Mosaic Hydrangea

 

Hello! I see spring in our future!!

Here is a card I made with the Hostess set Because I Care.  This set is such a pretty one! 

It uses both "double embossing" and "Mosaic or emboss resist".  It just so happens that the challenge over at PPA this week asks to see some embossing,so this will be my entry for PPA86,AND I hope that I will show you something FUN to do with your scraps of RUBBER!

Double Embossing is done by first running your piece of CS through an impressions folder-in this case I used our Stampin' Up! Elegant Lines Folder with a piece of pear pizzazz.  Then run it through a second time with our Tulips Embossing Folder.  The folder that you emboss with secondly will show up more raised that your first impression.  Pretty cool,huh?

 Now onto the Mosaic piece!

I do this by first stamping and watercoloring my image-I used the hydrangea from the hostess set 'Because I Care'.  I then make my own mosaic by using my scrap rubber!! You know the extra rubber that comes around your die stamps? Yep-that's what I use.  

To do this, I use our rubber scissors and cut abstract shapes. I used the clear mount for this,but you could just as well make this on a wood block with the rubber from our wood stamps. The rubber was placed in a pattern on my clear block,like this:

                                               

Pretty fun!

Stamp over your watercolored image with the above mosaic stamp in versa mark ink and then emboss with clear embossing powder. Then using a sponge, sponge your ink(I used sahara hand) in a circular pattern.  Your ink will only fall between the 'cracks'.

 

For the rest of the card: I stamped the dot to dot stamp set in white ink on rose red.  I adhered my above embossed pieces on my card front.  I used a small black strip(stamped in white ink with the long flowered piece from 'Because I care' set also-but I don't think we see it to well in the pic!)

I tuck this under a flower I made with our sizzlets floral fusion die,using whisper white CS,sponged with the rose red.  A pear pizzazz glimmer brad adds the finishing touch in the center of my flower.

Hope you enjoyed and learned a fun technique as well!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

 

My Energizer Bunny

The Energizer Bunny

 

 

 

The Energizer bEnny

I honestly believe that my son has more energy than they could possibly put in a battery;)

but when he crashes,boy does he go out!

The above pic is a tuckered out Easter bunny...

the latter pic is my tuckered out Easter BEnny.

He just kept going and going until he crashed.  This is a picture taken by me as I lay on the floor to get a pic of him asleep BEHIND our recliner!

Now, he has fallen asleep many places before(in the middle of a basketball game-buzzers and all,across some wooden chairs at our friends house-with a football play-off game on the tv and many irate Eagles fans;) etc...),so this does not surprise me!

But I still find humor in this and wanted to share with you.

So,on to my card, to go one step further with my carrot- eating- bunny of 2 weeks ago(sorry meant to add a project before now!), I came up with a sleeping bunny just wishing he was eating carrots!

He is made basically the same as previous post.  Changes: his back 'thumpers' are made from 1/2 of a butterfly punch, his carrots are eaten by the small scallop flower from the itty bitty shapes punch set, and lastly he has a little pompom for a tail(compliments of my friend Carol;))

I LoVe both my sleepy-heads!!!

Hope you enjoy!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Easter Bunny On Break!!

It's not even Easter yet and my Easter Bunny already feels the need to sit on his back side!!

Well, I came up with this little bunny after my friend Karen asked me to come up with a bunny for her to use our Sweet Teat Cups with.  And yes, he is minus the sweet treat cup because I couldn't find them-No wonder- if only you could see my craft area now;))  And yes, you can substitute a sweet treat cup in loo of our cellophane bags.

