So I’m a bit behind on my homework for class…but I wanted to share the card I made using Debby’s random pattern stamping technique from Day 7 of Stretch Your Stamps 2. I don’t have a ton of graphic stamps because they generally don’t appeal to me, but I did pull out my “Eye Catching […]
Sending Cool Thoughts
One more quick post today…I’m trying to catch up on my homework from Stretch Your Stamps 2! Here I watercolored some of the ice cream images from the “Ice Cream Dream” set from Simon Says Stamp using Peerless Watercolors and attached them to a “parachute” made from the top of an umbrella (“Sunnier Days” from […]
High- and Lowlighted Floral Images
I started out with Donna Mikasa’s idea of “water painting” from Day 6 of Stretch Your Stamps 2, and ended up with this variation that has both highlighted areas and lowlighted details: I stamped the image and sentiment from the “Peaceful Petals” set from Stampin’ Up (now retired) with Versamark ink on some watercolor paper, […]
Etched Mason Jar Lantern
Like a couple of others of you out there, I have a thing for Mason jars. I grew up with them (no, not in the 1850s, thank you!) and my mom would use them for our preserves or even cereal and store them in our jelly cabinet. I’ve been wanting to make a lantern like this for […]
Word Search Card
It’s pretty late, so this will be a quick post again…this card uses one of techniques from Day 3 of Stretch Your Stamps 2 – creating a word search with your alphabet stamps. I first created my sentiment in Versamark ink on dark gray cardstock using the new “Back to Basics Alphabet” set from Stampin’ […]
Perfect Pearls Star Map Card
Just a quick share today with the card I made for Day 2 of Stretch Your Stamps 2…more background stamps: The “Vintage Constellation” stamp from Hero Arts was stamped with Versamark ink on some black cardstock, covered with blue, purple, green, and white perfect pearls (not their names, but you get the picture), and then […]
Watercolor Inchies Card
I wanted to try Shari’s technique today from Day 1 of OnlineCardClasses.com’s “Stretch Your Stamps 2” class…and I did. I don’t love how this turned out, but I think the colors are pretty and at least I have several more watercolor backgrounds I created alongside it to play with at a later date when I […]
Sandy Beach Tags
I picked up a couple of boxes of that kinetic sand at Michaels the other day as a small summertime gift for my niece and nephew. Since I don’t get to see them as much as I’d like, I always like to package these little presents up nicely before shipping in the hopes that they […]