Altered Journal

So excited to share a super cute project that I was working on today.  I altered the cover of a chipboard journal that I have had in my stash for quite some time.  I had picked it up at a scrapping garage sale at my LSS - Scrappin Great Deals.

I purchased this Penny Black stamp set called Tutu Sweet a while ago and have not had the chance to colour one of these cuteys up.  I found my water brush while I was cleaning up the other day so I decided to pull out some Tim Holtz Distress Markers and give it a try.  I absolutely love how it turned out.

I used some texture paste with a stencil on the background and splattered some Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays. Check out my youtube channel for a video detailing all the little pieces and colours that I used.

Here is a close up look to see all the detail in the colouring.  I really do like the distress markers for water colouring, it is super easy and so pretty.

Happy Papercrafting!
Sarah

Christmas Card Catch Up

I want to start off right away and apologize for not posting sooner, this month has been absolutely crazy.  I feel like there has been no time for anything, between work and everyone in the family being sick with the flu.  It has not been fun.

Well I thought to make up for it I would show you some of the cards I have been working on.  The first one is this super cute Penny Black stamp that I got last year.  I coloured her up with my spectrum noir markers and added some white flocking and green chunky glitter.  One of my favorite cards this year!





The next one is just a basic 5.5 x 5.5 card with a Greeting Farm image that I've had for a while.  Coloured up with my spectrum noir markers and layered with some patterned papers and spellbinders.

 The next one is a super cute house mouse stamp that has been in my stash for ages.  I did up a card base and put it through the cuttlebug for the tree embossing. The image itself was embossed with a handcut circle to get the embossing only in a circle around the image. 

 And this one is using a spellbinders for a cook-coo clock.  Really love how this one worked out.  I used glitter paper for the fringe and added some ink for distressing. 

 Lastly I have Santa and Frosty which were coloured with my spectrum noir markers and layered with patterned paper and spellbinders.
Hoping that everyone has a wonderful christmas as I probably will not be posting again before then. 

Happy Paper Crafting!
Sarah

Some Cute Cards

I made these cards a couple days ago for a special secret someone :-) but I couldn't wait I had to share. I used some of my favorite Penny Black images coloured up with my Prismacolour Markers. Backed by a cuttlebug embossing and a little bit of ribbon. Now check out the bling on these cards. HUGE rhinestones from the dollars store (oh ya) with a prima flower. Who wouldn't want to get one of these cute cards from a friend.























I so have to get back to work and finish this wedding order. Next time I really need to rethink 160 wedding favors at $1 each. There is so much more work involved in them :-)

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Christmas with Penny Black

I was hoping to get some christmas cards done today but I was not able to. I did get some images coloured, glittered and matted. All I have to do next is make the card and add the sayings. Shouldn't take too long :-)

These are some of my new Penny Black christmas stamps, first time I'm inked them up. I really love them. I'm going to have to make more.

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Went Shopping, Again!

Surprise, surprise. I had been waiting to go to Scrappin' Great Deals to get some of the new Cuttlebug embossing folders and finally got a chance to go today. It was awesome, they just moved into a larger home to have more room for the business....my dream.

So of course I didn't have any time to make anything cause I was too busy building up my supplies, yeah me! And it was so hard to hold back when there is so much really cool stuff. Have you seen the new My Little Yellow Bicycle papers...ooh I love them. So much so that I bought a set and a couple of extras. The glitter on them is amazing, I took some pictures for you.

We got all the embossing folders we wanted..hehe..and all three of the new border embossing folder sets - awesome! And of course the new Penny Black stamps. (Now I say WE because I do have a partner in crime here. My mother, she is totally supports me in my creative endeavours and loves to do a little herself. And when I say support, I mean $upport, lol.) Thanks mom, I love you!!!

Now I did do a little work today, I am working on a little surprise for my Sistahs (don't tell them), it's taking me a little longer than I thought it would. Hopefully I can get them done this weekend. Here's a little sneak peak...

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Completed 5 Challenges with 4 Cards, Yah Me!!

I had so much fun today. The kids spent the day with their Nana so that I could finish an order, which I got done super early so I had the rest of the day to play :-) I had been making notes all week on different sketches that I wanted to do and was finally able to make them. I made 4 cards which met 5 challenges and 2 of them are being sent out to some of my new stamping friends...don't tell them. It was fun being challenged and getting my work done.



2 Sketches 4 You - Kazan's Sketch #7
I decided to make a letter size card, my first one. I had this SU image from Farm Fever that I had water coloured to test out the SU water colour pencils. The base of the card is Core-dinations cardstock, layered with HOTP pattered paper and then a layer of SU designer paper. The little chipboard label is from K&Company, I have a ton lying around :-) It's not my normal card size but I do like it. Simple and sweet.























