Masked Leaves

Hello, 

Isn't funny how techniques float in and off our crafty tables.   I haven't done this style of masking in years. but It seemed like a fun way to accent the leaves on this beautiful embossing folder by Stampin up.   To finish up the card I splattered the paper with gold watercolor.  

No copics today

Winter Leaves

Hello friends, 

I wish Winter was leaving.  It technically isn't even here yet.   I'm playing around with some stencils and a new set from Unity.  I love the softness.   I tried to keep all the tones  the same to the green and the star would be the pop of color.   It would hard to make a lot of these cards, but that makes them even more special.   

no  copics 

Fall some moments are gold

Happy Fall Greetings,  

I love playing with  color.   I saw this color combination on a sweatshirt of a stranger walking around town the other day.  I loved the way the purple played off the other yellow and the browish gold.    I made a mental note and couldn't wait to give it a try.  I wish I had a picture of her sweatshirt, but I think I captured it pretty well.   If you are going to try it at home I used Daffodil Delight from Stampin up.  Honey from TE and Plum from Gina K.   All the stamps are from Unity

Have a creative day friends

No copics today

Colors of Fall

Hello all, 

I can't get over how fast Fall is going.   Only a few leaves linger on the trees outside my window.     I picked up this stencil last fall, but it remains one of my favorite.   I wanted to try a couple of different things.   First I wanted to foil the panels.  I thought the gold would pop with all the fall colors.  Second, I wanted to try two different color of paper.  I used Toffee and White Cardstock.   I really like them both.  Do you have a favorite?

When the cards were all stenciled.  I felt they needed a little more gold, so I splattered them with Gold Watercolor.   This really pulled it all together. 

New Color Combo 

Taylored Expression Ink Toffee or mini

Taylored Expressions ink Chocolate Truffle or mini

Taylored Expressions ink Pineapple or mini pad

Taylored Expressions ink Sweet Potato Pie or mini pad

Taylored Expressions ink Sour Gummy or mini pad

Taylored Expressions ink Huckleberry or mini pad

Materials:

Stencil and Stamps set:

Fall Slimline

Autumn Sentiments

Birthday sentiments

Paper:

paper from Stampin' Up

Neenah: solar white card stock

Fall Foil it Panels

Dies:

Leaf Die

Ink:

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

White gel pen:  Scrapbook or Amazon

Gold Watercolor for splatter

Gold Foil

No copics today

Bring on the Color

 Hello friends, 

I always hate to see summer fade.  At least fall takes the sting out of it by giving us beautiful colors to admire.  The leaves are just starting to change here.  I'm doing my best to get on board! This stamp is called Soft Seedling by Stampin Up.  It didn't catch my eye right away, but after seeing so many wonderful cards made with it. I had to have it.  I inked it up as soon as the UPS guy dropped it off.  

What is your favorite season?  Do you have a favorite part of Fall?

No copics today

Tropical Birthday Wishes

Welcome! 

I've been working on some masculine or at least not-girly birthday cards.    I created a little jungle canopy.  It feels a little bit like a tropical oasis.  

Stamps are from Technique Junkies

Leaves

Dear Friend Sentiments

Use code TJ10Chris to save 10% on your order

Beauty all its own

 Happy July! 

It has been tropical here in NY.  It is a perfect to celebrate the new release at Technique Junkies.  This is a corner stamp, but I was able to ink up a narrow panel in three shades of green.  I love the tropical scene it created.  I accented it with die cuts I had in my stash.   How do you think it turned out?  I love the summer look! 

Stamps are from Technique Junkies-- use code TJ10Chris to save 10%

Leaves

Sentiment

Check out all the cards made by other members of the design team:

Pam

Holly

Tracy F. 

Darlene

Tracy S. 

Julie

Here is a quick look of all the stamps releasing today-

Simple Things

 Hello friends, 

 This is one of my favorite house mouse stamps.  Do I say that every time?  I love house mouse.  I made a card like this about 10 years ago.  I found it as I was rummaging through some stamping stuff.   I've grown so much  in my coloring skills, I really wanted to remake the card.   Ah... I'm so glad I did.  I'm smitten. He is just so stinkin' adorable!  I might also be a bit jealous.  Floating on a leaf.. sounds relaxing. Where do I sign up?

Copics used:

Fur: E30, E31, E33

Skin: E000, E00, E93

Water: B000, B00, B01, B02

Leaf: R05, YR12, YR02, Y13

Bushels of Fun

Welcome,

Fall is starting to fade here in New York.   We are working on getting the leaves cleaned up before the snow falls.   This is always an event in our house.  We have two dogs that LOVE  to run and wrestle in the piles of leaves.  As fast as we can rake them up, they are redistributing them.  Throw a toddler into the mix and it is nothing short of an comedy act. 

