Mo's Digital Challenge

This is my card I made for Mo's Digital Challenge "Anything Goes".

Since it has been so hot here I thought I would do something that reminded me of cooler weather. So here it is Treat or Treat.

This is done using prisma colored pencils and gamsol.

This image is really cute and a great one to use the pencils and gamsol.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Mo's Digital Pencil Too

Hi Everyone,

This card is made with an Digital Image from http://digitalpenciltoo.com/. Isn't he just so cute looking out the window? I also used the small swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder and a Stampin up border punch. You can double click on the image to get a little closer look. I love the little teddy bear.

Below is a little closer look.

Cards 6/14/10

Got some time today to work on a couple of cards. Hope you like them.

This is Lacie all decked out for Fourth of July. She is colored using Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol. The star background is a Cuttlebug folder. I really like it. I got it a couple of weeks ago with a AC Moore Coupon and this was the first time I used it. I makes a nice deep impression.

This stamp is by Whiff of Joy. You can add any saying that you need.
And did you notice there is that blue again. LOL

Fiskars Paper Cutter

Hi Everyone,

I got to use my A.C. Moore 50% off coupon today. :-) I broke down and got the Fiskars Paper Cutter that I have seen recommended on You Tube by a couple of people. This thing is really nice, it has a metal cord that run down were you cut to show you exactly the place it will cut. I has different card layouts on the base as well as it expands to 15 inches. It has rubber feet to keep it in place while using it. Best of all I got it for 15 bucks. Of course went back in and got the blade refills too (shhh don't tell). Here are some pictures of it. I think it is going to be 15 dollars well invested (I hope)

HINT: If you click on the picture then when it opens click again and it will enlarge even bigger.

Not sure if you can see the metal cord that goes down the cutting arm. Can you see the different card/paper sizes printed? I think I am going to love that. Not too much thinking LOL

This is kind of showing the extention arm that comes out.

Here is the link to Fisker that shows it a little better.

http://www2.fiskars.com/Products/Crafting/Craft-Trimmers/Personal-Paper-Trimmers/Craft-Premium-Portable-Paper-Trimmer

New Cards

Check it out. I ventured out of my safe color zone. It's BLUE. This stamp is by Whiff of Joy. Their stamps are really cute.

This is Lacie. She is a digital stamp by Mo's Digital Pencil Too. I think she has such life in her. I did the omit item with the nestie dies.

This was a free digital stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil Too. She was fun to to work with.

This also is another free image from Mo's. I used glossy accents on the windows.

I have to admit that the digital stamps are fun to work with. And the one of the best them about them is when you see the "stamp" you get it right then and there, no waiting for it to be shipped.
Another thing is you can resize the image making it bigger or smaller or even flip it left to right.

Hope you enjoy

Stamping Area Part 1 6/10/10

Hi Everyone,

Here is a two part video tour of my Stamp Area. I shot this video today 6/10/10. Be sure to scroll down for Part 2.

Stamping Area 6/10/10 Part 2

Here is Part 2 of my Stamp area tour.

Some new cards

This image is by Mo's Digital Pencil Too. It is so cute. She is called Lacie. The artist is really good. All of her designs are full of detail. Here is the web site if you are interested.http://digitalpenciltoo.com/

A close up of Lacie

This is a card inspired by Stamp TV video that I saw. It is called Cropped Circles. I also used my new Bow easy for the bow. Here is a link to her video. Cropped Circles

Ocean City, MD Stamp Convention Goodies

OK 3rd post for today. Be sure and scroll down.

Here are the pictures of my goodies.

Inky Antics- They have some really cute stamps. Love the Turtle...

Sparkle N Sprinkle- These guys are the nicest people and have some beautiful embossing powder, glitter and flocking not to mention stamps. I would recommend them highly.

Pictures Show Rubber Stamps- They don't have a web site but their stamps are really cute.

