Swinging with Starving Artistamps!

 The owner of Starving Artistamps has been busy...busy with twins.

BUT we (Starving Artistamps and the whole design team) are all back on track now, and with some NEW RELEASES!!!
WOO HOO!

I love these new Juniper and Jupiter's SWINGERS!
Here is my first creation with them:

Details:

• Stamps: Juniper and Jupiter Swingers;
• Ink: White Pigment Ink; ColorBox- Wicked Black;
• Paper: Bo Bunny and Memory Box patterned paper;
• Accessories: buttons; twine, foam tape; sewing machine and thread; Cuttlebug embossing folder; Prismacolor Pencils;

So go check out the new images at Starving Artistamps!

A good book...

In the Swanson family, it is pretty typical to find one or more of us with a nose in a book.  So the Bo Bunny "Learning Curve" papers and the Scooter Kid: Evan stamp were easy sells for me.

Details:

• Stamps: Scooter Kid: Evan SKU:570-05 ; sentiment: Teatime Set SKU:457; All from Rubbernecker Stamp Company;
• Ink: StazOn Jet Black; Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Antique Linen;
• Papers: cardstock; Bo Bunny "Learning Curve";
• Accessories: Prismacolor colored pencils; Spellbinders die; Martha Stewart baker's twine, foam tape;

I have a couple of tidbits of news for you, too:

 

This hop is Saturday, January 21st!  The hop will feature the awesome stamp kits designed by the amazing Kittie Caracciolo!!  Think she is the only one who can make beautiful scenes and cards with these!?!  Let me tell you, if I can do it--you can, too!  AND IT IS FUN!

Also in the news:

The deadline is Saturday, January 21st!!!!!  Click HERE for more info!

Hope and Love

Who doesn't need more hope and love??

Ingredients:

• Stamps: Nativity Set - Foam Backed; Hope And Love Text SKU:561 SO; Snowflake Panel SKU:482;
• Ink: StazOn Jet Black; silver gel pen; VersaMark pad;
• Paper: Patterned paper: BoBunny and Recollections; vellum, white, and red cardstock;
• Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils; foam tape, silver embossing powder, Spellbinders die, and scalloped circle punch;

Method:

The angel was stamped with waterproof ink, colored with colored pencils, blended with baby oil and blending stumps, and cut out. 

The sentiment was stamped on patterned paper; die cut and embossed.  A silver gel pen was used to highlight the sentiment.

A strip of red cardstock was stmped with the Snowflake Pannel stamp, and heat embossed with silver embossing powder.  Then the strip was layered on to brown cardstock.  A scalloped circle was punched out of vellum.

The base of the card is dark brown cardstock layered with teal swirled patterned paper.  The strip of embossed red cardsock was glued down; then all other elements were layered with foam tape.

Did you participate in the Stampin' Sisterhood Challenge, yet?  There is still time!  Click HERE for more information!

 Thank you, as always, for stopping by, today!

Sisterhood Sketch Challenge

Welcome to Sisterhood Sunday!

This week's challenge with the sisterhood is a sketch:

And here is my take on it:

 Materials:

• Stamp: Santa With Joy Sign SKU:52-01;
• Ink: StazOn Jet Black
• Paper: dp by Bo Bunny and Memory Box; Cardstock: Bazzill;
• Accessories: glitter (Recollections-Michaels); buttons, Prismacolor pencils, foam tape, Spellbinders dies; Chipboard letter stickers by American Crafts;

Description:

The "Santa with Joy Sign" stamp was stamped with waterproof ink on white cardstock.  The image was colored with colored pencils and blended with blending stumps and baby oil.  After die cutting and embossing the image with a circle die, glue and fine clear glitter were applied on the furry parts of Santa's suit.

The image was mounted on a red circle and black scalloped circle.  The base of the card is black cardstock, layered with red cardstock and patterned paper.  To complete the card, the buttons were threaded with paper and mounted; Cardstock stickers were mounted on red strip, and the main image was mounted with foam tape.

Want to play along??   We sure hope you do!
Details can be found on the Stampin Sisterhood Blog!

For more inspiration:
Jen
Kecia
Joan

Beautiful Wishes

I have a "clean and simple" card to share with you today. 

Materials:

• Stamps: Parrot (SKU:), Beautiful Wishes (SKU:565-12), and Garden Tree Set (SKU:559) all from Rubbernecker Stamp Company;
• Paper: Kraft cardstock; Patterned Paper from K & Company;
• Ink: StazOn Jet Black; Chalk Ink Dark Brown;
• Accessories: Foam tape; googlie eye; colored pencils; Spellbinders die;

I hope this is a good week for you--I also hope you live somewhere with cooler temperatures than Southern Michigan.  Thank you for stopping by!

And the Cow...

...jumped over the moon!

One of my favorite parts of being around little ones is the reading books and nursery rhymes while rocking and snuggling.  "Hey Diddle Diddle" is a classic, with a great rhythm.

