from Ranger - Pink Sherbert and embossed with the houndstooth and white embossing powder.

Products:

• Hero Arts - Houndstooth
• Hero Arts - Petite Birthday
• B Line Designs - Cherry Blossoms
• Ranger Stickles
• Ranger Alcohol Ink - Pink Sherbert
• Ranger Alcohol Blending Solution
• White Embossing Powder
• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• EK Success - Border Punch

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Winterfest 2009 - Challenges

Winterfest 2009 - Stamping, Challenges, RAKS starts Friday and goes through Sunday March 15th.

The link for the thread at 2 Pea's is here: http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&thread_id=2755657.

I am hosting 2 challenges at Winterfest:

• Colored embossing powder
• Color Inspiration

The color inspiration challenge has 3 different color palettes for you to choose from. Here is one of the pictures and my sample for the challenge.

This picture was from a Travel magazine and unfortnately I don't have the credits of who took the picture.

My card was inspired by the greens, black and white in the picture:

This is actually a card for my niece who is turning 13. (I got 2 thumbs up from all of my children (14, 12, and 7). So I am thinking I hit the right look for my niece.

Products:

• StazOn - Cactus Green
• Inkadinkado - Clear Stamps - Rock Star
• Ranger Stickles - Eucalyptus
• Crystal Stickers - Gems

Thanks for stopping by.. Hope you will come play in Winterfest at 2 Peas!

Suzz

Favorites Challenge

Last week's challenge at Hero Arts was favorites. I saw a few cards made with their dandelion stamp. I really love this stamp as well and decided to pull it out last night and play around with it.

The background was created using Ranger distress inks and water to create a light tan background. I then stamped the screen shadow using a very bright yellow. I then double stamped the dandelion with a brown and a dark blue added a touch of stickles. The bee is from the sentiment and a clear stamp set with the little swirly dots.

Products:

• Hero Arts - Dandelion
• Hero Arts - Screen Shadow
• Inkadinkado - Dawn Houser 8392-N
• Verasfine - Onyx Black, Majestic Blue
• StazOn - Timber Brown
• Memento - Rich Cocoa, Dandelion
• Ranger Stickles Yellow

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Art Creations Friday Challenge # 7

Art Creations Friday Challenge http://artcreationsfriday.blogspot.com/2009/01/7th-challenge.html is to use this beautiful background:


There is a range of beautiful colors in this background. I decided to use the corner which contained the beautiful rust colors.
The background was so lovely I only stamped the branches with orange and brown and the butterfly, sentiments with black and embossed the flourish using the Ranger Vintage photo embossing powder which not only gives it color it also has texture.

Products:

• Ranger Distress Inks - Spiced Marmalade, Vintage Photo
• Versafine Black Onyx
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Ranger Distress Embossing Powder - Vintage Photo
• Lace - Unknown
• Inkadinkado - Flourishes
• Stampabilities - Matthew 7:7 02
• Paper Inspirations - Leafy Stem
• Stampabilities - DragonFly 02
• Ranger Stickles

A side note...

I started with a 6 3/4" x 4 3/4" piece and had a vintage photo to the right.

I didn't like how the image looked after I finished everything else so it was chopped off. That left a little of the sentiment still stamped on the image I had left.

So what you see with the sentiment now is a cover up of the remnant of the sentiment from my original design.

I am really pleased with what I ended up with but wanted to share because I find myself designing to fix my mistakes in some cases.

Does that ever happen to you?

Suzz

Patchwork Quilt

I started this yesterday and made a couple of beautiful vignettes of wildflowers. The set is from Chapel Road Artstamps. This is the only set I have of theirs but they are beautiful... Field Thistle, Nightshade, and Shepherd's Purge. I decided to take the stamped vignettes and cut them into inchies and make this patchwork quilt. The letters look much better IRL, they have a sparkle to them and they pop more.

I really enjoyed making my little quilt. (This is as close to sewing as I get. :)

The background paper is made from distress re-inkers on a transperancy with water.

I hope you enjoy my little quilt as much as I did putting it together.

Products:

• Chapel Road Artstamps - Thistle Etc (B)
• Ranger Distress Re-Inkers - Mustard Seed, Tattered Roses, Dried Marigold, Faded Jeans, Shabby Shutters
• Memento - Rich Cocoa
• Ranger Distress Ink Pad - Pine Needles, Aged Mahogony
• Letters - K&Co - (I colored and added stickles)
• Ranger Stickles
• Krylon - Gold Pen
• Buckle, Ribbon - Unknown

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Cozy Christmas...

