Guilty Gorilla by Paper Makeup Stamps

Ok, when I first saw this gorilla at Paper Makeup Stamps I knew I had to have him!! I mean look at those sad,sad eyes and that pouty lip! Who wouldn't love him?? When I saw the challenge this week at the Paper Makeup blog I knew that I was going to use him. I had fun creating this card. I wanted the card to be a little dark because of how sad my gorilla is. I pulled out my cuttlebug and some Coredinations cardstock and embossed and sanded away. I colored my gorilla with prismacolor pencils (I am anxiously awaiting the FEDEX man tomorrow!! Thanks Katie for all the help!!) Of course a project rarely seems finished without some glimmer mist, so not only is a portion of the middle matting misted, but my whole gorilla was misted!! The sentiment is from the same stamp set! I even pulled out my sewing machine, which is never far away, and sewed around the edges. When I finish a project I always ask my guys what they think, and this guy got three thumbs up!

Ingredients:
Stamps: Paper Makeup Stamps
Papers: Bo Bunny, Coredinations, Baja Breeze CS
Inks: Versafine Onzx Black, Fired Brick Distress Ink, Faded Jeans Distress Ink, Riding Hood Red SU! classic ink
Accessories: Glimmer Mist (Oyster, Robin's Egg Blue), prima, brad, ribbon
Techniques: sewing, embossing, sanding, glimmer misting

Chelly!

Don't ya just love her?? I love how she turned out!! This is Chelly from Paper Makeup stamps. I was so tickled that she came on Friday of last week! I had to work Friday night for daycare, though, so no playtime for me. Then on Saturday we went geocaching to Havre. It was a great day! So, even though no playtime still had lots of fun. I knew on Sunday that I wouldn't get to play because I had to do daycare all day. So, when Monday morning rolled around, I headed to my desk!! I watercolored her with SU! classic inks. I even used some stickles on this card. Hopefully you can see the stickles on the clover, wings, and scallop punch. I painted my stickles on the clovers that Chelly is kicking up with her heels! So much fun. The background paper turned out just like I wanted it to! I used some of my glimmer mists to create a sky with clouds and a meadow. I hope you like how she turned out!

Ingredients
Stamps: Paper Makeup, Studio G, Rollagraph Wheel
Papers: Stampin' Up! River Rock DSP, River Rock CS, Garden Green CS, GP CS
Inks: SU! classic inks (Garden Green, Old Olive, Blush Blossom, Apricot Appeal, So Saffron, More Mustard, Pretty in Pink, River Rock, Mellow Moss, Riding Hood Red, Bravo Burgundy
Accessories: Versamark and embossing powder, brads, white twill, River Rock grosgrain, Stickles (Lime Green, Frosted Lace, Burgundy), Glimmer Mists (Robin's Egg Blue, Olive Vine, Green Tea), pop dots

Yay! New Rubbah!!

Ok, I finally got a chance to sit down. I actually received these stamps on Friday. I love them so much. I had to get the Squirrel set, because I am always saying "you're a nut", even my daycare children know this about me. And who couldn't love a sad gorilla. You should see his eyes! And I love, love, love fairies! I mean come on, I did get two fairy tattoos. So, these stamps are a must for me. I didn't get to play on Friday, though, because I had to do daycare. My guys went to the High School basketball game. I did get lots of images stamped out and I started working on the fairy, but I'm not posting her yet. You'll just have to wait. I didn't get a chance to get much done on Saturday, because we went geocaching on Saturday to Havre. Loved it there! And Sunday was a bust because I ended up having to do daycare all day. Phew, from 6:30 am to 10:30 pm. Long day. So, this morning I got up to get everyone ready and had intentions to go back to bed. But, alas, my cell kept texting me. I wonder who was calling? Brett must have known what I was up to! Anyway, I decided to go and work on my fairy card and I love her! That's another post, though. Just wanted to let you know how excited I was to get the stamps!! Can't wait for my preorder to come in!! shhhhh.....

