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Weekend Fun

I haven't had the opportunity to stamp much this week as work has been pretty hectic.  I got off early Friday afternoon and got to come home and play in the SCS Limited Supply Challenge to make projects with snowmen. Jeanne S thought maybe playing with snow would cool us all off.  It really didn't work here in Florida but I sure had fun making these fun cards.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Holiday Collection Mr. Stix Snowman, Stamp Oasis Tree Set

Paper:  Artichoke, Red Ridinghood, Watercolor

Ink:  Black Brilliance, Ballet Blue, Caramel, Artichoke, Bayou Blue, Bashful Blue, White Craft

Accessories: Linen Thread, Button, Gingham, White Embossing Powder, Watercolor Brushes

Stamps:  Hanna Stamps Snowman Riley, Kittie Kits The Moose is Loose, SU Retired Petal Pushers Seed Image

Paper:  Red Ridinghood, Kraft, Watercolor

Ink:  Brilliance Black, Caramel, Red Ridinghood, Olive, White Craft, Distress Vintage Photo

Accessories:  Gingham, White Embossing Powder, Crimper, Distress Tool, Watercolor Brush

I made this card for the SCS Saturday Inspiration Challenge. There were several brightly colored bathing suits to choose from for inspiration and I felt a beach scene was a must.

Stamps: Rubbernecker Kittie Kits A Day at the Beach, Fun in the Sun

Paper:  Kiwi Kiss, Watercolor

Ink:  Brilliance Black, Kiwi, Rose Red, Caramel, Baja Blue, Banana, Black Craft

Accessories:  Twill, Clear Embossing Powder, Diamond Glaze, Iridescent Ice

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Treasure Hunt Tuesday and Great Sale

It’s Tuesday and that means there's a Treasure Hunt.  It’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker! To find the first clue on the treasure map (and all the other details), you must travel to the Rubbernecker Home Page and from there follow the clue! While on your journey please stop by Sherry, Broni,  Linda, Bev, Tami and Shelly for a visit and see what they’ve been up to. You never knows what prizes or treasure you will find along the way!

Candy, and  Jules have some extra for you today.  Go to their blogs and you will have a chance to win some Rubbernecker Bucks.

Wonderful discount opportunity.

Rubbernecker Stamps is holding a 25% off sale on all the new Ranger Adirondack Pigment Pads and Reinkers. Stop in at Rubbernecker to check them out as well as the other ways you can save on your purchase.  You won't want to miss this opportunity.

Technique Lovers Challenge- Stained Glass

The Technique Lovers challenge on SCS Monday was stained glass.  What an interest technique.  You take a simple piece of acetate and stamp on one side with stazon, allow to dry and turn over to paint. The medium used for painting is Diamond Glaze and drops of reinker.  When it dries it has the appearance of stained glass. By mounting the acetate sandwiched in a two sided frame it can be placed over a a plain background layer with a sentiment or any other image you would like.  I chose to apply my gulls in the background.  This photo does not show how cool this window scene really is.  I will definitely try this technique again.  You can check out this great tutorial on Andrea Walford’s blog. Andrea gives great step by step instructions on how to create the frame, etc.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker-Kittie Kits

Paper: Cool Caribbean, White

Ink:  Stazon, Distress Fired Brick, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Latte, Yellow Reinkers

Accessories:  Acetate, Nestabilities, Grosgrain, Diamond Glaze

Halloween and Rubbernecker Sale

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I am having so much fun with my new batch of Rubbernecker Halloween images. I am really not into Halloween card much and never would enjoy doing strange or ugly projects.  But these images are fun and really not scary at all. Today is the Featured Stamper challenge on SCS and Kim aka Blondie090277 is the featured artist.  I chose a very elegant project to case but put a totally different twist to the theme. See Kim's card below.

I used the same masking technique that Kim used on her project. I created a square mask and attached to a piece of vanilla cardstock and sponged on Distress Antique Linen ink with an ink blending tool and foam. I removed the mask and stamped the tree and bat images with black craft ink and embossed with clear ep. I stamped the pumpkin and additional bats on scrap paper with black craft and embossed them and cut them out and popped them up on the scene.  I sponged in Distress Dried Marigold ink in the moon image. I painted the pumpkin with Distress Dried Marigold and Peeled Paint. I used a black glaze pen to create the little dotted border and some of them got messed up but I really like addition. I used black twill to finish the piece and popped the pumpkin over it.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Halloween Collection-Bat Set, Stamp Oasis Spooky Tree, Little Lovin's Pumpkin

Paper:  Black, Vanilla

Ink:  Black Craft, Ranger Distress Antique Linen, Dried Marigold, Peeled Paint

Accessories:  Inkssentials Ink blending Tool and Foam, Clear Embossing Powder, Black Twill, Black Glaze Pen, Nestabilities to cut Mask

Here is another fun Halloween project using Rubbernecker Halloween Collection -Treat Kitty.  I think he is so darling popping out of his Trick or Treat bag.

