Funny Snowman

Hello! Today's card share I made for my Challenge blog. I have a new theme which is snow. You can check it out by clicking on the link at my sidebar! I started by blending some Night Quite Navy ink with my blending tool onto white card stock. I die cut the snowy hills with a Paper Smooches die, and inked the edges. I punched two circles, and decided this snowman wanted to be topsy turvy! His face was stamped with a Peachy Keen side faces stamp. His hat is an upside down heart punch, with a strip of black for the brim. The snowballs sign is an older Stampin Up one, and I punched some 1/4" white circles to cover the stamped snowballs. The sentiment is from a Unity Itty Bitty. The small snowflakes is from a BoBunny stamp set. Quite the variety of supplies, but he's so fun!! Thanks so much for taking a look!!

Happy Birthday!

Hello, and a happy day to you!!! Over the past few months(or more!) I have not made many projects to enter into the challenge blogs I follow. I have missed it. So a fresh new year is the perfect time for me to get to posting more!! Today's card share I made for the much missed Lawnscaping Challenge. They are celebrating the start of their fourth year of challenges, and have of course a Birthday theme to go by!!!

So onto my card! I used the new goodies that my Christmas money bought on this! The papers are from the Lawn Fawn Into the Woods collection. The dies are from Quinn's ABC's, now I have the coordinating stamp set too, and played around with the stamping on them. But in the end I left them as a die cut only. The little balloons are from the Lawn Fawn So Much to Say stamp set that I colored and fussy cut out. I have a picture tutorial below of how I die cut the birthday sentiment, the woodgrain paper is all one piece.

Start by lining up your letters onto the paper. I held mine down with washi. The magnetic base for my BigKick is SO on my wishlist! :) With a cutting plate on the bottom, then paper, dies, then put the top cutting plate just off the bottom of the dies as you see here. Then roll it through your machine. This was my first attempt, and ended up cutting four of the eight letters off!!

Second attempt, perfect!! The line you see is from a pencil so I could get my letters straight!

Now start trimming off the patterned paper in between the letters, making sure not to cut them off. Erase the pencil lines, and your done! A white drafting eraser is the only one I use, and removes any pencil marks without messing up or smearing your paper. Just my tip for you! I used dimensionals on the back of this piece to make it stand out on my card. So that's my tutorial for you! Give it a try, it's really easy and makes it look so cool! And can be used on any die image!!Thank you so much for stopping by today!!

The Most Adorable Panda

That is the name of this cute image from The Paper Shelter, The Most Adorable Panda. Isn't it just the cutest?!! I colored him in with my Spectrum markers. The patterned papers I used are from Lawn Fawn, and the sentiment stamp is from Unity. I am entering this card to The Paper Shelter's challenge which is Winter Birthday's with sentiment, and you must also use the cool color palette. Thank you for stopping by!!

My crafting space

Hello! I thought I would share what my crafting space is like with all of you. This is the 4th room I have been in since we moved here in 2008! And it is my favorite. This used to be a large closet that had only one door to the right side. It wasn't very useful, so I tore it all down, and moved my stuff into it!

The shelves on the back wall are laminate flooring that I used shelf brackets under them for support. I have lots on these shelves, punches, stamps, dies, sticker makers, ribbon, buttons. I am about to go to the hardware store and buy some steel tubing to hang my punches on, as the wooden dowel rod is not working!! Under my table is where I keep my 12x12 papers, and all my card stock.

To the left of my chair is my sewing machine, and storage under it for lots of cards, and my small scrapbooks in progress. The next little table has magazines, large scrapbooks, more cards, and my pink freebie pouch for my challenge blog!!

The shelf to the left holds my Stampin Up inks, embossing powders, wood stamps, stamp wheels, heat tool, glue gun, and some misc stuff. 

This picture was taken while sitting in my chair. I love that everything is within my reach. I don't have to get up and down a hundred times getting supplies. And the stuff on the table that is in sight is always there, scissors, glue, papers, dimensionals, washi, and twine. The items I use most never get put away somewhere, and I'm fine with that!

This is to the right of me. My Sizzix die tower still holds ink pads. These are all distress inks, and the back side has Versafine, Stazon and such. My Spectrum Noir markers are sadly on a shelf piled up. For sure need a storage rack for them!

This is another area that needs some work, my dies! I just ordered an Art Bin magnetic storage container for my Spellbinders and Sizzix framelits, so they will have the perfect home, but the embossing folders, quickutz, and movers and shapers need a home. The wood shelf to the left is an old pop/soda bottle crate. And it works great for paints and stamp cleaners.

This table is to the right side of me, and is my die cut area. The two wood bins to the back hold 6x6 and 8x8 paper. And I have displayed here some paper crafts that my crafting friends have sent me. As well as a few things I have made.

And the very last picture is my son's work space. This is what my space usually looks like, stuff everywhere!! :)

I hope you've enjoyed seeing into the space where I create!! Thank you for having a look!

Kissing Bears

With my Spectrum Noir markers just waiting to color something, I decided to join The Crafter's Cafe challenge this week which is Animal Friends. I did the reverse stamping technique for the darker colored bear, by stamping him onto a large clear background stamp, then stamp that onto my card stock. I had to use a black fine tip marker around him after I colored it to make him stand out a little more. But I love this technique, and could be used on any image! This stamp set is retired, and I'm not real sure of the maker, it's either MFT or PTI. I don't have the original package. The sentiment is from a clear Hero Arts set. My son (who is 7) also wanted to play along, and here is what he made:

He even made an easel for the back, completely his idea, and I didn't help at all!

So cute! Thank you for stopping by!!

Stamping Time!!

I finally got some time to play in my craft room, after a couple of weeks not doing so! I also broke out my Paper Smooches stamps, and am playing along with their Sparks challenge, which is Anything Goes!

 I haven't played along with them for awhile, and have missed it! I used one Paper Smooches stamp set on this card called Crystal Clear. I also used a PS die from the Borders One set for the bottom of the stamped panel. I stamped the ball stamp in different colors to fill the jar image. They could be gumballs or bouncy balls! I added a few highlights to them with a white gel pen. Some orange twine from American Crafts filled in the space at the top. Thanks for stopping by today!
Card stock and inks from Stampin Up!

New Year, New Challenge!

Happy 2014!! I wonder how long it will take me to start writing the correct date on things?! lol Anyway, today starts a new challenge at The Stamping Boutique!! Our theme this time is to use 3 different patterned/designer papers. For my card, I have used the TSB image Vintage Dress. I colored it in with my Spectrum markers, and backed it with some fun Kaiser Craft papers. The sentiment is from Stampin Up! Click on the link above to see what the other DT Girls have made, and also to get yourself entered to win a few Stamping Boutique images!! Thank you for dropping by!