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 Between projects once again. To the right is my Lawn Fawn Rooting for you set, which I have used, but not nearly enough (fun root veggies with appropriate puns and faces). Top and center are spinster related Holiday stamps. And by Spinster I mean the original definition of the word, a woman who spins (yarn, not a lycra-clad stationary bicyclist).

Sheep and an alpaca. Someday I'll spring for the matching dies, but for now the stamps are making me happy : D.

Head over to Julia's Stamping-Ground for more crafty peeks : D.

Papertrey Ink September 2016 Blog Hop

It's Papertrey Ink's September Blog Hop. The frame is made with the medium String Frame die, and strung with Rustic Twine. The tag is cut with Fillable Frames #9 and stamped with Make It Market: Don't Forget to Write and a stamped off image from Woodblock Prints in Dark Chocolate. The cardbase is Classic Kraft.

It is also in keeping with this week's CASology's cue card, so I'm adding it there as well.

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I still had a bark caption left over from last week's CASology card (the cue card was bark), so I got out my Tim Holtz Alphanumerics (stored on magnetic vent cover sheets for ease of use).

I've no idea what I'm going to use it for, but I love knowing I have it on hand lol.

I'm the Guest Designer this week on CASology. The cue word is frame : D. Stop by if you have a chance : D.

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Reflecting on Mirror Board

CASology's cue card this week is Frame (I also have another post where I'm the guest designer). The frame is made by stamping the two frame elements from Papertrey Ink's Make It Market kit: You are a Masterpiece with Distress Embossing Ink and Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder. Then being careful to leave a clean line at the frame edge, I used Wild Honey Distress Marker to color in the frame with just a bit over the outside line which was then drawn out with a Water Brush. This image shows the reflection of the embossing powder.

This image shows the reflection of the Mirror Board and the watercolor effect of the Distress Marker and Water Brush.

Simon Says Clean and Simple, so I'm entering it there as well.

CASology: Frame

This week's CASology Cue card is Frame. I'm tickled pink to have been asked to be this week's guest designer! The frame stamp (embossed with Ranger's Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder) is from Pink Paislee's Quack, Quack with a small circle of Tim Holtz' Mirror Board. The sentiment comes from Papertrey Ink's Make It Market kit: You Are A Masterpiece.  The cardstock is Classic Kraft from Papertrey Ink.

Bark

This week's CASology cue card is bark.  So I used a Papertrey Ink Sweet Speech die and cut a photograph of the bark of a maple tree.  I drew a bit of ground with a pencil and used a die cut from Papertrey Ink's Come All Ye Faithful set.

And Simon Says Clean and Simple, so it's there as well : D.

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I am in between active projects, but I have a couple on simmer, like the little frame from the $1 store at the back... There are also a lot of blending pads to put away lol.  The stamp set is a lovely multi-step rubber stamp set (Some Like It Hot Papertrey Ink). I was asked to be a guest artist at CASology next week (the cue card will be announced on Tuesday) so stop by if you are looking to do a little Clean and Simple : D.

For the record, if you love coloring, but you aren't sure what medium you are going to use... I am LOVING Onyx VersaFine, a fast drying pigment ink (though I usually give it a quick shot with the heat tool, just to make sure.

Head over to Julia's Stamping Ground for more crafty peeks : D.

Hand Decorated Stationery Set

 Stationery gift set using Papertrey Ink's Make It Market kit: Don't Forget to Write. The basic white stationery box is decorated with some pattern paper and the square die cut frame, stamped and stenciled. I used the Deluxe Stationery kit's paper and envelopes.

 Close up of the stationery monogram. The leaves were stamped with Spring Moss. The flowers were stamped with Tattered Rose Distress Ink and the N was stenciled with Enchanted Evening. Details and lines were added with a water brush and Frayed Burlap smooshed on the craft sheet spritzed with water.

 The envelope fronts were stamped using the same leaves, flowers and details.

Vitamin Sea

I long to go to the ocean, but since I can't at the moment, I made a couple of cards.  Both made on Papertrey Ink's Vintage Cream cardstock. This one is all one layer. First I blended a little Tumbled Glass Distress Ink on the card front. Then I stamped the scallop shell with Fine Linen and Canyon Clay, painted a little Iced Spruce around the shell and then wrote "vitamin sea" in pencil. I was very careful about the amount of water (very little) and then used a heat tool to dry it quickly, so no wrinkles.

