SS DOUBLE STEP CARD

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to our new monthly challenge here on Sweet Stamps!

This month we challenge you to make Double sided step card and this is my take of this challenge.

I made a card using Kraft background and then added Graphic 45 paper over it. I stamped some swirls over the patterned paper on the front and made this central panel with new released Sketched Floral Borders set and added a bit of watercolor over the stamped images.

I added the sentiment- not seen too much on the photos- on the inside step from another new stamp set called Simple Sentiments. I am really in love with this set- great font with lovely and simple sentiments that fit for any card.

And now it's your turn! Play with us this month and you can win some great goodies!

Simple Pleasures Clear Stamp Set

Simple Greetings Clear Stamp Set

Sketched Floral Borders Clear Stamp Set

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

InLinkz.com

Free as a Bird with Rubber Dance

Hello my dear crafty friends! Today I am going to share my second project made for Rubber Dance stamp company and it's again a kind of a Mixed Media art card.
I made the background with Memory Box stencil and painted to yellow texture paste and inked the edges with blue ink. Then I made the central panel with Dancing Woman most gorgeous collage stamp and made a watercolor effect with Gelatos over the panel.

This Free as a (bird) PHP sticker was just perfect as a sentiment, but bird color was red and brown. So I just covered it with pale blue pearl glue and let is dry overnight. I added two more bird stickers (those were in a perfect color) and my art card was done.
I  hope you like my card and those gorgeous Rubber Dance artistic stamps as much as I love them.
You can find them all here in the shop!
All the stamps used for these projects are from Rubber Dance: www.rubberdance.com

 So believe me when I tell you that you will not be disappointed with Rubber Dance stamps - the quality is absolutely awesome, they stamp like a dream and the designs are stunning. Oh and the customer service ain't bad either .
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CHF WATER

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to our new CHF challenge and this time its all about Water!
So here is my art project for this two weeks: stamped over the transparency gorgeous CHF  Harbour Scene  digital stamp and water colored with Gelatos background. The frame is made with CLD cardmaker die set and inked all over with the same watercolors. Then I added a few " water drops" with glossy accents to make is more visual.

And now I invite you to visit all other DT members blogs for more Water inspiration and maybe you even play with us with our challenge  on CHF  blog.
Cornish Heritage Farms Blog - http://cornishheritagefarms.blogspot.com
Frances Byrne (Design Team Co-ordinator) - http://stampowl.blogspot.com
Kristine Reynolds - http://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.com
Steph Ackerman - http://stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/ 
Amber Hillman - http://ambersantics.blogspot.com
Ann Marie Saunders - http://cre8nart.blogspot.com
Irit Shalom - http://iritshalom.blogspot.co.il
Kelly Santi - http://sandcastlestamper.blogspot.com
Maureen Russell - http://maureensmagic.blogspot.com

Pretty in Pink: wearable stamped art with Ann Butler

Hello my dear crafty friends!
 Irit us here again and this time with my Pretty in Pink project.
 It's sure pink and it's pretty and it's wearable piece of art and I like it as is: to wear and enjoy.

I inked the inner part background with pink ink , stamped a few backgrounds with black ink ,  heat embossed the outer part with light pink powder and added some pearls and the ribbon.

For the stamping I used Ann Butler's made in Unity Faux Quilting stamp sets  and Ann Butler's Crafters Ink from Clearsnap in Berry color.

Sets of stamps used here:

Diamonds and plaids 1''

 Doily Picnic 1''

 Leaves all over 1''

  

Thoughts of you with IBS

Hello my dear friends! This is my August post made for Inspired by Stamping July new release most gorgeous Water Lily set.
I am not a big coloring person, but this Water Lily image is so easy to color and it's really gorgeous!
I stamped it with permanent black ink as I used distress markers and a lot of water to make this shaded look. The frog was stamped over the patterned paper and colored over it. I also added a few drops of " water" with glossy accents and a small Thoughts of you sentiment.I like the concept of this Frog- prince and I sure am going to use this set much more as I just got some gorgeous water lily photos from our latest vacation to Lithuania.

Grey and black with Tando

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to our Grey and Black week here on Tando!
Here is my project- kind of a weird one as I made a Halloween card with Best friends sentiment. But then they look so good together, those 2 spiders, don't they?

I used Tando Spider web mask with black gesso over the glittered dotted white cardstock and then added some mist over it to make it grey. (Teal pigment was in this grey mist, so you see a bit of teal too). Both spiders were heat embossed with black powder and glued over the masked image. Then I was looking for a sentiment and this one was just great! Funny and in the right colors.
Hope you like my work this week.

Houses of Anything: GD FOR VLVS

First of all I want to say huge Thanks for this chance to be VLVS guest designer for August. I got a lot of fantastic stamps to use for my projects and as I have much more at home it was very easy to make a big project and to have any stamp you need to make it.

