Stempel Spass

Hi Everyone, I am here to share a stenciled birthday card with you. The full tutorial on how I made this is over at the STAMPlorations blog - made this for the spotlight feature. Linking up with: Virginia's view - ombre Seize the birthday  - anything birthday - no topping for me... Make My Monday - embossing

Hi Everyone, my blogging friend Coni from Which Craft? recently asked me how I do those water droplets by Ryn and asked me for a tutorial. So Coni, this is for you: I made the background with Brushos - it was an experiment - I do think distress inks would be the best, but I was too lazy for sponging..... You have to use watercolor paper. Stamped the droplets with Memento Tuxedo black ink. That hold up better to water than Versafine, which I generally use I then take a brush, brush the drop with water and immediately lift off color from the wet drop with a tissue.  As I said - distress inks work better than Brushos.....but I still think you can see a sublte difference when you compare the first picture with this one: The real effect you achieve with adding white highlights - my favorite pen is a white Sharpie The whole process takes some time, but it is worth it! Linking up with: Virginia's view  - monochromatic Ba...

Hi Everyone, we had a big celebration on Sunday - our daughter graduated Biomedical Engineering with highest honors (summa cum laude) from college!!!!! Yeahhh! We are so excited! She always was an outstanding student and she still is. I made that card for her: I made the graduation cap with a diamond die by Lifestyle Crafts and just cut the bottom part by hand. Made the tassel with embroidery gold thread an dadded some left over sequins from aprior project. The gold dots I  made with a stamp by  Avery Elle - Circle it and WOW embossing powder. The die cut sentiment is by Papertrey. Here is our daughter showing off her decorated cap: And here are both of my kids in front of the Biomedical Engineering building on Campus: Another view of my card: I am linking up with: Curtain call - Totally Tassel Friday Mashup - all about grads The Pink Elephan t - Graduation      And I have another car...

I discovered a new challenge blog - I think its called  My SCRAP-RU  - its a Russian blog (don't understand a work of Russian...) and the DT is amazing! Their challenge is 50 Shades of Grey. I did not read the book - I only read the reviews on amazon and that was enough for me, but the challenge certainly appeals to me, so I HAD to play! I used one of my new Patti Parrish stencils by iStencil  - its called Pac Man infinity - alone the name makes you wanna buy it, LOL! and since I was in a silly mood I gave it two googly eyes. The sentiment is by Papertrey. And then I thought I can just use one of those Pac Man columns and added those tiny hearts. And as luck will have it -  Less is More is also having a fitting challenge I am going to link up with - its predominantly Black! also linking with Operation Write Home - masculine cards And as usual for a Tuesday - I have something else for you - my STAMPlorations...

Hi Everyone, Its challenge time at  ATSM ! For the next two week its going to be CAS - just my thing! And hopefully yours, too! I made a birthday card, because for some reason I always need more and never seem to have enough.... I was inspired by this weeks Make it Monday , where the talented  Ashley Newell  shows us a video about  stamps and doodling. Since I  mainly own die cuts from Papertrey and not so many stamps that would fit this theme I made my own out of fun foam, using my latest Papertrey dies (just got the order a few days ago) and cut those in fun foam - it works so well - voila - you have our own stamps, spending only a fraction of the money! I doodled around the stamps as you can see. Gives you kind of a cool effect....a little more tremor and one would think I drank too much ;) Added tiny enamel dots - do you know about this month House of Cards challenge - its enamel dots - thought I'll let you know..... Our wonderful spons...

Hi Everyone, Its challenge time at  ATSM ! For the next two week its going to be "Make your Mark"- that means - markers, pencils, stencils or whatever you like to make your mark with! We also have a wonderful s ponsor http://www.qkrstampede.com/ Prize is 3 free digis Go and checkout all the inspiration from our fabulous DT! I am also playing in some challenges, of course....  using the sketch by Your Next Stamp . Seize the Birthday  - no topping for me... Send a Smile 4 Kids - for the boys      That fun rocket is by Your Next Stamp - I colored it with Copics and fuzzy cut it. The background I made with an ARTplorations stencil And I am still not done here..... I have a card for you from my Spotlight post over at STAMPlorations , where you will see my tutorial Now you have something else to check out ;) Have a great day and happy stamping!

Hi Everyone - its Spotlight Day at STAMPlorations Here is a little sneak peek of what you can find over THERE - hope you'll have time to visit! See you again in 2 weeks with another tutorial!

This is my third post today - please scroll down for the House of Cards blog hop and DT call  and for the Dream Valley challenge We have a fabulous new sketch for you her at STAMPlorations ! For the next two weeks, until June 13 you can play with us using this sketch: I used the Cluster stamping technique for this card in addition to some masking.  I started with heat embossing the THANKS in clear I then masked first the vertical line and then the horizontal line and sponged away from the post it note.  I then added randomly those little flowers in different colors. I wiped off the color from the heat embossed thank you with a damp cloth and added some pearls.  Materials: All STAMPlorations stamps:  VIGNETTE-eclectic florals ,  Sentiment Builders Thank You ,  Holiday Artsy . pearls You may already know  Monika  our fabulous Guest Designer. And of course you have to see w...