The First Day of School

Well today is the first day of school for our county. This morning as the buses were pulling into the parking lot at the school across the street I was taking my morning walk. Ahhh life is good being retired! In honor of the first day of school I have used Julie’s color concoction to create this card. I got the image in an image swap I participated in last month. I thought it would…

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A Surprise Post

I haven’t done one of Julee’s Mojo Monday sketches in a while and I couldn’t resist doing this one. It was a great sketch to do and once I picked my image it was easy to complete. This is another Penny Black stamp. I thought it would be a good one to also use to do some silhouette image cards. I will be trying that soon as I would like to play with brayering on…

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Hedgehog on Daisy

Ahhh!  I realized after posting this that my sentiment is crooked.  Oh well, can’t do anything about it now but will have to fix it before I send it (mmm… maybe, just shows the fact that it is handstamped and not perfect!). I have been having a blast using my Penny Black images.  I just love Hedgehogs.  Anybody know of any other companies that make cute hedgehog stamps? I relaly like the layout of this…

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Not a Saturday Sketch but a card for you

I have been experimenting some more with markers and a blending pen to create shading.  I used Blush Blossom and Close to Cocoa on the cat to create his shaded fur.  I am still working my a variety of cardstock to see the one that I like the best.  I really like this technique and will continue to use it so I can create depth and dimension on my cards.  Let me know that you…

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Kids Stamp Camp

Here are a few shots of the group from the August Stamp Camp. Monday I had them make a Stationery Packet with 4 Thank You notes and I think they turned out really cute, sorry I forgot to get a photo that day. These photos were taken on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. On Tuesday we learned two techniques shaving cream and 2 step stamping, for each technique they made 2 cards. Wednesday we made these…

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Hedgehog in Field of Daisies

Daisies are my favorite flower.  Couple them with cute hedgehog images and I just have to have it.  This is another Penny Black image that I got from Addicted to Rubber Stamps.  This is a great website and has over 1,000 images.  Their customer service is great also and you get your stamps in 2 – 3 days on regular shipping.  I used some white primas and attempted to add a little color using my…

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