Stampin' Sisterhood, Pupcake

It's Sunday! Time for another Rubbernecker Stampin' Sisterhood Challenge! Remember, if you play along with us this week, you will have chance to win a FREE STAMP from Rubbernecker and be queened Sunday Sister. And, at the end of each month, all the month's Sunday Sisters will be put in a random drawing to win a STAMP SET from Rubbernecker Stamps! Head on over the the Stampin' Sisterhood's blog for all of the details.



This week, we have an inspiration photo:



This photo made me think of the "pupcakes" I buy from Three Dog Bakery for my dachshund, Sloopy. She absolutely loves them, so I decided to recreate a paper version (even though I am certain Sloopy would have preferred the real thing!).

I stamped the Rubbernecker image of "Dog" (SKU: 569-18) onto X-Press It cardstock. I colored it with Copic markers and then cut around the image with my Cutter-bee scissors. I set this aside for the time being.

I then began construction on the "pupcake". I used the Cricut cartridge "Sweet Treats" to cut the cupcake image. Patterned paper from The Paper Studio, Making Memories, off-white cardstock, and pink cardstock were used to form the various layers on the cupcake. I sponged lightly with Distress Ink Spun Sugar on the candle, Vivid Butterscotch dye on the flame, SeaShells Sandal dye on the cupcake, and Adirondack Sail Boat Blue on the cupcake liner. I highlighted some of the cupcake with Crystal Stickles. I adhered some some bone charms on the cupcake to appear as sprinkles.

I then merged the cupcake with the dog to create my "pupcake".



Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Be sure to visit the Rubbernecker Stampin' Sisterhood Blog for more inspiration, along with all the details for playing along with us this week.

Let the Madness Begin...

Yesterday I had the honor of posting the weekly installment of "Tuesday's With the Team" on the Rubbernecker Stampin' Sisterhood blog. Here's the card I shared:

Are you ready for March Madness? I am! Starting tomorrow I'll be glued to my television whenever I can, cheering for all of the underdogs and for my beloved Buckeyes in the NCAA Tournament.

Because of this, I thought it might be fun to make a card for the event that I truly do consider a March holiday. I stamped the Rubbernecker image of "Sneaker" (SKU: 69-10) with Marvy black dye ink twice onto X-Press it cardstock. I colored both with Copic markers and then cut around the shoes. I merged the two together to appear as a pair of basketball shoes.

To make the basketball, I cut two circles on my Cricut using the George and Basic Shapes cartridge, one with orange cardstock and one with black cardstock, with the black circle being cut using the shadow feature. I sponged some Adirondack Sunset Orange onto the orange cardstock. I then drew some lines lightly with a pencil onto the orange circle where I wanted my black lines to appear on the ball. I cut along these lines, and then ran the orange pieces through a Cuttlebug embossing folder. I arranged the orange textured pieces onto the black circle allowing some separation between the pieces so that it would appear like the black lines on the basketball.

I printed a tournament bracket and cut it into a panel. I paper pierced around the panel and framed it with black cardstock.

After placing the basketball and sneakers onto the bracket panel, I added an Ohio State logo sticker and sentiment flag to the card. I highlighted some of the teams on the bracket with a Copic marker.

I hope you enjoy the upcoming NCAA Tournament, and I hope your favorite team goes deep into the tournament. And, yes...I realize I just totally jinxed Ohio State.



Enjoy the madness and thank you for joining us today for "Tuesdays with the Team"...be sure to visit the Stampin' Sisterhood often for more Rubbernecker inspiration, challenges, and fun!

Easter Basket

It's Monday! It's time for another challenge on the Outlines Challenge Blog. This week our challenge is the theme of Easter. Make sure you play along with us this week for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate from the Outlines Rubber Stamp Company.



This week, I chose to work with the gorgeous Outlines image "Spring Basket" (I-1162) from the Serendipity Collection. I stamped the image with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock. I colored the image with Copic markers and added a few Crystal Stickles highlights.

I framed the image with patterned paper from Pebbles and Lasting Impressions. The corners on the image panel and the Pebbles panel were rounded with a punch. I added a pink button along with a bow of Blossom Light Pink Baker's Twine.