Anyway this little guy is pretty basic, you just need a bunny wagon-ful of punches;)

For my bunny:

in whisper white card stock, punch out the following:

(2) 2-3/8"scallop circle punches, 1 with 1-3/4"circle cut from middle.* hint* I punch the circle first and then center the scallop circle (BODY)

( 2) xl scallop oval (EARS)

(2) lg oval (1-3/4"x7/8") (FEET)

(2)  oval (1-3/8" x 5/8") (ARMS)

(2) 3/4" circles (CHEEKS)

(1) 1-3/4" scallop circle (HEAD)

(1) Bottom half of jewelry tag punch (TEETH)

(2) cupcake tops (clouds)

in blushing bride:

(2) 1-3/4"x7/8" oval (EARS)

(2) itty bitty circles (FOOT PADS)

2 sets(6 total) of dots from the cupcake punch (TOES)

in crumb cake:

(1) cupcake bottom

(1) scallop oval *note* I again punch a 3/4"circle and then the lg scallop oval to make the baskets handle

in wild wasabi:

(1) 5-1/2" long strip cut with the scallop edge punch *note* to make the look of grass punch the scallop edge one time as you normally would,then punch again lining up your center 'humps' with the point of the punch and punch down the entire length again(GRASS)

(several) itty bitty 'x' shapes (CARROT TOPS)

in poppy parade:

(1) itty bitty flower (BASKET)

in peach parfait:

(several) jewelry punch tag 'carrots'

 to create these inset tag punch on a strip of paper at an angle as shown here:

Assemble the bunny. Add your treat cup- or in my case clear cello bag between the 2 xl scallop circles.  Add in your treats or carrots inside the belly.

Add your bunny and all your finishing touches to the carrot-breaking bunny=)

Hope you enjoy!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

{Jumping for Joy!!} An Award!!

  Wow! Wow! Wow!

 I am absolutely thrilled to have been chosen for the stylish blogger award!

It is almost like winning an 'Oscar' at the Academy Awards for a stampin' gal;)

My acceptance speech:

First and foremost, I must thank the wonderful lady who nominated me for this award:

Pat at

Sunnyone Stampin'

 In order to accept this award I have to tell you 8 things about myself!

1. I have the best jobs in the world!: I am a SAHM to 3 great boys, and  I'm an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
2. In my SPARE time? I volunteer as a  (NJ) Emergency Medical Technician
3. I have the real Oscars on my tv now! and think Anne Hathaway is so cute AND I look nothing like her! LOL
4. I have been stampin' for over 10 years now! You know, I was 'just' going to make my Christmas cards???
5. Like my nominator, I too, have a hard time thinking of 10 things to write about myself!
6. In the summer, I spend ALL my time on the beach! If you ask my boys, they actually say" Do we HAVE to go again today??" Boy, what a terrible thing, right??
7. I worked in a supermarket for 13 years in the meat department-LOL- I do NOT eat meat!
8. I am THANKFUL for everyday I am given and try to live each to its fullest =) Whew! That was indeed humbling! Now also to accept this award I shall pass this award onto 8 other bloggers that I recently discovered! {Drum roll}:

1. http://debbiesdesignsblog.blogspot.com/ 
2. http://krystalscardsandmore.blogspot.com/ 
3. http://stampingsolutions.blogspot.com/ 
4. http://seeinginkspots.blogspot.com/ 
5. http://badabingcrafting.blogspot.com/ 
6. http://www.maryrindal.com/ 
7. http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/ 
8. http://www.frenchiestamps.com/ 

Such talented stampers out there!!! 

It is hard to choose only 8! 

So here is the recap for any of my 8 picks that find my crazy rambling too crazy to understand;)) Wow I really do sound like an acceptance speech at the Awards!

After receiving this award, I must do the following:

1) Thank the person who gave this award to me and link it back to their blog
2) Share 8 things about myself
3) Pass this award to 8 other individuals that I have recently discovered
4) Leave a comment on their blogs so that they can pass along the recognition!

OK, lastly, I need to go on each of my new inspiring stampers sites and have them know that I think they are all winners in our stamping world!!and then have them pass along an award of recognition to some other lucky stylish bloggers out there =D!! 

 Thanks again for the award Pat! 

