A deer for every season...

The A Day for Daisies December club kit has some BEAUTIFUL images!  
This week I am using Blossom Deer.

I was torn on how to use him.  Whether to use his garland as Christmas ivy (or perhaps mistletoe) or as a Spring blossom garland.  When in doubt, choose BOTH!!

The precious fawn in winter (Liquid Applique snow):

And in Spring(studded with Liquid Pearls):

Both are highlighted with Stickles and colored with Copic markers.

Want more inspiration?

Arielle Broni Christine Danielle Juliana Mila

There is still time to "Get Sketchy" with us!  Come and join us for Challenge #110 on the A Day for Daisies Blog.

Also, check out the Wholesale Club, whether if you need just a few or MANY A Day for Daisies images there are discounts for you.

Thank you for stopping by my blog, today!  Have a great weekend!

Spring in My Hair

Happy Friday!
It is the second week of the newest release from A Day for Daisies!

The image I have for you is "Spring Flower Hair":

I can just imagine a breezy Easter morning with hair done up like this!
I have added some liquid pearls to the heart shaped leaves in her hair!

My design inspiration came not only from the image, but also from a couple of challenges:
Mojo Monday #338 and Colour Q #234.

(Please note that my computer is the furthest point in my house from my studio... and in the walk across my home, I flipped a couple of elements in my mind.  Regardless, the inspiration came from the sketch AND the color challenge.)

As always, my fellow design team members have created some BEAUTIFUL projects to inspire you:

Arielle Broni Danielle Juliana Mila

I hope you can join us for the "Pretty Pastels Challenge"!  There is still time!

And if you have not recently looked at the club packages, take a moment to do it.  With all of the spring holidays coming up, A Day for Daisies has wonderful images to make the perfect project!

Thank you for stopping by my blog, today!

Card Details:
Image: Spring Flower Hair from A Day for Daisies;
Coloring Medium: Copic and Shinhan markers;
Paper: SU!: Cameo Coral, Apricot Appeal; Bazzill: white and gray; other: light turquoise paper;
Accessories: Spellbinders die, Sizzix embossing folder, foam tape;

Poppies in Pastels

It is Friday, which means it is time for A Day for Daisies!

This is also the beginning of a new challenge on the A Day for Daisies Blog, a new release at the A Day for Daisies store, and a new club kit!

The challenge is to use pastels!

My card today features the new image, Spring Poppy Bunch:

These poppies are California poppies.  I have never seen them in real life, but the photos of entire fields of these poppies ablaze with a warm yellows and oranges have me in complete awe!  Since our challenge is to use pastels, my poppies are a little more subtle.

There are more wonders of spring from my fellow design team members:

Arielle Broni Danielle Juliana Mila

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Enjoy your Friday and your weekend!  I do hope you can join our chalenge on the A Day for Daisies Blog!
Thank you for stopping by my blog.


Card Details:

• Image: Spring Poppy Bunch by A Day for Daisies;
• Paper: Bristol Paper; Bazzill cardstock and Memory Box dp;
• Accessories: Copic Markers, sewing machine, ric rac, glitter letter stickers;

Rubbernecker Spring Blog Hop!

SO glad you could join the Stampin' Sisterhood for our Springtime HOP!!  As always, we are SO excited to share with you!   Rubbernecker Stamps has a wide variety of stamps for your Spring and Easter projects! 
The Stampin’ Sisterhood has put together some AWESOME creations to share some of these images with you!

The ROUTE is below, along with MY creation!  OK, in true HOP fashion, you will want to leave a little LOVE everywhere you visit!  We want you to have a chance to win a PRIZE! 

You could WIN……………….

an AWESOME  stamp set of YOUR CHOICE!

The winner will be announced, 

on the Stampin' Sisterhood Blog, FRIDAY 3/2 

So you all have time to HOP!!

AMAZING, right?

Here is my Spring card:

Details:

• Stamps: Create a Garden Set 1 & 2 and Garden Phrase Set all from Rubbernecker Stamp Company;
• Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Worn Lipstick, Crushed Olive, Spun Sugar; Adirondack pigment pad Shell Pink; Stampin' Up Craft Ink: So Saffron;
• Paper: white cardstock
• Accessories: ric rack; paper flower (Martha Stewart); ribbon, foam tape; Liquid Applique;

Now off to see what my Stampin' Sisters have created!
If you are following in order you are on to Karen's Blog!

