Guest Designer? Me?!

Saturday, July 3, 2010

My regular readers probably know by now that I don't normally post on a Saturday...unless it's for something special, so you know I have something to scream from the roof tops today!!

For the month of July, I get to play along with Jen del Muro, of I{heart}2stamp fame, and her Sketch For You To Try posse! Waahoooo!!! I can't begin to tell you how excited I was when Jen emailed me this week! Some of my all time favorite card making idols are on this team as well as design team mates I have the pleasure of stamping along side with every month! Score!

The image above is this week's sketch. It's a fabulous one right? I see lots of possibilities with this one....so much so, I may have to make another one next week! :)

We're heading out this morning to pick strawberries and the crew will stage a mutiny if I hold us up, so without further adieu, here's the card I created with the sketch!

I have seriously been neglecting my Whipper Snapper stamps!! My mission this summer is to dig out all the stamps that haven't seen ink in a while or no ink at all and, well, USE THEM! :) I have a very loud conscience.

This cute little scene is from Anna Wight's Beware of Bears set. It was a no-brainer as to which paper I had to use for this image....Cosmo Cricket's Mr Campy of course! Why mess with a good thing right?! :) I colored up the image with my reinkers and aquapainter brush on some Strathmore Bristol Vellum (remember, it's not really vellum!). Then I sponged around it with some Antique Linen ink from Distress Inks to age it just a tad and paper pierced the edges. For the card base, I sponged the panels with various Distress Inks and machine stitched them to some coordinating cardstock. To add some interest, I matted the largest panel twice and distressed it's edges with my edge distresser. The brown ribbon was calling my name so I caved and used it! I made it into more of a knot-bow instead of a proper bow, just to not make it so girly! The sentiment is from a coordinating set called the Great Outdoors.

Of course, before you get started on your creations, I know you're going to want to see what Jen's girls have created with this sketch too! Here's a list of their blogs:

Jen del Muro
Susan Liles
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Megan Lock
Amber Hight
Sony Christoph
Jodi Collins
Jenn Diercks
Kelly Lunceford

Ok, that's it from me. I'm off to pick me some strawberries! :) Thanks so much for stopping by on this beautiful Saturday morning! Hope it's gorgeous where you are! Oh, and happy July 4th to all my American friends!

Supplies
Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs 'Beware of Bears' and 'Great Outdoors'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Old Olive, Certain Celery, Morning Marigold, Going Gray, Not Quite Navy, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Cosmo Cricket 'Mr. Campy Collection'
Access: Ribbon, Spellbinders Labels One and Four Nestibilities, Pebbles Inc. Candy Dots - Brown, Machine Stitching, Paper Piercer, Sponges, Dimensionals

Love Is In There Air...For Charlie

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Good Morning!

You should have seen my inbox after that blog hop yesterday! Holy cow you guys love TGF!! What's not to love right?!

Well I hope you enjoy today's card just as much!

I have had this Charlie With Flower stamp from Whipper Snapper forever now and finally, now that it's closer to Valentines Day, I have a reason to ink him up. I thought he'd look great standing in front of a picket fence, so I used the Mini Fence stamp behind him by masking him off. Again, he's watercolored with reinkers and an aquapainter brush on Strathmore Bristol Vellum. I like this paper because it's smooth, but I'd make sure you're comfortable with watercoloring before using it. It doesn't have as much sizing in it compared to watercolor paper, so you have to be very deliberate with where you put your ink and move fast.

I decided that this week's Sketch Saturday #88 layout was perfect for our sweet Charlie. Since there was so much going on in this sketch, I kept the patterned paper to a minimum so the image wouldn't be too overpowered.

Tomorrow's another Whimsical Wednesday challenge, so I'll see you back here tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by! :)

Supplies

Stamps: Whipper Snapper 'Charlie With Flower' and 'Mini Fence', Stamping Bella 'Love is in the Air'

Ink: StazOn 'Jet Black', Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Morning Marigold, Cool Caribbean, Sahara Sand, Ruby Red

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - American Crafts and ??

Access: Ribbon, EK Success Corner Punch, Machine Stitching, Spellbinders Large Circle Nestibilities, Dimensionals

Whimsical Wednesday Sketch Challenge

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Good Morning!

I just have to say thank you to everyone who played along on yesterday's TGF blog hop! What an amazing turnout we got! And a BIG personal thank you from me for all your sweet comments about my work. I am truly thankful for them and for you all. I have been in a very 'bah humbug' mood of late. Mainly due to homesickness and not having seen my parents in over 5 years, so it was really touching to read all your wonderful comments. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. :)

Ok, onto today's Whimsical Wednesday Challenge! This week's sketch is a doozy! You can see it over at the Whimsical Wednesday website and don't forget to leave some love for this week's featured Daredevil, Cassie Larson! I hummed and haaed over this sketch for the longest time. It looks a little tricky, but I ended up rotated the sketch and omited the the two strips that wrap around each side with the stars. Then I used a ribbon to represent the strip running straight across the front of the sketch.