I stamped the image with black craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. I watercolored with Distress Dried Marigold, Black Soot, Spiced Marmalade and Adironack Caramel. I masked the image and sponged on Basic Gray all around the image leaving a little area free around the star so I could make it glow in the night.

I used Making Memories Halloween deisgner paper in a 6" by 6" stack pack for contrast to the image. I punched a black border with the SU scalloped punch and created the scalloped frame with Nestabilities long scallped dies. I used black glaze and Inkssential white marker to add the faux dots and stiches.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Halloween Collection-Treat Kitty

Paper:  Black, Making Memories Halloween Stack Pack, Watercolor, Pumpkin Pie

Ink:  Black Craft, Distress Black Soot, Dried MArigold, Spiced Marmalade, Scattered Straw, Adirondack

Caramel

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Scalloped Punch, Nestabilites, Black Glaze Pen, Inkssentials White Pen, Clear Embossing Powder

Little Dracula And His Bat and The Sale Continues

Rubbernecker is hosting a sale on all the new Ranger Adirondack Pigment inks and reinkers. And if that isn't enough all orders for product totalling $25 (stamps or cusion excluded) will receive an additional 10% off the entire order. That is a great deal. Go check it out.

I did my project for the SCS Sketch Challenge. I have so many Halloween stamps from new Rubbernecker Halloween collection that I just can't stop using them. I'm not much for "real spooky"  stuff for my Halloween projects. I like cute and fun images and designer paper that makes me laugh or smile and not scare me to death.  No blood and guts stuff for me.  I think this little boy Dracula and his bat on a string is so fun.  I hope no one thinks I need a pet bat and sends me one.

I stamped the image on watercolor paper and then again on scrap paper.  I wanted to cut out the cape, bat and treat bag to pop up. I watercolored all the images with reinker and assembled the card.  I used glue dots to adhere three layers of bat and dimensions to attach the cape. My big orange moon was absolutely gorgeous and I decided to add some sparkle to it with a clear glaze pen.....only I had the white glaze pen.  It ruined the moon and I had totally finished the card so I took my orange marker and colored over the white glaze.  Ugh!  I got the treat bag on crooked and pulled it off to straighten and pulled off a chunk of the painted watercolor paper and had to cover it with a bow.  This did not need a bow but that is the way it goes. Oh well....I still think it is darling.  I thought the orange moon would look fun with the circle designer paper.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker-Drac and Bat SKU:87-10

Paper:  Making Memories Halloween pad, Pumpkin Pie, Watercolor, Black

Ink:  Distress Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold, Black Soot, Basic Grey, Going Grey

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Circle Punch, Inkssentials Handle and Foam, Clear Glaze Pen, Orange Marker, Watercolor Brush

Out With The Old and In With The New

The Color Challenge on SCS? was to use any of the outgoing Stampin' Up! In Colors with a neutral. I chose to challenge myself a little further to make a Halloween card with the non traditional Halloween colors. I really like how it turned out. I used Wild Wasabi,? Blue Bayou, River Rock, and Black Craft ink.

I stamped the ghost with black craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.? I masked him and stamped the tree with black craft and embossed. I sponged the ground area with Wasabi and used my little Kittie Kits fern stamp to fill in a little texture. I punched a circle and masked the sky area to create a moon and then sponged over the entire sky with Bayou. I removed the mask and layered the sky area with the negative of the punched circle and sponged the moon with River Rock. At first I thought it would be too greenish for the moon but the contrast with the Bayou makes it really stand out.? I stamped an additional ghost as I thought it would look cut out and popped up in the image. I stamped the little Dead End sign post and cat with black craft ink on scrap? paper and embossed the images. I painted over the entire cat with black craft reinker and embossed so the cat would be totally black and shiny. I stamped the frame with the tree image to create a spooky background and I stamped the base card layer with a wonderful large spider web background image but not enough of the layer shows to see the image well. The ghost, cat and sign post are all popped up on dimensionals and the frame is popped up on mounting tape.

