While my cardstock may look like Kraft in my photo, it is not; this is a beautiful brushed Gold cardstock by Stampin' Up. I heat embossed the Peace on Earth sentiment with black embossing powder. Why so much black on a holiday card, you may be asking? That, too, was part of the Free for All challenge on Splitcoaststampers (SCS) to use black for a holiday card. I also took the opportunity to try my hand at spirelli for the first time, using this beautiful gold crochet thread around a lacey circle Nestability. It was so easy to do following this tutorial on SCS! I was going to put a button in the center, but didn't like what I have on hand and then I stumbled upon this jar of little gold jingle bells in my stash. I attached them with Aleene's Tacky Glue.
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Showing posts with label Queen for the Day. Show all posts
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Peace on Earth
I didn't get a chance yesterday to upload this card I made in honor of one of my friends, Dawn (DawnL on Splitcoaststampers) who was named Queen for the Day this week as we were busy celebrating a second Thanksgiving dinner with my husband's family yesterday. Dawn's creations are always so beautiful. I chose to case her Peace on Earth card you can see here. Below is my case of her original card.
While my cardstock may look like Kraft in my photo, it is not; this is a beautiful brushed Gold cardstock by Stampin' Up. I heat embossed the Peace on Earth sentiment with black embossing powder. Why so much black on a holiday card, you may be asking? That, too, was part of the Free for All challenge on Splitcoaststampers (SCS) to use black for a holiday card. I also took the opportunity to try my hand at spirelli for the first time, using this beautiful gold crochet thread around a lacey circle Nestability. It was so easy to do following this tutorial on SCS! I was going to put a button in the center, but didn't like what I have on hand and then I stumbled upon this jar of little gold jingle bells in my stash. I attached them with Aleene's Tacky Glue.
While my cardstock may look like Kraft in my photo, it is not; this is a beautiful brushed Gold cardstock by Stampin' Up. I heat embossed the Peace on Earth sentiment with black embossing powder. Why so much black on a holiday card, you may be asking? That, too, was part of the Free for All challenge on Splitcoaststampers (SCS) to use black for a holiday card. I also took the opportunity to try my hand at spirelli for the first time, using this beautiful gold crochet thread around a lacey circle Nestability. It was so easy to do following this tutorial on SCS! I was going to put a button in the center, but didn't like what I have on hand and then I stumbled upon this jar of little gold jingle bells in my stash. I attached them with Aleene's Tacky Glue.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Our Red-Lovin' Diva, Anne!
I made this butterfly-themed tote bag as a case and in honor of my friend, Anne (aka jdmommy on Splitcoaststampers), who was chosen as this week's Queen for the Day! Anne LOVES red and really cranks out some beautiful creations with her signature color. I wanted to make a card using her beloved red, but ended up falling in love with her beautiful Mother's Day Tote she made and knew instantly that I wanted to case it to make one for my mother. Since my mama loves butterflies, I chose to these softer colors of Marina Mist and Very Vanilla with Soft Suede as the contrasting accent color.
The large butterfly image is from Rubbernecker's Butterflie are Free set. I stamped the butterfly in Marina Mist. The two smaller butterflies are from a ProvoCraft die. I added champagne-colored pearls to all of their bodies.
I didn't have any tissue in a color that I wanted for this tote, so I crimped and cut one-eighth strips of Very Vanilla cardstock from my scraps.
You can find the tutorial for this tote on Splitcoaststampers here. I like that Beate always does a video tutorial, in addition to the written tutorial, since I am more of a visual learner.
CONGRATULATIONS, Anne, and thank you for the magnificent inspiration!
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you'll be able to stop by the next three days to see some Rubbernecker new releases the design team will be previewing on Sunday and Monday with a bang-up blog hop on Tuesday, May 3.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Honoring Another Queen for the Day
Clownmom (Lois) is Queen for the Day this week on Splitcoaststampers!! Lois joined SCS about eight months after I did-----way back in 2005-----and she has always been there providing support and encouragement to other stampers in her posted comments. She also happens to be a very talented stamper!
As I perused Lois' gallery to settle on a project of hers I wanted to case, I actually came across two designs. One is a set of lovely gift cards called Gerbers in Purse and the other is a pretty stationery box called Southwest Stationery Box. I actually had started making my stationery box several months ago, but never finished off decorating the inside nor did I ever create my cards and tags for it. Lois' two beautiful projects really gave me the inspiration and motivation to complete mine. I have several photos in order to show you the different views and items. There's a great tutorial on how to make these stationery boxes under the Resources section on Splitcoaststampers. Just click on my tutorial link to take you there!
The pretty pink and white designer paper I used is Letterbox by American Crafts. The opposite side of this designer paper is the brown I used for my punched floral band around the box top. I glued this band onto my box top except for the front. In front I used Sticky Strip because I wanted to adhere some pretty white gold glitter to the inside flowers on this band.
Here's a top view to show you the layered flower I made with my Sizzix Flowers, Daisies #2 die using the same designer paper. I separated each layer with dimensionals.
Here's an open view of the box. I designed four 4 1/4" square cards, 3 1/4" square cards, four 3 1/2" envelopes I made for the 3 1/4" cards, and four tags. I also included postage stamps and a pen. The chipboard "W" and little flower on the postage stamp cover were originally purple, so I colored them brown with my Copic markers.
