Coloring on kraft

Hi I haven't done this technique is a very long time

and thought I would give it a try on kraft paper.

I stamped on kraft cardstock using one of the stamps from the

December 2017 KOTM.  Then using my Prisma pencils I

colored just one of the flowers.

I cut it out using a Gina Marie stitched die and added a

banner sentiment.  The sentiment is also a Unity Stamp.

And that was it a very simple quick card to put together.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend.

Black & White Card

Hi, the current challenge over at the Unity (Shoe & Tell)

Facebook page is to make a card using only black & white.

It sounded interesting so I thought I would give it a try

and here is white I came up with. 

The flower image is from the Dec 2017 KOTM called 

"Start of Something New" and the sentiment I

stamped and heat embossed, is from the set

called "Butterflies and Sunbeams"

The lacey back piece is a die from Gina Marie and it

cut from a pearly white piece of paper, the sentiment is

on the same paper. You can't see it in the picture but

the whole center piece is pop dotted for a bit of dimension.

Now I thought it would be fun to do one with the colors

opposite, so here it is.

So tell me which one do you like better.  I think I

am leaning towards the first one.

Thanks for stopping by.

Beautiful Poppies

The current challenge on the Unity Stamps Facebook

page "Unity Show & Tell" is to do some water coloring.

                      I love to use my Zig Clean Color pens to watercolor.  

                                   The colors are so vibrant. Here is what 

I came up with, following this sketch from Stamp Nation.

I used the poppy stamp from the Unity Septemeber 2017

kit of the month called "Flowers, Foilage & Fall".

I love poppies when we go to see my Mom in Colorado

there are poppies all over the place.

I used 3 colors on the poppies, a red, an orange and a yellow

then blended it out with an aqua brush.  I added some

very pale blue to the background, it looks much better

in person, the picture makes it look much darker than it is.

I hope you like my card.

Challenges entered:

Crafty Addicts - anything goes optional flowers - ends 7/3

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes - ends 7/4

Creative Moments - anything goes - ends 7/9

Fall Candles

Hi back to share a different kind of project for me, it is

not a card...................

I had done this many many years ago when I first started on my stamping journey, probably around 1996 and had forgotten about

it till I recently seen someone make one.  

So the challenge right now over at the Unity Stamp Facebook

Show & Tell group is to create something other than a card and thought

well, this is the perfect time to make some of these again.

I stamped on tissue paper using a couple of the stamps that were in

the August 2017 Unity Stamp KOTM.  I then colored the images

using my Copic markers and trimmed the tissue paper so there was not a whole bunch of extra around the image but not as close as fussy cutting.  You have to be a little gentle as to not tear the delicate tissue paper. 

 I had bought a two pack of plain white wax pillar candles. Using my Ranger heat tool I gently heated an area of the candle them placed the colored

image over it, it will not all stick down yet I just do this so it stays

in place till I move to the next step.  Then once it is right where I

want it to go, I continue to heat over the image moving around the heating tool because you do not want to over melt the candle.  Just keep heating

and moving around the heating tool till the tissue paper edges seem

to disappear into the candle.   Then I placed my second leaf and repeated

the process and that is it.  It is actually pretty easy.  I suppose

you could use a hairdryer if you don't have a heat tool.

I added some twine and buttons to the bottom to dress them up a bit.

I will take these to my daughters for Thanksgiving so she can

use them as decorations, or burn them if she wishes to.

          They would make great gifts for the holidays and so easy to make,

 the possibilities are endless.   In fact, it will be

on my gift giving list this year. 

               Unity Stamps is having a huge sale right now so if you have

had your eye on now is the time to pick up those stamps. 

Snowman Couple

Hi, it is that time of the month again (oh no not that time lol)

for the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge over at the 

Crafting Circle.

Each month starting on the 15th we have a challenge that is 

sponsored by Bugaboo where you just need to color up a

Bugaboo image and enter it in the challenge. 

Don't have any Bugaboo images, no problem Bugaboo offers

                         a freebie every Friday and if you look around I am 

                                sure you will find some images you like. 

So for my card this month I chose to use this adorable little

Snowman Couple.

