Whew, June has been a whirlwind. My family was in Denver on June 1 for my niece's lovely wedding. I've attended a scrapbooking convention in Denton, TX and had a fun four days with some dear friends from high school, most recently.
A little family-run stamp company (at least 35 years old) called Stamps by Judith & Heather is always at these conventions. They make hand-drawn stamps that are all meant for scene building. Many of their stamps are woodblock, especially the small ones that are mounted on the end of a wooden dowel - you know, peg stamps, also known as "stubbies." The fact that you can mix and match hundreds of different images (lots of florals, animals, cute containers, insects, scenery and more) is what makes their stamps so unique and fun.
You can find some of their videos on Facebook and some older ones on YouTube. The stamping goes FAST, which is fun. Heather does ALL her coloring on 22lb copy paper (later glued to cardstock) and then colors with Tombow water-based markers and a blender pen.
I used a scruffy dog, grass, a tin bucket, leaves, mushrooms, a small green plant, a pumpkin and a little heart to build my scene. I used Post-It masking with the bucket, dog, pumpkins and mushrooms to make them appear layered like I wanted. I colored with Copics, Spectrum Noir markers and Dick Blick alcohol ink markers. I added the dots line at the end and added a Simon Says Stamp sentiment strip along with a tiny strip of Stampin' Up's Poppy Parade CS, with a Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz in the left top corner.
Cardstock was Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110lb, plus Stampin' Up's Mossy Meadow. I die cut the card front panels with mini slimline dies by Popsicle Sticks from Etsy. Rest assured, I'll be using more and more of these stamps on my cards.
I am entering this card at Addicted to Stamps & More #471, The Outlawz Challenges, and Double Trouble.
Whew, June has been a whirlwind. My family was in Denver on June 1 for my niece's lovely wedding. I've attended a scrapbooking convention in Denton, TX and had a fun four days with some dear friends from high school, most recently.
A little family-run stamp company (at least 35 years old) called Stamps by Judith & Heather is always at these conventions. They make hand-drawn stamps that are all meant for scene building. Many of their stamps are woodblock, especially the small ones that are mounted on the end of a wooden dowel - you know, peg stamps, also known as "stubbies." The fact that you can mix and match hundreds of different images (lots of florals, animals, cute containers, insects, scenery and more) is what makes their stamps so unique and fun.
You can find some of their videos on Facebook and some older ones on YouTube. The stamping goes FAST, which is fun. Heather does ALL her coloring on 22lb copy paper (later glued to cardstock) and then colors with Tombow water-based markers and a blender pen.
I used a scruffy dog, grass, a tin bucket, leaves, mushrooms, a small green plant, a pumpkin and a little heart to build my scene. I used Post-It masking with the bucket, dog, pumpkins and mushrooms to make them appear layered like I wanted. I colored with Copics, Spectrum Noir markers and Dick Blick alcohol ink markers. I added the dots line at the end and added a Simon Says Stamp sentiment strip along with a tiny strip of Stampin' Up's Poppy Parade CS, with a Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz in the left top corner.
Cardstock was Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110lb, plus Stampin' Up's Mossy Meadow. I die cut the card front panels with mini slimline dies by Popsicle Sticks from Etsy. Rest assured, I'll be using more and more of these stamps on my cards.
I am entering this card at Addicted to Stamps & More #471, The Outlawz Challenges, and Double Trouble.
There is nothing quite as sweet as the images by Anita Jeram for Colorado Craft Company. I pulled out these Tea Time sweeties to enter the Color Throwdown Challenge #743. Lime, Pink and White are the colors required with neutrals (gray here) allowed. I am also entering the Art Impressions Challenge. I made a video of putting together this card including all my coloring and I plan to edit it to use as an Instagram reel in the coming days. My files are larger than normal because I just left my phone recording the entire time I was coloring all the images. Gonna be a bugger to edit. (Edit: Video is finished and on my reels on IG @tinypaperblossom.)
I colored all the images with alcohol markers by Copic, Dick Blick, and Spectrum Noir. I cut them out with the matching dies. Next, I used Sweetly Stitched Shapes dies from Stampin' Up! to cut out all the stitched circles from old Stampin' Up! and Jillibean Soup paper. I used a die from the Mama Elephant Window Dressings die set to cut the white panel. I used plenty of foam adhesive to build the dimension on this card. Finally, I used a sentiment from My Favorite Things Birdie Brown's Greetings Galore attached with the Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher. I made the fishtail with a small square punch.
I have many more images from Colorado Craft Company and Anita Jeram colored; I just need to make them into cards.
Have a great day!
There is nothing quite as sweet as the images by Anita Jeram for Colorado Craft Company. I pulled out these Tea Time sweeties to enter the Color Throwdown Challenge #743. Lime, Pink and White are the colors required with neutrals (gray here) allowed. I am also entering the Art Impressions Challenge. I made a video of putting together this card including all my coloring and I plan to edit it to use as an Instagram reel in the coming days. My files are larger than normal because I just left my phone recording the entire time I was coloring all the images. Gonna be a bugger to edit. (Edit: Video is finished and on my reels on IG @tinypaperblossom.)
I colored all the images with alcohol markers by Copic, Dick Blick, and Spectrum Noir. I cut them out with the matching dies. Next, I used Sweetly Stitched Shapes dies from Stampin' Up! to cut out all the stitched circles from old Stampin' Up! and Jillibean Soup paper. I used a die from the Mama Elephant Window Dressings die set to cut the white panel. I used plenty of foam adhesive to build the dimension on this card. Finally, I used a sentiment from My Favorite Things Birdie Brown's Greetings Galore attached with the Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher. I made the fishtail with a small square punch.
