Who Wants It? v.2

Sorry I've been quiet for a few days. My laptop, which includes my photo editing software, was being very persnickety. I finally got it to work this morning though.

So, what do you see? New Elyzbells stamps! AND...I sewed! I finally ordered my Janome Sew Mini. Then I fiiiiiiiiiiinally set it up and used it! Yeah. I kept trying to find my old sewing machine, but apparently it got lost forever in one of our moves over the past few years. Kind of like socks in the dryer. I only could find one color of thread in my stash though, white. So my sewing is rather muted.

In addition to the sewing, I stamped my Elzybells "A Winter Song" (distributed by A Muse Art Stamps in North America) on watercolor paper with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Then I colored with markers and a watercolor brush. I added star dust stickles to the snow and liquid applique to Elzy's coat and hat fur trim. The sentiment by A Muse fits perfectly into this tag from the Cuttlebug Tiny Tags die set. The embossed square and the scalloped square were made with the Nestabilities dies.

I had so much fun the last time I mailed out cards, so I'm going to do it again. The first person to leave a comment on this post saying he/she wants this card (and includes an email address for contact), gets it! The second person will get another card from my stash.

I almost forgot..It's Friday. I'll see if I can come up with a Friday Funny and post later. Have a great weekend.

What's In It:
Stamps: A Winter Song (Elzybells); A Little Note (A Muse Art Stamps)
Paper: watercolor and old olive (SU!); stampers select white (Papertrey); Multi Dots (Sandylion); Tressie Collection (Top Line Creations)
Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine); close to cocoa, choc chip, cert celery, ruby red, pretty in pink, regal rose, blush blossom, bashful blue, apricot appeal
Accessories: brads (Lasting Impressions); scalloped square and square Nestablitites die cuts; Cuttlebug Tiny Tags die cut; ribbon (May Arts); Janome Sew mini and thread, Liquid Applique, star dust stickles

Limited Supplies, Very Limited

Can you believe that I was in Vegas for an entire week and didn't take a single picture? Well, it's true. We were there on business, but I did manage to squeeze in a stop at the Bellagio spa. Mmmmmm. The Las Vegas hotels have the most amazing spas and I try to go to at least one each year while we're there. What a treat!



I also took a few stamping supplies with me and managed to put together two cards, this being one of them. I actually stamped these three Hambo penguins at home and just took the stamped image with me. Aren't they so darling? I colored with markers and a water brush on watercolor paper. The sentiment is by A Muse, and then I added the swirls on each side. Where did the swirls come from? I was rather proud of this (ya know, limited supplies and all): I inked only these swirls on the frame stamp from Papertrey Ink's new set, Piece of Cake. Don't they make darling little accents?

What's In It?

Stamps: Penguins (Hambo); Warm Winter Wishes (A Muse); Piece of Cake (Papertrey Ink)

Paper: Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink); Black, watercolor (Stampin' Up!); Perhaps (Basic Grey)

Ink: Onyx black (Versafine); pumpkin pie, bashful blue, sahara sand (Stampin' Up!)

Accessories: water brush; ribbon (May Arts); white pen (Sakura); silver brads, ticket corner punch (Stampin' Up!)


Have you been checking out the Sneak Peaks over at the Verve Visual blog? There'll be a new project every day until November 10, because on that day TWO new stamp sets will be available. I'll be chiming in with a card on Friday, so make sure you stop by.

A True Friend

Hello! I've actually got a card for you today. It's been a pretty rough week. Hopefully I'll be able to post more frequently next week. Today's card is for A*Muse*A*Palooza's Challenge #6, to use heat embossing. The sentiment and all of the stamped flowers are done in black embossing powder. The top red flower, by the sentiment, is also covered in Star Dust Stickles. To even out the design a bit, I pierced along the large flower on the bottom left. A very quick card.

I used:
Stamps: A Muse flower and sentiment
Ink: versamark, markers: real red, bashful blue
Paper: Papertrey Ink white, SU! real red and bashful blue, DCWV Star Posies
Other: detail black embossing powder, dimensionals, star dust stickles, paper piercer, american crafts ribbon

Puppy Dreams

I wish I had a tiny bone stamp or brad I could have added to his dream bubble, but I still thought it was pretty cute.

This is for Challenge 4 - Get Punchy at A*Muse*a*Palooza, to use your punches with A Muse stamps. I used my giga scalloped square. I stamped Patch in Timber Brown StazOn on whisper white. Then used an aquapainter to brush bashful blue and sage shadow around him. Whisper White doesn't like to get wet, so I set in under something (my box of prismacolor pencils) to lay flat while drying. I stamped "dream" from SU Good Times in chocolate chip, cut it out with Provocraft small scalloped scissors, and ran my chocolate chip marker along the edges. After the square was dry, I drew the tiny circles from Patch to his dream bubble and adhered the bubble. Then, I pressed the whole thing into my Versamark pad and embossed with clear ep. It intensified the colors just a little, made it a bit sturdier, and of course shiny. I layered all my paper together and added the bow (with mini glue dot) and eyelets.

The goods:
Stamps: A Muse Patch, SU! Good Times
Ink: timber brown stazon, chocolate chip, sage shadow, bashful blue
Paper: whisper white, sage shadow, Paper Salon Harmony: stripe, K & Co. brown and green polka dots
Other: SU! white eyelets, Martha Stewart ribbon, marvy giga scalloped square, provocraft small scallop scissors, clear ep, aquapainter