Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and I hope it brings you and your loved ones a blessed year!

Yesterday I worked on Kristina's Color Challenge... http://kwernerdesign.com/blog/2008/12/color-inspiration-36.html

Here are the colors:

I loved this color combination. I immediately die cut some hearts in red and green thinking I would emboss them. I ended up using the cut out as a mask instead. Here is my main heart.

I stamped the pretty floral/flourish stamp on white cardstock and embossed using light pink embossign powder. I then took the cardstock where I had cut out the hearts and used that as a mask and sponged on the red ink to make my hearts.

I purchased these charms with sentiments. I thought this was an appropriate sentiment.

Products:

• Paper Inspirations - Floral Flourish
• Creative Beginnings - Pastel Pink Embossing Powder
• Martha Stewart - Doily Lace Border Punch
• EK Success - Red Adornments
• Sizzix Heart Die Cuts
• Ranger Distress Inks - Fire Brick
• Plaid Enterprised - Fresh Metal Charms - Love

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz

Holiday Gifts....

I usually only stamp on paper to make cards... But this weeks challenge from Hero Arts is holiday gifts. Here is the link to the challenge... http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/2008/09/22/motivation-monday-framed-gifts/

I purchased this wood box: http://www.kodomoinc.com/kimono/index.cfm from Kodomo. I love their stamps and products.

I decided to decorate the box and create matching cards to give as a gift. Here is the box. I will post one of the cards after it is finished. :)

Recipe:

1. Spray yellow glimmer mist on the entire box and wipe off excess.
2. Spray green glimmer mist on the bottom and light blue glimmer mist across the top all around the outside of the box.
3. Let this dry and set something on the wood to help prevent warping. This wood was very thin and warped with the wetness.
4. Color the flowers with watercolor markers and stamp on the box. I had to stack stamps under the box top for support when stamping.
5. Stamp the sentiment using StazOn ink.
6. Versamark the top of the box and heat emboss clear embossing powder on the box.
7. Attach the butterfly and ribbon.

Products:

• Blue Moon - Lost Charms
• Hero Arts Stamps
• Tattered Angels - Glimmer Mist - Lemon Zest, Patina, Olive Vine
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• StazOn Royal Purple Solvent Ink
• Ribbon Unknown
• Crystal Stickers - Gems
• Hero Arts - Gemstones
• Zig Watercolor Markers
  

Thanks for wandering on over... :)

Three Little Angels

I recently acquired this beautiful stamp from Stampendous. I love the little angels they remind me of illustrations from children's books.

I couldn't wait to color the little girls carrying the tree.

There is not much recipe to this card other than coloring the girls with watercolor pencils and using a waterbrush to smooth the colors together. I did apply the versamark everywhere and clear embossed the picture to make the colors pop.

Products:

• Stampendous - M227 Cherub Tree Trio
• Stampendous Clear Embossing Powder
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Penny Black 373B Wondrous
• General Kimberly Water Color Pencils
• Versamagic Chalk Ink - Sea Breeze
• Versafine Pigment Ink - Smokey Grey
• Stickles - Blue
• Hobby Lobby - Snowflake Charm
• Michael's Celebrate Holiday Ribbon
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Swiss Dots, Snowflakes
• Spellbinders Nestabilities - Rectangle Scallops
  
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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