{SS} Wooden Chick Tags

Happy Easter everyone!!! 

Hope you have a fun-filled weekend planned with lots of CANDY and LOVE and LAUGHTER! 

This year we bought some See's Candies thru my son's school and I love the pretty Easter paper, but it was just lacking a little something!   So I turned to my supplies for a little help. 

I had so much fun making these wooden tags. 

Here is a picture tutorial on how I achieved it. 

Supplies: 

Memento Ink: Rich Cocoa

Wooden Tags 

Stamps: Bunny and Chicks Circles

I bought the wooden tags from Michaels, during Christmas, not sure if they still have them, but there are lots of other companies that make them too.   I took the black round sticker off and lightly sanded it, to give it a smoother surface.   Then I stamped the image using the Memento ink and I held it in place for about 15 seconds, that way the wood would soak up the ink. 

Then I colored them using Prismacolor pencils.   I only used three colors and not a lot of pressure was needed when applying color.  Just remember to color with the grain of the wood first and then go back and fill in the gaps, once the first layer has been applied. 

Here is a close up of one of the tags.

Sharing my project in the following challenges: 

Dream Factory #30

 Happy Easter and thank you for stopping by today! 

Hugs. 

{FTH} Sketch #141: Just Relax

Good morning and Happy Hump Day! 

It seems like forever since I've actually colored or created a card and now that I think about it, it has!! Way too long!!  I actually had some time to sit down and put a card together!   If you know me, there was a happy dance being done in my pajamas too!  :) Sucks having a hobby you can't enjoy when other factors in life have taken precedence. 

So let me share my card with you!!   I am playing along this week with From the Heart Stamps Sketch #141.  See sketch below.  I also flipped the sketch to fit my requirements of the card. 

This weeks twist is; Easel Card, which I managed to pull off doing the sketch and twist this week. 

Here is my easel card. I used Birdbrain Birdbath Chick, which is colored on kraft cardstock, using Prismacolor pencils.  I added glossy accents to the bubbles, just for more added texture. 

Hope you will try to join us this week.  

I would like to share my card in the following challenges: 

Paradise of Stamps #37

Hugs.

{SS} Surfs Up

Morning- It's my turn to post over at the SweetStamps Blog today. 

We've been experiencing very weird weather patterns here in California.  It's a bit frustrating because it does not feel like we had a winter at all, but I am so ready for Summer to be here.  

So before I move into my card today, I want to remind you to check out January's release HERE!!

For my card today, I used Splish Splash 6x6 stencil and distress ink markers Peacock Feathers and Broken China to create the background.  Once the background was dried, I used Star Dust Glitter Glue to accent the tips of the drops.   This surfboard bear is from the Beach Bears collection.  I colored the image using the same watercolor paper as the stenciled background.  I then used gamsol to give it a more smooth finish. 

Thanks for stopping by today. 

See you back tomorrow! 

Hugs.

{SS} Have A Beautiful Day

Good morning everyone-
Happy Saturday everyone!! We are having great weather today, but are expecting rain this evening!!
So we will be trying to enjoy it as best as we can!!
This weeks challenge at Sweetstamps is:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

For my card today, I am using Daisy Swag, which I stamped on kraft cardstock using white dye ink.
Once the ink dried, I colored the image using my neglected Prismacolor pencils.  I took the dye white ink and inked the edged of the card base, as well as the sentiment panel.  I used an oval die cut to create the negative space, in which the sentiment was stamped in.  Decorated with some twine and a button!!  Putting the card together was easy, but the coloring is what took the longest. 

Products used:

InLinkz.com

I would like to share tis card in the following challenge:

ShowCase Your Style #9

Polkadoodles Challenge: Week 7
Wags n' Whiskers #148

Hugs. 

Black Magic

Good morning sweet friends-

Oh what a week...what a week!!

I'm actually getting caught up on some projects and I need to because, we have just decided to MOVE!

How I dislike moving...I LOVE to organize, but moving is awful!!

So this will all be taking place the first of December, so I am trying hard to work ahead.

Moving on...

Today at SweetStamps we have a fun technique for you to try.
This weeks theme is:
BLACK MAGIC
Here is my card sample.

This technique is new to me and I LOVE it. 

I stamped my image using white pigment ink, onto black cardstock. 

Now here is the fun part...You can color the white space with either chalks, copics or colored pencils. 

I used Prismacolor pencils on my card.  I also learned through the process that it is best to use an image that is not so detailed, it's really hard to color with color pencils.

So there you have it...I hope that you will take the challenge and join us this week. 

Make sure to stop by the blog too and see what the other sweeties have created.

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Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra entry in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including SweetStamps). You must link back to SweetStamps to your blog post.

Next week's challenge #90 is:

Christmas

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I would like to enter the following challenges:

Flutter By Wednesday #211

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #99

Hugs,
Calypso

Sentimental Sundays.....Autumn

Good morning-

I hope that your days is starting off beautifully.

We had some really weird weather yesterday.  After 2-3 days of sun, we got rain and thunder.

The rain was very brief, maybe 20 mins or so but, boy how strange, right?!

It's time for another Sentimental Sundays Challenge!!!

This weeks theme is:

AUTUMN

Supplies Used:

For this weeks card, I used Autumn Sentiments from Raindrop Echo Designs.

I printed the sentiment on kraft cardstock and colored it with my Prismacolor pencils.

I've been trying to color/practice with my pencils a lot more!!  I really like the soft and subtle look that the pencils provide on kraft cardstock.

Make sure to check out the rest of the design teams creation....They really rocked this weeks challenge.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

:

Mark's Finest Paper Challenge Week #72: Use a punch

Outlawz Challenge: Create a Autumn(Fall) Theme project

The Spotted Chick: Use Kraft

The Paper Shelter Challenge #30: Embossing

Everybody-Art-Challenge #158: Autumn

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #30: Fall Colors
Come and Get It Challenge: Fall Colors

Thanks for stopping by, see you again real soon.

Big HUGS,