The sketch really didn't show a place for a stamp image, and I wasn't going to use one, but I couldn't bring myself to do it and ended up coloring this cute Christmas package image from Whipper Snapper Designs.

We'd love to have you play along with us this week, but before you do, check out what the other girls have created with this sketch:

Cassie Larson
Darla Wilson
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Peifer
Jessica Diedrich
Kim Ross
Lisa Hjulberg
Randi Wall
Rebecca Ednie
Sandra MacLean

And this week please give a warm, whimsical welcome to our newest Daredevil Kris Palakiko!! Welcome Kris! We're so excited to have you on board Kris!

Yesterday, Rebecca sent me this awesome YouTube video of the muppets and if you love Queen or the Muppets, you have to check it out!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Supplies

Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs 'Lovely Xmas Presents' and 'Season's Greetings'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Cool Caribbean, Sahara Sand, Old Olve, True Thyme, Ruby Red, Cranberry Crisp, Ballet Blue, Morning Marigold, More Mustard

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - My Mind's Eye

Access: Ribbon, Buttons, PTI Rustic Button Twine, Machine Stitching, Dimensionals, Stickles, Stampendous Crystal Snow Glitter

Santa's Got His Game On!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

There'a Trace Atkin's song that my Syd loves to sing from the back seat of the car and it cracks me up every time....because when a 4 year old says "I got my game on!" it is hilarious! She also likes to sing ABBA's Mama Mia, so you can imagine what our morning rides to school are like! LOL

I told you the story of Syd and the song because the name of this image is Ready To Go Santa and it just reminded me of that story. I haven't colored up a Whipper Snapper image in a long, long time. With all my DT commitments lately, my poor WS images have been severly neglected! But since the holiday season is upon us, I had to get this awesome Santa image colored up quick! (And because I still need quite a few christmas cards for my stash! Shhhh!)

This Santa is a colorer's (is that a word?!) dream! Lots of detail in it but when he's finished, he's so impressive on a card! As you can see, he's pretty big for a rubber stamp. This card is 5.5" x 5.5" and I cut him down to a 4.25" square panel so he would fit nice and snug. The paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Holly By Golly collection and I found that delicious wide ribbon at Michaels. I've been dying to use it on a card since I bought it but it hasn't worked with anything until now. You all know what I mean when you just have to use it! I couldn't resist and had to add some glitter snow to his beard and the pompom on his hat!

You'd never know it was Thanksgiving in two days with all the Christmas cards I've been whipping out! LOL I guess I'm more of a Halloween and Christmas kind of gal. :) Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Supplies
Stamps: Whipper Snapper 'Ready To Go Santa'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Cool Caribbean, Ruby Red, Cranberry Crisp, Morning Marigold, More Mustard, Old Olive, Taken With Real, Pretty In Pink, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Cosmo Cricket 'Holly By Golly'
Access: Ribbon, Stampendous Crystal Snow Glitter, Sponges, Dimensionals

When Black Cats Prowl...

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Happy Thursday!

It's gotten a little colder in our neck of the woods lately and I've been thinking about dragging out my Halloween decorations this weekend. We have a bunch of Lemax houses that we scatter all around the apartment, lots of pumpkin heads, black cats and even some scary eyes that flicker on and off that stick to our windows. :) I'm like a big kid around this time of year. It's probably got a lot to do with growing up in New Zealand without a huge Halloween. Although, we did have Guy Fawkes night which was AWESOME! Any excuse to light fire crackers really. *grin*

Are you sick of my Halloween cards yet?! I hope not because I have A LOT more to come so I hope you are enjoying them. :) This one just might be my favorite yet. I love the monochromatic colors and you should see it in real life - it sparkles!! Oh how it sparkles!

The card base is some Bazzil Bling cardstock and the black matting and the inverted scalloped base to the oval are cut from this gorgeous black glitter paper I found at Michaels. Loooove it! Must remember to buy more of it. I did that inverted scalloped border with inexpensive scalloped decorative scissors. I just flipped the scissors so that instead of giving an edge a true scalloped edge, it inverts the design to create the look you see here.