Here's a view of the cards with the box. On the 4 1/4" square cards, I used my favorite tulip flower image, called a Year of Flowers, designed by Melanie Muenchinger and distributed by Gina K. Stamps. I watercolored the tulips with Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, and Mellow Moss. I first stamped the image and then cut out the flower and stem leaves for dimension. The tulip bulb was stamped onto Cryogen Sparkle White cardstock which has a natural shimmer to it. I used Vintage Vogue and Itty Bitty Backgrounds on the 3 1/4" square cards. I used Pocket Silhouettes on the tags.
Here's a photo of just the cards, tags, and envelopes. I made the 4 1/4" square cards with my Lacey Squares Nestabilities. Since I couldn't get a clean cut of the double-layered Pretty in Pink cardstock with these Nestabilities in my Big Shot (not sure why since I've used my other Nestabilities for card shapes), I adhered them together with my Word Window punch and pink brads. Since this technique makes it a little difficult to open the card, I scored across the top of the card about 3/4" down to make it easier to open without ruining the design. The 3 1/4" cards were made with Square Nestabilities. I added a little half circle tab with pink brad on the side using my 1" circle punch.
Here are photos of the individual projects. Sorry for the fuzziness on the Friends one. The focus feature on my camera has been acting up for some time now when I try to zoom in on projects.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by and view my project! I spent a LOT of hours putting this together. I'm gifting it to my baby sister who I know will appreciate all the work I put into this. She makes beautiful jewelry for me, so I wanted to give something back to her that I made.
Congratulations, Lois, on being chosen as Queen for the Day! You so deserve this honor!
As I perused Lois' gallery to settle on a project of hers I wanted to case, I actually came across two designs. One is a set of lovely gift cards called Gerbers in Purse and the other is a pretty stationery box called Southwest Stationery Box. I actually had started making my stationery box several months ago, but never finished off decorating the inside nor did I ever create my cards and tags for it. Lois' two beautiful projects really gave me the inspiration and motivation to complete mine. I have several photos in order to show you the different views and items. There's a great tutorial on how to make these stationery boxes under the Resources section on Splitcoaststampers. Just click on my tutorial link to take you there!
The pretty pink and white designer paper I used is Letterbox by American Crafts. The opposite side of this designer paper is the brown I used for my punched floral band around the box top. I glued this band onto my box top except for the front. In front I used Sticky Strip because I wanted to adhere some pretty white gold glitter to the inside flowers on this band.
Here's a top view to show you the layered flower I made with my Sizzix Flowers, Daisies #2 die using the same designer paper. I separated each layer with dimensionals.
Here's an open view of the box. I designed four 4 1/4" square cards, 3 1/4" square cards, four 3 1/2" envelopes I made for the 3 1/4" cards, and four tags. I also included postage stamps and a pen. The chipboard "W" and little flower on the postage stamp cover were originally purple, so I colored them brown with my Copic markers.
Here's a view of the cards with the box. On the 4 1/4" square cards, I used my favorite tulip flower image, called a Year of Flowers, designed by Melanie Muenchinger and distributed by Gina K. Stamps. I watercolored the tulips with Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, and Mellow Moss. I first stamped the image and then cut out the flower and stem leaves for dimension. The tulip bulb was stamped onto Cryogen Sparkle White cardstock which has a natural shimmer to it. I used Vintage Vogue and Itty Bitty Backgrounds on the 3 1/4" square cards. I used Pocket Silhouettes on the tags.
Here's a photo of just the cards, tags, and envelopes. I made the 4 1/4" square cards with my Lacey Squares Nestabilities. Since I couldn't get a clean cut of the double-layered Pretty in Pink cardstock with these Nestabilities in my Big Shot (not sure why since I've used my other Nestabilities for card shapes), I adhered them together with my Word Window punch and pink brads. Since this technique makes it a little difficult to open the card, I scored across the top of the card about 3/4" down to make it easier to open without ruining the design. The 3 1/4" cards were made with Square Nestabilities. I added a little half circle tab with pink brad on the side using my 1" circle punch.
Here are photos of the individual projects. Sorry for the fuzziness on the Friends one. The focus feature on my camera has been acting up for some time now when I try to zoom in on projects.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by and view my project! I spent a LOT of hours putting this together. I'm gifting it to my baby sister who I know will appreciate all the work I put into this. She makes beautiful jewelry for me, so I wanted to give something back to her that I made.
Congratulations, Lois, on being chosen as Queen for the Day! You so deserve this honor!
Friday, March 25, 2011
Queen Karen
Today's Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers is Karen Dunbrook!. I so love her stamping style and designs that I cased two of her cards today. Click on these two separate links to see Karen's original creations: Country Garden and Delicious Colors.
Here's my version of her Country Garden. I changed colors, stamp sets, used a butterfly instead of a sentiment, and added a stained glass embossed background. This card was also made as a part of Kim Hughes' Ink Up with Color challenge from yesterday where you can only use color in your design (no black, white, brown, etc.) and Dawn Mercedes' Free for All challenge to be inspired by the sun. All of these challenges are on Splitcoaststampers. I colored the Rubbernecker Buds with Stampin' Up markers (Summer Sun, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa) and then misted them with water before stamping onto the cardstock. I colored the butterfly with various markers, stamped twice, and cut out the second one so I could fold up its wings. The panels are popped up on dimensionals.
Stamps: Bud Set (#505) by Rubbernecker
Cardstock: White, Cherry Cobbler
Ink: done with markers using Cherry Cobbler, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: SU markers, corner rounder, SU designer buttons, stained glass embossing folder, dimensionals
The following card is my version of her Delicious Colors card. I love how Karen created her cute pinwheel by cutting four squares, cutting them in half, and then rounding off the indicated corners. I changed papers, colors, and added cross diagonal scoring with my MS scoring board in the background. I used this delightfully fun birthday designer paper and teal button by American Crafts. I colored my linen thread with orange using a Copic marker for the button center. I love how fast this came together!!
