Rain Puddles Design

Hi all! I'm always amazed at the talented crafters out there and the way that they can put so much into a small amount on a card. I've been catching the Google Reader feeds this month for the CASE Study Challenge and it was finally time to jump in and create from one of those talented inspirations from  Jen Rzasa.  What a wonderfully talented lady!  Today is rounding up her time as January's muse and  Chupa will be introducing another one for February on Thursday .  I wonder who it will be?!?!?!? This card is a wonderful reminder of what a little can do for a super CAS card. It's amazing!   Here's my CASE Study #75 inspiration card. The sentiment comes from the Wings of Love set by Verve Stamps which was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black onto Mohawk Smooth White and cut out with Rounded Rectangle Frame also from Verve. I pulled out a scrap of muslin and die cut that with Verve's Rounded Scallop Frame Die and dirtied it up a bit with the W f...

This weekend I had the most wonderful time with some friends of mine that have a bazillion ounces of creativity in them. It was a great time of getting to know eachother better and as we exploded out into all sorts of mixed media fun. I'll show you all my ARTjournal page in a minute, but first I want to let you all know about the winners for our Purge Hop! Kristen from By the Book Paper Congratulations Kristen!!!!! Please contact me through email with your shipping information! Each blog winner will be posted at my friends blogs, but I couldn't help to share in who I know won so far. If one of my friends hasn't posted yet, I've put the friend's blog link so you can hop over there and see who one a bit later in the day. Congrats to you all the rest of the lucky winners ! Tosha’s winner Lots of winners at  Stamp Talk with Tosh   Gabriela Ellena   Wanda Naomi  Barbara A. Connie Crafter   Andrea’s winner Deb from DebsDesignsNDoodl...

It is a Stampendous Challenge Blog Hop today. We are going to have some fabulous bling inspiration for you my friend and as my post title suggest I'm still blinging in the wearable field! Since I"m starting off the hop for today so first I'll break down the details of this challenge. We want YOU to play along! Just add a direct link of your creation to the linky tool at the end of this post (or on the Stampendous blog) no later than February 2, 2012 at 11:00 PM EST. You don't have to use Stampendous products to play along, but we sure love it when you do! And as an extra incentive for playing, one lucky person (drawn at random from all the entries) will receive this gorgeous Cherub Wishes Perfectly Clear Stamp Set: Due to shipping restrictions, the winner must have a US address. We hope you find some time to play along with us! Janelle Stollfus Kristine Reynolds Cyndi Bundy Pam Hornschu Jennifer Ingle Melinda Gleissner Suzanne Czosek ...

It's Friday and time for a new Viva La Verve challenge . Super talented and sweet Shannan Teubner is bringing on the CAS this week for the sketch. I decided to use some of my own stash of the Purge Hop candy (see my sidebar link) I'm giving away to make this card. The sash was tied with some natural twine and sewn on to the border stitched osnaburg fabric and adhered with sticky tape. The sentiment is from Verve's Twitterpated set that came out earlier this month.  We hope you'll come and join us with Shannon's CAS sketch this week! Details: Stamps:    Twitterpated  (Verve Stamps) Paper:    Soft Suede (SU!)   Ink:    Chocolate (CTMH)   Accessories:    natural twine, Osnaburg fabric, tea stained fabric, pinking shears, sewing machine, red line tape (IHP)  

Hello all, It's the middle of the week and it's going to be a long day around here, but I wanted to get this simple (looking) CAS card out to you today. I know you'll be wondering what kind of magic tricks I performed on this card so I'll show and tell. All Aflutter Plain Jane , Wings of Love , and Twitterpated stamps (Verve) Hearts and Swirls Frame Die  and All Aflutter Die (Verve) At first look the All Aflutter butterfly looked symmetrical so I cut out two shapes with the All Aflutter die (super sweet by the way) and put them back-to-back. Yea, it was! I stamped the All Aflutter plain jane twice with Tuxedo Black and clear embossed them. I pulled out my copic markers and within a few seconds decided to create a Blue Morpho butterfly. Blue on the top of the wings and brown on the under-wing. The butterflies are glued together sandwiching a string of nylon thread down the middle so there would be a way to attach it to the window of the card.  ...

