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Is this cool or what!!??!!

Check this out: Going on the Road

Sherry is very fun in real live and has LOTS to share!

I sure hope you can make a class!

Blog Challenge Combo-Thanks

Who doesn't love a challenge!?!  Somedays it is the jumpstart that I need to get the creative juices flowing.  Today I have combined two of my favorite challenges.  One I have never posted before, and that is Mercy Kerin's Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.  (I have always meant to get around to it but rarely have and I have NEVER posted).  The other challenge is the Color Throwdown Challenge.

The sketch:

And the colors:

And my card:

• Stamps: Large Chandelier from the DoodleFactory and Classic Decor Sentiment; all from Starving Artistamps;
• Ink: Brilliance Graphite; Black and Blush Blossom brush tip marker;
• Paper: Basic Gray, White, Pumpkin Pie, and Really Rust; Basic Grey DP;
• Other supplies: black embossing powder; ribbon, foam tape, punches;

I used my good old brush tip watercolor markers on this.  I really can't remember the last time I brought them out.  The chandelier image was stamped with Brilliance ink, embossed, and colored in with a black brush tip marker. There were white areas on the dp that the chandelier is stamped on--I colored most of those in with a Blush Blossom marker (and there is a bit of shading with that marker that didn't show up in the photo).

If you haven't checked out these challenges, before, I hope you do this week!!
Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by!!!

Wacky Wednesday #23-Flowers

  It is Wacky Wednesday again!  This weeks challenge hostess is Broni!  She has challenged us to use flower on our projects this week!  FUN STUFF!!
As always with Wacky Wednesday, the details are on the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog.
I have two cards for you today:

Note: the sentiment was scored (it is mounted on cling foam) and curved on the acrylic block to stamp.

• Stamps: Teatime set from Rubbernecker Stamps;
• Papers: DP (?) and DP from SEI-Poppy; bashful blue and old olive cardstock; Prism Simply Smooth cardstock-white;
• Ink: StazOn Jet black and Tim Holtz Distress Ink –Peeled Paint;
• Other materials: pencils; Nestabilities; deco-scissors; foam tape; embossing folder; silk flower;

This second card was inspired by the color challenge on SplitCoastStampers.

• Stamps: Wild Flower Set from Rubbernecker Stamps
• Paper: Close to Cocoa, Blush Blossom, Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral and Whisper White
• Ink: Staz On Jet black and Close to Cocoa
• Accessories: pencils, Martha Stewart edge punch, liquid pearls-petal pink; grosgrain ribbon, scallop punches, foam tape;

Would you like to see some more inspiration!?!  Check out the other Rubbernecker Designers:

• Bev - Savor the Journey
• Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
• Candy - Candy's Land
• Joan -Stamping with a Passion!
• Linda - Linda's Works of Heart
• Shelly - Stamp with Shelly
• Sherry - Walkin' on the BAD Side!

Now it is your turn to add some flowers to your world!!!  Then post a direct link to your project on the Rubbernecker Stamps Blog!  I am looking forward to see what you create!!

Welcome Home!

I am still LOVIN' the July releases from Starving Artistamps' DoodleFactory line!!
Here is a clean and simple (CAS) card using them:

• Stamps: Classic Decor Set from DoodleFactory and matching sentiments;
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black;
• Paper: SU Kiwi Kiss; Prism-Sunflowers light; DP;
• Other stuff: Copic/Prismacolor markers; buttons; sandpaper;

Did you know that there are NEW sets from DoodleFactory at Starving Artistamps!?!

You can see them up close here: Into the Woods and Prehistoric
AND... Did you know that you can get these stamps (and all Starving Artistamps and DoodleFactory stamps) at a discount!?!!  Just use the code: savetenJS at checkout!  (Then click the *Recalculate* button to make sure you receive the discount!!)

Thanks for stopping by today!!  Have a GREAT Monday!

Simple Summer Butterflies

Hello, again!
I have been gone for a while.  Not at CHA, hangin' with my stamping friends, but at Family Camp.  We go to Bay Shore Camp both for Family Camp and my two older children each spend a week there (for soccer and music).  It is TRULY our family's happy place.  If you live within driving distance of the "thumb" of Michigan and are looking for a Christian camp, I truly recommend it!!  I teach the 6 yr. olds while I am there.  We had such a fun bunch this year!


As you may be able to imagine, I was glad to get back to my stamping desk!  I was also glad to have left a half finished project for me to complete!  I started doing this back when I was a scrapbooker.  It gets the creative juices flowing and it is especially helpful if you know you are going to be away for a while OR if you have limited creative time.


Anyway, I finished last week's CAS challenge from SCS.  We were challenged to make Turquoise, orange, and yellow!  


Here is mine:

• Stamps: Butterfly Inchies and Wildflower BG from Rubbernecker Stamps;
• Paper: Prism Super Smooth White; SU! Tempting Turquoise, Apricot Appeal, and Only Orange;
• Ink: SU! Tempting Turquoise and Summer Sun; Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Spiced Marmalade; Adirondack Pigment Pad: Snow Cap White;
• Other Stuff: Circle Punch; Perfect Pearls-perfect pearl; foam tape

 Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  I hope you have a great day this week!!!