Face With Butterfly On Tissue Paper

Hello Everyone!
Today, I would like to show you another way to use the Face With Butterfly stamp.  On this project, I layered some White Tissue Paper over a stamped and colored image.

For instructions and more pics, see the full post on my blog, Dreaming and Creating.  Hope you are having a super day!
Karen McAlpine

Face With Butterfly on Fun Background

Hello!
Karen here with a fun project I made using the Lost Coast Design Stamps, Face With Butterfly and Iron Works Border.  I stamped on brown packing paper and added some coloring with Distress Markers.

The Iron Works border was stamped repeatedly to create a fun background.  See all the instructions and more pics on my blog, Dreaming and Creating.  I will be back tomorrow with a completely different way to use this same stamp.  So, until then, have a great day.

Karen McAlpine

Steampunk Drag Queen Image Goes Girly

Hi Everyone!
Karen here today with two projects made with the fun and funky stamp, Drag Queen.  The first projects has some paper piecing and both are made with backgrounds created with Distress reinkers and stains.

 


I really girly-ed the Drag Queen up on the second project with pink satin ribbon and buttons.

For more pics and info, check out the full post on my blog, Dreaming and Creating.  Hope you have a fun weekend planned with lots of creative time!
Karen McAlpine

Happy Birthday

The last of this series of posts is a birthday card that I made using the Shrubbery and Mini Birds stamps. The Shrubbery stamp is huge - I actually made two cards from one stamp impression! Unfortunately, though, I only took a picture of one half! :(  But I just love how these turned out - another super simple project that exudes simple elegance!

I cut two 4.25" x 5.5" white card bases and two pieces of Marco's navy blue cardstock. I spritzed a homemade mixture of water and white Perfect Pearls powder in a Mini Mister all over another half-sheet of white cardstock. Once dry, I stamped the shrubbery  in Memento Bamboo Leaves on the Perfect Pearls cardstock and then cut the image in half. I trimmed both pieces and mounted them on the blue cardstock and then onto the card bases. I stamped two birds on white cardstock in Memento Paris Dusk ink, cut them out and mounted them onto the card fronts. I stamped Happy Birthday (from the Party Words stamp set) on the front and left the inside blank. Love, love, love! The shimmer is just yummy! ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Leslie
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Thinking of You (Set of 3)

I thoroughly enjoyed creating this set of cards using the Mannequins stamp set. They are so girly - what girlfriend wouldn't just love getting these?! I only used three of the six stamps in this set, so stay tuned for three more at some point! ;) The inside sentiment is from the Party Words stamp set - a very cool set of sentiment stamps that I don't know how I've lived without! I can't tell you how impressed I am with the quality of all the Lost Coast Designs stamps I've used. They are deeply etched and it's almost impossible to mess up! ;)

I used a monochromatic black/white theme with each card having just a splash of color. I cut three 4.25" x 5.5" white card bases and stamped the Thinking of You sentiment on the inside of each in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I cut various pieces of The Paper Cut black and white patterned papers, as well as some Marco's black and red cardstock (for matting), and some pink cardstock (also for matting) from my stash. I stamped the mannequins in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock and cut each with a Spellbinders Long Rectangle die. I mounted the patterned papers onto either black or pink cardstock, adhered them to the card bases, and then embellished each with some additional die cuts, flat-back pearls, ribbon, a fabric rose and a feather. Love 'em!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Leslie
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Happy Everything!

Oh, wow! I had an absolute blast making this card! First of all, this Scarves stamp is one of the most gorgeous stamps I've ever seen. I embossed it with Sweet Stamps fine detail copper embossing powder and you just wouldn't believe the detail! I will use this stamp again to emboss without coloring. It's awesome! The sentiment on the inside is from Party Words which is a very cool set of sentiments.

This was another very easy project, despite it's detailed look. I water-colored the image with Nicholson's Peerless Transparent Watercolors (Gamboge Yellow, Heliotrope, Arbutas Pink, Olive Green and Alice Blue) after I embossed it one evening and then used Copics R23/24/27, BV11, B3, Y17, YG17, YR09 to color the detail while watching TV with my hubby! Then I put it all together the next day in about 15 minutes!

I cut a 4.25" x 5.5" ivory card base and stamped Happy Everything on the inside with VersaMagic Red Magic dew drop ink. I trimmed the colored scarves image and mounted it on Marco's red cardstock, then adhered it to the card base. It couldn't get much easier than that!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,
Leslie
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Moon Fiddler Vintage Note Card

I'm back-tracking a bit and posting several cards I made a few weeks back with some yummy Lost Coast Designs stamps. I included them all in one post on my blog but would like to showcase them in several separate posts here. These were all simple designs requiring very few supplies. ;)

The first one I'd like to show you is my Moon Fiddler Vintage Note Card created with the Moon Fiddler stamp. I love anything vintage and this stamp is just so awesome! I cut a 4.25" x 5.5" ivory card base and distressed the edges with Ranger Walnut Stain distress ink. I stamped the fiddler in Memento Rich Cocoa ink on a piece of ivory cardstock, trimmed it and distressed the edges with the Walnut Stain distress ink. I cut a flap off a cardboard box and peeled one side off, leaving the corrugated portion showing, and distressed it with the Walnut Stain distress ink. I mounted the image on the cardboard with bronze brads in each corner, tied it up with some Studios Blackbird brown twine and  adhered the unit to the card base. That's it! Super simple and super cool looking! I love using cardboard box flaps on my projects - I've made several cards this way and they all turned out really neat!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Leslie
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