Stamp of the Week

January 31, 2016

[1.31.2016] Assemble This! Sketch No. 1

Hi! So, I’m kinda excited about something. For my long time visitors, do you remember Wanna Sketch? It has been on hiatus for quite a while… a year to be exact. Well, I’m ready to play with sketches again!!! They have been kinda absent from my crafty process this last year and I’ve come to realize how much I miss them and really love that part of my creative process. So, I’m bringing them back, in a different way.

I’d like to introduce you to Assemble This! Sketch! I’m going to combine my two faves, a sketch and a quickie video. You get to see how my sketch came to life in a super quick and simple way.

I used to run a challenge with Wanna Sketch… Assemble This! Sketch is going to be a little different. I’m just going to share the sketch and video for your inspiration only. I’d LOVE for you to let me know if you create something, I’ll definitely come take a peek. But, I won’t have a link up or a set schedule. THIS IS FOR FUN ONLY… for you and for me!!! That makes me super happy. The pressure is too much for my little heart. Fun is so much better.

So, are you ready to see the first Assemble This! Sketch.

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Clean and simple (CAS)! I’m going back to my roots baby. You are welcome to start here and go crazy. It is just a starting point. You may end up with a completely different card from the sketch or something exactly like it… both are absolutely WONDERFUL! It makes my heart happy to see what you create, it means you were inspired and went where your heart took you. Let’s see where my heart took me.

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Travel Wagon

I’m using this beautiful new stamp set from Unity Stamp Co. — Travel Wagon. I’ve stamped it on watercolor paper and then colored with standard watercolor paints. Once it was dry, I added a bit of sparkle with a Wink of Stella pen.

I die cut the tag shape, popped it up over a little paper doily and added a few little cute embellishments to finish it all off. Super duper sweet and girlie. Who says being brave means you can’t be pretty while you do it!

Ready to see this sketch in action. Here is the Assemble This! video, you can also watch it on YouTube HERE as well. I’m keeping them short and sweet and under 2 minutes. No jibber jabber, just creativity in action. Hope you enjoy.

If you are interested in watching me watercolor, this is my process on how I colored the stamped image as well. It is much longer, but coloring takes a long time and it is hard to edit down. You can also watch it on YouTube HERE as well.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you’ll be inspired to Assemble This Sketch too! My goal is to have at least one a month or more. Hope you’ll subscribe to my blog or my Facebook or my YouTube challenge for updates (see my sidebar to sign up). That would be amazing!!!

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February 9, 2015

[2.9.2015] sweet elle

Sweet Elle

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There is just something about a little elephant that makes my heart smile. Young and old souls alike would appreciate receiving this little birthday cutie. I think I have mentioned I have a hard time with cards for the little tikes. But I think sweet elle will help me out tremendously. And this simple design is perfect for bulking up my stock of cards.

This little elle is watercolored with paints. I stamped first, then watercolored, dried completely (with the aid of my hairdryer) and then die cut the shape. I finally found my crochet yarn, geez, that has been missing for ages!!! It was the perfect little accent for this dainty card.

You can find more information and to sign up for the Stamp of the Week HERE.
Who wouldn’t love a little Unity delivered EVERY week.
Awesome.

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January 8, 2015

[1.8.2015] unity thursday – pitcher us together

Unity Thursday

Time for some more THURSDAY fun with the Unity design team. If you haven’t been hopping along, all the action starts on the Unity blog. There’s always fun stuff going on.

I’m sharing a tag I’ve created using the current stamp of the week.

Sooooo cute! I can’t help be a little bias towards this week’s stamp, it is my little design. Nothing better than a pitcher of beer with my hubs. I thought it would make for a cute little stamp. Now, this could be a pitcher of anything really… beer, sangria, lemonade, kool-aid. Your pitcher can be filled with anything.

I used Distress Markers to watercolor this tag and created a little snippet if you are interested in watching my process.

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Here are all the girls hopping today… just click on the next pretty girl in line.

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November 17, 2014

[11.17.2014] wanna sketch no. 22

Wanna Sketch no. 22

Wow, November is more than half over. Yikes! If you are like me, your remaining weeks in this beautiful 2014 are jam packed and filled with TONS of plans, celebrations, good food, chores, shopping, crafting and drinking. Not in any particular order. Ha. ‘Tis the season.

I have a feeling I’ll be sharing a Christmas card using this sketch in the next couple weeks. I have an idea brewing. But for today’s kick off, I have a very springy type card (surprisingly). It is not quite fall or winter in Arizona. It is how it goes, we go from 100 degree weather to 60 overnight. I’m waiting for that to happen. Maybe this week if we are lucky. I want to bring out my sweatshirts.

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I wanted to make sure that the line of hearts in the sketch were the focus of the card. I found the perfect stamp to mimic that line and left it in black and white. One of my favorite stamping tricks lately. I just used a Copic marker to add a little shadowing. All the stamping was done in black and then I used patterned paper to bring in the color. That heart is super shiney in the photo. Really, it is just glossy accents over patterned paper, but the light hit it just perfect to make it look a little pearl-ish.

Now it is your turn… Are you ready to take this sketch on??? The linky will stay open until Friday, December 19, 2014 {11:55pm PT}.
Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

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September 29, 2014

[9.29.2014] happy national coffee day!!!

Coffee and stamps…

Two of my favorite combinations. Throw a doughnut in and you have totally made my day. I’m excited to join in on a HUGE and fabulous blog hop today. Some sweet crafty friends have engineered this event for the love of coffee and stamps. All the details can be found at Chaitali’s blog. I’m just one of many, so going to try to keep this short and sweet.

I’m using some Unity Stamp Company stamps this week. The coffee stamp I’m using is the Coffee Side by Side itty bitty.

Plus a few others mixed in.

My favorite coffee place is a local shop called The Coffee Rush. I would visit every day, but sadly it is so far, far away. So, my second favorite spot is Starbucks. As you are probably aware, Starbucks are on almost every corner. I’ll usually visit mine before my early morning shifts for a Venti Iced coffee with sugar free caramel and cream (during the HOT AZ summer) or a Venti Blonde roast with sugar free caramel and cream (during the cooler months). In honor of my SB addiction, I singled out that little “to go” cup of coffee from the stamp to use on my cards for today.

I liked the ombre effect of the patterned paper and mimicked it in the coloring of my cups. Then, I just added the perfect birthday bubble with a heart, cuz I love coffee and the birthday girl.

I have a little treat, this cutie fox is sneak peek. She is part of the Stamp of the Week program at Unity and will be arriving in subscriber’s mailboxes the week of October 5th. If you want her to arrive in YOUR mailbox, you have plenty of time to sign up.

When, I stamped a bunch of coffee cups for my first card, I had one or two extra. Not one to waste a single drop of coffee, I decided to pair one with my sweet fox . It is the perfect color and combination for a birthday Starbucks gift.

That is all from me today. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by for a cup of coffee and some card inspiration. There are some AMAZING sponsors for this event. Check it out.