I gotta go because apparently I am taking up too much time and they are signaling to me that it is time to go to commercial!! 

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Cupcake Punch=Little potted plant Thank You

cupcake punch plant

 

 

I am so enjoying playing with my new cupcake punch!!

For  this little thank-you card I used my cupcake base and added a little plant!

Card Info:

The stamp sets I used were Always Elegant and Pocket Silhouettes.  My color combo is very vanilla, bashful blue and soft suede. 

I stamped my image from Always Elegant on Very Vanilla CS.  I  stamped my image in Bashful Blue then turning it 180 and stamping again.  I did this to create a elegant background.  I thought it was pretty...what do you think?  I stamped my next image with Early Espresso ink on a piece of Very Vanilla CS. I stamped the image floating approximately 1inch from the bottom center of CS.  I added a piece of soft suede punched from the cupcake punch. I ran it through the SU! vintage wallpaper impressions folder and sponged with espresso ink.  I added a small strip of bashful blue cs across the flower pot and a small bashful blue circle,  from our itty bitty punch pack.  I used my mat pack pad and piercing tool to give the circle a little depth.  I did this by placing the circle on the soft pad and with the side of my piercing tool, roll circles toward the center.  The circle will start to curl up, and give you the shape of a little flower.Attach to the bashful blue strip.  Layer on a strip of soft suede cut with the scallop edge punch, and a piece of Bashful Blue cs. I stamped the saying 'thank you very much' from the Pocket Silhouettes stamp set on the bottom right hand corner in Early Espresso ink.  Thought this would be a cute little thank-you note for my office girl friends, who are working their tails off right about now over at the accountants office=D April 15th is not soon enough for them!!

Hope you Enjoy this :D

Until Next Thought,

Kris

The Big Easy....Chair!

The Big Easy....Chair

I know, what goes through my head?  Ever since I saw the cupcake punch, I saw a lampshade?  maybe that is because hubby is an electrician, I don't know...  LOL

So for my little living room setting: My card base is very vanilla with a piece of DSP from the nuetrals DSP pack.  I thought it looked a little like wallpaper? Not from my house, but Nana's maybe ;)  I stamped a scrap piece of sahara sand with our woodgrain stamp in espresso ink.  I punched a large oval out of that scrap to make my table top.  I sponged around the edges with espresso ink and cut a straight line of the bottom of the oval.  I also ran some of the woodgrain through the big shot with the rectangle clearlits die. I used my 1-1/4" square to create a frame, by punching a full and then a partial square inside the frame.  I stamped a piece of soft suede cs with the image from Create a Cupcake stamp set and punched with our coordinating Build a Cupcake Punch.  I used a thin piece of scrap as the pole to the lamp and a piece of soft suede that was punched with the round tab punch(this is actually the piece that is usually left behind-what a great way to use a scrap;)))!)  Piece these together and add to card front!

 For the easy chair:  I used some very vanilla cs ran through the big shot and the dot emboss folder.  I cut out a modern label(the bottom edge trimmed straight0 from this, 2 small ovals, 2 half pieces of the large oval and 1 word window. I also used another piece of the woodgrain scrap (from the above described) as a top to my chair. I added a small scrap under the word window to give the seat a little more puff.  I pieced all pieces together and glued to my card front.


To finish off my frame: I used a piece of very vanilla cs that I had printed a saying from My Digital Studio from the Wishes and Greetings stamp set. I just substituted the word 'day' for 'memories this season'.  You could put whatever saying that you like though! I then lined the saying  in my clearlits rectangle die and ran through the big shot.

  I stamped some of the flowers from the Create a Cupcake stamp set in sahara sand on this rectangular piece. I then put the frame over the words and attached to the wallpaper of my living room.  Here is my finished living room:

Hope you enjoyed and have a "Bright day!"

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Shelli's Video About Stampin' Up!!!

This is a new video from Shelli - a little overview on all the wonderful products Stampin' Up! offers!