Loving Green!

Eye can see clearly now!  OK, silly that was, but I could no resist!  Speaking of resist, there is quite a bit of that going on here and some masking!   Several shades of green Distress Inks were used and various stamps all of Mr. Holtz!  BTW, how many of you are attending the "Creative Chemistry 101" class?  I don't care what your style is, you will learn so much from the "inking" genius!!  "Go Green" is the challenge theme at Inspiration Journal and since I had so much trouble getting the green to show up in my last entry, I felt another was in order!  She is also going for a visi at Lisa's "Bloggers Challenge" who is looking for 3-D, which I think the eye does have!!  Gingersnap Creations GC140 is "Two Colors" and I have green and black.

The first thing I did was to stamp the eye with Black Stazon and then I covered it with a mask (which I had saved from previous use).  I then stamped the eye sign with embossing ink and clear EP.  Did bits of stamping and even used an inked embossing folder for added interest and then flattened it out.  I added a little color to the pupil of her eye and a touch of eyeliner!  Cut some trim for the background tag from the pinking On the Edge die.  Shaded and distressed all edges.

Well I am going to "A Stamp In The Hand" convention this Sunday and Mr. Holtz will be there and yes, I am so excited.  I have seen him in action a few times and can honestly say, "WoW."  Hope you all have a great weekend and don't forget to join in my Blog Candy  anniversary celebration!   Thank you for stopping by!

Celebrating Two Years Of Blogging!

How time flies and it is hard to believe that I have been blogging for two years.  Even more amazing are some of the wonderful friendships that I have been blessed with!   This is something we all do for the love of the craft, but we receive that extra benefit of friends and a ton of knowledge along the way.  Before I tell you about my blog candy, which is as sweet as can be, let me show you my tag! 

What a coincidence that Mr. Holtz decided to use one of his new wood background stamps for the March 12 Tags of 2012, just as mine arrived so quickly from Inspiration Emporium!  And as the luck of the Irish would have it, Inspiration Emporium is Going Green for their monthly challenge.  Gingersnap Creations GC140 is for Two Colors.  Other than the stamped woodgrain and sentiment, all colors used are greens.  That would also include my glitter grout.  It was very difficult to capture the greens in my tag background, but green is there!  The entire background was inked with Distress Inks, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss and Pine Needles.  I just love these butterflies and how with that added Glossy Accents, it really looks like mosaic tiles!  Fun, Fun, Fun!

Now for my blog candy in celebration of my Two Year Anniversary and today just so happens to be our 29 year anniversary, this is what I have for one of my fabulous followers!

Cool or What?

When I saw Inspiration Emporium were/are having a Pre-Order offer, I placed my order.  Who can resist 10% off and free domestic shipping to boot, which is still going on by the way.  Then I thought that someone out there would really love a set of these new Distress Markers and with my blog anniversary fast approaching, I asked if it would be possible to pre-order two sets and the answer was obviously, YES!  So all you have to do is to comment here and be a follower of my blog.  It is that simple and if you would like a second chance at winning, add my giveaway on your sidebar and let me know that you have done so.  This Blog Candy will end at midnight March 31st and I will announce the winner on April 1st. 

Again I want to thank all of you who are followers and take the time to visit and comment.  You never know what those little comments can do for someone!

To Have and To Hold!

For two days I struggled with what I was going to make my hubby for our 29th wedding anniversary.  One thing I had decided to reorganize that room and then everything was a mess.  Originally I had planned on showing this Monday with my Blogaversary post on our actually wedding anniversary, but then thought, I really needed to rush this over to Simon Says Stamp and Show An Idea-Ology Bonanza.  Well I have 11 Idea-Ology pieces, so I believe that is a Bonanza!  Gingersnap Creations GC139 wants us to use a "Faux Technique" and I used the Faux Batik and what I call a Faux Metal on the die cut gear.

