A Lighthouse By The Sea

Hello again.  I have another VSN card for you today using one of my favorite GinaK Designs sets - Guiding Light.  Since I love lighthouses, when this set came out a year ago, it was a no brainer to buy it.  Too bad it hasn't seen ink much in the last year because the set makes some really pretty cards.

For this VSN challenge, I stamped my lighthouse scene twice in memento tuxedo black onto white card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers.  After the coloring was done, I cut one lighthouse out to pop up later.  Once my layering was done, I popped up the second lighthouse using dimensionals, added some vintage brads and then just a bit of waterfall ice stickles for the background waves.

Turning my attention to the card, I then stamped the anchor chain in Tim Holtz tea stain ink onto a MFT kraft scalloped card from one of the monthly kits a year ago.  Once that was done, I then stippled Stampin Up! creamy caramel ink around the edges of the card before die cutting waves using Stampin Up! creamy caramel and soft sky card stocks with a MFT Die-Namic.  After my waves were die cut, I then lightly stippled creamy caramel ink over, and around the edges of them, to highlight a bit more against the kraft card.  The final touch was some ribbon I had bought from the Michael's dollar bin over a year ago and just hadn't used yet.  Don't you just love when something you bought a long time ago turns out fitting in perfectly?

Thanks for stopping by today.  Tomorrow I have another VSN card to share with you as well.


Stamps: GinaK Guilding Light
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tea Stain
Card Stock: White, MFT Kraft Scalloped Card, Stampin Up! Soft Sky, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, MFT Die-Namic, Dimensionals, Vintage Brads, Ribbon, Glue Dot

A VSN Little Red Dress

Today I have another card to share with you from VSN a couple of weeks ago, however, using the kissing technique this time.  No, you don't kiss your stamps, the stamps "kiss" each other.  In other words, ink two stamps up in two different colors and then touch (kiss) them together to transfer the images.  Easy!

I started out by dry embossing some Stampin Up! real red card stock by running it through my Big Shot with a cuttlebug heart embossing folder.  Then I inked my dress stamp twice with memento ladybug red ink and then "kissed" the dress twice with a definition background inked in black.  Once I stamped the "kissed" dress onto white card stock, I set one aside to pop up later. 

After my dress & sentiment layers were complete, I added some silk red flowers I had found in the Walmart craft section recently.  I then cut out my "kissed" dress and popped it up on dimensionals.  Easy peasy!!!

Thanks for stopping by today.



Stamps: American Art Stamp (dress), Rubber Stampede (saying & definition background)
Card Stock: Stampin Up! Real Red, Basic Black, White
Ink: Memento Ladybug Red, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug Heart Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Making Memories Baby Brads, Silk Roses, Glue Dots

My First Love

First, and foremost, prayers going out to those affected by the earthquake & tsunami in Japan.  Please consider donating to the American Red Cross so they may help the victims of this disaster.

Now, I finally got a chance to participate in a VSN weekend over at Splitcoast a couple of weeks ago.  For one of the challenges, we were to stamp out our first love growing up or our kids first love.  Well, I chose my teddy bear as my first love.  Mr Bear is as old as I am and has seen me through some really tough times growing up - parent divorce, mom's bout with cancer and then losing her fight, among other things.

I stamped the bear from Taylored Expressions Beary Special set twice in memento tuxedo black ink and colored with prismacolor markers.  Once the coloring was done, I cut out one bear to pop up later on dimensionals.  Pulled out my MFT Jumbo Ric Rac Die-Namic and die cut some pink card stock then stippled it with Stampin Up! chocolate chip ink.  A large prima and glitter brad finish things off.

Thanks for stopping by today.


Stamps: Taylored Expressions Beary Special
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Chocolate Chip
Card Stock: White, Designer Paper, Stampin Up! Chocolate Chip, Pretty In Pink
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, MFT Jumbo Ric Rac Die-Namic, Stipple Brush, Heart Stickers, Dimensionals, Prima, Glue Dots, Glitter Brad

Country Girl

This is my take on last week's Musical Challenge to Barbara Mandrell's song "I was country when country wasn't cool".  I love that song especially since I grew up listening to it.  Once the challenge was announced, I had no problem picking out the stamp set I wanted to use.

After inking up my country girl & stamping her twice onto white card stock, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and got to coloring.  Once that was done, I cut out one of the images for popping up later on pop dots.  The remaining image I highlighted with a light gray marker then stippled Stampin Up! creamy caramel ink around the edges before layering. 

