Guest Designing for Hambo Stamps!

Hello! Today I am honored to be the guest designer for Hambo Stamps! It was such a wonderful surprise to be asked and I really hard a difficult time picking the stamps to work with. 

Have you seen their stamps???  They are so funny.  I really chuckled going through their site.  I ended up choosing to work with this adorable giraffe and coordinating Above & Beyond sentiment.  My oldest daughter has a thing for giraffes and just loved this fella!

For my first card I paired them together and added a bunch of twine to create the giraffe's mane and tail:

For my second card I wanted to show an entirely different look for the giraffe so I stamped him three times on solid colors to create a welcome baby card:

Thanks Monica and Libby!!

Just a reminder:  As part of Hambo's 10 Year Anniversary Celebration----they are running a free shipping promotion that runs until the end of the day today.  Free shipping anywhere in the U.S. with a $10 minimum purchase.  There is a discount on shipping for international orders as well.

Thanks for stopping by!

Fuzz Love

Hi there!  Today I am going through my craft room and getting a big box of stamps ready to give to one of you.  I have so many stamps that have never been used and I know they would love a new home.  Stay tuned!

In other news:  I have a fuzzy love bug up on the Helmar Blog today!  Here is a peek:

 

You can check out the full project HERE!  I would love it you stopped by to take a peek :)

Have a GREAT day!

Easter Cards

Hello!  Today I have a few tips on making Easter cards on the Cardmaker Blog.  I also have a some Easter cards posted.....I would love for you to check it out!  Here is a peek at one of the cards:

 

You will have to head on over to the Cardmaker blog to see the other one!  

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek :)

Imaginisce Hop

Hi There! Welcome to the Cardmaker Blog Team imaginisce Blog Hop!  Imaginisce is the amazing company behind the I-Top and they generously gifted the team with the i-top tool and all the fun punches and brads/button accessories to go along with it. THANK YOU imaginisce!!

So, today we are sharing all of the creations we made!  I am excited to see what all the gals made! This tool was a blast! As I started playing around with it...I thought of more and more ways to play with it.  I have so many ideas in my head but settled on these for today:

For my first card, I used the small 16 mm brads to create a paper rainbow--I covered each brad with colors of the rainbow and then I poked them through the card stock layer.  After inserting the brads in the rainbow shape, I took some twine and ran it under the brads and tied it on one side.  I added the cloud with sentiment on the other side of the rainbow:

(Stickers (SRM Stickers), baker's twine (The Twinery)

Tip: when using paper with your i-top, it is sometimes helpful to lightly moisten the paper with a damp paper towel to make the paper more pliable. It will remove the paper wrinkles. 

For my next card, I went super simple.  I covered a large 34 mm brad with fabric to create the center of the flower.  The flower itself is actually made with the coordinating punch that you can use to punch the paper for the brads.  I thought it made a fun flower with a covered brad in the center:

 (Stamp- Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches); baker's twine (The Twinery)

Finally, I ventured off the card "path" (smack my hand) but I wanted to make something else with these.  I designed a simple Scotty Dog stuffed animal (I can post details on this later if you are interested.) I sewed and stuffed the animal and then I wanted to make him a fun collar.  So, I used two 16 mm brads and one 22 mm brad and attached them to some baker's twine (The Twinery) that I gently wrapped around the neck. I bent the brad prongs around the twine and using a wire tool, wrapped them back so they would stay in place.

It was so much fun to play with the i-top tool. Thanks again, imaginisce!!!


Now before you venture too far, head on over to Trudy's blog for some more imaginisce inspiration!!

Here is the complete blog hop list in case you get lost along the way:
Cardmaker Blog
Tami Mayberry
Carolyn King (You are here!)
Trudy Sjolander
Colleen Schaan
Kimberly Crawford
and also joining us this week---
Melanie Muenchinger and
Lora Brickman

Thanks for stopping by today!

Canvas Art

Hello!  Today I have a few canvas art pieces to share with you.  The one thing they both have in common---I used some Lori Whitlock Silhouette files on both of them!

These files made it SIMPLE for me to create my own artistic canvases.  Just love how EASY it was!

The first canvas uses these files from Lori- available in the Silhouette Online store:

Find Joy Every Day

and Butterfly

 

I painted the canvas with butter creme acrylic paint and I added some light blue paint along the edges and on the sides of the canvas.  After the paint was dry, I went to my patterned paper scrap drawer and pulled a few pieces out.  I cut different ones in a square shape and I added them to the canvas in just a few areas using the Helmar Decoupage paste.  I also coated the top of the papers.

After letting that dry I went back to the paints, adding some more buttercreme paint along the edges and across the papers I added.  I mixed in some brown and some yellow paints and just added paint where I felt it needed some.  I used some bubble wrap to "stamp" some blue distress ink onto the canvas.

Then, I printed off the sentiment and butterfly from my Silhouette machine (both are by Lori Whitlock).

I adhered the sentiment with Helmar Decoupage Paste and added some rub ons on the canvas.  After coating the top of the sentiment with Decoupage Paste I let the canvas dry a bit more.

Next, I added some highlights and shadows with a charcoal pencil, rubbing it in with my finger.  I added some pearls to the two butterflies in the air and then added the cut out butterfly with some Helmar 450 Quick Dry.

The second canvas uses Lori's Teapot file (available in the Silhouette online store):

 

For this one, I used a flat canvas so I could then punch holes in the top to add a hanging string.  I painted the canvas in buttercreme acrylic paint and then added some scraps of patterned paper.  I added some light blue acrylic paint and then some brown along the edges.  I printed out the teapot file on some DCWV Olive Script patterned paper.  After I adhered the teapot to the canvas using Helmar Decoupage paste, I outlined it with a charcoal pencil and blended it with my finger.  To get the aged look to the teapot- I sponged on some Ranger Tea Dye Distress ink.  I added some steam using Cappuccino baker's twine (The Twinery) and Helmar 450 Quick Dry.    After adding some more paint and the heart (which I free hand cut), I punched some holes at the top of the canvas to add the hemp hangar.

That is it!

Hope you like them and are inspired to create some canvas art with your Lori Whitlock files!

Have a great Monday!