Exciting News!

I received wonderful news today! I have been chosen by Sally-Ann to join her new design team. Her new on-line shop is called "DigiStamp Boutique" and it will be up and running soon. Sally-Ann has chosen 5 members for her new DT (including me lol) and I'm adding a link to each of their blogs so that you can go over and say hello and look at all their amazing creations.

Zoe (aka Mrs Wonka)

Nikki

Denise

Lisa

Thank you Sally-Ann for this wonderful opportunity. I look forward to working with this group of gals! In honor of being selected, here is a card made with one of the images from the Fairy Collection by Grab-a-doodle-do. The glitter on her wings and wand didn't photograph very well but they are glittery in real life. Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

• Images – Grab-a-doodle-do Fairy Collection


• Paper - White, Riding Hood Red, Basic Grey Urban Prairie, Amy Butler


• Misc – Copics, Stickles, Prima flower, Amy Butler brad, Pop dots

Greetings Earthling

Ok I'm still playing with my label maker. Today's cards use Kim Hughes Little Guy set from Cornish Heritage Farms. I stamped the little Alien in the set and made him some greetings. For the top card I used a variety of papers from the Cosmo Cricket Mr Campy line and the bottom cards uses papers from the Basic Grey Archaic line. Both cards have Kraft bases.

Hope you're having a great weekend! Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

• Stamps – Cornish Heritage Farms Kim Hughes Little Guy
• Ink – Palette Hybrid Black, Vintage Photo Distress Ink
• Paper - Kraft, White, Cosmo Cricket Mr Campy (top) and Basic Grey Archaic (bottom)
• Misc – Copics, Pop dots, Circle punch, Dymo Label Maker

Whipper Snapper Bee-cause

Last night I pulled out the bee in Anna Wight's Little Critters set from Whipper Snapper and my dymo label maker and had some fun. I love the little bee and wanted to create some sayings to go with her so the label maker was perfect. I went with: BEE WELL SOON, BEE-LATED WISHES, and HAPPY BEE-DAY. The bee was stamped with Palette Hybrid black on white cardstock, colored with Copics and coated in Stickles. Once the stickles were dry the bee was matted with black and mounted to the card with a pop dot. The patterned papers are from the Basic Grey Urban Prairie line.

Thanks for stopping. I hope you are all having a great week.

Supplies:

• Stamps – Whipper Snapper Little Critters
• Ink – Palette Hybrid Black
• Paper - White, Baja Breeze, Soft Sky, Basic Grey Urban Prairie
  Misc – Copics, Stickles, Circle punches, Corner round punch, Ribbon, Button, Twine, Pop dots, Dymo label maker

CSS Bravery Gent

Today’s card features Clear & Simple Stamps new Bravery Gent set. I started by stamping the image on white and coloring it with re-inkers and an aqua brush. The starts were stamped on white, cut out and mounted on pop dots for some dimension. The ribbon is from May Arts. What a special way to thank all of the military people in your life.

Supplies:

• Stamps – Clear & Simple Stamps Bravery Gent
• Ink – Palette Hybrid Black, Midnight blue Stazon
• Paper - White, Navy, Riding Hood Red, Unmarked designer paper
• Misc – Re-inkers, Aqua brush, Ribbon, Pop dots

Are you ready for summer?

How about a Fourth of July project for today's post. Clear & Simple Stamps released Bravery Gent yesterday and it's perfect for all of the military people in our lives but it's also great for Fourth of July celebrations. So let's start with some sour cream containers filled with yummy chocolates.

I created my own patterned paper by using the background stamp. First I took a sheet of white cardstock and used my Scor-pal to score it every 1 ½ inches in either direction to create a grid so I could line up my stamp. Next I stamped every other square with Blue Iris chalk ink, washed my stamp and stamped the remaining squares with Lipstick Red chalk ink to create my patterned paper.