Hop on over to the blogs of the design team to see what Easter goodies they have made this week:

Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Julie Warner
Lisa Silver
Sue Kment

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. I really do think I need the hour back that we lost this weekend from Daylight Savings Time. Lots to do!

Bloom, Sunflower

It's Monday! It's time for another challenge on the Outlines Challenge Blog. This week we have a sketch challenge. Make sure you play along with us this week for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate from the Outlines Rubber Stamp Company.



Here is the sketch we're working with this week:



Since it appears as if winter is never going to visit around here and give me a much needed snow day, I decided to brighten things up a bit and jump right into growing season with this sunflower card.

To make this card, I first stamped the Outlines image of "Sunflower" (H-81) twice onto X-Press It cardstock with Marvy black dye ink. I colored them with Copic markers and sponged a little bit of Distress Wild Honey ink onto the center of the sunflower. I cut around these images with my Cutterbee scissors and then placed them on top of each other to create a sunflower full of petals and dimension. I then stamped the Outlines image of "Posey Leaf 2" (E-1046) onto X-Press It cardstock with Marvy black dye. I colored the image with Copic markers, and then cut two of the leaves from the image. I used a Memento Tuxedo black marker to draw the stem, and then colored it with Copic markers. Then I was able to assemble the sunflower and put aside.

The background panel was stamped with the Outlines image "Small Dot Background" (I-552) using Distress Ink Faded Jeans. I then sponged Adirondack Sailboat Blue dye, Vivid Sky Blue, and Distress Ink Faded Jeans onto the panel. I rounded the corners with a punch, and paper pierced and faux stitched with a white Prismacolor pencil. This panel was then framed with kraft cardstock. The strip across the near bottom of the card is also kraft.

The sentiment is a small portion of Outlines "Blooming Layering Collage" (K-701). I simply inked the sentiment with a Memento Tuxedo black marker and created a little sentiment flag as suggested by the sketch. The letters are colored with Copic markers.



Make sure you visit the blogs of the design team. It is always fun to see sketch interpretations.

Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Julie Warner
Sue Kment

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. I appreciate it very much and wish you a very pleasant week.

Stampin' Sisterhood, Gutter Ball

It's Sunday! Time for another Rubbernecker Stampin' Sisterhood Challenge! Remember, if you play along with us this week, you will have chance to win a FREE STAMP from Rubbernecker and be queened Sunday Sister. And, at the end of each month, all the month's Sunday Sisters will be put in a random drawing to win a STAMP SET from Rubbernecker Stamps! Head on over the the Stampin' Sisterhood's blog for all of the details.



This week's challenge is a the following sketch:



I love making circle cards and shape cards! I was very liberal with the sketch, so I hope the Sisterhood will forgive me, LOL!

For my card I used the hilarious Rubbernecker image "Edna Bowling" (SKU:562-08). I stamped the image with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock. I colored the image with Copic markers and cut around the image using my Cutterbee scissors. For the time being, I set Edna aside.

I made the bowling ball using a Nestabilities circle die, cutting glossy black Cast-Kote cardstock. I then cut the smaller circles on the glossy black cardstock using the smallest Nestabilities circle die. I then mounted this with pop-dots onto a regular piece of black (non-glossy) cardstock, so that the ball appears to have finger holes.

I then conducted a Google image search for a line drawing of a bowling pin, manipulated the size in Microsoft Word, and colored the red lines with Copic markers and a Memento Tuxedo black marker.

Then, I began putting the card together adhering the pin and the ball to a circle card cut from a Nestabilities circle die. I then placed Edna onto the card along with the sentiment.

The sentiment is also from Rubbernecker. It is called "Bowling Ball" (SKU: 563-14) and is stamped with Versafine Onyx Black onto a panel cut with a Nestabilities die.

My guess is that Edna throws a gutter ball, don't you think? Gotta love all of the "Old Characters" images from Rubbernecker!



Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Be sure to visit the Rubbernecker Stampin' Sisterhood Blog for more inspiration. I hope you'll have-a-go at the sketch too!

