This Happened!

 New stamps!  Yay!  Darkroom Door just released a new set of stamps and I was lucky enough to get to play with some of them!  

I played with the new small stamps called This Happened. It has great sentiments that inspire scrapbooking and journalling including: This Happened, Here's the Story, For the Record.

I used another of the new backgrounds to create a moroccon tiles pattern in the background and framed the edges with book inspired stamps.  

I then added a frame for the middle to allow me to journal or put a photo on the page.   I was thinking about spending a day just reading books. 

I accented the colors with the salvaged patina ink.  I created a multiple page mini book on the front to allow dates or other little notes! 

I hope you love the story I shared today! :) 

Suzz

Products: 

• Darkroom Door Small Stamps This Happened
• Darkroom Door Background Stamp - Morrocan Tile
• Darkroom Door - Robin
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamps - Library
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamps - Bookworm
• Darkroom Door Frame Stamp - Open Book
• Darkroom Door - Book Stack
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp - Tick Tock

Sentiments

 Hi!  I have been playing with two new quote stamps from Darkroom Door. I love quote stamps and both of these are beautiful! 

This first one Light Remains is so lovely and will be perfect for a sympathy card.  Unfortunately we have lost some of our friends and family this year and this is a lovely reminder of them.  I am thinking how lovely this would be on a scrapbook page.

For the second card I just used a few soft wildflowers in the background.  The quote as the focal point.  

Next is the stamp Wild as the Sea and I wanted to pair this with some alcohol inks splattered like the bubbles in the froth.

I mixed in the images from the Darkroom Door rubber stamp set called Sailing Away along with a fishing net stamp. 

This is such a pretty sentiment and works well with the sea inspired images! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Twisted Tree

 Hi!  I wanted to share two new cards I created with the Darkroom Door Twisted Tree.  I love this new stamp set!

Some stamps speak to me and this is definitely one of them.  I created two versions of the same card this morning.  I wanted to try it out in a variety of sizes. 

I could see this on an Artist Trading Coin, Tag or ATC.  I used the new masks from Tim Holtz for the Moon and then the Twisted Tree stamps for the Tree, birds and sentiment.  

Very spooky and fun! 

Suzz

Happy Spring!

 How about a little bit of spring? 

I made this springy background on a mixed media paper using the Darkroom Door large stencil with fun circles. 

I sponged on all these beautiful distress oxide colors using a mix of spring hues.  Then I came back and added some checkerboard stamping in the same colors. 

Then I brought out the butterfly stamps and made a collection of butterflies to coordinate.

To finish them off some flowers and butterfly sentiments.  I created an ATC, tag, and card.  I also have 2 more ATC backgrounds and another card base.  These colors make me happy while we patiently wait for some of our spring flowers to bloom in the  yard. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products: 

• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set Spread Your Wings
• Darkroom Door Large  Stencil - Circles 
• Darkroom Door Abstract Stamp - Abstract 12 
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Garden Birds
• Ranger Distress Oxide Inks - Wilted Violet, Mustard Seed, Evergreen Bough, Mermaid Lagoon
  

German Shepard

 Hi!  I am back with a new photo stamp called German Shepard from Darkroom Door.  

I loved the intelligence in the eyes of this Shepard and I decided to highlight them with a fun light blue accent.

She also got the royal treatment with a crown made of butterflies!  I tried to put one on her nose but it didn't show off her beautiful features.  

I added a bit of clear embossing on the butterflies to make them shine a little bit.  The dog is stamped in brown archival ink and I cut her out and added a touch of watercolor pencils to shade her fur. 

The background is a stencil with a mix of brown and blue dye inks. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz

Products: 

• Darkroom Door Photo Stamp German Shepard
• Darkroom Word Block Stamp - Journey
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Wings
• Darkroom Door Small Stencil - Mesh 
• Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee
• Clear Embossing Powder
• Staedtler Watercolor Pencil 
• Ranger Distress Oxide Ink - Gathered Twig, Faded Jeans
  

Sunflowers and Sunshine

 Hi!  I am looking forward to the garden and all the beautiful flowers and sunshine!  I am going to share a card using the new Darkroom Door Planted Sunflower.  

I stamped the image multiple times.  I tried with a brown, gray and black.  I decided to go with the gray to allow me to add some color and make the images pop with some shading and layering.

This lovely image had me pulling out my watercolor pencils to color the images.  I used a waterbrush to soften and blend the colors.  The flower and leaves were colored twice and cut out to layer a ring of petals and leaves.   

The center of the sunflower was colored with the watermark pen and then I sprinkled with the distress embossing powder.  It gave it a nice bumpy texture. 

To add a few highlights and deepen the colors, I took a versamark watermark pen and highlighted the metal images.  I then sprinkled clear embossing powder over the surface and heat set it.  

