Santas

There is a new stamp over at Stubby Stampers here . To celebrate there is a special going on as well. Use the coupon SANTA until Saturday and get 25% off. 

Here are the cards I made with this great stamp.

To color or not to color that is the question. Such a versatile stamp.

Sunset

There was a challenge on the stubby stampers yahoo group to use a brayer. I hadn't used mine in forever so I thought I would give it a try.

Here is my first attempt:

I decided it needed a little dressing up so I changed it a bit here:

I did the background with the Kaledicolor Bouquet inkpad by running the brayer on the inkpad. Using glossy cardstock I kept picking the brayer up slightly and moving it around in a bit of a circular motion and keeping the green in almost the same spot and letting the blue move around the outside. The butterflies are peel-off stickers from Magenta. I have no idea if they still make them.

In the first card I just colored the image from stubby stampers with peel-off markers. 

In the second card I stamped the image again and colored the chairs and one pot with copic markers and cut them out and glued them on top. For the small tree on the second card I mixed strawberry flower soft with a bit of sweet pea flower soft and glued it on with diamond glaze. 

Personally I like the second card better but either works well.

Get your brayer out and see what you can create.

Good Tidings

One group I belong to challenges us to make all our Christmas cards in July. I doubt I do that but here is a start.

The stamp is from Stubby Stampers here. It is colored with peerless water colors. The center is beads from JudiKins. I used lots of scrap paper. The very center strip is ribbon with nailhead stickers. The writing is freehand. 

Have you started your Christmas cards? :)

Relaxation

A coworker had a birthday on Saturday so I made her this card.

The image is from the angel company. How I miss that  company.

The image is colored with copics. The bubbles in the tub are done with liquid applique and glitter. The big bubble that she is holding has diamond glaze on it. 

The dp is from basic grey.

Bella and Teddy

I love elephants and my daughter loves teddy bears. So this card is for her. She was just in a car accident, she is ok, but I thought I'd send her a card.

The image is from Wildrose Studio. The brown base is a paper from Target. The other two dp's are from bobunny. I put dots in the black dots in the middle of the scallops. The bow is done with two different ribbons tied together.

2015 Calendar

Now that half the year is gone I have finally finished my 2015 calendar. I've been using it but just didn't have all the pages done. Many other projects were finished in the meantime, including another calendar that I forgot to take pictures of before I sent it off to my friend. :(

The image is an old one from the defunct Angel Company.

The calendar I found on line. I didn't keep track of the url though. 

 Penny Black

Oh dear. I can't find where I put the stamp. It's an old one though.

Magnolia

The craft's meow - out of business

Wild Rose Studio

Wild Rose Studio

October's stamp is from Magenta

September's stamp is from the angel company

Wild Rose Studio

Wild Rose Studio

The calendar base is from a picture holder that I got from JoAnn Fabrics.

Hope you enjoyed.

Camo Graduate

I made this card for a guy who enjoys the outdoors. 

Edwin is colored with copics and his gown and cap are paper pieced. Everything but the card itself and the camo paper were scraps I found around my desk. I need to use more scraps. The triangle is dry embossed in a wood design from Tim Holtz, I think. I added that after I had finished the card because it was too rectangular. The die cut is from spellbinders and has a black nailhead sticker in the middle. Hope you enjoy.

Rain

I found this die by memory box at my local stamp store and knew I just had to have it because I have many rain related stamps. Here is the first of many cards to be made with it.

There was a challenge over at the Stubby Stampers yahoo group to use purple, blue and yellow. The stamps are all from stubby stampers. The birds are all stamped on a yellow polka dot paper and accented with copic markers. The cut outs are all accented with stickles as are the center of the flowers which are from prima. I wrote the saying around the border. In case you can't read it it says "Life is not waiting for the storm to pass.. it's dancing in the rain!!!I'm entering this card at Your Scrapbook Place challenge anything goes here.

Enjoy your rain days!

Precious Gift

I usually don't make cards with just words but tonight I did to try out some new supplies I just got at my local stamp store.

The water colors are done with Peerless water colors on water color paper. The top layer is white paper glued onto 2mm foam and then cut out with a nestabilities die cut. The words are from Stubby Stampers. The little feet are a punch. A ribbon adds just the right touch and also hides where I didn't make the paper/foam quite wide enough in one spot. lol There are no mistakes!

Fun and easy!

Bundle of Joy

Don't you just love new babies? Maybe everyone doesn't but I do. I love kids of all ages. They can be a handful at times but always a heartfull. And as I have a new granddaughter this is perfect. With that in mind here is my latest card.

The image is from Stubby Stampers here. The image is colored with copics. The little bit of pink around the image is a die cut from www.mftstamps.com. The yellow is a die cut from spelllbinders. I don't know where the patterned paper is from - no name on the back. The flowers are from miscellaneous companies. The flowers have rhinestones for centers and around the edges. There are some above the words as well. I may have to do this image for a boy as well just for fun.

Hope you enjoy!