Beautiful Holiday Season

Wow here's another older card that I just loved making.  The image is from Sugar Nellie, and I colored her with Copic markers, then cut the image out with a Spellbinder die.  I made an oval easel card and added a Memory Box die, white Flower soft, Stampendous Frantage Embossing enamel, and touches of Wink of Stella clear and silver to the card front to complete the look.

Who Let the Christmas Dogs Out?

I recently purchased this adorable set of dog images from Art Impressions stamps, and I just had to play with them immediately.  

Each image is colored with Copics, then fussy cut and placed on the backgrounds that I created with distress inks.  The addition of Stampendous Frantage Embossing Enamel helps create the look of falling snow on several of the cards.

I Like....

Today is often referred to as Throwback Thursday, so as a salute to that, my card today is not a throwback card, but the subject is definitely from another decade - welcome to Throwback Thursday 80's style.  

 

This sweet image is Stamping Bella's Uptown Girl Farrah Loves Flashdance available here.  I colored the image with Copic Sketch Markers, added Judikins Diamond Glaze to her bubble, Wink of Stella silver accents on the stereo, and randomly drew lines around the entire image with a Sakura Clear Star pen.  After cutting the image and surrounding mat with a Spellbinder die, the image was then mounted on older Fancy Pants paper.  The musical notes were cut with Memory Box dies, and the sentiment is included with the image.

 

Card Recipe

Skin - E01, E11, E000

Cheeks - R20

Gloves, Leggings, Bow - YG93, YG95, YG97

Top, Leg Warmers - RV00, RV02, RV04

Hair - Y13, Y15, YR21, E23

Bubblegum, Skirt, shoes - B12, B14, B16

Stereo - C2, C4, C8

Ground - C2

Background Shadow - B0000

Wedding News

I had a very special occasion happen late in June - my daughter and her fiancée shared their beautiful woodland wedding ceremony on their British Columbia acreage with family and friends!  What a gorgeous day of celebration!!

 

For the special day I made this beautiful card featuring one of my favorite Lili of the Valley images, colored with Copics. The card front features Memory Box dies, a Tattered Lace die, Prima flowers and pearls, a Spellbinder die, and designer paper and ribbon from my stash.

April Fool's Day Love

             Welcome to the newest challenge for One Crazy Stamper - the monthly challenge theme is Anything Goes with a twist - you must use an actual stamp, whether it's wood, acrylic, cling foam, etc  - but NO digital images are allowed!!

 

My first card this month uses a beautiful image from Wild Rose Studios called Teddy With Present, that I have colored with Copics.  To give the bear some texture I used the dirty rag technique, then added sparkle with Stardust Stickles to the center of the flowers, and glitter to the ribbon with a Sakura Stardust pen.

 

Card Recipe

Bear - E40, E42, E43

Big Flowers - E55, E57, E59

Small Flowers & Ribbon - E74, E79

Stems & Gifts - E81, E84, E87

Background - E40

 

The card front features two Memory Box dies, and dp from Prima.

 

Building a Snowman

 

Welcome to another Terrifi Tuesday for One Crazy Stamper, and in keeping with the monthly challenge theme of WINTER/HOLIDAY, my card today features one of the adorable Wild Rose Studio stamps entitled Building a Snowman.

 



 

After coloring the image with Copic Sketch Markers, I used several designer papers from Bo Bunny Powder Mountain collection, and a Memory Box die - Frostyville Border to add depth and dimension.

 

You still have plenty of time to enter a project in this month's challenge to win a fabulous prize, so check out the rest of the design teams wonderful creations, then get busy and enter to win!!!

A Very Scary Sight!!!

Wow, hard to believe but it's only a couple of more weeks until one of my favorite holidays will be here - I love Halloween almost as much as Christmas - the ghosts and goblins will be out prowling the streets.  My card this week features the adorable image Hazel from Whimsy Stamps Wee Stamps collection, and fits the theme for this months challenge at One Crazy Stamper.

 

 

I colored the image with Copics then cut it out with a Spellbinders die, then used an Antique Linen Distress Ink pad to color the background.  The edges of the die shape were also inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  The dp is from My Mind's Eye Happy Haunting collection, which is also where the "Scary" word came from.  I used two Memory Box dies to cut the spider web and spider for the corner of the card front.  The hints of glitter on the spider were created with a Sakura Star Dust pen.

Card Recipe -

Dress, Hat - V05, V06, V09

Black - N6, N8, N10

Green Hair - YG21, YG23, YG25, YG17

Broom - YR21, YR23, YR24

Oranges - YR02, YR04, YR09

Broom Handle/Browns - E35, E37

Skin- YR00, YR01. BV01

 

Don't forget to check out the beautiful creations from the rest of the design team and enter the monthly challenge to win a fabulous prize.



Glitter Fun!!!!!