I have many more images from Colorado Craft Company and Anita Jeram colored; I just need to make them into cards.
Have a great day!
When I received all the new floral dies from Poppystamps, I was super inspired by a post I had seen on Pinterest. I decided to CASE the amazing Zsoka Marko and her December 2022 card that you can see here on her blog A Pocket Full of Scrap.
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When I received all the new floral dies from Poppystamps, I was super inspired by a post I had seen on Pinterest. I decided to CASE the amazing Zsoka Marko and her December 2022 card that you can see here on her blog A Pocket Full of Scrap.
I am also entering the As You Like It Challenge. I chose this design because I love squares and tiny, little details surrounded by clean space. I love miniatures (how I never owned a doll house growing up, I'll never know) and so coloring and layering *tiny paper blossoms* (ahem) on top of a stitched square frame was right up my alley.
I am also entering the As You Like It Challenge. I chose this design because I love squares and tiny, little details surrounded by clean space. I love miniatures (how I never owned a doll house growing up, I'll never know) and so coloring and layering *tiny paper blossoms* (ahem) on top of a stitched square frame was right up my alley.
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I wasn't going to miss a chance to play with my sweet My Favorite Things Harvest Mouse stamp and die set. A friend of mine gave me a set of neutral colored mini slimline notecards (they open at the top, not the side) and envelopes and I immediately thought I could do something small and simple with them.
I colored all the images with alcohol markers, die cut them and glued them above a sentiment I stamped directly on the card. I wanted to leave a lot of open space above the images to make it a true clean and simple design. Now, how easy was that?
Ingredients:
CS: Pre-made Stampin' Up! Sahara Sand mini-slimline notecards, Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110lb
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Markers: From Copic, Dick Blick, Spectrum Noir
Stamps: MFT Harvest Mouse with matching dies, sentiment from Stampin' Up! Lighthearted Leaves
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and I wasn't going to miss a chance to play with my sweet My Favorite Things Harvest Mouse stamp and die set. A friend of mine gave me a set of neutral colored mini slimline notecards (they open at the top, not the side) and envelopes and I immediately thought I could do something small and simple with them.
I colored all the images with alcohol markers, die cut them and glued them above a sentiment I stamped directly on the card. I wanted to leave a lot of open space above the images to make it a true clean and simple design. Now, how easy was that?
Ingredients:
CS: Pre-made Stampin' Up! Sahara Sand mini-slimline notecards, Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110lb
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Markers: From Copic, Dick Blick, Spectrum Noir
Stamps: MFT Harvest Mouse with matching dies, sentiment from Stampin' Up! Lighthearted Leaves
I decided to enter a few challenges and let them drive my design this week. The Global Design Project CASE the Designer challenge was the most unique. The challenge was to Copy And Selectively Edit from this original.
I am still enjoying my MFT Harvest Mouse stamps, so I paired this mouse with 3 dies and one embossing folder. I colored the mouse and apple basket with alcohol markers and then die cut them. Next I used a stitch circle die with kraft paper and dry embossed the circle. I wanted to mimic the leaves in the original design and I used two different dies to do that. I wanted a red background to pick up the color of the apples and found this double-sided piece in my stash. I wanted to use a kraft cardstock base but wanted something to give it interest. I used a very old background stamp with Versamark on the card base. I assembled it all using both liquid glue and foam adhesive, and tied twine around the main portion just like in the original. I added the sentiment after I’d heat embossed it.
Ingredients
CS: Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb
Patterned Paper: unknown - from my stash
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark embossing ink
Stamps: My Favorite Things Harvest Mouse, friend definition background stamp - unknown (maybe Hero Arts)
Dies: Circle: Stampin' Up! Stitched Shapes, Poppystamps Poinsettia Background, David Tutera for Sizzix Eucalyptus, MFT Harvest Mouse
Markers: Copic & Dick Blick alcohol markers
Embellishments: Stampin' Up! linen thread, Nuvo Crystal Drops Dandelion Yellow, Taylored Expressions white embossing powder, Darice fall leaves embossing folder, Signo Uniball white gel pen
Challenges: The Global Design Project #GDP316, AAA Challenge Birthday Card Challenge
, Craft Animals Challenge
I decided to enter a few challenges and let them drive my design this week. The Global Design Project CASE the Designer challenge was the most unique. The challenge was to Copy And Selectively Edit from this original.
I am still enjoying my MFT Harvest Mouse stamps, so I paired this mouse with 3 dies and one embossing folder. I colored the mouse and apple basket with alcohol markers and then die cut them. Next I used a stitch circle die with kraft paper and dry embossed the circle. I wanted to mimic the leaves in the original design and I used two different dies to do that. I wanted a red background to pick up the color of the apples and found this double-sided piece in my stash. I wanted to use a kraft cardstock base but wanted something to give it interest. I used a very old background stamp with Versamark on the card base. I assembled it all using both liquid glue and foam adhesive, and tied twine around the main portion just like in the original. I added the sentiment after I’d heat embossed it.
Ingredients
CS: Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb
Patterned Paper: unknown - from my stash
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark embossing ink
Stamps: My Favorite Things Harvest Mouse, friend definition background stamp - unknown (maybe Hero Arts)
Dies: Circle: Stampin' Up! Stitched Shapes, Poppystamps Poinsettia Background, David Tutera for Sizzix Eucalyptus, MFT Harvest Mouse
Markers: Copic & Dick Blick alcohol markers
Embellishments: Stampin' Up! linen thread, Nuvo Crystal Drops Dandelion Yellow, Taylored Expressions white embossing powder, Darice fall leaves embossing folder, Signo Uniball white gel pen
Challenges: The Global Design Project #GDP316, AAA Challenge Birthday Card Challenge
, Craft Animals Challenge
