A week of projects

This week it seems that I have neglected my blog a bit. I have definitely made cards but I have been making up for lost time when I was away so I have not posted them here yet. This just means that there will be a lot to show today. I am going to divide the news and the projects by company so it is easier to find.

HIGH HOPES

First, today is the start of a new high hopes weekly challenge. It is a sketch challenge this week so for those of you who enjoy sketches be sure to check it out. There is also a blog hop with candy going on so again you just need to find out which diva is the one offering the candy by visiting the blogs listed under high hopes divas on my side bar to the right. Here is my challenge project for the week:



I colored the image with my SU markers on watercolor paper and spread the ink with my aquapainter. I also added some twinkling H2Os for shading which is what the tiny specs are on the kitty in the close up photo below.



Supplies:
stamps- high hope Callie Christmas kitty and large and small candycanes, drs designs sentiment
CS- riding hood red, olive, watercolor, my mind's eye dp, basic grey dp
accessories- SU markers, aquapainter, forest green and chesnut brown twinkling H2Os, making memories shimmer brads, SU taffeta ribbon, oval nesties, CM wave cutter

Visit the high hopes blog to see the sketch and check out the other divas creations.

H&M STAMPS

There is going to be a blog hop featuring holiday gifts starting on Saturday Nov. 1st so that should be alot of fun to see the different ideas that the DT comes up with.

I have 2 H&M projects today and I made both of them for Thursday's way to use it challenge on SCS which was to use one word.



I colored the image with copic markers.

supplies:
stamps- H&M Stamps doggy years
CS- pink passion, pink, choc chip, celery, doodlebug dp
accessories- choc grosgrain, CM circle punch, corner rounder punch, oval punch, brads, copics (E21, E33, E37, G21, RV11, black)



This image was also colored with copics. Stickes were added to the cupcakes as well as rhinestones. I used the our creative corner sketch from last Sat for the layout.

supplies:
stamps- H&M Stamps sweetly stamped, Inkadinkado sentiment
CS- riding hood red, baja breeze, basic grey cupcake dp
accesories- copics, diamond stickles, pink rhinestones, SU taffeta ribbon, ribbon tag die, ticket corner punch

DRS DESIGNS

Tomorrow is the start of another biweekly challenge on the DRS blog so be sure to check back tomorrow to see the card I made for it. Just a hint, this is another sketch challenge to work with.

For today's project though, I used the SCS sketch challenge for my layout.



I colored the image with my copics. I added liquid applique to the fur parts of Santa's suit, spica glitter pen to his beard, red stickles to the deer nose and holly, and gold stickles to the buckle and bells. I also popped up the sign.

supplies-
stamps- DRS designs L016
CS- white and red
accessories- red and gold stickles, red brads, spica glitter pen, liquid applique, copics, snowflakes cb folder

SWEET N SASSY STAMPS

Still with me LOL? Tomorrow starts the monthly blog hop with SNSS. All the DT members will be feature sneak peeks from the upcoming Nov 1st release. There will also be blog candy involved. The release party will kick off at 9PM on Friday the 31st. I am so excited because this will be my first release with them and the first projects with the stamps as well.

Speaking of blog candy, DT member Chris Dickinson has blog candy offered right now so stop by her BLOG for deets.

Thanks for stopping by today and reading through the long post. Have a blessed Sunday Lord's day!

A cup full of warmth

Hi there! Today is my day to post on the DRS designs blog so you can see today's post by clicking HERE. I hope that you will like it and want to create your own.

Have a terrific day! I may be back later with another card for the color challenge today- we'll see how it goes if I have enough time to stamp.

Mojo Monday and a comparison between shimmerz and H2Os

Hi everyone! First thing, today is the start of another high hopes hop with blog candy of course! To enter you need to find out which diva is offering the candy and follow her instructions. The divas blogs are all listed on my side bar to the right under high hopes divas blogs.

I had a chance to work with Julee's mojo Monday sketch today. I really like it and will use it again. Here is the sketch I used.



I really like how this card came out- is it ok to like your cards LOL? I embossed my sentiment in gold on shimmer white and paper pierced around the border. I also embossed the holly on watercolor paper and colored it with forest green twinkling H2Os and royal red shimmerz before cutting it out. I stamped my green bg paper with the holly and versamark ink. I traced over the versamark with a clear spica glitter pen. I accented my card with gold shimmery ribbon across the middle and gold pearls in the corner and across the bottom. The holly is newly released from drs designs.