As always, I never truly have a plan and more like a vague idea.  I love people who actually are so organized that they know exactly what they are going to do.  It must be nice, but it is so not me or certainly not when it comes to this!  My "Bliss" was cut from one of Tickets and I cut a background just the size to fit in the frame from Chocolate Chip, embossed this, highlighted the raised area and clear embossed.  I then centered the "Bliss," glued down and added several coats of UTEE.  The little chain was a black pearl like finish and I colored that with alcohol inks to blend in with my copper tones.  All stamps, embellishments, dies and most inks are Tim's.  For the faux part of the background, I used some letters/numbers, which was later ironed away.  I also cut a second tag from chipboard and a third from plain card stock for the back.  I wanted this to have a little strength to hold up to all the heavy metal!

Thanks a bunch for stopping by and I hope to see you all on Monday for my Blogaversary!  It has been an amazing adventure and all of you have made it so worth it!

Monochrome With One Other Colour at FSC!

We gals of the Fashionable Stamping Challenge Blog, are inviting you to a monochromatic plus one stamping challenge.  Now is this a cool challenge or what and don't forget there is always a prize from the lovely Marina at Cottage Crafts.  For extra inspiration, which is totally amazing, stop by the FSC blog and feast your eyes on the DT samples.  Boy I tell you, I am one lucky gal to be in this mix!   I will also link this up to Gingersnap Creations GC136, "Glorious Greens."

Oh did I have a blast with this one and I really wish you could see it IRL.  The stamps are from the Route 66 collection at Artistic Outpost.  This was a must have stamp set for me, as I have a few men in my life.  This one may become my DH's birthday card in June.  Ok, so here is the scoop.  Stamped the car/motel image with Timber Brown, used makeup applicators to color in areas directly from the Distress Ink Pads, shaded edges, layered distressed edges and shaded.  Used a glue pen to draw in a few random lines and added some clear Mica Flakes for that more realistic desert ground.  The cactus is of course a shrinky dink, which was stamped in Timber Brown and colored on the reverse side with tan/yellow Sharpies.  For the map newsprint was inked, splattered, wrinkled and then highlighted the wrinkles, ironed flat, then stamped the image.  Torn the edges and shaded.  Motel stamp was inked with the lighter green and then I ran the Vintage Photo around the edge, stamped and then clear embossed.  Then inked with the darker green, wiped off excess and clear embossed a few times to give it a nice sign look!  For the background,  the green cardstock was inked with all my Distress Colors, I then covered the top of the Retro Circles embossing folder with the lighter green ink, ran it through, and then ran the remaining ink pads over the raised areas, clear embossed.  This gives it a faux metal look.  Hope I covered everything without making this a novel!

I was so surprised the other day when I went to the mail box and there was a package from Carol of Workman Scraps!  Now is that not the sweetest thing and all because I visit her blog!  Thank you again Carol, for these adorable stamps.   Blogging friends are the best!

Hope to see you join in the challenge at FSC!  Thank you so much for visiting and taking the time to comment. 

Distress Inks:  Shabby Shuttters, Forest Moss, Vintage Photo
Stazon:  Timber Brown
Stampin Up Paper:  Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi, Naturals Ivory

It's All About Hearts!

Now I am thinking this will be my last Valentine's Day project, but I don't know!  Never have I made so many and not even sure why!  I thought I was done and then Inspiration Emporium posted about their monthly challenge, so I went over there to see what was happening!  "Put A Heart On It," is what was happening, so I thought to myself here goes another one chalked up to that little dude with a bow and arrow!  So Cupid struck me again with the love arrow!  We are also linking this up to Gingersnap Creations, "Words of Wisdom," because any sentence that has the word "Love" in it, surely is spoken in wisdom. 