Stamps:? Rubbernecker New Halloween Images- Petite Spooky SKU:87-05, Spooky Tree SKU:87-01, Black Cat SKU:225-07, Dead End Sign SKU:87-13, Grand Spider Web SKU:45-10, Kittie Kits Outdoor Master

Ink:??Stampin' Up! ?Black Craft, Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi, River Rock

Paper:? Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, Watercolor

Accessories:? Circle Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Nestabilities, Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool Handle and?Foam??? PS. I don't know if I have told you how wonderful the ink handle and foam attachments work to lay down a smooth and wonderful layer of color.? I turn to this tool for every project I do as sponging on color is one of my regular techniques.? I actually have several of them and keep one for each of the major colors that I regularly sponge with-blue, yellow, green, brown. If you have any questions regarding this tool please feel free to write and I will be happy to help.

Sale Extended

Wednesday , August 11th is the last day for the new Ranger line of Adirondack Pigment Pads and Reinkers 25% off sale. These inks match the dye inks perfectly and make a great addition to any project as they can be used for embossing, etc. Don't let this sale get over without you checking out these wonderful products.

New Guest Designers, Treasure Hunt Tuesday and a SALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rubbernecker Stamps is pleased to announce two new Guest Designers. Please help us welcome Bev Gerard a/k/a Tex, and Juliana Swanson a/k/a Jules! We are so excited to have these ladies join our team for the next few months.  You can count on them having some exciting things to share with us. Please stop by their blogs today and say hello!

It’s Tuesday and that means there's a Treasure Hunt.  It’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker! To find the first clue on the treasure map (and all the other details), you must travel to the Rubbernecker Home Page and from there follow the clue! While on your journey please stop by Sherry, Broni, Candy, Linda, Jules and Bev for a visit and see what they’ve been up to. You never knows what prizes or treasure you will find along the way!

 Tami and Shelly have some extra for you today.  Go to their blogs and you will have a chance to win some Rubbernecker Bucks

Technique Lovers Challenge

I haven't been able to stamp for a week or so as I have been really busy with work.  Ugh! I got home late last night and found a new box of rubber waiting for me at the door. Ooooh!  I had to pull out a new image or two and stamp something.  I just needed the stress relief.  Here is what I came up with. The technique challenge on SCS was to make a square spring card. Sadly, I am challenged with all the different folding techniques but thought it would be worth a try and would sure be more fun than watching TV.  This is a simple little fall pumpkin patch scene that is nothing more than stamped and masked images with watercoloring.  I did add a little extra green foliage with some of my Kittie Kits landscape images. Have you seen the new Fall and Halloween images at Rubbernecker Stamps?

I photographed the funny little pop up card with several of the inks that I used for this project.  I wanted to take the time to talk about how vibrant all the Ranger Distress and Adirondack inks are. I paint with the reinkers of both of these ink lines and the color is fantastic and true.  These inks can be washed out to very light shade of color with water and used in varying levels of ink vs. water to create perfect depth of color for shading and texture.

Ranger now has a brand new line of Adirondack pigment inks. These inks match the dye inks perfectly and make a great addition to any project as they can be used for embossing, etc. Rubbernecker Stamps is holding a 25% off sale on all the new Ranger Adirondack Pigment Pads and Reinkers. Stop in at Rubbernecker to check them out and don't delay as the sale ends on Wednesday, August 6th.

Project Details

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Fall Images, Kittie Kits

Paper:  Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie, Watercolor

Ink: Adirondack Lettuce, Distress Scattered Straw, Vintage Photo, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade,

Who Loves A Sale??

Rubbernecker Stamps is holding a 25% off sale on all the new Ranger Adirondack Pigment Pads and Reinkers. Stop in at Rubbernecker to check them out and don't delay as the sale ends on Wednesday, August 6th.

Treasure Hunt Tuesday

It’s Tuesday and that means there's a Treasure Hunt.  It’s Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker! To find the first clue on the treasure map (and all the other details), you must travel to the Rubbernecker Home Page and from there follow the clue! While on your journey please stop by Sherry , Broni, Candy, Linda, Shelly and Tami, for a visit and see what they’ve been up to. You never knows what prizes or treasure you will find along the way!

Sherry has some extra for you today.  Go to her blog and you will have a chance to win some Rubbernecker Bucks.