Stamps: none
Cardstock: Not Quite Navy, White, American Crafts dp
Ink: none
Accessories: button, linen thread, corner rounder, Martha Stewart Score Board, dimensionals
Here's my version of her Country Garden. I changed colors, stamp sets, used a butterfly instead of a sentiment, and added a stained glass embossed background. This card was also made as a part of Kim Hughes' Ink Up with Color challenge from yesterday where you can only use color in your design (no black, white, brown, etc.) and Dawn Mercedes' Free for All challenge to be inspired by the sun. All of these challenges are on Splitcoaststampers. I colored the Rubbernecker Buds with Stampin' Up markers (Summer Sun, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa) and then misted them with water before stamping onto the cardstock. I colored the butterfly with various markers, stamped twice, and cut out the second one so I could fold up its wings. The panels are popped up on dimensionals.
Stamps: Bud Set (#505) by Rubbernecker
Cardstock: White, Cherry Cobbler
Ink: done with markers using Cherry Cobbler, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: SU markers, corner rounder, SU designer buttons, stained glass embossing folder, dimensionals
The following card is my version of her Delicious Colors card. I love how Karen created her cute pinwheel by cutting four squares, cutting them in half, and then rounding off the indicated corners. I changed papers, colors, and added cross diagonal scoring with my MS scoring board in the background. I used this delightfully fun birthday designer paper and teal button by American Crafts. I colored my linen thread with orange using a Copic marker for the button center. I love how fast this came together!!
Stamps: none
Cardstock: Not Quite Navy, White, American Crafts dp
Ink: none
Accessories: button, linen thread, corner rounder, Martha Stewart Score Board, dimensionals
Friday, February 11, 2011
Purple Rose
Happy Friday, everyone!
Congratulations to Bev Barton, our new reigning Queen for the Day this week, on Splitcoaststampers! I chose Bev's beautiful Gratitude card to case.
Things I changed:
1. colors
2. stamped my background instead of embossing it
3. stamps
Enjoy your day, sweet Bev, and thank you for all the inspiration in your wonderful gallery!
This is also for Dawn's Free for All challenge on Splitcoaststampers to give our card the Royal Treatment by using reds/golds/purples in our design. Obviously, I went with purple. I used all Rubbernecker images to create my own designer paper background, as well as the sentiment [Create a Garden Set 1 (#512), Create a Garden Set 2 (#513),Garden Phrase Set (#508) ]. The beautiful purple rose is by Prima and was given to me by my friend Joanne (thanks JoJo!)
Congratulations to Bev Barton, our new reigning Queen for the Day this week, on Splitcoaststampers! I chose Bev's beautiful Gratitude card to case.
Things I changed:
1. colors
2. stamped my background instead of embossing it
3. stamps
Enjoy your day, sweet Bev, and thank you for all the inspiration in your wonderful gallery!
This is also for Dawn's Free for All challenge on Splitcoaststampers to give our card the Royal Treatment by using reds/golds/purples in our design. Obviously, I went with purple. I used all Rubbernecker images to create my own designer paper background, as well as the sentiment [Create a Garden Set 1 (#512), Create a Garden Set 2 (#513),Garden Phrase Set (#508) ]. The beautiful purple rose is by Prima and was given to me by my friend Joanne (thanks JoJo!)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
From Fairies to Cowboys
Okay, it's only day two of retirement, and I can't believe how busy I've been, but it's been a fun busy. I think I'm really gonna get into the groove of retirement!
On Sunday, I had a chance to make a card in honor of the Queen for the Day, 101Airborne (Kathy), at Splitcoaststampers. Kathy is very supportive and encouraging to other stampers, and she has a fabulous gallery. I cased her beautiful fairy card.
This is a Lizzie Anne Singles stamp. Using Memento Black ink, I stamped the image onto watercolor paper. I watercolored the image with Stampin' Up reinkers and watercolor brush. You can achieve the shading by using a drier brush than when you first apply the ink with the wet brush. I added Martha Stewart Smoky Quartz glitter to the fairy's wings and Crystal Effects to her crown and the star on her wand. This is the Classic Diamond Nestability. The designer paper is from Stampin' Up.
Okay, so as the title of my post indicates, I'm going from a pretty little fairy to a handsome little cowboy for my next card. If you are a follower of my blog, you've probably figured out how I love to participate in Mothermark's Teapot Tuesday challenges. Not only do we have a lot of fun comraderie among the stampers who participate in the challenge, I like the fact that Mothermark always has a Teapot Destination to where we mail our cards, which is purely optional.
This week, our cards are going to another stamper, Jamie, whose firstborn (a boy), is due any day. She is the daughter-in-law of Pat Smethers, who is a fabulous stamper, and is so excited about being a grandma!!!
You can check out the inspiration teapots in the Teapot Tuesday forum. I used this adorable Cowboy image from Rubbernecker. Rubbernecker currently has an End of Year Inventory sale going on, too!
Isn't this widdo buckaroo adorable? I colored him and the fence with Copic markers. I sponged the sky with Bashful Blue and Buckaroo Blue, using my cloud template. I sponged Barely Banana closer to the ground; and sponged Certainly Celery and Old Olive on the ground. I watercolored Old Olive and Always Artichoke on the grass sprigs, adding shading, as well. The faux stitching was done with a Stitch, Doodle, Dot template my friend, Joanne, sent to me (thanks, JoJo!)
