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Monthly Archives: September 2011

Background Bliss

Posted on September 3, 2011 | 8 comments

As a big fan of background stamps, I’m always thrilled to be able to stamp with them. Clear background stamps are recently new to me and I was so excited when I first tried the Market Street Stamps background stamps. Love them! They stamp beautifully. Here’s one of their latest background releases, Cane.

Red, white and blue are always a lovely color combo. I’ve put a little twist on it for a fresh look by making my blue an aqua.

I’m keeping things super short and simple today. It’s the last long weekend of summer and I mean to enjoy every minute of it I can! Hope you do too!

Supplies: cardstock by Bazzill, Cane background stamp by Market Street Stamps, Comforting Florals stamp set by Market Street Stamps, Vermillion Archival ink by Ranger, Jet Black Archival Ink by Ranger, flower by Prima, clear button, baker’s twine by Jillibean Soup

Happy long weekend!

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Boo to You!

Posted on September 1, 2011 | 14 comments

Boo!

Yikes! It’s September!

Already!

Fall always seems to sneak up on me each year when I’m not looking. I’m sure it’s just me sticking my head in the sand and not wanting to think about how quickly the summer flies by. I’m determined to turn a blind eye to it at least until after Labour Day on the 5th. School starts on the 6th and once it arrives, I’ll sniff a little but be glad to settle back into a schedule and enjoy a quiet house during the day. There is a list as long as my arm with things I have to do waiting for me. But it will wait. Right now it’s still summer in my mind and the time with my kids is precious.

Today’s card uses the Thankful for You stamp set by Avocado Arts. I may have told how much I love this stamp set but it bears repeating. I just couldn’t put it down and made three cards with it back to back. Since this summer has been so busy, finding the time to do so was almost a miracle in itself.

You might not know it from the above photo but I’ve put this fun little scene together with quite a few different stamp images. The trick to this is careful masking. Masking is an easy technique if you just take your time and cut precisely. Since there are quite a few steps, I thought I’d list them for you in case you want to recreate this little scene.

Stamping and Masking steps…

stamp the stem and then mask
stamp the pumpkin and then mask it
stamp the spider web
stamp the pumpkin face
stamp the sentiment and cut out. adhere with a pop dot after watercoloring the image.

Supplies: Black Cardstock by Bazzill, solar white cardstock by Neenah, Thankful for You stamp set by Avocado Arts, Grape patterned paper from Stationery line by Lily Bee Design, Jet Black Archival ink by Ranger, Eclipse Masking Tape, Dusty Concord Distress Ink by Ranger, Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink by Ranger, Crushed Olive Distress Ink by Ranger, Glossy Accents by Ranger, Waterbrush by Niji, Glass Glitter by Melissa Frances, Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz