Old Favorites for Christmas

Howdy-


A few weeks back I started having one of those moments where I was missing and thinking back to some of my favorite stamps that I never get to use any more.  I have SO many that I have loved so much in the past. Especially at Christmas - so many really cute and fun images that have been in the box and screaming out for some ink.

While looking through my "Favs" I got sad missing some of my favorite artist.... so I went out searching to see where they are now. I found one of them at another online stamp company. Penny Johnson has some wonderful new images over at "Your Next Stamp" now that I surfed through their website I found a ton more great images I didn't know about - and I am thinking I really need to ask Santa if he knows about YNS and see if maybe I have been good enough this year for some new goodies! LOL Make sure you head over to YNS and see... seriously I was blown away! Been so long since I went out looking at new things!

Now I haven't had a chance to order any new things yet... but I decided that I really needed to pull out some of my older images and play with them.

This is an older Penny image that I think is just adorable.

I colored with my Copics (colors below) and then added lots of stickles and Viva Decor Pearl pen.

Now while surfing the YNS site I found they do a challenge - it has been so long since I played along with a challenge just for fun. And it is a great color and sketch challenge.

Love the colors and great for Christmas challenge. I used lots of different brand papers from my scraps.

I then inside more of the same papers.

Copic colors used -

Make sure to pop over and see this fun site - Well only if you have the time cuz they have lots to see.. LOL I got lost there for a while. Probably should get out there more often and see all the great stuff out there... well maybe I should pace myself... Hubby might freak if I find too many new things out there after being so good for so long. HA!

Hope you have a great day - Hubby and I are working on inventory for our shows in January.  Lots of new items for our first show. If we can get them all sorted and priced!

Hugs and -

Stampavie - Penny Johnson - Duckling Bridge

My last CHA project. Yep I am all out of made up things to show you. So I must start crafting again! I did color one night this week. It was wonderful! Felt glorious!  Ok so I threw it in the trash can once done cuz it was not good at all... but I do believe I am now ready to get back to work. My hand is ugly don't get me wrong. And it itches like crazy. But I can use it and bend all my fingers. Whoo Hoo!! Now if I can get caught up with work this week, then I will have some free time to craft!

But here is one last card I made up for CHA for Stampavie. This is one of the new Penny Johnson images "Duckling Bridge" - really a sweet image.

I so enjoyed coloring this image - like a coloring book page - so many things to have fun with. I used my Promarkers from Letraset- All the papers I believe are SEI - from way way way long ago. I used a piece of vintage lace - and then that ribbon.. I stamped that! Yes the sentiment Thanks is from Stampavie Tina Wenke. And I just stamped it over and over across a piece of ribbon. Love that will be doing more of it for sure!

So that is all my CHA stuff... darn good thing I had so much from the show to share the past few weeks huh? What would I have done not being able to craft.

Have you been visiting the Stampavie Blog? The DT has really been showing some wonderful projects with all the new stuff - take a few minutes and visit and see :0)

Early day today... Libbie and Tuco have vet appointments. Tuco for his second round of puppy shots and Libbie for her annual visit and shots. I can only handle two at a time. So next Tuesday I'll take Autie and Chica. After done with the doggies today I then have to get to work. Long day today but I hope to get LOTS done! Feels good to be going 100% again. Now if only there were 36 hours in a day I just might get all caught up. LOL

Have a great day-
HUGS and

Good thing I have a few Made up Projects -

HI - the Rodeo on Monday was really fun. Totally loved watching the sheep dog trials! And we enjoyed a really nice day together, Hubby and I.  Well until late in the day.... well accident prone Michelle entered ! But honestly this wasn't my fault - Really it wasn't! Working with the horses - I was holding a rope for Hubby and in a totally flash - my hand was pinned to the fence post and the rope was spiraling out of my hand and well... OUCH! I have rope burns on all four fingers on the inside of my right hand. Bad Rope Burns. I am actually doing pretty good considering I am not a Lefty and can't figure out how to do anything without my right hand. How do you lefty's do it? :0)

So no coloring for a little while, in fact I tried to use my scissors today and couldn't even open and close them once... so I moved them to my left hand and well cut right into the middle of what I cutting, so I think scissors will have to wait a little while as well. Sigh... Good thing I have a few made up Projects left from CHA!

