Stempel Spass

Hi Everyone, I have two cards for you today. I have not played with Paper Smooches in a while - too busy with other schtuff, but it is time again! I really liked the inspiration picture and tried to match it in my card. I used the set SUPER and heat embossed the cityscape in white. Sponged around it. Did the same with the sentiment. The car is also heat embossed and fuzzy cut. Die cut the panel with a Simon Says nesting die. Added some Bakers twine and used some colored paper as a frame.  What do you think - did I capture it? Here is a side view and you see the shininess of the embossed skyscrapers: I am also linking this card with  Make My Monday - embossing ------------ And now for my second card:  Made that for the Little Tangles challenge . I finally managed to buy that cute stamp set - for once it was not sold out...... I made the pink strip with water color. Colored the cats with Copics and fuzzy cut them a...

Hi Everyone, Here is the second card I made with my iStencil supplies - I promised you to do more with that fabulous stripe stencil, that has to be the most versatile ever. I made prior cards with it, you can see them  HERE  and HERE You can create beautiful ombre papers with it and it it super easy! http://www.istencils.com/store/products/6x6-ptp-072-stripes-stencil My supplies are by: Lil' Inkers - smile die  Papertrey - the squiggle and sentiment Washi tape and enamel arrow Linking up with: Lil' Inkers  - monthly meet-up Simon Says Wednesday challenge  - favorite technique/product - stencils Virginia's view  - ombre Seize the birthday  - anything birthday - no topping for me...

Hi Everyone,  I finally had time to play with my iStencil supplies again - I promised you to do more with that fabulous stripe stencil, that has to be the most versatile ever. I made a prior card with it, you can see it HERE You can create beautiful ombre papers with it and it it super easy! http://www.istencils.com/store/products/6x6-ptp-072-stripes-stencil Linking up with: Colour me....!  - see below The Friday Mashup - Father's Day Bloggers - For the Guys Lil' Inkers - monthly meet-up Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers  - D is for dude Words 2 Scrap  - It's a Man's world Crazy 4 Challenges  - masculine    

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, 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

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, its INSPIRATION day again at  STAMPlorations !  Our wonderful DT girls made some beautiful cards to entice you playing with your stamps or stencils - STAMPlorations or otherwise. And perhaps I can also inspire you to play along with us! This is a very simple one layer card - used the brushstroke and stamped the butterflies on it. Added the sentiment, some white accents and two enamel dots. You can make that in 5 minutes....but it took me longer than that - Had to think this trough and  decide with which color challenge I should play along, etc, etc...... Here are my supplies: Vignette: Celebrate Artsy Trendy Butterflies Bold Sentiments: Hello So, if you are up for it - CASE my card or any other card and link it up  HERE  over at STAMPlorations. The InLinkz gallery  will be open until the 5th of July - gives you plenty of time! One winner will be randomly drawn from all entries to win a $15 gift certificate or their ...