Sunday, May 16, 2010
Broken vacation
Sorry all....we have been on vacation in California. The 3rd day we were here I fractured my right foot. It has not been what we planned but still fun to be with my boys. I brought some of my crafting supplies and have started on the three mini albums I wanted to get done. My guess is that I will be finishing these on the trip since my mobility and "mommy fun" factor is limited.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
rewind a bit....
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This is a Valentine I did for my sons friends and relatives from them. The first image is the front and the other is the inside. I filled in the truck body with a light grey watercolor pencil and used a bender pen to smooth out the color. Then I outlined in a glitter pen so it would look like a metallic silver truck. The hearts in the back are popped up and a few of them are outlined again in glitter. I love this stamp set. It has several different items you can put in the back and cute sentiments to match them. I am sure you will see this one again in another way.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Sorry it has been a while...
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Spring colds and spring cleaning have me a bit behind in my crafting. Plus I have been working on Mother's day gifts that I cannot post with out ruining it for certain people. I am also starting some mini albums that take longer to work on and finish. I know....just a bunch of excuses!
Well here is a card I made the same day I did my other purple card. The patterned paper has some sparkle in it so I just added a small rhinestone to the sentiment and popped up it up. I love the punch that clips the corners of paper to look like an old fashioned ticket. I used it on the sentiment and added an extra layer of matting. Looking at the picture of the card I think I will move the stamped flower over a bit to the right, funny how I am always tweaking things! Ugh, I need to get a bunch of cleaning done today so enjoy the card and wish me luck getting things done. :)
Friday, April 16, 2010
For the love of Purple
This card is very purple and that is what I love about it. Not only is purple (of almost any shade) my favorite color but I love the medallion stamp as well. If you look closely you can see the center of the biggest stamp is punched out and popped up as well. I thought about adding another color to that part but liked the saturation of color with just the metal brad to add something else. There is just a hint of spark added to each of the stamps. It is simple and yet somehow not, kinda like me. :)
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Inspiration
How do I design? Hmmm...
I love different papers and textures. There is some beautiful paper out there, as simple or as ornate as you want it to be. I love it. Sometimes it is simply the color of a certain paper that sparks a design idea. Other times it is a cute stamp set for sure. I use clear mount and wooden stamp sets and they both have aspects I like about them. Sometimes looking at other people's designs can bring out some cool ideas, add a couple things take some thing else away and it becomes my own.
I am still finding "my style" and learning new techniques so it is an ongoing process and I think it might always be.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Thyme for happiness
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I am not sure if you can tell from the photo but I used two different colors to ink this stamp. I then did a torn paper effect for layering and really rough inked edge to kind of match the torn paper. It was a very easy design but I think it turned out well, I am happy with it.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
My monkey boys
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This is the invitation for the boys party. I show it with the monkey showing and without. The monkey is embossed and then watercolored in to be lighter then the colors of the cake. On the inside of the card there was a plain brown monkey stamped and holding a bunch of bright yellow bananas that I embossed so the were all shiny and yummy looking. I did not include a shot of the inside just because it shows all kinds of information I would rather not post on the web for all to see. I don't know if you can really tell but the brown paper looks like it has hiking boot footprints on it. Good for my adventurous birthday boys.
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