• Bev Gerard
• Charlene Driggs
• Charlene Merrick
• Ellen Taylor
• Jacquie Peifer
• Jen Charboneau
• Jennifer Cuthbertson
• Joan Ervin
• Julia Aston
• Juliana Swanson
• Karen Hunsaker
• Kecia Waters 
• Kittie Caracciolo
• Rubbernecker Stamps~Stampin' Sisterhood

Well then, off you go, there is LOTS to see!!

 Hope you will join us in MARCH for our NEXT HOP!!   We cannot wait to do some MORE sharing and prize giving!!  Until then, be sure to check out the daily posts on the STAMPIN’ SISTERHOOD blog!!  There is LOTS of inspiration to be found!  Thanks again for joining us today and ENJOY!!

What have I been up to?

Just making a few cards!  All of these cards use stamps from Rubbernecker Stamp Company!

Details:

• Stamps: Sentiment from Garden Phrase Set (SKU:508); Butterfly Inchies (SKU:427) and Bud Tree Set (SKU:505) all from Rubbernecker;
• Patterned paper: Memory Box;
• Cardstock: Bazzill;
• Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Concord Grape and Vintage Photo;
• Liquid Pearls and Stickles;
• Foam Tape
• Martha Stewart punch

The dots on the branch were accented with Liquid Pearls and Stickles.  The butterfly was inked first with Concord Grape then then the edges of the top of the wings were inked with Vintage Photo. (just an easy way to get a multicolored image)

 

Details:

• Stamps: Sentiment from Fall Trilogy Set (SKU:480); and Create a Garden Set 2 (SKU:513) both from Rubbernecker;
• Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket (plaid) and 7 Gypsies;
• Cardstock: Bazzill;
• Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Wild Honey, Scattered Straw, Bundled Sage, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain, and Frayed Burlap (for inking the edges);
• Spellbinders dies
• twill tape and brad

The “blossoms” on the wildflower were inked first with Wild Honey; then I blotted the edges on a scrap paper; then inked the entire image with Scattered Straw.  This method (a revised Rock ‘n Roll technique) made a blended image with just a touch of dimension.

 

Details:

• Stamps: Ethel With Shopping Cart (SKU:74-01) and Laugh at themselves (SKU:504-20) both from Rubbernecker;
• Patterned paper: K & Company;
• Watercolor paper;
• Cardstock: Bazzill;
• Ink: StazOn Jet Black; Tim Holtz Distress Ink for water coloring;
• Martha Stewart Punch;
• staple;

 

I hope you enjoyed this selection of cards!

Thanks SO MUCH for Stopping by!

~Juliana

Hello there!

No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth...I am just knee deep in boxes.  Our family is moving in a few days, so most of my "free" time has been trying to package our life in to appropriate size boxes.

I have done a little stamping now and then and you are going to have to wait to see some of it.

Here is a simple spring like card that was inspired by another card that I made (and was used prior to being photographed).

The stamp is from Rubbernecker Stamp Company (Weeds #497-13) and the designer paper is from Making memories.
I colored the image with markers, stamped, and then I highlighted the buds with Stickles.

Just a simple card!

Coming soon... new releases from Starving Artistamps (do I hear a blog hop???) and the 100th Color Thow Down!!!

Thanks for stopping by here, today!

Friendship Blooms

Everyday my daughter and I spy a new sign of spring!  Things are getting greener and greener every day!

I received the new release Vines Set stamps from Rubbernecker Stamp Company, and they inspired me to have some Springy fun!

Materials:

Stamps: Vines Set Victorian Damask Panel and Floral Silhouettes Set from Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Paper: Bazzill (formerly Prism) and My My Mind's Eye dp

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink--Shabby Shutters

Accessories: buttons, flower (Prima), plastic dew drop, foam tape, border punch (EK Success);

Thanks for stopping by!!!

A Spring DoodleFactory Garden

I picked up a boxed set of blank cards from "Die Cuts With a View" at a big box store and decided to make a party set using the cute images from the DoodleFactory: Rose and Bluebell.

The images are colored with colored pencils.

I hope you are having a great day!

~Juliana

Mercies Past and Present

By “mercies”, I mean Mercy Kerin of “Lord Have Mercy”.

Here are two cards using Mercy’s Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

The first one is from last week—just could not get “quality” stamping time together to get it done before she posted the new one. 

