A Smiling Heart

Another new stamp set from TAC, this little girl is so sweet looking, very fun to play with.

Cards I've Made Recently

Just thought I'd post a few of the latest cards I've made.

Boys & Frogs

Songful Dog

I got my new set of stamps from Artful Inkables & couldn't wait to play with them, this being my favorites, ain't he just so cute.

Puddle Jumper

Split Negative

I finally got to make a card yesterday after not making any since Friday, I was going through withdrawal. This is for a Split Negative swap so I decided to use my little zebra from Artful Inkables. I really like their stamps, great selection, they are deeply etched, well trimmed, great prices, come on cling foam & I LOVE the packaging. I just hang them on my wall as the see through containers have pics of each stamp & I can see what I have easily. Here is the link if you'd like to take a look Artful Inkables

Polished Stone & Bleach

I used the polished stone technique on both of these then with bleach & a brush "painted" the the butterfly, flowers & birdcage. I've done polished stone technique before but never thought to use bleach to highlight the impressions, I saw this on Stamp TV.

Another Butterfly

I used baby wipes with sea shell inkers to create this background, then colored the butterfly with the same inkers.

Red & White

I saw a card posted with this color scheme, thought how nice so of course I had to try doing one.

Earth Tones

This time I used baby wipes & dabbed the color from inkers, then made an ink pak with the inkers to stamp the butterfly, outlined with glossy accents, finished with a little glitter

Little Flower Girl

Here's a couple I I did for a color swap, with 2 of my favorite stamps.

Sponged Background

I was only using DP as they came to layer, on this one I've sponged on some color & stamped the crackle as well.

Using Baby Wipes

This one I used baby wipes for the background, then made a stamp pad out of them for all the colors to be co ordinated.

Similar but Different

I got this set from TAC, love butterflies so was playing around yesterday & so far came up with these 2.

A Box for Cards

I got the pattern & idea from Dawn's video & made this little box that holds 6 cards & envelopes. Quick & easy to make.

A Flower Soft Branch

I was playing around with my Flower-Soft & different colors & came up with this one.

Framed Bird

This one is the same image as below with a little different layout

Three More to Show

These are 3 of my latest cards that I've been working on for swaps.

My New Blue Bike

Just thought I'd share a pic of my new bike, the one I had for a day, then did my wipe out. As you can see the bike did rather well, it's the other side that has the scratches on it. This is my third electric bike, my first was red, second was orange, I just love riding it, one of my stress relievers. I have 2 battery packs & can go for at least 4 hours on one charge.

Marker Thumping

I got this idea from Gina K at Stamp TV, first you color your stamp with markers then thump with co-ordinating colored markers for a neat effect. The background paper is also a freebie I downloaded from Stamp TV, I meant to stamp some 2nd impressions in black but I forgot, guess that means I'll have to do another one......LOL