OSA Peacock Swap

Hello.  I'm playing catch up with posting cards since I'm still getting over walking pneumonia and my husband has also had a total hip replacement surgery with complications now.  On top of all this, my migraines have also started acting up again.  So posts will be hit and miss over the next couple of months again.

Today I am sharing a card I made for a peacock swap using stamps from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company.  After stamping my main images in memento black, I colored everything using prismacolor markers then highlighted parts of the entire image panel using koh-i-noor pencils and ice stickles.  I then stamped the peacock a second time, colored, and cut out to pop up using pop dots.  Tim Holtz tumbled glass is stippled for the sky and brushed corduroy is stippled for the ground.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps:  MFP Be A Showoff, Columns and Topiaries, Be Virtuous
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Brushed Corduroy
Card Stock: SU, Washi Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Koh-i-Noor Pencils, Stipple Brushes, MS Punches, Ice Stickles, Glue Dots, Brads, Pop Dots

Celebrate New Life Swap

Hello and welcome. Today I am sharing a card I made for the March Spring swap over on SpeedyTV.

After stamping my main image from the soon to be released Easter Scenes in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock then coloring with prismacolor markers, I stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the edges before layering using scrap Stampin Up! card stock and white baby brads.  Then I stamped my own background directly on the card with Stampin Up! blushing bride ink using a soon to be released set called Spring Things.  Once my background was stamped, I then over-stamped the saying in memento tuxedo black.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Easter Scenes, Spring Things
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Blushing Bride, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: MFP White, Stampin Up! Blushing Bride, Pretty In Pink Scrap, Certainly Celery Scrap, Bashful Blue Scrap
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Ribbon, Glue Dots, Baby Brads

Dogs Have Owners....

Cats have staff!!!  That is sooooooo true!!!  At least in my household with the 5 cats I have and the one dog.  That fantastic saying is from the retired Mod Mod World set from The Cat's Pajamas. 

I signed up for an ATC swap over on Splitcoaststampers back in December having never made ATC's before.  Not exactly the brightest thing for me to do, huh?  However, thanks to my trusty friend KJ, aka KelliJo on SCS, she reminded me of the resources section on Splitcoast so I found the tutorial on how to cut ATC's.

So once I stamped all of my images from Mod, Mod World, I colored Miss Sprinkles eyes and the stripe on her spaceship with prismacolor markers before realizing my spaceship was the same size as the main layer of the ATC.  That's a slight problem.  So I then had to cut out all of the images I had just colored, set those aside, then cut my ATC's, designer paper layer, and then another black layer with a stamped background.  After punching holes for my ribbon to go through, I also punched some Martha Stewart rockets and some funky looking star clusters.  Since the rockets looked a little plain to me, I found my MFT Banner Alpha and stamped the TCP on the rockets before adding them to the ATC's.  After popping up Sprinkle's spaceship, the rocket, adding bling to the funky star clusters and ice stickles, my ATC's were done.  Well?  What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: TCP Mod Mod World, MFT Banner Alpha

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Lady Bug Red, Paris Dusk, Bahama Blue, Stampin Up! Going Grey, Basic  Grey, Pallet Canvas White

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm White, DCWV Glitter Mat Stack, Stampin Up! Going Grey, PTI Black, HOTP Silver Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ice Stickles, Fiskars Star Cluster Punch, Martha Stewart Rocket Punch, Bling, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Stipple Brushes

Welcome Fall Swap

I just love fall.  The colors seem more beautiful for some reason, the air a bit more crisper, the temperature starts to get a bit more cooler (no more triple digits) and in Central California it's Harvest Time!!  So, in celebration, Mark's Finest Papers is holding a Speedy The Cat Fall Card Swap.  I was in the birthday swap and had such a blast, I joined the Summer swap and now the Fall swap. 

For my swap cards, I chose my favorite fall color combination: Stampin Up! Really Rust (why was it retired?), Old Olive, and More Mustard.  Instead of stamping my images on plain vanilla card stock, I used Mark's Finest Papers Corn Husk card stock.  I'm finding I like the texture and how Koh-I-Noor wood less pencils color and blend on this card stock.  Fantastic!!

Once I had decided on my card stock colors, I pulled out my All Aboard and Welcome Home stamp sets.  After stamping my All Aboard train station image four times, I pulled out the Koh-I-Noor pencils and got to work, using the prismacolor blending marker as I needed to.  When I finally got to coloring the trees, I had to pull out five (5) different pencils to obtain the shading I wanted for the leaves and then colored spritzed an old olive marker over the entire image.  After all of the layering was done for my main image, I then pulled out a cuttlebug Autumn embossing folder and ran the card portion through my Big Shot before sponging Stampin Up! really rust ink over the raised wording.  Finally pulling out the "There's no place like Home" saying from the Welcome Home set, I stamped my saying also onto Corn Husk card stock and layered it before color spritzing an old olive marker over it. 

