Baby + Stork

There's probably not anything sweeter than a baby.  I really enjoy making baby cards, but don't seem to do it that often.  This one was a request for a baby shower.

Not being sure what the baby is going to be, I opted for yellow.    I love this stamp!  It's really large and makes quite an impression.  It's from Woodware and I've got a couple left in my store.    I hand wrote Special Delivery and just dotted in the sky with a Copic marker.

I'm off tomorrow and need to do a couple of technique videos for Cut Out + Keep.  I'm looking forward to being a part of their Technique Tuesday program.

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Cute Owl Card + Video

I just got an order in from Woodware.  Such cute stamps!  Love these owls - aren't they sweet?  Had some fun with my watercolors again, too.  

I've got some of the stamps in my Etsy store.  Take a look there's some new ones and a few I've had before.  Maybe you missed that cute snowman stamp?

I've got a video showing another way to make a flat shaker element and watercoloring the owls watercolors and the tree limb is a combination of distress ink and watercolor. 



So glad you stopped by! 

Owls Clear Stamp	Die-namics Stitched Circle Frames	Aleene's ORIGINAL TACKY GLUE 8oz Adhesive	Angora Watercolor
Strathmore WATERCOLOR 9x12 SHEETS 373091	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad ANTIQUE LINEN Ranger TDP39846	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad VICTORIAN VELVET Ranger TDP40255	GOLDENROD- Hug Snug Seam Binding - 100 yard roll 1/2" Wide - 100% Woven-Edge Rayon - Sewing Trim & C
AQUARELLE - Hug Snug Seam Binding - 100 yard roll 1/2" Wide - 100% Woven-Edge Rayon - Sewing Trim &	*Hemptique LIGHT PINK Hemp Cord Twine

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Frosty

Oh, I wish it was frosty here!  Are you a warm weather or a cool/cold weather person?  I love cool and cold!  I love sweaters and old worn blankets.  I love hot tea and chocolate while curled up with a good book.  I love snowmen!

Isn't he a cutie?  This is Frosty.   I couldn't wait to ink him up and choose his scarf colors.

Frosty is a new stamp from Woodware in England.

I just put him and some other new Woodware stamps in my etsy store.    There is the cutest ramshackle house, an adorable Christmas owl all bundled up, a beautiful wreath, a set of gorgeous leaves, a very cute dragonfly,a huge NOEL that would be so fun to color, and a beautiful bird with flowers.  They are all in very limited numbers.  Check them out if you get a chance.  

Hope your week has been fabulous so far!  Thanks for stopping by!

A Second Look at Zentangle Butterfly

Just had a fabulous weekend visiting my daughter and her husband in Wichita!   Good company, good food and good antique stores - lots of fun!  I found a really cool old paper roll holder (I'm thinking ribbon and/or twine will look really  nice on it) and a lovely old sewing machine that was calling my name.  HAVE to organize my craft room, so I can display all my lovelies!  

This lovely is Zentangle Butterfly and and I've given it a new look.  You can see it's first look - the little notecards -  here.   

Love it stamped on pink with Baked Brown Sugar ink from Stampin' Up.  I think I especially like the name of the ink!  The pink photo frame is from the On Film framelits dies.

Here's a closeup of the sentiment that comes with the butterfly stamp and that pretty mini doily is from My Favorite Things.  

If you would like a Zentangle Butterfly stamp, I still have a small number in my etsy store.

So nice of you to drop by - Have a wonderful day!

Fiona in Aqua and Black

I'm kind of in love with this flower stamp!  And that's saying a lot because I'm really not a flower kind of girl.  I always think they're pretty, but I never really buy flower stamps.  But this one caught my eye.  Its called Fiona.

Here it is from the side - you can see I divided the stamp into three layers.

 I stamped the image three times.  

I colored the first one all in with black.  The second one I colored the checked edge and the rest of it black.  I cut it out around the checked edge.  The third one I cut out around the petals and used my G00 and BG02 Copics to color it.  I LOVE G00 - it must be my favorite Copic color!

The background was made by dripping G00 ink from the refill bottle onto the cardstock.  Then I hand drew a black circle on each one.  

The hearts on the background and the one on the tag are from an alphabet/mini frame set.  You can see one of the mini frames on the little black tag.  The Thanks is done with the alphabet stamps.  Very cool upper and lower case letters!

The card is mounted on black cardstock - along the bottom I used my white signo pen to doodle some lines and dots.  If you need a white signo, copics or copic refills, email me.  The store I work at carries all of the them at great prices!

Fiona (the flower) and the alphabet/mini frames are available in my etsy store.

If you haven't seen my shamrock ornament video yet, scroll down one post and check it out.  It's my first video ever!  Thank you for all the kind comments!

Hope your week is lovely...

Baby Elephant Gift Bag

There's just something special about elephants and babies...and elephant babies!  We had an elephant baby born here at the OKC Zoo and it has to be right up there with the cutest thing I ever saw!

This baby elephant stamp is pretty cute, too!  I thought a little gift bag would be the perfect backdrop to show him off.

I'm just amazed at what can be done with the Envelope Punch Board.  I have to think they wish they had named it something else - because it does way more than just envelopes!  This bag is so sweet.  You can see a video on how to make it HERE.

The elephant stamp comes with the baby sentiment and two hearts.

And it just happens to be available in my etsy store!  I'm thinking he would be really sweet as a valentine (Love you a ton!) and for a birthday (Have a ton of fun on your birthday!).  I bet you can think of even more...

So glad you stopped by - hope you're having a wonderful week!

What A Cute House!

One of the very first stamps I ever bought (back in the 80s) was a house stamp.  I've always been drawn to sweet little houses.  Well, this one is not little, but I do love it!

And it is sweet, too!  It measures 5 1/2" tall.  This is another new image from Woodware Stamps called Tall House.  I have four available in my store.  I think this house can be used all year long.   I can see covering the topiaries with little Christmas trees, adding snow, a little wreath...  Wouldn't that be darling?

I added the image to a cute little box that I made on my new Stampin' Up Envelope Punch Board.

I found a video that gives you great instructions.  You can see it here.  Her box is 1" x 4".  I needed a box that was 2" x 4".  So I've figured out the differences.

Cut cardstock to 6 1/2 x 6 1/2".  

On the first side, line up the left side at 1 3/4".  Punch and score.

On the same side, slide the cardstock over to 3 1/4".  Punch and score.

Do the exact same thing on the opposite side.

Use the score guide to line up for the other two sides.

Line up the two points at 4" and cut off a little bit of the two side points.  

Cut slits on top and bottom vertically.  You will make 4 cuts.  Fold on all the score lines.

Fold it up and glue.  You can see why you need to cut a little off the sides.

I've colored up the house again, but it's not finished and I haven't done anything with it yet.  Just playing around.  The colors are a little different, but I kind of like it.  Kind of Dr. Suess-ish. I think the topiaries need  something - not sure what yet.   Those pearls are just too pale.  

I've had another thought:  This house would be great for Mother's Day.  The sentiment could be "Home is where Mom is."    Okay, give me some more ideas.  I'd love to hear your suggestions!