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Hi Everybody, I decided to play with my mirror image stamp from So Suzy. And I also wanted to make a card where the stamping on the front continues to the back of the card.  Did I confuse you? In case I did - here is a better picture: My stamp supplies: Butterfly Music ,  Wings to the Soul , Mirror Image stamp I first did a trial run on a piece of scrap paper. Then I lined up my butterfly stamp with the mirror image stamp in my Misti. Inked it up and stamped several times - you need to do that in order to get a good impression on your paper. It worked! I then took another piece of scrap paper to make sure I line up the butterfly stamp accurately. If its not precise it won't look good.. Good enough. I then took some red tape (not the blue painters tape, the red is lees sticky and won't tear your paper) too mask off the card stock. Ideally you want to sponge first and then stamp, to not smudge the ink, but this is a s

Hi Everyone, I needed a birthday card for somebody special and I took that opportunity to play along with CASology's 5th birthday blog hop party . The theme is balloon. So here is my card: I took Big Cat #6 from Katzelkraft and colored her/him with Inktense pencils. Added the balloon (MFT) and sponged it with distress inks. Added the die cuts. You might wonder how this card is going to fit in an envelope.... No problem! It folds up - I have a lot of slightly bigger envelopes that I use for "over the edge" cards - gotta take one of those. You see a tiny bit of string peeking out at the bottom - if you pull on it, the balloon "stands up" again. A very happy birthday to CASology - to the next 5 years! Happy Stamping! Also linking up with: Seize the Birthday - anything birthday

Hi Everyone, today I created a top border with a stamp. My stamp supplies: Radiant Roses,    Noteworthy 2 Curious to find out how I did this? Visit the STAMPlorations blog for a full tutorial! Remember if you try out any of the techniques from our Spotlight posts and  hook your project up at our  Spotlight Project Showcase   you have a chance to win a $15 gift certificate (random drawing) OR your choice of 5x7 stamp set + a Spotlight Project guest designer spot (randomly drawn from the Top 3 picks). Use  code STAMPGIRLCORNELIA to get 20% off on all stamps, stencils, and dies on all regular- and sale-priced items in the store. Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Simon Says Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Hi Everyone, just a reminder, that the linky at Muse Christmas Visions is still open and you can come and play with us. We have the super talented Jessica Frost-Ballas from All The Sparkle as GDT this month and her card is just stunning! Sadly, mine does not do hers justice.....but I tried..... I used an ancient Inkadinkadoo set and inked it up with Versamark. Heat embossed in gold. Colored in some of the snowflakes. Added the sentiment, which is from CUTplorations. Above is Jessicas gorgeous creation. I went with the color scheme as you can see.  So come and play along at  Muse Christmas Visions   - you'll h ave until Sunday 8 am to link up your card! Happy Holiday Card Making! Linking up with: The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - anything goes

Hi Everyone, the Stampotique challenge is in its second week - the theme is " use some kind of tape ". I used Washi tape, but you can use whatever you have at hand - painters tape, duct tape, you name it, it works! I also used their fun  Unicorn  stamp and heat embossed it in gold. Water colored around it and added some dots to it. I also used Fine Tec silver and gold to add some glam. Dressed it up with Washi tape and added the sentiment, which is from Quotes 1 Stampotique Challenges run for TWO weeks...... Please remember you can use any stamps for our challenge and you are allowed to have 2 entries per challenge. From all the current months entries we will draw 2 random winners who will each win a 30.00 gift certificate on the first week of the following month. Have fun with tape! Hope to see you at  the  challenge !

Hi Everyone, its inspiration time at  STAMPlorations ! This week we are featuring Shery's stamp line  Shery Russ Designs . My stamp supplies: Bloomtangled, Fond Expressions 2 I stamped and water colored the Bloomtangled and added the sentiment. Mounted it on black card stock with a strip of PP in the back. From  July 25 to 31, all Shery Russ Designs stamps are 10% off (no coupon needed) + 1 TBK stamp set is 20% off (no coupon needed) Or even better use  code STAMPGIRLCORNELIA to get 20% off on all stamps, stencils, and dies on all regular- and sale-priced items in the store. All our   Inspiration Project posts have a monthly random drawing - 1 commenter wins a $10 gift certificate. So look at all those  fabulous cards the Inspiration Girls  made and leave them some love! It may pay off :) Linking up with: Happy Stamping!

Hi Everyone, I really should use my other Katzelkraft stamps, but I could not resist to use this one again, after I realized I could lay it on its side....... This is  Big Cat #9  - if you want to see my previous card with it you can click HERE So once the cat is on its side it needs a bed. I don't have a bed stamp, but one can always doodle one. As you can see I am not an artist,but the bed is recognizable as such. A pillowy blanket, Inktense pencils and Sharpie accents and ready is a get well card! I decided to use my sewing machine to attach the sentiment. Maybe I should do more doodling..... Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Show us your Pussies - anything goes with cats Animal Friends - one layer

Hi Everyone, Stampotique is having Word Up Weekend over at  Facebook  - showing cards with words on them. Well, that's most of them, right?  I used some older stamps for this card: I masked the moon, sponged with grey oxide ink and stamped the tree . The cute little squirrel  I colored with water brush pens and fuzzy cut. Added the "ground" and a strip of PP on the side. The sentiment is from  Hashtags Love how this turned out! Happy Weekend! Linking up with: Double D Challenge - Black and white with a pop of color The Challenge - Black, white and one color

Hi Everyone, I am so honored to be guest designing for Uniko Stamps today for their 42nd challenge ! I am sure you all know Uniko stamps - a delightful Britisch stamp company with an even more delightful owner Beverly Brown. She single handedly runs the entire company while juggling two young twin boys. A true wonder woman! But lets get back to the challenge - the theme is flowers - don't we all love them? And there is a pretty inspiration picture to go along with it: Here is my card: This is the inspiration picture: I used the pretty Happy Succulents set to make this card. I stamped it in green and water colored it in. I also added some water color to the solid succulents to give them more dimension. As you can see, the sentiment  is from the same set. I mounted the strip onto foam tape and added an enamel dot. You'll have almost the entire month to play along! See you at the Challenge !

Hi Everyone, we at Stampotique have a brand new challenge startin g - the theme is " use some kind of tape ". I used Washi tape, but you can use whatever you have at hand - painters tape, duct tape, you name it, it works! I also used the new Sealife cube from the new release. You just have to love those little sea horses! I first stenciled the background with the Repeating Bubble Swirls stencil from iStencil , which I think is just perfect for those seahorses/ I used oxide inks for that. I then stamped the seahorses and colored them with Inktense pencils. I dry embossed the background and added my seahorse panel plus some Washi tape. \ Stampotique Challenges run every TWO weeks...... Please remember you can use any stamps for our challenge and you are allowed to have 2 entries per challenge. From all the current months entries we will draw 2 random winners who will each win a 30.00 gift certificate on the first week of the following month. Have