A Jillian Vance Design-Heirloom Hearts Stencil

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with the new Heirloom Hearts stencil along with a few other things.

I hope you'll join me over there for links and details!

Thanks so much for stopping!  Come again soon!

 

A Jillian Vance Design - Ornamental Octagon

I'm up on the blog over at A Jillian Vance Design with this card using one of the new stencils in the shop.

I hope you'll hop on over there and join me for links and details.

Thanks so much for stopping!  Come again soon.

 

Squirrel! - Miss Ink Stamps

Welcome back!  I've got some Slim's Whims for you today!  Because you can never have enough Slim!

I needed to get this one out of my head... inspired by that silly sentiment from the set!  I love all of the sentiments on this set... some punny, some snark, some silly and all fun!  And I knew this little squirrel from the Oh Nuts stamp set was perfect for this one.

I started this one with a gel print background and used the Leafy Green stencil and applied some Deco Foil Metallix Gold Gel through it.  I stamped, cut and colored the images and then used the frame and speech bubble together and added the first part of my sentiment at the top and then the "punchline" at the bottom with the SQUIRREL!

I think Slim is quite handsome in all of the different color combos I've seen him in so far!  I used E40-44 for this one.

Here are all of the colors I used on this one!

I'm playing along over at Double Trouble Challenge Blog, Are You Kitten Me (any cute animal will do) and 2 Crafty Critter Crazies, where It's All Critters All The Time!  You should check them out!

And here is Slim:

You can follow Slim on Instagram @slim_knows and you can follow me @bzscrapper... you know ... if you'd like.  We're not the boss of you.

I'm also linking up to the special challenge to post a pic of yourself and your cat or dog furbaby!  I didn't have one with both of my boys, so my mom edited one for me and I think it turned out so cute...lol

You should play along too for your chance at $50 of Close To My Heart product!  You can check both out here!

Thanks so much for stopping!  I hope you'll come again soon!

 

Woodland Wonder - Miss Ink Stamps

Welcome back!!  I've got a little bit of a Miss Ink woodland wonder for you today!  I'm in love with the Smokin' Caterpillars stamp set that these mushroom images come on.  It's cool that you can use them along with the other Alice Collection images OR they are beautiful on their own and mixed with some of the other sets from Miss Ink!

I started by ink blending a white panel of cardstock using Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink.  I didn't worry about full coverage and left lots of variation.  Then I sprayed my Leafy Greens stencil with some Pixie Spray (let it sit for a few minutes while I gather my supplies) and then place it over the panel sticky side down.  This stuff has saved my crafty life recently.  I had no clue.  (Thanks Heidi!)  Then I applied some Deco Foil Metallix Gel in Champagne Mist.  I did add some Distress Embossing Glaze powders to this and heat it, but since the colors weren't really much of a contrast it didn't have a huge impact.  I will be playing with these next month so stay tuned!

Finally I cut all of my pieces and assembled them... adding in a couple flowers, the bee, some greenery and a butterfly ... and of course that beautiful banner... from the Springtime Banners stamp set and gold embossed a cute sentiment from the Decaf Background stamp set... perfect for that banner.

That's me for today!  Thanks so much for stopping and I hope you enjoyed it!  Come again soon!

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Stamplorations Joy In A Cup

I'm up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog and playing along with some challenges over at Stamplorations!  Head on over there for more details and links if you'd like them!  Thanks so much for stopping and hope you'll come again!

A Magnolia Spotlight - Miss Ink Stamps

I'm up on the blog over at Miss Ink Stamps sharing a technique I've been playing with lately and the details of how I created this one!

Thanks for stopping here and if you'd like to visit me over there for more pics, links and tips, you can find my post here!

Happig New Year! - Miss Ink Stamps

I had a lot of fun with this one!  I started with the background, using the Circular Harlequin Stencil... quite possibly my very favorite stencil of all time!  I will be sharing how I created this background over on the Miss Ink blog in January so stay tuned for that!

I stamped a bunch of images from the Punny Farm Pigs stamp set, including a lot of the cute little streamers onto some Copic friendly paper and then used my Scan N Cut to cut them all out.  I normally prefer the dies, but knew I wanted a lot of the little streamers so I decided the Scan N Cut was the way to go for this one.

I colored them all with my Copics and laid them out on the card before attaching them using various thicknesses of foam tape.  I added some shimmer to the balloons using two different brands of shimmer pens.. I love how the camera caught the shimmer in this pic!  It's almost magical looking!  And finally I added the sentiment built using the Season's Greetings set along with part of a sentiment from the Punny Farm Pigs set... I love mixing and matching to create just the right sentiment!

So fun!!!  I love those cute little piglets!  And they look like they really know how to party!

Hope you enjoyed your visit!  Come back tomorrow for more fun and inspiration!