Mr. Bones

Hello!  Sorry for the long absence (who am I kidding, I am not a regular poster by any means...lol) but I have been busy with ATC swaps, card kit swaps, and life (i.e. shuffling my oldest back and forth to doctor appointments (he broke BOTH wrists the day before school...on my birthday), volunteering at kids school, helping kids with homework, etc.).

For once I had the for thought to actually snap a picture of the two ATC s that I made for the swaps I joined (I'll post my winter themed ATC tomorrow).

Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE Halloween!  I love decorating, kids in costume, candy and fun treats, etc. For me, back to school and Halloween really kick off the crafting season for me.  Anyway, for my fall themed ATC, I had to do a Halloween theme.

I used the super cute set Mr Bones by Papertrey and some sweet patterned paper from Doodlebug for the background.  I also used some Doodlebug glitter paper for the moon andone of my coveted bat brads (Making Memories? from a few years back) from my stash.  A little divine twine and a little shimmer pen finish things off nicely.

Here is a detail shot showing how shimmery Mr. Bones is in real life.

Thanks for stopping by!

Under the Stars

Edited to add:  I am shouting from the rooftops as I am Swanky Stamper for September.  This means that when The Cat's Pajamas has their next release, I'm going to receive their new stamp sets and dies and play along with the Cat Pack in the sneaky peek posts!  I am super excited and can't wait!  You can read all about it here at Alma's blog.

Today it is cloudy and cold here in Colorado.  Perfect stamping weather (and gaming weather if you would ask my two boys).  There was still just a wee bit of time left on the Linky for the August TCP Tuesday challenge so I thought I would try another go at the long, tall card.  I'm a slow card maker, and an even slower blogger sometimes so I KNEW this would be a challenge.

The stars of the show are those super cute Penguins Larry and Darryl from the newly released set Under the Stars.  The other brother Darryl is probably off trying to pet PJ the bear in the woods somewhere.  All the patterned paper used is from my hoarded coveted October Afternoon Campfire paper stack.  Lots of TCP dies are making an appearance here too (namely Cloud Border, Grass, Big Scallop, and Pinking Border).  Some Divine Twine ties off a Simply Chartreuse button to finish off the bottom of the card.

Here is a detail shot of the cute penguins and copic coloring.

Every year at Skyway Elementary, there is an annual Camping with the Comets event at the school grounds.  There is star gazing, a campfire and smores, a movie projected up against the school and the fun of pitching a tent on the upper field and spending the night.  This will be my oldest son's last official campout as he will be going to Junior High next year.  This card will be for him!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Fly High

The Cat's Pajamas just had another super SWANKY release this past Tuesday and since I received my order yesterday (yes....Miss Meowy ships THAT fast) I just had to get my favorite set from the release inky.  I'm squeeking this in for the final few hours of the August TCP Tuesday challenge to create a card that will go in a long, tall envelope.

Do you ever see a stamp set and immediately have an idea pop in your head?  Well, as soon as I saw this adorable Bun Bun Ears of Doom (BBEoD for short as us long time TCP fans call him) set called "Fly High", I absolutely knew what I wanted to create.  I think this one will get slipped in my youngest sons backpack (he loves anything to do with space).  The inside has the "You are a Star" sentiment stamped inside.

I don't know if you can tell, but the card is a slider.  BBEoD floats along on the card.  Don't worry though, he is tethered to the Mod, Mod World (retired TCP) rocket piloted by the uber reliable Poochie by some divine twine.  Below on the "red planet" is the sweetest little martian that you'll ever see Love Robot (both he and Poochie are available as rubber stamps in the TCP store).  I debossed a polka dot pattern on the planet for some fun texture.

Here is a detail shot showing the slider a little better.

Thanks for stopping by!  I have another fun card idea for another one of my new sets.  Don't know if my idea will work with this particular challenge, but I do plan getting another set inky hopefully tomorrow!

Linda

TCP ATC Swap

Hello!  I recently held an ATC swap on the TCP member forum over on SCS.  There were 10 TCP fans including myself who participated in this swap and there was a lot of itty bitty eye candy to be had.

Here is the ATC that I created for the swap.

The stamp is called Hare Today and features the bunny that us TCP have affectionally named Bun Bun Ears of Doom (or BBEoD for short).  You are just doomed to love him once you see those long ears!  LOL!  I made the rainbow by coloring clear bling with my Copic markers.  I have always wanted to try this and I don't see myself purchasing colored bling going forward.  Super easy technique with the Copics.  The ATC has a little paper piecing going on and BBEoD is stamped on SU Shimmery White cardstock with just a hint of Copic coloring.  There is some divine twine around the bottom and a super sparkly cloud (Doodlebug Glitter Cardstock) die cut with the Cloud Border die from TCP.  I stamped and embossed the sentiment on a clear overlay (couldn't fit in the sentiment any other way).  

Hope you're having a wonderrful day!  

SAF Projects Part 2

Without further adieu....here are the remaining four projects that I completed for the PTI Stamp-A-Faire challenge.  I had a lot of fun getting inky and learning new techniques.  If you have any questions about any projects, please feel free to leave them in the comments or send me an email.

SAF Projects Part 1

I've been busy this weekend having fun and creating for Papertrey Ink's Annual Stamp-A-Faire!  I'm going to keep the words short and sweet as this will be a pretty photo intensive post.

Phew! I'll be back tomorrow with the 6 remaining projects I completed for SAF! Thanks for stopping by!

Stamp-A-Faire Meet and Greet

Today is the long anticipated Stamp-a-Faire!  Last night I tidied up my workspace so I would actually have more than a 6x6 area to work in and got my SAF stamps sets (and maybe a new release stamp set or two) put away in TH folders (well really the HL brand).  I'm ready!

Here you can see my desk (there IS white space under there...LOL!



And here is a self portrait of me (REALLY wish my arms were a bit longer) wearing my Stamp-a-Faire apron.



Hope everyone has a wonderfully creative day!

Linda