Well, that's about it for now. Thanks for swinging by!
On Sunday, I had a chance to make a card in honor of the Queen for the Day, 101Airborne (Kathy), at Splitcoaststampers. Kathy is very supportive and encouraging to other stampers, and she has a fabulous gallery. I cased her beautiful fairy card.
This is a Lizzie Anne Singles stamp. Using Memento Black ink, I stamped the image onto watercolor paper. I watercolored the image with Stampin' Up reinkers and watercolor brush. You can achieve the shading by using a drier brush than when you first apply the ink with the wet brush. I added Martha Stewart Smoky Quartz glitter to the fairy's wings and Crystal Effects to her crown and the star on her wand. This is the Classic Diamond Nestability. The designer paper is from Stampin' Up.
Okay, so as the title of my post indicates, I'm going from a pretty little fairy to a handsome little cowboy for my next card. If you are a follower of my blog, you've probably figured out how I love to participate in Mothermark's Teapot Tuesday challenges. Not only do we have a lot of fun comraderie among the stampers who participate in the challenge, I like the fact that Mothermark always has a Teapot Destination to where we mail our cards, which is purely optional.
This week, our cards are going to another stamper, Jamie, whose firstborn (a boy), is due any day. She is the daughter-in-law of Pat Smethers, who is a fabulous stamper, and is so excited about being a grandma!!!
You can check out the inspiration teapots in the Teapot Tuesday forum. I used this adorable Cowboy image from Rubbernecker. Rubbernecker currently has an End of Year Inventory sale going on, too!
Isn't this widdo buckaroo adorable? I colored him and the fence with Copic markers. I sponged the sky with Bashful Blue and Buckaroo Blue, using my cloud template. I sponged Barely Banana closer to the ground; and sponged Certainly Celery and Old Olive on the ground. I watercolored Old Olive and Always Artichoke on the grass sprigs, adding shading, as well. The faux stitching was done with a Stitch, Doodle, Dot template my friend, Joanne, sent to me (thanks, JoJo!)
Well, that's about it for now. Thanks for swinging by!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Rubbernecker Designs
Wow, another week has flown by and I haven't had time to catch up with posting to my blog. So, I have four projects to share that I've worked on this past week. All four of them use various stamps by Rubbernecker.
First up is for our weekly CCEE Stampers challenge. Cindy Haffner challenged us to use lace in our design this week. I used this lace doily behind my main image. I used the emboss resist technique. First, I stamped the sentiment with Memento Black and let that dry. Next, I stamped the flowers with versamark and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. After the heat embossing cooled, I sponged Broken China Distress Ink over them to reveal the white flowers.
Swing by our CCEE Stampers blog and check out the designs of my teammates and play along with us!
My next card was made for Cindy's Teapot Tuesday challenge this week. You can get all the details at that link about her challenge and the destination station for this card. I colored this image with a mixture of reinkers and watercolor brush and Copic markers. I added Icicle Stickles to the sugar cubes.
Last Sunday was Featured Stamper day, which introduced me to Sarah's SCS gallery (her username is criminalgrace). Lots of cute cards! Here is the clean and pretty card of Sarah's I cased.
After I embossed the silver cardstock with a snowflake embossing folder, I brushed some glitter paint onto it and added a touch of dazzling diamonds. It's very sparkly in real life! The "Merry Christmas" sentiment is also from Rubbernecker; I absolutely love this beautiful font. I heat embossed the sentiment with silver. The large snowflake was made with a Sizzix Snowflake #2 die; the middle one is a Stampin Up punch; and the very small one is a snowflake rhinestone.
Here's another card using the emboss resist technique. This one was made in honor of the Queen for the Day, Maxell (Bev), on SCS. Here's the beautiful card of Bev's I cased.
This is a one-layer card. After I dry embossed the Labels Ten Nestability shape onto the Soft Suede cardstock, I white embossed the largest Evergreen tree from the Rubbernecker Evergreen Trees set. I sponged Soft Suede ink over that, wiping any excess off the white-embossed tree. I painted the snowy ground and falling snow with white craft ink and white acrylic paint. I sponged the outer edges with white craft ink and then distressed the very outer edges of the cardstock with Soft Suede ink. Added the bow to the top of the tree and was good to go!
Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Thanksgiving to my USA friends!
First up is for our weekly CCEE Stampers challenge. Cindy Haffner challenged us to use lace in our design this week. I used this lace doily behind my main image. I used the emboss resist technique. First, I stamped the sentiment with Memento Black and let that dry. Next, I stamped the flowers with versamark and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder. After the heat embossing cooled, I sponged Broken China Distress Ink over them to reveal the white flowers.
Swing by our CCEE Stampers blog and check out the designs of my teammates and play along with us!
My next card was made for Cindy's Teapot Tuesday challenge this week. You can get all the details at that link about her challenge and the destination station for this card. I colored this image with a mixture of reinkers and watercolor brush and Copic markers. I added Icicle Stickles to the sugar cubes.
Last Sunday was Featured Stamper day, which introduced me to Sarah's SCS gallery (her username is criminalgrace). Lots of cute cards! Here is the clean and pretty card of Sarah's I cased.
After I embossed the silver cardstock with a snowflake embossing folder, I brushed some glitter paint onto it and added a touch of dazzling diamonds. It's very sparkly in real life! The "Merry Christmas" sentiment is also from Rubbernecker; I absolutely love this beautiful font. I heat embossed the sentiment with silver. The large snowflake was made with a Sizzix Snowflake #2 die; the middle one is a Stampin Up punch; and the very small one is a snowflake rhinestone.
