May Dreamy Challenge

Hi everyone! This month's Stamper's Dream Challenge is a color challenge with bling and texture. The colors are Blush Red Dark, Island Mist Medium and Birchtone Light with Suede Brown Dark or Ivory accents. If you don't have the Prism papers, the SU colors are Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, and Sahara Sand....or you can use colors that are close.


When uploading to SCS, use keyword SDDC7 and be sure to link your project to Michelle's blog post because she has an AWESOME dreamy treat that you can enter to WIN!...see it over there to the right?....seriously awesome, right?!!

My card is a 5" square card. The birchtone light panel was run through the Cuttlebug with my Paisley Impressabilities. Tosha stamped this pretty Apples image for me (Artful Stamper)...thanks Tosha! The main image on the Labels One nestie is up on foam tape. A second bowl and apple was colored, cut out, and popped up on foam tape as well. I colored four of my floral mini rhinestones that Michelle sent me (thanks Michelle!!) with an E57 Copic marker and then added them to the ribbon and paper with a small dot of Diamond Glaze. The layout is Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday sketch, the pretty lace ribbon is from my friend Janice (thanks Janice!).



Here's a close-up of the dimension:



SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Apples (Artful Stamper)
Paper: Prism Blush Red Dark, Prism Birchtone Light, Prism Island Mist Medium, MME Bella Bella French Flea Market DP, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Black, Riding Hood Red, Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Basic Brown, Marigold Morning, E57 Copic
Accessories: Mini Flower Rhinestones, Diamond Glaze, Paisley Impressabilities, Lace Ribbon (from my friend Janice...thanks girl!!), Labels One Nestabilities, Foam Tape
Technique: Watercoloring with Reinkers, Dry Embossing
Card Size: 5" Square

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Stamper's Dream Team has for you today: Michelle, Cammie, Charmaine, Kimberly, Laurie, and Tosha.

Have fun with the challenge and good luck in winning the dreamy treat!

Two Holiday Cards ...and a SALE!

Hi everyone! How are you this fine Monday morning??

I have something exciting to share.... Michelle Rodgers is having an awesome holiday sale at Stamper's Dream. Now through November 30th ALL holiday stamps are 15% off. All you have to do is enter coupon code HOLIDAYS on the checkout page!! How cool is that?!!

I have two cards to show you today. The first one is the Impression Obsession Ornament Chickadee stamp. This one is going to one of my fellow stamping pals...someone who is evidently BIG TIME into birds and always leaves me such sweet comments when I use this stamp. I hope she likes it. :)

The card base was embossed with my snowflakes cuttlebug folder. The chickadee was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copic markers (see recipe for numbers). I stamped a second image on the Fancy Pants Happy Holidays DP (basically just the side of the image with the ornament), cut out the ornament, and paper pieced it over the image. The edges of the main image were sponged with Pumpkin Pie ink. The gold metallic string (love this stuff!) and black velvet ribbon were glued down with sticky strip, and the velvet ribbon wraps all the way around the card. The sentiment was stamped onto white CS, cut with a circle Nestabilities die, sponged with Pumpkin Pie ink and then matted against a black scallop circle Nestabilities die. I punched four snowflakes using my Martha Stewart snowflake punch in the Fancy Pants DP, glued them to the back of the black scallop circle, and then glued down the whole layered sentiment with dimensionals. The layout is Beate's Weekend Sketch #67, and the inside of the card follows basically the same layout.

RECIPE (chickadee card) ~
Stamps: Impression Obsession Ornament Chickadee, SU Circle of Friendship (sentiment)
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, PTI Select White, Fancy Pants Happy Holidays DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: 0 Colorless Blender, C1 Cool Gray, C5 Cool Gray, E02 Fruit Pink, E33 Sand, E51 Milky White, E57 Light Walnut
Accessories: Gold Metallic String, Black Velvet Ribbon, Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Dimensionals, Snowflake Embossing Folder
Technique: Dry Embossing, Sponging


The second card is the Artful Stamper Cat Nap stamp. I just wanted to make another Christmas card with this adorable image. Love that cat's sweet face. My grandmom has an orange cat so I think this one will go to her this year.

