Fall is here

This is the first new set I had gotten in quite a while. I absolutetly love this set and can see it being very useful!!

This was for a card sketch HERE on Splitcoast Stampers.

I used really rust for the card base and more mustard for the layer. I distressed it with a stickle brush and several colors of ink. I did a lot of edge distressing on the whold card and inked with chocolate chip. the 3 layers are all framed with chocolate chip and a piece of the dsp autumn vine. I stamped the tree in chocolate chip and the leaves in more mustard, close to cocoa and ruby red. I then stamped the middle leaf with more mustard, cut it out and popped them up around the tree.

Recipe:

Stamps: season of friendship
Paper: autumn vine dsp, chocolate chip, real rust, more mustard, very vanilla
Ink: chocolate chip, more mustard, ruby red, close to cocoa
Accessories: 1/4" ribbon~more mustard, chocolate chip, sanding block, twine, assorted clips
Techniques: distressing

For a good cause

Take a moment to look at this blog and help with a great cause! Today is World Alzheimer’s Day.

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Didja think I had forgotten ya??

Of course not!! :)

So I know it's a little early but I have had this set for a couple of months now and FINALLY inked it up!


The image from Stampin' Up! Cruisin' Christmas was stamped with Stazon on watercolor paper. I watercolored using my SU! markers and aqua painters. I used a wide variety of colors. The green paper is Old Olive and the red, which I ran through my crimper, is Ruby Red. The image is framed with Night of Navy. The green fiber is a fiber from Michaels.

Even though the coloring took a while, the card itself is fairly simple. :)

Recipe:
Stamps: Cruisin' Christmas
Paper: Old Olive, Ruby red, Night of Navy, watercolor paper
Accessories: SU! markers, aqua painters, fibers, crimper

NSR: Always on my mind

It's been a very emotional couple of weeks. My Grandmother passed away last week. It has been very hard on everyone. She was 94 and died very peacefully and she lived a very long happy life that we are thankful to have had her around as long as we did. She is now happy in Heaven with my Grandfather and her baby that passed at 6 months old that she hasn't held in over 60 years.

I will always miss Grandmother. She truely was one of the best and smartest people I ever knew!

I will post some recent project tomorrow. I promise!

Faux Thanks?

Hahah.. OK so I would never send a fake thank you out to anyone, but this technique is faux embossing! This was for this challenge on Splitcoast.

The technique wasn't hard at all! It has a great effect on the card and it makes the card look very elegant!

I used Rose red for the card base and a 1 1/2" strip put through my crimper. The 5/8" grossgrain ribbon is also rose red. The next layer is pink pirouette and it is only slightly smaller than a card front. Then the basic gray and baja breeze for the main image. I then covered the corner with prima flowers and silver brads.

Inchies!

This challenge was to use inchies which is a square inch of something, stamped, drawn, whatever you choose. The pumpkins from Year after Year are an inch square. The cardbase is Tangerine Tango, the 'film strip' is chocolate chip and the green is Kiwi Kiss. I colored the pumpkins with Tangerine Tango, punched them out randomly and used clear stickles for a little bit of glitter. The ribbon is 5/8" chocolate chip grossgrain and the 'Thanks' is rub on.

Coffee, books and stamping...

3 of my favorite things!

A friend of mine sent me this stamp set and I love this image! I drew in the wall and floor and colored those in. This is for the VSN challenge Pride & Prejudice. P&P is my favorite book, hands down. I chose this image because she is reading a book drinking a cuppa joe and I can see doing that while reading. I created the background myself. The challenge was to use felt of some sort. The flowers are felt.

Stamps: Sprinkles, Rubber Romance
Paper: Baja Breeze, So saffron, Whisper White
Ink: Brilliant Blue, So Saffron, More Mustard, Bravo Burgandy, Basic Black, Close to Cocoa, Blush Blossom
Accessories: Felt Flowers, Buttons