I stamped and clear embossed this sentiment from Anna Wight's and Whipper Snapper's 'Spooky Expressions' cling set onto a scrap of kraft cardstock. I never knew this trick until a little while ago, but you can ink up your stamp with Versamark first then ink it with the color ink (in this case, black), then stamp it out, then sprinkle the clear embossing powder over the image and heat set it. I'm sure this is not news to you but since I've only attended a handful of SU workshops, I am constantly learning new (new to me) things all the time! LOL Anyway, once I stamped the image, I then ran it through the Cuttlebug with an oval nestie. After embossing it with the nestie, I left the nestie in place so I could sponge around the edges with Frayed Burlap and Black Soot. It creates a really cool halo effect! Then I just matted it to the glitter paper and created that border. The kitty is also from the set and I clear embossed her as well. Add the button and some twine and I was done.

Once I had the idea down, this really was a quick card to create. Great for giving to friends. :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies

Stamps: Whipper Snapper Anna Wight Cling Set 'Spooky Expressions'
Inks: Versamark, Distress Inks 'Frayed Burlap and Black Soot'

Papers: Kraft, Bazzil Bling, The Paper Company 'Glitter Paper', PP - Creative Imaginations 'Art Warehouse, Harvest Moon Collection - Haunted'

Access: PTI Vintage Button 'Black', Twine, Decorative Scissors, Large Oval Nestibilities, Sponges, Clear Embossing Powder

Bippity...Bopitty...Cluck!

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

A happy Tuesday to you all!

I hope everyone had a fabulous long weekend. I ate far too much food yesterday and was definitely paying the price for it last night! My belly hurt for a few hours! Where was the Pepto when I needed it?! LOL

I colored this Chicken Witch a couple of weekends ago and finally gave him a card to adorn this past weekend. Poor guy was getting a bit lonely sitting on my desk with no one to scare!


I picked Chicken Witch up on my last Whipper Snapper order along with Anna Wight's Spooky Expressions cling set because it has some really great sentiments in it and I am sorely lacking in that department in my stamp collection! I don't know about you, but I'm always taken aback by how big the Whipper Snapper images are! I should expect this by now, but my jaw always drops when I see them in real life! LOL Mr Chicken was colored with a mix of yellows and rust colors for his body and the edges of the paper were sponged with Frayed Burlap and a teensy bit of Black Soot. Kept the sentiment small so it wouldn't cover up that yummy paper!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and every day for that matter! :D


Supplies
Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs 'Chicken Witch' and 'Spooky Expressions' Cling Set
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', So Saffron, Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Close To Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Sahara Sand, Distress Inks 'Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo and Black Soot'
Papers: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics, PP - My Mind's Eye 'Nightlight Collection - Candy Time' and I'm not sure who made that black patterned paper, sorry!
Access: Button, PTI Rustic Button Twine, Paper Piercer, Sponges, Decorative Scissors

My Favorite Mummy Challenge

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Good Morning!

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who stopped by yesterday to congratulate me on the news! There's definitely a spring in my step today! :) Can't wait to get started!

Ok, onto today's card! For the past few months me, Kadie and Mary have been sending each other card kits to play with to see what kinds of cards we'll come up with using the same supplies. This month was my turn and as I was thinking about what to do, a rather large package arrived at my doorstep - my Whipper Snapper order!! So to celebrate my favorite holiday, I put together some fun Halloween supplies and today we get to see what we girls made with them!

Aren't these papers YUMMY?! I think they're from Creative Imaginations and Making Memories, but I threw out the tags last weekend when I cleaned up my desk, so I can't be sure now. (See?! It doesn't pay to clean up!)

I sent the girls images of the recently released for Fall 2009 'My Favorite Mummy' rubber stamp. I just couldn't resist him for my collection! He's a good size too. I used the ribbon, twine and buttons from the kit to. My Mummy was colored up with just a few colors. Some Antique Linen for his body, Tea Dye for the shadows and of course some Pumpkin Pie for his candy holder, then some Black Soot for the background. Backgrounds are hard to do with a dark color such as black, so I tend to apply it sparingly. The layout is from a new sketch challenge blog which has my girl Amy on their DT. :) Get Sketchy #3 was this week's sketch. I really didn't want to cover up that glitter paper so this sketch was perfect!

Can't wait to check out what Kadie and Mary did with their supplies! I'm heading to their blogs now....you should too! :)

Tomorrow I'll have some Hanna Stamps sneak peeks to show you! So I'll see you then!

Supplies

Stamps: Whipper Snapper 'My Favorite Mummy' and 'Happy Halloween'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye and Black Soot'

Papers: Georgia Pacific, Bazzil Basics, PP - I think they were Creative Imaginations and Making Memories

Access: Ribbon, Buttons, PTI Rustic Button Twine, Decorative Scissors, Corner Punch, Dimensionals

Who Had The Big Idea?!

Monday, August 24, 2009

Good Morning!