This sweet cow from rubbernecker just screamed "moon jumper" to me.

The cow is colored with colored pencils and the moon is covered with Stickles (glitter glue).

Materials:

• Stamps: Cow (SKU:569-06) and sentiment both from Rubbernecker Stamp Company;
• Ink: StazOn Jet Black; Tim Holtz Antique Linen (for edges)
• Paper: Patterned Paper from K and Company;
• Accessories: Spellbinders dies, foam tape, Prismacolor Pencils, sandpaper, Stickles, circle and border punches from EK Success;

Thanks for stopping by!

YOU are special

Here is another card using the super cute images by Juniper and Jupiter from Starving Artistamps.  This little girl is super easy to use—and is fairly all occasion.

Materials:

• Stamps: Juniper and Jupiter (“Juniper”) and  Comic Book sentiment (flyswim); all from Starving Artistamps;
• Paper: Bazzil cardstock and K & Co. designer paper;
• Ink: StazOn Jet black; Marker: EK Success; Coloring Media: PrismaColor Pencils;
• Accessories: foam tape; Martha Stewart Punch;

Thanks so much for stopping by!
~Juliana

It IS good to be Queen!

Starving Artistamps has a brand new collection debuting this week! Coming all the way from Denmark designed by the WONDERFULLY talented, Nina Aaslund!!

I am so excited to finally show you Nina's newest collection “Antidepresstamps Royalty”!  I love this set and all the images—and I am sure you will love them, too!

Here is my first creation with this set:

Materials:

• Stamps: Antidepresstamps Royality
• Papers: K &  Co. and Stampin’ Up!
• Ink and Coloring Media: StazOn Jet Black and Memento Pear Tart; Colored Pencils and gold gel pen;
• Other Materials: Stickles; Spellbinder’s die; foam tape;

Please take the time to head over to the Starving Artistamps Gallery blog and see the truly stunning my design teammates have made with this FUN set!

Have a ROYALLY good day!

~Juliana

An inspired valentine

Today’s card is a Valentine that was inspired by the Tuesday Trigger Challenge. 

I love the colors and pattern of the paper (lid top?), the sweet little white fudge hearts, and the colors of the ribbon!

I used the scallops from the fluted cups, the pattern and colors of the paper (with the help of a Rubbernecker stamp), the hearts, and the ribbon colors as a jumping off point for my card.

The stamped image--under the die cut heart window is from Rubbernecker Stamp Company. I colored it with colored pencils.

Supplies:

• Stamps: Floral Circle SKU:507-02 by Rubbernecker
• Paper: various cardstocks and dp from My Mind's Eye (red/pink)
• Ink: StazOn Jet Black
• Accessories: heart and corner punches, spellbinders dies, colored pencils, home made glimmer mist (perfect pears + water), foam tape

Thanks Moxie Fab World for the fantastic inspiration!

~Juliana

Brrrr!

Happy New Year!

Today I am using the layout from Mojo Monday #171;

This card uses an image from the new "Juniper and Jupiter" stamp set from Starving Artistamps.
The paper is from Reminisce and the letters are from American Crafts.  I colored the image with colored pencils.

Isn’t he a cutie!

I hope your new year starts off warm!!

~Juliana

Let’s Get Cozy

I live in Michigan, and for the most part, in Michigan during the winter… it is cold!  Also, for the most part, I don’t mind the cold (but the grey does get to me by mid-January).

When my family comes in from the cold—our noses and cheeks are PINK!  Just like this little girl:

I bet she is heading right for the hot cocoa as soon as she gets inside!!!

• Stamps: Juniper and Jupiter; Classic Decor Sentiments;
• Paper: My Mind’s Eye and Making Memories;
• Coloring medium: PrismaColor Pencils;

The layout for this card came from SplitCoast Stampers: SC313

I hope you have a blessed and COZY new year!

Thanks for stopping by my blog to peek!

~Juliana

Simply Noël

Are you ready for Christmas??  Well, if you are, can you come and give me a hand??

I love this image!  I gave her the hair color and freckles to match my oldest daughter (actually, my daughters is more of a red-orange, but I had trouble with getting the pencil colors to look natural).  She wore braids most of her early childhood (kept the tangles out).

This image is by “Juniper and Jupiter” from Starving Artistamps.  You can see all the entire set: HERE.  She is so sweet and she was a joy to color!  I colored her with Prismacolor pencils and she is accented with Stickles and Diamond Glaze.

The other elements from this card come from Anna Griffin and Bo Bunny.

Though I don’t want to stop Christmas from coming (like the Grinch) but if it could just hold off a day so I can catch up…I would be so grateful!  LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Juliana

Happy Thanksgiving

I am sure, like me, you are somewhere in the throes of preparing for Thanksgiving (if you live in the U.S.).  Though I don’t get to have my family in my home, we are just traveling a short distance to my mom’s house.
This card uses a couple of the newest Rubbernecker images: Floral Circle and Bold Ornament.  I colored the “Floral Circle” with colored pencils.  “Bold Ornament” was stamped as a background stamp on the layered label.
I hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving!!

