RIP

I absolutely LOVE Halloween and I absolutely LOVE Just Some Lines.

So when I saw their challenge was Halloween this week

and the fact that they were giving away this digi ... I had to play!!!

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A Surprise for the Wicked Wednesday DT Leader ......

We at the Wicked Wednesday Design Team 

would like to give a Special Birthday Shout Out 

to our wonderful Leader - Jenn Borjeson

SURPRISE!!!

She has no idea that we did this for her!

In honor of her birthday we all received the cutest digi image that Jehanne over at Just Some Lines designed with Jenn in mind and named after her.

We each created an ATC for her on her birthday ....

 Chelsea

 

Denice

 

 Tabbatha

Glo

Kim

Sharon

Happy Birthday Jenn!!!

Your entire DT appreciates everything that you do to every week for this group 

and we hope you have a GREAT day!!!

ENJOY!!!!

Christmas in July ...

Here is my ATC for Wicked Wednesday this week.

It's for our theme ... Christmas in July ....

I love this image .... I popped his head up to give him some dimension.

His nose also glows with a little crystal laquer on it.

Our sponsor this week is Just Some Lines

Come on over and play with us!!!

ENJOY!

What's Your Future ..

Here is my ATC for Wicked Wednesday this week.

It's for our theme ... Show us the Future....

I love this image .... it was created by my friend Jehanne over at Just Some Lines

I added glossy accents to this crystal ball.

Our sponsor this week is Just Some Lines

Come on over and play with us!!!

ENJOY!

It's Your Day!!!

Here is my ATC for Wicked Wednesday this week.

I colored this guy with my copics. 

I added these cool word brads to dress him up!

Our theme is week is a a charm.

Our sponsor this week is Just Some Lines.

It's your day today Jehanne ---- I love love love your images!!!!

ENJOY!

Love Birds ....

Here is my ATC for Wicked Wednesday this week.

I colored them with my copics.  I made this very dimensional with popping 3 layers.

Our theme is Weddings.

Our sponsor this week was Just Some Lines.

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Weddings

I love these guys from Just Some Lines.

It's called Wedded Bliss and I love them paired up with the sentiment "Let Your Heart Have Wings"

The browns and yellows create such a lovely card with this image.

This card is for the JSL Challenge this week

Get out your wedding images and join us.

ENJOY!!!

Black and White

I love this little guy from Just Some Lines.

He's called Bakster Helps and I love him paired up with the sentiment "Happy Tails to You"

The black, white, and grays work really well on this card.

This card is for the JSL Challenge this week

Get out your black and white images and join us.

ENJOY!!!

Tweet Tweet

I love this little guy from Just Some Lines.

He's called Funky Bird and I love him paired up with the sentiment "Party at the Nest"

The kraft, browns, and yellows work really well on this card.

This card is for the JSL Challenge this week

Get out your bird images and join us.

ENJOY!!!

Congrats ....

Another one of my good work friends is expecting her first baby!

I made this card for her using the wonderful pregnancy digi from Just Some Lines.

ENJOY!

Pregnant Joy

Essential Sentiments

Cardstock - Sage Gingham

Cardstock - Sugar

Organdy Sheer Ribbon - Lime

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Sugar and Spice

Today over at Just Some Lines we challenge you to get inspired by the following photo:

I used Emo Elenora's Sunflower and I love her pink hair!

It's a great color combo and I just love our challenges.

If you'd like to play along too ... just visit us HERE and link up your creation.  

You have 2 weeks!

ENJOY!

Birdies!

Today on Wicked Wednesday we are using a Bird in the Tree image from Jehanne over at Just Some Lines.

I took the image and then printed it 3 more times to get 3 more birds.  I loved this bird and wanted more  :)

I colored everything and popped those 3 birds.

This week over on Wicked Wednesday we are celebrating Earth Day!!!

Get out those ATCs that support Mother Earth and play along!

ENJOY!

TUTORIAL -- Marrying Digital Stamps with Rubber Stamps

Hi Everyone! ---- HAPPY EASTER!!!

I'm here with a fun tutorial for your enjoyment.

I love love love pairing my rubber stamps with my digital stamps and I often get questions about how I do it.

Mostly by masking ... that can either be with post-it notes or other covering techniques, but my favorite way is with my Versamarker and clear embossing powder.

So let's get started .....

First I print off my image .. this is called Easter Egg Whimsy 3 ... you can find that in the Just Some Lines Shop (it's a fabulous image for $2.00)

The I start coloring .. I am using my favorite markers ... COPICS! ... I love them for their bright colors.

Here is my image all colored.

Then I get my Versamarker.  A Versamarker is just that, a "marker" with the Versamark embossable ink in it ... it goes on clear and takes embossing powder very well.

I like to use the brush tip and again just go over the entire image that I want protected.  In this case it is the entire egg.

Then I add embossing powder to the image and tap off all of the excess.

Here is the image ready to be embossed ... notice that it's kind of dull now that it has the embossing powder completely covering it.

Now I am heating the image to melt the powder.

Here is the image fully sealed with embossing powder ... the other great effect with this is that my egg is now SHINY!! ... You can see this mostly at the bottom of the egg. (sorry lighting was not good)

Now I am taking my cloud stamp and I am ready to stamp ON the protected image.

See the cloud image that went ONTO the egg ... I know ... but DON'T BE SCARED!!!

I took a cloth and wiped OFF the black cloud on the egg ... WHEW!! ... I love this!

Here is the image with lots of clouds added! ... Note .. None of the clouds are ON the egg!

Next I am going to sponge on  the blue sky ... I like to use Palette - Reflection Blue ink.  It makes a great and subtle blue sky.

Here I am carefully applying the ink ... carefully trying to keep some of the clouds white ... it IS ok if you do get some of the clouds blue!  Having the egg embossed also protects the egg from getting blue.

Here is the image completed and ready to be finalized into a card.

Here is my final product.  Added a black mat, some green gingham cardstock and some fun bright blue ribbon.  I also stamped the sentiment on the card.

I hoped that clearly explained how to use your Versamarker pen and embossing powder to combine digis and traditional rubber stamps.

ENJOY!

Challenges Entered:

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Color Creative Classroom - Spring Pretties

Craft Your Days Away - Easter

Di's Digi Designs - Easter

Allsorts Challenge - Bingo (pink, yellow, blue)

Card Makin' Mamas - Easter

Pattie's Creation Challenge - Easter

Simply Create Too - Eggs and/or Bunnies

Sweet and Sassy - Easter

Aud Sentiments - Use "Happy Easter"

Just Inspirational Challenges - Photo (eggs)

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Egg-stra Special

Easter Egg Whimsy 3	Copics	VersaMark Marker	Embossing Powder - Clear	Embossing Gun
Memento - Tuxedo Black	Palette - Reflection Blue	Sponge	Grosgrain Stitch Ribbon - Ocean	Cardstock - Onyx
Cardstock - Grass Gingham

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