Back to Childhood

Hello! Happy weekend! I hope you have a good one. I am entering this card into 2 challenges. I love polka dots and I just love this bright polka dot paper. At Joan's Gardens we are to make a card for a child. I just love these little bunnies eating ice cream. What child doesn't like ice cream? At House Mouse and Friends the challenge is Here Comes the Sun. We are to make summery cards. Ice cream is sooooo yummy on a hot summer day! Can't you tell I love ice cream too?

Challenges entered:

Joan's Gardens For a Child
House Mouse Here Comes the Sun

Technique Tuesday -- Bubble Wrap Brayering

Technique Tuesday is upon us again! I hope your enjoyed your weekend.  This technique is called "bubble wrap brayering" and it goes real well with a new stamp set of wild cats that Sparkle N Sprinkle just released.

Supplies:

1. brayer
2. bubble wrap
3. white, dark and light brown, gold acrylic paints
4. cream or white cardstock

Start with the darkest brown paint and swipe on the color in an up and down motion on the cardstock using a brush. I used paint that have felt nibs on them. The nibs were a little clogged and I liked the effect because the paint did not come out heavy and left some splotches in places. If using a brush, brush lightly and sparingly.

Add the lighter brown paint and then the gold.

Let dry. It dries quickly, but while it is drying add your bubble wrap to your brayer. You will want to use an old brayer because you will probably get some paint on it.  I used glue dots on each end of the bubble wrap. I stuck one end on and then rolled it until the other end met and then stuck that end on.

Pour some white paint onto a paper plate, roll the brayer lightly through the paint. You may want to roll it lightly on some scrap paper first and then roll it over one side of your painted cardstock. You do not want the white paint to be too thick.

Let dry and then stamp your image on the white area using permanent ink.

Here are some more samples that I did using other paint colors.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you give this a try. Have a good day and a wonderful week!

April

Sparkle N Sprinkle supplies used

1. Wild Cats set 466

Inspiration Challenge

Hi! I hope you are enjoying your weekend. We have a rainy Sunday here, so I am working on some challenges. The challenge at Magnolia-liciuos is an inspiration challenge. We are to get inspiration from this picture.



Don't you just love the shimmery colors?  I decided to use pink, green and blue on my tag. I added glitter
to the roses and leaves and flowers on the cardstock and also on Tilda's petticoat. I colored Tilda with Spectrum markers. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a good week ahead.

By The Sea

Hello. I am glad you stopped by. I am entering this card in the Impression Obsession challenge, "By The Sea." I used several of the IO stamps -- New England Lighthouse G1286, Cover-a-card Clouds CC091 and Cover-a-card Distress CR013. I also used new products that really add a lot to a card. They are called Mudd Puddles and I used the sand and shells. You apply them with a palette knife and let them dry. Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!

Technique Tuesday -- Punching in Circles

It is time for the Sparkle N Sprinkle Technique Tuesday again! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I saw this punch technique recently and I just had to try it. It seems that I am always looking for a different circle frame.  I only have a few circle frame die cuts, so here is a way to customize your own by using corner punches.

Start with a circle. I used a 4 inch circle die. I am using mostly Martha Stewart corner punches. Remember to open out the wings of these punches before you begin.

As you see I have turned the punch upside down in order to see where I am punching. Go into the circle and put the punch right on the edge of the circle making sure you are not off the edge and punch.

To make the next punch, line up the left corner of the punch to the right corner of what you just punched and also make sure the punch is on the edge again. So from now on remember corner and edge as you go around. Not all of the punches will make a perfect complete circle, but you can always add some kind of embellishment over it so no one will notice. This punch just happened to turn out great.

Here are some more that I punched. Just keep trying to see which ones will work well.

Now as you can see this one really looks wacky,  but I still used it because it looked like a tree to me.

And this is the card I made with it.

I also tried using a punch of a different brand ( EK Success ) and this is how it turned out. I will still use it and cover up the blank area.

When you get going on these it is a lot of fun to see how many nice frames you can make, and they look so different from all the other dies that are out there. I hope you have fun making these. Thanks for stopping by!

April

Sparkle N Sprinkle supplies used:

1. Zendoodle Rainbow birds
2. Daisy 0464-115G
3. Black embossing powder
4. Lemonade glitter
5. Shamrock glitter
6. Bubblegum glitter

12 Tags of 2012 -- June

Hi Everyone! It is a beautiful Sunday here. I have been doing some more stamping and I am entering this tag in Tim Holtz's June tag challenge. He is demonstrating how to color on old black and white photos. I always love techniques and this is something I have not done before. What a neat technique! Thanks you for stopping by today. I hope you have a good week ahead.

For The Birds

Hello! I hope you are enjoying your weekend. It is a beautiful and cooler day here today. I have the windows open to let in fresh air. The cats are loving it -- hearing all the birds and sounds outside! I have been on a roll doing challenges lately. This card is for Joan's Gardens "For The Birds" challenge. Birds are my favorite theme for stamping. I used Caliope Hummingbird from Sparkle N Sprinkle. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!