Sweet Rainbows

My three-year-old son is into singing the colors of the rainbow song so red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple are often stuck in my head.  As you can see here, those colors were swirling in my mind when I created this card!  Lol!  I embossed the grid pattern stamp with white embossing powder and used Distress ink pads and stains to make the rainbow colored stripes.  Then I spritzed it with some water to help the colors blend better as well as add watermarks for a more textured look.  I inked up this cute monkey and tried to mirror the colors of the lollipop to the background.  It was really fun to do and I'm happy with the results.  Ben Franklin recently had a card contest and I entered this in the Dandelion Designs category.

Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts Graph Background, Dandelion Designs So Sweet
Distress Ink/Stains: Fired Brick, Orange Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Dusty Concord
Copics, Spellbinders Labels Four

Sister Stamps Release Day #9 - Blog Candy Winners!

Hey There!  Hope you're having a nice holiday weekend!  It's release day #9 for Sister Stamps so get these adorable images today!  You can find a list of retailers on the sidebar of Sister Stamps official blog.  I have blog candy winners to announce and I apologize for this late post.  I took off to teach class this morning and completely forgot to put this up. So here we go!

The winners are:
BFF's:  EVA
Buddies: COLLEEN

If you are a winner, please contact Jenny at sisterstampsllc@gmail.com.  Thank you to all who played along and a shout out to guest designer Cindy for her wonderful creations!  A big mahalo to Jenny for taking me along for the ride - I love creating with your stamps!

Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend and happy crafting!

Sister Stamps Release #9 -BFF's

Welcome to the second day of Sister Stamps release #9!  Today I'm featuring this adorable "BFF's" stamp and what a cute image this is!  I used SU's petal cone die and created this birthday hat favor from acetate and filled it with peanut M&M's.  I saw this idea HERE and decided to give it a whirl.  A dear friend's birthday is coming up and I think I'll use this as a topper on her present!  Another idea would be to use them as favors to decorate a table...very festive!

If you'd like to win this stamp, just FOLLOW THIS BLOG and post a comment on THIS post.  Winners will be announced tomorrow, September 1 so come back and check if you're a winner.  The stamps for this release will be available for purchase on September 1 and you can find retail locations on the Sister Stamps blog.

Our guest designer this month is Cindy so please stop by show her some love.  And of course, don't forget Sister Stamp's official blog, too.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sister Stamps BFF's

DP:  Various Doodlebug

Punch: SU Word Window

Copics, Stickles, Acetate

Sister Stamps Release #9 - Buddies

Hello there!  It's Sister Stamps release time again and we have a couple new cuties for you this month!  Today, I'm featuring "buddies" - how joyful are these two boys playing leap frog? I had fun creating this card and this scene came to be as I imagined kids playing carefree in the country.

I laid down the background colors using SU inks and sponges.  Then I stamped a grass image with PTI kraft ink and some wild flowers with black archival ink.  I masked a circle to represent the moon coming up as the sun was setting. I felt the scene needed to be grounded so I punched out some grass and laid it at the bottom of the card.  This sentiment perfectly coordinates with the image and balances out the scene.  I really like the way the background turned out and will definitely be using this technique more.

If you love this image and would like to win this stamp, just FOLLOW THIS BLOG and post a comment on THIS post.  Winners will be announced on September 1 so come back and check to see if you're a winner.  The stamps for this release will be available for purchase on September 1 and you can find retail locations on Sister Stamps blog.

We welcome guest designer Cindy this month so make sure to check her out HERE and also stop by the official Sister Stamps blog for more fun!  I have another project to share with you so I hope to see you back here tomorrow!

Supplies:
Stamps: Sister Stamps Buddies, PTI Larger Than Life, PTI Botanical Silhouettes, Hero Arts  Friends
Inks: SU Bashful Blue, SU Yoyo Yellow, SU Only Orange, PTI Kraft, Archival Black, Memento Black
Punch: MS Grass
Copics

Beautiful Background

I've been playing around with different ink colors and different size stamps to come up with some fun backgrounds.  You'd be amazed at what you can create with different combinations of colors and stamps.  I don't often use the little stamps that come with different stamp sets but I got to play with them here.  I used a vellum strip for my sentiment to give the illusion that it's floating on the background.  Give it try...once you get started, you won't want to stop!  The possibilities are endless!

Happy 1st Birthday

I dusted off this Verve set called "To the Moon" and made a card for a 1st birthday party.  The adorable animals in this set are what attracted me to it and I still enjoy coloring and creating with them. Pure cuteness!  Have a great week!

Woo Hooo!

Here's a fun simple card that was totally inspired by this new woodgrain paper I purchased.  I know there's a lot of woodgrain paper out there, but I love this one because of how weathered and textured it looks (TPC Studios "The Great Outdoors - Firewood").  And what better way to use it than with this cute owl from Paper Smooches.  Woo Hooo!