Stampwilly Designs

Monday, March 24, 2014

Christmas in March

Hi Everyone! I want to show you a Christmas card I made with one of Sparkle N Sprinkle's new release stamp sets - A Winter Cardinal 518. March has been so up and down weather wise that at times it has felt like Christmas! I used Glistening Emeralds Sparkle N Soft SS102 on the pine needles and Brown Fizz embossing powder EP381 on the frame. Gold embossing powder EP169 was used on the saying. I wanted to add a more distressed look, so I pounced a scrungy sponge tool on a Versa Mark ink pad, then pounced that on the circle, added the gold embossing powder and heat set.

On the silk poinsettia I used White Liquid Applique and added Sparkling Snow glitter G1003 to it.

The pine cones were made by using deco scissors, cutting around in a circle and then rolling up the circle. I also added White Applique and Sparkling Snow glitter the them. To see full instructions on how to make this card please click here.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope your day is great!

April

Challenges entered:

613 Avenue -- Anything Goes/Bird
Christmas Card Challenge -- Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge -- Anything Christmas
Emergency Crafters -- Flowers

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Found

Hi Everyone! I hope you are enjoying your day. I am savoring this day because it is beautiful and warm and Old Man Winter is coming back soon they say.

I want to share a card I made for some challenges. I love using my House Mouse stamps. The challenge there is Lost and Found. This little mousy has found his appetite and is a happy camper! I also found some Happy Birthday paper, that I had used awhile back, to go with him.

I used Waterscape glitter from Sparkle N Sprinkle on the frosting of the donut.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

Brown Sugar Challenges: Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity: Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons: Anything Goes with Ribbon

Cut It Up: Anything Goes with Dies

House Mouse and Friends: Lost & Found

Simon Says Stamp: Glitter

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Whistling in Spring

Hi Everyone! Well, we have winter again and it's only getting colder the next two days AND rainy; however, I am NOT going to let this weather keep me from thinking about Spring. So I want to share a card I made last month for Winterfest on the Two Peas in a Bucket stamping board. These little birdies are whistling in Spring!

I combined a few challenges on this card. One was that we were to use a speech bubble. Since I did not have any stamps of speech bubbles, I made my own and added a music note brad in it. Another challenge was to mask a stamp, so I masked part of a background music script stamp at the bottom of the card. The third challenge was to stamp a stamp onto wet watercolor paper. It bleeds. Let dry. Then stamp the same stamp over that image. I did this technique on the bird cage and cut it out since mine bled a little too much! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope this helps to put you in a Spring state of mind even if Old Man Winter wants to hang on! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Monday, March 10, 2014

Fun to Shop

Hi Everyone! I trust you are having a good day. Sparkle N Sprinkle has come out with a lot of new and fun sets lately. I would like to show you a card I made with the new Born to Shop stamp set 554. This was a fun set to use with a lot of possibilities. I paper pieced the shops and popped up the red one. What fun it is to shop at a new place. We are getting a lot of new shops in our town at a new shopping center and it is fun to see what is coming.

I made the flowers by rolling patterned papers. I added a pearl to the centers, used Brushable Glue on them and addedDaisy GM2019, Dazzling Rose G1085 and Midnight Gold G1080 glitters.

Champagne glitter G1045 was added to the windows.

I used Sparkle embossing powder EP107 on the patterned paper background and on the swirls on the clouds.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!

April

Challenges entered:

Crafting by Design: Anything Goes
Glitter N Sparkle: Anything Goes
Love to Create: Anything Goes

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Stencil Play

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a good day. It is beautiful here, sunny and warm. I want to show you a card I made using stencils. I enjoy playing with them. There are so many mediums that can be used with them. My background for this card was made using a butterfly, fern and swirl stencil. I used spray inks in eggplant, teal and aqua colors.

Underneath the background I used a pale pink embossed panel and added jewels. I cut 2 slits on the hat and ran ribbon through for the hat's band.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Brown Sugar: Make it Sparkle

Frilly & Funky: Stencils

Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes

Stampin' For the Weekend: Sparkle N Shine

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Happy Birthday

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a good day. We are having a cold rain here, but they are forecasting much better weather for the weekend. Yeah!

I want to show you a birthday card I made using new Penny Black stamps. I love this Reflection stamp set. I am always in need of birthday cards, so I have been making some lately to have on hand.

I added a tag with a message. I used a Penny Black saying from the Critter Party stamp set.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day.

Challenges entered:

Joan's Touch: Use embossing folder, green & white and an oval

Penny Black: Lace and Pearls

Simon Says Stamp: Tag It

Monday, March 3, 2014

Spring Tag

Hi Everyone! I know all of us are getting Spring fever. We have had some very Spring like weather here lately, but it will be getting colder. I know those of you with lots of snow are looking forward to Spring for sure! I want to share the Spring tag I made for Tim Holtz's tag challenge for March. I always have fun making the tags each month and learning new techniques and tips. You can see his demo here.