Merry Monday #27 and Addicted to Stamps

We have a new sketch for Merry Monday this week.  It's so good to have you back Lesley!

I've enjoyed using this Christmas Blessings set.  There are so many possibilities.  You'll probably be seeing it a lot more.

This time I inked the stamp with my SU Markers.  I stamped the image with Crumb Cake and colored the flowers with Pink Pirouette. Then I swiped some Raspberry Ripple ink on a clear mount block and picked up the color with a blender pen to add some contrast along the edges of the petals.  Not my best painting job but the pearls in the center disguise that I hope.

The colors were a SCS Color Challenge last month.  I really love these colors together.

I used the Large Scallop Edgelit to cut the design piece and a piece of Raspberry Ripple.  I love this color.  It's right up there with Cherry Cobbler in my book!

And I used my new Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack template to add a little more pizzazz to the scallops.  This piercing design is so perfect for this edgelit!

A Delicate Designs Embossing folder added some texture with the scallops and a leftover piece that had been embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder added a little more texture.

The Addicted to Stamps challenge this week is to "Make Your Mark".  We are to use markers on our cards.

The colors were a SCS Color Challenge last month.  I really love these colors together.

And here's Lesley's fantastic sketch.

I hope you will join us at Merry Monday this week.  This is a great sketch with lots of possibilities.  I've seen the rest of the DT cards and they are fantastic!  Be sure to visit them for a treat.

Lesley Croghan

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst
Narelle Farrugia
Bonnie Klass (Me)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Christmas Blessings, Petite Pairs
Ink:  SU Markers (Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette, Raspberry Ripple)
Paper:  Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple
Other: Large Scallop Edgelit, Delicate Designs & Vintage Wallpaper EF, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Piercing Tool, Basic Pearls, Corner Rounder Punch (non SU)

I'm really behind on visiting you and commenting.  We went to visit my Dad last week.  He's in the Veteran's Home in VT and I hadn't seen him for a year.  It was a bittersweet visit.  I'm glad that they take such good care of him, but he is declining and our visit seemed to upset him.  At 91 his routine is better for him than a visit.  Besides that we had 2 cancelled flights on our trip and spent as much time in airports as we did with him.  I did enjoy seeing the Green Mountains again though.  They are my first home and will always make my heart swell.  I was so blessed to have a wonderful childhood in a beautiful place, and a wonderful, loving Dad.

I hope to get caught up with visits and commenting this week.  I have a class on Wednesday that I need to prepare for.  Maybe after that I can get back in the swing of things.

I'm so glad that you stopped by and that you continue to visit.  "See" you soon.

Enjoy!

Emboss and Color Poppies

The Queen for the Day challenge over at SCS  is Arizona Maine.  (See previous post for another card CASEing Angela.)  She's one fantastic stamper!  I really loved this card when I saw it.  I don't have this particular stamp although I would love to have it.  A few months back we did this technique at our stamping group in Roanoke Rapids.  I was delighted to be able to use the background poppy stamp that one of the ladies brought, but had never colored it.  I pulled it out and had some fun.

The technique is the same, but this background was embossed with black instead of white and I used warmer colors.

The colors are from the Paper Players challenge this week and they were perfect for this project.

I used Stampin' Up! markers to color the flowers.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps: Poppies (Hero Arts), Petite Pairs
Ink:  VersaMark, Jet Black StazOn, SU Markers (Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade)
Paper:  Whisper White
Other:  Black EP, Stripes EF, Daffodil Delight Satin Ribbon (retired), Large Oval Punch


When we were working on the embossing, there was a lot of static in the tables.  Black embossing powder was going everywhere.  I thought I could make a mess with embossing powde!.  Multiply that by 8 and imagine!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Enjoy!

Featuring Loll

I have admired those pretty poppy stamps and been oh so tempted to order one either in digital or rubber.  I could never decide which one I wanted.  Stampin' Up! finally has released a poppy stamp and is it a beauty! So the decision was pretty much made for me.  I'm glad I waited.

See what I did with it.

I had some help from the Featured Stamper at SCS this week.  Loll Thompson is a fantastic stamper and it was really hard to decide on something of hers to CASE.  I finally settled on this card mainly because I had just got the Pleasant Poppies stamp.  Did you go look?  Isn't her card so pretty?

I used SU markers to color the flowers and used a different complimentary color, used embossed cardstock instead of DSP, added some scalloped edges and added a sentiment.

I cut my Poppy stamp in 2 parts so I can use it all together or a smaller bunch as I did here.  It's easy to mount  both pieces on a block to use as a background.  I think I'll probably use the smaller parts more.  I like getting more mileage out of my stamps.

And if you have problems, like I used to,  keeping clear mount stamps on the blocks, try putting a strip of 2-Way Glue on the side that you mount.  Let it dry good.  It's a removable glue like sticky notes and keeps the stamp in place without leaving a residue.  Just be sure to let it dry before you try to mount it.  I saw this tip on Lee's blog.  She has a whole tutorial on how to get the clear mount stamps ready to use.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Pleasant Poppies, Petite Pairs
Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, SU Markers (Poppy Parade (retired), Crumb Cake, Basic Black)
Paper:  Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade
Other:  Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Scallop Border Punch, Crumb Cake Taffeta Ribbon


It's another very hot day here.  I'm so thankful for air conditioning.   I hope you're able to stay cool and comfortable.

I'm so glad you stopped by.  I hope you come again soon.

Enjoy!