Sitting on the Dock of the Bay

Hi!  I wanted to share a few cards I recently created for Darkroom Door using their new Boat Shed Stamp.  I kept humming the song "sitting on the dock of the bay" while stamping this image.  It had me thinking of warm sunny days on the edge of the water with a light breeze blowing.

I am lucky to have a great collection of Darkroom Door stamps and I was able to pull them out to go with this beautiful image.  I used a stencil to create a lovely sunset behind the boat shed along with the wordblock stamp with all the great words to go with the image.

I created a tag card with a few dangling stamped images. 

 I used a rich peacock color in the background with a splattering of white paint in the sky and a fun red trim and doors on the boat shed.


My final card uses the new stencils that darkroom door just introduced to create a beautiful sunrise behind the boat shed.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products:  Darkroom Door - Boat Shed, Darkroom Door Stencil - Sunshine,  Darkroom Door Word Block Journey,  Darkroom Door - Sail Away,  Darkroom Door - Simple Sayings

Sunshine

 Is the weather getting warmer by you?  We have had some beautiful sunny days mixed with bouts of rain keeping everything watered nicely.   Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge this week is to be inspired by summer.  You can interpret it any way it inspires you.  I decided that I was going to do a bright summery card all in shades of yellow and white.  

I started with a lovely yellow background stamped with a floral background from Darkroom Door. 

I misted and painted my accessories to coordinate all the embellishments together.  I died my flowers with sprays and inks. I added touches of lace, buttons, and a keyhole. 

Products: Ranger Distress Spray Stain – Mustard Seed , Ranger Archival Ink – Chrome Yellow .    Darkroom Door Texture – Floral Stamp,   Ranger Distress Stain Picket Fence,   Prima Innocence Flower,  Prima Chantelle Flowers, Prima Leaves, Idea-Ology Memo Pin, Idea-Ology Seasonal Chit-Chat, Wplus9 Timeless Tags Dies, Graphic 45 Ornate Key Hole, Pearls, Lace, White Cardstock

Simon Says Stamp is offering a $50 gift voucher to a randomly selected participant in the challenge, come play along and share your summertime inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Sunshine and Butterflies

The weather has been bitterly cold here and when I saw the challenge at   Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge  was the letter "B" I knew I wanted to create a summery canvas with some butterflies floating in a summery scene. 

I had started a burlap canvas awhile ago and had set it aside.  This was the perfect backdrop to create my summery scene.

 I painted a coat of gesso added some texture wit the embossing pasted and stencil.  I misted a combination of yellow, orange and purple.  

I created a mix of tissue paper grass, stems and flowers by misting the tissue paper.  I stamped words on the tissue paper for the flowers and tore petals.  I added seed beads to the middle of the flowers.

 Product:  Idea-Ology Tim Holtz Textured Surfaces Tissue Paper, Stampers Anonymous - Butterfly, Prima Honeycomb Stencil , Wendy Vecchi - White Embossing Paste, Ranger Distress Sprays - Mustard Seed , Dried Marigold, Iced Spruce, Seedless Preserves, Shabby Shutters, Ranger Archival Ink - Black,  Stampers Anonymous -Perspective

The ever generous Simon Says Stamp is offering a gift voucher to a randomly selected participant in the challenge, so come join in on the fun.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Make your Own Sunshine

The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge this week is an Ode to Sunshine. 

My card was inspired by the man with the umbrella holding off the rain and actually making his own sunshine.

I started with a piece of vintage paper.

I painted a middle section of the paper and let it dry.  I stamped the umbrella man in black ink onto the paper. I then inked up the sunburst image with yellow dye ink and then followed it up with orange dye ink. I stamped that over the top of the umbrella.

I stamped the sentiment along the right side. I then drew in the line for the ground along the bottom. I then used a waterbrush to soften the bottom. I used watercolor pencils and waterbrush to add a halo effect around my man.

I cut out the main panel and layered it over another panel of the vintage newspaper. I splattered white paint around the edges. I cut out a few different banners of the painted background and layered them on the right hand side. I added crystals, stars and a game spinner with brad to the right.

Products: Visual Artistry - Grunge Cirque, Visual Artistry - Purely Random, Vintage Paper,
Ranger Archival Ink - Black, Memento - Dandelion Dye Ink, Memento Tangelo Dye Ink    Waterbrush, White Paint, Game Spinner, Brad, Brass Stars, Crystal   

Now I encourage you to go off and spread a little sunshine and join in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge for a chance to win a $50 Give voucher for Simon Says Stamp.