Don't Abandon the Coral

Hi again,

I saw the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge was Abandoned Coral this week. I am loving the new distress colors every month. They play so well together too,which is fantastical.

I made a couple of cards to submit to the challenge blog which you can check out here

I started with a 12x12 card stock from Fancy Pants and cut it down to 53/4x53/4.
I used an embossing folder to get some texture and spattered some abandoned coral paint over top
I used my new hibiscus die from Memory Box and colored it with the abandoned coral marker and ink.
I added some sentiments and turned it into a birthday card for my friend who is turning 45.

This one just makes me smile.  I love the Bird Crazy stamp set from Tim Holtz. They crack me up.
Abandoned Coral made me think of flamingos. So I kept with the tropical theme and cut out some flamingos and hibiscus on my Silhouette machine.
I added a feather stamp on the birds to give them texture and colored them with distress ink and a sponge
I used the new color Fossilised Amber for the hibiscus.
The silly bird was stamped on coral card stock and enhanced/shaded with inks. I love how he's just hanging out with the trio of long legged friends. He's just being one of a kind.
(the sentiment is made with remnant rubs)

thanks for taking a look at my projects for the Challenge blog. I hope they made you smile a little...bye for now.

A is for Album

Hello again,
Simon Says Stamp is having the "Letter A" challenge this week. 

 http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/904/

I made a baby's first year album for a friend of mine. Her best friend had an adorable baby boy in October.

The best thing about Stamping and Paper Art is that you can personalize each gift. You pour a little bit of yourself into each project.
So without further delay, here is the album I designed for Jaxson, welcome to the world little one.

My Mind's Eye background paper, Tim Holtz on the edge star cluster die-cut, stamp with perfect pearls for a subtle shine

Brenda Walton alphabet dies

Number badges are a silhouette file

Rubber duck - Silhouette cut file

Echo Park paper scraps 

There are so many things I used in a project like this, I didn't really have a plan, except for the wonderful paper from FabScraps, then I just "let it happen". I hope you enjoyed the tour. Thanks for looking.

12 Tags of 2013 - August (air mail)

Hi again, 

Sometimes old school is the best. Masking, over stamping, coloring on stamps with markers. These are great techniques that go way back 20 some years when I first started stamping. 

I was happy to see a travel theme pop up this week around the web. I love vintage suitcases and travel  posters. Old world maps and travel are a favorite of mine so I made a few tags to reflect that.

I used the new watercolor paper from Ranger on the 3 smaller tags. Oooooh the markers blend so nice. I die-cut the tags using the "tag and tie by" die from Tim Holtz. The larger tag is a manilla tag I had kickin' around.

 Don't be laughin' at my little suitcase! It was my first attempt and I had no pattern or template to base it on. It was one of those projects that I had in my head and I tried to create. It's kinda cute though. I was going to go to Michael's but (a) I didn't have a coupon, and (b) I had just spent over $100 at my LSS, so I improvised with what I had.

The Stamp set I used for the smaller tags is "Travel ways". And the larger is "Air Travel"

The mini suitcase was assembled using the Tim Holtz paper from "Destinations"

Washi tape is from Freckled Fawn and Recollections.

Thanks for popping by, I will be uploading the post to Tim Holtz' 12 tags of 2013 and also to the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - Air Mail. Check out the links here... 

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/challenge-air-mail/

http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2013-august/

Until next time, keep busy and have fun in you artsy space.