For this tag I used both of Tim's Valentine stamp sets and his movers and shapers hearts, love those!!  I stamped the big "XO" with Versamark and clear embossing powder, which I am almost out of???????  After I heat set, I inked up the tag with Fired Brick, Black Soot and Vintage Photo.  Wiped off some of the excess ink from the embossed areas.  Then I stamped Tim's hearts in Fire Brick all over the tag.  I just love how subtle the background is with the hearts!!  Wiped this off.  Next I used that four letter word, "IRON" to remove the embossing.  My little Cupid was then stamped and I highlighted his bow with Spica Clear Glitter pen, cut a second Cupid, because someone does not have that die - yet!  I stamped the word defination on newsprint paper and then cut this from the movers and shapers and attached to cardstock.  This was inked with Fired Brick and shaded with Vintage Photo.  Added a couple of backing layers and that was that. 

I could not help, but to make one more shrinky dink, word stamp!  BTW, the original size of this is 5 1/4" by 4" and shrunk down to 1 3/4 x 2 1/4!   Now I have an excuse to make one more for the road!  If you did not see my post yesterday, using this word stamp and would like to, click here XOXO.

Hope whatever you do for Valentine's Day, that it is done with "Love."  Thank you so much for taking the time to visit!

On The Road Again!

Simon Says Stamp and Show want us to Show A Song Title, Linda's Grungy Monday #34 is wanting us to use Tim's, Crackle Resist and you can see that HERE and Gingersnap Creations GC134 is all
about Ribbons!  So here we go with Willie Nelson.

The tag background was done per the video instructions.  I Distressed Crackled, Distress Inked, and stamped using Tim's Air Travel Map and Compass.  The words I computer generated along with a picture of Willie!  The Old Jalopy was cut from black chipboard and then covered in Brushed Pewter Crackle and I did ink over that.  Added some of Tim's embellishments and of course the pen nib is "thoughts" as I am sure that Willie had plenty of thoughts before taking pen to paper!  The ribbons were distressed with both ink and the crimper as I wanted them to be a little less perky!

This was quite fun and I enjoyed making the background!  Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to comment.  Have a fabulous day!

Crackle Paint:  Broken China, Brushed Pewter
Distress Inks:  Black Soot, Chipped Sapphire, Weathered Wood

Butterflies or Bugs at FSC!

Fashionable Stamping Challenges is in search of "Butterflies or Bugs" and in my case that would be both!  First let me remind you that we are all about stamping and that use of digi background papers is just fine.  We just want to see the focal point of your lovely creations with stamped images.  Don't forget that Marina of Cottage Crafts is our sponsor and there is always a nice stamping prize.  BTW, that is one of my New Year's resolutions, to use the enormous amount of stamps I have!!!  With that in mind, all of my stamps are from Stampin Up.  I have several of their butterfly stamps, which are among my favorites as far as butterflies go.  We were putting away Christmas decorations and I had to move my unused gourds, so that is where the idea came into play.  My Mom and I bought several gourds for decorative painting and since I no longer paint :-( the idea of adding stamps was born!  Here it is!  No Shirley, I am leaving out that part!  It is an inside joke!  We are also linking this up to Lisa's Bloggers Challenge, "Wings and Things" and Gingersnap Creations #133, "Use a Set or a Line of Stamps."

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Since I really liked the natural state of the gourd, I just added sealer, before any stamping activity!  Now I stamped both on tissue paper and a few directly on the gourd.  Don't waste your time stamping directly on the gourd, much better to stamp on tissue paper, cut out closely and then apply.  There is this Palette black glue pad that I purchased some time ago and had never used.  Did some searching and did not really find what I was looking for, so did it my way!  I inked up my glue pad with the black glue and then stamped on the tissue paper.  With the black glue, unless you are going to add embossing powders, you have to heat set.  Once I heat set, I applied perfect pearls in a color pattern I liked.  I brushed off the excess and then turned it over to color on the backside of the tissue paper.  On the blue butterflies, I applied an iridescent foil leafing and it is difficult to see, but there are some really pretty sparkle specs.  After I was done with my butterflies and dragonflies, I wanted some greenery and also did touches of crackle to give this a more rustic/vintage feel.  All layers were done using Mod Podge, which I really love.  I am still thinking if I want to add sprinklings of glitter or beads in areas.  This will most likely be a gift for my daughter, who will have a birthday in February.  I was once her age!! 

