Make It Monday #245: Color Isolation

A Make It Monday challenge actually made on a Monday. The sequins are actually crystal, but no matter what I tried they come out purple in the photo. The frame and colored cupcake are all colored with Distress Markers, the cupcake also has some Goldenrod Stickles. The background cupcakes are stamped with Fine Linen. All the images that were colored were stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black pigment ink. It dries quickly and tolerates waterbased markers, watercolors and alcohol markers. Plus it gives a really deep  and even image.

And because Simon Says Anything Goes, I entered it there as well.

Make It Monday #244: Score Lines

Make It Monday #244: Score Lines. I used them twice, once around the Spring Moss card front and one the Stamper's Select White card base (every 1/2 inch).

This morning I woke up to this, even though the grass is just about to need mowing and the birds are building nests and frogs were singing in the near by creek yesterday.

The DIY stamping device made from a DVD case was critical in getting the images stamped three times with white pigment ink exactly in the same place. The snowflake is from Snowflake Medley, the flower is from Note Niblets. After I dried the pigment ink with my heat gun, I colored the flowers and the middle part of the snowflake with Memento Angel Pink marker and put a dot of Yellow Stickles in the center of all the flowers.

And because Simon Says Anything Goes, I'm entering it there as well.

The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge: Dimension

The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge is Dimension and the Guest Designer is Wendy Vecchi.

I blended a little Antique Linen Distress Ink through Wendy Vecchi's Polka Dotty stencil. Then stamped the lace from her Say It With Art stamp set in Frayed Burlap and the flourish and sentiment in Orange Blossom Archival Ink. I used her Embossing Paste through the 3 Flourish stencil. Poe (from the Metro Art stamp set) is stamped with Cornflower Blue Archival Ink, fussy cut and attached with foam tape.

And because Simon Says Anything Goes, I entered it there as well : ).

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The teapot is still naked. The jar to the right has pins for the next attempt at a tea cozy, topped with a roll of 1/8th inch score tape. I'm getting ready to stamp some sets for my stamp book. The post-it pad has a quote scribbled down from an episode of "This American Life" podcast.

I finally got all my non-kit Papertrey Ink stamps into the same storage. It took me about a year, but it makes me happy : D. I used Avery Elle envelopes, ant there's even room to store the coordinating dies. A short piece of cardboard keeps the two sides separate. Now I only have to figure out how to store my other stamps (all different shapes and sizes). My knee is feeling much better, but I haven't resumed "running" (it's really a very very very slow jog) yet.

Head over to Julia's Stamping Ground to peek at more crafty spaces!

Make It Monday #243: Ink Blending Over Heat Embossing

Make It Monday #243: Ink Blending Over Heat Embossing. Using Rustic White cardstock as a base, I stamped the Mat Stack 4 from Modern Wood Mats with Versamark and then heat embossed the images with clear embossing powder. Then I blended Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink over them. The Just for You sentiment and laurel are from the Lovely Laurels mini kit and the fox and rabbit cutouts are from the Wee Folk mini kit.

March 2016 Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

Today is Papetrey Ink's March 2016 Blog Hop. I stitched "hello" using Papertrey Ink's Quick Stitch Sentiments hello die in Rustic Cream Twine (more visible in person, especially because of the texture). The pattern is stamped with lots of flowers from Peonies On Parade, then colored with Distress Markers (Spun Sugar, Tattered Rose and Squeezed Lemonade) then masked  and stamped with the lace stamp from Waltzingmouse Stamps Faux Fun with Ranger Coffee Archival Ink, then the background was painted with Stormy Seas ink smooshed on nonstick craft mat applied with an aqua brush.

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The teapot is still naked, so I decided to do a little stamping (Peonies on Parade by Papertrey Ink) colored with some Distress Markers currently lounging over my favorite Tim Holtz Grid Block. I managed to twist my right knee and the doctor says rest it and see how it feels in a week, so my energy for stamping has gone through the roof.

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