Rain Puddles Design

Looking for InStyle Stamps blog hop?   Christmas in July Happy Saturday! Don't you just love specials? And when they come early it's even better. Sally-Ann is getting into August with the Offer of the Month now and... * 10% discount on all digi stamps until 6th Aug 2010 *  Those winter birds are absolutely adorable! There are two offers this month. One for your holiday crafting and one for the heat of the summer. Go see the rest of them and make a wishlist. Remember that they are also an additional 10% off! I'll be back with some crafty goodness with these little sweet songs!

It's Christmas in July for the InStyle Stamps Blog Hop today. We've just started the hop and you've come over to visit here from Genevieve's blog . She is such a talented lady! If your a Follower or just stopping by, please join us for a fun HOPping time. Just go to the InStyle Stamps Blog to start at the beginning. Remember to comment all along the way, because we can always use some comment love. Once you've gone all the way through the hop, GO VOTE for your favorite project and then leave one last comment on the blog so you can have a chance TO WIN four (4) digital downloads from InStyle Stamps. My project today is a nifty little tag ornament. I love to be practical and sometimes I can hit on the neatest little project. I'm using one of my new favorite Chloe images, Snowman Chloe . She's colored with Prismacolor markers and pencils. The pencils I blended with my Prismacolor Colorless Blender marker. I used my Nestabilitie...

I have a quick share for you today. I made a CAS card for one of the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges on SplitcoastStampers and aside from never getting a decent photograph of the card AND the sentiment at the bottom, I had overcome a fear while creating this card. I fear grayscale coloring so this card was my personal challenge for the month. I did give myself an exception to use color on anything organic, but I must have been enjoying the grayscale because I left out the tree and wreath in the window, and I'm sure that the bags and clothing would be consider organic. I did catch myself saying that I enjoyed coloring in grayscale, so I must have conquered the fear this time around. Detail of Mother Detail of Daughter Have a great Wednesday, and thanks for stopping by. Janelle Details: Card Size: 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches Stamps: A Day in the Life " Mother and Daughter " (computer generated sentiment Shishoni Brush TF) Paper: Neenah Classic Crest White Ink: Col...

I am so in love with InStyle Stamps Chloe images. I get excited every month to see the new images, but until next month comes along I'll just keep using these adorable christmas images. My card today is with Ornamental Chloe. The last creation with her was a soft blue and dainty image so this time I wanted to go bold! Did you see the tutorial from Angela last week for InStyle Stamps Method Monday? She absolutely is the best I've seen at coloring. She made an awesome tutorial on hair and skin and if you haven't seen it, you need to hop on over there and check it out.  I was so inspired by Angela that I had to try it out on Chloe even if I don't have Copics. You know how I love my Prismacolors. I have been meaning to try and use this pack of pre-printed acetate since almost the beginning of the year. I decided if I could cut out the ornament area and place it behind the image that it might have the effect of a clear glass ornament. I traced the cut out area on ano...

Super Tuesday everyone! My Monday was a bit of a flop, but I think that I'll have a better day today. I just put this card together with my own sketch idea and again, I left no room for a sentiment. LOL I colored Tallulah with Prismacolor markers in Violet Mist and Imperial Violet for her dress and hair bows. I added some Cream and Yellow Ochre to her hair with a shade color of Goldenrod and then on the flower of her dress. Her skin is Eggshell and Brick Beige and I did a simple dab of Cool Grey 70% for her shoes.What a pretty little gal! I wanted to use some of my birthday presents on this card, but I kept adding and taking things off because it just seemed too much. I did keep the tissue paper flowers cut our with the Tattered Flowers Bigz Die by Tim Holtz. Each one is about 9 layers stack on top of each other then I used an eraser and some wet fingers to crinkle and spread the petals a bit, of course after I pinned the alyers together with a brad. The paper is from Pocke...

Today is a Special Day! My friend and the owner of InStyle Stamps is celebrating another funfilled year! So the Design Team decided to put on a little Birthday Blog Hop just to help her celebrate! Each of us has a letter in a TAG banner that would read "Happy Birthday Nenane!" If you are just stopping in and want to start at the beginning of the banner, go to the letter H . Now if you are hopping along you'll know that you just came from the letter E and the only thing left is punctuation !!!!!!! So my tag has an exclamation point somewhere. Can you see it? That punctuation just happens to be on a tag too! It's part of a free digital image that we are giving away to one lucky commenter on each hop on the blog hop. Now isn't that a way to celebrate! My tag has Marissa  and the Heart Balloons from InStyle Stamps. Marissa might be my favorite anime, but I'm not going to think long about it. LOL A special Day Trip for your birthday, Nenane! Now if Virgini...

There has been a gorgeous amount of inspiration this week at the InStyle Stamps Blog . There are just a couple of posts left, but that doesn't mean the fun and excitement is over. We'll be talking it up at the InStyle Stamps Group on Paper Craft Planet this evening from 7:00 pm ET - 12:00 pm ET. If you have time come on by and say hi? The Design Team will be there answering questions, chatting and I hear there might be a quiz and oh I'm sure a prize. You'll have to come see us to find out! LOL Here are some of the cards I made this week with the christmas images. Milk and Cookies By the Fire Ornamental Chloe Mother and Daughter

Good afternoon everyone! InStyle Stamps has done away with Over the Hump Day Blog Candy Giveaway! Just the name though! It is now called InStyle InSpiration Challenge. So our inspiration today is Halloween and I've got a set of invites made up to get the ideas started for that holiday party you've got coming up. I used the Country Bumpkin image from InStyle Stamps and resized him to fit in an A2 size envelope. I colored with Prismacolor Markers and then added some Martha Stewart Glitter to the shadows of the pumpkin. When I printed them out I had two on a sheet and that allowed me to use a ruler and embossing tool to create my score line. I cut them out while folded so that I could get the same shape in the back side of the invitation. A small amount of green organza ribbon it this pumpkin is ready to go out in the mail! The design team has some amazing inspiration at the store blog today, so hop on over and get your inspired designs. All the images we have been using ...

