Say Cheese!

 

All this week we’ve been looking at classic TSG sets and I can’t believe that Oh Snap! is old enough to be considered “vintage”! I forgot how much I love this set!

Here’s my card. I kinda lub it.

I just taught a class tonight using these papers (Crate Paper) and they are totally awesome. I love it when something as simple as a patterned paper can inspire you!

Anyway, I coloured up this vintage camera with Copics to match the tones in the paper. I also found some wood veneer elements to add a little pizzazz!!

Thanks for stopping by and head over to the TSG Blog, why dontcha!?

Deconstructed Sketch #101

Hey there! It’s time for another wonderful Deconstructed Sketch!

Thank you for playing along/commenting on my posts for the 100th sketch. Good luck – I hope you win a prize!!

Here’s my card for this week’s sketch:

I used a new TSG stamp called Penelope and Birdcage. I stamped her in a light tan ink to give the card a softer look. I love how it turned out!

Here’s the sketch:

Sketch Guidelines:

Are you ready for Deconstructed Sketch 101? I hope you like it! Here’s the scoop on what you need to do:
1. Use the sketch up top to make a project, any kind you like using any image you like. Use the sketch to inspire your own creativity. Feel free to substitute shapes for what you have available and mount tags and circles to a card base if you’d prefer.
2. Post it somewhere on the internet (your blog, SCS, Flickr, etc). Use keyword DS101 if you post to an online gallery like Splitcoaststampers.
4. Check back here next week to see if you are one of this week’s favorites and grab a badge for your blog.

May Greenhouse Society Reveal

It was once said that everything's coming up roses.

In fact, you might think that when you take a look at our newest Greenhouse Society stamp set.

Say hello to the newest stamp set from the Greenhouse Society collection. This clear stamp set consists of five clear stamps on a 3" x 4" storage sheet. It starts shipping on May 25th to Greenhouse Society members.

Not a Greenhouse Society member yet? You are in luck! This set will go on sale for a limited time to non-members for $12.99 (plus shipping and handling). Watch for it to arrive today on the Technique Tuesday Web site.

If you like botanical-themed stamps, you may want to consider joining the Greenhouse Society. We release a new stamp set every month as part of this collection. Members get the Greenhouse sets for $9.99 each (plus shipping and handling) and enjoy other benefits. Check out the Membership Agreement and FAQ page on our Web site for more details on joining the Greenhouse Society.

This is a 4x6 canvas. I had a fun time creating the background (acrylic paints, gesso, and some doodling with a white Sharpie) and then I stamped on top with Archival Ink. I then coloured in the rose with various acrylic inks!

Head over to the Technique Tuesday blog for more peeks!

Chalkboard Technique With Stampenous Stamps

Hi there! I'm here with a quick tutorial at the Stampendous! Blog on the ever-so-popular 

“Chalkboard Technique!”

It’s inspired by the beautiful chalkboard art we now see all over the media, print, and of course Pinterest. (You have also seen me do this A LOT in the past few months!) What you may not know is that you don’t need stamps that are specifically made for the chalkboard look, and you may not know that it’s super easy!!

Here’s what you’ll need:

Supplies: black cardstock, VersaMark pad, Detail White Embossing Powder, white pigment or hybrid ink, and a stamp. Today I’m using Cling King Teapot and Cling Kettle On. (Not shown: white Sharpie)

1. Step one – stamp teapot with VersaMark and cover with embossing powder. Heat until shiny. Once the embossing powder has cooled doodle a white frame around the teapot with a white Sharpie.

2. Using your finger, smudge some white ink around the image to give the black cardstock that “chalky” look.

3. Cut out the chalkboard you’ve created.

4. Find some fabulous coordinating papers and create a card!

That was easy, right? I just LOVE this chalkboard trend and every time I play around with a new image I wonder if it would look good done with this technique – and this teapot (and sentiment) look fab!

May Studio AE Blog Hop

I had great fun playing along with this month's Technique Tuesday Studio AE stamp set called Heartfelt by Ali Edwards – so much fun I made two cards!!

