Dream

I was digging around in a box of ATCs I had made and decided to make a couple of them into cards.  I’m not sure who makes the “Dream” or the circle stamps.  The flourish heart is by Quietfire Design.

Thinking of You

The flowers, by Stamps Happen, are stamped on a piece of acetate with Stazon Jet Black ink. This is a really large stamp, so I only used a portion of it. I then sewed the acetate on to an alcohol ink scrap. Kind of a kewl look, don’t you think?

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Birthday Wishes

Stamps by: Inkadinkadoo

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Funky Flowers

Don’t you just love this stamp!!!  I used Prismacolor pencils and odourless mineral spirits for coloring.  I made the diamond background using the Scor Pal and added a bit of wire as the embellishment.

Stamp:  Stampinbella

Ink: Ranger’s permanent India Ink

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More Birds!

Here are a couple of more cards where I have stamped on watercolour spray backgrounds. Actually, these pieces were cut from the scrap paper I had used to protect my workspace. I stamped the images in India ink. These were really quick cards to make. It’s funny how sometimes the really easy cards turn out to be the most eye-catching. What do you think?

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For a Friend

Stamp: Stampsmith, "Friends" (unknown)

Ink: Ancient Page (chocolate)

Paper: Karen Foster

Misc.: Tombow markers and ribbon from my stash

A touch of red

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo
Misc.: Versafine Onyx black ink, ribbon from my stash and a red gel pen

Inchie cards

All stamps are by Magenta. Using India ink I stamped the images on to watercolour spray background papers and punched out using a 1" square punch.

Friends

Stamps: Stampavie (Sarah Kay), Hero Arts
Papers: Karen Foster
Punches: EK Success and Martha Stewart
Misc.: Prismacolor pencils, odourless mineral spirits, Memento's Tuxedo Black, Chalk Ink (Prussian Blue), alcohol markers for coloring the flowers.

Happy Birthday

I made this card for my dear friend Christiane.

Stamp: Stampingbella
Paper: Magenta
Technique: Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits

Spring Flowers

Stamp by Stampavie (Sarah Kay)
Colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with mineral spirits

3D

Absolutely no stamping on this card but it sure was fun to do. This is my first attempt at doing a 3D card. Thanks for stopping by!

Yellow Roses

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo
Materials used: watercolor crayons, Stickles

A New Home for my Prismacolors

I've been searching high and low for the perfect pencil case(s) to hold my pencil crayons. Not finding anything suitable I decided to make my own. And, it didn't cost me a penny! I had the doggie prints kicking around, as well as some remnants from making table runners. I added some small doggie charms and cord from my stash, and voila!!!!! Now I can take them "on the road" in something a little more stylish than a ziploc bag. And, the best part, they are sorted by color.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone is having a wonderful day.

Spring Flowers

Stamp: Magenta
Materials Used: India ink, Twinkling H2Os, Prismacolor pencils

More Watercolored Backgrounds

Stamps: Karen Stolper Design, Inkadinkadoo

Materials Used: Twinkling H2Os, Prismacolor pencils, Bleach, Stickles, India Ink

Watercolor background

I've been playing with watercolor backgrounds. They are just SO much fun! Here you can see the background sheet and a couple of cards I've made from it.

Stamps: Magenta, Inkadinkadoo

Materials used: Watercolor sprays, bleach, Twinkling H2Os, India Ink

Warm Thoughts To You

Stamps: Magenta, Hero Arts
Materials used: Alcohol markers, Martha Stewart border punch

Bella Fairy

Stamp: Stamping Bella

Materials used: Prismacolor crayons, Stickles, Prima Flowers

Have A Nice Day

Stamps: Maryse Carrier
Materials used: Martha Stewart border punch, Prismacolor crayons

Birds at their nest

Stamp: Crafty Individuals
Materials used: alcohol inks, black StazOn

Hello

Stamps: Paper Bag Studios, Hero Art

Picking Apples

Stamp by Sarah Kay

I Miss You

This card was made for my sister. I really do miss her! A LOT!!!!! I colored the image (Maryse Carrier) with alcohol markers. The flourish is from Spellbinders.

Smile

Stamps: Paper Bag Studios, Hero Arts
Materials: Distress Inks

The blog gets a facelift!

I don’t know about everyone else, but I am so anxious for spring to arrive.  So, I thought I’d try to push things along a bit by giving my blog a facelift to welcome Spring.

Many thanks to my friend Kim for suggesting Windows Live Writer for writing my blog postings.  It’s so much easier. 

Please feel free to leave me a comment.  I’d love to know what you think of the new “look”.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish everyone a wonderful weekend!

Me Bad Blogger

Hi everyone!

I'm sure some of you have wondered what happened to all my daily postings. I was doing so well there for awhile. LOL.

I've been in a bit of a funk this past week as last Friday I lost my full time job and now I don't know what to do with myself. It's so strange not getting up and going to work every day. I've pretty busy this week though getting stuff done (updating the resume, car servicing, registering with employment agencies, etc.). I even had a job interview this morning. I think it went extremely well. Now, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I should find out next Tuesday or Wednesday after they have finished the interview process.

So, now I'm going to try and become a better blogger and have stuff to share with you everyday!

Thanks for stopping by and wishing you all a wonderful day!

Birdies

Stamp by Inkadinkadoo
Materials used: Twinkling H2Os, Gold embossing powder and Liquid Pearls