Monthly Archives: August 2009

It’s Thursday and time for another challenge! I think you’ll find this one fun, challenging perhaps but hopefully fun! Today I’m challenging you to use variegated color in your projects. Variegated thread, yarn, ribbon or create your own variegated paper etc. Variegated colors flow from one color into the next and back again. Check out the challenge here.

Bluebird Hello

For this design I decided to make a resist background and sponge on color to get a variegated look. I love  how it looks like a patterned paper. I’m always amazed at the different looks I can get with a single stamp. Some other details…

• My latest addiction is Zva crystals. I had a very fun shop a couple weeks ago and they just seem to want to attach themselves to everything!
• The chipboard bird is another chipboard piece from the Heidi Swapp Invisibles line. I love how you can sponge on any color to customize for your project. I had a few e-mails the other day  asking for where to find them. Check out Ellen Hutson for a very addictive selection of them.
• I mixed together a lot of different embellishments for a textured look on this project.

Supply LIst:

Stamps: Art Nouveau Backgrounder by CHF
Cursive Expressions (MLM line) by CHF (to be released Friday)
Ink: Black Memento Ink & Versamark by Tsukineko, Worn Lipstick and Broken China Distress Ink by Ranger
Paper: Simply Smooth white cardstock by CHF, patterned paper by October Afternoon, glossy white cardstock by Ranger
Other: chipboard by Maya Road, Distress Crackle Paint by Ranger, accordian ribbon, safety pins by Creative Impressions, crochet flower by Imaginesce, flower by Prima, rhinestones by Zva Creative, Invisibles chipboard by Heidi Swapp

Happy creating!

On the Desk

It’s here! Release day for On the Desk. I’m pretty excited about this set. It’s a mid-sized set so that makes it a little easier on the pocket book as well. I have a couple more designs to share with you today and the gallery has a lot of great samples. If you’re looking for inspiration…check them out here.

Vintage Airmail

I have to give credit to my daughter for inspiration behind this design. She said Mom…you need to use that Air Mail stamp with a bird. It was a fun play on words and I had a lot of fun creating this design. It’s a little wild and busy to be sure but it was a fun and funky card  to make. The main bird image is a Heidi Swapp Invisibles Chipboard piece. It comes as white glossy chipboard with a resist pattern right on it. I sponged it with Broken China Distress Ink and allowed it to sink in. I then stamped it with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and the various images.

edited to add: Heidi Swapp Invisibles chipboard is available from Ellen Hutson

Quick Tip: Allow ink to sink in well to the chipboard for at least a minute before wiping off the resist areas. This helps prevent smearing. As you can see…I wish I’d known this before starting! Oh well!

Supply List:

Stamps: On the Desk (Rummage Bin line) by CHF
Ink: Black Memento by Tsukineko, Broken China Distress Ink by Ranger
Paper: kraft cardstock by Bazzill Basics, Lemonade 6×6 paper pad by Basic Grey
Other: sandpaper, chipboard by Heidi Swapp, button by Jenni Bowlin, flower by Prima, trim by Fancy Pants Designs

Best Day in the Year

While I had all my supplies out, I just had to make another clean and simple design for a little change of pace. That fun textured cardstock it by Bazzill Basics.
Stamps: On the Desk (The Rummage Bin line) by CHF
Ink: Black Memento Ink byTsukineko, White pigment ink by Clearsnap
Paper: Kraft & dotted cardstock by Bazzill Basics, Lemonade 6×6 paper pad by Basic Grey
Other: flower by Prima, brad by Making Memories

Have a fabulous day!

It’s Day two of my On the Desk sneak peeks and have a scrappy design to share with you today. One of the styles I love creating in is a vintage collage style design and it works great with this vintage typewriter image and some fun goodies. This set works really well with quite a few of the Scrapblocks and for this card I paired it with Vintage Text Scrapblock to play up on the just my type sentiment.To create simply mix stamps with some fabulous Jenni Bowlin papers, lots of stitching and layer up the embellishments. I left this sentiment short and sweet so that you could play it up as a love note or a friendship design or use it on a layout.

U R Just My Type

Quick Tip: Mix sentiments up with chipboard letters to create a longer phrase.

Supply List:

Stamps: On the Desk (Rummage bin Line) by CHF
Ink: Rich Cocoa & Black Memento Ink by Tsukineko
Paper: Simply Smooth Vanilla by CHF, patterned paper by Jenni Bowlin
Other: button by Jenni Bowlin, voila felt and say it with Crystals by Prima, sewing machine, embroidery floss, chipboard by American Crafts

Have a beautiful Sunday!

A simple sneak peek to share with you today. My next stamp set is being released on Tuesday and I wanted to share one of my ideas for this set. Actually…it’s a really flexible set that I hope you’ll love. It works great with a lot of different styles and I’ve used a few elements paired up with three of the stamps to create this clean graphic style card.

Airmail Missing You

Quick Tip: Don’t be afraid to simply stamp images in black ink and leave them. Sometimes it’s great to just focus on design.

Stamps: On the Desk (The Rummage Bin line) by CHF
Ink: Black Memento by Tsukineko
Paper: Simply Smooth White cardstock by CHF
Other: flower by Prima, twine

I’ll be back tomorrow with another peek at the set.

Have a simply wonderful day!