I started with an 8" x 8" piece of Riding Hood Red CS and folded it in half. This size fits nicely into a regular #10 envelope. The Cat Nap image was stamped in Versafine Black Onyx and watercolored with a damp watercolor brush and inkpads/reinkers. The bell was colored with Golden Opal Twinkling H20's. The edges were sponged with Pumpkin Pie ink, mounted against Basic Black, and popped up on thick foam tape from Taylored Expressions. The red rhinestones were all glued down with a small dot of Crystal Effects.

RECIPE (cat nap card)~
Stamps: Artful Stamper Cat Nap, SU Snow Swirled (sentiments)
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, PTI Select White, Fancy Pants Happy Holidays DP
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Pumpkin Pie, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black
Accessories: Red Rhinestones, Crystal Effects, Riding Hood Red Ribbon, Golden Opal Twinkling H20's, Thick Foam Tape
Technique: Watercoloring

Have an awesome day, and don't forget to check out the sale!

Cozy Cat Nap

Hi everyone! Hope you're enjoying your weekend.

Today's Featured Stamper on SCS is Kendra. I chose THESE CARDS of hers to CASE. Love the layout with the fun ribbon in the corner.

I added some layers, changed the colors by using my new Fancy Pants Happy Holidays DP (fun stuff!), and used my Artful Stamper Cat Nap stamp (stamps beautifully every time..always a clean image). The image was stamped in Versafine Black Onyx and then watercolored with ink pads/reinkers and a damp watercolor brush. I painted the bell with Golden Opal Twinkling H20's and added some Frosted Lace Stickles around the edges of the santa hat. I added some shading to the bottom of the image with Basic Black ink. You can click on either picture to see a larger view.

The Cat Nap stamp, Fancy Pants DP, Frosted Lace Stickles, gold metallic string and the olive May Arts ribbon can all be found at Stamper's Dream!

RECIPE ~
Stamps: Artful Stamper Cat Nap, Taylored Expressions SASI Home Sweet Home (sentiment)
Paper: SU Riding Hood Red, SU Basic Black, PTI Select White, Fancy Pants Happy Holidays DP
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Basic Black, So Saffron, Apricot Appeal, Riding Hood Red, Pretty in Pink, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Olive Satin Ribbon, Gold Metallic String, Frosted Lace Stickles, Golden Opal Twinkling H20's
Technique: Watercoloring

Enjoy your day!!

JustRite Week at Stamper's Dream

It's JustRite week at Stamper's Dream!

I made this Thanksgiving card using the Classic Circle II Stamp Ensemble, and paired it with the Autumn Pumpkin image. I thought the curly background in the JustRite stamper went well with the curly pumpkin vines.

I stamped the JustRite "Thanks" stamper once in Old Olive ink onto white CS, then I stamped it again in Versamark onto white CS and heat embossed it with dark brown embossing powder. I cut out the embossed brown "thanks" and layered it over the one stamped in Old Olive. The circle and scallop circles were cut with Nestabilities dies and popped up on separate layers of dimensionals.

The Autumn Pumpkin by the Artful Stamper and olive satin ribbon are also available at Stamper's Dream. The pumpkin was colored with Copic markers (W1 Warm Gray, Y28 Lionet Gold, YG95 Pale Olive, YR04 Chrome Orange, and YR68 Orange). The Chocolate Chip mat behind the main image is up on dimensionals.

Be sure to stop by Michelle's blog today too because she not only has an awesome JustRite project to show you, but she's also offering up some *DREAMY TREATS* to one lucky winner.....the JustRite Christmas Stamp Ensemble and the 3-1/4" wooden stamper to go with it!!!

You'll be able to blog hop through the entire week to see projects made by the Stamper's Dream DT. Here's the schedule and links so you can check it out:

Tuesday: Charmaine and Kim
Wednesday: Tosh and Amy
Thursday: Michelle, Tosh, Carolyn, Kim, Cindy, Charmaine...and me
Friday: Carolyn and Cindy

RECIPE ~
Stamps: JustRite Classic Circle II Stamp Ensemble, Artful Stamper Autumn Pumpkin
Paper: SU Tangerine Tango, SU Chocolate Chip, PTI Select White, SU Hawaii Papaya DP
Ink: Versamark, Permanent Black, Old Olive
Accessories: Olive 3/8" Ribbon, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Brown Embossing Powder, SU Hodgepodge Hardware
Technique: Heat Embossing

Thanks for stoppping by!