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This is the lovely sketch stamp again, this time without using second-generation stamping. It was too big for the card I was stamping on so I left off the hummingbird. This allowed me to color the flowers as morning glories.
I cut out the image and, after mounting it to card, I used a grey Sharpie marker to add a drop-shadow.
The text is a clear sticker. I love how the words are added in shadow.
Ddd
These favor boxes were made by my S-I-L for her sister's wedding. The butterfly is stamped using my handcarved rubber stamp. She added embossing and glitter, pearls and rhinestones to make these just beautiful.
The butterfly rests on a bow on the box top.
Ddd
Well, THIS is a weird one!
I cut the image with alternating rings of Nestabilities and then cut the background with their opposites. They are then layered in order of size.
I added cardstock stickers for text.
Weird for sure!
Ddd
So sad. I made this sympathy card and the very next day had occasion to send it out.
The image was cut out with a scalloped rectangle Nestability and I used the next larger size to cut a backing for it. The top image is raised on pop-dots.
The background is scrapbook paper over a green folded card base.
I colored the silver sticker with Sharpie marker before attaching to the card.
Ddd
I had this left over piece of bubble background in my scraps. The color match was perfect for the iris I had colored. I used Nestabilities to cut the aperture and added to a cream card base.
The text is a cardstock sticker.
Ddd
I used more of the green 'marbled' paper to frame up this stamping of two love birds. Layers of pink echo the bird colors and a green bow mimics the frame.
The gold stickers read "Happy Anniversary"
Ddd
I used the distressed stripes Cutlebug folder on the front of the folded cardstock base, selected to match the color of the stamped image. I pulled out the pink from the image with scrapbook paper, cutting a scalloped oval with Nestabilities.
The corners are enhanced with sticker waste from filigree corner stickers. Then I added the Best Wishes greeting in gold peel-off stickers.
Ddd
This is the way I like these iris colored best. I had a scrap of embossed diamond paper and cut the aperture with Nestabilities. Framed up with purple scrapbook paper and mounted on yellow card base.
I added the bow and it was still too plain so I used rub-on borders to the top and bottom.
No greeting for this yet - it can be added whenever the appropriate occasion arises.
Ddd
I got a new corner punch and I love it! It even allows for corner punching on the folded edge of the card. How cool is that?
I cut a scalloped window in the green paper and used it to frame the stamped/colore image.
The final step was to add gold filligree corners and tiny greeting words at the top and bottom.
Ddd
The true coloring of this flower head is more pink than it photographs. I encircled it with a piece of glossy cardstock marbled with alcohol inks (rescued from the scrap bin).
The pink background actually matches the flower which has a clear/gold sticker that reads "Faith".
A second clear/gold sticker at the bottom reads "With God all things are possible. Mark 10:27"
Ddd
I did this card for one of the groups I am on as someone taught a lesson on this fold. I had never made one before. I actually changed the measurements as I already had the stamped element and its background cut out.
The yellow border and text are cardstock stickers. I added a silk flower and a rhinestone center. Yellow flower brads mark the corners of the stamped panel.
Ddd
Ooooh! I found some fabulous stuff in the bargain bins at (M) last week. The best was these 12x12 sheets of diecut printed cardstock. I cut this one into pieces to use and the result reminded me of Morocco - both in design and color.
I added my feature element - the stamped dragonfly - which I colored up with metallic colored pencils. I cut one out and mounted it over the top of the other. Both layers of the wings have been covered with Stickles.
Ddd
This is one of those stamps that have been hanging around for years without seeing any ink. It's from the dollar bin at some craft store - don't remember which.
I colored this up with Sharpie markers. The mottling in the background is from tapping the pen on the card rather than stroking it on.
The feature was so bright I put it on a just-as-bright cardstock and then added only gold stickers and trims.
Ddd
I fell in love with this stamp on a recent trip to Hobby Lobby (yep, there's one in Nebraska, too - and my daughter knows where to find it!) My first concern was how I could stamp it with permanent ink so I could use watercolors on it. I wanted it to retain the look of a pencil sketch but I only have black ink!
Well, I accomplished it by second-generation stamping. I kept a scratch paper at hand and inked, stamped on the scratch paper, then stamped on the cardstock. It worked like a charm.
This has been colored with watercolor pencils and blended with a water brush. Rounding the corners, I then attached brown brads to the corners, using one to hold some snippets of ribbon.
The clear sticker at the bottom is Ecclesiastes 3:1 "To everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven."
Ddd
A recent weekend took us to our southern place for an overnight stay. We took the table from the camper, the lawn chairs and our new gas grill over to the river side for a steak dinner al fresco.
As evening settled we watched the deer amble through the fields, spotted a bald eagle flying up the river with a freshly caught fish, and finally laid out to watch the stars. We saw 10 sattelites pass over in about an hour and a half.
In the morning, while dining back at the river, we watched while an osprey (sitting atop the snag directly above the table in the photo) issued a screaming/ flapping challenge to a passing great blue heron.
Ddd
I didn't know whether to code the topic of this 'in the kitchen' or 'in the garden'! This plate was part of our dinner the other night and the surrounding items were sent to the refrigerator for later consumption. All of these were picked from the garden barrels within an hour of this photo!
So, the garden was a success! Here we have (clockwise on the plate and then surrounding it) radishes, green onions, carrots, cucumber, green beans, tomatoes, and beets. The tomatoes are from those cheater plants. On the left edge of the plate you can see just one pea that DH did not snack away while I was preparing the shot.
Other garden successes not on tonight's menu - spinach, lettuce, cherry tomatoes (yet to ripen), white onions.
Ddd
I made this background paper so ling ago I can't remember how it was done! But it made the perfect foil for this stamped project. Layers of coordinating cardstock were corner punched.
A satin bow is tied through top two layers and all is assembled.
No greeting for this one so it can serve for any occasion.
Ddd
Starting with the stitching, on a brown scrapbook paper, I then distressed with greens and browns. I had a green sticker of a measuring tape and distressed that as well to bring it into the same tonal range.
The background paper was the right colors but just too bright so I toned them down with the same distressing, as well as a text sticker.
I rounded the corners of the parts and,after stacking and gluing, added some manly brads to the corners.
The whole was glued to a red folded cardstock and its corners were also rounded.
Ddd
I like to use a very simple paper for this pattern so the focus stays on the instrument. This paper has very subtle flecks in it. I stitched with dark brown and silver for the country dulcimer for a bit of realism.
I used a Fiskars texture plate in the Cuttlebug on silver paper to serve as backing corners on a tan folded cardstock.
I carried on with the silver theme (dulcimer strings, backing papers) by adding silver corners - in two types - and a silver peel-off greeting.
Ddd
This fabulous background paper was a sample from a pack of printing papers I got years ago. I love the gradation in it. I ran it through the Cuttlebug with a Fiskars texture plate for the fantastic design.
Punches at the corners and a scalloped oval cutout bring the focus to the stamped image piece which has been colored with watercolor pencils and waterbrush.
The central image is mounted with pop-dots and a circular rob-on furnishes the greeting.
Ddd
