Craft Stamper Magazine Make it, Take it Challenge

Finally, life is getting back to normal after the grandchildrens visit.  I thought I'd make a Zetti style card to enter in the Craft Stamper magazine challenge of "Ripping and Tearing Technique".  There is not a whole lot of ripping and tearing going on here but that is beside the point, right?  I used a Zettiology stamp for the girls image and a Stampotique phrase.  It is stamped on a piece of left over watercolor paper that had some stenciling on it with water based inks.  I mounted the panel on TORN/RIPPED green card stock, distressed the edges and glued that panel to some orange patterned paper.  The entire unit is glued to a 5" by 6 3/4" blank white card.  The green and white bakers twine with a bow has a tiny green rhinestone attached to it.  I edged the entire card with Versa Magic Aloe Vera green ink from Tsukineko.

Nice to be back in my studio!  Thanks for stopping by and visiting my blog, I always appreciate any comments you have time to leave.  Have a great day!

Blizzard Day::Great for Crafting

Snow days are perfect for crafting as long as you have power!  So far, so good.  It started snowing here around 10am this morning  and so far we have about an inch and a half of accumulation.    I'll take pics tomorrow when my husband starts clearing the driveway.

I'm working on some projects for new classes that I will be teaching this Spring at Ink About It, my LSS in Westford, MA.  I thought a little crayon art would be fun.  I actually spotted this trend on Pinterest a couple of months ago and tried it.   Wow!!  So much fun.  It looks like it is for kids but not really, it requires close adult supervision.  There is always a chance of younger kids getting burned.  First the hot glue is, well, HOT.  Then the melted crayons are also very hot.  If you get too close to the crayons with your heat gun or hold your heat gun on one spot for too long the paper wrappings could catch fire.  (I bet you're wondering how I know that. :-))  But besides all the precautionary comments, the project turns out so stinkin' cute!

This is made using a Rick St. Dennis digital image called "Euro Clowns".  The  images are colored in with Copic markers.

This stamp is by Zettiology.  I colored her in with Copic markers.

Today I will be revamping these projects with stamped images that have a circus theme.  They should be really cute!

 What do you do when you're snowed in?  I would love to hear what you do during times like this.  I'm just praying we don't lose power.  Then we start camping out, literally, we bring all the camping equipment up from the basement, build a big fire (in the fireplace) and hunker down.  Yes, it is really attractive, not to mention romantic.....not.

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit.  Keep warm and dry!  Be safe and I'll talk to you soon.