I'm sure that around this time of the year, Turkey's all over the United States start to wonder who they have to thank (or not) for the honor of being the main dish every Thanksgiving! I can't help feel a little sorry for them. I mean, if they weren't such fugly birds, I'm positive they wouldn't have been the main course that first Thanksgiving! Think about it; peacocks are beautiful and we don't eat them! Poor guys. Why do they have to taste so finger-licking good?! :)

In honor of this very delicious holiday, I created my first Thanksgiving card of the season!

I know what you're saying; It's too early to be thinking about Thanksgiving! Yes it is, but this little guy was just pining for me to color him up and well, how could I resist that face?! :) His name is Tucker and he's one of the new stamps recently released from Whipper Snapper Designs. Such a cutie! Again, he's colored up with reinkers and an aquapainter brush on some watercolor paper. I found this old sheet of Scenic Route paper in my stash and I'm so glad it worked so well with this image. It always feels good to use up paper that I've had in my stash for a while. I can't bring myself to get rid of them because eventually, they will be used!

Did you guys have a good weekend?! The Man certainly did. He went and bought himself a humongous plasma TV for our anniversary! I would have been mega-peeved had it not been for the fact that the day before he came home with this beauty and some of these for my craft desk. I married a smart man. ;)

Toodles!

Supplies
Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs 'Tucker the Turkey' and 'Happy Thanksgiving'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Sahara Sand, So Saffron, Morning Marigold, Going Gray, Distress Inks 'Black Soot'
Papers: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics, PP - Scenic Route 'Harvest Multi Dots'
Access: Ribbon, Robins Nest Dew Drops, Paper Piercer, Dimensionals

It's A Chicken Thing!

Friday, July 24, 2009

I'm soooo glad it's Friday!

I've been so busy since I got back from our little vacation (laundry, grocery shopping, house cleaning, etc) that I just can't wait to kick back this weekend and do some fun things like stamp and color and maybe even some blueberry picking. Yeah! Sounds perfect doesn't it? What are your plans for the weekend?

Mr Chicken is planning a quiet weekend doing what he does best - fish! :)

Chickens really do fish. I swear it! Or at very least, Anna's chickens do! LOL Mr. Chicken is from last month's release 'Hooked On Fishing' from Anna Wight and Whipper Snapper. This is the first time I've used the zig zag stitch on a card and I love how it turned out!

I colored Mr Chicken with reinkers and my trusty aquapainter. Then sponged around the edges with Antique Linen from Distress Ink's. The patterned paper is from The Green Stack by DCWV. Looooove this paper stack! I paired it with some bitter chocolate Bazzil cardstock, some cream buttons and a little bit of plaid ribbon. Love a good clean and crisp card! :)

Thanks so much for putting up with my intermittent blog posts this week. Things should be back to normal next week. I may even have some cute pics of my little Syd at the beach. :) Have a great weekend!

Supplies

Stamps: Whipper Snapper/Anna Wight 'Hooked On Fishing'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', So Saffron, More Mustard, Really Rust, Certain Celery, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Ruby Red, Buckaroo Blue, Creamy Caramel

Papers: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics, PP - DCWV 'Green Stack Collection'

Access: Buttons, Ribbon, Machine Stitching, Dimensionals

Up, up and Away!

Monday, July 20, 2009

Helloooo!

I'm somewhere in Maine at the moment, hopefully relaxing by the water somewhere. :D I am coming home tomorrow and I better have a tan! LOL

I am so sorry it took me this long to show you this card! I feel bad that I teased you all with a sneak peek of it a couple of weeks ago now and never got a chance to show you the whole card until now!

Isn't he just the beary sweetest?! He's one of the new releases from the Fall/Winter 2009 collection from Whipper Snapper. Love, love, love him! But my, is he a big stamp! LOL This is a standard 4.25" x 5.5" card and as you can see, he takes up most of it! I might have to cut him out next time I use him and mat him onto a different sized panel. Now, if I had oval nesties to mount him on, that would make for a great card! (Mental note to self: move oval nesties to the top of my wish list!)

He's again colored with reinkers and an aquapainter and that awesome cloud paper is from Reminisce. The sentiment was computer generated.

I have a funny story to tell you about a particular balloon.

Last Monday, while I was home from work, I was busy cleaning and stuff in our tiny, single floor apartment. The way it's set up, the two bedrooms (ours and Syd's) are connected by a bathroom. As I was tidying her room, the almost deflated foil balloon that daddy bought her kept getting in my way. It floated about 3 feet off the ground at the moment, that's how deflated it was.! I had moved onto our room and I was making our bed and this balloon somehow traveled from Syd's room and was now hovering over our bed! So like a kid who had escaped from time out, I grabbed it and moved it back to Syd's room again. A half hour later I'm at my craft desk in the living room and I can see into my room from there. I look up and what has made it's way back into our room again?! That limp looking balloon! This went on all day too! I eventually popped it because it was starting to creep me out a little. :D

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies
Stamps: Whipper Snapper 'Beary Special Birthday', sentiment computer generated.
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Cool Caribbean, Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Certain Celery

Papers: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics, PP - Reminisce 'Cloud Puff'
Access: Ribbon, Machine Stitching, Sponges, Dimensionals

Would You Picnic With This Bear?