Hello everyone! Today is the start of an awesome week of new stamps at InStyle Stamps. Oodles of projects are being showcased every two hours at InStyle Stamps blog . If you missed the live posting just scroll back a few posts and see them. New stamps will be shown on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday! On Friday you can grab all the new images at the InStyle Stamps store! My two projects today are already posted at the  store blog , but what you haven't seen is all the other projects the Design Team has created. SO MUCH INSPIRATION! Okay here are my two cards. The first card is with Country Bumpkin. What a shapely fellow! LOL I love that all the lines for shading are already included in this image so there's not much coloring to do. I deleted the white background  around the image and saved it as a PNG so I could layer Country Bumpkin to make it look like a patch. No cutting out for me!  I drew some lines to give them a base to sit on and just colored some ...

Happy Second Saturday of the month! We are at our new challenge turn around using a winter-y bit of gorgeousness with our inspiration coming from retro paper. It's a swatch from Olive Paper called Polar Holiday:  Retro Snowflakes Blossom Wrapping Paper . It is delicious isn't it? I just had to use Snowman Chloe with this delightful color palette. She is so fun to color and a simple cute and bold image you are going to want to have in your shopping cart on July 16, 2010. InStyle Stamps Color Challenges are always fun and have incentive too! It's possible to win some digital images of your choice, so it's just more reason to try out these colors on your next project. Submit to the InStyle Stamps blog . The winner of this challenge will get to choose some digital images from the store. If you use InStyle Stamps images on your project you'll get 4 images of your choice. Don't worry if you don't have any InStyle Stamps, STILL enter, because you could win...

I had a fun time trying to title this post for today. Treat Yourself with Ice Cream, Treat Yourself with Playful Fun, or how about Treat Yourself with Time for Memories Well, I think I'll have you pick your own treat yourself. Whether you're still planning a vacation or already had one and want to scrapbook about it. Just treat yourself, whatever it might be. I'm so tickled to still be playing with the images that Sally-Ann designs. I wish I could only make cards as fast as she can draw images. She is amazing! The card I have to show today is with Lilly and Ice Cream . It's an image from last month that I had colored and awaiting inspiration. I adore this little Lilly who gets to play at the shore. I hope I'll get to do the same some time soon. Thanks for blogging by! Challenges that I'm joining in on; Pile it On #26 My Favorite Things  Prismacolor Markers, Layers, and my own layout By the Cute and Girly July Summery Challenge Ooh La La Challenge...

How do you waddle? Whether you want to admit it or not for yourself, this penquin has got the bestest waddle around anyway. Waddle Francis   is available at the DigiStamp Boutique right now, just waiting for you to nab him up quick. If you're not ready now, don't worry he'll be there later on too, but right now he's part of the Offer of the Month with four (3) other cute Francis poses. Details: Card Size: 5 1/2 inches square Stamps: DigiStamp Boutique Waddle Francis , Verve Snow Wonderful Paper: Brocade Blue, DCWV Mat Stack (2008), Neenah Classic Crest White, Neutrals Grey Ink: LaserJet, Prismacolor Markers* Accessories: Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon, MFT Jumbo RicRac die and Grosgrain Textures, Opaque White Writer, SU Iridescent Ice *Prismacolor Markers Details: Hat and Scarf - Cerulean Blue, Indigo Blue, Cool Grey 30%, Colorless Blender; Beak and feet - Yellow Orange, Mineral Orange, Terra Cotta; White fur - Parchment, Colorless Blender; S...

Hello all! I've got a sketch to show off to you today, but first I need to tell you some EXCITING NEWS! InStyle Stamps has gone International with New Design Team members. Here are these fabulous designers and their blogs: Lena Katrine from Lena Katrine's Scrappeskreppe Cathy Wallington from Ellieskeepers Creations Sarah Bonsell from Card Oasis We are so glad to have them as a part of our Design Team. Today is the sketch for InStyle Stamps  AND we are going to the fall and winter with holiday images. The WHOLE month long, yippee! Here's a FABULOUS sketch from our talented Taylor Usry. Come and join us with this sketch, it goes for a whole month and you can use it many times! That half circle is just perfect for a huge snowflake, don't ya think????? I must not forget to tell you their are prizes! If you use an InStyle Stamps Image you have a chance at 4 free digital images, if you don't have any InStyle Stamps you can still play along, th...

Happy July! It's a new month and a wonderful new opportunity to get an Offer of the Month at DigiStamps Boutique . Are you a Christmas in July person? Well Sally-Ann has two offers this month with you in mind! How cool is that! Here are the two cuties...meet Francis the Penquin and sweet Tallulah . They....are....crazy cute! I'll be back in a day or two with some eye candy with these images. Until then browse on over to the design team and see their exceptional creations.