 

Card Positioning System Sketch Of The Week

Rubbernecker is sponsoring the CPS Sketch of the Week. I found this to be an exciting layout and would have never thought to do a one sided border in this fashion.  I love how my project turned out and know I will use this sketch again. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I cut a piece of watercolor paper to fit a 3" frame and stamped my images with Archival Black.I watercolored the image with reinkers and a watercolor brush and then filled in between the sunflower stems with a small foliage stamp to add some softness and interest. I lightly sponged yellow around the flowers and stems to highlight them and make them pop and then sponged in blue for the sky area.  I used a small 1/4" sponge dauber to lightly apply yellow around the birdhouses and it makes them really pop out of the sky area. I cut frames with Nestabilities. dies and attached them together over the scene and attached to the card base. I created the scalloped border with the new SU scalloped punch and attached to the side layer panel. I pierced the scallops with a large needle for a delicate touch to this country scene. My finishing touch was the twill bow. I used no background stamps on the cardstock as I love the clean and simple look of this card.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker-Kittie Kits In My Garden and Outdoors Master

Paper:  Kiwi Kiss (my new personal favorite green), Not Quite Navy, Vanilla, Watercolor

Ink:  Archival Black, Kiwi Kiss, Distress Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Adirondack Butterscotch, Lemonade, Sky Blue

Accessories:  Twill, Scalloped Punch, Nestabilities

Lots of Fun

Splitcoaststampers celebrated the fourth anniversary of the Fan Club all last week with a group of Dare To Get Dirty Challenges. There were several challenges each day hosted by the current and past Dirty Dozen Design Team members. I got to host a challenge of my own on Saturday called "Make a Scene" and I was thrilled with the projects created by all of the talented Fan Club members.  SCS is bursting with talent.  I had so much fun playing that I failed to do my blog post for a couple of days.  I thought I would do one big upload and show off my remaining unposted challenge projects for the week. If you are a Fan Club member you can directly to my galleryto get the detailed descriptions of how I made these cards.  I'm sure it is no surprise to you that I tried to incorporate scenes into most of my challenge projects because...well....I am most happy when I'm doing them. And to me stamping is all about being happy and having fun.

If you are a Fan Club member you can click on the challenge links to see the challenge details, forum posts and galleries. If you are not a Fan Club member you need to join today.  The benefits are fantastic and only costs 7 cents a day.

                                                    

Stamps:  Gina K- Melanie Muenchinger- Cuddles & Hugs

Challenge:  DTGD08Lindsey

Stamps:  Whipper Snapper-Anna Wight-Good Dog

Challenge:  DTGD08Kittie

Stamps:  Penguin Pants-Around the Farm and Chicken Feet

Challenge:  DTGD08Rose Ann 

Stamps: Stampin Up-Window Dressing and Kittie Kits Outdoors Master

Challenge: DTGD08Natasha

Stamps:  Whipper Snapper- Anna Wight-Potting Plants

Challenge:  DTGD08Laura

Cupcakes and Sunflowers

Taylor's challenge on SCS's Dare To Get Dirty Challenge today is to make a card with a cupcake theme.  I think Baking Riley is the perfect image to use but I think it looks more like Riley's mom serving up yummy cupcakes.

I stamped the image with Archival Black ink and watercolored with reinkers.  I framed the image using layers cut with Nestabilities dies.  I frosted the cupcakes with Liquid Applique and heated.  I used glitter glue to add sparkle to the tray and oven mitts.  Isn't this the cutest image ever?

Stamps:  Baking Riley

Paper: Papertrey Chocolate, Watercolor, Regal Rose, Vanilla, The Glitter Mat Stack

Accessories:  Martha Stewart Brown Twill, Glitter Glue, Liquid Applique, Nestabilities

I may get to do another challenge card today and will come back and post it to this article.

If you would like to see the whole week full of the Dare To Get Dirty gallery click here.

I got to play in Joan's Silhouette Challenge this evening.  I pulled out Serene Sunflowers and tried my hand at creating a silhouette project and distrssed the project as well. I love the look of this card and how the flowers seem to be popping out of the scene.

Stamps:  Serene Sunflowers, Sanded

Paper:  Papertrey Chocolate, Watercolor

Ink:  Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss, Mustard, Banana, Butterscotch, Distress Vintage Photo

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Distressing Tool, Brads, Sponges

Stamping Simply

Splitcoaststampers is holding it's Dare To Get Dirty Challenge event this week.  What fun it is.  All of the fan club members are invited to play in a whole week of fun challenges hosted by the Dirty Dozen/Dirty Dozen Alumni members. Each hostess is presenting a challenge that represents her unique style of stamping, embellishing, etc. I am hosting my challenge tomorrow (Saturday) so please come and play along. Can you imagine what my challenge may be.  