Here is one of the new Stampavie Sarah Kay images  - "Bath Time"

I went vintage with this one. Colored the image with my Promarkers, then tore her out and inked the edges. I used scrap pattern papers one that looks like cardboard, and one with script pattern. Sorry lost the names. I backed it with brown card stock that I punched with a Martha Stewart border punch. Now do you recognize that chandelier? YEP another Stampavie image. From Penny Johnson - Now this was totally cool - I took a piece of the brown card stock, and I stamped with bleach! Yes plain ole bleach! Now I made sure to wash my stamp well after using the stamp. But the effects were totally cool - will be doing this again for sure. I stamped the brand new Tina Wenke Dream stamp with bleach as well on a scrap of blue paper.

Some sewing, pearls and dotted swiss ribbon and I like how this card came out! And I love that it was already done to show you!

No worries... I'll be ok, and my private nurse "Hubby" has been taking pretty good care of me... following me around asking if I have soaked my hand and checking my boo boo's every time he can. I feel so bad that I can't clean the house and do my chores around the house... really I do. LOL

Have a great day -
HUGS and-

Chanson d'amour Wedding Card

Yesterday it was my turn to post on the Stampavie DT Blog - Do you visit there? Everyday a DT takes a turn showing off a project for inspiration. I love visiting and seeing what everyone is making. Well I couldn't post here the same day that would have bumped Animal Crackers... so here is my Stampavie post -

Today you are getting a peek at a wedding card I have made for a dear friend. Hope she isn’t peeking here as she will be getting it this weekend :0)
I wanted to do something a bit different – go more vintage and romantic. I think the Penny Johnson Chanson d’amour image is PERFECT -
I used kraft card stock for the base and to stamp my image on with brown ink. I then stamped the image a second time on white card stock and cut out the birds. Very little coloring on this one, just a bit of rose colored for the heart, then a white gel pen for the highlights of the word and the lace around the heart.
The birds once cut out I pop dotted them onto the main image and then covered them with shimmerz -
They look as if they are in flight over the card don’t they… ok but they are pretty….
I added lots of scallops, satin ribbon, roses and branch punches to add to the romance – Then I decorated the inside and envelope too…
Sentiment is a word punch and stamp from Papertrey Ink, and the envelope… I just stamped off the corner of the envelope with the main image.

I think it turned out pretty – I hope the bride and groom like it as well. Totally loving the shabby vintage images in the Penny Johnson collection, sometimes it is really nice to step outside the box and do something a bit different, and love this style to do that.

Hope you liked it - I'll show the part of our wedding gift later in the week :0)
HUGS and

Magical Meg with Candy Corm! MMMM

While surfing through Splitcoast Stampers the other day I found a challenge with Score-Pal for their September Challege. "Out of the Box" to create a box with your Score-Pal... I needed some fun and relaxing the other night, and had been just dying to color Stampavie's Magical Meg. The two together were a lot of fun!

I first went through my Halloween papers to find something to make my box out of. I used DCWV Glitter Halloween paper, love the sparkly candy. My box is sort of made from a few different boxes/bags that I found online. The sizes were all not right for Meg.... or not right to fill with the candy. 

 Now you can see that this has a box bottom on it with a fold over top. A piece of Velcro to hold the flap down. I cut the hole in the front before attaching everything and put a piece of acetate as a window. I then cut out a scalloped circle for around the edge from orange card stock. I am always so worried about cutting the scallops and then the circle .... what if I don't center it right? LOL But this worked out ok this time and I didn't have to cut a second.

 For my candy I wanted to use Candy Corn - but being on a diet, don't have that sitting around the house. :0) So while out running around the other day, Hubby went in to the Ice House and got a small bag for my photo shoot. The bag was a bit small and didn't quite fill my project. But I think it was ok. The funny thing was we hadn't been home 30-45 minutes when he was following me around... "you going to take the photos of your candy corn soon?"   LOL So stopped everything I was doing and took my photos. 10 seconds later he was into the bag and all the candy corn was safe from me. Wasn't it nice of him to protect me and my diet like that? HA!

Meg now...

 Isn't she just gorgeous!!! A new Stampavie release by Penny Johnson, I think she is just too pretty. This is my kind of Halloween image :0) I colored her with Letraset ProMarkers: Ivory, Oatmeal, Pear Green, Marsh Green, Warm Grey 3 & 5, Lavender, Bluebell, Poppy, Blush and Caramel. Then I covered her dress and hat with Diamond Stickles. She is all sparkly!

I then cut her out and put her on the front of the box... note she is pointing to that now gone Candy Corn.

Was really fun, to make. I enjoyed doing a 3-D project, using my Score-pal and making a fun Halloween box.

