Are You Ready For Some Football?

It's Fab Friday on the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog!

I'm hoping for a Fab Saturday!  Go Buckeyes!

This card features an image from the Tiddly Inks Annie Mega Pack.  I printed the image onto Hammermill Color Copy.  I colored it with Copic markers.  The sentiment is retired from AJVD and the football is from an old PSX stamp.  The little strip of patterned paper from Scrapbook Customs.

The pom-poms were made from a Clover pom maker using Scarlet and Gray Bakers twine.  

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Big day tomorrow!  (I hope)

In the Stamp Room, We Forget the Older Stamps

It is kinda fun to take a very old stamp set that's been sitting on a shelf for years and bring it back to life again.  I should be doing more of that, instead of buying new.  All of these new releases that companies have make you feel like you must have the latest and greatest.  And I fall for that (just see the number of stamps I have).  But a part of me has the need to justify those stamps just sitting there...because they are way out dated according to industry.

This card features a stamp set by PSX.  Yes, I went that far back.  Wood mounted.  When I bought this stamp, I didn't know quite how to use it.  It was before Copics, and I was still in my head trying to figure out color...do you get color with the color of ink pad, LOL.  I struggled with that. 

So for this card, I inked the three shell stamp from PSX with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I added my own dotted sand across the card with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker because the image itself is not quite three inches wide.  I colored the scene with Copic markers, added some Spectrum Noir Crystal Clear Sparkle and a few glass beads.  A bit of white gel pen swirls tried to help the edge of the water.  The sentiment was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black, also from the long-gone PSX. 

Dolphin Graduate

My co-worker needed an elementary graduation card for her daughter.  Here's what I was able to do for her.

Lots of companies coming together on this one.  The star of the card, the dolphin, is an old PSX stamp that I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored with Copic markers.  The graduation hot is from Avery Elle's  "Hat's Off".  It too was stamped with Memento Black ink onto X-Press It cardstock and colored with Copic markers.  I fussy cut both images.

On a panel of white cardstock, I sponged Distress Ink Salty Ocean and Distress Oxide Broken China.  I did a quick spritz of water.  The sun is sponged SeaShells Conch Shell dye ink. I place a partial die cut cover up from My Favorite Things over the scene.  Then with Concord & 9th's "Perfectly Penned", I stamped the school and the year.

Thanks so much for looking.  I actually really like how this one turned out.

Shells

One of the reasons I love being on break is that it gives me time to play in my stamp room.  Just play.  Today, I played around with Splitcoast's F4A149 Challenge, rediscovering emboss resist.

So, in the true spirit of playing, I decided to emboss resist on kraft which resulted in the image being outlined in brown, rather than the typical white.  I went ahead and proceeded.

I stamped the shell image from Inkadinkado with Versamark Watermark onto kraft.  I applied clear embossing powder and heated with a heat gun.  I then used many, many inks to sponge and "color" the various shells and starfish in the image.  Inks such as Brilliance Moonlight White pigment, Brilliance Pearlescent Beige pigment, SeaShells Sandal dye, Adirondack Latte dye, Memento Desert Sand dye, and Whispers Whisper Pink dye. 

I distressed the edges with a Tim Holtz distressing tool.  Framed it with an off-white/beige cardstock, which was framed with kraft that was dry embossed with a Spellbinders folder.  Other layers include a dry embossed off-white/beige cardstock with a Cuttlebug folder, with the largest panel being a light beige cardstock dry embossed with a Spellbinders folder. 

Finishing touches on this card include a sheer light beige ribbon and bow, along with a PSX sentiment stamped with Memento Desert Sand dye onto a torn piece of off-white/beige cardstock.

And, it should be noted, the photograph for this card was taken at approximately 10:45 pm.  Special thanks to my husband for getting me a light box for Christmas.  WOOT!

Wolverine Regrets

A few week's ago, I won a free digital image of my choice on Squigglefly.  So, of course, I chose a Cheryl Agler image.

As soon as I saw "Sally Is Going Back to School" image, I thought it captures how I feel each fall when summer vacation is over.  And then, I got the crazy, somewhat mean thought that this is probably how Michigan students feel about going to school.....Haha!  So, the idea for this card was born.

I printed the main image onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored it with Copic markers.  I framed the image with blue cardstock.  The football is a very old PSX stamp.  I stamped it with Marvy black dye onto X-Press It cardstock and colored it with Copic markers.  I cut around the football and pop-dotted it.  The larger card panel is made from patterned paper from Free Bird.  It is framed with blue cardstock as well.  The sentiment is computer generated, and was cut with a jillian vance [die]sign from Spellbinders, also framed with blue cardstock.

This card was fun to make.  It gave me a laugh.  I hope it does the same for you, and that any M!ch*g@n fans visiting this blog will perhaps appreciate the good natured ribbing that takes place every year. 

May the best team win....GO BUCKEYES!!!

Alone

I was in the mood to color today. I decided that Tracey's digital image "Alone" from The Stamping Boutique would be a fun one to tackle. I was right. Also, I think three straight dreams about being at the beach might indicate I need some type of vacation, and could have influenced my choice. For now, beach images are all I've got, LOL.

I printed the image onto X-Press It cardstock and colored it with Copic markers. Some light marks with a Sakura glitter pen highlight the mermaid's fins. I cut around the image, and then printed it a second time onto some tan cardstock. I adhered the first image to the second image, allowing me to hold onto to the details of dots, stars, etc. of the entire image. From there, I stamped a shell border from PSX with Brilliance Pearlescent Beige Pigment ink and colored with various colored pencils. I didn't want to detract from the main image, but thought there needed to be a little ground clutter. Then, with Marvy black dye ink I stamped the bird from My Favorite Things 'By the Seashore" set onto the image once, and off the image twice. The sentiment is also from PSX, and was stamped onto a torn sheet of white cardstock. Some light sponging around the sentiment panel with SeaShells Sandal dye ink was done. A black cardstock panel, and then a white cardstock panel frame the tan panel.

This was a fun card to make, though I know an actual beach would be a lot more fun. Oh well, here's hoping.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. I hope it was a little escape for you too.

Calla Lilies on Kraft

Once again I found myself in the mood to create a card. I have been eying this PSX calla lily stamp on my shelf, since there will be calla lilies for our upcoming wedding.

This card came together rather quickly, so rest assured, I'm still getting things done that need to be done. I stamped the PSX image onto kraft paper with Marvy dye black ink. I colored the image with my severely neglected Coloursoft pencils I treated myself to last Christmas. (I'm starting to like them more and more...my initial reaction wasn't so great.) I then sprayed the image with a workable fixative, and layered the image panel with white and black cardstock panels. A white circle clip and white sheer ribbon helped to put the finishing touches on this card.

This card meets the requirements for two SCS Dare to Get Dirty Challenges, DTGD10Edna15 and DTGD10gbedwright.

Okay, back to laundry now.