I played in both Sharon's-Stamp Simply challenge and Holly's-Sketch challenge yesterday and combined both the technique and sketch into one project. Stamp Simply is not the easiest thing for me to do. Sharon (aka notimetostamp) is known on SCS for creating purely elegant and simple projects without going over the top or over doing. Her work is crisp with gorgeous images and her added embellishments are always the perfect touch. I, on the other hand am always looking for ways to add something to the image to create a complete scene of some kind. Holly (aka Toy) is known on SCS for fabulous sketches and creating wonderfully creative cards with layers and layer and layers.  Each of her projects are a true representation of her wonderful style. I, on the other hand (again) don't do too well with sketches that have lots of little layers or sections as I am always looking for full card fronts so I can have as much room as possible to create a scene. It was totally a blast for me to move out of my scene box and combine these challenges to create my project.

 I had promised Sharon that she would not see one blade of grass, fence or tree in my project and that I would do my best to honor the simplicity of the image. I did have to to add a few brush strokes of green sprigs to the topiary but  that was it. I loved working with the oval frame found in Holly's sketch and I think it created the most lovely layer to work with this adorable image.

Please be sure and come over to SCS and check out the Dare To Get Dirty Challenges and possibly becoming a Fan Club member.

Stamps:  Blooming with Love

Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Regal Rose, Watercolor, BasicGrey Sultry DP

Ink:  Black Brilliance, Kiwi Kiss, Old Olive, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Barely Banana

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Nestabilities

Treasure Hunt Blog Candy Winner

I have a winner for my Treasure Hunt Blog Candy. Congratulations!!! Kathy Herig. Kathy's entry was post number 9,  Contact me and I will give you the key to unlock the treasure chest.

                    What an awesome card Kittie!!!

            Posted by:Kathy Hering| July 22, 2008 at 10:29 AM

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Treasure Hunt Tuesday and Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge

 It's Treasure Hunt Tuesday at Rubbernecker today from 4:00AM PST - 9:00 PM PST. You’ll need to follow the clues to find the treasure. You can find the first clue to the Treasure Hunt on the Rubbernecker Home Page.   Broni and I are offering Treasure Hunt Blog Candy and you are welcome to enter on both to qualify for the prize.  All you have to do to qualify for my prize is leave a comment telling me your favorite card style.  

If this is your first visit on a Treasure Hunt Tuesday, you can find all the details on the Rubbernecker Home Page and check out Jeanne's blog instructions. 

Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge RBC19 and Dare to get Dirty Challenge combined

There is big doin's going on over at Splitcoaststampers this week.  All Fan Club members are invited to play along for special challenges posted by the Dirty Dozen/Dirty Dozen Alumni members. I love playing in these challenges.  I decided to combine my RBC19 challenge to create a scene with Laurie's challenge to use vellum and Jody's challenge to use ribbon. I love creating scenes and thought I would put a different spin on my scene for this project. I used versa to stamp all of my images on vellum and then embossed with gold ep. Wow!  I loved the effect. I didn't, however, love the pure white and gold for the scene. Hmmmm.....I wonder if you can distress vellum? I thought I would try.  The edges of vellum paper is very brittle and does not tear up like regular cardstock.  It sort of breaks off and creates jagged lines. I used a distressing tool as well as my deckle scissors to distress as much as I could and then sponged on Old Paper and Vintage Photo distress ink to give the paper an aged look.  I distressed the edges of a piece of white cardstock and sponged Old Paper on to create a layer for the vellum leaving the center of the paper white so the scene would show better.  I used a spiral punch down the left side of the vellum to create a look of old note paper and attached gold organdy ribbon and heated to age and distress.  What a fun project.  Check out the other Rubbernecker DT member's posts for some other fun samples.  Jeanne, Tami, Leigh, Candy, Linda, Sherry and Shelly

Stamps:  Kittie Kits Outdoor Master, In My Garden -Rubbernecker Stamps

Paper"  Chocolate, White, Vellum

Ink:  Distress Old Paper and Vintage Photo

Accessories:  Organdy Ribbon, Gold EP, Distressing Tool, Deckle Scissors, Sponges

Treasure Hunt Tuesday and Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge

It's Tuesday!! That means there’s a Treasure Hunt.    As always, you can find all the and info, including the first clue, on the Rubbernecker Home Page.  Candy and Shelly are offering up some Rubbernecker Blog Candy today, too! Make sure you leave a comment for a chance to win a $10 Rubbernecker Gift Card.  You will need to check back tomorrow on our blogs to see who the happy winners will be. 

