Happy Birthday to ME!

Just a reminder to go here and comment for a little blog candy!

Mom is on her way--got to go tidy up!

Thanks!

Birthday Candy!!

Well, I bet most of you are with family and friend celebrating  Independence Day.  But for you lucky ones blog surfing this weekend, I have some blog candy to give away.  How old??  Let's just say Jack Benny and I will have something in common.

If you browse this blog regularly you have noticed the tropical stamps I have been using.  To give away I have a set of the sentiments that I have been using :

 

I plan to add some tropical items to the stash as well.

Just leave me a comment on this post and I will choose a random # Tuesday, July 8th, (my birthday) night.  (Please, only US and Canadian addresses).

Good Luck!!

 

Hang 10 DUDE!

This little Tiki guy makes me laugh his name is Teeko.  I thought he would just love to ride some waves!!  The wave is really from the wave runner stamp, but I omitted the wave runner.  I went a little Stickle crazy--but I think Teeko likes it.  Tee hee!

The layout for this card came from the Sketch Challenge (#183) over at SplitCoast Stampers.
Materials Used:

• Stamps: Teeko, surf board, and wave runner by DoodleFactory; sentiments by Starving Artistamps;
• Paper: Dp (Flair Designs); Light Green two sided Cardstock (Colorbok); textured Blue cardstock (DCWV); Brilliant Blue CS (SU!)
• Ink: Dark Brown Fluid Chalk Ink (Clearsnap) Terrific Turquoise marker (SU!);
• Accessories: Stickles, colored pencils, baby oil, foam tape

These stamps are just toooo much fun!!
 

Challenged Dragon

This is my submission for this weeks Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge (#16) and the SCS Color Challenge (#173).

The RBC #16 asks for the use of Grungeboard or chipboard.  I used some flourishes from the  Grungeboard Minis set.   I inked them black and then spritzed them with a mixture of Black Soot ink, Perfect Gold Perfect Pearls and water. The flourishes are VERY sparkly IRL--Trust me!

For the color challenge (Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi, and Certainly Celery) I substituted Old Olive for the Wild Wasabi, since I don't have any WW.   The border is watercolored with varying saturations of old olive ink and then some certainly celery ink.  The Dragon is watercolored with Pure Pomegranate ink--for depth it is tinged with black soot and worn lipstick (TH Distress ink) in some places.

I had a lot of trouble photographing this--I have not perfected my photo set up at the new house.  The contrast on the dragon is a little greater--but again, you have to trust me on that one. ;)

Materials Used:

• Stamps: Asian Stamps from Rubbernecker;
• Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive, Certainly Celery (SU!) Black Soot and Worn Lipstick Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Ranger)
• Paper: watercolor paper, Old olive, certainly celery and black from SU!; light celery (Colorbok)
• Accessories:  watercolor brush, grunge board, mini mister, perfect pearls

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

Yo, ho ho!

What is better than a Parrot Pirate!!


I think this guy is great!!  His name is Buck-Eye Bob--how cool is that. (No, I have NO idea what his parrot is named!)





Materials Used:


Stamps: Tropical DoodleFactory; Circle Background and Tropical Sentiments (Starving Artistamps)


Ink: Noir-Palette; Broken China, Black Soot, and Tea Stain Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Ranger);


Paper: White (Georgia Pacific); Glorious Green, So Saffron, and Basic Black cardstock (SU!); (Scrap of aqua--DCWV);


Accessories: Coluzzle system (Provo Craft); label holder (SU!); ribbon, colored pencils (Sanford); baby oil + stumps; Pewter and Gold Pearl Liquid Pearls (Ranger); brads (Colorbok)