These are two "groupings" of stamps that I have, just in zip lock bags. The set below is a Brenda Walton sentiment set, clear stamps. I rushed stamping out these images so I didn't get the stamps inked well but they stamp fine. $5
I have a yellow rose bush that has those tinges of apricot at the throat and edges of some petals. You know the one. I thought I'd try watercoloring the Fifth Avenue Floral rose to look like one of those. My attempts are poor compared to the real thing but the watercoloring with the aqua painter was fun. The color spreads easy. I only used 2 shades, a yellow and a pinky red. Two sizes of the Nestabilities Pinking Circles propped up the image on Delicate Dots paper and I used So Saffron ribbon to dress it up. Liquid Pearls dot the inside circle. The background is Certainly Celery cardstock. Have a great weekend. I'm headed outside to work awhile as it's in the low sixties here. Woo hoo!
Eons ago I was lucky to purchase three of these vanilla scented candles at Target on a big markdown. I put them away on a shelf where I keep things to be altered. Today was the day. This was the first time I had tried stamping on candles and let me tell you it was easy peasy! There's a great tutorial on SCS under resources if you are interested. I did the sweet bird from SU Always on one side and the friend sentiment from All Holidays on the other. I also had some of these tiny matchboxes that I got from the dollar store. You get a whole load for a buck. You can't cover the inside box totally or it will be too thick to slide through. So I simply put a strip of decorative paper on the ends and wrapped a piece around the outside. Using the scalloped punch, a prima inked with Baja Breeze and some grosgrain ribbon with a bridal brad decorated the top. Paper is (did you guess yet!!) SU Parisian Breeze, just used up some scraps from other projects. I wanted to put the candle and a pack of the matches in a cello bag and tie with the ribbon but I didn't have the right size cello bag. But this could go in a little basket or a bag, etc. What a nice gift for a friend at very little cost! Have a good one.....
Decided to try the Top Note Box and use dry embossing to show it off. Card stock is Whisper White. The bottom layer of the top was a paper I got somewhere but don't remember what it was. It's very limp but has a nice shimmer to play off the WW. The base is embossed with the CB Swiss Dots, the top with the new Manhattan Flower and the sides were done with a CB strip type flower. The butterfly is from the SU Butterfly Die and is embossed with Swiss Dots and a few pearls. Very nice for a wedding, first communion, confirmation, etc.
http://mrslumpys.blogspot.com/ Who is Mrs. Lumpy??? Go to her blog and find out. She took classes from the great Michelle Zindorf, brayer queen of all times. Now Mrs. Lumpy has done 2 videos of her own on how to do this card. I think it came out pretty good for my first attempt using her method. I didn't make the card as long as I should have so I could not get the whole reflection of the tree in the water but I'm pleased with how it came out. Inks used were SU Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue and Night of Navy, Handsome Hunter, Black and Certainly Celery. The tree is from Lovely as a Tree and the deer is a Stampscapes stamp. Go give it a try. It was lots of fun!
Today it was blizzard conditions here in Maryland. Mother Nature's last hurrah...I hope! So to combat spring fever, I did this little card. The image is yet another sweet little Lockhart stamp. They are sooooo much fun to color. I used metallic pencils and a blender pen and literally some scraps and a little ribbon. Could be a get well, friend, thank you note, even a sympathy card. Anything is better than the snow!!!
I decided to try my hand at the Milk Carton Tutorial from Becky Roberts. I had purchased this tutorial from Becky who is soooo talented some time ago but this is the first chance I had to make it. I used Red Riding Hood Red and Basic Black paper and Red Riding Hood Red ink. I also used my new Friendly Words wheel on the sides and the little medallions are stamped from the A Little Somethin" set. The heart in the center was from Polka Dot Punches with coordinates with all our punches. One really neat feature about these little milk cartons is that you don't have to destroy all your fancy work at the top because the bottom has a secret little trap door opening to use to remove the goodies you place inside! Clever! Becky has several tutorials for sale and all the projects are fantastic. Check them out at http://www.inkingidaho.blogspot.com/. Have fun!
