1/6/14

Prima's Mix'd Media Doll Stamps

This past year I have had so much fun working with Prima's Mix'd Media doll stamps.  I absolutely love them so I thought I'd show you what I created with them - from bookmarks to cards to gift bags.








 
 
 

And here's what I did with the legs I cut off some of the stamped images - I just couldn't bear to throw them away!!



I hope you like my creations.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

1/4/14

Live a Creative Life

 
 
 
Sin City Stamps is having a design team call and this is my submission.
 
 
 



Starting with wrinkled tissue paper, attach to canvas board with Mod Podge. Allow to dry before proceeding.






















Using several colors of Izink, a liquid pigment ink, place drops on a craft sheet then spritz with water.

















Pick up assorted colors of Izink and paint over the canvas randomly, allowing the colors to sit on top of the wrinkled tissue paper.  Spritz the canvas with water and then rotate the canvas allowing the colors to move around.  Allow to dry or heat set.









Using  a diamond  stamp, stamp around the edges of the canvas board in a distressed fashion.  Stamp sentiment directly on the canvas.  Stamp several of the words on chipboard.  Ink edges and adhere to the canvas with the Best Glue Ever.  Ink arrows and rub Izink on top.  Ink butterflies with several colors of ink and emboss with Clear embossing powder.  Add to canvas with the Best Glue Ever.


  







Die cut a trellis, ink and emboss with clear embossing powder.  Die cut several leaves and mix among the trellis.  Ink the flowers with several colors of Izink and adhere with the Best Glue Ever. 




















Ink, emboss and heat set a small tag, then use stickers to add "play" on top.   Tie a ribbon to the tag and add it under the flowers.



Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Ink, Embossing Powder:  Clearsnap
Chipboard:  Basically Bare, Gina's Designs
Pigment Ink:  Izink
Flowers:  Prima
Dies:  Cheery Lynn, Spellbinders
Stamps: Stampavie, Sin City Stamps

Thanks for stopping by today.


Steph

1/3/14

Basically Bare Sneak Peak

There are some awesome new products coming out at CHA. 

Here's a sneak peak of something very different I'm sure you will love from Basically Bare.  You know they make some awesome chipboard elements.  Can you figure out what this is?





Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

1/2/14

Winter is better

The newest challenge at OOzak.com is to use blues.  When I think of blues, I think of winter so I used Memory Box Snow border die along with Spellbinders Gazebo


The gazebo was added to a Spellbinders circle with some dots for a little dimension.  The snow border was placed behind the circle and the sentiment was placed to the right of the gazebo.


Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

1/1/14

Happy Moo Year

Hi everyone.  It's Wednesday and that means its time for a new challenge at Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps.   This week's Simple Salutations Challenge  #  78   is to create a New Year's card.


 


I used the On the Town and Country Charm stamp sets.

Don't forget to enter your card here for a chance to win some stamps.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

12/31/13

Winter on Mushroom Lane

It's a new challenge at Cornish Heritage Farms   and I'd love to see you create a winter themed card. With so many stamps and digital images available to you in the store,   you have tons of options.

I chose to work with Christmas at 16 Mushroom Lane.  Isn't this digital stamp perfect for this challenge?



 

The background paper was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The image was colored with Zig Markers and then die cut.  The sentiment is from the Night Before Christmas.

Don't forget to stop by everyone's blog today for more inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

12/25/13

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone.

It's Wednesday and that means its time for a new challenge at Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps. 
Come on and try them, you'll love them and there is a chance to win some awesome stamps from Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps.

This week's Simple Salutations Challenge #75 is all about creating a Christmas/Holiday Card and, since today is Christmas, I wanted to show off this card. 





 Don't forget to enter your card here for a chance to win some stamps.

 
Steph

12/21/13

Robin's Nest Design Team

I am so excited for this amazing opportunity!!!

Meet our New Design Team

We could not be prouder of the amazing Team

Our Core Team

Terri Sproul - Our Team Leader - she will be helping out organizing and promote each of the amazing designer we have

Michelle Cumming - She is our Friday Girl, she post fun projects 

Robin O'Crowley - The Name Sake of the company - she post fun projects from her travels each Wednesday. Make sure you stop by and travel the world with her.

Our Altered Art Team:
This team will be post Altered Art/Mixed Media  Projects each and every Sunday.  Now lets meet them, each name will have a Link to their personal blog

Tonya Wilson:  
Lorrie Jones
Aimee Wheaton
Jessica Kephart

Our Card Team
This team will inspired you to make amazing designer cards, each Tuesday and Thursday.  Now lets meet them. each name will have a link to their personal blog

Steph Ackerman
Cely Haven
Ro Donner

Our Scrapbook Layout Team
This Team will inspire you with amazing Scrapbook Layouts, to help preserve you family memories.
Now let meet this team, all name have links to their blogs

Robin Redd
Marilla Lopes

Video
This Term we are hoping to inspire you with Video and we are so lucking to have

Lee Brehon

Our International Team
We are so lucking to have an amazing international team - this team is from all over the WORLD.  They will inspire you from their part of the world.

Bev Code
Veronika Galenko
Leila Cardoso

 
Steph

12/20/13

Who luvs u?

It's my day to post on the Basically Bare blog.  Check out my post using the Owl Embellies. 



 
 
 
 

I inked the owl with several shades of brown ink from Clearsnap, then assembled the owl.  Random left over stickers created a fun sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

12/18/13

Naughty or Nice

Hey everyone, it's a new challenge at The Crafters Challenge Blog.  Today's sponsor is Fred She Said and the challenge is to make it sparkle!

I loved this Naughty or Nice Elf  digi image, so I colored her with Coic Markers.  The coordinated sentiment was cut apart so that a piece could be added to the interior of the card.