Hope you liked it... I know Hubby was happy I made this one!
HUGS and-

Dust It Off Sunday - My pretty little round box!

hi  - first a Gabrielle update. She is doing ok... the heat of the day is still getting to her, but she is hanging in. Actually she has spent some time in the bathroom... yes in my house. We had to get her cooled down, So that is a first, I have jokingly said that I would bring them in the house to take care of them. But when the Doc says that is the best treatment, then all sanity goes out the window and I bring a donkey in the house! Now her Mom has to stay outside, so in and out the baby goes to get food from Mom. Each day she is a little better... so hopefully we can get through this and she gets stronger and can fight the heat after a few days or week or so.

Now on to my Dust It off Sunday post - this time it wasn't my image I dusted off. No while sorting out some of my "Junk" on the shelves, I found a cute round wooden box. I must have purchased it on sale at some point.. LOL don't remember. But I decided it was time to decorate it! This was an opportunity to use my new paints too!

So I pulled out my paints. I started to go with something to match my craft room. But then for some reason, I decided that brown and white gone vintage would look better. I used Claudine Hellmuth Studio Semi-Gloss Blank Canvas white, and Sable Brown and painted the entire box.

 Then I started thinking about how I wanted to decorate it. I really loved using the Stampavie Penny Johnson image "Bird Cage", But it was too small - so I decided to use the Claudine Hellmuth Studio multi-medium Gloss paint as a image transfer. I stamped the image, copied it larger to the size of the lid then used the transfer to put the image on the box. Love this! Images can be any size we need them! I lightly colored with Copic Markers to add just a touch of color.

It needed more - after trying many things - I settled on Stickles Distress Brown glitter. I dotted my way around the top. Love that - While it was drying I moved onto the base. Laying on my desk was a scrap of the Martha Stewart Jumbo heart punch.

WOW how dramatic is that! So I punched out enough to circle the entire base of the box and then glued it down with the Gloss paint. WOW... then it needed more Distressed Stickle dots! After it all dried, I inked it all over. Then put a second coat of gloss paint -

Hope you enjoyed my little round box. I sure had fun making this one. I got messy with my new paints, finally used one of those impulse purchases on sale "to decorate", and got to enlarge a image I love and have Bigger fun with it!!

Have a great Sunday -
HUGS and-

Spoon Full of Sugar - Happy Birthday!

Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge is back this week! And the theme this week is simply "Happy Birthday" - create a card/project for a birthday. We all love having those cards on hand don't we? For me I got a chance to play with one of the brand new Stampavie images!!! She is gorgeous! And I tried out a new folding technique. I have always wanted to try these cards! Too fun! Once I figured it out!

 My card base is a 5.5 X 12 inch card - I followed the sizes from a tutorial at Splitcoast. You can see it here.  Was a fun card to make, I used DCWV papers and sewed them to add more texture to the card. My flowers are Heartfelt Creations Die Cuts with the petals rolled and then stacked. The sentiments are from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Inside and Out set. (love that set)

And now that great new image! She is by artist Penny Johnson "Cute little Anna". Just love her! I colored with my new ProMarkers.... getting better, but I do believe I need more colors.. LOL

Here I used: Blush, Oatmeal and Ivory for the face. Buttercup and Carmel for the hair. Baby Pink and Dusty Rose for her scarf and ribbon in her hat. And then Powder Blue, Blue Pearl and Denim Blue for the shirt and hat. 

Here is the inside sentiment  - close up. Good Birthday sentiment!
Now make sure to pop over to Spoon Full of Sugar and see all the Birthday fun, then join us for another great prize this week ok?

Me... I think I am going to go and love on a new baby donkey :0)
HUGS and -

Belinda and the Cardinal

Sorry for the second post today.... Blogger and I didn't get a long and instead of scheduling - it posted.... sometimes I just don't get along with that scheduler!!

Stampavie’s Belinda and the Cardinal

I am very excited to get to show off a brand new image released by Stampavie! This is Belinda and the Cardinal – isn’t she beautiful. 

 

 She is my first image colored with my new ProMarkers :0) Thanks so much Letraset ! I am really enjoying them - taking a little time to learn the smaller point instead of my brush end of the Copics. But the ink is wonderful... I am just going to need more colors now! But I am really looking forward to their new product at Letraset - Their new FlexMarkers - really interesting and I am looking forward to giving them a try as soon as they are available. Ok.. back to my card. The colors used will be listed below. 

One of my favorite things about this stamp is that the bird is separate, so you can place it where ever you want, and as many times as you want!

For the background of my card I chose 5 different pattern papers from My Minds Eye – Lost & Found Market Street Collection. One as the mat, then I cut the four other patterns into 1.5 inch squares, then sewed them all together with a zig zag stitch. My own quilted background. Love this look! My image was cut into an Oval – with my Nesties. The scroll work on the ends is a Spellbinders Fancy tag cut in half and put on the ends of the oval. This pretty girl needed lots of pearls. I cut a pearl flourish into pieces and then placed around the oval as if behind. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink, Wonderful Words with matching die cut words. 

