Santa Puppy

Hello all,

For my card today I used the new Santa Puppy stamp. It is so cute it reminds me of my grand puppy Sadie.

I stamped and colored the Santa Puppy with Copic markers thin  used the inside the box Techniques to cut out the image.Then I used another die to cut across the bottom.

For the background I stamped the Interlocking Snow Background in blue ink then I covered the whole thing in Nuvo Glimmer Paste.

The Doggone Christmas greeting was stamped in black ink cut out and layered onto red card stock.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

  

Pumpkin

 Good Morning,

Today a I have a beautiful new stamp from DRS designs.

This Filigree Pumpkin stamp is so beautiful stamped in colored ink or embossed with embossing powder.

I chose to use colored ink I used three colors of Menento ink (cantaloupe, peanut brittle, tangelo) with the help of my Misty then I add the brown and green for the leaf and steam. It was cut with a circle die and layered on green and yellow die cut circles. the orange card was embossed with a stitched circle die.

I stamped the Deco Happy Thanksgiving to you on white card and layered green just picking over the top and bottom.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

Pumpkin Spice

Hurry up Fall! I'm so ready for cooler day's and the beautiful colors.

For my fall card I stamped the Simply Pumpkin and colored with Copic markers the new Pumpkin Spice Greeting was stamped with black and clear embossed then I used the out of the box technique to die cut the image. For the back ground I used VersaMark ink and Perfect Pearls then it was embossed in a embossing folder.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

Moments

Hi all,

On my card today I used the beautiful Life is Measured Greeting. It's colored with Zig clear color markers and my Misty.

Then I layered it on a rainbow of card stock. I felt it need just a little more so I use the Open Plaid and gold embossing powder across the bottom.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

Monochromatic Coloring

 Today I am sharing a technique that I learned from a Jennifer Mc Guire You Tube Video.  It's Monochromatic Coloring it's very simple to do but I love the effect. All you need is a white pencil a blending pencil and a Versa Mark pen. 

For added shimmer I did use a Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen.

On this card I used the Lighthouse and As You Retire.

For the inside I stamped the Happiness Retirement Greeting  and the Sailboat.

On this one I used the Golf Bag and Ain't Got That Swing.

Hot Air Balloon and Summer Story Greeting

I hope you give this fun easy technique a try.

Have a Wonderful day,

Janett 

One Crazy Stamper

Hi all, I'm back today with my second card for One Crazy Stamper Inc. This is such a cut stamp it could be used for so many cards.

 I started by stamping the Puppy Wonder  with Memento Tuxedo Black and I colored it with Copic markers. Then I used a square die to cut out the image. I cut along the top of the puppy and flower with a Xacto Knife so I could slide a circle die behind the image.   ( Inside the Box Technique). Then I used fun foam to it would be raised up. For the background I sponged Distress Oxide ink on to whit card stock. I added pink card stock to a kraft card. And a strip with sequins and a twin bow.


And the challenge is anything goes.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

Supply's:

Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic Markers
Spellbinder Dies
Distress Oxide ( Broken China, Wilted Violet, Worn Lipstick)

OCS Guest Designer

Hi everyone, today I have some joyful news I have been chosen to be a guest designer for One Crazy Stamper Inc. they have some very cute fun stamps. The stamp that I used is called Blooming Friends.They are having a sketch challenge this month.

Here is the sketch.

                                  

And my card.

It was stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored with Copic markers. For the die cut love I sponged some Distress Oxide Ink on white card stock then I die cut the Love and covered it with Versa Mark Ink and clear embossing powder. When I die cut the image I used the outside the box technique.

Join in the fun!

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

Supply's:

Copic ( E 30, 31, 33, 35, 41, 43, 51, 53, 55, 57, - B 51, 53, 55, 57 - W 3, 4, 6 - Y 11, 13, 17 - G 24 - BG 000, 10 - C 1- RV 10)

Distress Oxide - Broken China, Faded Jeans, Fossilized Amber

Versa Mark

Clear Embossing Powder

Memento Tuxedo Black

Spellbinder Perfect Layers

Sizzix Tim Holz Word Die Set Celebrate

Spring is in the air

Hi all, what a week it has been, old man winter woke up in a bad mood, from all the snow in the north and freezing temps down south. All my beautiful azalea's were starting to bloom with the promise of spring only to be frozen and now are a ugly brown. Today promises to be warmer so my hopes for spring are anew. 

