3 ladies & a flowerpot

I made this for an aunt's 90th birthday. Sorry if it seems a little blurry, but I wanted to make sure you could see the lace over it.

Stamp: B Line Designs

I used Copic Markers to color in the image.

I love the clear cards, but its so hard to get a decent photo ( a photographer, I am not- just ask my friend Betsy). anyway I used the same stamp line & copic markers to color "her". I used stazon-cloudy white on the clear card - which is Kristal Klear by Gary M Burlin & Co.-Cleveland, Oh & get this......

MADE in U.S.A.

can ya tell I love this stamp line & the different ladies? yes, copic markers used again. Also used a cuttlebug folder to emboss the background.

this is just a simple fast card in the shape of a flowerpot. I used versamark to give it a watercolor effect on the back ground, but of course it does not show in the picture.

Hope you like what you see.

Untill another time...

4 more cards

Goodness, I have not been here since what??? July??? Now I post twice in one day??

Chilly outside- & it got me in the mood to do cards. These cards were done from a class I took at Cottage Stampers in Hartville, Oh a while back & came home & made some more.

Thomas Kinkade & used Flower Soft- but you can't see the dimension

another T.K. & flower soft

this is a cute little Fish Flower stamp by Impression Obsession with a wiggly eye that you can't see & heat embossed, The white background has a script embossed frm Cuttlebug

Owl is by the same stamp company as the fish flower & has 2 wiggle eyes that you can't see.. The 2-tone background was put thru the Cuttlebug with a distressed embossed folder, then torn and pop-dotted to give it dimension.

Hope you enjoyed looking & stay warm.....

Ruff Day ?

This was a fast quick card that I made up for someone.
stampset: # C1316 Dogs Life
All c.s./pattern paper- C.T.M.H.
Inks: Brown Bag ( CTMH)
Cuttlebug & Scallop Nestibilities used.

Thanks for looking today....

My g.d.spent the night & wanted to make a card for her dad. Last Sat. we learned a fun new technique from a friend. So simple/easy & boy she did a good job ( yes, this grandma has "braggin rights". ).

You cover a pc. of cardstock with foil ( we used a cheap brand), then run it thru the cuttlebug ( can use any type of embossing machine) with the "distress" embossing folder.( I am finding that the simple ones like the "distress" or the "swiss dots" turn out the best, altho she did one with "hearts" & a "thanks " that turned out pretty good too. )"Color/pounce" some A.I. on the foil piece. Stamp an image onto clear acetate with Stazon ink.
Put the pieces together for a card. Easy/Peasy.

I think her dad will like his card for Fathers Day...

Stamps used: Vintage car by Stampabilities

Building stamp above the "car": I have no idea.

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Mary started a yahoo group called stampingbloggers & posted a question for us to "blog" about; asking us what our favorite stamp company is ( besides the one we sell for, if we are a consultant).

My answer is:

I can't really say I have one or 2 favorites. There are way too many. I am finding out that I like the "vintage " looking stamps -see above photo that my g.d. made. I also love the "collage look, but I can not get "it" to make my own collages, so I find stamps that are allready "collaged". I think in some of my past post I shared a few cards that I did. I also like some of Tim Holtz stamps as some of them are pretty easy for me to put together witthout them looking too sloppy.

Anyway... thats my story(for now)....

Blog Candy give away....

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Ann is celebrating 1500 posts on her blog, and so she’s giving away a set of FCD stamps(awsome stampset)
Easy to enter, but hurry - time is short...

Hurry on over to see what you need to do to try and win this set from her!!Good luck!!!

One more thing- IMPORTANT... when you go there- please let her know I sent you :)
thanks.

Copic Markers & Mary V.'s card sketch:

Can't get much better then that, unless there's more Copic's to play with...more sketches from Mary V. to try... more time... more... well, you get the picture. :)

I tried Mary's sketch on the first 2 cards & it was fun to do. To see her sketch please visit her blog:

http://mbryt1.blogspot.com/2009/06/so-sketchy-sunday-13.html

Hope you like what you see here:
Black; Blue c.s. : Black Magic color core c.s.
Pink c.s. : CTMH
White c.s.: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White
Black inkpad: Memento
Pink Sassy Strands: CTMH
Cuttlebug embossing folders
Copic Ciao Markers
Treading Waters Punch
Stamps:
Hero Arts ; Great Impressions

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Pink ; Blue c.s.: CTMH
white c.s.: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White
Flower print semi-sheer c.s. : I think it was a Laura Ashley brand
Black lacy strip ( hard to see-but its there) : unknown
Black inkpad: Memento
Cuttlebug & Nesties used
Copic Ciao Markers
Brads: CTMH
Stamps:
River City Rubber Works


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White c.s.: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White
Blue c.s.: unknown
Flowery semi-sheer: Laura Ashley ( I think)
Black inkpad: Memento
pop-dots
Flower Soft
grey color pencil
Copic Ciao Markers
Stamps:
River City Rubber Works ;
Clear stamps- My Favorite Things


Thanks for stopping by & please leave a comment - good or bad.
Untill another time....

Treasure Life....

A few wks. ago my niece & I went to a rubber stamp convention in Akron - oh boy the fun!!!
The learning!!!! Sure hope I can remeber everything!
Saw a lot of different ways to do glitter. I think that is the "in" thing for now.
But what I'm showing is not glitter. Wasn't there a song out a long time ago something about everything is not glitter or was that gold - I think Vince Gill sang it ?- oopps Sorry got side tracked here....hehehe.

The top picture is a result of one of the fun learning techniques, that I actually rememberd!
WOW - Imagine that !! hehehe
Anyway... here are the supplies used & the "de"structions.
Hope you like & if you try it - please share your results..
Supplies:
Glossy cardstock: source unknown
C.T.M.H. dye re-inkers - Baby Pink; Amethyst
C.T.M.H. Black inkpad
C.T.M.H. stampset - Treasure Life
91% Rubbing Alcohol - ( make SURE its 91%)
Black Stazon Ink Pad
I put the alcohol in a little spritzer bottle & spritzed the glossy c.s. then I put some drops of re-inker on a felt pad attached to a wood block & just stomped/twisted my way around till I was done. You can lay it aside to dry or speed it up by using your heat gun.
I used the heat gun for a few seconds, then carefully blotted it with paper towel.
then I stamped my image with black stazon inkpad.
I would not use more then 3 colors if I tried this. You can also use a Krylon Gold inkpen first on the glossy c.s. by putting some random dots/blobs ( I would have- but my pen was empty!)
Until another time....