I hope this brings you a little sunshine to your day! 

Suzz

Products: 

• Darkroom Door Planted Sunflower
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set Warm Wishes
• Ranger Archival Ink - Watering Can, Sepia
  
• Staedtler Watercolor Pencils
• Waterbrush
• Versamark Watermark Pen, Ink Pad
• Ranger Clear Embossing Powder
  

Spread your Wings

 It is Butterfly time!  I am back to share a post with the new Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set called Spread Your Wings!  I love the butterfly stamps and was happy to play around with these! 

This set has 3 of the same butterfly in varying sizes.  I love the varying sizes as I could stamp and color them all the same and create a dimensional butterfly.

I took the die cuts and sprayed them with the same inky spray I used to color the butterflies.  I layered them behind the butterfly and placed it on the chicken wire background.  The set comes with a variety of wing inspired sentiments. 

I used the Warm Wishes flowers with the butterflies and the same background to create another pretty summery cards!

For the final card I used a vellum overlay to add a lovely sentiment with a sweet butterfly with a safety pin body. 

Hope you enjoyed my beautiful butterflies! 

Suzz

Products: 

• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Spread Your Wings
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Warm Wishes
• Darkroom Door Quote Stamp - Along the Way
• Darkroom Door Background Stamp - Chicken Wire 
• Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
• Seth Apter Izink Spray - Yellow
• Watercolor Pencils 
• Sizzix Wildflower Dies 
  

An Open Book

 Happy Sunday!  I have a new favorite stamp I have been playing with!  I received this stamp from Darkroom Door awhile ago and just have had an opportunity to play with it! 

I am a big fan of books and spent many a good hour entranced with books.  When I saw this new mini open book stamp I knew I needed to have it in my collection. :) 

The stamp has two blank pages so I immediately made a mask for each page so I could create my own content on the pages.

I was lucky enough to have several of the other book stamps from Darkroom door and created a background of books to go with the cute boy and the sentiment. 

I also created a tag with a variety of pages for the books:

I stamped three of the books and mixed my images on the pages including overlaying some dashing gents onto the pages. 

Each book was hand cut out and folded up to give the appearance of pages.

Then I wanted a bit of color and thought wouldn't it be beautiful to have butterflies floating out of the pages?  I stamped the butterflies and embossed with black embossing powder. I sponged on the pink and cut them out to bend their wings and have them flying from the pages. 

The background was script randomly stamped in a soft gray color and a few sentiment from the same stamp set the butterflies came from. 

I hope you enjoyed looking at my open books! 

Suzz

• Products: (Darkroom Door)
• Darkroom Door - Eclectic Stamp - Mini Open Book
• Darkroom Door - Rubber Stamp Sets - Wings
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Number Medley
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Buzzing Bees 
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set -  Bookworm
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Correspondence
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Dashing Gents
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Enjoy Life 
• Darkroom Door  Collage Stamp - Flower Boy

Gerbera Daisies

 Hi!  I hope you are having a beautiful weekend.  The sun is shining and the air is crisp.  I decided to play with my new Darkroom Door Gerbera Daisy Stamps and share a few cards! 

The flower comes in two sizes and it inspired me to create two variations of the same card using the different size flowers.

I started with stamping the flower multiple times and sponging the color (Distress Inks) and sponging a brown distress ink around the edges.  I then cut them into multiple layers.  The second flower was stamped in a soft orange. 

I stamped the center of the large flower in brown ink. I added glass seed beads which were sprayed with distress ink to color them to coordinate. 

I decided to pair the flowers with stems from another flower stamp set. And ink up the flowers with a vermillion red.  I then colored with watercolor pencils and a water brush. 

A sweet card to bring a little sunshine to someone as the weather changes and cools! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products: 

• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Gerbera Daisy
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Buzzing Bees
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Warm Wishes (Stem) 
• Darkroom Door Background Stamp - Flower Garden
  
• Darkroom Door Frame Stamp - Emulsion
• Ranger Distress Oxide - Fossilized Amber, Ground Espresso 
• Ranger Archival Ink - Red Carnation, Pale Ochre, Coffee,
  
• Ranger Distress Ink - Crushed Olive, Ground Espresso

Ladies in Hats

 Hi! I am back to share a new filmstrip stamp from Darkroom Door called Ladies in Hats!

The filmstrip contains a variety of fashionable ladies showing off their hats.  

 I paired them with the background stamp of the newsprint which had an ad for the Fashion Academy which I thought was perfect for these fine ladies.  I added a few handmade flowers by twisting up some trim with a few hatpins holding it in place.  I added a vintage button as the centers and some glittery buttons mixed into the background.

I loved the striking effect of the filmstrips in black and white and decided to create a few more cards with no color.  I think it is very elegant using the  black and white combination.