To create the containers cut your cardstock to 4x6 and glue the end of the 6 inch side together to create a 4 inch long tube. Put a little glue inside one end of the tube and flatten the end together. Now run the end through your crimper to finish the edge. On the other end pinch the ends together in the opposite direction of the finished end and run that through the crimper too. Don’t put any glue on this end! Now fill it with goodies (Hershey Kisses work great if you don’t have to worry about them melting). Once you have filled it, squish the end back together and punch a couple of holes in the crimped part to attach the ribbon. For a little extra detail I stamped some stars from the set, mounted them on a couple of layers and attached them just under the bows.

Supplies:

• Stamps – Clear & Simple Stamps Bravery Gent


• Ink – Colorbox Chalk Blue Iris and Lipstick Red


• Paper - White, Navy, Riding Hood Red


• Misc – Ribbon, Crimper, Circle punches, Nestabilities, Pop dots, Candy
  

Clear & Simple Stamps Release Day

New sets available today!

Mom and Me / Dad and Me / Believe in Words III
Got Fish? / Tea Time / Summer Sentiments
BBQ Darling / Bravery Gent

Receive $1 off the Stamp of the Month
Mom and Me
Enter discount code: 04SOTM09
offer valid thru April 30, 2009

You can see earlier samples of the Mom and Me set here and here. I also have two more cards using the Mom and Me set to share with you today.

How about a gatefold card? If you have a scor-pal it couldn’t be any easier to create one. Cut your cardstock to 4 ½ x 11 then score at the arrow marks on your scor-pal. For my card base I used Kraft then added some Bo Bunny double sided paper. I cut the two pieces of designer paper for the front panels and then cut them in strips and alternated between sides to get the variety. The image and greeting were stamped with Colorbox Chalk French Blue. The image panel and layers were attached to the left front panel with Pop dots. Instead of using a brad or crystal in the flower center I stamped the #1 Mom sentiment and added that for the flower center.

Supplies:

• Stamps – Clear & Simple Stamps Mom and Me
• Ink – Colorbox Chalk French Blue
• Paper - White, Kraft Bo Bunny
• Misc – Scor-Pal, Corner rounder, Prima flowers, Nestabilities, Pop dots

Just a very simple Mother’s Day card using the new Mom and Me set from Clear and Simple Stamps. I stamped the image with Pink Pirouette ink on white cardstock then added a Pink Pirouette layer, another white layer, a layer of Regal Rose and a card base of Pink Pirouette. I ran my tracing wheel around the image panel and distressed the edges of the other white layer. A tag and some Primas with a crystal center were added to finish the card.

Supplies:

• Stamps – Clear & Simple Stamps Mom and Me
• Ink – Stampin Up Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose
• Paper - White, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose
• Misc – Tracing wheel, Heidi Swapp Distress Tool, Prima flowers, Crystal

Another BBQ Darling card

Today I'd like to share another card using the BBQ Darling set from Clear & Simple Stamps that will be released on April 15th. This set is great for creating a quick card using the Darling image. I stamped the image on white cardstock, colored it with Copics then matted it on a couple of layers and it was done.



Supplies:

• Stamps – Clear & Simple Stamps BBQ Darling
• Ink – Palette Hybrid Black
• Paper - White, SU Riding Hood Red, Black
• Misc – Copics

Release Week for Clear & Simple Stamps

Well, the 15th will bring another stamp release from Clear & Simple Stamps. How about some more sneak peaks of the upcoming sets. Today let's share the BBQ Darling set that will be released later this week.

One of the great things about acrylic stamps is that you can see where you’re stamping without having to use a stamp positioner so it’s pretty easy to stamp a stack of hamburgers like I did for this card. I started by stamping the burger image near the bottom of my white panel and them just kept stacking them until I liked the size. They were then colored with Copics and the panel was matted with Chocolate Chip cardstock. The What’s Cooking sentiment from the Gourmet Darling set was stamped on white, layered and mounted with pop dots.

Supplies:

• Stamps – Clear & Simple Stamps BBQ Darling and Gourmet Darling
• Ink – Palette Hybrid Black
• Paper - White, SU Chocolate Chip, SU Morning Marigold, My Mind’s Eye
• Misc – Copics, Tracing Wheel, Nestabilities, Circle Punch, Pop dots