So my card this week is all about spring.

I started by stamping the Ducks Decoration and coloring with Zig Clear Color markers. The daffodils are from the Daffodil Frame that I fussy cut. The white embossed It's Spring is from the Spring Bee Happy Greeting. After embossing I rubbed Mousse Peony Pink Nuvo Embellishment Mousse over the top.

For the background I used the Nuvo Embellished Mousse in Peony Pink, Aquamarine, Cornflower Blue and a stencil. So now back to dreaming of spring.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

Irish Dancer

Hi everyone, we are getting a little bit of winter this weekend, while I look out at the azalea blooming. I hope this cold snap doesn't kill all the flowers.

For my card this week I went with a slider card so my little Jazz Dancer could dance across. 

I colored and fussy cut the Jazz Dancer. For the background I stamped the Shamrock Background   with Versa Mark Ink then the Get Your Irish On was gold embossed.

When you pull the tab that was stamped with the Shamrock Background and gold embossed the little Jazz Dancer movers across the card. the brown strip was stamped with the Wood Grain Background. and Coco ink. The Irish Good Luck Circle was gold embossed and fussy cut.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

Shamrocks

It's really starting to feel like spring here the flowers are blooming, the birds are back and the squirrel are playing.

So I thought I would show a ST. Patrick's Day card.

I started by stamping the Tall Shamrocks and coloring with Zig Clean Color markers. Then I stamped the Four Leaf Clover  and the One Line St. Pat's Day Greeting these were also colored with the Zig's. For the background I used the Zigs then die cut but didn't remove all the little pieces.

The lay out is from Splitcoast Card sketch.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

A Rose By Any Other Name

Hi all, I have been wanting to try the no line coloring for a long time. So this week when I saw that the challenge over on the Power Poppy Blog was for no line coloring, I decided to give it a try.

I decided to go old school on my stamp and us this PSX stamp.

After watching a lot of You Tube videos I felt ready to give it a try. I started by stamping with Mementos cantalope I felt like the yellow would go well with the red and green colors of the rose. To color the image I used Zig Clear Color fMarkers #022 carmine red and #041 lt. green and a water brush.

After so many week of not wanting to stamp this technique as given me a push in the right direction. The word stamp in the background is from DRS designs Script Font Background  

I am going to inter this card in the Power Poppy Challenge.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

Snowdrifts through the Trees

Hello, everyone we had out first snow of the year, we got 4 whole inches that's a lot of snow for us. It just beautiful with the sun shinning so bright . So I had to make a snow card.

I keep is simple not a lot of coloring. To start I stamped the Christmas Village Gazebo  then masked and stamped the Pine Tree Snowdrifts . I die cut the frame and trees from kraft cs and used Copic Opaque White and a old tooth brush to spatter the front.and added two litter cardinals.

On the inside I use the Baby it's Cold Outside. It was stamped in black and I used a white glaze pen for the highlights and two more little red birds.

  

Here is a look at our beautiful snow.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

Country Christmas

Merry Christmas  

I hope all of you are having a Happy Holiday.

I have one last Christmas card for you.

I love the country Christmas look, so that is what I used for this this card.

I started by stamping the Holly Jingle Bells  and coloring with Copic markers. For the background I stamped the Checkerboard Background on kraft card stock twice and cutting it out. The Small Happy Holidays was stamped on to a die cut tag.

I thought I would share one more card today it was my Christmas Card.

I stamped the Wintertime Buddies and colored the with the Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. They were fussy cut. I die cut the inlaid snowflake on to white paper. Glitter and sequins were attached to sticky tape on a separate piece of white card stock. All this was attached to a red card.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

  

Twisted Thanks

Hi all,

today I want to share a 

Twisted Circular Easel Card

You can find the how to info 

Here

For the stamping part I went old school the way I did thing back when I first started stamping.