 Aren't they just the cutest?  Well there is a reason I chose this image

beside their cuteness is, recently my son got engaged and I thought this

would make the perfect Christmas card to send them for their

1st Christmas as an engaged couple. 

I struggled so much on how I wanted to do this card, first I was going to

put them in a snowglobe and make a shaker card, but decided not too

because I didn't want them to be covered with things.

I was trying to keep it rather simple.   I randomly stamped on white paper

with a couple of snowflake stamps from the October 

Unity Kit of the Month and also some Hero Arts stamps

then I heat embossed them with white glossy

embossing powder.  

I colored the snow couple using my Copic markers and accented with some

glitter pens on the ornaments.  Her hat I added white fluff to

the band and the ball on the top, a couple details that are hard

to see in the picture.  Then I cut the image out using a

Gina Marie die that actually embosses the edges.

I then created a label in Cricut Design Space and wrote

out the Merry Christmas using my Explore and a black

Pilot Precision V5 pen.  Then fit right in your Explore

and I love the fine line they write with.

I pop dotted both the image and the label to give it some dimension.

Well thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and visit my

blog.  Head on over the Bugaboo Crafty Challenge and join in

the fun. 

A Couple of Christmas Cards

Hi, I have two Christmas cards to share with you.

Well, they are pretty much both the same just in different colors.

I created the card following the sketch this week over at

Retro Rubber Challenges.

I was looking at the sketch trying to figure out what I was going to do, I actually set up a cut file in Cricut Design space.  Then I was looking through my Christmas stamps when I ran across this Unity Stamps Christmas tree
stamp from last year, so I thought well I will just flip this sketch on its side.
I rarely do this, normally I follow the sketch to a "T" but I thought
this was the perfect stamp. 
So here is what I came up with.

Red version, trees are stamped using the trees that were in
the Joyous Season set from October of 2016.  This one was stamped
using Catherine Pooler ink "Rockin Red" and heat embossed with clear.
The Merry Christmas is from a Hero Arts set from 2014, that I heat embossed with gold.

And the green version, I stamped using Distress Ink "Mowed Lawn" and
heat embossed with clear.  The Merry Christmas on this one I cut from gold
foil paper using a Gina Marie die.

The background paper on both cards is from a paper stack
from K&Company named Yuletide.  I have had this paper for several years.

This card was easy to create and I can see mass producing these to get
ahead on my Christmas cards for this year. 

Challenges entered:

A Snowflakes Promise - anything goes - ends - 11/13

Creates and Makes - anything goes - ends 11/27

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes - ends 11/6

Kraft and White Challenge

Hi, the card I have to share with you today is for the color

challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays.

The challenge is to use 

What a great combination, lately I have really enjoyed working

with kraft cardstock.  You can get some really neat effects coloring on it,

but for this one there is no coloring.

A very simple card but I think has a big impact.

I embossed the background with a Cuttlebug folder, then the kraft panel I cut out using a Gina Marie cross stitched die.  I stamped the flower using a Unity stamp and heat embossed it in white.  The sentiment is from the last Stamp of Approval box that was also heat embossed in white.  I added a few sequins to give it 

just a touch of sparkle.

Well that is it, head on over to CAS-ual Fridays and join in the fun

and see what you can come up with.

Challenges entered:

CAS-ual Fridays - kraft & white - ends 9/5

Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes - ends 9/10

Pammies Inky Pinkie - anything goes - ends 9/3

Sunflowers in a Jar

Hi, this card was made following the sketch this week at

Tuesday Morning Sketches, I love to play along here when I can.

Here is the sketch.

I flipped it sideways so I could fit my sunflower image that came

in this months Unity Kit of the Month.

I stamped the image onto kraft card stock and colored it using my
Polychromo pencils.  The sentiment is an Altenew stamp.
I loved the place paper and thought it would pull all my colors together,
it is from a DCWV stack a few years back called Autumn Amber.

Thanks for stopping to take a peek at my blog.

Challenges entered:

Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch - ends 8/20

Power Poppy - hues to use - no ending

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes - ends 8/22

Tuesday Throwdown - anything goes - ends 8/22