Stampscapes - Something different!

Hi All...

I was playing with the Stampscapes leafy branch and my 'Big n Juicy' dye ink pad.  After stamping a few branches off the page here and there for fun I turned on my little light bulb in my head!  I've got loads of different colours of stickles so brought them out and accented the different coloured areas of the branch with the same hue of stickles. 

I can't remember right now who produced the birthday sentiments package I bought but will add that once I know.  This quote is by Oprah Winfrey and I thought it was so lovely that all it needed was the branches for an accent. 

The blue background paper is unknown and from my stash.  The card is 5 X 7 so when using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots I had to do it in sections.  When you do that, the smooth border of the embossing folder smooths out some of the dots.  That is easily fixed by laying the embossed paper on a foam pad and gently pushing the dots back out with the end of a stylus.

The card was finished off with three square purple brads.

Here are two photos taken at an angle so you can hopefully see the stickles.

 

Thanks for looking!  Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday!!

Hugs,

Sheree

Post Wedding Thank You

Happy Monday Everyone!

The wedding is overwith and went well for the most part.  I made this card for the caterers as they did an outstanding job with the reception!  I gained 20 pounds from eating vast quantities of the most tender, delicious roast beef I've ever had in half a century, or more.

The stamps used were:

Main image and greeting:     Upsy Daisy - Stampin' Up!

Butterfly:                             On Gossamer Wings - Stampin' Up!

Greeting inside:                   In My Thoughts - Stampin' Up!

Paper:                                 Staples mottled tan, Michaels black

Ribbon:                              WalMart sheer black

Jelly Roll Platinum Star:       On butterfly wings

Scoring:                              Martha's scor board (love that thing!)

Pop Dots:                           1/16th inch thick
Ink:                                     Versamark black

This was a quickly thrown together card but think it turned out alright.  I finally used a couple of stamps I've had for quite a while now.  Will have to bring them out more often! 

The butterfly is stamped twice and popped up.  It needed 'something' and that's all I could think of!



Have a wonderful week my friends. 

Optical Illusion Sympathy Card

First off... Hi Everyone!
I found out yesterday that our neighbour's dog passed away at 7 years due to liver failure.  She was a gorgeous, intelligent, mild mannered shepherd/lab cross and we will miss her dearly... along with our other neighbours with whom she'd go visit when she was bored.
I wanted to stick a little card in their post box because I knew their three young boys were heartbroken.
Now... before I see question marks show up on your foreheads I'd like to say that this card has squared corners and the sides are actually straight!  Being the wonderful photographer that can screw up a photo on 'auto-pilot,' it looks like it ate too many brownies!  Truth is... I ate too many brownies!

The main cardstock is from a batch I bought at Staples when the dinosaurs roamed the earth and it is a mottled tan.  Others are unknown except for the patterned which is sei Moonrise Moss.... From Crafty Capers - Nanaimo.  The ribbon is from Staples and the brown pearls from Dollarama.
The stamps on the main image are from Stampin' Up! along with the sentiment.  Inside the card I used Impression Obsession stamps.  Inks used were True Thyme and Old Olive from Stampin' Up! and Sage from.... an inkspot!  lol 
Now.. I'm sure it's the corners that make my card look fat!!  Good old Martha punches helped me achieve that effect.
There you have it!  Wish I could show you that it does really look anerexic (sp?)
Have a great evening and I'll be popping around to comment after I watch Glee!
Hugs,
Sheree

p.s.  I am still roaring about your comment on the Stampscapes post from earlier today Jacki!!!  I may try a hedge next time!!  I am a firm believer in 'Living On The Edge'!

Stampscapes - New Scenes With New Stamps

Good Afternoon Friends!!

