Happy Birthday, Shery!

Our wonderful Shery's birthday is today and how could we resist showing her some love!?  Shery is amazing!   She owns and designs for Stamplorations, has a new family and manages to keep it all together.   So inspiring!

I hope you have an amazing birthday, Shery!

Happy Little Stampers CAS July Challenge!

Time for a new challenge at Happy Little Stampers CAS!  C'mon, give us a kiss.  That's right!  This month's technique is kissing and there are more than a few ways to do that.

For my card, I used both the positive and negative results.  I inked up a balloon stamp then pressed it onto a dotty background stamp.  I then stamped both onto a piece of cardstock.  The background version produced the dotty balloon and the balloon stamp created the more subtle one.  Cool, huh?!


The Details:  Hero Arts Ombre Ink Neon Red to Purple, Doodlebug striped washi tape, Altenew Birthday Greetings,  Impression Obsession Textural Dots background stamp, VersaFine Onyx Black, Copic 0.3 Multiliner, Recollections 110lb white cardstock

House of Cards July Challenge!

The House of Cards July Challenge is all about some yum in the tum.  Come join us!

The Details:  Carta Bella Beach Day paper, Bo Bunny Sugar Glitter Paste, Top Dog Dies Party Drinks, My Favorite Things Soda Pop, VersaFine Onyx Black, Zig 2 Way Glue Pen, Copics, Cuttlebug Kitchen Weave embossing folder

Happy Birthday, Katie!

Happy happy birthday to our own Katie Brooks of KB Stamps!  I hope you have the best day filled with much love and happiness!

We've got a fun and creative birthday hop planned so do stop by and leave some love!

Amy

Toni (that's me!)

Vicki

Kimberly

Tonya

Lisa

Laura

Lenae

The Details:  Power Poppy Short Stacks, VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Doodlebug enamel dots, Waffle Flower Lacy Layers die, Hammermill 80lb color copy coverstock, Paper Source Fuschia coverstock

Mermaids Make Me Smile

This card's cuteness makes me sick!  LOL. Once again I'm riffing on the inspiration pic over at The Heart Desires--this time using colors and sea creatures.  Lots of sea creatures.   I couldn't resist using the porcupine fish as balloons.  They're so cute!  And covered in Wink of Stella as is the sentiment and mermaid.  Girl's gotta have bling.

You still have a couple of days to join in the fun so get kraken!

I'm entering this in Simon Says Wednesday Shimmer      

Clear Wink of Stella

The Robin's Nest Tear Drops

Bo Bunny Sugar Glitter Paste

Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper

Sip by Sip

I have coffee on the mind with the current Summer Coffee Lovers Card Hop so thought I'd color up this beauty from Power Poppy for the first time.  I combined two of the included sentiments for fun and add "feathers" using a Hero Arts rain stencil.  Quick and oh so fun!

The Details:  Power Poppy Short Stacks, Copics, Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool, Hero Arts Rain Dance stencil, Distress Ink Broken China, Waltzing Mouse stitched scalloped rectangle die, Hammermill 80lb color copy coverstock

Warm Cactus Wishes

Succulents are everywhere this season so I just had to incorporate some prickly pear when I set out to make another card for the Summer Coffee Lovers Card Hop.  #summerclh

Isn't this fun?  It's very slowly starting to warm up here in the Pacific Northwest but I can dream!

The Details:  MFT Sweet Succulents and Toasty Greetings, Zigs, VersaFine Vintage Sepia, Copics, Sakura white pigment pen, Memento Tuxedo Black

I'm also entering this in Curtain Call Tasty Tropics, Just Add Ink #316 Stripes, Addicted to Stamps and More #199 CAS

Stamplorations Coffee Lovers

Woo hoo!  The Summer Coffee Lover's Hop starts today!  It's always so much fun!  #‎summerclh‬

I'm using Stamplorations Coffee Happy and Zigs for this one layer beauty.  It's how I wish every day started out in the summer--clean and simple and on vacation.  LOL!

I'm also entering this card in Casology #202 Masculine

Stamplorations CAS June Challenge Reminder!

We're about halfway through the Stamplorations CAS June challenge (anything goes with the optional twist of blue) and are bringing you a bit more inspiration.  Come join us!

I stamped and embossed the fab Stamplorations Dogwood blossom then watercolored it using Zigs.  Zigs are really bright so I added more shadow using gray.  You can especially see this around in the darker blue areas.  The watercolor paper I used is quite textured but it took the sentiment beautifully.  It also diecut like a dream.

The Details:  Stamplorations Lotus Love and Dogwood, Waffle Flower Lacy Layers die, PTI impression plate and kraft cardstock, Versamark, Zigs, VersaFine Vintage Sepia, Stampendous detail fine embossing powder, Bockingford watercolor paper

HLS Mixed Media June Challenge: Texture!

O, Happy Day!  Spring is upon us in the Pacific Northwest so I had to celebrate with a bright and cheery card!  It's all about texture this month at the Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media challenge.  We'd love to have you play along!

For my card I decided to use a quilt die as a flower.  Both flowers use an embossing folder at some point in its creation.  The back flower petals were embossed with a dot folder and then I used a brayer to apply ink to the raised portions of the cardstock.  For the front flower, I cut it from a panel that had been stenciled, colored and then crackle paste applied over the top.  I interchanged the flower borders for more interest.  The leaves are cut from a Distress Ink watercolor panel and the flower centers from a Brushos panel.  The card based is sponged with a stencil.  Whew!


The Details:  Distress Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Lemonade and Crackle Paint, Versamark, STampendous Detail white embossing powder, Recollections 110lb white cardstock, Memento Tuxedo Black, TCW Ceiling Tile and Climbing Vine stencils, Lil' Inker Sun Sentiments, Paper Studio Mini Bubbles embossing folder, Memory Box Botancial Stem die, Jillian Vance Grandma's Garden Quilt Block die