Here's another card using the emboss resist technique. This one was made in honor of the Queen for the Day, Maxell (Bev), on SCS. Here's the beautiful card of Bev's I cased.
This is a one-layer card. After I dry embossed the Labels Ten Nestability shape onto the Soft Suede cardstock, I white embossed the largest Evergreen tree from the Rubbernecker Evergreen Trees set. I sponged Soft Suede ink over that, wiping any excess off the white-embossed tree. I painted the snowy ground and falling snow with white craft ink and white acrylic paint. I sponged the outer edges with white craft ink and then distressed the very outer edges of the cardstock with Soft Suede ink. Added the bow to the top of the tree and was good to go!
Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Thanksgiving to my USA friends!
Friday, October 29, 2010
Queens for the Day
Here are a couple cards I made in honor of terrific stampers chosen as Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers.
Linda, aka Morningsun47, was chosen last week. Linda is such a sweetheart and has a fabulous gallery! You should check it out, if you haven't already. I fell in love with Linda's beautiful Vintage Vogue card.
And here's the one I made in her honor:
Hilda, aka Broom, has been chosen as Queen this week. I've had the good fortune to meet Hilda when I traveled to our Upper Peninsula for a Michigan stamping event last year. She is very sweet and a talented stamper to boot! She also is gifted with the ability to write amazing poems that she mostly shares with us in the Teapot Tuesday challenges.
I love, love, LOVE this darling CornFlower card she made with candy corn stickers and ribbon.
Here's my version as I was inspired by hers:
I immediately thought of my cute candy corn stamps by Rubbernecker. I cut them out and popped them up on dimensionals. Instead of ribbon, I used this checkered dp for my stem and leaves.
HUGE CONGRATS to both of these wonderful ladies!
Linda, aka Morningsun47, was chosen last week. Linda is such a sweetheart and has a fabulous gallery! You should check it out, if you haven't already. I fell in love with Linda's beautiful Vintage Vogue card.
And here's the one I made in her honor:
Hilda, aka Broom, has been chosen as Queen this week. I've had the good fortune to meet Hilda when I traveled to our Upper Peninsula for a Michigan stamping event last year. She is very sweet and a talented stamper to boot! She also is gifted with the ability to write amazing poems that she mostly shares with us in the Teapot Tuesday challenges.
I love, love, LOVE this darling CornFlower card she made with candy corn stickers and ribbon.
Here's my version as I was inspired by hers:
I immediately thought of my cute candy corn stamps by Rubbernecker. I cut them out and popped them up on dimensionals. Instead of ribbon, I used this checkered dp for my stem and leaves.
HUGE CONGRATS to both of these wonderful ladies!
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Queen Darla
Yesterday I was playing around with this fun acorn set by Rubbernecker checking out different ways to use it. For my inspiration card yesterday, I colored them with Twinkling H20s. Afterward, I played some more and decided to try paper piecing the acorns, which I did and set aside for another day to use in a design. I didn't realize today would be that day when it finally dawned on me that I totally missed checking out Friday's Queen for the Day challenge (slap hand on forehead). Well, when I realized it was sweet Darla Ryan that Miss Anne had chosen, I KNEW I had to play. Darla not only has a fabulous gallery of art, but she is always kind and supportive to other stampers.
As I was cruising through Darla's gallery, I came upon this beautiful paper-pieced floral and knew it would be the perfect opportunity to use my paper-pieced acorns! I paper-pieced them using the Amber Autumn matstack by DCWV. This particular matstack has some really fun and beautiful fall papers. Since I had six acorns already paper pieced from yesterday, I chose to make two cards in honor of Queen Darla.
Things I changed:
1. image
2. colors
3. brad/eyelet arrangement
4. use designer paper as my base
5. no paper piercing
Thank you for the inspiration Queen Darla! I hope you enjoy wearing that gorgeous crown this week!
As I was cruising through Darla's gallery, I came upon this beautiful paper-pieced floral and knew it would be the perfect opportunity to use my paper-pieced acorns! I paper-pieced them using the Amber Autumn matstack by DCWV. This particular matstack has some really fun and beautiful fall papers. Since I had six acorns already paper pieced from yesterday, I chose to make two cards in honor of Queen Darla.
1. image
2. colors
3. brad/eyelet arrangement
4. use designer paper as my base
5. no paper piercing
Thank you for the inspiration Queen Darla! I hope you enjoy wearing that gorgeous crown this week!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
I had so much fun getting together with my friend, Lynn, this morning. We had a scheduled craft date and wanted to work on making one of the stationery boxes we saw demonstrated on Splitcoaststampers (SCS). Long story short: I so wish I had videotaped our session so I could show you all the errors we made. We would have made for a terrific video tutorial on how NOT to make a stationery box! We got to laughing so hard that we had tears streaming down our cheeks. I still have to embellish/decorate my box and make the cards for the inside and just may show you the end product when I do complete it.
I did have a chance to make a card in honor of our Queen for the Day before I hooked up with Lynn this morning. Anne Ryan is the Queen for the Day challenge hostess on SCS, and she chose Sallie, aka hobbydujour, as this week's Queen. Sallie has a fabulous gallery, and I was surprised to learn that she's only been stamping about a year. As challenge rules dictate, we are to select a card to case from the Queen's gallery. I chose her latest upload called Birdie. I changed colors and images using this classy and elegant image by Rubbernecker. The background collage stamp is also by Rubbernecker. As I wrote in my post on SCS, this image reminds me of our QFTD challenge hostess, Anne. I've never met Anne, but I can tell that she oozes class and elegance as does this image.
