Love Is In the Air

It's Stampendous inspiration time for the ever popular love day! This week Stampendous is rounding up some great ideas to show the love with House-Mouse and other love themed stamps that can be used any time even on Valentine's day. 

Stop by Monday's post for oodles if inspiration and then check back the rest of the week for even more!

My card. Love. What I really love about it is the Laurel Burch color palette. It stretches me to blend in a very different way then I would if I were to pick up any other stamp and then I get lost in coloring and realize it's finished.

I'm not going to lie, it takes some time to complete. I practice on a scrap of paper. I'm not sure how exactly I'm going to transition from color to color, but when I'm done it's pure happiness! The colors just POP!

Check out the supplies and easy instructions for today's card. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies: I provide some product links that are through my Amazon Affiliate, and that means when clicked and purchased in the same session a few pennies are sent my way at no cost to you. Non-affiliate links are provided when available (Scrapbook. com - SB, Frantic Stamper - FS, Scrapbookpal - SP, etc.).

Featured Product(s):

• Laurel Burch Heart Bouquet (AZ, STM)
• Laurel Burch Free Coloring Guide (STM)

Plus:

• BoBunny Double Dots Paper - Turquoise (SB, FS)
• Kraft Cardstock
• Mixed Media White Paper (AZ, STM)
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko (AZ, STM)
• Sketch Markers by Copic® - B02, B04, B06, B69, BG13, E31, E33, E35, E47, G16, R22, R29, RV06, RV19, V04, V15,  Y17, Y32, YG06, YG17, YG67, YR04, YR09 (SP)
• Mono Adhesive Tape Runner by Tombow (AZ)
• Foam Tape by Tombow (AZ)
• Scissors

Instructions:

1. Stamp Heart Bouquet with Tuxedo Black ink onto Mixed Media White Paper and color.
2. Trim out with scissors and adhere to Turquoise cardstock.
3. Adhere to kraft card base with foam tape.

Here's another Laurel Burch Bouquet card I made back in October with a lovely theme as well!

Bunch of Love

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Birdie Brown Christmas

 I have been a fan for a long time of the illustrations and stamps designed by Torico of Birdie Brown Stamps. I have a stash of digital files from a few years ago that are half colored, some of which are now stamp sets (yay for Jingle All the Way), but when I saw the latest Christmas theme stamps with coordinating dies it was a must have.

I'm so excited to finally be able to create with them.

This sweet helper was stamped and colored then die cut out. In true Torico style I added white highlights with my AC White marker pen. I repeated the stamping and coloring process with the gift at his feet.

The background is such a popular style these days that I'm finding my own method with the tools I have and this is how I created it for this card. I taped down a white cardstock with low-tack tape (blue painters tape that I pressed into a paper towel for even less tackiness to the adhesive) and then used BV20 and BV29 in my Copic airbrush system and started from the center - which is almost 99.9% the wrong way to start out - with the lighter marker and worked my way to the outside in a circular motion. I did a few layers to get the outer circles darker. The faded spots are done by slowly pressing the nozzle of a spray bottle filled with isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol so large drops come out. I've also seen people spray/pour into a cupped hand and let it drip from there.

The sentiment was stamped using my MISTI tool so I could plan and align the sentiment onto the airbrushed cardstock, but also double stamp it with watermark ink so it would have a good solid embossing with Detail White powder.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Details: 
Stamps: Birdie Brown Santa Elves (MFT Stamps)
Paper: smooth white cardstock (Mohawk Digial Copy 98), blue linen cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Versamark Watermark (Tsukineko)
Accessories: DieNamics BB Santa Elves (MFT Stamps), Copic Markers, Copic Airbrush System, Isopropyl Alcohol in spray bottle, Foam Dimensionals (Stampin' Up), Detail White Embossing Powder (Stampendous)

Making Art with Stampendous

Hello and happy Thursday. I'm stopping in today with a project that I've been dabbling on for a while and then all the sudden I had a reason to post it this week! I'm posting for the Stampendous Weekly theme for "Making Art", but there is also blog hop going on that I wouldn't want to leave out of my post today.

Stampendous and Spectrum Noir are "making art" all week and you're invited to hop along and enjoy the projects, comment when you so desire and just maybe you could win one of many prizes!

Check out the details to winning a full set of Spectrum Noir pencils on the Stampendous blog today or all this week AND there is also a chance to win some exciting and fun things on the Spectrum Noir blog! Don't miss out! Just click on the link list below and you'll get to all the places I've just mentioned.

Okay, here's my card for the theme this week.

Here's Painted Posies, a House-Mouse Designs® image that was released with Stampendous in October 2014. Darling image as it is, color always makes something look better!

I used a Spectrum Noir Core Essentials Set (sorry I don't think this set is available any longer, please browse the Spectrum Noir website to find their newest available sets) to color the image and when I was finished I went over shadow areas with a few colored pencils. I think I used every marker in that set and to get some lighter colors I blended tip to tip with the Blender marker. It worked fabulously!

When I was done with the coloring, having trimmed the image and matted it on brown cardstock, I embellished a few key areas with Stampendous Essentials.

Here I used Tombow Mono Liquid Glue to adhere Fresh Green and Hunter Green Color Fragments into the grass line of the image.

