More Birds!

Stamps used:
Tree limb - Stampscapes
Birds - Inkadinkadoo
Others - Hero Arts, Magenta & Biblical Impressions

Happy Anniversary

Stamp by Stampsmith

White on Black

Stamping on black cardstock with white pigment ink. Colored with Prismacolor pencils.

Thank You

Tree and birds from I Brake For Stamps.

Thank you from Biblical Impressions

And another!

Happiness Always

I so love this patterned paper by Basic Grey (Scarlet's Letter). So much so that I decided to use it on the inside of the card too.

Stamps: Penny Black and Stampin' Up

Thinking of You

The background for this card was done with watercolor sprays on watercolor paper. The bird stamps are a new plate from I Brake for Stamps. I love this set!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!!

Stamps: Karen Stolper (American Art Stamps), Stampin' Up

Happy Valentines Day

For this one I used an Inkakinkadoo stamp with hearts. To make the stems, I inked up the stem portion of two different Hero Arts flower stamps and lined it up using a stamp positioner. The image was colored with alcohol markers and I added some Crystal Stickles to give it some sparkle. All the stamping was done with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

Black & White Valentine's

Sorry for the crooked scan and the scanner likes to throw in a pink hue that is really not there. The heart was stamped with Versamark ink on black glossy cardstock and heat embossed with fine detail white embossing powder. This was mounted to a Cuttlebug background and then on to a white card. I added some black peel offs to finish it off.

You Make My Heart Flutter

Stamps: Penny Black and Inkadinkadoo

Watercolored with pencils and Twinkling H2Os

Amour

Stamps: Magenta and Stampin' Up

Peel-Offs by Magenta

Colored with Prismacolor pencil crayons

Roses

Stamps: Single rose by Inkadinkadoo. Quote by PSX

More Valentine's to Share

Here are a few more cards. Thanks for stopping by!

Celebrate

ATC

Stamps: Limitless Limbs from Pink Cat Studio

Valentines

Stamps: Hero Arts
Inks: Clearbox Fluid Chalks
Peel-Offs: Magenta

Love

I'm not sure who makes this stamp, but I love it! I stamped with black pigment ink and clear embossed. The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils. The diecut label is from Spellbinders and I've added some gold Peel-Offs to finish it off.

Alcohol Inks

Stamps: Stampscapes, Inkadinkadoo
Alcohol Inks: Ranger's Lettuce

Inchies

Over the holidays I made some background papers using watercolor sprays. I decided to make some inchies and I tell ya, these are SO much fun.

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo clear acrylic
Inks: Adirondack

Happy New Year

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.

I don't have any art to share you at the moment, but I do have some exciting news..... I'm going to be a "Nana" and I am so thrilled! This was the best Christmas present one could possibly hope for. (Thank you Jennifer and Dave)!

I am also enjoying a wonderful time with my sister, Susan who has come out from Vancouver to spend 10 days with us. I was a little concerned that she would be cursing the Montreal winter, however, with all the snow on the West Coast, I think she was happy to escape. It is a skating rink everywhere though and this makes walking a little difficult. This means that we have had to drive everywhere rather than walk. Oh well, you can't have it all, eh? We've managed to hit some good sales at a few scrapbooking stores and we are having a blast stamping together. And, to boot, she's a darn good cook too! LOL.

I'd like to wish all my cyber friends a Happy New Year and I hope 2009 will be a good year for everyone.

Also, to all my blog followers, thank you so much for all your wonderful comments and support. It really means a lot.

Tata for now,
Dianne

Happy Holidays to Everyone

I'm heading out to the country to spend Christmas with some dear friends. When I return, my sister is coming out from Vancouver. I miss her SO much and I can't wait to see her!

I'd like to wish everyone a wonderful holiday season. May the season bring you love, joy, peace & happiness.

Blessings!

Dianne

Snowmen

I believe this snowman stamp is from Stampin' Up. I colored the image with watercolor pencils and used the Snowflake Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background. Stickles were added to the snowflake punchies.

Day 6 - Karen Stolper

I love snowmen and this stamp is just so awesome!

Thanks for dropping by and I wish you all an artful day! HUGS!

Day 5 - Karen Stolper

Day 4 - Karen Stolper

This was a sketch I found while blogging. Sorry I can't remember where or who posted it, but I love the design! Thanks to whoever posted this one!

Day 3 - Karen Stolper

Day 2 - Karen Stolper Designs

I think I should have captured this photo with a white backdrop. Oh well, you get the idea.

