Try It Tuesday~ tags and shells!!!

Hi guys!

I have a set of sea shell tags to share today.  I sent these in for publication in 2015.

  They weren't picked up but that means I can share them with you.

I absolutely thought they were beautiful and still do :)  

I'm not going to be able to tell you to much about them other

 than the stamps that were used.  The paper name is long gone out of my head.

I know that it is "old" ~

All of the seashell images were stamped and then cut out.

 Foam sqaures were added for dimension.  The tag was created out of patterned paper.

Texture stamps were stamped randomly to create a background for the seashell images.

The tag topper is a punch by Stampin' Up!  

It always amazes me what you can do with scrap paper and stamps!!!

Supplies used:

Darkroom Door stamps: Seashells, Wildflowers Vol. 2, French Script/Texture, Scratches/Texture and Criss Cross/Texture stamp.  Texana Designs/Sand Dollar stamp.

Ink: Ranger

twine

cheese cloth (color with ink)

small sea shells

buttons

Wink of Stella ( shimmer)

Tag punch/Stampin' Up!

Thanks for stopping by for 

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Try It Tuesday~ same stamps different cards!

Hi Guys!

Thanks for stopping by for Try It Tuesday.  A fun challenge~same stamps, two different cards.

Take out some stamps and start creating but the catch is two cards, same stamps.  Here is what I created, even used paper scraps!

Similar but different.  

These are the stamps I used~

Who said you have to use the same manufacture, who said no mixing of stamps, who said that?

Nobody!! 

Have fun and create something beautiful!!

See ya soon~

Watermelon Card with Darkroom Door~

Hi guys!!

I have a watermelon card to share using the Brush Strokes set 

by Darkroom Door.

Can you tell which stamps I used?

Instructions~ 

I masked off the top right corner stamp to make the meat of the watermelon. 

 The watermelon rind is from the middle curvy brush stroke.  

I love taking out a stamp set and seeing what I can create with it~

very fun to do!!!!

The sentiment stamp is by Texana Designs!

Thanks for stopping by~

Dylusions inks~I took a class!!!!

 

I took a class at Craft Crossing ,over NSD weekend, with Janet Bradshaw .  She is on the DT at Texana Designs.  This was my second Dylusions Class, my first was in Florida last year with Dyan Reaveley herself.  I had a great time using the stamps and inks but most of all learning to use them together.  Here is the technique /reference book we made in class.

Using the stencils with a white gel pen~looks awesome!

I'm getting braver here~ stamping, removing the ink with a brush pen, really love the look!!!

 This is "our" self expression page~I'm not finished, I need to express some more:):):)

All the Dylusions Inks~

And this is the book I did in Florida with Dyan.   It is made out of the extra large tags by Ranger.

We did the same techniques that I had done in Florida but was a good refresher course!!

I know this is so out of the box for me but " I like it" ~ "I want more, I want more"  name that commercial

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See ya soon~

Helmar~my last post!

Hi everyone!! I wanted to share my last Helmar blog post.  I had such a fun time working with Buttons Galore and More. Anytime I get to play with buttons~I love it!!!  I made a button garland and some button cards~so fun!!

and then I did a layout of our wildflowers this year, using Susiebee Studios pattern papers.  These papers were perfect for showcasing the Texas wildflowers of 2012.

I also used some Prima flowers, Canvas Corp and Tattered Angels mists. I had just purchased a "I {heart} wildflowers" stamp by Texana Designs ** swoon** love it!!

and I used the awesome, fabulous, star of Helmar~450 Quick Dry to adhere all of these creations together!!! Have a great Monday, I'm going to try!! See ya soon~

Texana Designs~nice!!!!!

Last Saturday Craft Crossing {LSS where I teach} had Texana Designs in house with their fabulous stamps for a Trunk Show. The DT was doing make n takes !!! Oh I had a blast~nice to be on the other side of the table learning. These are my make n takes~just wanted to share !!

These represent four stamps, the wild flowers, I {heart} wildflowers!, the cute little chicken and Happy Easter. Such fun little projects!! Next were these two cards~

I loved doing these even if I whined at first.  The Iris folding looked so hard and it is so not!!! The second one is embossed paper piecing ~ very cool!!!!

A close-up of the Iris folding. This is very fun and doesn't take a huge amount of time.  I bought a couple of kits, I liked it so much!!  I'm thinking Jenni would  look awesome in Iris fold~

I do want to give a shout out to the design team member's~Jimmye Sue Mitchell /owner, artist, Joyce A. Meyer (JAM'n Stamps) artist, Janet Bradshaw / designer, Jilda Bolton /designer, Karen Lambert/designer, Libby Hickson/designer and Linda McClain/designer!!! VERY talented bunch of ladies!!!!! Thank you ~ hope to see you soon!!!

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No compensation was received for this blog post ~ just a shout out for GREAT stamps!!

see ya soon!!!