Thank you all for visiting and I sure hope to see you at FSC for some great fun!

Palette Black Stamp & Stick Gluepad
Perfect Pearls:  Blue Raspberry, Mint, Forever Violet, Forever Blue, Perfect Copper, Cappuccino, Mandarin, Perfect Gold, Green Patina
Stampin Up Markers:  Ruby Red, Certainly Celery, Pale Plum, Bordering Blue, Bashful Blue, Crushed Curry, Close to Cocoa, Apricot Appeal, Creamy Caramel
Multi colored foil leafing
Rock Candy Crackle
Distress Ink:  Vintage Photo
Sealer, Mod Podge

Spring or Winter????

Gingersnap Creations Spicy Supply Challenge is all about "WAX" and I knew I would be doing a candle.   I did a candle when I first starting stamping, way back four years ago and just thought it was so cool.  Now today when Lisa's Bloggers Challenge listed colors, I so knew I would use a band of lovely pansies!!!  All stamps are from Artistic Outpost, Flappers Fashion for the pansies and Birds of a Feather for the sentiment!  

The images were stamped on white tissue paper with Stazon black and colored in with Stampin Up Markers.  This is a very simple technique, because it just involved stamping and coloring in the lines!  OK, it was a bit of a pain as there is quite a bit of green leafy matter and I stamped the image four times for top and bottom and to get it all around the candle!  I think it is worth the coloring time and this would surely make a nice gift!  Don't you love the "Ant Dude" shoveling all the snow away to bring Spring in?? 

Green, Black, Purple, Blue, Vanilla or White

Why would I be using Spring as a theme, well I question if this is Spring or Winter!  We have been in the mid to high 60's during the day, but still dropping quite low at night.  Most of the Midwest has not seen a snowflake and are enjoying warmer days, so I felt as if Spring has Sprung!  We are also going to Spring over to Simon Says Stamp and Show Something New ... Something Old.  My candle is new and my stamps are old! 

I sure hope you are enjoying this first week of "2012."  Have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by!

Stampin Up Markers, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum

Starry Night

Happy New Year and with that is my first card of the year!  Now I normally don't do CAS, but today I only had a little time and a little energy!  Had a wonderful NYE celebration with friends, but still was up bright and early that AM!

I have wanted to use this lovely background of June's and it so fits this challenge of Starry Nights!!  I printed the image on white card stock and then trimmed to size.  The Stampin Up image was inked with VersaMark and then heat embossed with Creations Unlimited, Winter Ice.  I framed the background and image using double sided tape and embossed with Winter Ice.  This was really a CAS and would work for Christmas "thank you" cards!  The sparkle is much nicer in person as well as the card!

Hope you all had a wonderful NYE and an even better "2012."  As always, thank you for taking the time to visit and leaving such wonderful comments!

Being Thankful!

First off, I am sorry that I have not been around that much this last week, but will be visiting all of your blogs next week!  With Thanksgiving, I was so busy cooking and it was just the hubby and myself!   Well I know that plenty of you were living in your kitchens!  Hope all of you who celebrated Thanksgiving had a wonderful time and those who did not the same!

The Appetizer



And The Thanksgiving Dinner

I am thankful for the lovely DT at Gingersnap Creations for choosing me and this card for the "Black and Grey" challenge to receive a Ginger Gem!  Always such an honor!  Thank you!

To all my followers, new and old, I am so thankful to share with you in this creative journey!  This crafty hobby blogging world is the best.  Once in a while we actually get to meet one of our crafty blogging friends and that is exactly what I did today!  It was such a pleasure to meet up with Linda from "My Happy Place" and her husband on their way home from a camping trip!  What an adorable and sweet couple!  I was so thrilled to be able to share some real quality time!   Fun time and I sure hope we do that again soon! 

