I Can't Believe I'm Back This Quick!

I had no idea where I was going when I inked this image.  I had decided to go back though my stamps and pick out favorites and sell the rest.  Well, so far I have picked out some favorites and this is one of them.  It was made by Sonlight Crafts, Inc.  I tried to do a little research and have been unable to find the company at all.  I love this stamp and it said, "Layer me, please!".

It was stamped in Brilliance Galaxy Gold, some of it as much as 3 times, and I did indeed cut out and layer every piece of it using 1/16" 3D dots.  I painted it first with Twinkling H2O's.  After it was layered, I painted around the edges with the Galaxy Gold using a Niji waterbrush. It dries pretty fast that way.  The butterfly has two miniature cake stamens that I dyed with StazOn Timber Brown. I used Glossy Accents on the body too.

The punched edge matte for the image was done using Martha Stewart's Embroidered Floral Around The Page punches and then the image was added.  I decided to make a 5X6.5" card to use up some surplus card blanks I had been saving, for who knows what! For this, that's what!! So....................

I stamped on Neenah Classic Solar White with Cover-A-Card^TM Swirls, ran that through my Cuttlebug with their Seeing Spots folder, painted the dots with shades of Twinks Moss Green, and mounted the image on top using 1/8" 3D dots.

That was layered onto Classic Crest Laid Solar White cardstock.  If you click on it you might be able to see the tooth "embossed" it has.  The left border was punched for effect and then a piece of leftover matching green cardstock was placed under it. The top, bottom, and left hand sides were faux stitched with a Galaxy Emerald pen.

Next I made a label for it by using the Embroidered Floral Corner punch.  I just went around making the corner until it looks like you see it.  The Hello is discontinued from Rubber Stamp Tapestry.  Impression Obsession has some great word stamp sets HERE.

The embellishments added were 2 and 5MM pearl stickers with Glossy Accents to give them more strength.  The ribbon bow is May Arts tied with a Bow-Easy.  The Stick Pin was created using a Pearl corsage pin with an orange Czech glass heart, 2 faux pearls, and one clear Czech bicone bead.  The end is a gold stick pin clutch held on with additional help from Glossy Accents.

There is a lot going on here and you will either like it or not!!!  LOLOLOL

Supplies:
Image: Impression Obsession - Cover-A-Card^TM Swirls and  a Sonlight Impressions stamp
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth and Laid cardstock, Green cardstock
Inks: Brilliance Galaxy Gold and Memento Cottage Ivy; Twinkling H2O's Dreamsicle, Ginger Peach, Buttercup, Lemon Drop, Warm Pecan, Moss Green
Accessories: Niji Waterbrush, Glossy Accents, Martha Stewart Embroidered Floral Around The Page Punches, 5 and 2MM pearl stickers, May Arts Ribbon,  Bow-Easy, Pearl corsage pin, Czech glass heart, Clear Bicone bead, 2 Czech faux pearls, Gold clutch.

If you have any questions on where to find anything I didn't hyperlink, please feel free to ask. Sometimes I even know where to buy some things cheaper.   Thanks for stopping by to look and share!

 Shirley

It's A Cupcake Kind Of Day Challenge!!!

First I need to remember to tell you that if  you participate in the challenge you have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate for the IO Online Store.  If you want to play you have until tomorrow night, 9 p.m. Friday.  The instructions are in the first side bar over near the top under the "I'm A Winner Tuxedo Cat" widget on the IO blog HERE.  Think about the fun and the chance to win $25 worth of free stamps, plus the I'm A Winner widget for your blog.

This was a fun card to create.  The Palm Cupcake is one of the NEW Spring IO STAMPS.  I stamped it with Brilliance Galaxy Gold, restamped the top part twice so I could layer it, cut them all out, then used a medium embossing tool on the foamy top parts before mounting them with 3D pop dots.  The flower was also tooled.  I added miniature white pearl cake decorator flower stamens to it for fun and mounted it with 3D pop dots.  The bottom of the cupcake and the Palm tree were painted with Twinkling H2O's.

The backgrounds were done using using the Mega Mount^TM, and Cover-A-Cards^TM Wood Grain on top (Pink toothy cardstock inked with Brilliance Moonlight White and heat gun dried), and  Hearts (White Laid cardstock inked with VersaMark with Rangers Enchanted Gold embossing powder).  The Wood Grain was used on top for a watery look and the heart layers are torn and then embossed on the torn portion with the embossing powder again for a faux heats and sand look.   Gold cord was run through the lace and then mounted in the center of the card. (If you click on the card, you will be able to see the grain on the different cardstocks.  I think that really made the card even more special.)