The pattern paper is from MME and is totally sparkled up so it was perfect to use as the back drop for this little elf!



And the interior-------






Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph



Merry Christmas

Hi everyone. It's Wednesday and that means its time for a new challenge at Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps. 

This week's Simple Salutations Challenge #76 is all about using non traditional Christmas colors on your Christmas cards this week.

 
I chose to create a 4" square card this week used the Holiday Tags set with some pink and gray papers (love this combination).  I stamped branches from the Joyous Seasons set directly on the background paper, adding a few Robins Nest Dew Drops.  Santa was stamped on an oval die cut and the sentiment was added across the top of the card. 
 
Don't forget to enter your card here for a chance to win some stamps.

Thanks for stopping by today.
 
Steph
 
 

12/17/13

Better Not Pout

Hey everyone, it's a new challenge at Cornish Heritage Farms   and Frances would like us to create a card inspired by a Christmas Carol.

Working with the Night Before Christmas stamp set, I found this music sheet that I could use as a background.  The December calendar worked well as the base for my sentiment "Better not pout", which as you know comes from the Christmas song - Santa Claus is Coming to Town.





 

Don't forget to stop by everyone's blog today for more inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

12/15/13

Just for you Tags

Hi everyone, it's a new challenge on the  Oozak blog  and we'd love to see your  creations using something new and something old.  I needed some tags so I that's what I created.


 
 
The "old" is the Justrite Stampers I have had for awhile.  The "new" is the Spellbinders wreath die I recently received.

 
 
These are pretty easy to make too. Just emboss the tag with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and ink it with black ink.  Stamp the sentiment and die cut the wreath.  Assemble two layers of wreaths, adhere around the sentiments.   To simulate the berries, I used Robin's Nest Dew Drops, adhering them with the Best Glue Ever from ScraPerfect. 
 
 
Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin Up
Embossing:  Cuttlebug
Stamps: Justrite Stapers
Ink: Clearsnap
Dies: Spellbinders
Staples: Tim Holtz
Adhesive: ScraPerfect
Dew Drops: Robin's Nest
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.
 
Steph
 
 

12/11/13

Clearsnap and Stampendous blog hop

This time of year it's fun to create treat bags that everyone will love.

Check out my post on the Clearsnap blog.
 





Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

Christmas

Hi everyone. It's Wednesday and that means its time for a new challenge at Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps. This week's Simple Salutations Challenge #75 is to use a tag on your card.



I used the Holiday Tag set, fussy cutting Santa and sitting him upon the tag with foam adhesives.


Be sure to check out the challenges at Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps for your chance to win some stamps. Don't forget to enter your card here for a chance to win some stamps.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

12/10/13

Solace

Good morning everyone.  It's Thomas Kinkade week at Cornish Heritage Farms. 

This week I'm using  The Forest Chapel   stamp which is another incredibly detailed stamp.  I stamped the image with Clearsnap's Blackbird  Chalk Ink, then I added touches of color with Zig Markers.  



Ranger Antique Linen and Broken China Distress Inks were used over the image to provide a twilight effect. Walnut Ink was used along the edges of the image and the card.  Then the completed image was matted with brown and blue cardstock to help accentuate the flowing stream.



Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

12/8/13

Oh Christmas Tree

Hey everyone, I've got a post on the Scor-pal blog today.

 
 
 
 



 
 
I
These are definitely quick cards to make. If you need a large number of cards, consider creating an assembly line format and your cards will be done in no time at all.


Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin Up
Pattern paper: KandCo.
Ink: Clearsnap
Stamp: Hero Arts
Die: Sizzix

Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph

12/4/13

Happy Birthday

Hi everyone. It's Wednesday and that means its time for a new challenge at Marks Finest Papers and Stamps     Come on and try them, you'll love them and there is a chance to win some awesome stamps from Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps.

This week's Simple Salutations Challenge #74 is all about creating masculine birthday cards.  I used theTiger and Time sets to create this card.



 
 
 
This card came together quickly by using the same papers and inks.  I stamped the Tiger on Kraft cardstock using Ranger Walnut Stain and gently inked the edges with additional Walnut Stain.  The "sorry" sentiment was stamped directly on an oval die cut.  Happy Birthday was stamped on cream cardstock, inked with Walnut Stain and mounted on Kraft cardstock.  It was then added tot he oval with pop dots for dimension.
 
Don't forget to enter your card here for a chance to win some stamps.

Thanks for stopping by today.
 
Steph
 

12/3/13

Santa's List

It's a new challenge at Cornish Heritage Farms   and since December 4 is Santa's List Day, Frances would like us to create a card inspired by Santa himself!  There are so many options here.

I chose to work with the Night Before Christmas stamp set, just adding some color to the perimeter of the image and the leaves on the sentiment.






To emphasize the image, I scored the cardstock above and below the image.  Since I used Core-dinations cardstock, the scoring allowed the under color to show through.

Don't forget to stop by everyone's blog today for more inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Steph


12/1/13

Birthday Wishes

Hi everyone.  It's a new challenge at Oozak.com and we'd love to see your creations about celebrations.



The pattern paper is from Bo Bunny's Praire Chic and I paired it with the new Wild Rose Studio stamp - Party Present - which I colored with Copic Markers, then fussy cut and placed atop a Spellbinders oval die cut.






Cardstock:  Bazzill
Pattern paper:  Bo Bunny Prairie Chic
Scoring tool:  Scor-Buddy
Adhesive:  Scor tape
Stamps:  Wild Rose Studios - Party Presents; Hero Arts
Markers:  Copic Markers

Thanks for stopping by,

Steph