This altered 5 paged project was made as an "inspiration lifting" art piece. But then I lifted it from myself, so it's totally right. I made a similar project like 18 months ago for the recent, just out of the print, issue of Rubber Stamp Madness and I made 4   "Houses of Everything" for the big article using RSM house template. I think that we all have a lot of different houses in our life that we fill with things we love or 

dream of

For the original project I picked houses of Dream, Imagination, Adventure and Knowledge

This new project, made for VLVS Guest post was made in the similar way, but after all it's totally different. I made 4 different house shapes, free hand cut; I used only VLVS stamps, quite a lot of them; I made totally different house this time and I called them "Houses of Anything". I also picked 3 of 4 houses that are totally 

different from the original work: house of Memories, Hope, and Art and   added the Adventure.

All of the pages were made in a similar way: resist emboss technique with white and black embossing powders over clear embossing ink. More stamping was made with black permanent ink. Some of the shapes were stamped with image masks; some were stamped one over another to make these themed collages. All roofs were separately stamped and name of the house was added with letter stickers. Over some pages I added stamped and hand cut images for the 3d textured look. Each page was colored with inks or water colors and I added just a few chipboards and stickers to make it more interesting. And if anyone, who knows my work, wonders why this piece is so "flat" and not over embellished as my usual work, the answer is simple: I was asked to make a project with VLVS stamps. They should be a star of this piece and not lots 

of embellishments and my glue gun.

Memories page

Hope page

Art page

Adventure page

Supply list VLVS

Clockface

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/latest-releases-summer-2014/clockface-3-3-4-x-3-3-4.html

Flock of geese

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/latest-releases-summer-2014/flock-of-birds-1-3-4-x.html

Weathered tree

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/latest-releases-summer-2014/weathered-tree-3-x-4-1-4.html

Banksy girl floating with balloons

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/latest-releases-spring-2014/banksy-girl-floating-with-balloons-1-1-2-x-3-1-2.html

Businessman silhouette

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/latest-releases-spring-2014/businessman-silhouette-1-1-4-x-3-1-4.html

Butterfly specimens

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/latest-releases-spring-2014/butterfly-specimens-1-1-2-x-4-1-2.html

Alien circle

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/rubber-stamps/aliens-ufos-space/alien-circle-3-x-3-1-4.html

Brick background

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/rubber-stamps/backgrounds/brick-background-2-1-4-x-5.html

Film strip

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/rubber-stamps/backgrounds/film-strip-1-1-2-x-6-1-2.html

 Map of the world

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/rubber-stamps/backgrounds/map-of-the-world-4-1-4-x-2-3-4.html

Number strip

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/rubber-stamps/backgrounds/number-strip-1-1-4-x-3-1-4.html

Solid color wheel

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/rubber-stamps/backgrounds/solid-color-wheel-3-3-4-x-3-3-4.html

Washi grid background

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/rubber-stamps/backgrounds/washi-grid-background-1-1-4-x-5-1-2.html

Washi lines background

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/rubber-stamps/backgrounds/washi-lines-background-1-1-4-x-5-1-2.html

Stained glass mosaic background

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/rubber-stamps/backgrounds/stained-glass-background-4-x-5-1-2.html

Charred wood background

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/charred-wood-background-4-1-2-x-5-3-4.html

Cracked background

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/cracked-background-3-3-4-x-4-1-4.html

Dictionary page

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/dictionary-page-4-x-2-1-2.html

Handholding circle

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/hand-holding-circle-1-1-2-x-2-3-4.html

Sunken anchor

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/sunken-anchor-2-x-1-1-2.html

Explore

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/explore-3-4-x-2.html

Nautical collage

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/nautical-collage-3-x-6-1-4.html

Discover

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/discover-3-4-x-2-1-4.html

Destination unknown

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/destination-unknown-1-x-2.html

Let's get lost

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/let-s-get-lost-3-4-x-2-3-4.html

Torn paper

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/torn-paper-1-1-4-x-6.html

Color wheel lines

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/color-wheel-lines-2-1-2-x-2-1-2.html

You color my world

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/you-color-my-world-1-1-4-x-1-3-4.html

Pocket watch

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/pocket-watch-1-x-1-1-2.html

Watch movement

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/watch-movement-2-1-2-x-2-1-2.html

Flying watch

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/flying-watch-3-x-2-1-4.html

Swirl

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/swirl-1-1-2-x-2-1-4.html

Bellows camera

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/bellows-camera.html

Clock

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/clock-2-1-2-x-2-3-4.html

            Writing arrow

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/writing-arrow-1-1-2-x-1-3-4.html

Dandelion silhouette

http://www.vlvstamps.com/index.php/dandelion-silhouette-1-3-4-x-2-1-4.html

Other products:

White cardstock: American Crafts

Inks: Clearsnap, Ranger

Paints: Faber Castell DMC Gelatos

Chipboards, wood: Wycinanka

Metal: Meg's Garden

Bling, stickers: Flourish with a Bling

Letters: Pink Paislee, American Crafts, other

Other: ribbons

Thanks for reading this long post and see you again in two weeks with a totally different VLVS project.