Linda and Me with Sun in Eyes!

The wonderful and generous Cindy from "My Whimsical Musings," sent me this gorgeous Tag!  I just love the fairy image and the flower and lace touch is sheer elegance and even the vintage advertisement bag is amazing!  Thank you so much, Cindy, for thinking of me! 

Last but not least, I was sent an invite from Nancy of "Sugar Lump Studios" for what looks to be "12 Days of Whimsy" fun!  Click the link and take a look!  There will be prizes!!!

 Wishing you all a wonderful evening!  I am thankful that you took the time to visit!

Times Gone By in Black and Gray!

"Times Gone By" is the stamping challenge at Fashionable Stamping Challenges and as always, there is a prize! Now this is a theme that most of us love and can be interpreted in so many ways! We Fashionettes would love for you to join us on this new adventure! Stop by and visit FSC for inspiration and to see what my "Stamping DT Sisters" are up to!   Gingersnap Creations GC124 is looking for Black and Gray, so no big surprise that we are headed over there!  The Three Muses Challenge is Vintage Collage Memories and I will be entering there for the first time! 

For my contribution all stamps are from Artistic Outpost. The Gatsby collection is one of my favorites and I thought it was just perfect for "Times Gone By." The handsome gentleman, champagne bottles and sentiment were stamped on white using Archival Jet Black, heat set and shaded with gray!  I stamped the car in craft black on gray and then clear embossed.  The bottles and car were fussy cut, so fun!  I cut photo corners from Tim Holtz ATC die on black and then shaded with white craft ink and clear embossed.  This gives it a nice gray color!  Added some brads that I distressed.  The black panels around the gentleman, sentiment and designer paper were also distressed to give that extra aged feel.  I used the "clipped corners" technique from the Technique Junkies for my main image.

Dot, one of the DT at FSC, is having a little GIVEAWAY once she reaches her 50th follower.  Stop on by Dot's Dabbles and have a look for yourself. 

Thank you for stopping by and I really hope you will join us at FSC!

Inks:  Archival Jet Black, Stampin Up Basic Black, Basic Gray, Going Gray, Black and White Craft, 
Paper:  Stampin Up, Going Gray, White, Black,  DCWV Naturals

A Pink Rose for a Friend!

I actually finished this card for a friend a couple of days ago, so decided I would go ahead and post.  The stamp is from Stampin Up and one of my favorites.  I inked this rose with VersaMark and then Distress Brushed Corduroy, stamped and then clear embossed.  I wanted a soft vintage feel, so colored with Stampin Up Chalks (pinks, greens, yellows), added a little extra color here and there with Barely Banana and Certainly Celery markers.  Did a quick set with matt sealer.  Shaded around the edges with Brushed Corduroy.  The Cheery Lynn butterfly was cut from a cream colored shrink plastic and I used Red Pepper, Mountain Snow and Pearl Alcohol Inks to color.  Kept adding blending solution until I achieved the color I was looking for and then shaded with Stazon Timber Brown!  Added some ribbon and that was that.  Hope this cheers up my friend! 

Since I used some alcohol inks, I am linking this up to Gingersnap Creations GC122 - Alcohol Inks!  I use plenty of alcohol inks for various projects and really liked adding the subtle color to the butterflies! 

Have a wonderful rest of the week!  Many thanks for the visit!

Ravens and Stripes, Oh My!

Mr. Dapper Bones and Pet Raven are going a Haunting at Gingersnap Creations GC123 "Ravens" and Simon Says Stamp and Show some "Stripes" and Anything Goes "To The Letter." Yes this took more than 10 minutes!  All stamps are from Artistic Outpost's "Haunted Halloween" collection. 

