Sisterhood Sunday #9

Welcome to Sisterhood Sundays!


This week's challenge is an is an inspiration photo:

Here is my take:

Details:

• Stamps: Garden Tree Set SKU:559; Butterflies are Free Set SKU:538; Abstract Floral Background SKU:450;
•  Ink: StazOn Black (sentiment); Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Chestnut Roan (tree); Tim Holtz Distress Ink Frayed Burlap (background); Adirondack Shell Pink (sponged on doily); 
• Paper: lt pink, chocolate brown, and Kraft cardstock; Patterned paper from Memory Box;
• Accessories and tools: pink heart jewels and brown flocking (Recollections); die (Spellbinders); punch (Martha Stewart); heart doily, foam tape, ink blending tool;
  

As always there are more details on the Stampin Sisterhood Blog, such as challenge details, prize details, and links to other creations!

Clean and Simple Saturday

It is a small miracle that I got to stamp on a Saturday!  So I decided to get a few "Clean and Simple" cards made.
Here they are:

 

These two cards use the Rubbernecker stamp: Flourish 30-15;

I colored the stamp with markers, misted the stamp with water, then stamped it on the watercolor paper, then the plain white cardstock. One inking--two stamped images.

 Both Sentiments come from the Friends section of the 2011 Rubbernecker Releases on the Rubbernecker Stamp Company site. 

 This card also used the "Flourish 30-35 stamp and the Friendship sentiments from Rubbernecker.

The tag is from a package from the "Fun Finds" area at Michaels.

 This last card uses the stamp: Floral Ornament SKU:552, from Rubbernecker.
I stamped it in white--I really like how white ink looks on Kraft paper.
On all four cards, I used ColorBox's Fluid Chalk ink in Chestnut Roan.  This is one of my favorite inks.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog, today! 

Dream

I have a Rubbernecker card for you today:

Ingredients:

• Stamps: All Stamps from Rubbernecker Stamp Company; Sentiment: Garden Tree Set (SKU: 559) and Love Set (SKU: 545)
• Ink: Color Box Chalk Ink-Dark Brown; Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Spun Sugar and Bundled Sage; Stampin' Up!-Barely Banana;
• Paper: Cardstock from Bazzill Prismatics;
• Accessories: Martha Stewart 3-In-1 Hydrangea punch; Stickles and Liquid Pearls, foam tape, dies from Spellbinders;

Extra techniques: 

• I dabbed a bit of coordinating ink in the center of each hydrangea punch to add dimension before adding a drop of Liquid Pearls.   
• Also, I stamped the hear on some leftover release paper (the backing on foam squares, stickers or even EZ Mount), cut out the heart, wiped off any left over ink to create a mask.  I place the mask on the image stamped on the light yellow cardstock and sponged light yellow ink around the edge.

Thanks for stopping by!
Come back soon!

May Flowers

One of my favorite jokes when I was in grade school was:

Q: If April Showers bring May flowers, what do may flowers bring?

A: Pilgrims

(get it?????  May Flowers--Mayflower--boat--Plymouth Rock???)

Anyway….

I have May Flowers for you.  My good friend and I were on a road trip last weekend and we just HAD to stop at a stamp store along the way. (YKWIM???)  Well there was some paper that was just too cute and asked to come home with me.  What could I say??

I hope you like the paper, and the stamp set too for that matter—because  They work REALLY well together.  And since I have the organization skills of a 4 yr old, I am trying to enjoy it and use it up.

 

I think the second one is my mom’s birthday card.  The first one uses colored (Prismacolor) pencils and the second one uses watercolors (re-inkers).

Other Deets:

Stamps: Wild Flower Set and Abstract Floral Background  from Rubbernecker;

Paper: Prism: Simply Smooth Ivory; Iced Yellow; DP: Bo Bunny and My Mind’s Eye;

Ink: Chestnut Roan Fluid Chalk Ink;

AND for MORE May Flowers (the floral kind—not the boat kind) Check out my buddy Judy at Joy in a JAR!!  Not only does she have some BEAUTIFUL flowers and ideas on her blog, but she is celebrating her blogaversary and has BLOG CANDY!!

AND come back here TOMORROW (Wednesday) for Wacky Wednesday!!!

Happy Birthday, Sherry!

Yes--TODAY is Bad Sherry's birthday. But before you run over to her blog to wish her a happy day (which I strongly encourage you to do) stop by the Rubbernecker Stamp Company BLOG to see this week's blog challenge! For this week (#4) is all about birthdays!!!
She does take the cake, doesn't she!!??!!

Materials Used:
Stamps: Birthday Cake by Rubbernecker; You Take The Cake Text by Stamp Oasis;
Ink: Dark Brown Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink;
Paper: close to cocoa and chocolate chip (SU!); Dp from Sonnets-Creative Imaginations; pearly vanilla;
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils; Gel Pens (Sam's Club); Glossy Accents; ribbon; foam tape; Circle Nestabilities Dies;

Have a great day, Sherry!!

Don't miss what the other Design Team members have done:
Bev - Savor the Journey
Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
Candy - Candys Land
Kittie - Kittie Kraft
Linda - Linda’s Works of Heart
Shelly - Stamp with Shelly
Tami - A Walk on the Mild Side
Sherry - Walkin' on the BAD Side!

Treasure Tuesday

  Avast ye mateys! It be Tuesday, Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker!
You can find today’s clue and all the necessary deets on the Rubbernecker Home Page. While you’re there, take note that this week’s Sale Product is the Mini Scor-it. The Spellbinders Nestabilities Individual and Sets are on sale this week, too.

While ye are sailing around today, make sure ye stop and visit the rest of me mates: Linda, Tami, Bev, Broni, Kittie and Shelly.

Sherry has some extra bounty today.  Aye, I mean some candy!

Don’t forget that the Treasure Hunt runs from 4:00 a.m. PST until 9:00 p.m PST (7:00 a.m. EST - 12:00 a.m. EST). If you are new to the Treasure Hunt, you can find the first clue and all the details for playing along on the Rubbernecker Home Page. 
Now for the card:

The background is stamped with Fluid Chalk Ink.  I really like stamping with these inks because the provide smooth even coverage over ANY type stamp (rubber or polymer) and on just about any surface. 
Materials Used:

• Stamps: Mug Set, coffee bean and coffee bean border by KK Originals; Just Because by Rubbernecker;
• Paper: DP by Bo Bunny Press; Shimmery Ivory, Kraft, Chocolate Chip (SU!);
• Ink: Alabaster, Burnt Sienna, Olive Pastel, Dark Brown, Chestnut Roan, Yellow Cadmium, Wisteria, and Creamy Brown Fluid Chalk Ink (Clearsnap); Frayed Burlap Tim Holtz Distress ink (Ranger) for watercolor highlights;
• Accessories: ribbon, foam tape, aqua painter, ticket corner punch;

Thanks for stopping by.  There will be a *gift* to go with this card soon!  So come back to check it out!!