Just a Blog Hop!!

Welcome to Just A Blog Hop. We were invited to put aside all of our stamping oriented obligations and deadlines and create something just for fun. The hop guidelines were simple: choose a challenge to play and choose either a new uninked stamp or an old favorite. Create a card and mail it to someone. What could be better to celebrate World Card making day? I chose to use this week's sketch over on Splitcoaststampers found HERE, with this darling Lantern Snowman by Whipper Snapper, and a sentiment from the Waltzinmouse set Seasons of Love.

That's it from me for today. Thanks so very much for stopping by. Now if you came here from the fabulously talented, and super sweet, Jackie Pedro's blog, you are on the right track. If not, you'll want to head on over to Jami Sibley's blog (the ultra sweet and talented organizer of this hop ) to start at the beginning. Jami also has the complete list of participants in case there are any glitches.

Next on the hop is Taylor Van Bruggen. You won't want to miss the inspirational creation she has to share.


Stamps: Whipper Snapper, Waltzingmouse
Paper: Frosted Kiwi (Prism), Winter Joy (Bo Bunny), White (PTI)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Onyx Black (Versafine)
Accessories: Rectangle, Circle, and Lacey Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Copics, Snowflake and Swiss Dots embossing folders (Cuttlebug), Black Glitter, Rhinestones (Zva Creative and Kaisercraft), Corner Tag Punch (SU!), Dimensional Tape (Scotch)

One of a kind

My son's over 1000 miles away at college, and has had a rough first few weeks due to the flu that our family shared with him before we left. Wasn't that nice of us? *groan*

So, I thought I'd send him a little care package to cheer him up. This is the card I made to go with the package. I paper pieced one of the trees from Papertrey's Father knows Best and used a sentiment from Friendly Expressions by Anna Wight (Whipper Snapper Designs).

I used Mojo Monday's Sketch 105 found HERE.


Supplies:
Stamps: Father knows Best (Papertrey), Friendly Expressions (Whipper Snapper Designs)
Paper: Twiggy (Memory Box), Birchtone Dark (Prismatics)
Ink: Espresso (Adirondack Dye Ink)
Accessories: Ribbon (Martha Stewart), Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Border Punch (EK Success), Button (PTI), Corner Rounder Punch, Dimensional Tape (Scotch)

Thanks for stopping by!
Hope you're having a wonderful week!
Happy Stamping!

Camo Sailboat

One of my nephews is having a birthday today. I love this Whipper Snapper Patched Sailboat. And when I saw this camouflage dp called Military (Kaisercraft), I thought the camo looked like water. So I set to work making my camo ocean scene. *grin*

I stamped the sailboat with Versamark onto watercolor paper and colored it with my Tombow markers and an aqua pen. I layered it so it would fit in the waves, which I just cut by hand. The tag is a Cuttlebug diecut that I watercolored with my Tombows too, and the ribbon is SU! Everything is ink distressed (including the moon) with Slate (Addirondack Dye Ink), and the Happy Birthday sentiment was created with my Times Roman Font (JustRite).

That about covers it.
Thanks for dropping by!
Happy Stamping!





Stamps: Patched Sailboat (Whipper Snapper), Times Roman Font (JustRite)
Paper: Miltary (Kaisercraft), Birchtone Light and Dark (Prismatics), Watercolor
Ink: Versamark, Slate (Adirondack Dye Ink), Tombow Markers
Accessories: Circle Nestabilites (Spellbinders), Tag diecut (Cuttlebug), Aqua pen, Dimensional Tape, Stitched Ribbon (SU!)

The poppies are blooming!!

The poppies are blooming all over the place here in central California, inspiring me to make this card with one of Anna Wight's gorgeous poppies from her Blossoms and Butterflies sets (Whipper Snapper Designs). The sentiment is from her Blooming Expressions set (Whipper Snapper Designs). The poppy is colored with copics and is 3 layers.

I also added a bit of glitter to make the poppie sparkle and pop.


Supplies:
Stamps: Blossoms and Butterflies, Blooming Expressions (Anna Wight - Whipper Snapper Designs)
Paper - Sweetbay (Memory Box), Birchtone Dark and White (Prismatics), Neenah Solar White
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Old Paper (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories - Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Corner Rounder, Copics, Button (MME)
Quickie Glue Pen, Ultrafine Glitter, hot glue gun

Hope you're have a fabulous weekend!
Happy Stamping!!
Tosh

Where flowers bloom, so does hope.