I started by stamping the new 

Give Thanks Brush Pumpkin

with Versa Mark then heat embossing with gold powder on Bristol Paper. 

Then I used Tombow markers to color the image this paper makes blending so easy it also works wonderful with the Zig Clean and Clear markers. 

The image was fussy cut.

For the background I used part of the 

Woven Plaid

and Peacock Distress Ink.

 A white gel pen was used to traced around the die.

On the inside used some burlap ribbon.

I stamped the 

Fall Leaf with Acorn

three times and colored them with Tombow markers. 

The leaves were attached with foam tape.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

Scary,Creepy Halloween

Hi all, I know the calendar says it is fall but the thermometer says it July Hot, Hot, Hot. It makes it hard to think about ghost walks and hayrides. Which are some of my favorite fall actives. And Scary movies, the scariest of them all is what you cant see. To me this Raven is super creepy why is he there what does he see.  

For my card today I started by sponging the background with 

Distress Ink, squeezed lemonade,and wild honey Memento tancelo, peanut brittle. If you have trouble sponging on the Memento cover the card with a coating of the lightest Distress Ink in this case the squeezed lemonade. Then adding the other colors on top. Once the background was dry I stamped the The Raven with Color Box Black then clear embossing powder. I very carefully colored the limb with brown Copic. The Accent Bats were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black. 

For the greeting I stamped and embossed the Run in Fear then sponged the same colors over the top.

The spider web is a ms punch and the background is a embossing folder.

On the inside I used the Witches Brew Halloween Greeting.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

Everyday Stained Glass

Good Morning all, today I am taking a break from my much loved Zombies. To share with you a tutorial on DRS designs Stained Glass Stamps  they have four different styles of stamps. Today I am going to show you three different techniques.

I always start by stamping the image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Then coloring with Copic markers.

For this card I used the Memento Tuxedo Black and stamped over the top of the Large Single Butterfly.

Then I used a Copic Marker to color the background.

To finish the card I die cut and added some layers.

For my next card I colored the background because I wanted to emboss the stained glass and Copic and embossing don't work well together.

I stamped the Stain Glass with Color Box black and use clear embossing powder.

For my last card I stamped the Stained Glass over the top of the butterfly with Memento Tuxedo Black.

Then I cover the whole thing with Versa Mark Ink and Extra Thick Embossing Powder.

This gives the look of glass.

These are fun stamps that can give a whole different look to any stamp not just Christmas or Easter.

You can find many more examples Here.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett 

The Zombies are comeing

The Zombies are coming and they want you.

DRS designs has some great new Halloween stamps. I have had the best time working with them you can do so much from scary to cute.

For my card I stared by stamping the Zombie Crawler covering him with a mask then I stamped the        Add A Fence covered that and for the horizon I stamped the Silhouette Grave Yard . I used the outside the box technique and a rectangle die to cut out the image. Everything was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black, and colored with Copic markers.

The greeting is the new Zombie Brain Love Greeting It was stamped with Color Box black and embossed with clear embossing powder. The background paper was sponged with Broken China Distress Ink and embossed with a embossing folder. 

For the inside I sponged the same as the front the stamped and clear embossed the Zombie Rising Halloween Greeting., and the Silhouette Spooky Village.

The new stamps will be available August 24.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

I have entered this card in the OCS Fall/Halloween challenge.

Sailboat Birthday

Hi all, boy this week has went by so fast. I can't believe we are already starting the second week of August.

For my card today I made a summer birthday card.

I started by stamping the Sailboat. I used Copic to color the boat and sea, and Gelatos for the sky. Then On gray card stock I stamped the Wood Grain Background with Memento Gray Flannel. Then used a oval die to cut the frame a blue mat was cut with a smaller oval die. I used glue around the opening on the gray card then placed the rope around the opening. The Small One Line Happy Birthday was stamped with black and blue and green flags were placed behind this was attached with pop dots.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

I have been published

Hi all, I had the best surprise in the mail yesterday 

I had a card published in Scrap & Stamp Magazine I am so happy and excited.

You can see the post here

Have a wonderful day,

Janett