Thursday, July 16, 2009

# If you go out in the woods today, you're sure for a big surprise... #

Can you believe I found this song on You Tube the other day?! I couldn't help but sing this song while I was coloring this little picnic scene in. Doesn't he look just dapper in his cargo shorts? Still wouldn't picnic with him though...you never know what might tick him off! LOL

I built up this image with stamps from Anna Wight's cling set 'Beware Of Bears'. I stamped the picnic basket out first, then masked off a little bit of it so that Mr Bear could be stamped next and look like he was standing behind it. Then I masked off Mr Bear's face and stamped the forest's edge in the background. This week's CPS124 sketch was perfect for this little scene. I've been playing with my new edge punch from Martha Stewart! Love this punch! Then I used some chocolate raffia I found at Michaels. The sentiment is computer generated.

So let this be a warning to you all: Don't eat in the woods...you never know who might be looking on. ;)

Supplies

Stamps: Anna Wight/Whipper Snapper 'Beware of Bears'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Chocolate Chip, Buckaroo Blue, Creamy Caramel, Certain Celery, Old Olive, More Mustard, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Soft Sky, Distress Inks 'Black Soot'

Papers: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics, PP - BoBunny 'U Bug Me! Outdoors'

Access: Raffia, Martha Stewart Edge Punch, Circle Punches, Dimensionals

If Wishes Were Fishes

Monday, July 6, 2009

Hello! Me again!

A few weeks ago, I had a three way PM going with a couple of my SCS sisters and we decided impromptu, that we would take turns at playing with a card kit we would send each other just to see how different, or the same, our cards would turn out using the same supplies.

Mary was first up and she sent Kadie and I a fishing themed kit with lots of great paper and little embellishment goodies in it. And the image she sent was Mr Fishing Chicken! :) I was a little bit more than happy since I had Anna's 'Hooked On Fishing' cling set with all it's fun fishing sentiments sitting front and center on my craft desk! :)

And this is what I came up with! I used this week's Sketch For You To Try for the layout and used the brads, paper and twine that Mary sent. Mr Chicken was colored up with SU reinkers and an aquapainter. The tags were made with MS tag punch that I picked up at Michaels.

Love Mr Chicken don't you?? Thanks for the challenge Mary - I hope I did you proud! Kadie has her card up and Mary's is posting hers later today. Can't wait to see it! I have got to start thinking about the kit I'll be sending them. Hmmmm....might need to lie by the pool today and think about it some more. ;)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies

Stamps: Whipper Snapper 'Fishing Chicken' and 'Hooked On Fishing'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', So Saffron, More Mustard, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Old Olive, True Thyme. Going Gray, Sahara Sand

Papers: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics, PP - Ask Mary!

Access: Prima Flowers, SU Brads, Twine, Martha Steward Tag Punch

Hooked On Fishing

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Good Morning!

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! We had no less than three BBQ's all weekend and as you can imagine; we're knackered! :) It's also why this post is a little late today. Sorry about that. It was a great weekend though.

So, yesterday morning while I was on the phone with my husband giving him a list of things to get at the grocery store, I get an email from a friend on SCS telling my that I was the featured stamper on SCS. Hold the press: What did you say?!? I immediately told hubby, I had to get off the phone because something major was going down! LOL Turns out, it was true! Me?! The SCS featured stamper this week?! I kept shaking my head in disbelief. I thought only big names got to be featured stampers...not newbies like me. What a huge honor though. I can't stop grinning! :D

Ok, getting back to why you stop by my blog - I have another card to show you today!


I really wanted to play the Weekend Sketch Challenge WSC87 this week because I haven't had the opportunity these last few weeks. And thankfully, the sketch was exactly what I needed to show off the 'Hooked On Fishing' set from Whipper Snapper and Anna Wight. If you've never played with Anna's cling sets before and you love to color, you really need to try them out. They are awesome to color up and I really love that you get a ton of sentiments with them because that's probably what I lack most in my collection.

SweetMissDaisy herself, Anna Wight, and Whipper Snapper will have (at very least!) two more sets to release this month, so be on the look out for them. And you don't want to miss who will be her new featured designers for the next two months! I've just had the BEST TIME designing for Anna and I know these new gals will too. Thank you Anna!! Don't worry though, this is not the last time you've seen me play with stamps from Whipper Snapper. I have a huge order arriving on Wednesday - most of them are from their Fall/Winter 2009 new releases! My hands are itching to color them up!!