 

ProMarkers Used: Dusky Rose, Pale Pink, Baby Pink, Blush, Caramel,Tan, Burnt Sienna, Ivory, Powder Blue, Sky Blue, Apricot, Warm Grey 3, Warm Grey 5, Blender 

 

Hope you enjoyed my card – Have a great day!

 

 

Simply Romantic – Vintage Bunnies with Chanson d’amour

Today I wanted to share a card I made a few weeks back. It is an Anniversary card for a friend. I just adore Vintage Bunnies from the Laurence Collection. So adorable, and just so romantic! I was thinking about the newer Vintage Collection, Chanson d’amour - and how wonderful it would be as a pattern paper… so I did just that, I stamped the image over and over with snow white ink on dark red card stock. A great background for two in love bunnies don’t you think?

Red and white was the total theme as I got going on the card. My corners are Martha Stewart border punches cut to triangles for the each corner. Red buttons tied with red and white bakers twine. The image is colored with Copics, and then edged with red Copic – matted with a Spellbinders Nestie. Was really simple, much simpler than normal, but it there just doesn’t seem to be anything else to add – I love the Vintage Chanson d’amour peeking through.
 
So have you taken a look at your stamps recently and thought of them as their own pretty pattern papers? Takes them to a new level! And a new use!

Hope you enjoyed my Romantic card :0)

Update on the baby goats.... Scarlet and Rhett are both doing GREAT! Yesterday evening they were out in the pen with Mom. Bopping around, happy and even taking a few turns learning to climb on the rocks, despite Mom grunting and telling them to get back over by her. Was absolutely wonderful to sit and watch!

Have a wonderful Monday - Hugs and-

Spoon Full of Sugar - Ribbons and Bows

Spoon Full of Sugar - Ribbons and Bows

Hi - Tuesday and Spoon Full of Sugar Day. I am not sure about this card - I look at it once and like it and the next minute I am not to sure.... I think it is probably because I did not do any coloring. (Insert shock face here!!!) Nope no coloring of any kind. So... let me know what do you think?

Again - different for me, but I think I like it. LOL Think I do. I use the new Tim Holtz Glassine paper. This waxy paper is just so cool. And I love the look of it. I read where you can stamp on it and then quickly heat set it on the wax to set it into the paper. Sounded cool - so I tried it. I stamped the new Stampavie Penny Johnson's Garden Shelf image on the paper with Papertrey Ink Vanilla ink . Then for just a few seconds I heat set it and the wax got shiny - and the ink sort of melted into the paper. Then it dried and it is like the wax is over the ink! Really cool! I was so happy with how it came out my trial piece needed a card. Now if holding the image off by itself it does look like a cream color stamp. But when I put it on the gorgeous GCD papers with the blue and brown colors it took a blue tint to it.

Then I sewed all they layers together, and for some reason it felt like it needed LOTS of pearls. So I added them... LOL

Now I didn't forget that this was the Spoon Full of Sugar Challege - to add at least one ribbon and one bow. So I found a satin brown ribbon, and ran it across as a band, then tied a simple bow for one side. I think brown satin ribbon - is just my total favorite, looks so pretty!


Make sure to pop over to Spoon Full of Sugar and join us for some Ribbons and Bows ok?  Me... today I am working on a few DT projects. Been on this wild kick of trying new things lately. Whether that is good or not I don't know, but it is fun to try new products and techniques, even if they don't always turn out my best stuff ever. It is all about having fun and playing right?

Have a wonderful Tuesday - HUGS and

Part of lots of Stampavie images on ONE Scrapbook page

For this Scrapbook page I used Four different stamps from Stampavie's Penny Johnson. Parts of four different images that is.

I ran across photos of an old house we owned years back. We loved this house. A historic home in the town we lived in, but very comfortable to live in. Unlike prior historic homes this one had things like a button that made cool air and heat come out of the ceiling :0) And a kitchen that had a working stove, and a dryer for my laundry!! These were all things we had done with out in prior homes we restored and worked on. But this house had it and all the old charm as well. It seemed like these photos appeared for a reason. Like a great opportunity to use four different images… well parts of four different images. I stamped out and cut out from the vintage collections – Garden Shelf, Intertwined, The Scent of Sweet Memories and then from Sarah Kay – I cut Finn out of his field of flowers.

This is an 8×8 scrapbook page. With a hand stamped flower bottom. All of my images are colored with Copics and then cut out. My Title and Information is all done with tiny bubble letter stickers.

