Woof You Forever

I spent most of the past weekend, along with MLK Day, inside with a stuffy nose.  I managed to make it into my stamp room and found a little mojo, which lately has been hiding.

I created this little card just for fun.  It is a hodgepodge of materials and images.  The cute dog is from Gerda Steiner Designs.  The paw prints are a part of a background stamp from My Favorite Things, along with the sentiment.  The dog was colored with Copics, the heart was made using Versamark and Pan Pastels.

All in all, it was a fun card to make, and I am pleased with the results.  A card for the Valentine stash.

Have a great rest of the week!

Spooky Pup

It's another Tiddly Tuesday!  (Just where did that three day weekend go?). 

Over on the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog, we have a sketch challenge.  You know I struggle with sketches, and with this card it was no different.  The funky background was a scrap from playing around with Pan Pastels six months ago using a Penny Black background stamp.  The strip of patterned paper is from K&Company.

But, what takes center stage on this card is the adorable digital image from Tiddly Inks called "Spooky Pup".  I printed it onto X-Press It cardstock and colored with Copic markers.  The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.

Sure hope you can join us for the sketch challenge.  Show me how it's done.  I know YOU can.

Every Leaf Is a Flower

I have made the decision to allow myself to begin the fall/Halloween cardmaking season.  IN NO WAY DOES THIS SUGGEST THAT I WISH SUMMER TO BE OVER!  But, I enjoy making fall cards and I'm ready to start.

This card features the A Jillian Vance Design stamp set "Autumn Blessings".  Inspired from Saturday's Stampaway, I decided to do some Pan Pastel work.  I love how this card turned out, but the photo does not capture it's beauty.  This card has a shimmer to it, from my usage of Pearlescent Orange Pan Pastel to blend.  I took photo, after photo, but to no avail.

To make this card, I randomly stamped the leaf image with Versamark Watermark onto white cardstock.  I applied yellow, orange and brown Pan Pastels to the Versamark leaves, then blended everything with the Pearlescent Orange.  The sentiment and sequins are from AJVD too.

You can read about this card today on the A Jillian Vance Design blog.

Now, back to summer!

Sunburst Swirl Note Cards

I have been slowly acquiring a collection of Pan Pastels, but with no knowledge how to use them.  I'm promising myself I'm going to learn though.  Someday.

But until that day, I thought I'd quickly play with them.  I was wanting to see how they would look when used in conjunction with A Jillian Vance Design's "Sunburst Swirl".  So, out came the Versamark Watermark Ink and some of my favorite colors.

You can see the result of my playing on these note cards, featured today on the A Jillian Vance Design blog.  Go see.

Halloween Accessories

Happy Halloween!

One of my favorite things about Halloween are the colors.  I guess this card tries to capture the fun of Halloween colors. 

All stamps are from DRS Designs (right now the website is down, so I am sorry I can't provide links directly to the stamps used).  I can share with you that I stamped the main image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto white cardstock.  I colored the image with various colored pencils and used Pan Pastels for the bright orange background.  I added some reddish-orange dots with a Tombow marker.  I framed the image with black cardstock.

The chevron background was stamped using Whispers Savoy Green.  I paper pierced around this panel and faux stitched with a colored pencil.  I added a bow, and the sentiment which is also from DRS Designs.

Hope you have all of your Halloween accessories ready, from candy to costumes.  Enjoy this fun day and thank you for visiting my blog.

Dog Day Afternoon

This is the final card I completed for Splitcoast's Virtual Stamp night.  The digital image, which is called "Dog Day Afternoon" from Karen's Doodles, seemed just perfect for JUN13VSNO's challenge, "Beach Bum".  The challenge is to create a card from this photo:

See what I mean?  Perfect image...inspired too by the colors.

I printed the digital image "Dog Day Afternoon" from Karen's Doodles onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers.  I cut around the image with detailed scissors and placed it aside.

Using Pan Pastels, I created a cloudy sky background on a panel of white cardstock.  The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions "Hanging Out At the Beach" and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.

I cut some white cardstock with a Nestabilities die and allowed it to frame the clouds. I pop-dotted the frame to give some dimension and depth.  Then I placed my colored image onto the card, and framed the entire card with lime green and bright blue cardstock.  I finished the card with a bright sheer yellow bow.

I had a blast with Virtual Stamp Night.  It is not often I have the time to just create for fun.  I loved every minute of it...and now I am ready to enjoy summer.  I hope you've enjoyed my cards!

Summer Reading

For JUN13VSNB's challenge, "Summer Toys", we were to make a card depicting one of our favorite summer time toys growing up.  Call me a nerd, but I read a lot during the summer.  It was a time to read things that hadn't been "assigned" during the school year.

For my card, I stamped My Favorite Things "Flopsey Reading" onto X-Press It cardstock using Marvy black dye.  I colored the image with Copic markers, and cut using detailed scissors.  I rearranged the image a bit...the books and Flopsey's location.

The background was made using a background stamp from Hero Arts.  I stamped it with Versamark onto white cardstock and dusted with Pan Pastels.

The sentiment is also from MFT's "Flopsey Reading". 

The panels were cut with a Nestabilities die, including the one with the bright blue cardstock.

Ribbon treatment completes this little shaped card.