I am so grateful for sketch challenges. Sometimes, all that is needed is a little direction. That was so the case for today. I made this card according to the SCS Sketch Challenge found HERE. I colored the flower from Anna Wight's Blossoms & Butterflies (Whipper Snapper Designs), with copics and added some ultrafine glitter. The sentiment is from the set Blooming Expressions (Anna Wight - Whipper Snapper Designs) The rest is pretty self explanatory.

Supplies: Stamps - Blooms & Butterflies, Blooming Expressions (Anna Wight - Whipper Snapper Designs) Paper - Baby 2 Bride Collection (Graphic 45), White and Island Mist Light (Prismatics), Vellum Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Old Paper (Ranger Distress Ink) Accessories - Copics, Long Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Glitter, Dimensional Tape

Thanks for visiting my blog!
I hope you're having a great week!
Happy Stamping!
Tosh

Thumped Silhouettes

I LOVE Thumping!! Thumping is a fabulous technique to use with silhouettes, so when I received Anna Wight's new Wildflower Silhouette (Whipper Snapper Designs) images, I knew I had to thump. And did I ever thump away. This has got to be the absolute easiest techniques to use. There are no mistakes. All you do is color your image with a water based marker (I used Stampin' Up!), and with a darker color tap around your image randomly. You can even use more than two colors like I did on the Mexican Hat flower. After you have the image inked up to your specification, spritz it a couple of times with an Extrafine Mister (I use Judikins...it's my favorite) and stamp! That's it....so easy. I added a bit of sparkle with Crystal Ultrafine Glitter (Art Institute) and my Quickie glue pen to *amp* it up a bit.

Did you notice the Champagne Silky Crushed Ribbon I used at the edge of the image? LOVE that stuff. It's crinkly and wired, and you can make it into any shape you like!! All the ribbon I used on this project is May Arts, and you can get it at Stamper's Dream. Michelle has a ton of new stuff in her store! It really would be worth your while to go check it out!

I used some of the new Kaisercraft dp called Dancing Jewel, along with Wizard Dark Prismatic cs! I really like the plums that are so popular right now! The images were all stamped onto Neenah Natural White cs.

I also created my little circle medallion by punching out a circle of the dp, matted it with a darker cs, and coated it with 3-D Crystal Lacquer.

Now the photo above is of the front of a card holder I designed to fit 4 cards and their envelopes in two pockets on the inside. It stays closed with Basicgrey Magnetic Snaps. They're the tiniest little things, and you hardly know they're there.

Each card has a thumped silhouette on it, May Arts ribbon, and a different Basicgrey button from the Porcelain collection. Each sentiment is from Anna's Blooming Expressions set. What an awesome collection of sentiments, and with fabulous fonts!! I also framed each flower with different Nestability shapes by Spellbinders: Labels I, Labels II, Curved Rectangles, and the Classic Ovals.

The blue and pink ribbon were crinkled up a bit by gently heating them with my heat tool. If you get the tool too close, or hold it there too long, however, you will burn the ribbon. So take your time...go slow.



Sorry this was such a long post. Thanks so much for stopping by.
Sorry I haven't been posting much lately either. I was in Seattle a little over a week ago for 3 days to watch my son compete in swimming for the college he's attending, and I have to head out of state again tomorrow for 3 days. So I've been busy preparing projects while I'm gone, as I did before. That leaves a hole in between times. Not to mention the fact that I got the flu right before I left on the last trip and ended up with bronchitis. So that's slowed me down a bit. Hopefully I'll be able to be a bit more regular. I have projects scheduled periodically this week, so please check regularly.


Supplies:
Stamps - Wildflower Silhouettes and Blooming Expressions (Anna Wight - Whipper Snapper Designs)
Paper - Dancing Jewel (Kaisercraft), Wizard Dark, Cream (Prismatics), Neenah Natural White
Ink - Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink), Stampin' Up! markers
Accessories - Nestabilities (Labels I, II, Curved Rectangles, Classic Ovals - Spellbinders), Martha Stewart Border Punch, Buttons (Basicgrey), Ribbon (May Arts), Glitter (Art Institute), Quickie Glue Pen, Dimensional Tape, Clear Ep (Judikins), heat tool, Martha Stewart and CarlaCraft flower punches, Pearl (Kaisercraft), Magnetic Snaps (Basicgrey), Circle punch, Scor-Pal

Silhouettes by Anna!!