Pulling out some designer paper I picked up at Michael's a few years back, I added that to the main card and started layering everything.  I had a few Stampin Up! designer brads I received in a secret sister gift a while back and added those as well.  Since there were only three matching brads, I stamped the sentiment and popped it up where the fourth brad would have gone and added a couple of small primas.  I really like the way it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Rubber Romance
Card Stock: Designer Paper, White, Stampin Up! Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stampin Up! Brads, Making Memories Silver Brads, Stipple Brush, Pop Dots, Mini Pop Dots, Micro Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Primas, Ribbon

Sitting By The Dock

Happy Wednesday!!!  The week is half over already.  Remember that song "Sitting By The Dock Of The Bay"?  I had this going through my head the entire time I was making this card.

Today I'm sharing a card with an image from Digital Two For Tuesday that qualifies for Stamp Something's digital challenge.  After printing it off, I pulled out my koh-i-noor pencils and blender marker to color it up.  Wow!  Did it turn out better than I thought it would.  After pulling out my stash of Costco designer papers, I found an old world map to match the digital image.  Once my image was colored, I lightly stippled Stampin Up! bashful blue dye ink around the edges and to fill in the background sky.  I tried to keep the stippling as light as possible over the water so it would give the appearance of the fog rolling back out to sea.  Hopefully I achieved that.  Some Stampin Up! kraft thread, vintage looking brads and a navy button from Papertrey Ink finish the card off.



Stamps: Digital Two For Tuesday Digital Image
Ink: Stampin Up! Bashful Blue
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Night Of Navy, Costco Designer Paper
Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Prismacolor Blender Marker, Stampin Up! Kraft Thread, Vintage Brads, Papertrey Ink Navy Button, Pop Up Glue Dot

There's No Place Like Gnome

Happy Tuesday everyone!!!  Today I'm sharing a card I made using Pink Cat Studio's adorable digital gnome images.  After printing off the images and coloring them with prismacolor markers, I cut out the mushroom house and the gnome family pairing them up with some cute Imaginesce designer paper. 



I had wanted some bushes also for the house so I pulled out my MFT cloud trio die-namics and die cut some Stampin Up! gable green card stock, then sponged those with green galore before adding them behind the popped up mushroom house.  I then took the gnome family and popped them up on Michael's pop dots so they would add some more dimension to the card.  Here's a close up of the cards dimension.

A couple of punched butterflies, ribbon and a button finished the card off nicely I think.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.



Stamps: Pink Cat Studio Digital Gnome Family Pack, Stampin Up! Whimsy Jumbo Wheel
Ink: Stampin Up! Blush Blossom, Green Galore
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Blush Blossom, Gable Green, Imaginesce Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Dimensionals, Ribbon, Button, Pop Up Glue Dot, MFT Cloud Die-Namics, Sponge, MS Butterfly Punch, Stampendous Class-A-Peels

Hive Dancing - MMTPT136

Hello everyone!  Happy Monday night, almost Tuesday! ;)  It's time for another Mothermark Teapot Tuesday challenge.  This week we are going to be dancing at the Roxbury!  In other words, this week's challenge is dedicated to Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge hostess Rox71.  Let's hear it for Roxie!!!!    So I decided to base my card on the Bee Gee's song "Jive Talkin'" only with bumble bees.

I dusted off my Stampin Up! set Just Buzzin By and stamped my images in memento tuxedo black on white card stock and then colored with prismacolor markers.  Once all of my images were colored, I cut out one of the hives and all of the bees to pop up for added dimension.  I also pulled out a spool of ribbon I had bought over a year ago at the Michael's $1 bin figuring I would use it someday - well today is the day!!  Personally, I think that ribbon adds just a little extra touch the card needed and to help separate the beginning dancers from the pros.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!


Stamps: Stampin Up! Just Buzzin By
Ink: Stamping Up! Soft Sky, Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: White, Summer Sun, Soft Sky, Designer Paper Scrap
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Brads, Ribbon, Stipple Brush

Musical Challenge 17 - LeAnn Rimes

This week's musical challenge was to a song by LeAnn Rimes called "A Good Friend and A Glass of Wine".  Well since I don't drink, normally that should be hard for me to come up with something.  However, I had a bella image from an image swap a couple of years back and she worked just fine paired with some old Provo Craft designer paper, wine glass charm (Michael's $1 spot) and paper flowers.

I colored the bella image with Rose Art colored pencils and then over stamped a crackled background from Rubber Stampede in Tim Holtz tea stain ink to "dirty" it up a bit and match the designer paper.  After die cutting two scallop border strips, adding the paper flowers and wine charm, my card was done.  Easy peasy!!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Come on over to Splitcoaststampers.com and check out the musical challenges every Saturday.  They're a lot of fun!


Stamps: Stamping Bella Cosmobella, Rubber Stampede Crackle Background
Ink: Tim Holtz Tea Stain, Stampin Up! Close To Cocoa, Elegant Eggplant
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip, Elegant Eggplant, Provo Craft Designer Paper
Accessories: Rose Art Colored Pencils, Brads, Stipple Brush, Paper Flowers, Wine Glass Charm, Pop Dots, MFT Die-namic