One Crazy Stamper Design Team!

Well, I am very excited to be sharing my inaugural post as a Design Team member for One Crazy Stamper!  You are going to be seeing me posting on the 1st and 3rd of each month.  The first is always our monthly challenge, and each month OCS is featuring a different stamp company on the blog.  For March we are showcasing Whimsy stamps, so I am using the sweet Lomasi who is an adorable little Native Indian girl:

I've used Basic Grey's 6" x 6" Persimmon papers (a current fave!) along with some coral cardstock and kraft paper.  Feathers are very trendy right now, so I cut three patterned paper ones with my Cricut and tied them with a little twine & some beads - I thought they worked well with the theme!  Here's a close-up of Lomasi:

One Crazy Stamper is a fabulous online store full of everything you could ever want as a stamper!  Lora also has a bricks & mortar store in Bolton, Ontario if you happen to be in the neighbourhood - you'll want to stop in and say hello :o)  There is a great prize being given out for one lucky person who enters our March challenge, you can link up your project here.

OCS products used:

Xpresss It Cardstock

Whimsy stamps - Lomasi

Basic Grey 6"x6" Persimmon paper pad

American Crafts Hemp Twine

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copic Markers

Hair: C5, C7, B100, B32

Skin: E00, E11, E13

Dress/boots: E11, E13, E15, E18,  E51, E53, E55,

 Racoon: C1, C3, C5, R22

Flowers, feathers, headband: YG61, YG63, YG65, R32, R24, B91, B93, Y21, Y23, Y26

Sky: B0000, B000, B00

Viva La Verve - week #2

I'm playing along with the sketch from week 2 on the Viva La Verve sketches blog, using the super-sweet stamp set Bunny Shake:

Patterned papers are Farmhouse, October Afternoon; Cardstock is Chocolate, Crystal Blue & Colonial White, CTMH; Ink is Rich Cocoa, Memento; Stamp set is Bunny Shake, Verve; From the Heart dies, Verve; Copic markers.

 

Birdie & Scratch

I am posting on the Art Impressions blog today...

I have a fun Bird Brains card to share with you, using Birdie & Scratch (Sku#U1831).  This has always been my favourite Bird Brain image... the grin on Scratch's face cracks me up!  I always like to use papers with a bit of a country/barnyard feel to them when I play with the Bird Brains, so that's what I've pulled out:

And for the inside, I used Strut your Stuff (Sku#F1861):

There is still time to play along with our "Let's Get Krafty" challenge, we want to see you use Kraft paper on your project, like I have with my card today.  You can find the current challenge here!

Happy stamping everyone!

 



Let's Get Krafty!

This is week two of the Let's Get Krafty challenge on the Art Impressions blog, so I've pulled out the fun Girlfriend Blend (Sku#T4136) and the Daily Grind (Sku#F4145) sentiment.  It's a fairly large card, 5" x 7" on a kraft base, using the Basic Grey Persimmon papers.  I added a Prima flower that I've had for a while, and a little adhesive scalloped kraft strip.  You'll want to check out the challenge on the Ai blog - there are always fabulous prizes to be won!

 

Shades of Grey

 Only two, I'm afraid :o)  I am up on the Art Impressions blog today!

I've veered away from my usual style of bright colours and patterned paper today... to try a little sponging.  Art Impressions has a wonderful collection of "scene building" stamps which I have been itching to use... and as you can see, once I got started, I couldn't stop:

I've used two shades of grey ink and paper, with the occasional bit of black thrown in.  The first few cards are using Deer (Sku#H3236) and Grove of Trees (Sku#H895):

 

And this one is using both Lg. Mountain Fir (Sku#J3238) and Mountain Fir (Sku#G3237):

I kept my cards very CAS, so that they can be used for any occasion - I even thought about adding a little glitter to some of the snow so that they could be holiday cards.  The card bases are bright white in reality, even though they appear a little grey - but when I edited them any more, the detail of the sponging disappeared in the photo.  Here's a shot of how I masked the rectangles and moon:

 

Happy Stamping, everyone!

 

 

 



Fusion Challenge #4

I was inspired by both the sketch & the inspiration photo for this week's Fusion Challenge... even the colours of the butterflies made me want to stick with pink & pretty colours.  Here's my card:

Patterned papers are Woodland Park, October Afternoon; Mini Monarch Border Die, My Favorite Things; Pippi Butterfly Die, Memory Box; Cardstock is Twilight, Heavenly Blue, Colonial White & Hollyhock; Ink is Grey Flannel; Stamp set is Card Word Puzzle - all CTMH.

Humble Artist's Swap

This was my final creation as a member of the Humble Artist's Swap - way back in June!  I never did get a chance to post it... so thought that I would now.  I don't have the criteria handy, but we usually needed to do a minimum of 7 or 8 layers.  It was such a wonderful group to be a part of, and the artwork I received was always inspiring.

Patterned paper is Buzz & Bumble; Cardstock is Cocoa, Sunset, Creme Brulee & Champagne; Ink is Cocoa; Brown Glitter Paper; Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge; Chalks; all CTMH.