Inchie Redux

Friday, April 24, 2009

Happy Friday to you all!

What are your plans for the weekend? It's supposed to be super nice here in NH and hubby has the weekend off, so we're planning a bush walk (AKA a hike!) and picnic.

Yesterday's coffee card was so dramatic with all the sponging and rich colors, that I decided to change it up a bit and create spring feeling with the same Rubbernecker inchie stamps.

I used this week's Card Positioning System's sketch challenge CPS112 for this layout. The Cosmo Cricket paper is light and airy and perfect for the change up. I stamped the tea inchies onto Very Vanilla cardstock, then puched them out with a 1" circle punch. Then I matted them with pink cardstock. The diagonal strip was cut from VV and matted onto cream Bazzil cardstock of which the edges were cut with decorative scissors. Then I matted that onto the plain side of the patterned paper and ran another pair of decorative scissors down the edges of it. Added some ribbon, twine, a cute teacup charm and I was done.

The sentiment is covering up my first attempt and I wish I hadn't stamped it there. Oh well, practice makes perfect, right?

Tomorrow is the Doggone Stamps blog hop which starts at 10am EST over at Lauri Ingram's blog, Paperville. You'll want to hop along because I've heard there are prizes up for grabs! :)

I appreciate you stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful weekend whatever it is you're doing. :D

Supplies
Stamps: Rubbernecker 'Coffee & Tea Inchies'
Inks: Distress Inks 'Antique Linen , Tea Dye and Walnut Stain'
Papers: Very Vanilla, Bazzil cs, PP - Cosmo Cricket 'Honey Pie Collection - Ella'
Access: Ribbon, twine, tea cup pewter charm, decorative scissors, dimensionals

Inchie by Inchie

Thursday, April 23, 2009

G'day everyone!

Can you believe it's Thursday already?! Holy cow does time fly! Did you get your Greeting Farm presale stamps?! I did and I'm back on my spending freeze tomorrow. Hahaha!

This week's Mojo Sketch Challenge MOJO83 is a great one! I used the Coffee & Tea stamps I won a couple of weeks ago on the Rubbernecker blog stroll. I've never worked with inches before, but it is fun to play with little stamps that don't require much coloring for a change!


I wanted to create the color of coffee stain, so I first cut a piece of watercolor paper, then sponged on Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain from Distress Inks on it in layers. (Told you I loved sponging!) Then I stamped on the Coffee and Tea inches on it in Black Soot. Matted it with black cardstock and popped it on dimensionals. Then I sponged the edges of the orange polka dot paper with Tea Dye and Walnut Stain and matted that again on black cardstock. The base patterned paper is from the K&Company's 'Day Dreams' stack and I sponged that too before applying it to the base cardstock.

This week's Our Creative Corner challenge is to use something recycled on your card, so I used these buttons that used to belong to a shirt I owned. I threw a shirt out last summer and pillaged the buttons from it.

Also, this week's Rubbernecker Wacky Wednesday #8 challenge over at the Rubbernecker blog was to use buttons and/or chipboard. Did you know that if you play along with this challenge you have a chance to win 40% off your next purchase there? They're also having another blog stroll today and you can win free stamps just like I did! Just go to the Rubbernecker blog and follow along. You've got to be in it to win it right?! :D

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Supplies

Stamps: Rubbernecker 'Coffee & Tea Inchie'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Distress Inks 'Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain & Black Soot'

Papers: Bazzil cs, PP - K&Company 'Day Dreams', Boxer Scrapbook Productions 'Orange Dots'

Access: Buttons, Fancy Pants chipboard 'Scrolls', Deluxe Designs 'Plain Janes' chipboard, ribbon, dimensionals

Happy Holidays!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Over the past week we've been crossing the days off a calendar for my daughter and she's just bursting with excitement today that Christmas Day is finally one more sleep away! I hope you're all done with your shopping and today is a rest day for you all. I have work today (urrgh!), but I'm going to try get off early and spend the rest of the day with family.

I have two cards to show you today. The first one is my take on 8 year old Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday sketch challenge. Can you imagine how tickled pink she must be to have her very own design team?! It's gotta be better than ice cream!! :D

Well, with all the wrapping that's been going on in my house, the sketch reminded me of a wrapped Christmas present. I tweaked the sketch and created a 5.5" x 5.5" card with it. I made the diagonals in the sketch imitate the ends of a wrapped box and the vertical and horizontal stripes became the ribbon. One of the opposing set of triangles is matted with coordinating patterned paper and popped on pop dots for some added dimension. Now I got a little stuck on what to do for the center panel but then I had a light bulb moment and came up with a tag! I love it when a plan comes together!