I'm so excited to share with you Anna's new release this month for Whipper Snapper Designs ...Wildflower Silhouette. They're gorgeous flower silhouettes based on some of her photographs. She included some thoughtful sentiments too: So Sorry..., So Thoughtful, and with Sympathy.

They're fabulous and I can't wait to share some more ideas that I have for them in the future.

But, for now, I'll show you the two I made for today. I was trying out some new My Mind's Eye ink that I got with a gift certificate from my friend Pat (patsmethers on SCS) Thanks Pat. Both image panels are the same, I just added another color to the first one here. And a spotlighting technique to the next.

For this first card, I inked up the image in one of the lighter green inks, and then randomly brushed some brown over the image to get this look. The ink is pigmented so I embossed it with some Detail Clear ep after getting the coverage I wanted. The images are stamped on Champagne Metallic cs (Prism) and are ink Distressed with Antique Linen (Ranger Distress Ink). It has a really beautiful Sheen.

The striped bg is GORGEOUS printed vellum by Deja Views. I layered that over Kiwi Kiss (SU) to give it the soft green stripe between the rich plum. The panel in between is from the Laundry Line (My Mind's Eye).

I sewed around the edges of the back panel with a shiny copper thread! LOVE it!! And finally, I added a sweet little bee charm to the Mellow Moss Taffeta ribbon by Stampin' UP!

Check out these blogs to see what the other girls have created with Anna's Silhouettes.

Anna Wight (herself)
Amy Sheffer
Beth Matson
Jackie Pedro
Lisa Zappa


Supplies:
Stamps - WildFlower Silhouette (Whipper Snapper Designs)
Paper - Deja View, My Mind's Eye, Brushed Gold (SU), Stormy Dark, Champaign Metallic (Prismatic)
Ink - My Mind's Eye
Accessories - Labels I Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Oval punches (SU), Detail Clear ep, Taffeta Ribbon (SU), Bee Charm (starlitstudio), Copper Thread



Since it's Monday, I made this next card for my weekly CCEE challenge. This week we're featuring the unique SCS name *JustPaintingAround*. Michelle is known for her fantastic spotlighting, and so I challenged the CCEEers to use that very technique also. We will be mailing our cards to her too.

So for this card, I just stamped the Silhouettes onto the same Champagne Metallic Prism paper with MME ink and ink distressed the edges with Antique Linen (Ranger Distress Ink) again.

Each panel is framed with Brushed Gold cs (SU), and the center cone flower is spotlighted and is lifted with dimensional tape.

The edges were punched with a Fiskars border punch, and the tiny flower was made with two CarlCraft flower punches. The tiny Latte Pearls are by Kaisercraft, and I pierced along with bottom with my Tim Holtz ruler, and an Ornare template under the flower.

To see what the other CCEEers have done with the spotlighting technique, click HERE. We'd love to have you play along too. Just make a card with this technique, and link it in the comment section of the CCEE Stampers blog.

That about sums these both up.


Supplies:
Stamps - Wildflower Silhouette (Whipper Snapper Designs - Anna Wight)
Paper - Deja View, Brushed Gold (SU), Champagne Metallic (Prism), Kiwi Kiss (SU)
Ink - My Mind's Eye
Accessories - Ribbon, Flower Punch (Carlcraft), Latte Pearls (Kaisercraft), Ornare Piercing Template, Piercing Tool, Border Punch (Fiskars), Labels I and Curvy Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Detail Clear ep, Dimensional Tape

Inspired Thanks

I rarely get to participate in SCS's Inspirational challenge because I'm usually cleaning, or running errands on Sat. Well, I checked it out first thing this morning and the shade found HERE, *spoke* to me. I had some new Making Memories paper that would be perfect.

I stamped the "Thanks" sentiment, from Anna Wight's new Friendly Expressions (Whipper Snapper) set, with Onyx Black (Versafine) onto Neenah Solar White, and embossed it with Detailed Clear ep. The rest is self explanatory, so I won't bore you with all the details.


Supplies:
Stamps - Friendly Expressions (Whipper Snapper Designs: Anna Wight)
Paper - Sabrina (Making Memories) White and Black (Prismatics), Neenah Solar White
Ink - Onyx Black (Versafine)
Accessories - Gem Stickers (Making Memories), Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Corner Ticket Punch (SU), Boutique Trims Ribbon (Doodlebug Designs), Detailed Black ep, Heat Tool, Dimensional Tape

You make me smile!!!