The image is watercolored with Pale and Perfect Plum reinkers and watercolor brush, except for the skin tones on her face for which I used Copic markers. I added Martha Stewart glitter to her collar for some added pizzaz.
This next card I made for the Free for All challenge on SCS to use snowflakes and pearls in our design. I really wanted to do something out of the ordinary and came up with the idea of using a black embossed background accented with gold Perfect Pearls. My friend, Em (aka StampMuse) sent me this terrific gold metallic paper, and the angel image and sentiment are both by Rubbernecker. I colored her with Copic markers and added gold glitter to the top of her wings.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you've had a terrific Saturday!
I did have a chance to make a card in honor of our Queen for the Day before I hooked up with Lynn this morning. Anne Ryan is the Queen for the Day challenge hostess on SCS, and she chose Sallie, aka hobbydujour, as this week's Queen. Sallie has a fabulous gallery, and I was surprised to learn that she's only been stamping about a year. As challenge rules dictate, we are to select a card to case from the Queen's gallery. I chose her latest upload called Birdie. I changed colors and images using this classy and elegant image by Rubbernecker. The background collage stamp is also by Rubbernecker. As I wrote in my post on SCS, this image reminds me of our QFTD challenge hostess, Anne. I've never met Anne, but I can tell that she oozes class and elegance as does this image.
The image is watercolored with Pale and Perfect Plum reinkers and watercolor brush, except for the skin tones on her face for which I used Copic markers. I added Martha Stewart glitter to her collar for some added pizzaz.
This next card I made for the Free for All challenge on SCS to use snowflakes and pearls in our design. I really wanted to do something out of the ordinary and came up with the idea of using a black embossed background accented with gold Perfect Pearls. My friend, Em (aka StampMuse) sent me this terrific gold metallic paper, and the angel image and sentiment are both by Rubbernecker. I colored her with Copic markers and added gold glitter to the top of her wings.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you've had a terrific Saturday!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Kittie is Queen
My dear friend and fellow Rubbernecker Red Hot Mama, Kittie747, has been crowned Queen for the Day! Kittie has a style that is all her own with her beautiful watercolored scenes. Each and every one of her magnificent cards is My Favorite. As much as I would've liked to have cased one of her scenes, what takes Kittie probably an 30-60 minutes to do takes me hours and hours and I'm limited on time. However, I did want to case one of her cards and finally settled on her beautiful Cupcake Wedding Cake as the main premise for my card.
I kept the cupcake and liquid pearls theme, changed colors , incorporated her signature gingham ribbon, changed orientation, and added a flower border panel. I colored the cupcakes with Copic markers and then added pale pink liquid pearls around the Crystal Effects cherry and pink glitter to the frosting.
Congratulations, Kittie, and I hope you had a grand and relaxing vacation!
I kept the cupcake and liquid pearls theme, changed colors , incorporated her signature gingham ribbon, changed orientation, and added a flower border panel. I colored the cupcakes with Copic markers and then added pale pink liquid pearls around the Crystal Effects cherry and pink glitter to the frosting.
Congratulations, Kittie, and I hope you had a grand and relaxing vacation!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Some Saturday Stampin'
Happy Saturday to you! Thanks for stopping in at my blog.
I had a chance to make a couple cards today. The first one is for the Inspiration challenge on Splitcoaststampers from the LoveArtWorks Clay Pottery website. I was drawn to Kristen's raspberry treat platter.
I had a chance to make a couple cards today. The first one is for the Inspiration challenge on Splitcoaststampers from the LoveArtWorks Clay Pottery website. I was drawn to Kristen's raspberry treat platter.
Kristen uses a lot of black/white line drawing with splashes of color on some of her designs, as well as a lot of bird images, so I brought all three of those elements into my design using an old SU hostess set. I relied heavily on my stamp-a-ma-jig to get the images lined up within the frames as well as for the solid image within that set to stamp the soft pastel colors over my images after I colored them with reinkers and a blender pen. I then cut each frame and adhered to a piece of black cardstock. I used my ScorPal for the scoring outside of the black frame. My card is 4 1/4" square.
My next card is in honor of this week's Queen for the Day zgirlsgranny, aka Linda. Linda is such a sweetheart and a terrific stamper to boot! She's also a crazy tea partier at Teapot Tuesdays, and we always have such a blast.
My poochies are clear stamps by Inkadinkadoo in solid images. For the pappa pooch on the left, I stamped him first in creamy caramel, lined him up with my stamp-a-ma-jig and stamped him again in chocolate chip. I then took a black marker and colored just certain portions of the image and stamped the image again using my stamp-a-ma-jig. For the darling daughter poochie on the right, I stamped her in Adirondack's ginger (to reflect her lovely reddish brown tresses) and then took black marker and colored portions of her, too. I had to cut out each piece of both poochies and glue them to the kraft cardstock.
This darling daughter pooch with the beautiful reddish brown hair is giving her pappa pooch a particularly delicious bone for Father's Day. It will be in the form of a gift certificate to one of his favorite stores.
Happy Father's Day Pappa!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
I'm a Little Teapot
Are you ready for another CCEE challenge? Frances is continuing our May themed challenges celebrating Mothers & Babies, and this week she's given us a Inspiration challenge: create a card/project using a nursery rhyme as your inspiration. You can get all the details on our CCEE Blog as well as see the designs my incredibly talented teammates (Frances, Cindy, Joanne, Tosha, Shirley) made.