Welcome to Terrific Tuesday time for One Crazy Stamper, and this month I get to show you all a great tutorial featuring a variety of items that can be purchased at the online store.  When I first saw this tutorial late last year, the original instructions used the Outline Peel-off Stickers from any of the companies that now sell this item, but I wanted to try for the same look using several of the Memory Box dies that I have been collecting.   The end result is stunning!!!

 

So gather your supplies -

Sookwang Scor Tape, Copic Xpress It cardstock, Glitter Ritz in any of the white or clear colors, Cardstock of your choice, Copics, Glitter Magnet, Tweezers, Cuttlebug, Metal Shim plate, paper trimmer, Memory Box dies, Art Institute Dries Clear Adhesive, Microbeads

 

Cut Scor Tape to the finished size of your card front ( 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" )



 

Cut Copic Xpress It cardstock to the same size as the Scor Tape.

 

Peel off backing paper from Scor Tape and adhere to the Copic Xpress It cardstock.

 

Cut your choice of Memory Box dies from cardstock.

 

Using tweezers carefully place die cuts on the exposed layer of the scor tape - be sure to not touch the surface of the tape as that will effect the adhesion of the glitter to the tape.

 

 



 

Once you have the dies placed on the sticky surface of the scor tape, you can then add the Glitter Ritz.

 

With your fingers, carefully burnish the glitter onto the card surface, shake off excess ...



 

... and remove any remaining glitter with the glitter magnet.

 

Now, for the fun!!  Use your Copic markers to color your glittered images.

I have used the following on the Memory Box Wild Sunflower diecuts:

Yellow - Y13, Y15, Y17, Y38

Dark Yellow - YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27

Rusty Red - E07, E19, E18

Leaves - G21, G24, G28

Sky - BG01

Now, if you know me, you will know that I love to add more depth to card fronts, so out came my trusty Art Institute Dries Clear Adhesive and Microbeads to cover the flower centers.

 

Here's the finished card front in all of it's glittery finery!!  The butterflies were done using some of the outline peel off stickers from my stash ( and now I will need to add some of the beautiful Memory Box butterfly dies to my collection ), and the sentiment is an oldie from My Sentiments Exactly!

 



 

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, and that you want to try this stunning technique for yourself - you will be surprised at how easy this technique is to master!!

Spring is a Day Away!!!!

Tomorrow is the first day of spring, so to celebrate the return of the nicer weather, and the glorious anticipation of flowers I made this bright, cheerful easel card.

 

This is Bella Sole Collecting Daisies from Whimsy Stamps artist Elizabeth Bell. I have stamped the image on Copic Xpress It cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, then colored it with Copics. The image was cut and matted with Spellbinders Label 14, and popped up on the card base that was cut with a Spellbinder Grand Label Four die. The greenery was cut with both a Memory Box Leafy Branch die, and a Memory Box Madera Corner die, cut apart and layered.

The interior of the easel card features a Spellbinder Tag die with a birthday sentiment, and flowers punched out of yellow vellum. All of the flower centers are made with the Viva Decor Dark Brown Pearl Pen.

There are still several days left to create a project to enter the challenge at One Crazy Stamper - the theme is Anything Goes!!

Tiniest Thing

 

 When Holly from Eat Cake Graphics, sent all of her design team members these three little bird stamps, I knew that I could use them in many different ways.  This is my second card featuring the birds (the previous card was on my blog back on February 16 ).

 



 

Little Birdie Standing Looking Down, Little Birdie Sitting, and Little Birdie Lying Down are all colored with Copics, then fussy cut and placed on the grapevine wreath, that was cut with a Memory Box die.  The branches of green leaves are also from a Memory Box die, flowers are from Prima, and the tiny buttons are from my stash.  Dp is from Bird Song by First Edition Papers, and the sentiment is an oldie from my stash.

Winona Loves Winter....

....she really, really does, because who else would you see tobogganing while wearing skates.  When I spotted this cutie at the lss i just had to have it, and I knew exactly the paper I wanted to use. 

 

 

The dp is from Little Yellow Bicycle's Winterings collection, that has so many gorgeous papers in it, that you are sure to be seeing it pop up a couple more times in my cards.  Winona Loves Winter is from Stamping Bella and I have colored her with Copic Sketch Markers.  The die embellishments are the new Snowflake Border from Whimsy Stamps, and two exclusive dies from Simon Says Stamps - The Faceted Snowflake and the Curvy Snowflake which are made by Memory Box.



...and the stockings were hung....

 

Another adorable Saturated Canary image to show today, and a new stamp for me - this is "Stockings", which I have colored with Copics, then cut and matted with Spellbinders Label's Twenty Five.  The dp is from Carta Bella's Winter Fun collection, Snowflake Corner and Frosty Border are both from Memory Box, and the sentiment is from Flourishes.  Stickles were randomly added to the finished card front to add some glimmer, and the edges of the card were inked with Gathered Twigs distress ink.

