Stempel Spass

Hi Everyone, welcome our second  Day of the Month Card Club challenge ! It's " National Dandelion Day " day, which is celebrated on April 5th.  Many people consider dandelions weeds, but they are actually edible and are  rich in vitamins A, B, C, and D. They are delicious in soups and salads. They also bloom early, giving bees and insects well needed nourishment after the long winter.  The technique for this card I learned from Heindesign . It is quite simple. Tear some post it notes and mask a square. Take acrylic paint and paint stripes onto the masked area and then spread the paint with a sponge a bit so you can still see the original stripes, but not so much as to smear all the paint together. Let it dry. Dab white acrylic paint onto your stamp and stamp. Clean off the stamp immediately after use. The sentiment is by STAMPlorations. Now I hope you will have time to  play along! I am counting on you! You have until ...

Hi  Everyone, I am getting tired of making Christmas cards.... I needed a break from them. I love the inspiration picture for the current Sunday stamps challenge , so I pulled out my ancient Hero Arts stamp to make this card.  The sentiment is by Unity stamps. Did some masking and sponging. I also performed a little surgery on my stamp, as those falling dandelion seeds are attached to the main stamp. Just a little cut with my Exacto knife and I set them free! I am also linking up with: Mod Squad Challenge  - Anything but Christmas (exactly how I feel....) Happy Little Stampers Dec CAS Challenge   -  Favorite Technique (sponging is my favorite)    But I do have a Christmas card for you, in fact I  made two - they are slightly different - do you see it? My materials are: tree dies - Papertrey, sentiment - Simon Says stamps, some punches, gingham stamp - Stampin' up, PP cut with a die by Paper S...

Hi Everyone, you may know that tags are not my forte - in general I try to stay away from them.....but I tried it again, putting them on a card. First I used an old TCW Stencil and embossing paste, colored with Gelatos. The tags are a Mama Elephant die. The dandelion is an old Hero Arts stamp -one of my favorites - I do LOVE dandelions. The Kraft paper I die cut with a Simon Says die, as is the sentiment. the stamped sentiment is from the matching SSS stamp set. Given my limited experience with tags I am happy with the result.  I am linking up with: Mod Squad challenge  - I am tagging you Sunday stamps  - photo challenge Simon Says Monday challenge - don't cut, just paste Craft Stamper June challenge - texture Retro Rubber - tie it on A Blog named Hero - favorite (favorite dandelion stamp) The Male Room - add a tag