Virtual Stamp Night on Splitcoast!

Hello! I've been super busy getting some cards ready for some upcoming hops and challenges that I so can't wait to share. Sorry to have been absent for the last week... but I've got plenty for you all piled into one tonight!

I have been playing along with Virtual Stamp Night on Splitcoaststampers. This is a first for me and it is so much fun…. so many challenges… so little time LOL I’ve done three so far, and hope to get more done before the Monday evening deadline! If you’ve never played along before, I recommend you check it out!

The first challenge I played along with is A Heart Start, a sketch with the 4 “chambers” of your heart! I used Labels 1 Nesties , stamped Damask Backrounders in Versa Mark and sponged them up. I used a hearts fiskars texture plate on DCWV red  and sanded it up.




Stamps: Bless Your Heart, Damask Backgrounder, Fanciful Vintage TAC
Ink: Versa Mark, Burnt Umber Palette
Paper: Kraft TAC, red DCWV
Other: piercer, texture plate, edge distresser, sanding block


This challenge is Rubber Duckie… to use an image from either my first love of childhood, or my son’s. I chose a dog, since DS has gobs of stuffed puppies that he can’t live without! This paper is from a Deja Views paper pad, Baby Boy. The buttons are paper too! I’m using this for the Use it Tuesday Challenge #2—Pretty Papers, since I had never used any of the pad… and who knows how long it has been in my stash!



Stamps: Friendly Greetings TAC
Ink: Noir and Burnt Umber Palette
Paper: kraft TAC, Deja Views Baby Boy pack
Other: Prismacolor pencils (with OMS on background) floss, sponge, Heart pearl TAC


For my third card I am playing along with the Mash Up challenge, to use two or more techniques mashed together! This image is from Digi Design House. It is called Forever in the Heart… such a cute set with 6 images and 3 sentiments for $4, you can’t beat that! I colored with copics… a rush job for me! you have to complete the cards in 45 minutes and I usually take a lot of time on copic coloring! The green is embossed with a leaves fiskars texture plate and rubbed with Versa Mark, though it didn’t change much on it.



I had fun with the “flower” I flipped it over onto foam and used an embossing tool to make the heart and leaves kinda poof up a little. It made the edges curl down.



Stamps: Forever in the Heart DDH
Paper: black, kraft TAC, green DCWV
Other: twine, fiskars texture plate, pop dots
Copics: 0, R24, R27, R29, E44, YG95, YG97

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look! Let me know what you think! Don’t forget to come back for the DDH Dream Team Blog Hop on March 1st! I'm off to play in more challenges... will spread the posts out a little though... :-)

TAC Dream Team Call

TAC has put out a Dream Team Call to it’s Angels and I’ve decided to try out, wish me luck!

My first card was made with Cup of Love, such an adorable set! I colored with copics and popped the cup up, cut out a bunch of flowers and layered them. The background is embossed with the Flowers Impressabilities Die and sponged with Sunflower Palette ink.




Copics: 0, Y000, Y11, Y15, YR24

For my second card I used Heather Scott’s weekly Sketch #135 and I decided on a masculine theme. The image and sentiment are both from Good Things, such a sweet set! I colored with copics and added a few highlights with a white gel pen. For the background I added some Background Soup in Versa Mark. All paper is Amberley Grace SWIC and CS.




Copics: 0, E51, C1, C3, W3, W7, BG000, BG10, BG11, BG13

My third card is my favorite I believe, it just seems so soft to me. I stamped the image from All Things of Nature in Versa Mark and then chalked it. I wanted a little more so I outlined the flower with a glitter pen and chalked over it again to tone it down. I cut it out with Label’s 4 Nestabilitie Die and sponged Aegean Blue ink on before removing the die. I added some texture to the Maggie SWIC paper with the Scor-Pal and Scor-Bug. The three pearls are from the Clear and Pearl Gem Collection.



For my project I decided to make a mini album. I used a tutorial from 2 Worlds blog for her recycled envelope album. She has some awesome tutorials to share! I’ve been saving all those return envelopes that come in our junk mail and this is s perfect way to put them to use. All papers and ribbons are from Maggie SWIC and CS… my favorite new paper from TAC! The sentiments are all from Joy, Found and the Tree is from Good Things, I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and OMS.













The album isn’t quite done yet… but then I doubt you want to see where I go with it! I am making it an album for my hubby and I, each section will be half his and half mine starting with… What did you think about him/her when you first met and moving through the things we love about each other, etc. So there will be pics of us and our own responses on the inserts… so long as I can convince him to play along!

Thank you so much for stopping by, and for making it through the whole post! I hope you have a wonderful day!

TAC Flavor of Fall Blog Hop

Hi all! It’s time for another TAC blog hop, this one is for the flavor of fall! I made two cards to share. The first is using one of my new favorite sets, Damask backgrounder. I colored direct to stamp with yellow, orange and red Impress markers and then highlighted with a white gel pen. The Sentiment is from Wonder and Joy. I popped it up and covered the … with pearls and put the second part of the saying “is filled with blessings!” on the inside.



The next card uses the set Good Timber. I stamped it in Versa Mark and colored it with chalk. The background I smeared Versa Mark on and chalked. Then I decided it needed a bit more so I stamped another tree and popped it up! I tore the edges, inked and wet them to roll it up a bit.



I love the effect the chalking gave the tree. I love the change of leaves in the fall and the blending of yellow, orange and red just hit the spot. I looked out at the many, many leaves in my yard that need raked up and decided to add some color around it on the ground for the fallen leaves, just wish I could send my leaves away as easy as sending a card!



Now it is your turn! Take out those TAC stamps and show us your Flavor of Fall! Swing by the Savvy Projects Blog for more details and to add your link by Saturday evening! A few lucky winners will be getting some blog candy sent their way from Mischelle. Also how about hopping around and sharing some love!

Thanks for stopping by, let me know what you think! Have a safe and wonderful Halloween weekend!

My boy fishing…

This two page layout is of Pickle fishing, along with a great catch… don’t laugh it was a cute little fish…. caught by my hubby. The fish just weren’t bighting that day. I hadn’t planned on a serious page, even wanted to put our little Wonder and Joy fishing boy on there, but piecing this together just steered me in a different direction but I really like where it ended up.

 

 

I used TAC retired Kamalaht paper along with Kraft and Red CS. I used the Damask Backgrounder and Fundamental Frames, stamped in Versa mark and embossed with Transcendence clear embossing powder. The Fundamental Frames cooridinate with Nestabilities set, this one is Labels 4. I tied some twine on to each page.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look, let me know what you think! Have a wonderful week.