For my final touches, I punched out some large and small leaves using a large Marvy punch and a small EK Success punch, then sponging ink, rolled up the edges of the large leaves with a quilling tool and adhering them with glue dots.  Here's a close up of the detailed section.

There's still plenty of time for you to come join us in the Speedy The Cat Fall Card Swap.  Just make sure you've joined Speedy TV to sign up for it.  If you haven't joined yet, what are you waiting for??  There's lots of inspiration, friends, and videos/tutorials at Speedy TV.  The swap is due September 30th and the sooner you get signed up in the forum, the sooner you can get your swaps done.  By the way, all participants of the Speedy The Cat Fall Swap receive a free mini stamp set courtesy of Faith.  Isn't she the greatest??

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps:  MFP Welcome Home, All Aboard
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Really Rust, Old Olive, More Mustard
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Stampin Up! Really Rust, Old Olive, More Mustard
Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Wood less Pencils, Prismacolor Blender Marker, SU Old Olive Brads, Glue Dots, Cuttlebug Autumn Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Color Spritzing Tool, Stampin Up! Old Olive Marker, Sponges, Marvy Leaf Punch, EK Success Leaf Punch, Quilling Tool

My Friend Sunflower

Hello and Happy Tuesday!!  Today I'm posting a card I made for the Speedy The Cat Birthday Swap over on Mark's Finest Papers.  I really love the sets I used ( Blackberries, Sunflowers & Bees and Daffodil and Anise), one because of the daffodils, and two the sunflowers since both grow really well around the Central Valley.

I started out by stamping the sunflower and bees on MFP Corn Husk card stock in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring it with prismacolor markers.  Once the coloring was done, I lightly stippled Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around to help fill in the blank spots before layering. 

Once the layering was done, I repeatedly stamped the anise flower on the card in Stampin Up! garden green to create a background.  Once that was done, I tied some vanilla ribbon around the card and popped up the main image and saying.  For the final touch, a dimensional bee sticker was added to the bottom of the sunflower.  The Happy Birthday is stamped on the inside with another bee in the bottom left corner.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFP Blackberries, Sunflowers & Bees, Daffodil & Anise
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Garden Green, Bashful Blue
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Stampin Up! Garden Green, Riding Hood Red, Summer Sun
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Ribbon, Pop Dots, Bee Sticker, Stipple Brush

Vintage Bookmark

Hello again.  Today I'm sharing a bookmark I made for a vintage swap over on Splitcoast.

For my bookmark, I pulled out a stamp set from See-Dee's I had bought from Lauren (mytime) when she cleaned out her stamp closet a couple of years ago.

Once I stamped my images in memento tuxedo black onto some vanilla bookmark cardstock, I colored the images using prismacolor watercolor pencils instead of using my markers.  I was hoping not using the markers would "lighten" the images and make the bookmark appear old and faded.  To help achieve the aged look I was trying for, I stippled some Tim Holtz old paper, tea stain and antique linen inks over and around the images.  After I was done layering everything, I pulled out some antique brass vintage brads to finish everything off.  Here's a close up of the details.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.



Stamps: See-Dee's
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tea Stain, Antique Linen, Old Paper
Card Stock: DMD Vanilla Bookmarks, Stampin Up! Vintage Violet, True Thyme
Accessories: Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils, Prismacolor Blending Marker, Stipple Brushes, Brads

Stop And Smell The Flowers - Recycle Swap

Hello.  I hope you are having a great Tuesday.  Today I am sharing a card I made for the Forest Friends Recycle Swap.

For my card, I pulled out some Papertrey Ink sets that I thought would be perfect for the swap and for my recycle item - dryer sheets. ;)  I started out by punching some Stampin Up! white and green galore card stock using both the Marvy Giga and Mega Scallop Punches.  Once that was done, I started stamping the skunk, flowers, and saying from PTI's Forest Friends and Forest Friends Sentiments using various memento inks. 

Once all of my stamping was done, I began to assemble my cards; first by cutting the dryer sheets down to size and then layering them onto some white card stock using double sided tape.  Once all of that was done, I added some ribbon, primas and brads to hold the dryer sheets down a little more securely.  Then it was time to assemble the scallop circles.  After layering the stamped white one over the green galore, I then popped them up on dimensionals.

Here's a close up of the stamped area.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.




Stamps: PTI Forest Friends, Forest Friends Sentiments
Ink: Various Memento Inks
Card Stock: Stampin Up! White, Green Galore, Pixie Pink
Accessories: Giga & Mega Scallop Punches, Dimensionals, Dryer Sheets, Primas, Glue Dots, Brads, Ribbon