Dragonfly Loveliness

Well.... Everything is lovely here except my photography! I have taken so many pics of this card but just can't get a good one. So, I just gotta let it go!

I used my score-pal to make the grid. I stamped the lovely dragonflies on the main panel. Although you can't see it here each dragonfly body has glitter pen accents. I attached the main panel to the card base. The rhinestones were placed in the open spaces and touched with a light blue copic so they coordinate. A ribbon and sentiment finishes the piece.

Stamps: FireCracker Designs by Pamela Sally’s Garden of Weedin and Oops-a-Dasies (sentiment)
Paper: Papertrey White
Ink: Bashful Blue
Accessories: Score-Pal, Kaiserkraft Rhinestones, Copics, Circle Punch, SU Bashful Blue Ribbon, glitter pen

Enjoy!
Michelle B.

Purple Sunrise

There is still time to enter Think Ink Challenge #26! This time we are to make a non-standard card and use purple. Complete details are HERE.

Since I love purple, this was a fun challenge! I used the brayered sky technique here for my purple background. Then I simple stamped some flowers and leaves. Don't forget to add a bit of white gel pen to those silhouettes to really make them pop! I also added a punched butterfly silhouette and let one wing fly off the page for fun!

Be sure to check out the Artful INKables clearance sale HERE.

Stamps: Artful INKables Plant Prints
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Almost Amethyst, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: Nesties, White Gel Pen, Stamp-a-majig, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Enjoy!
Michelle B.

Last Wacky Wednesday

FYI - This is the last Wacky Wednesday sale over at FireCracker Designs by Pamela. Today only, Horses of Courses is 50% off!

Enjoy!
Michelle B.

Sunny Window

I love making window scenes! I haven't done one in a while so this was really fun! I am combining two sets from FireCracker Designs by Pamela. One thing I love about so many of the FCD stamp sets is how they all work together.

HERE is how I make the window frame and ledge. I sponged the yellows and blues onto a piece of cardstock. Then I cut them apart into 4's. When I do this, I actually remove 1/8". I don't just cut them apart and spread them out. This gives a more realistic look especially on more complicated designs. AFTER I cut them apart, I decided I needed the shadow of the flower tree. Ideally, I would have stamped that first but you gotta be flexible, right! The water can and plant were stamped on separate cardstock, colored with copics, and cut out to glue into position here.

Stamps: FireCracker Designs by Pamela Sally’s Garden of Weedin and Silhouette Flowers
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Papertrey Kraft, Whisper White, GP 110 (plant and water can), SU DP
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Summer Sun, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Score-Pal, pop dots, Copics, White Prismacolor pencil (for accents on the silhouettes)

Enjoy!
Michelle B.

Vintage or Christmas?

I started off making a little vintage purse but after I started, I realized I had choosen Christmas colors. I guess it could go either way. Ya think?

The box inside is based after THIS tutorial (had to change the size a tad to fit inside my main panels). The outside is a die cut piece of Vanilla cardstock with 1 1/2" squares of dp as my "quilt". I die cut another piece for the sentiment and little swirls in the center. Here's a side view of the piece so you can see how it all fits together.

Stamps: Artful INKables Sew You
Paper: Very Vanilla, Ruby Red, Always Artichoke, Basic Grey Boxer DP
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Garden Green, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Nesties, Paper Piercing Tool, Making memories Brad, Score-Pal

Enjoy!

Michelle B.

Twirling Scarecrow

Hello! Today's FireCracker Designs by Pamela sale set for Wacky Wednesday is Tumbling Scarecrow. Hurry over and get yours for 50% off today only!

I decided to make him really tumble and twirl by making him a spinnner card. HERE's a tutorial for the spinner card. I was two lazy to walk upstairs and get two pennies so I just layered some punched circles to get the height and stiffness of a penny. It works pretty well. Of course, I had my heart set on placing the cutout just as you see here before I realized my word window punch wouldn't reach. So, I sketched the back of the piece with a pencil to mark where I wanted to cut and then made the cuts with my paper cutter.

The clouds are just roughly sponged with More Mustard onto Very Vanilla for a very fall look. The grass is sponged using a torn paper mask. The leaves and sentiments were then stamped into place. I happend to pay attention to the time and it took me 45 minutes to make this card. Here's another look:


Stamps: FireCracker Designs by Pamela Tumbling Scarecrow
Paper: Soft Suede, More Mustard, Very Vanilla, GP 110
Ink: More Mustard, Soft Suede, Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, Momento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, ¾” circle punch, pop dots

Enjoy!
Michelle B.

Bee Bucket

So I've had this can of scissors undecorated on my stamp table for years....litterally! It was a baby formula can from my son who will soon be 8! With the nice cabinets and counters in my stamp room now (I'm almost all moved in so I'll show you soon), the formula can just wasn't working for me so I decided to dress it up.

I choose this image and sentiment as I am a busy little bee in my stamp room making bee-utiful things! Ha! I wrapped the can in kraft paper. It took two sheets so I scalloped the edges to make the seam a feature instead of something to hide. I attached the sheets together on one seam and stamped in the bees and the sentiment. I kept the bees high up so they would not be covered by the ribbon. For the bee bodies, I punched a small circle and embossed with my Candy Cane Stripe embossing folder. Then I lightly sponged black on the raised portions and they were ready to place into position. All I had to do to finish was attach the piece to the can and tie on a ribbon.

Stamps: Artful INKables Spot On Summer
Paper: Papertrey Kraft, More Mustard
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: 1/2” Circle Punch, Candy Cane Stripe embossing folder, Scallop Edge punch, yellow ribbon from Pink Hedgehog, sorry the black/white ribbon is a scrap from an unknown source

Enjoy!
Michelle B.