I thought a bright and fun background would be the perfect accompaniment to this sweet sentiment!

The hearts were cut out with my Silhouette and I doodled around them with a white gel pen then popped the whole layer up on the kraft. Then I doodled inside the hearts with black pen. That was fun!!

For my second card, more silhouette cuts and more pink!

I thought this sentiment would look great in brown (not as stark as the black elements in the last card anyway…) and I really like how it plays off the kraft cardstock. I also added some brown shading with a pastel chalk pencil around the heart.

Wanna see more with this awesome set? Want to win a prize??

Hop on down this list and check out some gorgeous projects!

• Ali
• Tobi (you are here)
• Daniela
• Nichol
• Laura
• Teri
• Sharyn

A $25 gift certificate to someone who comments during the hop. The winner will be announced on the 15^th on the Technique Tuesday blog.

Deconstructed Sketch #100–Week 2

We are givinng DS100 the royal treatment with another week’s worth of cards and inspiration! I hope you can join us!!

For today’s card I HAD to make a Mother’s Day card. I kinda…. FORGOT Mother’s Day was this weekend and the flower shop at which I supply my cards has NONE.. So I got to work!

 

I went funky and graphic with this Mom card, right? It’s for the cool Mom in your life! I will share the rest of my Mother’s Day cards in a couple days, but I definitely had help from my Silhouette this year. I cut out a bunch of heart shapes and “mom” sentiments and got creating. The heart in the box is a Silhouette shape and the papers are My Mind’s Eye. The final touch was the “mom” sentiment (from SRM’s Express Yourself Mother’s Day) mounted on black cardstock.

It's the Deconstructed Sketch's 2 year anniversary AND 100th sketch! To celebrate we have some special guests joining us as well as two amazing sponsors and we want YOU to join us too! Now here's what you want to know - how can I play too?!?

Commenting:

• There is a prize hidden somewhere out in the 100th sketch blog hop!! One very lucky randomly selected commenter will win a $25.00 gift certificate to Tiddly Inks Stamps!
• So what do you need need to do? Visit all the blogs on the link list below and leave a comment on their Deconstructed Sketch 100th sketch post and cross your fingers!
• The commenting prize deadline is May 15, 2013 at 8 pm CST. We've got TWO things to celebrate so we are celebrating for two weeks!

Make a project:

• There is also a prize saved for one of our sketch participants! One very lucky randomly selected sketch participant will win a $25.00 gift certificate to Taylored Expressions!!
• So what do you need to do for this one? Use sketch 100 to create a project - your project can be a card, layout, Project Life creation - anything, just make sure the sketch is visible. Photograph your creation and upload it to an online gallery or blog and come back here and add a direct link to your project in InLinkz on the Deconstructed Sketch 100 post on Jen's Blog.
• The project deadline is May 15, 2013 at 8 pm CST. Enter as many times as you want with different projects!

Stampendous Elements

Our newest Fran•táge images for Spring 2013 are our wonderful new Elements images and you can check out the buzz on the Stampendous blog.  These are terrific collages of various images on one theme. I like using them on my mixed media projects so today I’m sharing a recent art journal page where I used a few of the stamps in the background:

This journal page is in my Dyan Reaveley art journal. I’ve adhere some patterned papers down and painted on top using various acrylic paints and a stencil.

Then…. I stamped.

For a lot of mixed media artists getting the whole impression of a stamp isn’t the point – it’s all about texture. I stamped the Cling Phone Elements on the seam… Who cares?! It looks awesome!

I also used Cling Sewing Elements and only managed to get a bit of the image on there… Again, oh well! I think all of these bits and pieces come together to make a coherent piece in the end… 

Other stamps used: Cling Jumbo Calla Lily and Life is Art. I also mixed some Royal Blue Glass Glitter with a little heavy gel medium and scraped it along the top right corner. It adds a nice glittery touch!

Have a wonderful day!