  Rubbernecker  Blogger Challenge RBC18

The challenge today is to make a card using animals. I love the moose in the newly released Kittie Kits-The Moose is Looseset at Rubbernecker Stamps. I used the evergreens from the set as well as the tree, leaf and grass images from the Kittie Kits Outdoor Master set to create the scene as a background for the moose. I stamped the trees, masking wherever needed to give the appearance of a forest.  I stamped the moose on scrap watercolor paper with Versafine Black, watercolored them with reinker and cut them out. I cut two little rock formations out to pop up at the feet of the moose to add more dimension. I combine this challenge with yesterday's SCS Technique Lover's Challenge to use the grid background.  I thought it added some fun texture to the  scene.

 

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Kittie Kits Outdoor Master and The Moose is Loose

Paper:  Pumpkin, Bashful Blue, Watercolor

Ink:  Versafine, Distress Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Adirondack Lettuce, SU Caramel, Bashful Blue, Banana

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Brushes, Sponges, Scor-Pal,

Blog Candy Winners

We have two winners for my Kittie Kits blog candy.  I am excited to announce Terri Honz and Kathie Tice.

Congratulations!!

Well Kittie, of course I want to win a Kittie Kit. I've been a fan of yours for quite sometime. I had so much fun doing a few outdoor scenes, but these kits would certainly help me! Thank you for being so generous in sharing your talent!

Posted by: Terri Honz | July 13, 2008 at 06:24 PM comment 102

Well, Kittie, it's tough to choose because they're both on my list, but I think I will use the Outdoor Master more, thus would like that one better. This is mainly because here in Wisconsin, we don't get too much summer! Thank you for the chance to win! Lovin' your sets!

Posted by: Kathie Tice | July 11, 2008 at 09:15 PM comment 16

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Thanks to everyone for participating.  I wish I could give each of you a Kittie Kit.

Terri and Kathie- Please send me your mailing information and I will get these sets right out to you.

Riley the Mean Pirate

The Featured Stampers on SCS today is Stephanie.Hargis and what a gallery full of cute cards she has.  Here is a link to Stephanie's card that I chose as my inspiration piece. I stayed pretty true to the layout of Stephanie's card and used similar colors as well.  The biggest change is that I changed up her darling cowboy image for a mean "Riley" pirate image from Hanna Stamps.  I shivered in my boots the whole time I worked on this card as this Riley is a real tough character.   I put a piece of scotch tape along the very bottom lines of Riley's foot, peg leg and crutch to cover those lines up, inked the stamp, removed the tape and then stamped Riley on a piece of watercolor paper with Versafine Black ink. Covering the lines on the bottom of an image allows you to add dirt, sand, grass, etc to whatever you are working on and makes the image look more natural. I wanted the images to look buried in the sand. I watercolored him with reinkers and then sponged on the sand dunes, ocean and sky. I used the sea oats image from the Kittie Kits Beach Master to add greenery to the dune line and then filled in the sand area with the small dune image from the set. I added Liquid Applique to the water but it doesn't really show well as I sponged versa on the water and sand area and embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder to add sparkle. I sponged around the outside border of the Riley scene image to create an aged look. I used Diamond Glaze to his hooves and antlers, a black glaze pen to the patch, leather belt, to outline the bird and to the dots on his kerchief. I don't have a pirate map image of any kind so I did a Google search and found one that I printed off for the background layer. It doesn't really show well as I waded it up to distress, used my distressing tool on all the edges and sponged on distress ink to age. I used the ink pad directly over the fold lines to make them more prominant. I attached grosgrain to the map layer and adhered it to the card base. I sponged versa directly onto a piece of scrap watercolor paper and embossed with gold embossing powder to create a layer of gold to punch out for coins and punched them with a 3/8 circle punch.  I used Diamond Glaze to adhere the coins to the scene and allowed them to drop onto the map layer as well. My finishing touch was to add one singe knot of grosgrain.  I love Riley even when he is a mean, old pirate.

