Bouncy Baby Card

The cute little elephant bounces, or wobbles, when you shake the card, or tap it with your finger. Cute card for a First Birthday.

Stamps: CTMH Baby Cakes, SU Little Cuties

Paper: CTMH Baby Cakes, Thick Cream

Paper Size: A2

Ink: Momento Black

Accessories: Action Wobbler, Sequins, Ribbon

Techniques: Interactive Card

Hope

I followed a Debby Hughes video tutorial on how to watercolor plaid.  I instantly feel in love with her watercoloring plaid technique. She made it look so easy and it is. Not perfect for sure but I love it. Anyway, this is for my dear friend who is in the middle of Chemotherapy treatment, and I am wishing her success in her treatment.

Stamps: Tranquil Tulips

Paper: Watercolor, Thick White, Gold Foil, So Saffron, Pistachio Pudding

Paper Size: A2

Ink: Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors, Flirty Flamingo, Pistachio Pudding

Accessories: Sunshine Wishes Die

Techniques: Watercolor Plaid

Gentle Thoughts

This Stampin' Up Garden Collage stamp set is one of the first "used" stamp sets that I purchased from my wonderful  friend, Les.  Les made the most beautiful cards, and the smallest little lapel pens made of leather, she made one for me depicting my little dachshund and I proudly wear it on my crafting apron. Les is gone now, but I think of her everyday that I am crafting, and am so thankful that we met. She sparked the joy of stamping in everyone and this card is made in her memory.

Stamps: SU Garden Collage

Paper: Watercolor, Crushed Curry, Baja Breeze, Thick Cream

Paper Size: A2

Ink: StazOn Black, Watercolors

Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Ribbon, Dies

Techniques: Watercolor

Home For Christmas

Inky fingers here, somehow I made a big mess while playing with this technique, but I love all the results and beautiful colors added to my stash of background pieces.

I cut the background piece to form an opening for my sentiment.

Stamps: Jingle All the Way

Paper: Watercolor, Thick White, Silver Foil

Paper Size: A2

Ink: Pool Party, Lost Lagoon, Bermuda Bay

Accessories: Colorful Seasons and Sleigh Ride, Edge dies, VersaMark, Silver embossing powder

Techniques: Cling Wrap Background

SICK

I have had this digital image in my file for a long time, and decided she needed to be inked up. She looks wild and crazy sick, poor thing. I hope she feels better soon.

Stamps: Mo Manning Digital - Sick

Paper: Neenah Solar White Smooth, Mossy Meadow, Pistachio Pudding

Paper Size: A2

Ink: Copics

Accessories: Glitter Enamel Dots, Dies

Techniques: Digital Stamp Printing and Coloring

If I Could Put Time In A Bottle

Ok, maybe not, unless this squiggly fellow is named Time. The background for the tag and octopus was a scrap from another project where I used the scrunched cling wrap watercolor technique. Not wanting to be wasteful, I stamped the bottle in VersaMark and Tranquil Tide ink and heat set in clear embossing powder. With the bit of leftover, I made a tag background.

Stamps: SU Message in a Bottle

Paper: Lemon Lime Twist, Blackberry Bliss, Tranquil Tide, Watercolor

Paper Size: A2

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Tranquil Tide, Lemon Lime Twist, Wild Wasabi, VersaMark

Accessories: Copper Trim, Scalloped edge die

Techniques: Cling Wrap Watercolor

Hut, Hut, Hut Beach Huts

I can truly say, "I Love The Beach" I have lived near the Pacific Ocean all my life, and that's a long time, lol. I'm near enough to put my pretty little pedicured toes in the water every day.   I'd love to have one of these cute little beach huts, so I could dash out, stick my toes in the water and dash back, better yet, I'll just continue with my early morning or sundowner walks along the beach.

Stamps: Spyder's Stamps Digital Three Beach Huts, SU Sea Street

Paper: Watercolor, Thick White, Neenah Solar White Smooth

Paper Size: A2

Ink: Watercolors, Copics, Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Basic Gray

Accessories: DecoArt Sandstone Texture

Techniques: Fussy Cutting

Meddling In Metal Work

I am no where near a steampunk enthusiast, but loved making this faux metal work with aluminum foil. I picked up the owl stamp at a garage sale a few years back, never thought I'd use it. I applied several colors of acrylic paints along with Iced Spruce Distress Oxide and metallic copper rub.

Stamps: Stampendous Steampunk Owl

Paper: Watercolor, Thick Black, Corrugated

Paper Size: A2

Ink: Distress, Distress Oxide, Watercolor, Acrylics

Accessories: Compass Embossing Folder, Copper Trim

Techniques: Faux Metal Work

Sweet Honey

Stamped the honey pot in VersaMark and black ink and heat set in clear, watercolored and when dry added the Lacquer to the pot and Shimmer Paste to the honey.

