Clear and Simple Stamps Are Divalicious

This 4x4 inch card is made with a SU very vanilla base. Next is a layer of SU pretty in pink with Divalicious from Clear and Simple Stamps Diva Style Closet set stamped in SU purely pomegranate. The center stamped panel is very vanilla cardstock with the shirt stamped in pretty in pink and purely pomegranate then edged with dew drops. For a little extra detail I stamped a shirt in purely pomegranate on pretty in pink, cut out and mounted to the corner using popdots. Just a fun little square card!

Stamps are from the Diva Style Closet set available from Clear and Simple Stamps.

Graduation Time

It's graduation time! I have a niece who is graduating from college this year and another niece and nephew who are graduating from high school. I decided I'd better get started on graduation cards!

These cards have white bases and double sided papers from a Martha Stewart collection. The graduation stamp is from PSX and I made the caps. I sat the other evening and put together 18 caps for use on cards. I drew the caps and mortarboards on bassill cardstock then cut them out. Next I threaded some embroidery floss through the center of the mortarboard pieces for the tassel and attached the mortarboard piece to the cap with a popdot.

A simple card that I think works great for female and male just by changing up the colors. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Square yet stylish

This is a 5 1/2 inch square card made using the Diva Style Closet set from Clear and Simple Stamps. I stamped the purse and shirt squares with SU Pretty in Pink and the shoes and stylish square with SU Certainly Celery. Next I added some pink highlights to one of the stylish words to make it stand out and then added crystal stickles to the stars on the shirt, the handle and button of the purse, the center shoe and the pink highlighted stylish. Each square is matted on a certainly celery scalloped square and mounted with dimensionals. The designer paper is unknown with a mat of white and certainly celery all on a white base. I love the versatility of this set!

Let's talk about Clear and Simple Stamps

Have you checked out Clear and Simple Stamps?

Clear and Simple Stamps was created by a mother - daughter duo and has grown ever since. Both fashion designers by trade turned fanatic stamp artists. While the daughter spent time as an editor at the world's top fashion magazine and the mother starting a new hobby as a stamp enthusiast, the idea to create trendy, clear, polymer stamps with style was born. It all started with sketching Simple Darlings. The owners love fashion, and all the great accessories that go along with it. But why make just plain flat sketches? They have turned their fun and fabulous designs into stamp art! Each image is hand illustrated and transformed into a clear polymer stamp. To sum it up in one word, Clear and Simple Stamps style is 100% DIVALICIOUS and is here to spread a little diva style one stamp art project at a time.


I was recently selected to join their design team and am happy to share my projects with you. Let's start with this altered prima can. I stamped the shoes and purse stamps from the Diva Style Closet set in black and then went over them with my black stickles to make them sparkle. Once the stickles were dry I cut them out. I cut a circle for the lid and attached the shoes. For the label on the can I stamped "fashionista" on a large piece of designer paper and then used my oval coluzzle to cut the oval shape but left the ends extending past the oval. I matted the label on black and then added black stickles to the letters. I mounted the label with tacky strip and added the purse with dimensionals. For the finishing touch I tied some ribbons to the handle.





Here's a closeup of the label on the front.



For my photos I dropped in a couple of bottles of nail laquer but how cute would this be with a bottle of polish, a buffing block, a nail clip, and a pair of fishnet stockings!

So many possibilities.

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to check out Clear and Simple Stamps. They just added some adorable grad stamps to the store!

Pursue your dreams

My card for today measures 5 1/2 inches square so that I could use a 4x4 coaster. I painted the one side of the coaster with walnut stain Distress Crackle paint and let it dry. Once dry I ran my tea dye distress ink pad over the coaster and then sprayed it with my mister so the ink would cover the entire piece. Next I inked up my Uptown Rubber Stamp collage stamp with Adirondak Earthtones in pitch black and stamped it on the coaster. The fun part of the crackle paint is that you can stamp on it and the image takes on the crackle effect but doesn't get blurry or distorted. It's like magic! I sponged peeled paint distress ink around the edges of the coaster and then mounted the verse panel on it using pop dots. The patterned papers are from the Me & My Big Ideas Coastal Culture pad. I got the verse from a friend and the name on the side of it says Vicon Inc. I think this will be a verse that I use quite a bit. Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a great week!

Another Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge

Here is my card for this weeks rubbernecker blogger challenge (RBC05). The colors for the challenge this week are yellow, red and green.
See Jeanne's blog (Inky Paws) for more details on the challenge.

The hula girl and sentiment are both from the Beach Party section at Rubbernecker. I stamped them in Timber Brown Stazon and colored them with reinkers. The green and red cardstock are from my local stamp store and the yellow is marigold morning from SU. I sponged the edges of the marigold morning corners for a little added depth.

Thanks for stopping and make sure you check out Jeanne's blog for details on the challenge. It could be worth a $25 gift certificate to Rubbernecker!

Can't Resist Cornish Heritage Farms

I had to try this resist technique with the new Kim Hughes "Nature's Silhouettes" set from Cornish Heritage Farms. I started with a piece of glossy cardstock and stamped Hero Arts wallpaper background with Stampin Up River Rock and let it dry.

Next I inked up the tall leaf stamp with Ranger Clear Resist and stamped it on the glossy paper. I used a heat tool on it to make sure it was dry before moving on to the next step.

The third step was to brayer Stampin Up True Thyme over the entire piece. The ink doesn't stick to the leaf stamp because of the resist pad so the leaf stamp really jumps out. The key to make this ink pad work is to use glossy paper! I've tried it with non-glossy paper and it just doesn't work. I really like how the background stamp still shows through the true thyme but doesn't detract from the large leaf stamp.

Finally I wanted to stamp a greeting on my image so I pulled out my Timber Brown Stazon pad and a retired greeting from Stampin Up. The stazon ink will stamp over the resist image.

The finished card.

As always, thanks for stopping. I hope you all have a great week.

Blizzard in April!

Starting at 7:00 pm on Thursday we were under a Blizzard warning and the forecast called for at least a foot of snow. Thankfully we didn't get the amount of snow that was originally forecast but we definitely had the winds. Here is a photo of our backyard this morning.

Nothing like heavy wet snow in April. At least they are forecasting temps in the 40's for next week so it will all melt rather quickly. I'm totally ready for spring!