Early Bird

I made this scene using the TAC Early Bird set. Did you know that this set was going to only be released for a limited time in January and now ... it is available at the regular price.

I stamped the tree trunk and then masked it. Then I stamped the top of the tree with green. I colored in the tree with my pencils and OMS. I stamped the bird on yellow paper and paper pieced him. The sky and grass were then sponged in and the sentiment stamped in black. Black and white polka dot ribbon added and viola!

I made this for a friend of mine's mom who is starting a difficult journey .. quitting smoking ... a little birdy told me that :) ... I hope it keeps her motivated to keep going.

I made this card with the TAC vintage set called S.W.A.K. (Sealed with a Kiss)that is out this month only!!

I stamped the image in black and then embossed him with clear embossing powder. I colored in the flowers with my tombow markers. Used my hole punch on the scallop circle ... and added my dots to the outer edge of the card. Tied a black and white ribbon to the card and viola!

Do you love this set as much as I do??? Hurry it is only available until February 28th and then it goes back in the vault ... just like the Disney movies.

Black and White Image

Colored Image - Chalks

Colored the image with my Basic Bright Chalk Kit. I used pinks and purples and then also highlighted parts of the butterfly with my Stardust Glitter pen.

Here is the finished card

I used the chalks along with a punched scallop circle. The other image was colored with chalks as well. Notice how I covered up the butterfly in the middle of the swirls? That is the beauty too of papercrafting ... just cover up items that you don't want to see with other images - BRILLIANT! I also used Lilly Anna patterned paper on this card as well as some lilac cardstock. Added a darker mauve grosgrain ribbon and viola!

Chalking is even great for black and white clip art that you print off on your computer. Try it today!

For more inspiration visit the following blogs:

Melisa
Barbra
Christina
Bridgett
Betsy
Laurie
Allison
Deb
Anna
Gloria

Some Bunny

This is one of the new sets in "Serendipity" our new Magalogue called Some Bunny. I love this little guy. I colored him with colored pencils and OMS. I mounted him on a scalloped circle. I used the new Tombow white gel pen to add dots to the blue layer. I really like how it turned out.

Little Cupcake

Here is a card made with some of my new Magalogue stamps - Little Cupcake. Simple and cute. Pierced corners using a thumbtack and my plastic canvas. Scallop circle punched out of black. Image stamped in black and colored with colored pencils and OMS. The icing had white liquid applique applied and puffed with my heat gun. Yummy!

I used the Vintage Set this month called Sealed with a Kiss for this post-it note pad holder. I started by covering 2 coasters with Uptown Girl paper. Then I used my Bind-it-All to punch the holes and crimp the wire. I then tied black and white polka dot ribbon to the wire.

The pig was stamped on pink paper 3 times and once on a white circle. I cut out just the nose of one pig. I cut out just the head with the flowers of another pig. I cut out the entire pig body on the last one. I colored the pig's tail on the white circle with a light pink Tombow marker. I colored the flowers with a darker pink and green Tombow markers. This was all mounted on a black scallop circle. "Just a Note" was stamped using the Tag Tidbits set.

The pig was paper pieced and put together with pop-dots to make it 3-dimensional.

The pink post-it notes were attached on the inside.

I made these at a fun shop this weekend and it went over very very well! It's a cute cute project and makes a great gift.

These were the valentine's that Chase and I made for his class. We first used the new Sizzix Die - Shaker Box. Chase loved turning the crank on the machine! We then used another Sizzix Die to make the big heart on the front. The entire box was randomly stamped with a heart from the Love Blooms set. The "To:" is from the Christmas Circles set. Chase personalized each one with his classmate's name.

The inside has a overhead transparency cut and adhered to hold the treats inside. Chase picked his favorite treat for these M&Ms! The inside had another stamp saying be mine (from $1 Studio G) and mounted on a scallop circle. The "From:" is from the Christmas Circles set. Chase signed each one for his classmate.

The Finished Product!

Thanks Chase for making these with me ... I'm sure your classmates will LOVE them!

It's the smell of NEW Rubber!!!!

So excited ... My new magalogue order arrived yesterday and I am just starting to index and mount these babies - oh .. not all of them are mine by the way :)

I am doing a FUN SHOP party in town on Sunday for 5-6 women ... we are going to use these new stamps for their projects! YEA!!! I have designed 3 totally cute projects for them!!!

Girly ATC

Co-Worker's Wedding

2 of my co-workers are getting married and I was asked to make a card for their shower. This is what I came up with. The bride loves my cards and the simplicity of them with all of the details ... so I hope this one will fit that bill as well.

I used the wedding cake from TAC's Everyday Events and colored in the decorations with silver Twinkling H2Os and added a dot of silver Stickles. (It really shines in real life). I mounted that on a black nestability oval that I added metallic rub-ons to. I then mounted that to a silver oval. I pop-dotted that entire piece.

I cut a piece of black that I punched with Fiskars threading water punch. I added silver metallic rub-ons to that piece as well. I added a white grosgrain ribbon and white prima flowers. I added silver Stickles to the centers of the primas. Stamped "congratulations" from the same stamp set just above the flowers and viola!

Hand stamped/made cards are such a nice thing!

Faux Leather

I am in a swap with some TAC ladies where we have to create a card with a "technique". I chose the faux leather technique.

For this technique you need the following supplies:
White Fun Foam (I like the kind with adhesive on back)
Heat Gun
Stamps
Brown Ink (I used Palette Burnt Umber)

Technique:
First you cut the fun foam a little bit bigger than the desired finished size (it will shrink a little bit). Heat the fun foam with the heat gun until the edges curl up. Immediately press the stamp firmly into the heated fun foam for about 15 seconds. Apply brown ink directly to the fun foam. Rub the ink until the desired look is achieved. Impressed areas will stay white or lighter, giving it a tooled look. Trim and use accordingly.

Faux Card

For this card I used the technique above with the TAC Spring Flowers set. I mounted everything on dark brown paper. I stamped the leaves randomly at the bottom with Palette Burnt Umber ink and "thanks" from the Tag Tidbits set is also stamped with that ink. Tan grosgrain ribbon was added to the middle of the card.

Thanks for stopping by ... hope you try out this technique!