Supplies:
stamps- DRS designs K286, F1004
CS- garden green, red bazzill bling, brushed gold, shimmer white
ink- versamark
accessories- gold ribbon, circle nesties, paper piercer, gold pearls, gold ep, spica glitter pen, royal red shimmerz, forest twinkling H2Os

The second card was for the SCS technique challenge today. I had to improvise it a little as I did not have pink twinks so I used shimmerz.



I stamped my joyride percy with memento black, cut it out and colored with my copics. I then used bubblegum shimmerz on the car (thinking of the song pink cadillac yet?) and used silver stickles on the bumper and handle as well as icicle twinkling H2Os on percy. I used a white gel pen to draw my road on grey CS. I made my sky by sponging blue ink around my cloud template (giga scalloped oval acetate). The tree was stamped next over the sky and colored in. The "grass" was added next which was just some celery CS that I tore followed by the road strip. I adhered percy on top of the road. I stamped my sentiment on my metal edged tag and attached to my card with ribbon.

Supplies:
stamps- H&M stamps joyride percy, old english access (tree), SU loads of love sentiment
CS- celery, pink, white, basic grey
ink- bashful blue, pink, memento black
accessories- bubblegum shimmerz, copics, silver stickles, pink taffeta ribbon, metal edge tag, pink rhinestones, icicle twinkling H2Os, white gel pen

Before I go for today, I thought I would share with you a quick comparison of shimmerz and twinkling H2Os. Shimmerz is a thin almost transparent type paint that comes ready to use no need to activate with water. I use my aquapainter (without the water) or small watercolor paint brush to apply it. Twinkling H2Os are little cakes that come in a jar and need to be "activated" with water. I just use an aquapainter but some people just mist them with a sprayer and use a paint brush. Twinkling H2Os are more opaque than shimmerz and contain little tiny specs of sparkle. I would describe twinkling H2Os as more sparkly and shimmerz as more overall shimmery rather than sparkly. I hope that makes sense. You can sorta see the difference between percy's pink car and the green holly in the photos above. When using shimmerz you can see the black stamped lines through it. Twinkling H2Os are overall more vibrant in color and shimmerz are more subtle in color. Even the dark colored shimmerz look much lighter on paper. So, which do I prefer? Both! I like them for different uses. I absolutely LOVE angel wings shimmerz to use as snow and that would be my preferred product for that. As I learned from a couple of my fellow high hopes divas, H2Os are awesome for deepening shading and used in combination with watercoloring or prismapencils and gamsol. I hope this info will be useful to you. If you have any other questions, please feel free to leave me a comment and I will do my best to answer it.

Thank you for visiting today!

Blessings,

Sunday stamping

Today was the perfect day here in Buffalo. The sun was brilliant and the air was crisp and cool (about 60 degrees). I enjoyed making leaf crafts with my girls after spending some time at the playground. Then I had a chance to stamp- great ending to the day!

First, today is the start to a new high hopes weekly challenge. For the challenge I chose to make a stamped candle since the theme was anything but a card. The holidays are approaching and I thought it would be a great chance to start on some holiday gifts. I stamped my image on white tissue paper and colored it with my copics. I noticed that the colors are seem to soften when adhered to the candle. So, don't be shy with your coloring. You can get the instructions on how to make the candles in this tutorial on SCS. Once my image was adhered I used stardust stickles on the present and frosted lace stickles on the fur of the dress. I first tried shimmerz but it just beaded on the candle.





Supplies:
stamps- high hopes snowlady surprise, DRS designs sentiment
accessories- candle, tissue paper, copics, stickles

Be sure to check out what the other divas created and get all the details if you would like to play along on the high hopes blog.

I also made 2 cards for the featured stamper challenge today.



I colored the image with copics and used angel wings shimmerz on the snow and a clear spica glitter pen on the candy. I stamped the bottom panel with my snowflake bg stamp. I accented the top circle with pearls which I colored with my red copic marker.



Supplies:
stamps- DRS designs A277, L283, H187
ink- palette noir, real red
CS- white, red
accessories- angel wings shimmerz, clear spica glitter pen, copics, pearls, rect nesties, red grosgrain, circle punch, paper piercer

The second card uses h and m stamps.



I stamped my dog house image twice using one as a mask and then stamped my dog in the doghouse. I stamped the dog a second time so that I could pop up the head. I colored my image with copics and sponged in the sky and grass. The second head was cut out and popped up. Crystal effects is on the nose. I pierced the top corner of the card and added eyelets to the bottom and twill across the middle.



Supplies:
stamps- H&M Stamps
ink- cocoa, memento black
CS- cocoa, apricot prints pack, DCWV dp, soft sky textured
accessories- crystal effects, copics, twill, eyelets, paper piercer

Thanks for stopping by today!