Playing around…

Sometimes it it is fun to move sentiments from where you would expect them to be used… to where they are NOT expected to be used…

She has STYLE!!!



Do you know someone who dresses like this—even when he isn’t about to paint!?!  I do! (giggle)
All of these images are from Rubbernecker Stamp Company.  I colored the images with colored pencils.  I made the background paper on the “Colorful” card with a background stamp, inking tool, and Tim Holtz Distress ink.
I hope these cards gave you a giggle for today!
~Juliana

Weekend fun

This weekend (including Monday—snow day for the kids) I got a little stamping done.  This is a small miracle since weekends = interruptions around here.  I am just getting around to posting, though.

The first card was inspired by the Get Sketchy #26 sketch for this week.  I had to adjust the sentiment to fit.

• Stamp: HG Laundry by Greeting Farm
• Paper: Cosmo Cricket and Bazzill & DCWV cardstock;
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Distress Ink;
• Other supplies: foam tape; Spellbinders die; buttons; Copic markers and Prismacolor Pencils;

The next card was inspired by Sharon’s Stamp Simply Challenge #127.

• Stamps: Noah the Computer Guy by Green Baby Stamps By Ellia; retired Stampin’ Up! alphabet;
• Paper: Cosmo Cricket and Bazzill;
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Distress Ink;
• other items: foam tape; Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils; paper clip; file tab punch; brads;

So, Happy Wednesday!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

(and thanks, Debi, for sharing these great images and fabulous papers with me!!!)

What I did this weekend…

These are all images from Stamping Bella that my friend Debi shared with me (and all the dp, too)!  So I cranked out a few cards just for fun!

I hope you had fun this weekend, too!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Oh, Yes, We Need a Little Christmas…

…Right this very minute!

These first two cards use the DoodleFactory set, “O Holy Night!”, from Starving Artistamps.

These next two cards use the “The Nativity” set from Starving Artistamps:

All were colored with colored pencils.

I am enjoying getting ready for Christmas this year—I hope you are, too!!

Thanks for Stopping by!!!

NOTE—by using the discount code (savetenJS) you can receive 10% off any Starving Artistamps and DoodleFactory stamps.

DoodleFactory Nativity Set

This weekend I finally got to play with the sweet figures of the DoodleFactory Nativity set from Starving Artistamps. (you can click on the pictures to get a larger view.)

This first card is an Easel Card—I got the technique from the Technique Lover’s Challenge  (#242) on SplitCoastStampers.

Stamps:DoodleFactory O Holy Night set and Christmas Nativity Sentiments from Starving Artistamps;

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Frayed Burlap, Antique Linen and Tea Dye;  StazOn Jet Black;

Papers: Cardstock: Prism; DP: Making Memories;

Other Items: Martha Stewart Border Punch; brad; ribbon; foam tape; Colored pencils;

Stamps: DoodleFactory O Holy Night set from Starving Artistamps;

Paper: Prism cardstock and DCWV dp;

Ink: StazOn Jet Black and Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Antique Linen.

Other Items: Pencils; Stickles; Liquid Pearls; Jewels/Pearls (from Kaiser Craft and Basic Grey); Foam Tape; Spellbinders dies; Diamond Glaze (Judikins);

On the king on the right I “Stickled” his bottle then I applied Diamond Glaze over the top of it (when the Stickles were dry).  I really like the effect.

Thanks for Stopping by!!!

NOTE—by using the discount code (savetenJS) you can receive 10% off any Starving Artistamps and DoodleFactory stamps.

REJOICE!

One word can say so much sometimes!  Especially with an image!

Today’s card is for Sketch Challenge #253 on SplitCoastStampers.

Stamps: The Nativity and Christmas Nativity Sentiments from Starving Artistamps

Paper: Bo Bunny DP; Cardstock from Bazzill and Prism

Ink: StazOn-Jet Black

Accessories: Jewels (Basic Grey), punches (? and Martha Stewart), Prismacolor Pencils and baby oil,

I hope you are enjoying these Christmas images as much as I am!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

NOTE—by using the discount code (savetenJS) you can receive 10% off any Starving Artistamps and DoodleFactory stamps.

Clean and Simple Christmas

I really wanted to keep the focus on the main image here. The image (from The Nativity set from Starving Artistamps) of the new Holy Family is just so sweet!

Stamps: The Nativity and Christmas Nativity Sentiments from Starving Artistamps;

Paper: DP: Die Cuts With A View; Cardstock: Prism; Vellum: Office Max;

Ink: StazOn Jet Black;

Other Items: Sewing machine and thread, plastic dew drops, Primacolor Pencils;

Just a simple blog post, for a simple card, to express a wonderful message!

As always—by using the discount code (savetenJS) you can receive 10% off any Starving Artistamps and DoodleFactory stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!!!