Seaside Collage

Come and Get It Challenge this week is a vacation theme.  Right away I head to my stash of rubber stamps because a vacation to me means the beach.  I have a large collection of unmounted rubber stamps with a beach type theme.  I am not sure where I purchased them all but a couple of the companies are Old Island Stamp Company and Lasting Impression by Panache.  I stamped some of the images directly on to the base water themed paper then started to layer the other images on top to create the seaside collage.  I love the sentiment on the larger image “Seaside – lazy days, playful days, sandy beaches, picking up pebbles and collecting shells.  Does that remind you of vacations when you were little?

 I was lucky to live close to the ocean while growing.  There is nothing like the seaside. Come and join the fun at Come and Get it Challenge.  

http://comeandgetitchallenges.blogspot.com/

Thank you for stopping by and hope you have a great day.

Judy

Another Card Sketch For Tonight

I really do like card sketches and love the layering of the papers, ribbons and images.  I also like the fact that I can use up some of those smaller pieces of card stock that I have been hording.   I hate to throw anything away.

To create this card I layered pieces of plain, patterned and embossed papers and then added the flower and sentiment stamp by Just Rite stamps and bling to finish the sketch. 
  
Thank you for taking a look.

Judy

Time For A Card Sketch

I really like card sketches and every month at the yahoo group Enjoy Michael Strong Stamps we have a new sketch challenge.  Come join in the fun. 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/enjoyMichaelStrongstamps/

I decided to use an old technique called faux leather to create the background.  You use masking tape in torn into pieces and then a couple of different dye based inks to colour the tape. The instructions can be found on the Split Coast Stampers web site.

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/faux_leather_with_masking_tape/

 I think the first time I did this technique we used shoe polish to colour the tape. 

The Cloisonné Fish stamp is by Michael Strong.  This stamp is made in two sizes and this is the smaller version.  The sentiment is from a set made by Just Rite stamps.   

Thank you for taking a look.

Judy

March Is Music Month

I have made this card in honour of music month for an upcoming swap.  The background music rubber stamp is by a friend’s rubber stamp company called Local Rubber King. Lisa`s company is based out of Vancouver but you can regularly see her at rubber stamp shows across the US and Canada.   Check out her designs at:

http://www.localkingrubberstamp.com/

The bird, flower and cage are all die cuts and I added some distress walnut ink, a sentiment and bling to complete the card.  I liked the way the wing turned out in the music paper along with the flower patterned paper for the birds body. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great creative day.

Judy

Masking Technique

The Inky Fun Stampers have some great themed card swaps. One of the ones that I joined in on this month is a masking technique. I used the part of the die cut frame that you usually throw out and a blue distressed ink for part of the mask along with three rubber stamps.  I thought of colouring the butterfly and flowers but decided to let the card colouring be simple.  I think this made an elegant card just in simple blue and while. 

Well I am back to my craft room, I have quite a bit to catch up on after holidays and my hubby is busy doing some wiring for me so I have a spot for my new Cricut Expression 2 and laptop.

My quote for today is by Barbara Bach “Time is clay. Go make something.”

Be creative.  Have a great day.

 Judy

My Hockey Super Star

One of the swaps I joined this month was with the Rubber Inkers.  The challenge was to create a card with a sports theme and I made this card thinking about my 12 year old grandson.  I had the hockey player and sentiment rubber stamps in my stash along with a Cuttlebug star embossing folder.  I made a few extra stars and added some Diamond Glaze to give the feeling of skating on ice to complete the card.  I think this would make a great card for his birthday.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.

 Judy

Party Time Tuesday – PTT# 57 – Anything Goes

This week at Party Time Tuesday the theme is Anything Goes.    I chose to use this Terry Medaris Art Stamps called Attitude, Attitude, Attitude from his Girls with Attitude collection.  I just love his rubber stamp designs.  I had a chance to meet Terry in Tuscon on vacation this winter was amazed at his artistic talent.    Check out his art work and rubber stamps at:

http://www.terrymedarisartstamps.net/

Since the rubber stamp image is so colourful I decided to use just blocks of colour to complete the card. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Judy