I thought wouldn't it be fun to have some baby cards to give someone as a little tag on a gift or just as a little note of inspiration.

For more inspiration you can visit the Darkroom Door blog.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Suzz 

Products: 

• Darkroom Door Filmstrip Ladies in Hats
• Darkroom Door Background Stamp Gazette
• Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Sets - New York Vol 1

Handwritten Script

I have always loved handwritten script. Stamps or stencils they all give a layer of texture and depth to a background.  This post is highlighting a new large stencil from Darkroom door called Handwritten script. 

I started with a mix of the handwritten script with a soft green dye ink sponged onto the background. 

 Then I layered the lavender stencil with white embossing paste.  I let it dry and sponged a soft purple dye ink over the embossing paste. 

I stamped the sentiment onto tissue paper and glued it to the front and then added a few vellum dragonflies with some serious bling.

Next up is a card created from journal ledger paper.

 The handwritten script was embossed using white embossing paste.  I sprayed and misted brown ink over the background.

I stamped the postcard image onto another scrap from the same journal paper.  I folded it over to create a little pocket.  I stamped a flower to put in the pocket and added a bird and label with the sentiment stamped inside.

My next card was made from scraps. (My favorite kind of way to pull together bits and pieces)

 I started with a watery script from cleaning up the stencil.  I layered on a base with the same watery stencil image.

I layered in some labels stamped and cut out previously and added a flower created for the previous card.

Finally a dreamy sunny card using the warm wishes flowers.

This one had a spritzed background using the stencil and a distress oxide ink.  After it dried the flowers were inked up with distress oxide and spritzed with water and stamped.  

The sentiments were stamped along the stems and the bees added for movement.

I hope you are all keeping safe and using this time to spend with your family (the ones who are staying at home with you) and crafting.

Suzz

Products:
Darkroom Door Large Stencil - Handwritten Script
Darkroom Door Large Stencil - Lavender
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Warm Wishes
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Buzzing Bees 
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Garden Greetings
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Lots of Labels
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Number Medley 
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Wings
Sentiment Strip - Dream Big
Darkroom Door Eclectic Stamp - Robin 
Darkroom Door Frame Stamp - Postcard 
Ranger Distress Oxide Ink - Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Fossilized Amber
Ranger Archival Ink - Pale Ochre, Coffee, Pebble Beach, Jet Black
Ranger Distress Ink - Wild Honey
Ranger Distress Oxide Sprays - Fossilized Amber
Ranger Distress Spray - Walnut Stain

Take Time

Hi. I hope all of you are safe and are spending this time at home creating and with loved ones.  This card created this weekend was inspired by being with my family and the time we have spent together.

This card was a quick gathering of images and numbers with layering of birds and clocks.  I stamped the birds and then stamped over with the number stamp.  

I sponged on distress oxide inks to give the pretty colors on the birds.  I accented with a white gel pen.

The clocks were stamped and cut out and layered with the birds with pop dots to add dimension.

Please keep safe.

Suzz

Products:
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Tick Tock 
Darkroom Door Rubber stamp Set - Garden Birds
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Number Medley 
Ranger Distress Oxide - Candied Apple, Squeezed Lemonade

Lots of Labels

Today I am sharing a few cards created using the new Darkroom Door Lots of Labels Rubber Stamp set.  

 The labels are all shapes and sizes which is fun to use to layer and accent any card or project.

 I stayed neutral on my colors as I just acquired the new Pebble Beach ink and wanted to play with it! I used the circle labels to frame the two images in the Harriet and Henry stamp. I stamped all the labels and then added the images inside the frames.

Next I decided to do another steampunk inspired card.

 I used a few of the labels to add as accents layered over the main image.  I stamped everything in black and used a distress oxide ink spray to soften the overall effect.  I spritzed a black cardstock for the cardbase.

I hope you enjoyed the masculine inspiration today!

Suzz

Products:
Darkroom Door Lots of Labels
Darkroom Door Number Medley
Darkroom Door Collage Stamp Harriet and Harry 
Darkroom Door Stamp Set Simple Sayings Vol 1
Darkroom Door Steampunk Inchies
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set Dashing Gents 
Darkroom Door Vintage Office
Darkroom Door Correspondence

Darkroom Door Collage Stamp - Floral Post

Be Brave

Good Day!  The new Darkroom Door Quote Stamp "Be Brave" spoke to me and I have been playing around with it creating a mix of projects.

This card was created because I wanted a  pretty card that I could send to one of my girls as inspiration.  I used a soft pink on the background stamp and stamped to layering panels.  Then on the smaller panel I inked up the sentiment in a darker shade of pink.  The bow and flowers were inked with pink to coordinate. 

Then I played with a stencil and a clear embossed flower to give a soft background.