Be on the look out for another card from me today too. I was too exhausted last night to finish it, so I'm doing that this morning. :) I've got some girls waiting on me to get this done!

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Just a reminder: Hanna Stamps is having their July release party tonight, starting at 9PM EST in the Hanna Stamps member forum on SCS. I'll be there, so pop in and say hi, ok? :)


Supplies
Stamps: Whipper Snapper/Anna Wight 'Hooked On Fishing'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', So Saffron, More Mustard, Really Rust, Cool Caribbean, Ruby Red, Going Gray, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen and Vintage Photo'
Papers: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics, PP - K&Company 'Actopus to Zelephant'
Access: Ribbon, Circle Punches, Sponges, Dimensionals

Need An Escape?

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Hello!

Thank you for all the birthday wishes for Syd. She scored in the presents department! She now has a scooter, a soccor ball and a bean bag to add to her collection of 'stuff'. The cupcakes we mad for her daycare class went over well and we ended the day with cheesecake! Yum!

Here's another card I created with the recently released "Beware of Bears" cling set from Anna Wight and Whipper Snapper.

This scene just looks so peaceful and serene, doesn't it? I love the stamp in this set! I used the 'Green Stack' paper from DCWV. It's perfect for this set because it has some woodgrain paper and back to nature paper in in it. I snagged my stack from my local Joann's, which I usually never go to, so I scored on that trip! I'll have a few more cards to show you from this Anna Wight collection early next week, so be on the look out for them. (I was so swamped with work last week, I'm playing catch up this week!)

In case you're not on the Whipper Snapper mailing list, they just released their Fall/Winter 2009 stamps for the season. Talk about super cute stamps! I got my order in and there were still a few more stamps on my wishlist! LOL

See you tomorrow with another blooming card! ;)

Supplies

Stamps: Whipper Snapper/Anna Wight 'Beware Of Bears'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Close To Cocoa, Certain Celery, Old Olive, True Thyme, Cool Caribbean
Papers: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics, PP - DCWV 'The Green Stack' collection
Access: Ribbon, Twill, Machine Stitching, Dimensionals, Sponges

Whipper Snapper Release

Monday, June 22, 2009

Happy Monday everyone!

And it's an extra special day because it's the June release day for Whipper Snapper and Anna Wight has created not one or two, but three sets this month! And the best part?? They all work together really well!

Those sets are 'Hooked on Fishing', 'Great Outdoors' and 'Beware of Bears'. With the exception of the cloud, I mainly used the 'Great Outdoors' set for this card.

The pick-up, or 'ute' as they're called in Australia, the caravan and the line of pine trees from the 'Great Outdoors' set. The cloud is in the 'Hooked On Fishing' set. I first stamped the caravan and ute using a stampamijg to place them properly (I'm anal that way!). Then I used a Post It note to mask them off and stamp the line of trees behind them. Then I colored the whole scene in with SU reinkers and an aquapainter.

The edges were sponged with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo to age the image a bit. I wanted to create a postcard feel to this card so I used small scalloped decorative scissors (from Michael's) in reverse to create the perforated edge.

After piecing the card together, I wasn't happy with how flat it looked, so I stamped out another ute and caravan, colored and cut them out and popped them on dimensionals. Much better!

I can't wait to show you the rest of the sets! I think they may be my favorite sets yet! :) Please check out what the other WSFD are doing with this set - you WON'T be disappointed!

Julie Campbell
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This week is shaping up to be a busy one! I have a Twinkling challenge/card for you tomorrow, then at least one blog hop to participate in, another Hanna Stamps challenge on Friday and somewhere in between all that, I have another card to make for the next round of the 2S4Y Ultimate Card Showdown challenge! I'm getting tired just thinking about it all! LOL

As always, thanks so much for stopping by today!

Supplies
Stamps: Whipper Snapper 'Great Outdoors'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Buckaroo Blue, Cool Caribbean, Old Olive, Really Rust, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Going Gray, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Black Soot'
Papers: Canson Watercolor, Very Vanilla, Bazzil Basics, PP - K&Company 'Actopus to Zelephant'
Access: Button, Twine, Decorative Scissors, Dimensionals

Howdy Partner!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Howdy y'all!

Thank you everyone who left the sweetest comments yesterday about my Top 20 achievements! It's a huge honor for me to even have made it this far and to be amongst some crazy good talented women. I hope the idea starting to form in my head for the next card really wows the judges! (It's not wowing me yet! LOL)

Anywho...today is Tuesday and that means 9 year old Madelynn has another sketch for us to play with! And this week, well, it's a bit of a doozer! (I'm beginning to feel like I say that every week! hahaha) Well, it kind of is with all those horizontal and vertical panels, but I found a way around them - stitching! Brilliant!

