Thursday, February 05, 2009

Cup Full of Love

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I am sending my Valentine wishes early and sharing them here. My cup of love runs over and I hope yours does too.

I made another version and I am sending this on to a Mother of my church.

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Love to You!

QP

 

Stamps: Hero Arts

3D Stickers: Mark Richards

Punches: Martha Stewart

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Tempted

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I was tempted not to buy this stamp but then again I could not resist.

First I stamped it twice so I could cut out the fish. I colored it with Copic's YR 65 and YR 68.

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I colored the water with B02.

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and the grass with G14

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I colored the sand with E31:

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I colored the whole bowl area with B00, even over the other colors to give the illusion of glass.

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I used E35 on the cat, coloring quickly to avoid streaks:

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Then I didn't like how even the coloring appeared. so I went over it with the E31 I used on the sand.

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I filled in the background with BV02 and I wanted it lighter

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so I went over it with the blender

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The inside says: The only way to get rid of temptation is to give in to it.

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Edited: Stamps by Shirley's 2 Girls

 

QP

Monday, February 02, 2009

Sadly

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Sadly there will come a time when you will need a Sympathy Card. A friend lost her son recently, so I made her this card. I double cuttlebuged it. I embossed it with one folder and sanded it and then embossed it again with another folder and sanded again. I used the Perfect Printing Pouch before stamping on the ribbon, this keeps it from feathering. The verse is from Stacy's Stamp

 

I am praying for the comfort of my friend and her family.

 

QP

Sunday, February 01, 2009

Don't Fit In!

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I'm an odd ball so this stamp by Rosie's Road Show just spoke to me. "Don't try too hard to fit in when You were born to Stand Out"

I go It at the super bowl sale this weekend too. The fish is a Hero arts tiny peg type stamp. I colored it with Copic's YR68 and B21. I used my Fiskars Wave scissors to create the border.  I doodled in some bubbles.

QP

It's A Girl Thing Too

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I made this art today as I watch the pre-game show for the Super Bowl. IT's not just a man thing. Some of us women like football too.

Besides that my local Stamp Store: Stamp Your Art Out held a Super Bowl sale all weekend long and I got this cool new stamp cube by B Line Designs called Bella Twosie (among other things!).This cube came in two sizes which is cool because I can use the smaller one to decorate the envelope(hey stamp companies this is a good selling point). And if you are a Stamper you know that new stamps call out for you to ink them up. I am also in love with this new technique of creating your own background paper that looks surprisingly like designer scrapbook paper.

Wow it was so fun to create it. Here's how. I started with the ribbon as my inspiration for the colors I used. I have had this ribbon forever and often when I go to use it the colors are just not right for the finished piece, but I love it so today I am making sure it will work. I choose Color Box Fluid Chalk in Yellow Ochre, Pink Pastel, and Wisteria, looks like they match pretty closely to the ribbon. Then I choose a stamp set from Fancy Pants called "In The Garden". I distressed the edges of the card and layers with the Tonic Distress tool and I added a bit of Copic Marker to the lips.

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Super Bowl prediction ...well someone will win...ok seriously I am rooting for the Arizona Cardinals. There it is in writing!!!!

QP