Well, what a week!  One thing after another went wrong including.. I finished colouring one Stampscapes scene and picked up the ink pad to put away and it fell out of my hand, stamping green all over the sky!  I left it for a day and then added some branches to cover a few of the lines and inked over some.  I can still tell so.. I'll keep it to send to my brother!  haha!  He won't know the difference!  (I'm chuckling away here...can you tell?!)
The other things that went wrong were all in series.  First, a question!  How many of you have had a bird fly into your windshield or, had a rock chip?  Pick me!
I was driving down island to work on Thursday and got a rock chip from a large truck.  Okay, they can repair those now... no big deal.  Fifteen minutes later a huge black thing hit the windshield with a loud bang and then headed off to the side of the road.  I now think it was a large crow!  Now, if that isn't bad enough... 20 minutes later there was another thud!  I think that one was a starling or robin but it was still slightly dark at 6:15 a.m.  Yep... sure enough.. as soon as the sun came up over the horizon, I saw that my rock chip had now become a good sized crack which means the whole windshield needs replacing.  Enough of the gorey details and on to the cards!!  I just had to get my boo hoo story out!!

Card #1

There's quite a few new stamps used in this scene so... I'll list them all by code!
146F  Crooked Path
140E  Cabin
243A  Fir Row
245B  Black Oak
251C  Sedge Filler
229A  Doe
222F  Twisting Pine
240B  Maple Trio
266D  Tree Cluster Small
301A  Rocks and Grass
277F  Leafy Branch
067B  Reeds
302A  Gulls

The Adirondack Dye Ink pads used were:
Lemonade                                Meadow                                Willow
Aqua                                        Black                                    
Ranger Distress Ink pads:
Fired Brick                              Frayed Burlap                       Walnut Stain
Memento Dye Ink pads used:
Cantalope                                Cottage Ivy                           

Card #2  (This is the one I dropped the ink pad on!!)

If you look closely, you'll see the green stripes from the ink pad edges!  This photo looks a lot brighter than it actually is due to the glorious sunshine that was pouring through the sheers this morning!

If you've seen my other Stampscapes cards you'll be able to recognize the new stamps!  For some reason my 'colour mojo' wasn't working too well hense the bright autumn like colours.

Stamps used in this scene were:

301A  Rocks and Grass

266D  Tree Cluster Small

277F  Leafy Branch

279F  Pond

245B  Black Oak

251C  Sedge Filler

243A  Fir Row

240B  Maple Trio

Scene set #1 - Hill With Trees

Scene Set #1 - Rocks In Water

Adirondack Dye Ink Pads Used:

Willow                                     Lemonade                            Citrus

Aqua                                         Stonewashed                       Denim

Meadow

Distress Inks Used:

Frayed Burlap                          Fired Brick                          Walnut Stain

Weathered Wood                     Crushed Olive

Memento Dye Ink Pads Used:

Cantalope                                Cottage Ivy                           London Fog

There you go!  Now you have to figure out where all of those were used!  Haha!

Actually... If anyone would like me to post step by step photos... Just ask!

Have a wonderful work week!

Hugs,

Sheree

** One quick note!  I forgot to mention that I added Jelly Roll 'Star' pen accents here and there.  Brown (turned out glittery bronze) was used on tree trunks and branches.  Blue star is on the waters and then highlighted again with Sky star.  The white daisy dots are done with a Jelly Roll plain white pen and red leaves and flower dots were Jelly Roll Red star.

A New Award!

I signed in to my blog this morning and saw that I received an award from Lori at Refelctions From Granny !!  I'm just beside myself  here in front of my computer screen!!  Okay.. only doing backflips !

Thank you so much for thinking of me Lori!  You've made my whole week!

 

So, here are the two rules that come with this award:

 

1. Post about the award on your blog with a link back to the sender.

2. Pass onto those who visit your blog and leave comments regularly.

This is a hard decision to make because everyone who leaves comments deserves one but....My five friends who I'd like to pass this award on to are: 

1.  Gail - Pop, Paper, Sissors          
2.  Nancy - Crafting Passions
3.  Sherri - The Cat Ate My Card
4.  Priyanka - Priyanka's Creations
5.  Jacki - Cards by Jacki

Congratulations girls!  I enjoy reading all of your comments!  If only I could give this award to everyone who follows my blog.  You all deserve it!

Hugs,
Sheree