Stamps:  Hanna Stamps-Pirate Riley, Kittie Kits Beach Master

Paper: Cool Caribbean, Watercolor, Parchment Cardstock

Ink:  Black Versafine, Adirondack Latte, Lettuce, Distress Vintage Photo, SU Caramel, Cool Caribbean

Accessories:  Iridescent Ice EP, Gold EP, Diamond Glaze, Glaze Pen, Krylon Gold Pen, Circle Punch, Grosgrain, Sponges, Daubers, Brushes

Do you like blog candy? I sure do.   am giving away two of my brand new Kittie Kits on Monday morning.  All you have to do is check Friday's blog post and leave a comment on what set you would like most to win and why. Don't know what Kittie Kits are?  Check them out at Rubbernecker Stamps. You will have until Monday morning , 4:00 am.m EST to leave your comment. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE YOUR COMMENT ON THIS POST AS IT WILL NOT COUNT.

Cupcake Wedding Cakes

The Inspiration Challenge on SCS today is pictures of several very interesting wedding cakes by Cupcakes by Vancouver. I was more inspired by the name of the company than the wedding cakes themselves.  I took out Whipper Snapper - Anna Wight'snew set Sweet Sentiments and used the tiny little cupcake in the set. I have seen so many adorable cards made with cupcake cake images but I thought I could make one with the single stamp.  I stamped the cupcake several times on scrap watercolor paper and watercolored with Pretty in Pink and Close to Cocoa. I cut all of them out to pop up individually on white cardstock to create the cake. I used rolled up glue dots to create small dimensionals and adhered them all together in the form of a cake. I stamped the bottom of the cake with a little foliage image in my new Kittie Kits-Outdoor Master set to create a foliage base of greenery for the bottom of the cake. I then stamped two more sprays of the foliage to cut out and pop up in front of the cupcakes and to add dimension. I attached the sprays of greenery with rolled up glue dots. I cut strips of pink grosgrain to create the little ribbon embellishments for the spray. I used a little pink organdy ribbon to tie the small bow for the top of the foliage spray and to complete the little wedding cake foliage arrangement.  It is so much more interesting to me than a cake plate. I cut out the scalloped frame with a Nestabilities dies and popped it up on mounting tape to create another layer of dimension and to highlight the cupcake arrangement.  I added red glitter glue to the top of each cupcake and created little glittery red flowers in the floral spray arrangement. I added white frosting to the top of each cupcake with white Liquid Pearls and also added little dots of it to each scallop of the frame.  What a fun project. Sherry (BadSherry) always tells me how good it is for me to step out of my box.  I really did with this card but I love how it turned out.

Stamps:  Whipper Snapper-Anna Wight's Sweet Sentiments, Kittie Kits Outdoor Master Set

Paper:  Real Red, Pretty in Pink, White, Watercolor

Ink:  Black Versafine, Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa, Adirondack Lettuce

Accessories:  Liquid Pearl-White, Red Stickles, Grosgrain, Organdy, Nestabilities, Glue Dots

Blog Candy-two ways to Win

Do you like blog candy? I sure do.  check out Candy's blog-Candy's Land to see what she is offering today.

I am giving away two of my brand new Kittie Kits on Monday morning.  All you have to do is check yesterday's blog post and leave a comment on what set you would like most to win and why. Dont know what Kittie Kits are?  Check them out at Rubbernecker Stamps. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE YOUR COMMENT ON THIS POST AS IT WILL NOT COUNT.

Summer Fun and Kittie Kits Blog Candy

The Limited Supply Challenge on SCS today is to create a card representing summer and using limited layers and embellishments.  I didn't have to look far to find some fun images to create a summer beach scene.  Nothing says summer to me like sand dunes, sea oats, a lighthouse and the ocean. I found all those images in my newly released Kittie Kits Fun in the Sun set found at Rubbernecker Stamps.

I masked off the border of my Fabriano 5" x 5" note card. I stamped the light house with Versafine black and watercolored with Distress Fired Brick and SU Going Grey.  I sponged on Distress Antique Linen for the sand dune area and then stamped the small sea oats around the scene with Adirondack Lettuce. I filled in the sand texture with small dune images. I masked off the sky area with a strip of paper and sponged below it to create the water line with Cool Caribbean. I removed the mask and created the sky by sponging on lighter shades of Cool Caribbean and using a hand cut piece of scalloped watercolor paper as a cloud template. I lightly filled in the sky with a light shade of Banana and then stamped the gulls in black ink. I removed the border masks and applied a simple grosgrain ribbon for embellishment. I love the outcome of this project.