So here is what the little voices were telling me what to do!  What the voices don't speak to you??  Well come times I have the Molly voice screaming at me to get her lunch and she really does scream!  Back seven years ago when we first rescued her, one day I heard this horrific scream and ran to see what was wrong!  I never knew a dog could actual scream!  OK, back to the business of ghoulish details!  Using my Stampin Up "tasteful trim" Sizzix die, I cut the rick rack from 3M Safe Release tape.  This works very well and is safe!  I added masked stripes across the tag and pressed down to secure.  I then used several shades of Distress Inks, covered with clear embossing powder, removed the mask pieces and then heat embossed.  The masked areas were covered with Black soot, wiped off the excess and then did the Batik technique.  Bones and Raven were inked with Black Archival, heat set and then I colored open areas with Distress Inks.  The little tag topper and sentiment were stamped in Black Craft, clear emboss powder and then heat set.  I added Distress Inks to these.  A little trim and tiny skull for finishing!   I could have just stamped Bones and Raven on the tag, but I really wanted a little dimension, even on a mostly flat tag!  The tag was backed with black and then distressed! 

Just a reminder for any of you who use Artistic Outpost stamps, each month they have a referral program and there is a prize!  We love prizes!! 

Well I can't believe that tomorrow is Friday!  Hope you all are having a great week and even a better weekend!  Thank you so much for stopping by!

Men and Crimpers!

Simon Says Stamp and Show is wanting "Men Only" and Gingersnap Creations GC118 has us using our crimpers!  BTW, I did not have a crimper and had been thinking about one, so used a Michael's 50% off coupon!  What an excuse, but these are fun and sure gets the little brain going!  All stamps are from Artistic Outpost and I used Apothecary which is new and Ephemeral Backgrounds.

I first stamped the bottle with Stampin Up Craft Black, clear embossed and then cut it out.  I actually cut out a second bottle for support.  A Spellbinders die was used to cut out the center for my picture placement.  The pharmacist was stamped using Black Stazon Ink, he was masked and the wording was colored using DI Brushed Corduroy, along with the bottle cork!  The RX was stamped used Stazon Timber Brown, cut out and distressed with Forest Moss.  The Rx label was stamped with Brushed Corduroy and Liquid Luck with Forest Moss, as was Apothecary, which along the Rx and 10c was stamped on Newspaper Print!  On the black background, I crimped, flattened and then stamped the Antique Ledger in Stampin Up Craft White.

I also did some curling of the edges, which is a technique from the Technique Junkies.  If you are interested in a chance to win a ONE YEAR ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION, please click on the sidebar link and leave a comment.

Thank you for visiting and committing today and I hope your week will be wonderful!

Going Vintage and Blog Candy!

I had fun designing this for Fashionable Stamping Challenges "Vintage" theme, which runs two weeks. Since I don't do as much vintage or shabby chic, this took me a little out of my comfort zone!   However, that is what makes a challenge fun, whether you are part of the design team or a participant, don't you think?  Come on and strut your stuff at FSC, where stamps and ink are always in fashion and the required attire!  We are also strutting over to Gingersnap Creations for the "Gal Pals" challenge, which of course is why I used these cuties!

Now about the card!  The tape measure background and the ladies stamps are from Lost Cost Design, which were stamped on white card stock using Stazon Timber Brown.  I added my Distress Inks starting with the lightest color.  After it was distressed, I distressed it a little more by wrinkling my paper, which I then ran the darkest color over the raised areas.  I then ironed each peace to flatten.  The ladies I decided to stamp after I ironed the paper, because no one wants extra wrinkles on their faces!!  The flower was made cutting one of the Tattered Florals from glassine paper, that Diane at 1CardCreator was so sweet to send me for a try out!  Thank you, Diane.  Added a few seed beads with Glassy Accents around the edges and same in the center with a few pearls.  Added a piece of vintage lace from my Mom that I tea dyed.  I curled a few corners  and embossed the back panel with a Cuttlebug folder using  techniques from the Technique Junkies, which I cannot speak highly enough about!  So much of what I have learned is from being a member of this very talented and supportive group.  That being said, I would like to offer a ONE-YEAR ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION of the Technique Junkies Newsletter to one of my followers.  All you have to do is to let me know that you would be interested in participating in the Blog Candy giveaway and you are in. The winner will be announced in two weeks, with my next FSC post.  Good luck and this is open to anyone, even if you already are a TJer!

