Magnolia love

Hello Stampers!

Just another card I wanted to share with you made with my beloved Magnolias!  This is Tilda from the recent Summer release.  I ADORE her!

She's coloured with Copics - accented with Copic opaque white paint - and accented with Atyou Spica pens (have I shared how much I LOVE these pens?? - fabulous glass glitter - not so flashy - perfect over your Copics).  I think the white accents in her hair really make that blonde hair gleam, don't you?

And I've used one of my favourite Bo Bunny papers here - "Little Miss" - LOVE these colours for summer!

The post is one of the Magnolia "Doo Hickey" dies - they are so sweet & whimsical!  This one comes with a cat too - CUTE!

I've finally figured out to use my die pick to twirl the flower stems before I glue them down with a hot glue gun.  This is what I've seen on all the European blog and I always love the look.  Took me a while to figure this out though - silly girl!

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

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art journaling

Hello Stampers and Happy Monday!

If you are a blog follower and a paper crafter, you are probably very familiar with "art journaling".  If not, then welcome!  In short, it is a journal of art.  Personally, I find it a great way to practice new art mediums, techniques, and applications without the stress/ pressure of creating a finished product.  I enjoy creating for creation's sake!

Friday night I enjoyed a fabulous crafty night with my fellow divas at SGD - WHAT FUN!  And this was such a great way for me to unwind from a stressful week at work.  And of course, reminisce about our awesome CHA adventures in Chicago!  (Still on a high!).

This page uses a lot of mediums.  The concept though, is layering.  Some of the products used are:

• Memory Box Stamp
• Penny Black stamp
• Tim Holtz tissue tape
• Mister Huey's mask
• Mister Huey's misting sprays
• Pan pastels
• Acrylic paints
• Tim Holtz distress ink (antique photo) & distress tool
• Tim Holtz distress markers
• Ranger archival ink (black)

On this particular page, I LOVED colouring the flowers with my distress markers!  I thought they really popped against the black ink and the gentle pink background.  I am so much more in love with my markers now that I had the one-on-one time with Tim!  It was really helpful!!

Have a great week!

Sarah

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updates from CHA

Hello Stampers!

We are all home safe & sound from a FABULOUS week in Chicago at CHA!!  What an incredible week!  It was my first time - and wow - it certainly lived up to expectations!  My first time meeting Tim Holtz!  And countless other incredible artists - Donna Downey - Claudine Helmuth - the list goes on!  See some of the photos below!

Here is a card I created today - inspired by a creative week!  The card base is Kraft.  I prepped with gesso.  By the way - I am just in LOVE with masks & sprays - and wow - they were everywhere at CHA!  Here, I've used the Mister Huey's chevron mask - and two tones of green Pan Pastels.  Then I applied a layer of Golden  Absorbent Ground.  While this dried - I created some of my own masks.

I used plastic packaging from a die set - and cut out some shapes from my Tim Holtz Movers & Shapers dies (here I used the butterflies).  I laid them on the page - then sprayed with some Tattered Angels.  I placed them somewhere else - and sprayed with another colour.

I used these beautiful new Prima stamps - to randomly stamp text on my page in Ranger archival.  Alamanc stamp set and Songbird.  

I sprayed some lace with Tattered Angels and dried it with my heat tool.  I've applied some Prima self-adhesive gems.

The plastic butterflies that I cut out - were inked with Ranger alcohol inks and then glued to the card front.

Here are some photos from CHA!

Graphic 45 booth

Graphic 45 booth

doing a make & take at Ranger with Teri from Papercrafts magazine.  Tim said "wait for me!" and popped into our photo!

some gorgeous altered art projects at Kaiser Craft

our last day!

Tilda with winding flowers

Hello Stampers!

Here is another Tilda card I made with a Magnolia stamp.  This is from a class I taught last week actually.  I've coloured Tilda with my Copics.  She's accented with the Copic opaque white paint and some Atyou Spica glitter pens.  The paper is from Bo Bunny Little Miss (my latest absolute favourite!)

Happy Stamping!

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Memory Box Dies

Hello Stampers!

I wanted to share some projects with you that I made with a new Memory Box Die.  If you haven't heard of these dies yet - you have to check them out.  

These strip dies punch out a beautiful pattern from a paper - that you can then overlay onto another paper!

OR - as above - you can use it as your own mask! 

So here is another card I've made with the same Memory Box Strip Die.

By the way - Memory Box also make GORGEOUS stamps.  I've used this one on my first card above.

SO much fun!!  

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

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Magnolia love and Spellbinder storage

Hello Stampers!

Here is one of many Magnolia cards you'll be seeing from me if you follow my blog.  I ADORE my Magnolia Tilda stamps. I just love colouring these stamps, I really do.  I think they're awesome with my Copics - or with distress inks.

This little lovely is Flip Flop Tilda from the new 2012 Summer collection.  I've stamped her in Memento Rich Cocoa ink  (by the way - have you seen all the new colours of Memento?  WOW!  LOVE!) and coloured her with my Copics.  I've accented with the Copic opaque white paint and the Atyou Spica glitter pens (I ADORE these!!).