Have a super day and thanks for looking!

Day 1 - Karen Stolper

A dear friend of mine let me stamp out some images using Karen Stolper's line of stamps from American Art Stamp Co. These stamps are so much fun and I have enough cards made up to share a card a day with you for at least a week. I hope you don't get bored with the colors as they are pretty much all the same. LOL.

The images are stamped with black Versafine ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. Next, I built up layers of ink by using a sponge. Finally, I colored the images in with Twinkling H2Os and added some Peel-Off stickers or punched snowflakes for some added bling.


Also, I made myself a light studio to photograph my cards and really they don't come out too shabby! LOL. The price was certainly right; it cost me about $5. in fabric and everything else (roll of heavy vellum, cardboard box, velcro and Ott Lite I already had kicking around this ole house).

So, here's the first card I made. Actually, this photo isn't exactly the best one, and I probably should have used a white background rather than the blue, but heck bear with me, I'm still learning.

Thanks for stopping by!

Rudolph da Dog

I really love the stamps from MFT and I thought I'd do something a little different with this set. I wonder if da dog minds being dressed up like a reindeer????

Stamps: MFT, Paper Salon, SU

Until next time, holiday hugs and thanks for stopping by.

All Magenta

I thought I'd take a bit of a break from Christmas cards, so I made this card for a special friend who will soon be celebrating a birthday.

The stamps and peel-offs are from Magenta and the flowers of been colored with watercolor pencils and Mica paints.

Have a super day and thanks for stopping by.

Blocked Poinsettias

It's been awhile since I did this blocked technique. The poinsettia stamp is from PSX and the papers are from Magenta.

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Christmas Tree Ornament

For November we were to create an ATC that could be hung on a tree. The stamp from Tim Holtz is stamped with black StazOn ink on to an alcohol ink background. I really love the colors of this. What do you think?

Snowflakes Galore

Stamp: Karen Stolper
Twinkling H2Os

3 Trees

Stamps by: Imaginisce
Twinkling H2Os and a watercolor wash background.

A Single Jester

This is part of the Magenta Jesters stamp that I used for a card on a previous posting. I like the look of this guy all by himself. LOL. The image is colored with alcohol markers.

Victorian Christmas

This stamp is a real beauty. There's so much detail and it was a lot of fun to color. For this one I sponged Distress inks for the background and then did the coloring with Prismacolor pencils.

Joy to You

The background for this card is done with Distress Inks. The image (Tim Holtz) is stamped with Brilliance Lightning Black ink and it really shimmers beautifully. Definitely a quick card to make and Tim has made cardmaking so easy! LOL.

A Gift, A Star and Some Holly

This is another Magenta stamp. Can you tell that Magenta is one of my favorite stamp companies? The image is colored with alcohol markers.

I kind of like the look when the two top layers are folded down at the corner. What do you think?

Magenta Holly

This is another stamp I bought at our stamp club for 2 bucks. I so love it when people decide to get rid of their stamps!

I stamped the image on a cream colored piece of cardstock and sponged on various Distress Inks. After layering I added a tag (Spellbinders) and a brad. A really quick card!

Christmas Birdies

I had a great time making this card and I actually made six of them in one evening. I stamped the branches (Stampscapes) on a piece of white cardstock. Then ran a second piece of white thru the Cuttlebug using the Snowflakes embossing folder. Using my circle Coluzzle I made a "window" in the embossed piece. This was attached over the first piece of stamped cardstock. I stamped the birds (Inkadinkadoo) twice with red chalk ink. The 2 birds were cut out and the foreground bird was cut from the other stamped image and adhered on top of the other birds with some foam tape to give some dimension. I colored the chests of the birds with H2Os and added some Stickles. The berries on the branches are colored with a red gel pen.

Happy Birthday BIL

It's so hard coming up with masculine birthday cards. I sure hope my brother-in-law likes it!

Papers and stamps by Magenta.

Magenta Jesters

This has got to be one of my favorite Christmas stamps. I picked it up at our stamp club for 2 bucks! I stamped and embossed on to a piece of background paper I made some time ago and just didn't know what to do with it. The images are painted with with H2Os.

Peace on Earth

This is another card done with cream and gold. The house stamp is from Magenta and I love how it turned out with the gold embossing.

Hope everyone has a wonderful, creative day. And, thanks for stopping by.

Happy Birthday

I made this card for a dear friend of mine. The stamps are from Inkadkinkadoo. The Stickles don't show up that well, but they are there and LOTS of them.