Speaking of "Vintage,"  I was so honored that Cindy from Shabby Chic Girl's Club featured me on her new blog.  Stop by and have a visit and give Cindy a hello.  Oh and you can see what was featured of mine and other artist with a multitude of talents!

Thank you for stopping by and hope to see you at FSC!  Have a lovely weekend!

Inks:  Stazon Timber Brown, Distress Inks Old Paper, Antique Linen, Scattered Straw,  Tea Die, Vintage Photo
Stampin Up Card Stock, Whisper White, Natural Ivory, Cocoa
Glassine Paper, Cuttlebug folder, Brads, Tim's Hammer, Lace, Distressing Tool

Primary Colors, Buttons and a Thank You!

Gingersnap Creations GC116 is Primary Colors, which originally this was to be used for "Gal Pals," but changed my mind!  Lisa's Bloggers Challenge is looking for "Buttons" and I really thought the button add on worked quite well for an embellishment. 

I was so darn excited when my new Artistic Outpost stamps arrived in the mail and finally got to play!  Last month I won the August referral program, so I ended up with six incredible sets!  The stamps I used are from Typography, Whimsical Melange, Ephemeral Backgrounds and Birds of a Feather.  I found that the little girls just fit in this adorable little framed image, which both were stamped with Stazon Timber Brown.  I then used markers to color the girls, masked and then added distressed inks.  The sentiment and frame are both mounted on dimensionals.  The background was colored with Distressed Inks, Glimmer Mist and then stamped.

My sweet blogger friend, Cindy Adkins of Whimsical Musings, sent me this adorable and lovely card!  Can you believe she did this just to say hi??  She even added a little "T."  By the way, Cindy, has started a new blog Girls' Club for those who love Shabby Chic and a lovely GIVEAWAY at Whimsical Musings.  Thank you so much, Cindy for thinking of me and I love this card!

Well I have been busy!  We got the rest of our replacement windows installed and love them, but they seem so difficult to keep clean!  I don't know if it is the Low E glass or what!  Still need to figure out doors!  The magnet truck was appreciated and is on a soda machine in "Dent Repair" shop!  Hope you all are having a wonderful week!  I so appreciate your visits, because I know we all are needing that extra time in a day!

Inks:  Stazon Timber Brown, Distress Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw, Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire, Fired Brick, Vintage Photo, Versamark and Clear EP
Stampin Up Markers, Blush Blossom, Creamy Caramel, Barely Banana, Bordering Blue, Real Red

A Dressed Up Tribute To Teens!

Gingersnap Creations GC115 is a tribute to "Teens" and City Crafter Challenge Blog is looking for "All Dressed-UP!  So here is my tribute to the well dressed teen!  Speaking of, this is going to my G-Daughter, who is a teen and loves my bookmarks, tags and cards!  She really made me proud last week, when she told me she was going into nursing!  Now someone will be able to take care of me!! 

This lovely teen was stamped a few times on Tim Holtz paper and also white card stock.  The actually image was stamped on the TH notepaper card stock along with the gift and gift bags, which were colored and then clear embossed.  The actual clothes, purse and shoes were cut out after being stamped on white paper and clear embossed with a background stamps.  All was then colored and carefully cut!!!  Lots of paper piecing here!! 

The butterflies are from Cheery Lynn Designs and were cut from shrinky dink and then colored with Sharpies!  Now I was trying to stick to the colors on the image, but these would be so beautiful colored in more muted tones.  I was not sure if that would work, but it did and the dies were not harmed!  I cut the white butterflies after the shrinky dink cuts!  If you do this, you have to run it back and forth a couple of times.  Love these US made dies.

