Saturday, May 14, 2011

Happy Father's Day

I can't believe Mother's Day has all ready passed.  Next on the card making list is Father's Day and it will be here before you know it. 

Instead of giving your favorite dad another lousy tie for Father's Day...give him a card with these fun tie images on it!



Stamps:
Paper:
Patterned Paper October Afternoon
Bazzill Cardstock
Neenah white cardstock
Ink:
Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
Copic Markers
Other:
Dots & Dashes ribbon
Spellbinders dies

Hope your weekend is off to a great start and that you will get some time to stamp!

Kristine

Friday, May 13, 2011

Little Mouse


Prismacolor pencils were used to color the image and baby oil for blending.
The flower the little mouse is holding was cut out and mounted on a 1/8” punched circle to create dimension.

A plastic stipple brush was used to add texture to the solid colors.

I used the deco pink pencil to add shading to the larger pink flowers. All the flowers were embossed, large pink from the back and the smaller ones from the front. The black and yellow centers were cut with the Cuttlebug Tiny Tags die or a Sizzix button die. I cut or punch smaller pieces and place them over the holes for cutting. The flowers were assembled with Aleene’s tacky glue and to pick up the small centers I use a large stick pin - dip in the glue, touch the back of the circle to pick up, place on the flower, press down with the finger and pull the pin away, slide into position if needed.

Stickles was applied to all flower centers and the flower and circles on the designer paper.

The black nailheads were attached with Aleene’s Paper Glaze.
After attaching the strips of paper to the insert and envelope I embossing double lines just above the paper with the Scor-Pal.

Images: QKR Stampede - 7004 Flower
Paper: Basic Grey – designer paper, Bazzill – Apple Crush, Ocean Breeze, Fiskars – black, Bo Bunny – pink (double sided)
Ink: Memento – Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Stickles, Aleene’s tacky glue and Paper Glaza, nailheads, Prismacolor pencils, baby oil
Tools: plastic stipple brush, stick pin, Martha Stewart Brach punch, EK Success – larger flower punch, unknown small flower punch, Cuttlebug and Tiny Tags die, Sizzix button die, Scor-Pal

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Spring Tulips

Hi there. Sorry my post is a little later then normal for me. Time has been slipping away from me lately. I didn't even realize it was Thursday already! Well today I have a card using the Tulip Border stamp. I just love tulips...those and gerbera daisies are my favorite flowers. The tulips in my front yard are in full bloom too. So...I had to have this image. Here is a CAS card I made with it. I stamped the image and trimmed it down. I colored with watercolor crayons, and layered on to the green PP. The green is actually the back side of the tulip paper I used for the background. I cut another piece and added the rub-on to that. Like I said...CAS...but a cute card to pass to a friend.
Well thanks for stopping by the QKR Stampede blog today. Be sure to stop on over to the QKR Stampede store and check out some of the other flower images! And...be sure to stop by next Friday for a flower themed DT Blog HOp!!!!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Your In My Heart

55602 Heart Frame Is one of the greatest images I have worked with. I fell in love the moment that red rubber image from QKR Stampede arrived at my house...lol
Today I have a couple cards to share with this great image.
 This first card using the 55602 Heart Frame was stamped and colored with Copic markers and fussy cut.
The background paper and card stock is from CTMH . Lace is from Really Reasonable Ribbon. The red flowers are from Pizzazz Aplenty.
I used many buttons from my stash and a little glitter in between the buttons.

I just loved the coloring on this heart- it seems to show the depth I was looking to show on this image-I think this one does justice to the details of the image.
The card stock and design paper is also from the same line at CTMH.
I used a large flower and red/white twine from Pizzazz Aplenty. Brads from my stash.

Won't you pop in and check out some of the great frames available at QKR Stampede...

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Alley Cat


Hallo dear blog visitors.

Today is the the second thuesday from may and it is time for me to show you a new card.
Alley Cat is the name of this fantastic stamp. For me, might say the cat "This is a difficult but fair fight was";-), looks battered and bandaged like a kitten.
What for a wonderful image, I love it.


Have a nice day

Monika

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Peacock feather

Hello all you stamping friends!

Today I'm showing you a scrapbook layout that I made for an album of my nephew's wedding. 
He and his lovely bride were married this past October and I decided to make a scrapbook for them.  I have just finished it (sssshhhhhh!  don't tell, they don't know about it yet) and on this page I stamped the Peacock Feathers (#6301) from Eureka! Stamps.  They used peacock feathers for bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages etc. at their wedding and their colors were turquoise, brown and a bit of purple.
This is the entire double page layout showing their invitations, directions and the recipe cards they sent to each guest.  I also designed and made the recipe cards for them.
Here is a closer picture of one of the feathers. 
I stamped it onto the page with Perfect Medium then used Perfect Pearls to color it.  Perfect Pearls give it a wonderful shimmery shine.  I am thrilled with the way they turned out. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you like the way I have used stamping in my scrapbooking.  There are lots of ways to use stamps, not just for cards.  Try some on your next scrapbook layout.

Stop in at the Eureka! store and see the wonderful stamps they have to offer.  I'm sure you'll find a lot of images that you will love.

Until next time, Happy Crafting.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Happy Mother's Day


Hello! I'd like to wish y'all a Happy Mother's Day!  Whether you are a mother or not, it's a day to celebrate Mom's everywhere.  You may be someone's Mom, Grandma, Aunt, friend, teacher, whatever, but somehow I'm betting if you are female you have 'mothered' someone at sometime in your life.
So Happy Mother's Day to you all.

And I have a Mother's Day card to show you today too.  This card was made with the "Smiling Flowers" stamp (#17002) from QKR Stampede.
The sentiment is from the "Happy Birthday" set (#22803)

The image was colored with watercolor crayons.  For the background I used watercolor crayons, colored them onto an acrylic block and watered them down then applied them to the paper.

I hope you will spend Mother's Day with happy memories and those you love.

Thanks for stopping by today, stop in to the QKR Stampede store and see what fabulous images you can find to enjoy!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!