I feel like a big smarty pants for figuring this out! LOL I always think of ribbon or strips of paper so this was a huge lightbulb moment for me! :D

I'm playing with another underwater sea creature from Anna Wight's/Whipper Snapper's cling set, Swimming By' released last month. (Be on the look out for a sneaky peek at June's sets in the near future!) I've named him Mr. Octavius - Cowboy Extraordinairre. :) He's colored up with SU reinkers and the background was watercolored and sponged with Antique Linen and Tea Dye Distress Inks.

See that yummy paper; I bought it about two years ago and have never touched it until the other day! I had to have it of course! Can you imagine a real octipus trying to ride a horse?!? I don't know who'd be more frightened! LOL


I created a little lasso with some twine for an embellie and a cowboy card wouldn't be complete without some eyelets now would it? ;) I think this might be my favorite card yet! :)

If you'd like to play along this week, head over to Madelynn's blog to check out the sketch. Create your card and if you upload it to SCS or PCP, use the keyword MTTSC27 so the Twinkettes can leave you some love! I do try to check out the gallery over the weekend to see the cards, so don't think we don't look. This week's fabulous featured Twinkette is Jacquie Peiffer! Definitely check out Jacquie's blog - it's FULL of great projects!

Have a fabulous Tuesday!

Supplies
Stamps: Whipper Snapper 'Swimming By', Karen Foster Snap Stamps (discontinued)
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Taken With Teal, Really Rust, So Saffron, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain'
Papers: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics, PP - Cosmo Cricket - Wanted Collection 'Buffalo Bill'
Access: Twine, Eyelets, Machine Stitching, Tim Holtz Edge Distresser, Sponges, Dimensionals

Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road??

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Because he was driving his Ford pickup of course!

I think this just might be my favorite Anna Wight/Whipper Snapper stamp I own. Not that I own a huge collection, but this one just makes me smile every time I see it. :) Who knew chickens could drive?!


On Monday night I sat at my craft table flicking through my binders trying to decide what image to color up and Mr Chicken practically jumped off the cling sheet at me! ;) The fact that my car broke down that day might have had something to do with it. Apparently it was a broken coil or something like that. Thank the Lord it was an easy fix this time! So on Monday night, coloring was my therapy. :)


Again, I used reinkers and an aquapainter to color this image. From start to finish, it took me about 45-60 minutes to color and that's including waiting for the layers of color to dry. I left some highlights, but I also used a white Gelly Roll pen to add some extra highlights. The plaid patterned paper and stitching really pull this image together don't you think? I'm going to have to get myself some more of that polka dot ribbon. It's from Michaels in that $1 rack of mini ribbon reels. Loooooove it!

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Tomorrow I have a Riley card for you!

Supplies
Stamps: Whipper Snapper 'Ford Chicken'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Morning Marigold, Ruby Red, Buckaroo Blue, Cool Caribbean, Sahara Sand, Going Grey, Distress Inks 'Black Soot & Vintage Photo'
Papers: Canson Watercolor, Kraft, Core'dinations ColorCore, PP - K&Company 'Classic K Margo Collection'
Access: Ribbon, Button, Twine, Machine Stitching, Sponges, Dimensionals

A Fin-tastic Day!

Monday, June 8, 2009

It's a VERY happy morning for me! Can you guess why??

I found out yesterday that my Cutie Pie card made the Top 30 cardmakers on 2sketches4you Ultimate Card Showdown!! Ahhhhh! Can you believe that?! And it's all thanks to my husband for making me do this second card! LOL

I was so excited when I found out; then I checked out the other 29 cards that made it into the Top 30 and I haven't been able to pick my jaw up off the floor since!! Holy Moly! I think I'm in over my head a little! Anyone got a mojo dance or ritual they wanna share so I can make sure my mojo doesn't fail me this week?! I'm all ears! LOL

Ok, enough about that; onto today's card! This was the only card I managed to complete all weekend! Hubby wasn't working and the weather was gorgeous so we spent most of the two days outside or running errands. I barely spent any time at my table. I even got a bit of sun! :)

How cute is this fishy?! I couldn't help coloring him in Goldfish colors! He looks exactly like the crackers doesn't he?! hehe This fishy is in the 'Swimming By' set by Whipper Snapper and his party accessories are included in that set. He'd make great birthday cards for little kids, wouldn't he?