I am still pulling scraps from my scrap pile to make mini cards for the Hero Arts Challenge and because it feels good to use up pieces from my overflowing cardstock pile.

This little card was done at the end of the day. I knew the design I wanted but couldnt' think of what to put in the center. I decided to use this little birdhouse and bird because I have had them for awhile and haven't put them on paper yet. I apologize for the picture as it was the end of day before everyone left and the daylight is getting shorter every day. So this was taken after dark.

This is the front of the card when it is folded. It actually opens up as shown below: ( the picture is deceiving because the green scallop actually stays straight out until you lay it flat. )

The measurements of the closed card is: 5 1/4" x 3". The score is 2 3/4" and 5 1/4".

Recipe:

1. Stamp birdhouse and bird on a light tan paper. The birdhouse was stamped with green solvent ink and the bird was stamped with red solvent ink. Color with watercolor pencils and use a waterbrush to spread the colors. Cut out the birdhouse including the center circle and the bird.
2. Use a white gel pen to color the snow and the white on the bird's hat. (I also added a little red stickles on the berries on the birds hat.)
3. Use the scalloped rectangle nestabilities and the oval scalloped nestabilities to cut out an olive green rectangle, light tan rectangle and a light tan scalloped oval. Punch out an tan oval.
4. Emboss the olive green rectangle and the oval tan with the cuttlebug folders. Put the embossing folders upside down to get the reverse impression on the cardstock. (This was done partially due to a mistake and also because I wanted my oval background to not stand out too much against my bird)
5. Sponge red and brown on the scalloped oval and the regular oval. Sponge brown around the edges of both of the scalloped rectangle.
6. Stamp sentiment on the oval using brown ink.
7. Stamp Hello on tan paper using brown ink and sponge edges with the same ink. Cut in small rectangle.
8. Punch threading water along the right edge of the card base.
9. Cut patterned paper slightly smaller for the front, middle and back of the card.
10. Attach PP to the front, middle and back. Attach the olive green scalloped rectangle half on the front of the card when folded. Pop dot the scalloped oval to the middle of the olive green rectangle. Pop Dot the birdhouse, bird, and hello to the front of the oval.
11. Attach the tan scalloped rectangle to the back of the card. Align with the scalloped rectangle on the front to ensure that the interior rectangle doesn't show. Attach oval to the middle of the rectangle.
12. Attach coordinating buttons on the left side of the card.

Products:

• Memento Rich Cocoa
• Ranger Distress Ink Fired Brick
• StazOn - Olive Green, Blazing Red
• General Kimberly Watercolor Pencils
• Ranger Stickles - Xmas Red
• Basic Grey Figgy Pudding - Pepperberry
• Brother & Sister Design - Have yourself a cozy little Christmas
• Hero Arts - Sparkle Clear Hello Birdie
• Hero Arts - Sparkle Clear Birdhouse Tag
• Spellbinders - Nestabilities Scalloped Rectangle, Scalloped Oval
• Marvy Uchida - Oval Punch
• Buttons Unknown
  

Thanks for visiting...

Away for awhile...

I have been in meetings every day which takes me 1 1/2 hours each way and then get home and run to student curriculum nights, baseball, gymnastics... you name it... So I am very deprived of my stamping. I am going to stock up this weekend with my projects (hopefully) so next week won't be as bad.. (Although, I am going to be in meetings every day again all week)... (Boo Hoo)


Hero Arts weekly challenge this week is all about yourself. http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/2008/09/08/a-day-in-the-life/ Either to scrap a page about yourself or make a journal... I decided to make a few journals.


I made one for a girl who is going to be in the hospital for an extended stay. I am going to send this with some colored pencils. Her name is Breanna.