Clovers

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Top of the morning to ya! It's Monday! It's time for another challenge on the Outlines Challenge Blog. This week our challenge is the theme of St. Patrick's Day. I guess you can say we're going green. Make sure you play along with us this week for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate from the Outlines Rubber Stamp Company.



For my card this week, I couldn't resist using this awesome image from Outlines called "Sketchy Clovers" (H-1018). I stamped it onto X-Press It cardstock with Marvy black dye ink. I colored the image with Copic markers (the clouds too were made with Copics). I then framed the image with black cardstock and white cardstock. The card panel is made from a piece of patterned paper from The Paper Studio. I paper pierced around this panel and used a white Prismacolor pencil to faux stitch. A strip of rainbow patterned paper (sorry, source unknown...it was a scrap) was added along the near side of the card. Clear green and light green buttons were added to the card, along with a bow made from Peapod Green Baker's Twine.



I hope you will take a look at what the rest of the design team made this week. You'll be seeing green.

Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Julie Warner
Lisa Silver
Sue Kment

I thank you for visiting my blog today. Making this card reminded me 'tis the season for Shamrock Shakes at McDonald's. I do think I'm going to go indulge in some minty green happiness in a cup!

Rubbernecker's Spring Hop

Hey there Sister Friends!! What's new? SO glad you could join the Stampin' Sisterhood for our Springtime HOP!! As always, we are SO excited to share with you! Rubbernecker Stamps has a wide variety of stamps for your Spring and Easter projects!

The Stampin’ Sisterhood has put together some AWESOME creations to share some of these images with you! I have a HOP ROUTE for you to follow and you can find it at EACH stop along the way, so you will not get lost! The ROUTE is below, along with MY creations! OK, in true HOP fashion, you will want to leave a little LOVE everywhere you visit! We want you to have a chance to win a PRIZE!


You could WIN
an AWESOME stamp set
of your CHOICE!

The winner will be announced,
on the Stampin' Sisterhood Blog,
FRIDAY 3/2
So you all have time to HOP!!

AWESOME, right? Well then, off you go, there is LOTS to see!! Hope you will join us in MARCH, for our NEXT HOP!! We cannot wait to do some MORE sharing and prize giving!! Until then, be sure to check out the daily posts on the STAMPIN’ SISTERHOOD blog!! There is LOTS of inspiration to be found! Thanks again for joining us today and ENJOY!!

Bev Gerard
Charlene Driggs
Charlene Merrick
Ellen Taylor
Jacquie Peifer
Jen Charboneau
Jennifer Cuthbertson
Joan Ervin
Julia Aston
Juliana Swanson
Karen Hunsaker
Kecia Waters (you are here) 
Kittie Caracciolo
Rubbernecker Stamps~Stampin' Sisterhood

I had so much fun with the Rubbernecker image of "Bunny" (SKU:565-03) that I ended up with two cards to share with you. Seems appropriate since this is a HOP! I'm thinking they could work as Easter cards or Spring cards since I didn't include a sentiment.



On this first card, I stamped the bunny using Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock. I colored the image with Copic markers and cut around the image. I place the bunny on the circle I cut with a Nestabilities die. The circle was sponged with the following die inks: SeaShells SeaShell Pink, Whispers Tender Pink and Distress Ink Spun Sugar. I also paper pierced around the circle. The layout for the card include squares of patterned paper from Bo Bunny and frames with white cardstock and patterned paper from Cloud 9 Design. I paper pierced around the outer Cloud 9 Design paper. Sheer white ribbon and Blossom Light Pink Baker's Twine are the finishing details of the card.



On my second card, I stamped the bunny using Marvy black dye ink onto kraft. I colored the bunny with colored pencils. I then placed the bunny onto an oval shape that was cut from an oval Nestabilities die. I sponged the clouds and the ground with the following dye inks: SeaShells Cloudy Blue, Adirondack Sailboat Blue, and Whispers Green Leaf. I paper pierced around the image as well. For the panel of the card, I used patterned paper from S.E.I. and paper pierced around this panel. I also paper pleated a strip of patterned paper from Cloud 9 Design, as well as framed the card with this paper. A pink button with Lilac Baker's Twine completes the card.