Bookmark

Hello stamping fans!

Today I'd like to share with you, a bookmark that I made using

"Rose Border" (#15411) from QKR Stampede.

I stamped the image onto watercolor paper and colored it with water color crayons. I then fussy cut it, adhered it to some yellow patterned paper, fussy cut it again and adhered it to yellow card stock then to black card stock.

I punched a hole in the top with my Crop-a-dile and used some 'baker's twine' to make a tassle.

This is an easy way to make a cute little gift for someone who loves to read.

Thanks for stopping by today, leave a comment if you wish, then go visit the QKR Stampede store and see what images you would love to work with.

We hope you'll come visit again soon!

Eureka! Heart Bouquet

Todays card features two

valentines stamps from Eureka!

  Heart Bouquet and Be Mine.

I used the same papers from 

We are Memory Keepers 

that I used with my Ice cream sundae card. 

I paper pieced the bow to add a little dimension.

I used colored pencil to color the design. 

Thanks for visiting today!

Hope to see you back here soon!

Barb

Grace and Peace - Boy did I need it.

Its been a little while since my last post due to some rather upsetting things happening at home. I apologise for this.

When I picked up this rather huge stamp which was a bargain at only $6 ... here is the direct link to it http://www.biblicalstamps.com/proddetail.php?prod=37803

I sat and read it and smiled... I forgot to take everything to Him... He offers Grace and Peace as a promise and I decided that I would make up a wall hanging to remind me..

I used  Pretty Paper, white stamping card-stock and some rather delicious Dies.

The Stamp works a treat. I sometimes have problems with large stamps that only stamp in places or over stamp in other sections.. this one works a dream!!! it is soooo deeply etched that I stamped once and that was the image I got.... in perfection and without a single smudge, miss stamp or smear.

Some things in life really make me smile!! and working stamps are the best things EVER!!!

I stamped the image using Memento Ink in tuxedo black onto white cardstock. used Stormy Sky mixed with Peeled paint Distress ink pad  to colour the edge and mounted it onto the back layer... the result is this.... I LOVE IT

I added some small flowers to the edges too in white. I was going to make it as my Bible marker but worried that I would forget it was there and would be tucked away until I picked up that particular page I had marked.

Here is a close up at a jaunty angle ;) I love a jaunty angle lol...

Karen xx

The uniqueness of a snowflake

I know, I know, snowflakes are white, and winter skies are blue! But as soon as I saw these stamps from Eureka, I knew I wanted to do pink and brown. No logical reason just pure whimsy! Actually, I had some Distress Embossing Powder in Tattered Rose (the ink color used), and my plan was to emboss the snowflake. But mystery of mysteries, it was nowhere to be found. I was really, really set on using the powder, so I literally searched for days, even though I could not afford the time. I never did find it, but my stamp room is a bit more organized at least! Last minute, I thought of the pearls, which of course, makes my non-conformist card all the stranger. And to top it all off, my husband informed me that snowflakes are hexagonal, not octagonal!

The snowflake may be found HERE, and the text is HERE.

Class Valentine's Set 2...

So here is class Valentine's Set 2....well 1/2 of set 2. I used 2 different stamps for this set. Both from Biblical Impressions. For this set, I used the Swirl Heart stamp and the Valentine sentiment stamp. ...and a close up... I stamped the hearts twice on these with pink ink, and then the sentiment with purple ink. Like the last set, the papers were already cut, so it was really quick to whip off for me. I will share the rest of this set with you later this week during the Biblical Impressions DT Blog hop. Thanks for stopping by!

Class Valentines

Today I wanted to share class set #1 of my daughters' Valentines. I have to make 3 class sets, and of course they all have to be different...lol. The nice thing was I already had the papers all cut for a different project that I have since scratched from my to-do list. So...that part was easy. I also thought it would be fun to not color the images so that my DDs can color them before giving to their friends. So...for set number 1, I used the adorable Hearty Dragon stamp from Eureka Stamps.

So that is the class set...and here is a close up... Super cute! Love this stamp. I stamped them on cream CS with purple ink. Then I used a pink ink to stamp the Happy Valentine's Day stamp (also from Eureka Stamps). Next was some quick mounting, and all set! Actually my oldest DD helped me mount them all onto the purple CS base. She did a really good job centering them too! Now I will just have my youngest DD write her name on the back and they are ready to pass out to her friends next week!

What A Buck!

My husband would say if he saw this in the woods...haha. Biblical Impressions has some awesome wildlife stamps to make masculine cards with. I used 34403 Buck In The Forest. He looks like he is right here among the aspens in Colorado