I stepped out of my usual style today. When looking for papers to use with today's Sketch Challenge on SCS, I found a pack of black and white dp by Kaisercraft called Ebony and ivory. So, I thought I'd give this look a try, figuring it would really make the ladybug pop off the card being that he's the only part that's red.

The darling flower image is from Anna Wight's new set called Fish Friends (Whipper Snapper), and the sentiment is from her set called Friendly Expressions (Whipper Snapper).

There is no dimension on this card...shocking, I know. The flower petals are coated with Frosted Lace stickles, and the rest is colored with copics. I made my own epoxy medallions by punching circles out of the dp and coating them with Crystal Lacquer. The rest is pretty self explanatory.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a fabulous week, and are stamping your hearts out.

Supplies:
Stamps - Fish Friends and Friendly Expressions (Whipper Snapper)
Paper - Ebony and Ivory (Kaisercraft), Black and White (Prismatics), Neenah Solar White
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories - Copics, Corner Tag Punch and Circle Punch (SU), Stitched Ribbon, Piercing Tool, Tim Holtz Ruler, Crystal Lacquer, Frosted Lace Stickles

CCEE Sketch with Whipper Snapper

I missed the CCEE challenge last week. But this week, I'm back on schedule.

I was in charge of coming up with this month's challenges, and thought I'd start the month off with a really easy sketch that is very open to interpretation. This is what I came up with, based on the sketch found here:

I used an image from the new Whipper Snapper Designs set Friendly Expressions by Anna Wight. The flowers are gorgeous, and the sentiments are fantastic with a wide variety of fonts and sayings. I couldn't fit a sentiment on the outside, so I finished off the inside of my card too.

The flowers are colored with copics and the Birchtone and Frosted Orange Prismatics are ink distressed with Frayed Burlap (Ranger Distress Ink). The flourishes at the top are Doodle Parts Dies (Spellbinders), and the button was ink distressed with Timber Brown (Stazon).

The flower on the inside was made with Papaya Puree Dark (Prismatics), Martha Stewart flower punches and a Pewter Pearl (Kaisercraft).

Don't forget to check out what the other girls did with this sketch. Click HERE to head over to the CCEE Stampers blog. We'd love to have you play along too. Just follow the directions once there.

Edited to add:
I've had a question asked about where I get my papers, and how I distress. If you click on any boldfaced words, it will take you to where I got those specific supplies.

As for the distressing, all I do is ink up a make-up sponge with Ranger Distress Inks and brush it on the edges of the papers. Prismatics (My paper of choice) are textured on one side, and smoother on the other, and take well to the inks!

Hope this helps!

Supplies:
Stamps - Friendly Expressions (Whipper Snapper Designs - Anna Wight)
Paper - Birchtone and Frosted Orange (Prismatics), Neenah Natural White
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Frayed Burlap (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories - Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug embossing folder, Border punches (Martha Stewart), Button, Scrapfloss, Hardware (SU), Velvet Ribbon (American Craft), other ribbon, Doodle Parts Diecuts (Spellbinders), Copics, Dimensional Tape

Whipper Snapper Cattails

I love cattails!! So when I saw Anna Wight's new Fish Friends set with these darling cattails, I actually squealed. I colored them, and the sweet dragonfly, with copics, and added a bit of glitter to the dragonfly. I then added some fun flock to the cattails, cause that's the most fun thing about them irl...their texture. The shapes are all Nestabilities (Spellbinders), and the flowers were made with Martha Stewart punches and the 5-petal flower (Stampin' Up!). The border punch is also Martha Stewart, and the tag was made with a cuttlebug die.

Supplies:
Stamps - Fish Friends (Whipper Snapper)
Paper - Neenah Natural White, Papaya Puree Dark, Buttercream (prismatics), Chloe's Closet (Making Memories)
Ink - Vintage Sepia (Versafine), Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories - Copics, Curved Rectangles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Martha Stewart Punches, 5-petal and slot punch (SU), Fun Flock, glitter, Cuttlebug, sewing machine, Latte Pearls (Kaisercraft), Ribbon (Papertrey), dimensional tape

You're the Best with Whipper Snapper!!

Isn't this mushroom just the cutest? I love the shape and the fringe along the bottom. It's from the new Whipper Snapper set Fish Friends, Designed by Anna Wight. I stamped it onto Neenah Solar White cs with Tuxedo Black (Memento), and colored it with copics.