I chose I'm A Little Teapot:
I used my Teatime and Coffee and Tea Inchies from the Party sets by Rubbernecker. I stamped the teapot onto white cardstock and stamped it again onto designer paper and cut that one out and adhered it over top the stamped image on the white cardstock. My tea bags were colored with a Pale Olive Copic marker. The little tea bag is from the Inchie stamp set and I cut that one out. The designer paper is from the retired Rockabilly dp by Stampin' Up.
A few weeks ago, Linda (aka Snail) was the Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers, and I didn't get a chance to honor her with a casing of one of her cards at that time. Therefore, I chose her adorable Snowmen card as a basis for my CCEE challenge card today. I changed everything on my card except for her basic sketch design.
I hope you're having a wonderful day and will find time to play!!!
I chose I'm A Little Teapot:
I'm a little teapot,
Short and stout!
Here is my handle;
Here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up,
Hear me shout!
Just tip me over
And pour me out!
I used my Teatime and Coffee and Tea Inchies from the Party sets by Rubbernecker. I stamped the teapot onto white cardstock and stamped it again onto designer paper and cut that one out and adhered it over top the stamped image on the white cardstock. My tea bags were colored with a Pale Olive Copic marker. The little tea bag is from the Inchie stamp set and I cut that one out. The designer paper is from the retired Rockabilly dp by Stampin' Up.
A few weeks ago, Linda (aka Snail) was the Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers, and I didn't get a chance to honor her with a casing of one of her cards at that time. Therefore, I chose her adorable Snowmen card as a basis for my CCEE challenge card today. I changed everything on my card except for her basic sketch design.
I hope you're having a wonderful day and will find time to play!!!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Bold and Bright
Hello, ya'll! I hope you've been having a splendiferous weekend. It's raining here this morning, but that's okay. Everything is so lush and green this time of the year, and I love it!
I wanted to post a couple cards I made yesterday. I had some time to play in a couple Splitcoaststamper (SCS) challenges and both cards are bright and bold so prepare your eyes!
First off is a card I made to honor Carol (aka Carol_PA925) as Queen for the Day. This is where you go and select one of the Queen's SCS gallery creations and make your own version of it. Carol's bold and beautiful Red Birthday Floral really called to me.
I didn't get time to play in one of my favorite challenges----Teapot Tuesday----last week, so I made this card for that challenge as well, which was to use daisies in your creation. I love these Gerber daisy images. They can be a little labor intensive to cut out, but it is so worth it for the added dimension. You can't see it very well in my photo, but I did score a grid pattern on the red cardstock with my ScorPal. I colored the center of my daisies with Adirondack Butterscotch ink with one of my finger daubers (love those things!). The leaves are from Stampin' Up's In Full Bloom set which I water colored with Mellow Moss and Always Artichoke reinkers.
My next card was made for the Inspiration challenge on SCS. Anne was our hostess this week and she provided us with a really jazzy website for our inspiration called.....Jazz It Up Interiors. If you scroll down on my link, you'll see the hot pink wall art canvas that begged me to make something from it.
I stamped my Pick a Petal image in Pink Passion ink onto white cardstock and then onto Pink Passion cardstock and cut them out. I ran the darker petals through my crimper. I punched the little flowers from Pink Passion cardstock and sponged the edges for depth. I used my double circle punch on Rich Razzleberry for all the tiny circles piled in the center of the flower as well as for the orange centers on the small pink flowers. The little purse/sentiment image is from Stampin' Up's Tag Time. I used my black marker to add some tiny dots around the outer edges of the flower petals. Last, I added these larger black eyelets with my Cropadile.
Okay, hubby and son were up very late last night watching movies (my night owls for sure), so they are still asleep. Think I'll hop on over to SCS and play in the featured stamper challenge while they are snoozing. After all, how can I run the vacuum while my precious family sleeps? Giggle. Come on over if you have time to play!
I wanted to post a couple cards I made yesterday. I had some time to play in a couple Splitcoaststamper (SCS) challenges and both cards are bright and bold so prepare your eyes!
First off is a card I made to honor Carol (aka Carol_PA925) as Queen for the Day. This is where you go and select one of the Queen's SCS gallery creations and make your own version of it. Carol's bold and beautiful Red Birthday Floral really called to me.
I didn't get time to play in one of my favorite challenges----Teapot Tuesday----last week, so I made this card for that challenge as well, which was to use daisies in your creation. I love these Gerber daisy images. They can be a little labor intensive to cut out, but it is so worth it for the added dimension. You can't see it very well in my photo, but I did score a grid pattern on the red cardstock with my ScorPal. I colored the center of my daisies with Adirondack Butterscotch ink with one of my finger daubers (love those things!). The leaves are from Stampin' Up's In Full Bloom set which I water colored with Mellow Moss and Always Artichoke reinkers.
My next card was made for the Inspiration challenge on SCS. Anne was our hostess this week and she provided us with a really jazzy website for our inspiration called.....Jazz It Up Interiors. If you scroll down on my link, you'll see the hot pink wall art canvas that begged me to make something from it.
I stamped my Pick a Petal image in Pink Passion ink onto white cardstock and then onto Pink Passion cardstock and cut them out. I ran the darker petals through my crimper. I punched the little flowers from Pink Passion cardstock and sponged the edges for depth. I used my double circle punch on Rich Razzleberry for all the tiny circles piled in the center of the flower as well as for the orange centers on the small pink flowers. The little purse/sentiment image is from Stampin' Up's Tag Time. I used my black marker to add some tiny dots around the outer edges of the flower petals. Last, I added these larger black eyelets with my Cropadile.
