"Thinking of You"

I live on the Oregon coast & recently we had a storm with some killer waves breaking over the South Jetty.  It attracted surfers  & I thought this card really reminded me of why I love living here so much.

 

 

On the pattern paper & coordinating cardstock I stamped in black ink the Stamptangle Water Splash (#E 3877).  I cut out the 4 splashes on cardstock & attached them a little off center over the pattern paper.

 

The sentiment is from 1 Unmounted Sentiments set (#UMS7018). Finally the Paddle Boarder stamp (#D3875) & my signature Shrink-it (aka Shrinky Dinks) seagulls.  I love adding them to all my ocean/seashore cards or art work.  It gives them a fun 3-D effect.

Witchy Poo

In October it is never too early for Halloween & this "Good Witch" stamp (#F3880) is just so darn cute not to use now.

Back in the day, paper piecing was HUGE.  It was like paper dolls for grownups.  I loved paper piecing so much I taught a lot of my classes at my scrapbook store in Roseburg, OR (#Roseburg Strong).  This stamp was perfect to paper piece.

I first stamped my witch on ivory cardstock, again on pattern paper for the dress & a third time for the wand.

I colored her hat, hair, socks & shoes.  The rest was just a cut & paste. Cut a little off the clothes on the first ivory witch.  The clothes will fit better.

 The two bats were Hanging Bat lg. & sm. (#A3866 & A 3885).  "Happy Halloween" is from the Sentiments 1 Unmounted  Set (#UMS7018).  Sponge your pieces, add a little Stickles, which I prefer to brush on rather than glop (is that a word?) on & it is good to go.

Hope you all like my "Charmed" card!

In the great state of Oregon you can really feel Fall in the air.  That was my inspiration for today's post.  The cards are simply CAS.  The stamps used are Just For Fun Stamps.

I am really in to stencils & masks, so I made a mask using the Stamptangle Maple Leaf (#E3860). I sprayed Walnut Ink Spray on the background, stamped the sentiment from the Sentiments 1 Unmounted  Set (#UMS7018). 

I used alcohol ink & canned air to make the background for the Maple Leaf .

Using the mask for the 2nd card I sprayed 2 more colors on the leaf & matted it in orange. The background stamp is Tattered Screen (#G3861). Rip, sponge & add ribbon & the cards are finished.

My First Design Post

Please go over to http://justforfunrubberstamps.blogspot.com/ for my first design post.  It's all about Fall Y'All!

Fall is in the air...

 

Fall has always been my favorite time of the year.  This is a card I made & entered in 2 design competitions. Now I am a Design Team member for Just For Fun Stamps.

 

The background & large moon were made using alcohol inks. I LOVE alcohol inks. The scarecrow, vines & crow were cut using my Silhouette.  I altered the scarecrow & pumpkins to make them look more dimensional & scary. The sentiment was a Studio G stamp.

 

I had a couple of Fall Cricut cartridges which I sold last year & scary scarecrow was on one of them, but I found an SVG cut in the Silhouette store similar so it was easy to alter.

 

I am going to share an oldie but goodie alcohol ink technique next week using my new Just For Fun stamps.

MY BIG NEWS...

As you can see there is a large logo on the right.  I have been named as a Design Team Member for Just For Fun Stamps.  Click on the logo & it will bring you to their website.  They have amazing stamps which I will be sharing with you every month on the 2nd & 4th Thursday.  The entire Design Team will be sharing samples using stamps.  I will link them all on my blog list.

Now for the last ATC card in the series for my swap:

Again I used the "Sheltering Tree" stamp set from Stampin Up.  I love the little copper metal squirrel.

Have a great weekend.   The 3rd annual all-citywide garage sale is this weekend & we have already covered the north end of the city.  Not a lot, but did get an apple corer to use with the box of apples I received yesterday.  Going to make & can apple butter this weekend,  Can't wait to can again!

New Class...

Last Saturday my DH & I went to Roseburg so I could teach a class at Roseburg Book & Stationery's Labor Day bash.
 
I haven't taught in awhile since we moved to the coast, but I am so busy now getting ready for 3 craft fairs in Nov. & Dec.

 

 

I CASE'd the idea for this card from Pinterest.  I cut leaf stencils for everyone with my Silhouette & they used the stencil & mask to make the card.

 

PRODUCT:

• Ranger Perfect Pearls - Copper, Bronze, Pearl & Gold
• Ranger Mini Misters - I used these to mix Perfect Pearls & water to make a mist glimmer of color iridescence
• Ranger Mister bottles - Filled with water
• Ranger Dylusions Ink Spray - Orange & Cut Grass
• Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Walnut Ink
• Quilting Creations Stencil Mylar Sheet White 12"x 12"  - I cut the stencils for the class using my Silhouette. 
• Stampin Up - stamp set "Sheltering Tree"
• Stampin Up Ink - Chocolate Chip
• Paper Accent 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock - Java, Orange, Cream