2 Sketches 4 You - Bonus Sketch AND Trina's Blog Candy Sketch
Now this card ended up covering two different sketches. I took 2S4U's Bonus Sketch and flipped it, which just happened to make up with Trina's Blog Candy Sketch. I also had this Rachelle Anne Miller image lying around (was coloured with Prismacolour Pencils and baby oil) and thought it fit the anniversary theme.






















Spoon Full of Sugar Sketch 13

This is my first time doing a Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge. Check out their site...
I decided to do a boy's birthday card for this one with some awesome chocolate brown and blue colours. I love putting brown with another colour, very classy. The image is Penny Black and the little tag is stamped with SU. This one has some super cute teeny tiny brads on the tag. It was really fun to do.























Now for my last challenge, and my favorite.


SCS190 Wednesdays Sketch Challenge
This one is super cute and I absolutely love it. I decided to do a 3.5" square tri-fold card with my new Bella stamp...Is that a cupcake on your head? I just got this paper too, can't remember where it was from...I'll post the details tomorrow.








Sorry for such a long post, but I'm sure you'll appreciate all the cards. I'll post more pic's tomorrow with all the details and recipes.

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

What a Hoot!!

I got the instructions for this cute little Knock Knock Joke Tag Book from Nichole over at Capture the Moment. I flag the instructions and was going to make one for my daughter (she loves knock knock jokes), but that was back in July. Took me a bit but I finally got it done and I made two.

You can find the instructions here.

The blue and red one is for my daughter and the green one is for my friends son (don't tell them, it's a surprise). On Madison's book I used the new SU Scallop edge punch and centered it so that it would not detach, if you know what I mean. I used two different shapes for the knock knock jokes from the Fiskars Paper Shaper templates. Now can you believe it, the owl is from Penny Blacks Zoophabet stamp set. Isn't it cute. And I coloured them in with coloured pensils and blender pen.

The books are being held together by key chain findings, from the dollar store! and I added some charms that I had on hand.

I just love it! And Madison does too

Here's a close up view of the insides....

Recipe:
Stamps: Penny Black Zoophabet, Alphabets for title from Studio G
Paper: Bazzil Cardstock and misc patterned paper
Others: Prismacolour Pensils and blending pen

A Little Organizing and My First Christmas Card

Okay so I got this great idea from my friend Lisa. I was showing her the card holders that I used in a scrapbook layout and had tons left over and she had just seen my extensive collection :-) of mini clear stamps, you know the $1.50 ones from Michaels...well she said "I bet you those would fit in there". I decided to give it a try today and was so excited to see that they fit and I had just enough sheets to hold all my stamps. I even put in my little Snag Em stamps from Imaginess. It is great, now I can see all my stamps and pick the perfect one for my project. Thanks Lisa!!!





Now for my first christmas card. I picked up this great striped acetate sheets at a LSS and ran it through the cuttlebug embossing folder, hard to see in this picure, I'll have to post another one some other time to show you the details. And well I had this Penny Black image stamped and waiting to be coloured. I just love it! The only saying I could think of to go with it was of course "HO, HO, HO!" I'm going to be using this card for my girlfriends from work. I think inside I'm going to stamp Merry Christmas Girlfriend!






Recipe:
Stamps: Penny Black
Paper: Whisper White, Green for Mat and Acetate
Others: Prismacolour Markers, Stampin' Up Glitter, "HO, HO, HO!" are premade words bought at Hobby Lobby last year.

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

A little bit of colouring and alot'a bling!

Sorry about no post yesterday. Spent a little time with the family. But today after a little trip to Ikea!! I did some colouring. Oh how I love to colour :-)

Here's some coloured Penny Black Girls. Again I used my Prismacolour Markers which are super easy and fun to use, and I added a little bling with some gel pens and adhesive rhinestones. I love the bling!!

Recipe:
Stamps: Penny Black
Paper: Stampin' Up! Whisper White
Others: Prismacolour Markers, Sakura Gel pens

Happy Stamping!
Sarah

Oh How I Love to Colour!

I was still working on the wedding invitation order today, but just had to take a break to play with my new Penny Black stamps. And I have to say that I just love to colour!!

I use Prismacolour art markers, would love to get my hands on some copics but for now the prismacolours are more cost effective. I also found out that I had a Sakura Glaze pen that was clear, so everything you cover looks like it's been laquired. How cool is that.

Here's some close ups of the glaze pen. Sorry about the photo quality, I really need to take my pictures during the day. Unfortunately I am a night owl :-)

Recipe:
Stamps: Penny Black
Paper: Stampin' Up! Regal Rose and Lovely Lilac, Striped Paper unknown
Others: Prismacolour Markers, Sakura Glaze pen, Ribbon unknown, Making Memories Crystal Brad, Rub-ons from the dollar store (oh yah, it's true!)

Happy Stamping!

Sarah