Okay, hubby and son were up very late last night watching movies (my night owls for sure), so they are still asleep. Think I'll hop on over to SCS and play in the featured stamper challenge while they are snoozing. After all, how can I run the vacuum while my precious family sleeps? Giggle. Come on over if you have time to play!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Featured Stampers
Congratulations to GloriousGreetings (Gloria) on being honored as this week's featured stamper on SCS! What an awesome gallery she has, and I have long appreciated her encouraging comments on my cards. I don't know if being featured stamper is a dream of Gloria's or not, but I thought the title was fitting! :-)
Here's her beautiful Lily of Valley card that I love. We are required to change two or more things when casing the featured stamper. I changed:
1. colors
2. stamps
3. minor sketch design changes
4. no ribbon or buttons or faux stitching
I used the black magic technique on my Rubbernecker florals. This is where you stamp your image onto black cardstock (or any other dark color of your choice, but black works best IMO) with white craft ink. Let the ink dry and color with your pencils. I then dotted and outlined parts of my image with white gel pen. Lastly, I went over parts of the flowers and leaves with glitter pens for some added shimmer. I then fussy cut out my image, like Gloria did with her lily of the valley.
I inked the inside of my dotted swiss embossing folder with Buckaroo Blue (love that blue!) and then ran my white cardstock through my Cuttlebug since I didn't want a stark white panel, and I don't have any cool designer paper that would coordinate.
This next card is one I made on Friday for the Queen for the Day challenge on SCS honoring my fellow Rubbernecker design team member, Cathleen, also known as ctorina on SCS. Here's the gorgeous card of Cathleen's I chose to case. And here's my card:
I used different colors, embossing folders, sentiment stamp, added piercing, and did the out-of-the-box technique with my sentiment.
I hope to catch up with all of you soon. I've been busy this weekend preparing for a Rubbernecker blog hop this coming Tuesday, so I hope you'll come back and see what the design team members have created for your viewing pleasure using some of the newly released Rubbernecker stamps!
Here's her beautiful Lily of Valley card that I love. We are required to change two or more things when casing the featured stamper. I changed:
1. colors
2. stamps
3. minor sketch design changes
4. no ribbon or buttons or faux stitching
I used the black magic technique on my Rubbernecker florals. This is where you stamp your image onto black cardstock (or any other dark color of your choice, but black works best IMO) with white craft ink. Let the ink dry and color with your pencils. I then dotted and outlined parts of my image with white gel pen. Lastly, I went over parts of the flowers and leaves with glitter pens for some added shimmer. I then fussy cut out my image, like Gloria did with her lily of the valley.
I inked the inside of my dotted swiss embossing folder with Buckaroo Blue (love that blue!) and then ran my white cardstock through my Cuttlebug since I didn't want a stark white panel, and I don't have any cool designer paper that would coordinate.
This next card is one I made on Friday for the Queen for the Day challenge on SCS honoring my fellow Rubbernecker design team member, Cathleen, also known as ctorina on SCS. Here's the gorgeous card of Cathleen's I chose to case. And here's my card:
I used different colors, embossing folders, sentiment stamp, added piercing, and did the out-of-the-box technique with my sentiment.
I hope to catch up with all of you soon. I've been busy this weekend preparing for a Rubbernecker blog hop this coming Tuesday, so I hope you'll come back and see what the design team members have created for your viewing pleasure using some of the newly released Rubbernecker stamps!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
It's All in the Family
Oooooo! Patsmethers you reign supreme as Queen for the Day! I have been cruising your SCS gallery all weekend trying to settle on a card to case. I must admit to being intimidated casing you, my dear. You've got more talent wrapped up in the tip of your pinky than I do in my entire body, and I keep expecting to find your pretty smiling face in the Dirty Dozen gallery soon! Your cards are always a work of the "heart," even if you do try to act like you're all naughty or sumpin'. But we know what a big heart you have. Sooooo, I just had to case one of your sweet HM cards, and I especially love this darling Fly Away card you made.
I just had to pull out my adorable li'l teddy bear and pair him up with these big balloons. After all, he needs some big balloons to help him lift off! I paper pieced my balloons and colored teddy with Copic markers. I sponged Soft Sky, Barely Banana, and Mellow Moss on the background. I used my notched corner punch and threaded pink embroidery thread around that.
I keep praying that Stampin' Up will bring back permanently some of the In Colors they've introduced these past few years. I especially love the softness of Pink Pirouette and Soft Sky.
In any event, CONGRATULATIONS, Pat on being Queen for the Day! You're one of the bestest!!
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I made my next card for the Twisted Sisters challenge to case a card of JamiePTS who happens to be Pat's daughter-in-law! How cool that they both were honored by being featured in challenges this weekend! I cased Jamie's darling truck load of love card as I needed to make a birthday card for my grandson.
I used SU reinkers to watercolor my scene, except for the sky, which I sponged Soft Sky using a post-it note punched with the scallop punch as my template.
Happy Birthday, Brody! We love you!
I keep praying that Stampin' Up will bring back permanently some of the In Colors they've introduced these past few years. I especially love the softness of Pink Pirouette and Soft Sky.
In any event, CONGRATULATIONS, Pat on being Queen for the Day! You're one of the bestest!!
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I made my next card for the Twisted Sisters challenge to case a card of JamiePTS who happens to be Pat's daughter-in-law! How cool that they both were honored by being featured in challenges this weekend! I cased Jamie's darling truck load of love card as I needed to make a birthday card for my grandson.
I used SU reinkers to watercolor my scene, except for the sky, which I sponged Soft Sky using a post-it note punched with the scallop punch as my template.
Happy Birthday, Brody! We love you!
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