Welcome Baby

Yay! I got the email that I needed to make more baby cards. So, late last night, around 10 pm after receiving the email I headed right down to my space to begin. I thought this time I would do inchies! Actually, they are 1 1/4", but we won't quibble. LOL! I knew that by making inchies I would be forced to use some of my many, many dollar stamps. Don't we all have a ton of these? I can't resist them. I didn't check what series these came from, but I'm sure you have them too, right?? It's not just me, right? Some day I will show you where I keep them. Ok, so now I knew what I wanted to do, now I needed to pick the paper. I chose Crate paper. More specifically- Dragonfly from the Baby Bee collection. I love it. But I wanted to make it more mine and match the cardstock I wanted to use--SU! Baja Breeze. So, out came the cuttlebug and my sizzix texture plates. After embossing the background I sponged it with SU! Baja Breeze classic ink. Love how it turned out, and if you see by the picture, what a difference! For the inchies, I stamped in Saddle Brown Stazon and used my prismacolor pencils to color. I hooked them together like a clothesline using embroidery floss. I have tons of that around here from my cross stitch days. I should pull something out to work on again. Maybe. The white twill ribbon was sponged with SU! Baja Breeze and stamped using Saddle Brown Stazon with a sentiment from SU! Bundled in Love. All in all, I really like this card and let me know if you do too!

Clickabella

Ok, I was so pleased with my last pink and gray card that I decided to make another. I even used the same papers. I chose to use one of my bella stamps for this one and I love her! The background pink paper was from the DCWV Luxury Stack. I ran it through my cuttlebug and embossed it with the Sizzix filigree texture plate. Then I used my Ranger foam applicator to shade the embossed sections with SU! Going Gray classic ink. I decided to paper piece my bella and used the silver and pink papers used in the contruction of card! I even paper pieced the tiny flowers! Love them! I watercolored the desktop, fleshtones, shoes and hair with several SU! classic inks. I even colored the white ribbon. I used my foam applicator tool to sponge on SU! Going Gray and then stamped "chat*im*text" with a Studio G stamp set. I hope you enjoy her as much as I enjoyed making her!!

Paper Makeup Challenge!!

Ok, so I was surfing again and came across this great site with these really awesome stamps. (I have quite a few in my cart!) And checked out the blog. Well, they are running a challenge and I just had to try it. The challenge was to create a card with pink and gray. I rarely get to use these colors because I have only boys surrounding me here. So, I went to work. I knew I wanted to make a simple looking card so I decided to go easy on the embellishments. I started by choosing a silver sheet of cardstock for the base and the pink was a sheet of DCWV from the Luxury Stack. I found a couple of SU! stamp sets to use. The first set was Butterfly of Happiness and I chose the quote. I used Jet Black Stazon on a transparency and attached it with two tiny silver brads. The other set was Upsy Daisy and I stamped it on the silver cardstock using my Tsukineko glue pad and went old school and used Flamingo Pink Pearl Ex to create the pink flowers. I love them!! I added some sheer silver ribbon and went to work on my little butterfly. I brayered on Pink Ink glimmer mist and stamped a clear butterfly stamp by Martha Stewart using SU! basic gray classic ink. I love the effect of the shimmery butterfly. Hope you enjoy this card as much as I do.

Love card

I had some fun making this card! Man, do I love to use Glimmer Mists! I started with a base layer of white cardstock. First, I brayered on a layer of Stampin' Up! Sahara Sand classic ink. Then I brayered on Bolivian Blue glimmer mist, and heat dryed. Next, I brayered on a layer of Frosty Nights glimmer mist, and heat dryed. Are you seeing a pattern here? Then, I brayered on a layer of Daffodil glimmer mist and heat dryed. I was happy with the night sky effect this created. My next step was to stamp my trees. I used a background stamp from Viva Las Vegas Stamps that consists of huge branchy trees. I brayered (there's that fun technique again!) on a layer of Jet Black Stazon ink. I love the smell of Black stazon!! Nothing like it! None of the other colors smell so good. Aaahh, now my background layer is done. I can rest a bit. Ok, that's done. Now on to the couple. I love this stamp. You've probably noticed a lot on my blog. Ok, I again began with a piece of white cardstock that I spritzed with my own concoction of a light walnut stain mixture. Heat dry. Then spray Sandy Beach glimmer mist and heat dry. You could also brayer the glimmer mist on! The ribbon started as a white twill. I sprayed it with my walnut stain mixture then heat dryed. Then sprayed with Sandy Beach glimmer mist and heat dryed again. I love to use that heat dryer!! Add a small prima with a tiny brad and tada! It's done. I'm happy with the results! Hope you like it too.