This card is all about layering the stamping in order to get the effect. :)  Start with the sentiment first.  Heat set the ink so it won't pick up any embossing powder when you move onto the flower.  Next stamp the flowers using versamark.  Sprinkle with the clear embossing powder and heat set the image.  The next step is to line up the rectangle sentiment and sponge/brush on the dye ink from the right corner out.  Finally I just added some water spots because I love the effect as it reminds me of a hot summer day where you can feel the haze in the air. 

My next card was intended for a masculine take on a card. 

This card is simple but I like that it can be sent without extra postage. :)   I could also see this layered with burlap or other texture to add more depth.

Next card is again a quick card using a stencil and distress ink for the accent. 

I grabbed the first distress ink on the top of the pile and sponged quickly a little background for the butterfly stencil.  The gems just add a hint of texture but again fit in a standard envelope with no extra postage required. :)

Finally a canvas in a pretty mix of blues and greens.  With a jumble of extra embellishments coated in gesso and spritzed with the greens and blues.

The canvas went through multiple layers of gessos and spray inks.  I ended up with some stenciled polka dots with embossing paste and paint.  The circles were stamped with paint over.  To get a clean stamped sentiment I stamped on a spritzed vellum background and layered into the canvas.

I hope you enjoyed the mix of cards!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products:
Darkroom Door Quote Stamp - Be Brave 
Darkroom Door Background Stamp - Wildflower Garden
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Wild Africa Vol 2
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Warm Wishes
Darkroom Door Stencil Butterflies
Darkroom Door Stencil  - Polka Dots
Wendy Vecchi Blendable Dye Inks - Watering Can
Ranger Distress Oxide Ink - Wilted Violet
Ranger Distress Oxide Sprays - Peeled Paint, Mermaid Lagoon
White acrylic Paint
White Gesso
Ranger Archival Ink - Coffee, Pink Peony, Magenta Hue, Jet Black, Saffron

Dream Big

Howdy!  I have been busy playing with the new Darkroom Door Dream Big sentiment strip. 

 

The Dream Big strip of sentiments are all focused on dreams and encouragement. 

I played around with inking up the strip with a light color and then coloring one of the sentiments with  a pop of color.  I then used a softer ink to stamp over and added a hint of color with a water color pencil.

I used it in a background repeating pattern:

I partnered it with some  pop outs of the sentiments to go with the pretty flowers from the new Warm Wishes set. 

I re-did my card from the previous post and shared the cloned version here:

 I finished with another set of flowers stamped over the repeated background.

I am sensing a theme here with all the flowers.  I am waiting not so patiently for the weather to change and spring to start!  :)


Thanks for Stopping by!

Suzz

Products:  (Linked to the Darkroom Door Store)
Darkroom Door Sentiment Strip - Dream Big
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Lots of Labels
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Buzzing Bees
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Bold Blossoms
Ranger Archival Inks - Plum, Watering Can, Leaf Green, Violet
Ranger - Wendy Vecchi Blendable Dye Ink - Watering Can, Leaf Green 

Lavender Inspired

Hi!  Happy Saturday!  I am back to share some new art using a new lavendar stencil from Darkroom Door.  

I started with using the stencil on a few different sheets of mixed media paper.  I was using the large stencil and it measures 9" x 12".  I like that it can be used on cards, tags, journal pages or scrapbook pages. 

Each stenciled background allowed me to create multiple tags and cards.  I cut out this tag first and then cut out the background for a card.  I had more background leftover but lost some due to experimentation. :)

For the background I did the following:

1. I laid the stencil down on the mixed media paper and sponged over with a mix of dye inks.  I then added water to soften the effect.   I heat set the main colors and used some extra ink to add the splatter over the background.

2.  After it dried I put the stencil back down and added an outline with a watercolor pencil.  I then used a waterbrush to soften the outline in places.
 

My card has a softer feel without the numbers and tags to add texture to the background.  I paired the lavender with the beautiful dragonflies and sentiment from the Wings stamp set. 

Then I used the stencil with a mix of dye inks and sponged a grey and red ink together to give a soft muted effect. 

I sponged the stencil on a larger sheet and cut the section I wanted for this card.  I used a new Quote Stamp which is lovely and stamped over in a slightly darker grey color.  

Thanks for stopping by and visiting me! 

Suzz 

Products: (Links to the Darkroom Door site) 

Darkroom Door Large Stencil - Lavender 

Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Wings

Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Lots of Labels 

Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Number Medley

Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp Set - Tick Tock 

Darkroom Door Quote Stamp - Be Brave 

Wendy Vecchi Blendable Dye Inks - Red Geranium, Watering Can, Poppy

Ranger Archival Ink - Watering Can, Sepia

Ranger Distress Stain Ink - Abandoned Coral, Ground Espresso 

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