Something Humorous

Hello and Welcome!

I thought it would be fun to post something

that I hope will give you a little

 laugh.

I chose to use "Out For A Swim" (#13009) and

"You Can Lead" (#13005)

both from QKR Stampede.

I colored the image with FlexMarkers.

I cut the waves freehand and attached the 2nd layer with foam tape.

On the inside of the card I stamped the

"You Can Lead" sentiment and added a few waves.

I think this card is perfect for this summer,

with the Summer Olympics coming up.

At the end of June it is the end of the term for the

design teams at QKR Stampede,

Eureka! Stamps and Biblical Impressions.

I'm hoping to stay on for another term, but my friends

Kristine and Roxie will be stepping down.

I know they have something humorous on their blogs and I hope you will pop over and get a little chuckle from them.

 I will miss working with these lovely and talented ladies,

but I'll be keeping up with their blogs and I hope you will too.

Thanks for stopping by, leave a comment if you wish and

come back again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Out of the box Butterfly and Sunflower

Hello stamping friends!

Today I'm showing you a card I made with

"Butterfly and Sunflower" (#20801) from Eureka! Stamps

I used water color crayons to color this lovely image.

I then used the "out of the box" method to cut it to size. I love the look of those bits that are fussy cut on the outside of the image.

My design team friend, Roxie, has a couple wonderful tutorials that explain how to do this technique.  If you follow the link to her blog and scroll down the right side to her Tutorials, there are 2 different methods for

"out of the box" cutting.

If you like this image, you should go check out all the wonderful images they have in the Eureka! Stamps Shop.  Every time I look I find something that I missed last time I was there.  There are so many wonderful stamps, rubber and digital!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Bear Hugs

Hello all and welcome to my blog!

Today I'm showing you a card I made using "Bear Hugs" (#15007) from

QKR Stampede

The background was done with Pan Pastels.  This isn't the best background I've ever seen, but it was my first attempt at this type of creation. 

For the Bears I stamped them onto kraft card stock then again onto the different papers that I used to piece the vest and patches.  I fussy cut the bear then the other pieces and used Tombow Mono Multi Glue to adhere them.

I learned a trick for small pieces from my friend Roxie.  I used a stick pin to put a small amount of glue onto those itty bitty pieces, placed them down and slid the pin out, leaving the tiny pieces in just the right place.  This works so much better than trying to put them on with fingers that get all sticky.  ~Thanks Roxie!

The bears are mounted to the card with foam tape, which gives them that little extra bit of dimension.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Come back again soon!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!