Don’t be afraid to use PARTS of an image… then put them together with others. Really it makes your stamps go even farther!

I had so much fun making this page, and remembering this wonderful old house we lived in. Not that I would move back, cuz then I would have to give up all my animals!! AND I can never ever do that!

Have a wonderful Thursday! HUGS and-

My Stampavie Penny Johnson Vintage Bird house

Ok I have to admit this is one of those rare times where I am totally happy with the end result of a project. This Bird House just makes me smile. And I do believe I am going to have to make another one as soon as I can get another one at JoAnn's. This plain wood bird house was on sale, I don't think I even paid $5.00 for it. And take a look at it now.....
Again it just makes me smile :0)

There are three of the new Penny Johnson’s new Vintage collection stamps used. The Blossom Birds for the front and then for the back Chandelier and La Chaise – birds need great lighting and a chair to sit on too right?

The wood house is painted with plain cheap acrylic paint that I swear I have had for 100 years. Really shook it up well and it was ready to go. The corners and edges I rubbed just a bit of Distress Ink.

I then added a whole bunch of things from my misc. embellishments – Scalloped card stock for the roof, punched with EK Success Jumbo Scallop punch – Large Bling – Wooden Flourishes – Metal frames – Corners and Decorative Papers. This was so fun to make. Started out a really cheap plain wood bird house and then after a little paint and some fun I have one Styling Bird House!!

Here is the back -
Oh and the other side view -

Hubby asked what I was going to do with it. UH.... NOT HANG IT OUTSIDE....wouldn't last a week out there, this is a decorative bird house - just for shelf sitting and again making me smile.

Hope it made you smile too -
HUGS and -

Stampavie - TheScent of Sweet Memories - A Scrapbook Page

Happy Memorial Day! Today I wanted to show another Scrapbook Page. This is my Grandma and her brothers and sister. This photo is in VERY poor condition. I did a few repairs on photoshop, I am sure a professional could have done more and a better job. But I was happy with my work, considering how bad the photo did look. I know you are saying really, it was worse? Yes, it was, but I also wanted to leave some of the look, as that is part of its character right?
So for my page I went with the really vintage look - do match the photo.

I started with a 8x8 light purple card stock that I inked the edges. The old handwritten piece of paper that I tore and inked was a free printing off the web. I just googled antique paper images and bam.. a million of free images!

Behind the photo I used a piece of the Tim Holtz Glassene paper. Is that spelled right? I don't think so... anyway it is a really cool brown waxy paper, I crinkled it up and I love it! A rhinestone dark brown large flourish is split and added to each side of the photo. Lovin the bling!

Then the beautiful image! Totally loving these new Stampavie Penny Johnson Vintage collection. This image is The Scent of Sweet Memories - totally gorgoeous!
I colored with my Copics - in all lighter vintage colors. Then I went over the entire image with Tattered Angles Glaze. Really a cool look, a shimmer and vintage look to it now.

The sentiment "Cherish" is a very very very old rub on I had in my stash. I think it may be from 7 gypsies. I was so worried to try and use it, cuz I didn't know if it would actually stick it was so old. But whew.. it did!

Hope you aren't minding me getting back to my scrapbooking... cuz I am having a ball going through photos and doing pages! :0)

Have a great day!
HUGS and-

Spoon Full of Sugar - All Creatures Great and Small

Today's challenge at A Spoon Full of Sugar is "All Creatures Great and Small" or basically anything to do with pets and animals. Me... still in a bit of the Easter card making mood, I used Stampavie's Penny Johnson's "My Little Lamb" - really sweet image.

I wanted a clean fresh Spring look for this one, and decided that I loved the look of the white and light blue - and the DCWV Linen Closet paper collection with white card stock. The Martha Stewart Doily Lace Border Punch, and Papertrey Ink Satin Ribbon fit perfectly. I cut the image with Spellbinders Nesties Label Die. - All the layers are sewed down. OH and the sentiment is from Paper Inspirations.I totally adore the shimmer the DCWV papers have... you can sort of see it here in this photo - I think?

Wonderful challenge this week, I had a really hard time deciding which animal image I wanted to use... millions of animals to choose from, you know me... love my animals! HA!

Hope you will pop over to A Spoon Full of Sugar and join us this week - great prizes again!

Me.. I am going to try and get some work done. I threw in the towel and finally joined into the crazy world of face book - sigh... now I am lost in seeing old friends and reading and reading and seeing photos. One of the many reasons I hadn't joined before... I am now sucked in!! But loving seeing and chatting with old friends. And well... dinner? You think Hubby will be ok with sandwiches again?

Have a great day -