Gary Burlin- Great place to get all your supplies. They have tons of reinkers and stamp pads.

Stampers Anonymous

Impression Obsession

Impression Obsession-Mega Mount

Ocean City,MD Stamp Convention Goodies

OK, here is the video.

Hi Everybody

We went to Ocean City, MD stamp convention yesterday. After a longer than normal drive. It would normally take about an hour to get there it took about two and half hours because there was so many police cars out trying to catch speeders. We finally arrived, went in brought our tickets next thing you know the fire alarm went off before we could even get to do any shopping. We were in the parking lot for about 15 minutes before we could go back in. Here is a picture from the parking lot while waiting.

Fire Police pulled right in front of us.

I will post a video and pictures of my goodies I purchased. I was able to make a dent into my wallet. LOL.

Birthday Card

Here is a birthday card I created for a 2 year old who birthday is coming up.

This card is done with CC Designs stamps. Can you tell I just love these stamps.

The background is done on stardream card stock with clouds and grass sponged in. The little bench and kids are cut out and have pop up foam on the backs. They stand out so cute.

This is a little closer shot so that you see the dimension a little more.

Swiss Pixies

It's been a few days since I posted anything but here are a couple of cards I did.

This card is made with CC Designs Swiss Pixies. They are so cute. The little roses are ones that I got from AC Moore years ago. I am trying to use some of my old stuff when ever I make a card. I need to stop holding on to it for that special card that never seems to come around.

This is a Swiss Pixie as well. The photo does not show the dimension at all. The little girl and butterfly are popped up from the tree stump. Oh well I will get better at taking pictures of these cards.

More Letterpress

This is another sample with Letterpress

This is a shimmer paper and the flash is distorting the card.

This is s close up.

Letterpress Card

I completed this card using the letterpress technique using impressabilities and the Cuttlebug. I used Stampin Up perfect plum cards stock and ink. Also ivory card stock. The fancy tags by Spellbinders was used for the tag. Hope you like it.

I have added the video from Stamp TV (Gina K). This was so easy and it really looks much better in person.

Closing thoughts for today

Well I was going to add a few more pictures of cards but for some reason the cards won't upload. I will try again later or tomorrow. The blog is nothing fancy at this point but I will keep trying to make it look better.

Here are few of some recent cards. These stamps are by CC Designs. They are so cute. Got to work on the photography of the cards.

Clear Mount Storage

This is how I store my clear mounted sets that I purchase. The one binder has the larger sets in it. They are attached to cardstock that is inside clear protector sheets that are made to hold bulker items. The other binder has the small sets mostly the $1.00 ones from Michaels, AC Moore and Joann's. They are inside baseball card holder sheets. This works out great.

Unmounted Revamp

Around the first of the year I changed the way I store my unmounted stamps thanks to a friend that gave me a little push with some supplies for Christmas to get me started. I had all my unmounted stamps in yellow envelopes much like how some of the vendors at stamp convention display their unmounted stamps for sale. I had stamped the images on the outside of the envelope and kept them by groups.

Well I changed all that. I have now went to CD Case storage. I have the standard size CD cases as well as the DVD size cases. This was big under taking because I have A LOT of unmounted stamps.

I cut cardstock out for indexes and stamps each image on there that would fit in the case. I backed them with laminate so the stamps could stick on there because I used both back and fronts of the insides of the cases. I don't use any foam on my stamps. I used Tombow mono adhesive. Once you apply this to the back of the stamps you let it dry and it become removable. Works great.

Here are some pictures of my unmounted stamp area and the CD cases with the stamps in them.

Stamping Area

OK. Let's see if I can do this. Nothing fancy at this point. I have been rubber stamping for 16 years. Here are some quick pictures of my stamp area. I have lots of room for my stamping. As you can see I have lots of stuff opps I mean lots of great stamping supplies. I keep adding more. Humm is there a support group for this habit? Yea right like that is going to help.