Not a creature was stirring

Now isn't this a peaceful scene? Here is another Stampscapes card I've whipped up in my mad dash to get my cards finished.

The scene is done on white glossy cardstock and colored with stipple brushes.

The sentiment was stamped with black Archival ink then highlighted with my Inkessentials white gel pen.

Thanks for looking!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: All Stampscapes except sentiment which is by Stampendous

Paper: white glossy cardstock, bazzill and A Muse cardstock

Inks: Archival Black, Adirondack Cloudy Blue, Sail Boat and Denim

Other: Inkessentials white gel pen, Stickles

Dashing through the snow...

I was playing with the Impression Obsession Shake It Pouches (in this case the square one) and came up with this card. For those not familar with shaker cards you make a pouch and put beads, glitter, punch outs etc in the pouch and a picture behind the shakey stuff so you can shake the card and have "snow" around the image.

This image was embossed with Crafty Capers Teddy Bear embossing powder and I added microbeads and some sequins to the pouch.

Thanks for looking!

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Hero Arts reindeer

Paper: Bobunny

Other: micro beads, May Arts ribbon & Teddy Bear embossing powder

Wishing you a green Christmas

I have a couple of friends who are "green crazy" and one of them sent me a similar scene all done in green. I decided to challenge myself to see if I could make a similar Stampscapes scene. I'm pretty happy with how this turned out! It's not quite the same as the one I was copying but I am happy with it never the less! Especially considering my eye is still a bit wonky.

This card started out as a piece of white glossy cardstock and I used a bunch of stamps and ink and tried out the Stampscapes "tonal applicator" stamp (a tear drop shaped stamp filled with tiny dots). The steps are too involved to get into on this blog. If anyone has any questions please don't hesitate to contact me. I have not yet decided it this card is appropriate for a Christmas card or not but it might become one because I am still short of cards.

Card Recipe:

Inks: Archival Black ink, Adirondack dye Lettuce, Meadow & Citrus

Stamps: Stampscapes small lakeside cove, pines and rocks, cumulus clouds, tonal applicator, ripples & pine row

Other: white glossy cardstock, Bazzill cardstock & Magenta Peel Offs

Christmas is coming!

Still trying to get my Christmas cards done!!

I can't say I am 100% happy with how this turned out maybe I should have put everything on crooked and I would have liked it better! lol.

Another simple card hardly any stamping except the tree (Hero Arts) stamped on patterned Bo Bunny Paper.

Just a reminder that next Saturday Dec 11 is Crafty Capers Hero Arts 2011 stamp debut party. Come join us for make and takes, door prizes and a peek at the brand new 2011 Hero Arts catalogue oh yea we'll also have new stamps to purchase as well!

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Hero Arts tree

Paper: BoBunny, Radiance Vellum, Bazzill

Other: Ribbon, Versafine Onyx ink and Victoria Cuttlebug folder (the best folder there is!)

Lovin' T!m's dies

Crafty Capers has started bringing in some of Tim Holt's Sizzix dies and I must say I am loving them! They cut through the thickest cardstock with no trouble using my Cuttlebug. This ornament is from the curved ornaments set. I'm so glad I bought it and can't wait to get some more!

This card is one I cased from a magazine my friend Sharron had. She brought so many magazines into the store for my viewing pleasure I honestly don't remember which one it came from - sorry!

Anyway, pretty simple design and used up quite a bit of my scrap silver/grey cardstock which is always a plus!

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe:

Stamp: A Muse (sentiment)

Die: Tim Holtz

Cardstock: Stardream, Bazzill and other

Other: Cuttlebug embossing folders, A Muse gems, crotchet cotton

A very glam card

I'm going to have to wrack my brain to figure out who this card is going to. I really think it needs to go to someone very glam!

As soon as I saw this image in the Penny Black winter catalogue I loved it! I had no idea what to do with it but I loved it!

Finally got it out to play with several months after it arrived in the store! I embossed the image on what cardstock and colored her with Perfect Pearls mixed with water. She is nice and shimmery in real life. I thought the white cardstock background was a little dull and I did not want to cut her out with my bad eye so I pulled out a holly stamp and stamped a random backgound with it and Tea Die Distress ink. I matted everything as shown and added gems and pearls to give the card even more pizzaz.

Don't forget this weekend is the Hero Arts Debut party at Crafty Capers hope to see you there!

Card Recipe:

Images: Gal and holly - Penny Black, Sentiment - A Muse

Paper: Bazzill and unknown

Inks: Versamagic and Distress Tea Die

Other: Perfect Pearls (for coloring), A Muse gems and pretty pearls

Warm Winter Wishes!

Wow is 2010 flying by fast! I've just realized that once again it is December and I have quite a few more cards to make and send out in the next week or so! Why do I do this every year?? I have a bit of an excuse this year first I got that horrible cold that lasts for a few weeks then I managed to get a bad case of iritis (where the iris/colored part of your eye gets inflamed) and have, temporarily I hope, lost the vision in 1 eye! It is supposed to be agonizingly painful but thankfully, I have missed that part. I have lots of drops/ointments etc to put in my eye on a very regular basis but I am really appreciating how important 2 eyes are for getting layers on straight on cards. So excuse any ascew mats and layers. :)
This card is fairly straight forward. Lots of layers, for me at least, and a bit of coloring with my Tombow markers. I stamped the gal's sled twice so she is bringing extra presents to whoever lives in that house. I added white Liquid Applique to the snow on the house and the fur on the gal's coat and of course Stickles every where else. I have added a close up photo of the house/Liquid Applique I hope you can see it (I can't).
Card Recipe:
Stamps: House - Hero Arts, Gal and sentiment - A Muse
Coloring: Tombow Markers
Paper: Watercolor, Bazzill and A Muse
Ink: Versafine Onyx and Memories Midnight Blue
Other: Liquid Applique, Diamond Stickles and scallop border Borderabilities by Spellbinder.