Thank you so much for stopping by to have a look.  I hope you have a wonderful week.  My sister is coming from Arizona for the Labor Day weekend, so that should be fun!

Stamps:  Stampin UP
Inks:  Stazon Black,  Stampin UP Gable Green
Markers:  Sharpie Green and Pink, Stampin UP  Blush, Pinks, Carmel, Black, Yellow, Spica Clear
Versamark Ink and Clear Emboss Powder

GC114 Baby Wipes and Grungy Monday 21!

We have "Baby Wipes" at Gingersnap Creations and Transparent Illusions at Linda's Grungy Monday.  Now as we all know, Mr. Holtz, has some of the coolest techniques.  We love that man!  Finally, I have figured out the correct amount of Glossy Accents to spread on fragments!   I did two fragments, but only used one on my tag.  The one I am not using involved packaging tape and let me tell you, that was so cool.  It worked on some anniversary tissue paper from a few years back.  Now the baby wipes for GC114 was most interesting.  I let a wipe dry out and then sprayed with Glimmer Mist, using a red and brown.  I then added it to cardstock using two way adhesive and die cut the tag.  Then we embossed it to give it a fabric appearance and highlighted it.  The umbrella man was clear embossed, distressed and then the embossing removed (via an iron).  I decided the fragment I created would take place of the umbrella, so I guess he is now Fragment Man!  We made some mini tags and cut out the words from Mr. Holtz tickets! 

Packaging Tape Tech!

I need to do some serious blog visits tomorrow and sorry I am a little behind.  Hope you all are having a wonderful week and as always, thank you for visiting! 

Oh Sweet Daisy!



This adorable image is part of the Gatsby collection at Artistic Outpost.  Don't you just love her and I am kind of giving her a voice today!  Right now there is a very worthy cause being promoted at Artistic Outpost to help stamp out breast cancer.  Please, take the time to read about it and think about helping out!  I know I am going to pick up a couple of those shopping bags and a 25% discount for some new stamps!  WooHoo! Just click on the picture!

Gingersnap Creations GC112, is Leather, Iron and Brass!  The flower was cut from an old leather wallet from my hubby using Tim's Tattered Flowers, which I then embossed!  The center is a brass fitting of some sort and my iron would be the brad and corners!  I also embossed a Cuttlebug die and then highlighted with walnut stain and clear embossed.  I thought the framing gave it kind of an iron look!  I did some masking, because I wanted Daisy to stand out and then I added a little color to her with chalks.  I really am loving chalks!  Since my flower is handmade, we will also visit Fashionable Stamping Challenges.  We are thinking there might be enough bling to enter Simon Says Stamp and Show.

Thank you so much for stopping by and by all means, go check out the link to Artistic Outpost. 

Fashionable Steampunk!

Gingersnap Creations GC100 has us using "Gears, Cogs and Watch Bits." I knew I would have to use some of the G-45 paper I have been saving for a rainy day, which could hang around a long time here!  Voila Inks at Bella Creations wants us to use "Spray Inks" of any type and my choice was Glimmer Mists and there has to be a butterfly.  This tag will also go to Fashionable Stamping Challenges, a new challenge blog for us stampers, and of course Simon Stay Stamp and Show a Tag!

Now I did have my granddaughter in mind while creating this as she let me know she needed another bookmark!  Sadly you can't really seem the shimmer, but it is there.  I first inked with Distress Inks and then sprayed with GLimmer Mists.  The tag was then embossed with a large Cuttlebug folder and highlighted.  Cut some cogs from Tim Holtz line. The brown wing area on the dressform is highlighted with Spica gold pen.  Stamped sentiment is from Stampin Up and watch bits from an earlier eBay hunt!

Have a wonderful day.  If you are in this extreme heat, stay in and create!

Inks:  Distress Walnut Stain,Vintage Photo, Antique Linen, Pine Needles, Bundled Sage, Stazon Timber Brown
Glimmer Mists:  Forest Green, Gumdrop, Pearl