sMOOches

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Valentine's Day!  Just wanted to share what I made for the two youngest Valentine's in my life.

First up, for my youngest cow loving son.

The sentiment on the inside reads sMOOches (LOL)!

And now for my oldest frog loving son.

The sentiment on the inside reads "have I toad you lately that I love you?"

And both of them together packaged up and ready to go!

For both I used the PTI Lunchbox Note and Limitless Layers Heart dies.  The Lunch box die is stamped with the PTI Simple Valentine set.  The cow is from the Chubby Chums set by Paper Smooches.  The frog is from the retired unforgettable SU set.  I realized after putting everything together, that I didn't have an envelope that would work for these Valentines.  To the rescue came the medium glassine bags from PTI gussied up very simply with some cute Washi tape (Doodlebug).

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

A Rose is a Rose

Papertrey Ink is celebrating their 6th Anniversary, and today Nichole challenged us to use a watercolor technique.  Watercoloring was one of the first techniques that I really fell in love with, so I was determined to play along today.

I stamped the rose and leaves from the YOF: Roses set in versamark on watercolor paper and heat embossed in detail white.  I've been itching to try playing with my Tim Holtz distress stains and they did not dissapoint!  The leaves were colored with some SU dye inks as I have yet to get any PTI reinkers.  Once I had the color the way I wanted it, I spritzed the paper really good with my homemade shimmer pearl spray and let it dry naturally.  Once dry, I heat embossed the Thank You sentiment (from YOF: Violets) in detail black.  A few little splatters of Mr. Hueys Opaque White finish the panel off.  My camera did not capture the shine or the true color saturation as much as I would like.  I'll try getting a better picture later, as it is overcast and cold here in CO.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  YOF: Roses and Violets (Papertrey)

Paper:  Watercolor (SU), Rustic White and Berry Sorbet (PTI)

Ink:  Distress Stain in Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick, dye reinkers Certainly Celery and Wild Wasabi

Other:  detail white and black embossing powder, Mr. Huey Opaque White

Bearing Quality Seeds

Hi Everyone!  Just a quick post to say "hi" and share a cute little ditty that I made for the newly revamped TCPTUES challenge!  We now have a whole month to create to our hearts content!  I should be able to do that!  :-)

I don't know about you, but if actual seed packets were this cute, I would be starting a whole lot more from seed!

Tah for now!

Linda

Stamps:  Bearing Flowers (TCP)
Paper:  Shimmery White, Shimmery Copper, Stella & Rose Mabel
Other:  Spellbinders Wonky Rectangles, Sunflower Rosette (TCP), Hero Arts Gemstones

Beautiful Butterflies

Just dropping in today to do a quick little post.  I had originally pulled out my PTO Beautiful Butterflies set with the intention of making a card fitting for the 100th MIM challenge on Nichole Heady's blog.  I had grand plans of using the matching dies and having several butterflies popped off the page so that I would need unique packaging to enclose the card.  The card itself had other plans and took a CAS direction (and I rather like it).

I did wind up using a previous MIM challenge, Repeats and Rainbows as seen here.  I wound up using the color palette # 4.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Linda

MIM #100

Just popping in to post a card and packaging for this weeks Make it Monday over at Papertrey Ink.  This is the very first time that I have stamped with The Sweet Life and boy do I ever feel rusty when it comes to multi-step stamping (let alone stamping on a teeny tiny die cut)!  This is also my very first time participating in a MIM too.  I originally pulled out another set for this challenge (that will be a post for tomorrow).  With that card, try as I might, it was not meant to be anything larger than a typical A2 sized card. 

I tried many different color combos and finally decided on Melon Berry (base), Berry Sorbet (2cd step), and Hibiscus Burst (third step).  The leaves were stamped in Spring Moss and Simply Chartreuse.

Here is my packaging.  I used a large glassine bag, a PTI Half and Half die (which I wound up completely covering up) and a PTI Mat Stack 4 die stamped with the matching stamp set.  I then placed one more die cut and stamped rose to finish everything off!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Bubble Therapy

Hello everyone!  Hoping you are having a good day!  Wanted to make one last ATC before the challenge ended over on SCS.

This ATC also features that swanky feline Sprinkle from The Cat's Pajamas.  This stamp set is aptly named Bubble Therapy.  I don't know about you, but I would love a bubble bath in a tub like this!

There is a lot of dimension to this little ATC!  The Sprinkle image was stamped several times.  The tub was fussy cut and colored with various Copics and then coated with Ranger glossy effects (at least I think that is what it is called).  The bubbles were also separately cut out and then created with MS Snow glitter.  Everything was then attached to the base panel which was embossed with the PTI Stripes impression plate (to resemble wainscotting).  I had also stamped some additional floating bubbles on the base panel prior to embossing and used some adhesive pearls to add some extra dimension to them.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Stamps:  Bubble Therapy (The Cat's Pajamas)
Paper:  Stampers Select white, Royal Velvet (PTI)
Other:  Simple Stripes IP (PTI), Ranger glossy effects, various copics, adhesive pearls

It Had to be Mew

Hey everyone!  Hope you had a wonderful holiday season with your friends and family.  I have a fun little creation to share with you today.

One of my favorite stamp companies is The Cat's Pajamas!  Lots of wonderful stamps and dies that feature my favorite sassy cat Sprinkle.  This week, us TCP fans were missing the regular TCP challenges over on SCS, so that inspired me to challenge others to make an ATC using only TCP stamps and dies.  We've had a few made so far and they are pretty cute!   Here is what I created for the challenge (you may see a few more ATCs from me before the weekend is over as they are just fun to make).

I used the awesome Chalkboard technique from Betsy Veldman to stamp my background.  I don't know how well you can see it, but I used a pink pencil to color in the heart details and do a little doodling.  Sprinkle is done up in her finest with German Glass glitter and bling and then fussy cut and mounted on foam squares for a little extra dimension.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Linda

Stamps:  Build a Bingo and It Had to be Mew (both from The Cat's Pajamas)
Dies:  Queen of Hearts (The Cat's Pajamas)