As the wind might take a leaf so does my crafting inspiration. My card today ended up quite differently than I first started out to create. It turned out more than I had anticipated with vibrant color, but I really love how it turned out in the end. I had a piece of pattern paper that was an old catalog print (speaking of catalog - stay with me to the end of the post), really bothering me that I hadn't finished using it up. So I started with the paper as my inspiration. I envisioned the Stampendous Deco Lady on the card and grabbed it after adding a thin layer of white gesso with a brush. Gesso will warp the paper as it dries so here are some tips if you decide to try this out. Tape around the edges of your paper with painter's tape. No blue tape? Use masking tape, but lightly press it onto some natural fiber so that it won't be too sticky and tear your paper. Once the paper has dried from the layer of gesso, it might lay flat with a few wobbles here and there. If i...

It's a Sunday post from me today. I'll be relaxing with my family and hopefully having a nap to get ready for the week. Verve's January release has two Plain Jane's that have some delightful work of fonts as well as the meaning of the verse's they are displaying. The first Plain Jane is on a card using week 3 sketch for Viva La Verve Challenge on SCS. Verve's Psalm 63:3-4 Plain Jane and Twitterpated sets,   All Aflutter and Wavy Hearts A Cut Above Die sets   I have lots of little Verve-y touches on the card from the Verve January release and one old favorite of mine. Let's see if we can find them all. The Sweet Scallop die that's stamped and embossed with the new  Psalm 63:3-4 Plain Jane . The tag is keeping company with the small All Aflutter style butterfly that's in the Twitterpated set and cut out with the All Aflutter die . If you can CASE a sketch, I've added the heart shape in the VLV sketch for week 3 with the Wavy Hearts die...

It's a Saturday and we are half way through the Stampendous January Challenge. Do you remember what it's all about this month? *Bling* Let's see how I took the challenge this week! I was still in the mood for flowers when I made this card and had never tried making a lapel pin. I created this pen with cream cardstock, Dream Text Cling Stamp and a glue gun for some Champagne Glass Glitter a place to stick. There's a tutorial in the near future, stay tuned. There's more Design Team ready to show you their projects Covered In Bling  and here's the links to keep hopping. Stampendous Impressions Blog Cyndi Bundy Wendy Price Wendy Jordan Taylor Usry Suzanne Czosek Kristine Reynolds Pam Hornschu Melinda Gleissner Jennifer Ingle   Steph Lee   Now here are the Challenge details: Just add a direct link to your card to the linky tool at the end of this post (or on the Stampendous blog) no later than February 2, 20...

A few blogging friends of mine are having a hard time letting go of much loved papers and embellishments, so we decided to share them with all of you in a week long Purge Hop!  If you’ve already been hopping along you have come from Julee’s blog , but if you are starting here just look at the list below for all the links to before and after to get in on all the fun. Just comment once on the hop spots you want a chance to win and tell us what you spy as your favorite item(s). The hop will stay open until January 28th, 5PM ET. Each of my friends will post a winner from their prize post on Monday, January 30th!       1. Tosha 6.  Julee     2.  Andrea 7.  Janelle     3.  Maureen 8.  Betty     4.  Sonja 9.  Teresa     5.  Laurie Here's my treasured supplies I'm willing to give away!  Numerous 6 x 6 sheets of scrapbook paper from these ...

If you were around last week you notice our first spotlight day was all about St. Patrick's Day. What a great set ! My card today is one I showed at the release party last Friday night. I hope you were able to attend, but pardon me for showing a re-run... there's an extra portion of the card I want to share today. I made up a pendant for the bow embellishment using cardstock, stamped Verve shamrock and a couple layers of Ultra Thick embossing enamel from Ranger. The embossing will darken the image a little bit, so plan for that in your cardstock and ink selection. I punched a hole at the top and and added a DIY jump ring  by wrapping some wire around a pencil tip and pinching it closed once I put the shamrock on it. Then I added a bead on another wire by bending one end so it wouldn't fall off and looping through the jump ring. Verve has the whole January Verve Stamp release and   Verve A Cut Above die release as two 15% off collections right now. They...

I took some time this weekend to rest up and get ready for the days ahead, but one project was still idle from last week that I wanted to finish up. It's a challenge card for this months Stampendous Challenge to cover your card in bling! My card started with a tacky sheet strip bedazzled with Halo Gold glitter from the Treasures Glitter kit . After that I just started having fun with all the small detailed images from the Charm Collection , stamping them on the card base. The frame was stamped on a scrap of paper embossing the center with Aged Silver Embossing Enamel for a mirror effect and fussy cut out to be popped up on foam adhesive to the card. Then I went big with the leaf twig from the Jumbo Thank You set embossing with Shabby White Embossing Enamel  in the Frantage Embossing Enamel kit coming out at the end of the month. I die cut two sheets of cardstock and stacked them before stamping the sentiment from Friends Assortment and the filigree from the Charm Collection...