Panda Love

My second daughter loves pandas so I have to have a few panda stamps just for her.

This stamp is from Wild Rose Studio - I love their stamps. The image is colored with copics. The decorative paper is all scraps that I found sitting by my cutter. There is quite a pile there that I need to use. The square die cuts are from die-namics. The flowers are from Prima flowers and Michael's Recollections. The brads are from several different companies. I really don't keep track of their origins. 

May you have a bright and happy day!

Wild AnimalsI

I made two cards last night using a stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

This little cutie was colored with copic markers. I think I pulled the elephant off about four times before I actually got things the way I wanted it. First I decided I wanted to add the gray border but I had already stamped the words and couldn't take enough off the top and the elephant was too low to take any off the bottom so off the elephant came. Next I decided to put the ribbon behind the elephant so off she came again. Then I put the paper clip on so had to peal the elephant part way but that left part of the elephant all the way down and part of her sticking up so I pulled the rest of the elephant off and added foam tape around all the edges. I shouldn't put anything down until I'm really sure that I want to do. lol

This is two stamps - the gator and the little butterfly both colored with copics. The scalloped oval is done by using two sizes of dies so there is a frame. The green stripes are strips of paper and then a layer of washi tape over the. The gold pearls are down with a pearl pen.

Happy Stamping!

Believe in Yourself

I've had this stamp for quite a while. I thought it was a bit funny but how would I use it so I could send it to someone. Then an idea hit...

The image is from - I don't know where. lol It is colored with copic markers. The wings have cotton candy pink stickles and the crown has yellow stickles on each. The word is a die cut from memory box, I think. The sidebar is a die cut from Tim Holtz. And the believe is what made me think that the inside could say..."in yourself" or "in your decision". 

What do you think would be a good saying for this image?

More Calendar Pages

I made the calendar holder by taking the back of a picture frame and applying some decorated paper that I stamped the words on. Then I applied a layer of modge podge on it to protect the paper. At the top I used my crop-a-dial and punched holes and inserted eyelets. I attach each page to the stand with rings so that I can flip each page back to view the next month's page.

Both images are from Magnolia. April uses a regular sized Tilda and May has a mini Tilda and Edwin. April uses a die from memory box and May is done with a cricut. 

I am borrowing my friend's cricut. I like it but it sure has a big learning curve. Not sure if I have enough time to learn it although it is fun. 

I'll share more pages as I finish them. January is the only one I need at the moment so see how far ahead of the game I am. lol

Deer

I almost made a card without any stamping. ALMOST! One little happy birthday is all I did. AMAZING! I love to stamp but this die seemed to just stand on its own. 

I cut the die twice, once in green and once in brown. I then cut the deer off the tree shape and glued it on top of the green deer. The die is from memory box. The banner I did myself. Two green different colored brads hold the banner on. In the other corner are some gold pearls. I thought of adding some snow to the trees but it was late and I needed to get it out to my son, so he would receive it by his birthday on Saturday.  

Calendar Jan-March

It's a new year and I need to get back to blogging. I have been doing some stamping just not posting here. 

Tonight I was working on my calendar for the year. A friend lent me her Cricut so I was using it to make the shapes and frames. The stamps are mini Tildas from Magnolia and colored with prisma colored pencils.

 Hopefully I'll get the rest done soon. 

Nellie

I've been cleaning my apartment instead of creating. I even went into my studio tonight with thoughts of doing some organizing but came out with this card instead.

The stamp is from Art Gone Wild and colored with copics.  The scallops are cut from Nestabilities by Spellbinders. The paper is from Lawn Fawn. The polka dot is washi tape from Queen and Co. I found it at the Container Store. The gray edging on the polka dots were cut with scissors. I wasn't sure if I could cut straight with them but I did ok. I would never have guessed they would carry such a thing. The gray and black brads are also from Queen and Company.

Elephants are about my favorite animal and I thought this one was really cute.

Indian Corn

Fall is my favorite season and it is coming VERY soon. Here in southwestern PA it is feeling more like early fall than summer.

The stamp is from http://www.stubbystampers.com/ It is colored with copics and then the some yellow Nuvo drops and copper Perlen-Pen added to the corn. The bow has diamond glaze on it. There are two pieces of scalloped paper around the image. The ribbon is actually two different ones. The plaid and then two pieces of silk ribbon on each side. A few pieces of yellow and gold sequins are around. The circle at the bottom is from a piece of jewelry that broke off. I got it in Germany when I was living there years and years ago. 

What's your favorite season?

Merry and Bright

Christmas is coming soon. Way past time to make some Christmas cards so I can be ready.

The stamps are from Darcie. The poinsettia is stamped with white chalk ink on black paper and then colored with Prisma colored pencils. The center is done with yellow Nuvo drops. The leaves and holly are stamped on decorative paper. The little berries are red glitter glue. The saying is stamped with black and cut out with a sizzix die.  The white and red layer are cut out with sizzix nestabilities. (One of which is now behind my storage cabinet. Sigh!). The poinsettia paper and other red are bobunny two-sided paper.  The red burlap ribbon is from Target. They have such neat things in their dollar section. The poinsettia is popped up with a layer of foam tape and the "Merry & Bright" has two layers of foam tape.

Have you started your Christmas cards yet?

This Elephant is on the Ball

This elephant is having a ball and so am I - rolling along with another post.  I love elephants so here is an elephant card.

This is another Darcie stamp and button. The elephant is colored with copics. The head is cut out and popped up. The glitter tape is from Close to My Heart. The little brads I have had forever and I don't remember where they are from. The dp is from BoBunny, I think. My cat would not appreciate it if I got up and looked.

Have a ball today!