I watercolored Mr Goldfish with the reinkers and an aquapainter. The background was sponged with two shades of blue ink. I knew as soon as I pulled this patterned paper from Scenic Route that it was a perfect match to the blue panel. It was all the other layers I had trouble with! LOL I tried for hours to get a good balance. Finally I just took an afternoon nap with Sydney and it all made sense when I woke up! Nothing like a good nap to set you straight! hahaha

I know you guys like wish you could see my coloring in real life, so I hope these snap shots I do help you see the detail in the images. Watercoloring can be this bright; it just takes a few layers of color to get the intensity.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I've got a house to clean today, but I'm off to my local scrapbook store to look for some inspiration! ;)

Supplies

Stamps: Whipper Snapper 'Swimming By'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Pink Passion, Old Olive

Papers: Canson Watercolor, Georgia Pacific, Bazzil Basics, Bazzil Bling, PP - Scenic Route

Access: Dew Drops, Dimensionals

Such A Beach Bum!

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Days just fly by don't they?!

One minute it's Monday, then before you know it, it's mid way through the week already! I feel like I need to make better use of my time or start keeping task lists rather than keeping them in my head because I tell ya, things are just getting out of hand in the MacLean household! *insert frazzled look here*

I could use a day at the beach right about now. :) Ahhhh, yes....soaking up some of that glorious sun, and the sound of waves lapping the shore line...ahhh, yes please! The sound I'm currently trying to block out is a chainsaw digging it's teeth into a tree right outside our apartment. Not so pleasant!

At least I could daydream for a bit while making these little beauties for you! These beach dwellers are from Anna Wight's new Whipper Snapper cling set, aptly named 'Beach Bum'. :) I wanna be a beach bum!

From the moment this set arrived on my doorstep, I have wanted to stamp this chicken up! But I showed some restraint and let him sit while I showed some of the other stamps some loving. haha Isn't he just the best?! I colored him up with some yellow reinkers and then gave him some sunburn...oops! I mean 'color' with the Really Rust reinker. :) Although, if you ask my husband, he thinks Mr. Chicken now has a bad case of the pox! LOL

My second card is a tribute to the quintessential beach bum - Mr. Crab! No one loves the sand and surf more than him. He can withstand all the elements because of that tough shell of his. Ever had heat stroke? I did once as a kid and let me tell you - it ain't fun!

Speaking of tans and sun; last winter my dear friend back in Australia sent me photos of her and her family and the first thing I blurted out was "Geez, will you look how tanned they are!" Stuck in the middle of a New England winter, their tans looked like golden rays of sunshine! It's already June and my skin looks as pasty white as it did in January - time to do something about it, I think.

Have a fabulous day!!

Supplies

Card 1

Stamps: Whipper Snapper 'Beach Bum'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', So Saffron, More Mustard, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Ballet Blue, Creamy Caramel, Close To Cocoa

Papers: Canson Watercolor, Georgia Pacific, Bazzil Basics, PP - K&Company 'Citronella'

Access: Button, Decorative Scissors, Twine, Nestibilities, Dimensionals

Card 2

Stamps: Whipper Snapper 'Beach Bum'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Really Rust, Morning Marigold, Pumkin Pie

Papers: Canson Watercolor, Kraft, Bazzil Basics, PP - K&Company 'Citronella' and 'Actopus to Zelephant'

Access: Raffia, Dimensionals, Paper Piercer

Just Keep Swimming

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

G'day everyone!

Nine year old Madelynn has another sketch for us to play today! The sketch is below, but you can find all the details on her blog, Twinkling Tuesday. (Well, maybe not right this second since it's 3am EST when I posted this, but it'll be up a little later!)

I used another cutie sea creature from Anna Wight's 'Swimmin By' set from Whipper Snapper. I love playing with these little guys!! This sea horse was perfect for the center panel because it's small in size. I stamped it out twice and colored one completely, cut it out, ran the black marker around the edges then popped it on the other image with dimensionals. The background was quickly painted with Cool Caribbean on watercolor paper.

The four squares were sponged along their edges with Vintage Photo Distress Inks and matted on Bazzil paper. Do you see the sea horses on the patterned paper?? How cool is that?! It's from the same 'DayDreams' paper stack from K&Company as that submarine paper I used last week. Who knew that paper stack would come in handy for so many cards?!

This week's featured Design Team girl is the super talented Heather Lee-Reppen! Head over to her blog then check out the rest of Madelynn's Twinkling girls blogs to see what they did with this sketch! If you think you'd like to play along, upload your card to SCS or PCP and use the keyword MTTSC24 so we can find your card and leave you some love! :)

Be on the look out for another post this morning! I have a secret project I can't wait to show you!

Supplies

Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs 'Swimming By'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Always Apricot, Regal Rose, Really Rust, Morning Marigold, Cool Caribbean, Distress Inks 'Vintage Photo'

Paper: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics, PP - K&Company 'DayDreams'

Access: Robins Nest Dew Drops, Scalloped Square Punch, Sponges, Dimensionals