Monday, September 12, 2011

Finally A Card to Post

Hello, it has been a long time since my last post.  We had a very busy summer to say the least.  But school is back in session.  So I am hoping to be able to post more regularly.  I was able to go to a crop this past weekend, so I got a few cards made.  It felt good to get back to my stamps and paper. :)  My first card is a pretty simple one, I like simple. LOL  I had a lot of fun coloring this image.  I use to use Prisma pencils and baby oil to color my images but switch to Prisma pencils and odorless mineral spirits and I really like the results much better.  So much easier to blend the colors.  Give a try sometime.  Enjoy your Monday. I will be back tomorrow with another card.  Thanks for looking.




Supplies used: 
Stamps- Greeting Card Kids, Halloween Backgrounds - Stampin Up.  Sentiment- Inkadinkado
Ink-Tuxedo Black Momento, Versamark
Paper-Kraft, Orange, Black- Hobby Lobby, Whisper White-Stampin Up
Prisma Colored Pencils, Odorless Mineral Spirits
Inverted Scallop Nesties
Sakura Glitter Pen
Black medal dots

Monday, June 20, 2011

Oh, Baby!



Hello again.  This card came together pretty easy.  I used my scoring board to embossed the lines on the bottom half of the white card stock. Then stamped baby in black ink and used a blue marker to color it in.  Wrapped blue ribbon around it and matted onto a blue card base.  I than added blue rhinestones where the lines intersected.  That is is, nothing to it. :)  Thanks for looking.

Julie


Stamps: $1 Michaels Stamp
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black
Marker: Copic B04 Tahitian Blue
Blue Ribbon
Blue Rhinestones
Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Buckets of Flowers



Hello again,

Here are a couple more cards that I made last weekend.  I really like how they turned out.  I used my Versa Mark pad and stamped a small flower and a small butterfly on the card base.  I stamped the images in black ink and colored them in with colored pencils and baby oil.  I used a glaze pen on the darker part of the buckets and used glitter pens on the flowers.  Very easy peasy.  I will be posting a baby card tomorrow.  Thanks for looking.  :)

Julie

Stamps: Basket Full Of Fun-Stampin Up
Ink: Memento Black, Versa Mark
Prisma Colored Pencils and Baby Oil
Sakura Glaze Pen in Gray and Sakura Glitter Pens
Paper: Yellow, Brown-Paper Studio
Rectangle and Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Waiting


Hello,

Hope ya'll are enjoying your summer so far.  Ours is in full swing.  Kids are keeping me busy.  I have managed to needle out some time to make a few cards though.  I made this one with the 4th of July in mind.  I just love this little dog, he is waiting patiently for his "Marine" to come home. :)  The saying is what I stamped on the inside of the card, and I think is says it all. I stamped the image in black and colored it in with colored pencils and baby oil. Thanks for looking.

Stamps: For Father-Stampin Up, Sentiment-Verses Rubber Stamps
Ink: Momento Black
Pencils: Prisma Colored Pencils
Paper: White-Georgia Pacific,Red, Blue and Designer Paper is from Paper Studio
Red and White Brads-Spare Parts

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Masuline Birthday




Okay, I don't know about any of you, but I really have a hard time making Masculine cards. One because I don't have a lot of stamps that can be used for a man. I tend to go more towards that flowers and such for stamps. And I had asked my dear friend Lisa if she had any idea's. Well, she had sent me this tree stamp for my Birthday and said that it would be good for masculine cards. Well, I inked it up and this is what I came up with. So what do you think? Is this a good masculine card? There is no bling what so ever one it so I figured it would be good to send to a man. hehehe I took a Curved Rectangle Nestabilities and cut out the shape on a piece of scratch paper than placed it over the card front and inked up the open space, stamped the tree and sentiment in a darker ink. It took me all of 5 Min's to make, gotta love that. LOL Thanks for looking.


 

Stamps: Pine Tree- Rubber Stampede
              Happy Birthday from Everyday Expressions- The Paper Studio
Paper: Georgia Pacific White
Ink: River Rock, Soft Suede- Stampin Up
Nestibilities: Curved Rectangles

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

2 New Techniques in One Card

Hello again. I have a few cards to show you today. This card I managed to get 2 new techniques ( new to me anyway) done. First was the Cracked Glass Technique. I have really had fun with this one and is so easy. I stamped the image in brown ink and colored it in using markers. I than did 3 coats of the Ultra Thick embossing powder and put it in the freezer for 5 mins and than cracked it. I did rub ink over the cracks to kind of antique it a bit. The second technique was the marble technique. I loved doing this one too. Since it was the first time I had done it I just used one color of ink to make the background paper. Next time I will try more than one. :) I hope that you will give both of these techniques a try they are a lot of fun. Thanks for looking. 



 Stamps: Spring Song- Stampin Up, Happy Birthday- Everyday Expressions The Paper Studio Paper: Brown, Cream- The Paper Studio, Georgia Pacific White- Walmart Ink- Close To Cocoa, Various Markers- Stampin Up Ultra Thick Embossing Powder Chocolate Chip Ribbon- Stampin Up Nestabilities- Oval and Scallop Ovals

Cracked Glass




Hello, Hope Y'all are enjoying nice weather. We are finally seeing some sun here in Iowa and have had really nice temps. Supposed to hit 72 today but of course they are talking about snow in the forecast for Friday, oh the joys of living the Midwest again. :) Anyway, enough about the weather. This card is my challenge card for the challenges that my friend Lisa and I have been doing. This challenge we had to get all the elements for a card and send them to each other. She sent me all the stuff to do the Cracked Glass Technique. I had never done this technique before and I have to say it was a lot of fun. Thanks Lisa. :) Thanks for looking.