Stempel Spass

This week's  Make it Monday is a really cool one - the talented Heather Nichols has a tutorial about cluster stamping - I just love how this came out: You start with the sentiment  - stamp it with Versamark and clear emboss it. Then you take small stamps and cluster them around the sentiment. Easy peasy...... Mounted the white cardbase onto a green card. The colors I took from the Cupcake Inspirations  challenge And the lay out I got from this weeks CASE this Sketch  I am also linking this card with Seize the Birthday - anything Birthday Materials: all stamps by  Papertrey  - Polka Dot Basics, Sketched Shapes, Reasons to Smile

Did you know that there is a challenge going on at the Twinery ? This is the inspiration picture:                                                                  It inspired me to make a card for my son's best friends upcoming birthday. It was kind of tricky to wrap the twine around the numbers - especially with the 1 - I started with that one. The 2 went better - I figured out how to do that. The trick is glossy accents on the back of the number.... I used some Washi tape and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches - Sentiment sampler. The "th" is from the word "thanks" partially inked up.... --X-- And here is another card I made - this is for the   Make It Monday challenge . Heather Campbell is reviving the white crayon resist technique. It is pretty simple, but it does no...

At the  Make it Monday over at Papertrey the theme is collage. I have never attempted a collage. I always found it daunting. But yesterday evening I gave it a try. Dawn McVey has a nice video on her blog - kind of a tutorial. I watched that, took the Playdate Cafe colors of the  week as a guide and here is my card. I think its okay for a first try. Although I generally favor brighter colors.                                                                           All stamps are Papertrey ( Papertrey Harvest Berries, Papertrey Iconic Images, Papertrey Polka Dot Basics and also Damask designs, although it does not show in the picture). --X-- And here is challenge #2 - the new  fusion challenge  by Jackie Rockwell and Lesley Croghan .  ...

Today  - after cleaning my messy craft room I decided to play along with the Papertrey color inspiration #3 Those colors appealed to me as did this gorgeous inspiration picture. And here is the card that I came up with, using Papertrey 's Polka Dot Basics set and chalk inks. The sentiment is Hero Arts Fancy Script Messages (LL157). I put three little dots of Perfect Pearls next to the sentiment. And guess what - Linky has expired, oh well. I still had fun making the card. --X-- And to make this not so boring I am going to show you some pictures from a a walk I did near my house last Saturday after the big snowstorm. Of course most of this has melted away by now - how sad. I hope you enjoyed this little excursion through winter wonderland. thank you for all your beautiful comments you are leaving on my blog - they always put a smile on my face!