Here's another light bulb moment for ya: The criss crosses remind me of the union jack on the UK flag!! If I had a stamp of an old english letterbox (mailbox) that would make a great card don't you think?!

If you want to play along with this week's sketch, remember to leave a comment on Jessica's blog post and a link to your card. If you're uploading to SCS, add the keyword 'MTTSC2' - that way we can easily find all your fabulous creations! Please feel free to visit the rest of the design teams' blogs (listed on the left) for their takes on the sketch. They completed their cards on Tuesday....I was a little slow this week! (It's Christmas!!)

My second card uses the same yummy Wassail patterned paper from Basic Grey. This time I used Rubbernecker's Elf Train stamp and sprinkled some of Martha Stewart's punched snowflakes around. This layout just kind of evolved because I was trying not to cover up much of the pretty paper! I really love how this one turned out!

So that's it from me for this week. I'm looking forward to spending the next few days with family and friends...and with any new stamp items I might be getting from Santa! hahaha I want to thank everyone who's left a comment or who regularly stops by my blog a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! A big thank you also goes out to Kristi Ferro for plucking me out of SCS obscurity this year! You're the best boss ever! Have a fantastic week and I'll see you all next week!



Supplies:

Card 1
Stamps: Hanna Stamps! 'Sleepy Time Riley', Rubbernecker 'Scroll Holiday'
Inks: Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Cranberry Crisp, Soft Sky, versamark
Paper: Bazzil cs, Very Vanilla, PP - Basic Grey 'Wassail Collection - Snow Dust & Spice Tea'
Access: Ribbon, dimensionals, stickles, Seafoam embossing powder

Card 2
Stamps: Rubbernecker 'Elf Train'
Inks: Cranberry Crisp, Creamy Caramel, Soft Sky, Real Red, Certain Celery, True Thyme,Vintage Violet, Distress Inks 'Black Soot'
Paper: Bazzil cs, Very Vanilla, PP - Basic Grey 'Wassail Collection - Snow Dust & Spice Tea'
Access: Ribbon, MS snowflake punch, Kaiser pearls, dimensionals

Merry Christmas Big Boy!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

How sexy is this stamp??? When I saw it on the Rubbernecker website, I thought 'That would make a great card for DH...or if my friends wanted to give a card to their hubbies! Wouldn't it?

Her name is Miss Holly and i inked her up for this week's Rubbernecker Challenge, RNBC10, on their blog. The challenge was to use some sparkle, shimmer or shine on your project. If you enlarge the photo, you'll see I've added some Diamond Stickles to Holly's dress, her hat, the holly on her shoes, and the stars behind her. The snowflakes which we punched using my Martha Stewart punch, were punched from white glitter paper.

Take care and watch for another Magnolia card I have for you tomorrow!

Supplies:
Stamps: Rubbernecker 'Miss Holly'
Inks: StazOn, 'Timber Brown', Creamy Caramel, Soft Sky, Certain Celery, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Vintage Violet
Paper: Whisper White, Bazzil cs, PP - My Mind's Eye Wild Asparagus 'so pretty'
Access: Ribbon, charm, jump ring, MS snowflake punch, Diamond and Fruit Punch stickles, Signo pen, paper piercer, decorative scissors

A dusting of SNOW!

Saturday, November 22, 2008

That is what greeted us this morning as we woke. It's our first 'snow' of the year....and it isn't even Thanksgiving yet! We might be in for a snowy winter this year.

This first snow makes my card very appropriate for today! It's Christmas morning Riley! Actually, it's really Sleepy Time Riley, but look what you can do with him! I have to admit, I was a little bit inspired by Kitti Caracciolo's Christmas Tree card. She did such a great job (she always does) that I decided to pull out my uninked wreath stamp from Rubbernecker and do something similar with Riley.

I first stamped the wreath with StazOn 'Timber Brown' ink on Whisper White cs, then watercolored over the branches in True Thyme first then added Certain Celery second to add a bit of depth to the image. I then added some Diamond Stickles to some of the branches. I added Fruit Punch Stickles as berries. Riley was watercolored with my SU inks. To play up the white fluffy slippers and teddy bear, I use Soft Sky in the shadows and added more Diamond Stickles - you can NEVER have enough! LOL The background piece was stamped with a 'Happy Holidays' sentiment on an angle. Here's a detail of the card so you can see the sparkle on the card.
Sorry for the late posting today. Hubby had to work today and DD was itching to get to Michael's to buy herself a flower. When we went yesterday, she didn't have her purse with her - today she did! LOL Hope everyone has set aside some stamping or creating time today. I'm hoping to get a couple of cards done tonight.