The scene is masked and then Tumbled Glass was blended on in layers. Before removing the mask, I "drew" a shore line with Embossing Ink (Distress Ink) and used Antique Linen Distress Embossing Powder.  The wave line is made by painting it with a finger and Grit Paste. Not a single stamp was used lol.

This week's CASology Cue card is Beach.

Thank You Card set

Vintage Cream A2 cardstock, one of Papertrey Ink's Woodblock Print stencils inked with Antique Linen Distress Ink. Thank you sentiment from Big & Bold Wishes stamped with Ground Espresso Distress Ink and the pen and ink bottle from Crafty Secrets' French Mail stamped with Gathered Twigs. 12 cards done in 30 minutes... that's my new record : D.

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There's a lot going on here. I was waiting for the Stickles to dry on the shaker card and I did more sampling for a set of 12 cards (also finished today lol).

 the front of the shaker card (featuring Lawn Fawn's Loads of Fun stamp set).

the inside is stamped and stickled and the laundry basket turned into a cupcake with candles from Papertrey Ink's Wishes Come True stamp set.

The set of 12 cards with the background stenciled with one of Papertrey Ink's Woodblock Prints stencils.

Head over to Julia's Stamping Ground for more crafty peeks : D.

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There's a lot going on here. I was waiting for the Stickles to dry on the shaker card and I did more sampling for a set of 12 cards (also finished today lol).

 the front of the shaker card (featuring Lawn Fawn's Loads of Fun stamp set).

the inside is stamped and stickled and the laundry basket turned into a cupcake with candles from Papertrey Ink's Wishes Come True stamp set.

The set of 12 cards with the background stenciled with one of Papertrey Ink's Woodblock Prints stencils.

Head over to Julia's Stamping Ground for more crafty peeks : D.

Loads of Fun Birthday Card

Loving the Loads of Fun set from Lawn Fawn. The image is stamped with one of the Alcohol Ink techniques from Creative Chemistry 103. I used a 1 3/4 inch circle die to make the washer window. The cardstock is Papertrey Ink's Tropical Teal. 

On the inside I used the die cut circle to stamp a laundry basket "cupcake". I used an exacto knife to make layers in the laundry, and then put in candles from Papertrey Ink's Wishes Come True set (they are longer than the basket, but easy peasy to cut to size). Colored with Twisted Citron and Peeled Paint Distress Markers. The bubble highlights are made with a Picket Fence Distress Marker and at first they are totally invisible, but after a few seconds the color really pops.

Red Stickles accent the candle flames, and Diamond Stickles highlight spaces between bubbles.

 I only stamped the bubbles where they were likely to be seen. On the left is the back of the card front. I used a scrap piece of watercolor paper (painted a light blue) as the back of the shaker.

Adventure Kaleidoscope

I think the Kaleidoscope is finally finished... but I thought that a while ago too lol. I added some rubber stamping from Papertrey Ink's Road Trip and Technique Tuesday's Going Places set. The stamping is done by inking up the stamps without a block (Coffee Archival Ink). Hold the center of the stamp in place and then roll the sides with your fingers so they contact the surface. This did not make a perfect impression of the stamp (the texture and slick surface see to that), but I love the effect. What doesn't show up in the photograph is a smattering of dots made with Diamond Stickles.

I covered the striped paper from the kit with tissue paper inked with a little Rusty Hinge Distress Ink. The first few layers I used Ranger's Glue N Seal. The last is Ranger Matte Collage Medium. The Crazing Medium and the Vintage Medium would have been splendid also.

I also used Glue n' Seal on the eye piece to make it a little more durable.

The ribbons are all altered seam binding colored with leftover inks. The narrow ribbon is gathered with a long blanket stitch (with 2-ply handspun silk embroidery thread). Beads are strung on some of the ribbons too. And a charm from Club Scrap's Cyprus kit.

Stickles covers some rough edges.

And this is the view : D.

By the way, 2016 marks the 200th anniversary of the kaleidoscope. It's not too late to join the celebration.