To make this card a little sparkly I added China Blue Micro Glitter to the flower petals, brush and dripped paint on the rim of the jar.

I'm not officially a part of the hop this week, but I'm going to share the link list for today so that you can have some fun seeing more Stampendous!

Stampendous Blog

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Spectrum Noir Blog

Details:
Stamps: Painted Posies (Stampendous)
Paper: Mixed Media White Paper (Stampendous), Brown and Kraft cardstock (Wausau)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Spectrum Noir Core Essentails Set of 24 Alcohol Markers, colored pencils (Prismacolor) Fresh Green and Hunter Green Color Fragments, China Blue Micro Glitter (Stampendous)

First Day of Spring Challenge

Today the Mix-Ability challenge is all about the First Day of Spring and to celebrate we are using colors, images or whatever we can come up with that would strike one as spring-like.

I used Stampendous Blossom Bunch for those delicate first flowers of spring and to make it mix media worthy I cheated and used a monoprint as a background paper. It's really nice having those handy for such an occasion.

The image is colored with Chameleon Alcohol Pens, to really make them pop for spring. The nice thing about these flowers is that they'll last a really long time!

Join us for some mixed media fun on Splitcoaststampers this week!

MIX112: First Day of Spring!

Details:
Stamps: Blossom Bunch (Stampendous)
Paper: Mixed Media White Paper (Stampendous), cardstock (Core'dinations), sulphite white (Pacon)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, (Tsukineko), Alcohol Pens (Chameleon Pens)
Accessories: Creative Palette (Stampendous), Ribbon (May Arts)

A little RAK birthday goodness

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Hello? I really am still around. I have been trying to get caught up on some projects of the non-paper variety for over a week! I'm craving to get back into the craft room and start in on some delicious new stamps. I can't wait to show you what I make, but I will wait because I need to and I haven't finished anything yet.

I made this card a few weeks back for a FB call from Tiddly Inks. Christy asked if anyone would like to create a card to be mailed on to her college friend for a special birthday year. Well, I like RAK, but had never done a papercrafting one so I'm happy to say my RAK card is for someone I don't even know. Now that is a lot of fun!

Have a wonderful Friday and I'll be back next week with something from Paper Smooches (maybe).

Details:
Stamps: Tiddly Inks Wild Thing, TCP A Beary Good Year
Paper: Making Memories Pattern Paper, Real Red, Basic Black, AB red, More Mustard, Neenah White
Ink: Basic Black, Prismacolor Markers, PITT Black Ink Pen
Accessories: More Mustard Grosgrain Ribbon, Red Center Stitch ribbon, standard hole punch, Nestabilities Label 17, Stampin Up Decorative Label Punch

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Basketball Season is Over...Now what?

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Happy Monday everyone!

I'm posting this card a day late and yet it doesn't even really seem like a Father's Day card, but I gave it to my sweet hubby for it anyway! LOL

I used an image from DigiStamp Boutique called Snoozing Chap. The neatest thing about this image is you can get him just snoozing or snoozing with a cold frothy mug next to him. It's perfect! I could even see using both of these images on one card, side by side, the last one being without the mug and the caption saying, "Something's missing from this picture...", for a birthday card maybe. Hmmmmm....

Okay on to my card for today!

I wrapped the sentiment on the top and bottom of the image before I printed it out, but didn't think about framing it. So I got out my circle template (it's an old, old one that might still be used for engineer drawings) and penciled around the edges then went back over it with my PITT India Ink pen.

My sentiment is geared toward my hubby's love of sports. After NCAA Men's then Men's NBA playoff and championship tournaments there is a quietness about our house that I can't explain. It seems like busy season is over and it's time to just relax. So I wrote the sentiment in jest about there now being time to do things around the house...like sleep. LOL

I photocopied and reduced the size of our Sunday newspaper sports section and then sliced it into strips for texture on the background. I cut a couple pieces of cork as "tails" of ribbon. They didn't show up well so I colored them with my Sienna Brown Prismacolor Marker and now they stand out just fine.

Have a marvelous Monday. It's my son's birthday today and I have tons to try and pull together for birthday-ish things to do.

Details:
Card Size: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches
Stamps: Snoozing Chap
Paper: Neenah Smooth White, Kraft, Dark blue from scraps
Ink: LaserJet, Prismacolor Markers, PITT Black India Ink Pen
Accessories: Photocopier, Cork, Sunday Newspaper

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Happy Valentine's Day

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I got my first set of Cat's Pajama's stamps yesterday and was so excited at it's versatility. I have a very special card to send out today. It's a beary sweet PJ wanting to say Happy Valentine's Day!

This card is going to my mother-in-law from the grandkids along with a goodie bag today. I had to time this post so that she would get the card first and not see the post. You might see him next time with a flower in his hand for a get well card, or he could be donning a St. Paddy's hat. You'll have to keep you eye out for him in all the galleries because I bet he'll be around a lot.

Details:
Stamps: Cat's Pajama's A Beary Good Year
Paper: Various scraps from LSS
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Chocolate Chip Ink pad and Writer, Creamy Caramel and Rose Red, Prismacolor Markers in Cinnamon Toast, Sienna Brown, Light Umber, Blush Pink, Magenta.
Accessories: Nestibilities Classic Square Large, Classic Small Inverted Square and Scalloped Square, DMC Floss, SU! Cocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon

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