Stamped the bees in Staz-On black, colored with watercolor pencils added Nuvo Glitter Clear Glitter Drops to the bee wings and little dash marks for their air trail. Cut out image with stitched dies mounted on a piece of Lost Lagoon card stock.

Stamps: SU Bear Hugs and unknown bee

Paper: Basic Grey Urban Prairie, SU Basic Black, Lost Lagoon, Watercolor

Paper Size: A2

Ink: VersaMark

Accessories: Dimensionals, Krystal Klear Lacquer, Nuvo Shimmer Paste

Thoughts of You

Stamped bird and branch in Momento Ink onto a peice of cardboard egg carton and die cut out with dies. Colored the bird and branch with Copics. Stamped the flowers and sentiment onto Very Vanilla and also cut out with dies.

Stamps: SU Best Birds

Paper: Thick Cream, SU Flirty Flamingo, Kraft Corrugated, Cardboard Egg Carton

Paper Size: A2

Ink: Momento, Copic Markers, SU Flirty Flamingo, Early Expresso

Accessories: Nuvo Glitter Drops, Doily, Dies

Thank You

Paper Piecing in strips is not something I would normally do, but I gave it a try. Still not perfect but I like the elegant looking results using the gold accents to bring out the gold in the dsp.

Stamps: SU Eastern Palace

Paper: Thick Cream, Eastern Palace dsp strips, Gold

Paper Size: A2

Ink: VersaMark

Accessories: Gold Embossing Powder, Eastern Palace Medallion Dies

Techniques: Paper Piecing

It's A Good Day For A Picnic

Printed the digital image onto watercolor paper and colored with watercolor pencils and a blender pen, added the picnic ants. Stamped the sentiment and used the tiny banner punch for the ends.

Stamps: SU Beetles & Bugs, Digital, CTMH Catch You Later

Paper: Thick White, SU Pacific Point, MFT Gigham, Watercolor

Paper Size: A2

Ink: Basic Black, Pacific Point, Watercolor Pencils

Accessories: Blender Pen, Dimensionals

Techniques: Watercolor

Rainy Days and Mondays

It took me several tries of letting various re-inker colors run down the watercolor paper before I had one that I liked. I went with a simple light two tone that reminded me of drizzly rain on a window pane, thus the window card was born.

I added raindrops and the tiny little flowers to the watercolor piece and framed it with the window die and added a piece of clear acetate. A little crushed curry bow added a little color to match the flowers.

Stamps: SU Weather Together, Beautiful Bouquet

Paper: Thick White, This and That Epic Day dsp,

Paper Size: A2

Ink: SU Smoky Slate, Wisteria Wonder, Early Expresso

Accessories: SU Hearth & Home Die, Clear Acetate

Techniques: Ink Dripping/Running

You Octopi My Thoughts

After watching a Loll Thompson video, I made about a dozen or so ink died tissue paper pieces. I liked this one witht he glitter dots in the paper as it reminded me of an underwater scene.

Mounted the dried tissue paper onto a piece of thick white card stock then stamped with the images. 

I die cut a rectangle from the front of the Pacific Point card stock base and added a clear acetate window sheet , with glue dots I added the aquarium scene and covered the back with another piece of Pacific Point card stock. Stamped, colored and die cut the sentiment and used glue dots to mount it to the front of the aquarium "glass" and card base.

Stamps: SU Message In a Bottle, Magical Mermaid, Sea Street

Paper: Glitter Tissue Paper, SU Pacific Point, Thick White

Paper Size: A2

Ink: Distress Broken China, Peeled Paint, SU Pacific Point, Mossy Meadow, Tangerine Tango

Accessories: Glue Stick, Dies

Techniques: Tissue Paper

Dreaming

Stamped the city scene across the bottom of the watercolor paper in VersaMark and heat set in Smoky Slate Embossing powder and colored with watercolors.

Fussy cut a mask from Post It note paper and masked the skyline, stamped the stars in VersaMark and heat set in Clear embossing powder.

Stamped the pig and sentiment in VersaMark onto watercolor paper and heat set in Blushing Bride embossing powder, colored pig with Powder Pink and fussy cut.

Punched out a 1" circle in watercolor paper, and used Smoky Slate to make a moon.

Mounted on Midnight Muse card stock and a Thick Cream base.

Stamps: SU This Little Piggy, Everyday Hero, Hero Arts Tiny Stars

Paper: Thick Cream, Midnight Muse, Canson Watercolor

Paper Size: A2

Ink: Versamark, Midnight Muse, Powder Pink, Smoky Slate

Accessories: Embossing powders, dimentionsals

Techniques: Masking, Embossing, Fussy Cutting