Copics used:

Dog: E30, E31, E33, E35
Basket: E40, E41, E43, E44, E47
Red: R35, R37, R39
Yellow: Y13, Y15, Y35
Green: YG03, YG06, YG09
Dk. Green: YG61, YG63, YG67

Grateful-- Stenciled Leaves

Welcome,

We are at the peak of Fall colors here in NY.  It is absolutely beautiful and inspiring.    Today I used the negative space from the leaf die create a stencil.  Love the simple fun look it gave this card.

Copics used:  None today

Owls and Pumpkins

Hello,

Thank you for joining me today.  I was driving today and noticed that in just even a day or so the leaves are more orange and yellow than green.   When we got home, the toddler and I played in the leaves that have collected on the back porch.  He loved the crunch sound they make.

This little owl is chillin in with this buddy, thinking of you!

Copics used:

owl: E49, E47, E44, E43  and E50, E51, E53
Pumpkin:YR09,YR07, YR04, YR02
Green: G28, G24, G21
Black: N10, N8, N6
Yellow:Y17
Red: R29

Just Beacuse- video

Hello friends,

I'm loving the Fall releases this year.  I've been playing a lot with the Honey Bee and Concord and 9th dies/stamps.   I thought I'd share my favorite card.   It features a Turn About Stamp and kissing technique.   I hope you enjoy!

Photos with sponging (my favorite)

Here are photos without sponging.  

No copics used today

Adore Leaves

Hello friends,

I've never been big on using stencils.  I have nothing against them.  I just don't think to use them.    A while back I saw a technique where you rotate the stencil.  I thought it looked cool, so I tried it.  What a cool result.    I just might have to reach for stencils more often.

Sheltering Tree

Happy Halloween!

You might be expecting a Halloween card today, but I wanted to do something a little different.  October is also Breast Cancer Awarness month.   Most stampers are woman and I think it is important that we acknowledge and support all those who fighting the fight.   This year, I tried to make it general enough to be used as a friendship card rather than a "get well"

I made two versions of this card.  

The first version of this card used flower soft to add the leaves.  I love the look of this, but it was time consuming and a bit messy.   You can see stuff flaking off in the top photo.   To simply things a little, I created this second version.  It is embossed with little flakes of glitter.   I wish the camera picked up the glitter a little better.  It is subtle effect.

No Copics Today

Beary Nice Fall

Hello Fall!

Connor and I had a really productive weekend.   First we went to the lake to winterize and put away the boat.  My Dad came down to teach Connor how to do it.  Before they started Connor had the urge sneak in one more water skiing trip.   I don't know how he did it...it was cold!   The water temperature was 69 degrees.    He hopped right out of the lake and took a hot shower.   We will need to go to the lake one more time to wrap up a few more things, but we are almost ready for winter.

After the lake, we came back to our house.  My Dad and Connor worked in the basement.  They managed to install insulation in 75% of the basement.   It looks great and another baby-step towards having a real craft room!

While they were hard at work, I colored up this cutie.  This stamp set is made by Newton's Nook was a limited edition stamp.  I was lucky enough to get my hands on one before they disappeared. I can't take credit for the card design.  I CASED they layout off the manufacture's web page.   However, I picked my own colors and used a different techniques to achieve a similar look.  

 In my card, I chose to airbrush the ground and cloudy sky.  This created a harsh line of color where the bag of leaves and bear sit.  I wanted to soften the line...so I added a bunch of dots to soften the look.  My bag of leaves also didn't sit perfectly on the ground.  The bag was floating a bit.  To fix that I just added a little hill by adding dots of color underneath the bag.   It worked out really well.  Just be sure to make your dots all different sizes.

Copics used:
Brown: E47, E44, E43, E42, E41
Bear: E35, E33, E31, E30, W4
Belly: E53, E51
Metal: C3, C1
Leaves: just picked fall colors and also used each color to add the dots to the ground
I put a little glitter on the leaves

Rediscovering Fall

Hello friends,

Do you remember playing in the leaves when you were little?  I love the crunch sound they make.   I think I had forgotten how much fun the whole experience was until we adopted our dogs.  They spend hours playing in the leaves in the back yard.  They chase them and roll in them.  Their happiness is contagious.  I can't help going outside and playing with them.  I'm looking forward to doing it again this year. Who can resist that puppy playing in the leaves?

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R20
Green: YG61, YG63, YG67, G94
Hair: E21, E25, E27, E29, E49
Dog: W5, W7, W9, and E42, E43, E47-- I think I wish I made him lighter
Pile: YR31, YR20, YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27
Random leaves--just picked fall colors.  There is a bit of everything.  I make sure to do 4-5 leaves in each color combo.