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MEGA MOUNT USED WITH THE LARGE 5.75" STAMPS YOU CAN VIEW IT HERE.  *Note - I happen to stamp on enough cardstock to take the whole stamp and I use my mount sitting down and rocking it from the bottom to the top, instead of left to right.  Whatever floats our boat, right?  :-) I like the leftovers for the inside and envelope. etc.

I ran some more white cardstock through my Cuttlebug with a Spellbinders Lacy Squares die and then stamped the You're Sweet with Memento Cottage Ivy.   The words can also be purchased as part of Red Rubber Cling Set Sweet Hearts or Clear Stamp Set Sweet Hearts.   The words were also mounted with 3D pop dots.

The embellishments are 5, 3, and 2mm pearl stickers mounted with Glossy Accents to make them more permanent for mailing.  The buttons are leftovers I have had for eons.  The gold cords was used for them as well and they are mounted with large glue dots.  The faux stitching was done with Spica At You Olive Green pen and Signa Uniball White pen.


As a finishing touch to the card,  I edged the inside of the card and envelope with remnants from the backgrounds.

Now check out the DT members creations on their blogs below for more beautiful cards created with the NEW SPRING stamps too:

Daniela Dobson
Deborah March
Dina Kowal
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Julie Koerber
Kelli Richardson
Laura Fulcher

Supplies:
Image: Impression Obsession - Cover-A-Card^TM Wood Grain and Hearts; You're Sweet
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth and Laid cardstock, Pink cardstock with a tooth look
Inks: Brilliance Galaxy Gold and Moonlight White, Memento Cottage Ivy, VersaMark; Twinkling H2O's Gold Sand, Nutty Oak, Mallard Green, Warm Pecan
Accessories: Niji Waterbrush, Glossy Accents, Spellbinders Lacy Squares, 5, 3,and 2MM pearl stickers, Kreinik Gold Cord, 3 mother of pearl, Spica AtYou Olive Green pen, Signa Uniball White pen.

I am closer to posting some more cards!!!  Yikes!!  Thanks for stopping by to look and share all!!

 Shirley

Is It Spring Yet Challenge

I can't think of more appropriate words, can you?  Yes, "Is It Spring Yet?" is the name of the IO challenge today.  IO is offering a $25 Gift Certificate to be won in a drawing on Friday, 9 p.m., that can be used in their online store.  All you have to do is enter a card following the rules posted in the sidebar at the IO blog site.  You can find them by going HERE!

This was a fairly easy card to create.  All of the stamps are NEW for SPRING, except the Dots.  The NEW STAMPS can be veiwed  HERE.

I created the background using using the Mega Mount^TM, and Cover-A-Cards^TM, Large Dots inked with Memento Dandelion ink, and Wallpaper inked with Mica Gloss Green on White cardstock.  It was mounted on a yellow ochre cardstock. It sure didn't look like that after I took the picture.  LOLOL

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MEGA MOUNT USED WITH THE LARGE 5.75" STAMPS YOU CAN VIEW IT HERE.  *Note - I happen to stamp on enough cardstock to take the whole stamp.  I like the leftovers for the inside and envelope. etc.

Then I stamped Alesa Baker's Delicate Daffodils on White Cardstock, painted them with Twinkling H2O's, and then I cut them out.

I stamped Alesa Baker's Lovely Tomorrows on White cardstock, used one of my Circle dies by Spellbinders as a stencil, cut it out, and then edged it with the Mica Gloss Green.  I die cut the white Spellbinders pendant and slipped the circle with the words into it.

I mounted the daffodils on the pendant with 3D pop-ups,  mounted the pendant on the background with 3D pop-ups, tied the May Arts bow with the Bow-Easy and mounted it with glue dots, mounted 3mm pearls on the pendant, used gold cord through the heart buttons and mounted with glue dots!  Done

As a finishing touch to the card,  I edged the inside of the card and evelope with remnants from the background.  Then I stamped one of the daffodils inside on the left and on the lower left side of the envelope and painted with the watercolors too.

Now check out the DT members creations on their blogs below for more beautiful cards created with the NEW SPRING stamps too:

Daniela Dobson
Deborah March
Dina Kowal
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Julie Koerber
Kathy Menzies
Laura Fulcher

Supplies:
Image: Impression Obsession - Cover-A-Card^TM Large Dots and Wallpaper; Lovely Tomorrows
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth cardstock, yellow ocher cardstock
Inks: Memento Dandelion, Mica Gloss Green, Twinkling H2O's Dandelion, Sunburst, Buttercup, Warm Pecan
Accessories: Niji Waterbrush, Glossy Accents, Spellbinders Circles and Heart Renaissance Pendant, 3MM pearl stickers, May Arts Ribbon, Bow-Easy, 3 faux mother of pearl heart buttons; gold cord.

I keep hoping I will get caught up enough to start doing some different stamps more often and maybe some tutorials too.  It has been too long.  Thanks for stopping by to look and share all!!

 Shirley