Hello From Happyville

Today the Technique Tuesday Stamp Techs are featuring Teri’s line of stamps called Happyville! They are cute sets that can mix and match because they feature the same happy font and trendy illustration style.

 

 

I made this card using stamps from Happyville – Home. The background paper (Amy Tangerine YES, PLEASE) made this scene come together really easily!! I stamped a few houses in a light grey ink, then the focal house in dark grey. Then I stamped the main house again on some white cardstock and cut it out.

Do you ever feel silly giving your 10+ layer cards that weigh a hundred pounds to a stranger that probably doesn’t even know cardmaking exists? This card is the perfect solution. No muss, no fuss.. Clean lines and a simple message!

Hop over to the Technique Tuesday blog to see some other “Happy” creations!

Deconstructed Sketch #100

It's the Deconstructed Sketch's 2 year anniversary AND 100th sketch!

This week’s sketch is a super CAS, graphic layout and really easy to put together!

I used my new stamp set (Chalkboard Memories from TSG) and some new MME papers. Funky colours, right? I love this card!!

Here’s the sketch:

 

To celebrate we have some special guests joining us as well as two amazing sponsors and we want YOU to join us too! Now here's what you want to know - how can I play too?!?

Commenting:

• There is a prize hidden somewhere out in the 100th sketch blog hop!! One very lucky randomly selected commenter will win a $25.00 gift certificate to Tiddly Inks Stamps!
• So what do you need need to do? Visit all the blogs on the link list below and leave a comment on their Deconstructed Sketch 100th sketch post and cross your fingers!
• The commenting prize deadline is May 15, 2013 at 8 pm CST. We've got TWO things to celebrate so we are celebrating for two weeks!

Make a project:

• There is also a prize saved for one of our sketch participants! One very lucky randomly selected sketch participant will win a $25.00 gift certificate to Taylored Expressions!!
• So what do you need to do for this one? Use sketch 100 to create a project - your project can be a card, layout, Project Life creation - anything, just make sure the sketch is visible. Photograph your creation and upload it to an online gallery or blog and come back here and add a direct link to your project in InLinkz on the Deconstructed Sketch 100 post on Jen's Blog.
• The project deadline is May 15, 2013 at 8 pm CST. Enter as many times as you want with different projects!

Now it's time to hop!!

1.	Amber Hight	10.	Sandra MacLean
2.	Arielle Gordon	11.	Sheri Gilson
3.	Cresta Woodruff	12.	Tobi Crawford
4.	Dawn Easton	13.	Tracey Pickersgill
5.	Donna Wardle	14.	Jodi Amidei - Special Guest
6.	Jen Shults	15.	Jodi Collins - Special Guest
7.	Joni Wilson	16.	Katie Perry - Special Guest
8.	Kadie Ensley	17.	Laurie Willison - Special Guest
9.	Lori Boyd	18.	Judy Rozema

Jumbo Peruvian Lily

Stampendous is rolling out the new release stamps and our new April Catalog is chock full of gorgeous flowers for you to use for any occasion! Birthday? – Flowers are great! Get Well? – Of course you’ll send flowers. Mom? – Yup! Flowers are her fave! Anniversary? – Of course!

Today I'm sharing a mixed media card made with a bunch of different paints featuring Jumbo Peruvian Lily. I've mentioned this before, but the jumbo stamps now come with masks, so I thought I would use it in this project. 

Here's what I came up with:

I started out by painting on watercolour paper with watered-down acrylic paints. It's just a "wash" of colour and you can see the horizontal strokes from my large brush. 

Once dried, I taped down the mask with washi tape. 

I added white paint with a dabber and made sure I either dabbed the paint on, or dragged it from the mask ON TO the paper. This will help to prevent bleeding underneath the mask. 

After a few layers of white I removed the mask. 

Once the white paint was dried I then stamped onto the paper with black Archival Ink. I didn't mind that it didn't line up perfectly because I'm going to add some shading and the white will help me achieve that. 

After the white was dry I painted on top of it with acrylic paints. 

I also added some shading with my charcoal pencils - it's a nice effect!

Thanks for stopping by!