I thought it'd be fun to make a circle card with the new Making Memories Paper line called Chloe's Closet, because the colors are so fresh and fun. The circle and scallops are all Spellbinders Nestabilities shapes, as well as the Labels I center framing the image. I used the Martha Stewart Lacy border punch for the strip across the middle, pierced around the inner circle, and added a button.

I couldn't fit the sentiment on the outside since the circle is small, so I finished off the inside, like Denise Marzec (The Paper Landscaper) is so fabulous at doing!

Supplies: Stamps - Fish Friends (Whipper Snapper - Anna Wight designs) Paper - Chloe's Closet (Making Memories), Prismatics Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento) Accessories - Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug, Lacy Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Button (Stampin' UP!) Circle Piercing Template (The Crafters Workshop), Piercing Tool (Making Memories)

That's it! I hope your week is off to a fantastic start! I know mine is. I'm busy getting ready to head to CHA!! And I have some fabulous projects to show you, this week, that I made for Michelle (Stamper's Dream) and Laurie (just give me stamps) to use while there.

Be sure to check out what the other Featured Designers have done with Anna's new images!! They're awesome!!

Amy Sheffer
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/PickleTree
Blog: http://pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.com

Beth Matson
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/ematson
Blog: http://nevertoooldtocolor.blogspot.com

Jackie Pedro
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/strappystamper
Blog: http://thescallopededge.typepad.com

Lisa Zappa
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/lzappa
Blog: http://shabbychickjunk.blogspot.com

Anna Wight
SCS Gallery: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/go/sweetmissdaisy
Blog: http://sweetmissdaisy.typepad.com

Winter Inspired

I don't always get the opportunity to do the inspiration challenge on SCS, but today was a good day to give it a try. I loved the blue and green dots on the dress found HERE. And the headboard shape fit perfectly with my new nestabilities. I also liked the color of the bedspread...it's soft gold tone reminded me of kraft...and I love using kraft with my pastels.

So, onto the card details. I stamped the Santa Snowman, Oh, Holy Night trees, and the Wearing White sentiment, (Whipper Snapper) all onto kraft with Smokey Gray Versafine. I then colored them with pastels. I cut the tree and snowman out edged them with Frayed Burlap, and mounted them onto my Nestability Frame (that is also popped up with dimensionals). I faux stitched the edges with my Always Artichoke marker,(Stampin' Up) and added a couple of buttons. The flakes are Snow Flurries (Stampin' Up), inked with Broken China (Ranger Distress Ink), and stamped off once. I added a touch of sparkle to the hat with my Quickie Glue Pen and Ultrafine Transparent Glitter.


Supplies:
Stamps - Whipper Snapper
Paper - Kraft, Island Mist Light, Herbal Garden Medium (Prismatics), Melissa Frances
Ink - Smokey Gray (Versafine), Broken China, Frayed Burlap (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories - Buttons, Twine, Patels, Nestabilities, cuttlebug, Quickie Glue, Ultrafine Transparent Glitter

Chillin'

Every Sunday, Splitcoast Stampers features a new stamper for anyone who would like to CASE one of their cards. The only requirement is that you change at least two things. This week, the FS is LZappa. And I chose to case this adorable card of hers. LZappa


I love Whipper Snapper!! Especially their snowmen and penguins, so I used this stamp "think snow". I stamped it with Tim Holtz Black Soot distress ink.....fabulous ink to use with copics...NO SMUDGES!!! You can find this ink at Rubbernecker Stamp Company I colored the image with copics and coated the snow with crystal ice stickles. The flakes above were coated with ultra fine glitter and a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen. The snowflake brads have grape ice stickles in their centers, and the medallion was punched with scallop and circle punches. The center of the medallion has the MFT stamps *chillin* and snowflake stamped with bashful blue and night of navy. I used a sakura white souffle pen for the dots around the scallop! Another favorite tool of mine. It never clogs and always disperses ink. LOVE IT!!

Stamps: Whipper Snapper, MFT
Paper: Memory Box DP, Night of Navy SU and Papertrey White (awesome paper to use with copics)
Ink: Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink, Night of Navy
Accessories: blue Marvy oval sallop punch, Nestabilities circles, snowflake brads, stickles, Quickie glue pen, ultrafine crystal glitter, su grossgrain ribbon (navy and elegant eggplant), Michaels Ribbon, dimensional tape