Summer!?!

Tee Hee!!!

Yes it is (in my little mind)!  I remember many summer nights camping in the back yard in a little green tent.  Like a mini adventure.

This weeks color challenge was just so summery to me.  (not that I am obsessed with dreaming of warmer weather--or anything like that, mind you)

Deets:

• Stamps: Fern Leaf Tooled Leather, Tropic Sentiment (collection #1), tent (DoodleFactory: the Great Outdoors);
• Paper: GP-white, Bazzill-kiwi-ish, MME-dotted dp;
• Ink: Tuxedo Black and Pear Tart Memento Ink
• Accessories: buttons, Prismacolor markers and pencils, Copic markers, glitter (Martha Stewart Ultra fine);

I am not quite ready to pitch a tent in my back yard but, I am looking forward to the day I can send the kids out!!  It is their turn for adventure!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

The Birds Are Singing

Not outside, but on the card...

It is snowing here....AGAIN!!

And sadly, I know it is not the last snow of the season--far from it.  I live considerably south of where I did this time last year--and I think somewhere I got it into my head that there would be less snow.  An in a way there is...but not the "less" that I had envisioned.

So, though I shiver while stamping...I can still pretend that flowers, blooming and birds are laying eggs, and that those eggs are hatching with cute little birds:

I bought this set last year as a Mother's Day gift to myself.  I haven't used it much--as it had to be packed up shortly afterward.

The birds are first shaded a bit with alcohol markers (Copic and Prismacolor) and then colored with colored pencils.

The sky was sponged with Antique Linen and Broken China Tim Holtz Distress Ink.  The bird tracks were stamped with Frayed Burlap.

The card base is watercolor paper--and the ribbon is May Arts ribbon.  The images were stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento on Georgia Pacific white cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Home and Spring

I am getting hungry for spring and sunshine so....

Stamp: Branch from Starving Artistamps;

Accessories: Flower Soft;

and...

Stamps: Country House and Hearts by DoodleFactory, and Country Sentiment: all from Starving Artistamps;

If spring won't come to me outside--at least I can make it spring INSIDE!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

Prism Papers at Rubbernecker Stamp Company!!!!

Prism Paper are now available at Rubbernecker!!

Rubbernecker is pleased to offer paper in 12" x 12" individual sheets from Prism Paper, Basic Grey (coming soon), 7 Gypsies, and Scrapperdashery.  AND Prismatic packs!

Individual sheet paper must be purchased in 20 sheet lots.  Quantities may be combined between the Prismatic and Scrapperdashery lines.  There will be no backorders for paper and package sets and/or pads will not apply to the 20 sheet minimum.

For the May Arts ribbon lovers out there, Rubbernecker will be adding May Arts to our store in the very near future.

Cool, Eh!?!

 

Sock monkey?? and CPS Sponsor

When I first saw Malbec from DoodleFactory not only did I think it was just the CUTEST monkey, but I also thought it was a sock monkey.  I think I may have been alone in this opinion, because none of my design teammates NOR Irene, the genius behind the DoodleFactory images, seem to see him this way.

I would like to tell  you that this is the first time I have ever seen something differently than others, but ....

This card uses this week's CPS sketch!  AND Starving Artistamps is one of the sponsors this week!!!

The Deets:

• Stamps: Malbec by DoodleFactory and plaque set;
• Paper: DP from Cosmo Cricket and Daisy Bucket; colored cardstock from Bazzill and SU!;
• Ink: Memento: Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa;
• Accessories: Scalloped scissors, buttons, ribbon, brad, foam tape and edge punch
• Coloring Medium: Prismacolor pencils; Copic and Prismacolor markers;

It is a great sketch!!! (THANKS TAMI!!)  I hope you can participate, too!!