Take care,
Sandra

Supplies
Stamps: Hanna Stamps! 'Sleepytime Riley', Rubbernecker 'Wreath + Scroll Holiday'
Inks: StazOn 'Timber Brown', Certain Celery, True Thyme, Real Red, Cranberry Crisp, Soft Sky, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Whisper White, Bazzil cs, PP - Pebbles Inc. 'Great Outdoors Trees'
Access: Ribbon, Diamond and Fruit Punch Stickles, dimensionals

I found my buttons!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Happy Hump Day! It's a cold one around here!

My buttons weren't lost; I just 'rediscovered them, that's all! I bought a bag of Christmas colored buttons from my LSS a few years ago and they've been sitting in my amoire for a year now. About time I used them don't you think?


I found this stamp at Rubbernecker hidden in the 'Fantasy' section of Stamp Oasis. It's really cute, but the little boy and girl elf are very small and with that much detail on them, it makes them really hard to color. Still, I had fun. :D


I'm not happy with how the glitter around the edges turned out. Initially, I painted some glue on with my finger around the edges and then added the glitter, but then I decided that I wanted the raised look, so before I let the first application dry, I added a blob of glue around the edge of the image and without tampering with it, then added even more glitter. Next time, I'll just leave well enough alone! LOL


Hope Wednesday treats you well!



Supplies:
Stamps: Rubbernecker 'Raindeer's Flight', MFT 'Essential Sentiments'
Inks: Staz On 'Timber Brown', Creamy Caramel, Close To Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Certain Celery, True Thyme, Soft Sky, Buckaroo Blue
Paper: Georgia Pacific cs, Bazzil cs, PP - Basic Grey 'Figgy Pudding +

Access: Ribbon, buttons, glitter, dimensionals

I should be scrapbooking!

Saturday, November 8, 2008

My inlaws have my 3yr old because I wanted some time to scrapbook today...but I got a little side tracked! LOL

I quickly made this card using today's Inspiration Challenge IC153 over at SCS. The inspiration was a clothing line that had some really cute and bright clothing for kids. I picked this top as my inspiration piece:

See the similarity? I went with polka dots along the side panels instead of stripes. The image is from Rubbernecker which I again colored up with my SU inks and added a bit of stickles for some sparkle.


Sorry for the short post today but I need to get cracking on my scrapbooking today! It's hubby's birthday tomorrow, but he has to work, so we're planning a dinner get together at his parent's house tomorow night. Hope you're having a great weekend!

Toodles!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker 'Elf Train' , Rubber Stampede sentiment
Inks: Staz On 'Timber Brown', Creamy Caramel, Real Red, Cranberry Crisp, Certain Celery, True Thyme, Cool Caribbean, Distress Inks 'Black Soot'
Paper: Bazzil cs, Whisper White, PP - My Mind's Eye 'Wild Asparagus - birthday polka dot'
Access: Ribbon and stickles

Going in circles?

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Found some time last night to play the Wednesday sketch challenge on SCS! I don't always play but this sketch was really versatile and I started playing with ideas in my head all day yesterday! The sketch is below:For my card, I flipped the sketch on it's side because I knew I wanted to ink up my spider stamp I got from Rubbernecker a couple of months ago. I really love how this card came together, don't you? (Nod your head and say yes!) The patterned paper was something I picked up last year at Michaels and it plays sooo nicely with SU's Pumpkin Pie and Morning Marigold! I sponged the edges of the two orange pieces with Distress Inks (DI) from Tim Holtz. Stamped the web, sentiment and spider in DI 'Black Soot'. When the web was dry, I traced over it with my quikie glue pen and sprinkled Martha Stewarts black glitter over it to add a bit of sparkle! And boy does that glitter sparkle!!! I didn't like how flat the spider looked, so I went back and added black ep on his body.

Hope everyone has a great Thursday!

Supplies:
Stamps: Rubbernecker spider and sentiment, Starving Artists Doodle Factory web
Ink: Distress Inks, Versamark
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Morning Marigold, Bazzil CS, PP - unknown from Michaels
Access: Ribbon, Doodlebug brads, MS black glitter, black EP