Playing with Plaid

Before I get to my card for today there are a couple of things I would like to share with you. First, today starts another high hopes hop blog candy give away. How do you win? Just visit the divas blogs and find out who is offering the rubber and follow her directions. The links to all the high hopes divas' blogs are on my side bar. Good luck and happy hopping!

Second, you may remember that I mentioned meeting Korin from sweet n sassy stamps the other day. I have known for awhile that I was going to be on her design team for sweet n sassy but had to keep it secret LOL. Well, now I am able to share this news with you all. I am super excited and even more so after having met her in person. This company is so special to me because it allows me to combine my love of stamping with my first love- Jesus. If you are not familiar with this company they carry some adorable images which are right up my alley as well as beautiful scripture sets. Be sure to check out their website HERE.

Now for my card today. I was not able to play along with the color challenge on Tuesday so I thought I could combine it with today's ways to use it challenge today which was to use plaid. I first stamped my image, colored it with copics and added pink shimmerz and rhinestones to the cupcakes. I accented my corners by paper piercing around them. I tied a double ribbon around my card to finish it off. The cupcake oval is popped up on dimensionals.



a view of the shimmer


inside of card


Supplies:
stamps- H&M Stamps sweetly stamped
ink- memento black
CS- pink pirouette, black, white, ctmh dp
accessories- copics, rhinestones, pink shimmerz, shimmer brads, oval nesties, paper piercer, white gel pen, swiss dots cb folder

Have a terrific day!

Sketch stitch challenge

It has been a week since I have been able to participate in any challenges or to stamp and I was starting to go through withdrawl LOL. I did manage to color 2 images while I was away but I had hoped to get to more colored-oh well. Anyway, I was hoping that I could incorporate one of them into today's sketch challenge. I was able to but it was tough to get it the correct size and next time around I would use a smaller image. I also cut my layers and base the wrong size so my card is a bit larger than the standard 1/4 sheet size.



I colored my image with copics and prismamarkers and added stickles to the ice cream and crystal effects to the dog's nose. I stitched my orange dp layer to my card base for the high hopes challenge this week which was to use stitching on your card. My layout is the SCS sketch challenge of the week. I pierced the corners of the red layer for some extra dimension.

A closer look


Supplies:
stamp- high hopes ice cream for two
ink- palette noir
CS- bashful blue texture, real red, summer picnic dp
accessories- paper piercer, diamond stickles, copics (E00 E33, E37, E47, E21), prismamarkers (slate blue, light cerulean blue, orange. crimson red, tuscan red), crystal effects, stitched ribbon, sewing machine

Thanks so much for stopping by. God Bless!

DRS challenge #6

Hello all! I have been absent for a few days days as I was visiting my BFF last week. We had a great trip and the weather was absolutely fabulous- we were so blessed! I even had the opportunity to spend the evening one night with Korin Sutherland- the owner of Sweet N Sassy Stamps. It was awesome being able to meet her and she is the sweetest woman truly and we hit it off very well. Some of the ladies in her church thought we had known each for a long time when in fact it was our first time meeting. It is so cool when that happens! Anyway, my projects today fit right in with my autumn weekend. I have 3 to show you today.

The challenge posted yesterday on the DRS designs website is to use a sentiment as your focal point.






These 2 cards are very similar. I just changed the card base color, ribbon and sentiment. I stamped my white layer with the 2 leaf stamps in versamark ink covering the whole sheet. I then did a little "magic" using the poppin pastels technique. With this technique all you do is stamp with the versamark ink and then add color to the clear ink with chalks and a sponge dauber. It is really simple and fun to do with great results. I then stamped my sentiment on vellum with brilliance ink and attached over the leaf stamped paper with brads so you could still see the paper under the vellum.

Supplies:
stamps- DRS designs G1122, C691, D701
ink- brilliance pearlescent chocolate
accessories- SU stampin pastels, brads, organdy ribbon



The last project is a candle. I stamped the images on tissue paper and adhered to the candle with my heat gun and waxed paper.

Be sure to check out what the other DT members have come up and find out the deets if you want to play along HERE.

There is also another High Hopes Hop for you!! Just take a quick trip to each of the Divas blogs (the links are in my sidebar) and see which one has some yummy rubber blog candy goodness for you! Then do what she asks you to do, in order to be in the drawing to win it!!!

Wanna hear something else??? It's super exciting, I tell ya!!! THIRTY-SEVEN new images and sentiments were added to the High Hopes website and are available to order!! There are more dragons, lots of birdies, some owls, some wonderful scenery and some valentines!!! Be sure to head on over and take a look. Just put HOTP (for Hot Off the Press) in the search bar and the newest images are on pages 7-10!!

Now get hoppin' and have a great day!!!