SWAPS

This is Kathy's project.  She used a watercolor pencil to create the depth/shadow of the flowers.  Fabulous.

April SWAPS

This week I have incredible SWAPS to share with you.  First we were to create a Mother's Day project using watercolor pencils or crayons in a technique new to us.  In this technique I used our Watercolor Wonder Crayons & a line image stamp, in this case Asian Artistry - an exclusive Hostess set.  Using the crayon I first colored the stamp with it, spritzed it 3 times with water, spritzed a piece of watercolor paper with water 3 times & stamped the image.  Using my heat tool I dried the image & then using Basic Black ink I stamped the same image over the the one I just created it.  I am a huge fan of watercoloring, but I don't feel I'm very good at it.  But, I do like how this turned out.  Hope you like it also.  Thanks so very much for stopping by and taking a look.

Recipe:

CS - Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Watercolor

DSP - Patterns Pack DSP - Hostess Exclusive

Stamps - Asian Artistry - Hostess Exclusive

Ink - Basic Black

Accessories - Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon,  Coluzzle

For Jayna

I wanted to make a card last night so decided to use the Splitcoaststampers Sketch of the Week, SC275.  I was going thru my stamps and ran across "Friendship is a Sheltering Tree."  I immediately thought of my friend Jayna from church.  She cares so much about people & she feels so bad when she can't help them.  So this card is for her.  I'm giving it to her tonight at church.

Recipe -
CS - Taken With Teal, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Choc Chp, Kraft, Whispering White
DSP - Sweet Pea
Classic Ink - So Saffron, Taken With Teal, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive
Accessories - Stamp-a-ma-jig, White Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals, Designer Buttons Playground, Big Shot, Textured Impressions Folder Perfect Polka Dot, Embroidery Floss

With Sympathy

For Terri who just lost her dad. 

Recipe:
CS - Whisper White, Choc Chip
Stamps - Stippled Stencils (retired), Teeny Tiny Wishes
Classic Ink - Taken With Teal, Choc Chip
Accessories - Choc Chip Tafeta Ribbon, Scalloped Edge Trim Punch

For You On Easter

This is one of my Easter cards for this year. 

Recipe:
CS - So Saffron, Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Orchid Opulence, Pale Plum
DSP - Shades of Spring
Stamps - A Good Egg, Eggcoutrements
Accessories - Only Orange Stampin Write Marker, Orchid Opulence Grosgrain Ribbon, Eggcellent Eggs Kit, Designer Label Punch, Stampin Up Embosslits Die Beautiful Wings, Big Shot
Ink - Basic Black & So Saffron

The Lord Bless You and Keep You

A friend from church has been asking me to bring my cards in as she was wanting to purchase some & also needed some as a thank you from the church.  I finally accomplished this task last week. 

This card is a result of her liking this color combo from one of the cards & the vellum layover from another one.  She loved how it turned out!  I'm so glad.






Recipe:
Cardstock - Basic Black, Whisper White, Vellum
Stamps - Asian Artistry, (the verse I borrowed from my good friend Joyce, the other verse I used was "God Thinks You're Wonderful)
Classic Ink - Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry
Stampin Write Markers - Pale Plum, Rich Razzleberry
Ribbon - Certainly Celery Satin

MOJO Monday Sketch 131

New paper to play with!  Isn't life grand? 








Recipe:
Stamps - Whimsical Words
CS - So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Pale Plum, Whisper White
Paper - other
Ribbon - Bashful Blue Satin
Buttons - retired
White Emb. Floss
Punches - Oval & Scalloped Oval
Ink - Pale Plum

Monkeying Around

Mojo Monday Sketch 130

Recipe -

CS - Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Kraft
DSP - Sweet Pea
Stamps - Fox & Friends
Ribbon - Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon
Tools - Scalloped Edge Punch, Paper Piercer, scalloped circle die other
Classic Ink - Chocolate Chip

Happy Together

The second project we used the Decor Elements Flutter in Tempting Turquoise. Several of us had never used DE so was a fun and WOW project for them. 


The design of the card came from Christy Charles with a a few changes on my part.


Recipe:
CS - Gable Green, Pink Passion, Whisper White
DSP - Kaleidoscope
Tools & Punches - Big Shot, Bigz Lattice Die, Boho Flower Punch, Scalloped Edge Punch, Pink Bead Duo, Paper Piercer
Decor Elements - Flutter Tempting Turquoise

Friday was our monthly stamp meeting.  At our meeting I shared a couple of new ideas.  One was a new technique.  We stamped the flower image using Versamark onto a coffee filter, embossed with Whisper White, using an AquaPainter filled in with color, let it dry, then carefully tore around the edges.  The flowers look so soft and pretty. 

Recipe -
CS - Sahara Sand, Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, So Saffron, Whisper White
Classic Ink - Brocade Blue, Night of Navy
Versamark
Stamps - Happy Together, Best Wishes & More, Happy Everything
Punches - 1" Circle
Accessories - coffee filters, Aqua Painters, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun
 

Thank You Deanna & Lisa

I have some of the best friends available!  Thank you Lisa.  I  just got this stamp set yesterday so of course I wanted to play with it as soon as I awoke. 

Several years ago in Ann Arbor, MI I found this wonderful hand-made paper storecalled Hollanders.  Here is their website.   http://www.hollanders.com/  & immediately I fell in love.  That year for Christmas Deanna gave me a gift certificate for that store.  Sadly, I am just now using it.  Recently I made a card for Kathy who loves Asian inspired cards & I'm thinking that my sister may like that style also.  I wanted to send her a card as a thank you for sending 2 huge boxes of her clothes that are too big for her as she has lost over 70 pounds.  I am so proud of both of my sisters for their weight losses.  

God give me the strength to do the same.

This is splitcoaststampers card sketch SC271.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back soon!

Recipe:
CS - Basic Black, Taken With Teal, More Mustard, Whisper White
Stamps - Asian Artistry (hostess)
Ink - Basic Black, More Mustard
Stampin Write Markers - Old Olive, Taken with Teal, More Mustard, Real Red
Punch - Curly Label