This paper is one of my recent loves - Bo Bunny Little Miss.  Isn't it just beautiful?  The sentiment is from the sticker pack.  I just LOVE a line with coordinating elements!  Ahh - yet another 6x6 pad that I'll be buying in triplicate.  Yummy!

The flowers are another awesome find lately - these beautiful fabric, glittery, shimmery flowers from Petaloo!  These ones are Velvet Hydrangeas.  

My card is made with Bazzill card stock.  And I've used a Spellbinder Nestabilities die.  I've inked up the central image with some Tim Holtz distress ink in antique linen (my go-to colour for sure).

On the topic of Spellbinders - thought I'd share with you my latest happy storage item!

This is the before shot of how I stored my Spellbinders dies (of which I have many)

Now here are some of my dies in their new happy home!

This is an ArtBin Magnetic Die Storage Case and I think it is just fabulous!

Happy Monday!

Sarah

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I'm entering this card for the following challenges:
Marker POP
Make it Monday
Crafting when we can

Crazy for Challenges

Hello Stampers!


Here's a card I created for this week's Crazy 4 Challenges!  This week is a super fun sketch challenge.  I always love some inspiration to start off my card.


I've used Bo Bunny Sweet Tooth paper & stamp set - borrowed from my BFF Andrea (thank you Andrea!).  Somehow stamping supplies borrowed from a friend are much more interesting than your own, right?


I've distressed all my edges with my Tim Holtz distress tool.  And I've used some fun new fairy dust glitter (I love the little salt shaker!).


Happy Sunday!


Sarah
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almost Father's Day

Happy Father's Day .. well almost!

Here is a card I made for my Copic cards class last week.  I love these seniors stamps - so fun.  The sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

I stuck with a colour scheme here - was going for something kind of masculine.  The paper is from My Mind's Eye, On the Bright Side - Two.  It had some great patterns and colours for men.  I used some plain hemp cord so it wasn't too feminine.  And I roughed up edges and added some distress ink.  I used Liquid Pearls to add some detail to the paper.

I coloured these all with my Copics - and added some Copic opaque white paint for accent/ highlights - one of my new favourite things!

Here are the other two cards we made:

Happy Stamping!

Sarah

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Clean & Simple Card Making - Day Two

Lula's Happy Valentine

Hello Stampers!

I love making Valentine's cards, even though I don't send very many.  It's such a nice, bright change after all the snowmen and Christmas cards.

I saw this little cutie at SGD and couldn't resist her.  I've always loved colouring CC Designs with my Copics!

I've used my new favourite Valentine's paper, "Love Me" by My Mind's Eye.  SO adorable - and on trend - with banners, chevrons, and text!

I also used a lace doily stamp from this beautiful stamp set.  I have the matching 6x6 paper pad for it as well, and it's beautiful.  It has music sheets in it!  My fave!

I've stamped Lula on XPress It with Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured her with Copics.  The sentiment is also from CC Designs in this Valentine's Set.

I used a white paper doily from my stash, and sprinkled around some self-adhesive pearls from SU!.  I've inked around edges with Tim Holtz Iced Spruce from his Christmas set. 

My son Samuel loves to craft with me, and has his own little spot in my craft room (Bless!).  Here is his version!  I don't let him use my Copics, so he colours with his pencil crayons.

Happy Valentine's!

Sarah

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Father's Day card

Happy June!

Here is a Father's Day card I made for the class I'm teaching this Thursday night.

I've used one of the fabulous Art Impressions "Golden Oldies" stamps.  I have received more comments on my old ladies on the beach card than any other card!  CRAZY!  

This is Earl!  I've used My Mind's Eye "On the Bright Side -  Two" 6x6 paper pad.  I've used Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous "Warehouse District" stamps on the background as well as Paper Smooches for the sentiment.

I've coloured Earl with Copics and accented with some Atyou spica pens as well as some Copic opaque white paint and some liquid pearls.  I've used Distress Inks for accent in antique linen, old paper, and brushed corduroy.  The sentiment and image are stamped with Memento in brown.

Copic colours: 

G29, G24, G21, G20

E74, E71, E70

W6, W4, W2, W0

E13, E11, E50, BV00

High Hopes new release blog hop!

Welcome to the High Hopes blog hop!

I'm joining High Hopes for release day!!


To celebrate, High Hopes has a blog hop showcasing many of the stamps that are on now available!!


Hop along the blogs to see what the fantastic Divas have created for your inspiration!


There is candy along the way. You won't know where so you need to leave a comment on each of the blogs to make sure you have a chance at the prize!


The blog hope will run through 7pm Monday, June 4th with the winner of the candy announced on Tuesday.


Oh, and the stamps are now available in the High Hopes Website and at some retails stores.


This is the last stop on the blog hop - you can start from the beginning here.


Enjoy!


Sarah


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