Here is the Sketch:

• Stamps: Into the Woods by DoodleFactory from Starving Artistamps;
• Ink: Memento-Pear Tart; Fluid Chalk Ink-Dark Brown; SU! Craft Ink-Regal Rose;
• Paper: dp-3 Bugs in a Rug; Cardstock-Prism;
• Other Items: plastic flower (American Crafts); felt flower; brad; foam tape; chalks (for coloring);

and here is this weeks sketch (then my card):

• Stamps: Into the Woods by DoodleFactory from Starving Artistamps;
• Paper: We R Memory Keepers; Prism; watercolor paper;
• Ink: VersaMark; Tim Holtz Distress Ink Reinkers for watercoloring;
• Other Items: Foam Tape; Flower punch, circle punch, Martha Stewart border punch; ribbon; white embossing powder;

Yeah, Both are a bit spring-y.  A bit strange considering that Autumn is my favorite season.  But hey, why fight it.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Spring, Halloween, and somewhere in between

A couple of you have noticed that I haven’t posted in a while.  The truth is –I haven’t stamped in a while.  This back to school season took me a bit off guard.  Though we were not new to the schools (as we were last year), all of the little details had me a bit overwhelmed.  I think I have found my footing, now…so it is time to get inky!

This first card uses the brand new Halloween sets from the DoodleFactory!

• Stamps: DoodleFactory Costume Party from Starving Artistamps;
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz distress ink-Shabby Shutters and Black Soot;
• Paper: Dp from 7 Gypsies and Basic Grey; Prism Cardstock;
• Other Items: Nestabilities; Copic Markers; Chartreuse gel pen; ribbon; foam tape;

For this next one, you might think I am seasonally confused…Yes, I may be, BUT, these papers were laying on my desk, begging to play together—and they are just so SPRING-Y!!

• Stamps: DoodleFactory Into the Woods from Starving Artistamps;
• Ink: Fluid Chalk Ink-Dark Brown;
• Paper: Dp from ki memories, HOTP, We R Memory Keepers, and 3 Bugs in a Rug; Cardstock from SU! and Bazzill;
• Other Items: tag die (Spellbinders); alpha dies (Sizzix); foam tape, ribbon, crocheted flower;

Thanks for stopping by, and being patient while I get it all together!

Wacky Wednesday--Easter Blessings

Our host for this week's Wacky Wednesday is Kittie Caracciolo!!!  Woo Hoo!!  You can learn a little more about her HERE!!

The theme of Wacky Wednesday #2 is...Fancy Folds!!  So anything but a regular spine fold on your card.

I went with a tri-fold card.

You can see the inside flap here:

I think this would be perfect to write a longer letter on the inside of the card.

Materials:

Stamps: Tulip and Easter Blessings by  Rubbernecker Stamp Company;

Ink: Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint, and Shabby Shutters Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Shell Pink Adirondack Dye Ink;

Paper: Pink and Green-Bazzill; White Georgia Pacific;

Accessories: Nestabilities; Dew Droppy Thingies; Watercolor brush, Sponge, Martha Stewart Border punch, Corner Rounder punch; Pin.

Now check out the rest of the design team's creations:

• Bev  - Savor the Journey
• Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
• Candy - Candys Land
• Joan - Stamping with a Passion!
• 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!

And don't forget to link YOUR creation back to the Rubbernecker Stamp Company Blog!!  The Magical Mr. Linky is waiting for you on this post.

 

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!!

 

My First Tutorial!

Today, on the Rubbernecker Stamp Company Blog, I host the Friday Focus.  This week it is a Faux Postage tutorial.  It is a great technique, in my opinion, for Valentine cards. 

You will have to go to the Rubbernecker Stamp Company Blog to my Valentine.  But here, I will show you another Faux Postage card.  This one is SPRING.   I decided I need some help remembering what color grass is!!

Materials:

• Stamp: Tulip from Rubbernecker Stamp Company;
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Adirondack pigment ink-Shell Pink;
• Paper: Bazzill and SU! cardstock; DP from Daisy Bucket;
• Accessories: Ribbon, Prismacolor and Copic markers, Faux Postage Template;

So I hope you can get over to the Rubbernecker Stamp Company Blog, check out the tutorial, AND follow some links to see what some other design team members have done!
Thanks for coming by here!!
  

Don't Worry!!

Well, here in Michigan, we have been having subzero temperatures for a few days, now.  So all I can think about is SPRING!! 

I was in search of spring inspiration when I came upon  the Inspiration Challenge #163 over at SplitCoast.
The source of our inspiration was to be Pottery Barn Teen. My dd LOVES Pottery Barn Teen!!! She loved browsing with me.  (her wish list is LOOONG, poor kid, because her parents are not re-doing her room)

I drew inspiration from all of the dots (they were EVERYWHERE), these sheets and all the beadboard!!!!

It is difficult to see in the photo, but the card base is an embossed striped notecard.  The DP is from Daisy Bucket.

The stamps are the Bee Happy Set, and the   Medium Bees set.
Sunny and warm colors and images--for another subzero day.