Dream Valley Challenges - Christmas
Charisma Cardz - #49 Christmas Makes
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - #50 Christmas
Paper Crafting Journey - Christmas Projects
ABC Christmas Challenge - Y is for Your Favorite Punch/Die
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Something New
7 Kids College Challenge - #61 Holiday Inspired

A Good Read

Time to get back to creating the pages for the 2013 calendar project that I am teaching.  Here's the October page design featuring an image from Just Inklined called A Good Read.  The image is colored with Copics and then parts of it are highlighted with Diamond Glaze, Rock Candy Distress Crackle paint, and white Liquid Applique.

 

 

The dp is from October Afternoon's Farmhouse Gravel Road line, the spider, web and graveyard stones are all Memory Box dies.

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges - #70 Halloween
Lexi's Creations - #76 Halloween
Paper Play Time - #86 BOO-ville
Cutie Pie Challenge - Halloween
The Pink Elephant Challenge - #171 Halloween

Flowers Whisper......

The sun is finally hiding behind the clouds today, hopefully rain is in the forecast to bring some relief from the past nine days of heat.  This is the first year in a long, long time that the weather has been nice for the entire 10 days of Calgary Stampede, we usually get some wild weather, but today is the last day and so far so good!

My card today features the Kraftin' Kimmie image "Poppy" from the creative mind of artist Annie Rodrigue, who was one of the first stamp lines I fell in love with after being introduced to Copics.   Don't even ask me how many of her stamps I own - the count is so high that I need to find a bigger case to store the images!! 

The image was colored with Copics then matted and mounted on to the designer paper.  The edges of the first layer of dp were decorated with a Martha Stewart punch, then popped up on the card front dp.  Poppies are cut with a Memory Box die, the sentiment is included with the image, and the sentiment frame is from the Spellbinders Fancy Tags Three.  The edges of the dp and sentiment were inked with Ranger's Rusty Hinge distress ink.

Samuel Taylors - July - Use Die Cuts

All That Scraps - Anything Goes

Stamp n Doodle - Monochrome

Whimsy Stamps Inspiration - #47 Monochromatic

Now is the Time!!

A new month means a new challenge theme at One Crazy Stamper, and April's theme is Masculine!!!  I spent time this week playing with an Art Impressions Front and Back stamp, the Art Impressions Fence stamp, Stamping Bella's Little Umbrella image and a couple of Memory Box dies.

On the front of the card, the image was colored with Copics, fussy cut, then layered onto the fence image that I stamped on dp from My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks collection.  The grass was cut with a Magnolia die, and the sentiment is from Pink By Design's retirement set.

The inside of the card features the Little Umbrella image also colored with Copics and fussy cut.  Both the clouds and branches are Memory Box dies and the sentiment is from the same stamp set as the front sentiment.

A big thank you goes out to my coloring buddy last Sunday, who gave me some wonderful suggestions to complete this card - can you spot the little bit of the sunbather's leg peeking through the grass on the front of the card?

Jump on over to the One Crazy Stamper challenge blog and check out the rest of the design teams creations, and then check out all of the wonderful products that the One Crazy Stamper store carries.

Shopping Our Stash - #47 Masculine Theme
Anything Goes Challenge - #64 Anything Goes
Make It Monday - #84 Anything Goes
My Craft Spot - #51 Inside and Out
The Outlawz Copic/Promarker Challenge - Inspired by Nature
Art Impressions Stamps - #58 Make 'em Laugh

Have You Ever Seen the Rain?

Another gorgeous image from Saturated Canary, and one of my favorite card designs - an easel card.

The image is called "Umbrella".  It was printed on Copic Xpress It cardstock with my Epson printer, colored with Copic markers, then cut and matted several times with a Spellbinders die.  Memory Box and Marianne Designs dies were used to cut the flourishes and stems, and Spellbinder's Fancy Tags Two die was used for the frame around the sentiment, which is from Art Impressions.  The dp is Basic Grey's Two Scoops/Ice Cream Parlour and Watermelon Ice, and I finally used the Epoxy Rain Drop stickers from Autumn Leaves that I have had for a long time!

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #124 Mother's Day or A Special Lady

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - #30 Easel, Shaped or Step Card

Paper Crafting Journey - #4 Anything Goes with Paper

Scrapalicious - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamps Challenge - Mother's Day/Special Girl

I love ....

I love .... dies, dies and more dies!!!  Okay that's not really the theme for this card, but I did use three different dies on this Valentine themed card.  The frame around the image is Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Squares die, while the border and circle flourish are both from Memory Box ( this companies dies are fast becoming my favorite, as they are so delicate and detailed ).  The Copic colored image is from Lili of the Valley, sentiment is from The Notes of Love by Craft Lounge, and the dp is Bo Bunny's Gift of Love - Love Bandit line. 

The Outlawz Copic/Promarker Challenge - Love

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - I Heart You

Color Me Creative - #36 Colors of Love

Little Claires Designs - #18 Romance

My Sheri Crafts - #78 Love is in the Air

Card Makin Mamas - #38 Valentine

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #119 Valentine

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - #56 With All My Heart

Do You Stack Up - #58 Love

Emerald Fairies - #17 Be My Valentine