Recipe:

1. Spritz randomly across a piece of white cardstock Lemon Zest Glimmer Mist. Spritz in the white areas Patina Glimmer Mist. Using a white paper towel smear together the colors.
2. Ink the flourish stamp with versafine deep lagoon and stamp randomly across the dried yellow/teal background.
3. Ink the flower stamp with deep lagoon pigment ink and stamp randomly across the background.
4. Using a white gel pen trace around the edges of the flourishes. Add dots around the edge of the flourishes on the other sides. Accent all areas of the flourish with gel pen. (Either dots or lines) Outline or dot white gel pen around the flowers.
5. Tie the ribbon around the patterned paper into a knot.
6. Cut scalloped circle from Marvy Uchida Blue Scalloped cirlce punch using teal cardstock.
7. Cut a scrap from the patterned paper using the smallest nestibilities scalloped circle punch.
8. Cut a teal circle from the 1 1/4" circle punch and cut a 1" circle from the leftover paper from the patterned paper. Cut a teal circle from a 3/4" circle bunch.
9. Cover the chipboard B with Light Green Stickles.
10. Mount all circles and scallops together and accent with dots of teal / light green stickles.
11. Attach horseshoe charm to the knot.
12. Pull a sheet of the paper including the circles/perforated edges from inside of the notebook. This is the template for the measurments for the cover of the book as well as where you need to cut the slits in the cover to be able to put it in between the rings of the notebook.
13. Cut your background paper to the full size. Cut the patterned background 1/4" smaller all around. Mount the patterened paper to the teal cardstock. Lay the sheet of paper from inside the notebook on the two papers together and cut slits into the patterned paper mounted on the teal paper where the holes were in the paper.
14. Glue down the paper to the front cover from the bottom to the rings. Push the pieces that are slit between the rings.
    

Products:

• Ranger Stickles
• Hero Arts Clear Designs - CL233 Flower Blossom Borders
• Hero Arts E4813 - Flourish Flower
• Chipboard Letters - Unknown
• Ribbon - Michaels, Hobby Lobby
• Charm - Blue Moon - Lost & Found
• Signo Uni-Ball White Gel Pen
• Hero Arts Gemstones
• Kaiser Gemstones
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Scallop Circle
• Marvy Uchida Scallop Punch
• EK Success Circle Punches
• Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mists - Patina, Lemon Zest

Let it Snow... (Not)

This card was made as an entry into the Hero Arts weekly blog challenge. The theme this week was about giving. Challenge Link: http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/2008/09/01/tis-the-season-to-give/ .

Recipe:

1. Smear Distress Ink - Broken China all over a transparency.
2. Mist until the water bubbles across the entire transparency.
3. Spritz purple Glimmer Mist in multiple places on the transparency.
4. Place white cardstock on the transparency. Pull off and lay face up to dry.
5. Line up clear snowflakes in a row alternating heights. Ink with StazOn Royal Purple.
6. Stamp rows of snowflakes across the background paper.
7. Clean snowflakes thoroughly. (hint... I didn't do this properly and will have to clean my Brilliance Ink Pad)
8. Ink snowflakes with Brilliance Moonlight White and stamp them slightly off-center from the purple row. Continue this for each row.
9. Versmark entire stamped background. Heat emboss with Kaleidoscope Embossing Powder.
10. Punch Circle from the original background piece. Make sure the circle is big enough to fit the penguin.
11. Curve the clear design sentiment to follow the outline of the circle. Lay the acrylic block over the circle and lay the clear stamp on the acrylic block to align to edge of the circle.
12. Stamp Sentiment two times around the circle edge using the StazOn purple ink. Stamp baby snowflakes in between the sentiments.
13. Versmark the circle and heat emboss with Kaleidoscope ebmossing powder.
14. Stamp penguin with StazOn black ink. Color hat scarf with purple watercolor pencils. Smooth color with aquabrush.
15. Apply glitter to the stomach using a glue pen and white glitter.
16. Apply fun flock to the hat ball using glue pen and fun flock.
17. Wrap ribbon around penguin neck and glue dot ends onto stamped scarf.
18. Cut ribbon in half and length of brim of the hat and glue it onto the hat.
19. Apply stickles on the hat snowflakes.
20. Apply black gems for eyes. Use Signo White uni-ball pen to add white to the eyes.
21. Assemble the card.
    

Products:

• Versamark Watermark Ink Pad
• Signo Uni-Ball White Gel Pen
• StazOn - Black, Royal Purple
• Brilliance Ink Pad - Moonlight White
• Hero Arts - Sparkle Design - Birdhouse
• Hero Arts - Clear Design Warmest Winter Wishes
• Hero Arts - D5081 - Cap and Scarf Penquin
• Stampendous Stamp N Stuff Kaleidoscope Transparent Embossing Powder
• Hero Arts Black Gems, Light Blue
• Marvy Uchida Scalloped and Circle Punches
• Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist - Purple
• Ranger Distress Inks - Broken China
• Ribbon - Unknown
• General Kimberly Watercolor Pencils
• Ranger Stickles - White

Thanks for stopping by!