Stamps:  Kittie Kits Beach Master and Fun in the Sun Accessories found at Rubbernecker

Paper: Fabriano Note card

Ink:  Black Versafine, Distress Antique Linen, Fired Brick, Adirondack Lettuce, SU Going Grey, Banana, Cool Caribbean

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Sponges, Brushes, Blender Pen

Kittie Kits Blog Candy

Do you like blog candy?  I sure do.  I am going to be giving away a Kittie Kits Outdoor Master and Kittie Kits Beach Master. I will choose two winners randomly with Random.org. and will announce the winner of each set on my blog post Monday, July 14th.  All you have to do to qualify for the drawing is leave a comment on this post telling me which set you would most like to have and why? Don't know what a Kittie Kits is?  Check out the complete line of Kittie Kits  found exclusively at Rubbernecker Stamps.

Mini Trees

The Ways to Use It Challenge on SCS today is to use mini stamps, mini embellishments, books, etc.  I chose to work with one of my newly released Kittie Kits Rubbernecker Accessories sets. The Moose Is Loose.  I love the evergreens in this set and they are small enough to create really beautiful scenes.  Even mini ones.  I decided to do my scene on a 3" x 3" piece of watercolor paper so you could see how really mini the trees are.  I used three different size trees to create an interesting little forest. I stamped the images with black Versafine and watercolored with Wasabi reinker. I sponged on Bashful Blue for the sky area and finished with a small amount of Banana around the tree to highlight them. I applied Liquid Applique to the base of the scene , trees and dabbed lightly with my finger to spread and heated.  I added little dabs of Liquid Applique in the sky for falling snow. This completeda beautiful snowy scene. I thought the scene would look lovely on a plain piece of Vanilla cardstock embellished only with the satin ribbon.  It is so terribly hot in Florida today I thought I could cool off to play with a little snow.

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Kittie Kits Accessories-The Moose is Loose

Paper:Vanilla, Bashful Blue, Watercolor

Ink:  Versafine Black, Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Banana

Accessories:  Satin Ribbon, Liquid Applique, Sponge

I haven't been able to stamp the last few days as I have had lots going on at work.  Darn that job interfering with my stamping. I always get a little shakey with I don't stamp for more than a day or two.

Treasure Hunt Tuesday and Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge

It's Tuesday!! That means there’s a Treasure Hunt.    As always, you can find all the and info, including the first clue, on the Rubbernecker Home Page.   Jeanne and Leigh are offering up some Rubbernecker Blog Candy today, too! Make sure you leave a comment for a chance to win a $10 Rubbernecker Gift Card.  You will need to check back tomorrow on our blogs to see who the happy winners will be. 

  Rubbernecker  Blogger Challenge RBC17

This week’s challenge (RBC17) is to use ribbon in an unconventional way on your card or project!

The Rubbernecker Blogger Challenge rules are simple.

There are many ways to play!!!!

1. Link a card you made with my posted weekly challenge.

2. Link a card you made for this week’s SCS Color Challenge.

3. Link a card you made for this week’s SCS Sketch Challenge.

4. OR……… Any combination of the above!!!

Please link your card or project back to this challenge post using at least one Rubbernecker (or Stamp Oasis or KK Originals image, Kittie Kits or Jeanne Streiff Collection) to be entered in a random monthly prize drawing.

***Feel free to participate in the challenge with other images, but they won’t be entered into the monthly drawing.

Check out the Rubbernecker girl’s cards!

Sherry, Jeanne, Broni , Shelly, Linda, Leigh, Tami

I will be back to post my card this afternoon after work.

Anna's Good Times

The Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS today featured  Teneale Williams as our inspiration artist.  Teneale has a wonderful gallery and I enjoyed surfing through it to find my inspiration piece. 

I I loved Teneale three layers with the offset flowers in the card to the left. I thought it would be fun to use Anna Wight's Good Times big, happy sunshine image offset on the three layers and with the little umbrella stamped three times on the beach below.

I stamped the images on watercolor paper and painted with reinkers- cool caribbean and marigold morning.  I sponged on caramel for the sand area and then masked off the water's edge and sponged in with a combination of soft sky and cool caribbean.  I sponged on cool caribbean for the sky area on all layers.  I used lettus ink to stamp in the sea oats.  I maintained the ribbon placement of Teneale's card but added a darling sentiment from Anna's Sweet Sentiments set.  I really enjoyed this project.

Stamps:  Whipper Snapper- Anna Wight's Good Times and Sweet Sentiments, Kittie Kits Beach

Paper: Marigold Morning, Cool Caribbean, Watercolor

Ink:  Versafine Black, Marigold Morning, Cool Caribbean,Soft Sky, Caramel, Lettus

Accessories:  Twill-Papertrey, Word Punch

Inspired Tag

The Inspiration Challenge on SCS today is Mackintosh Enamels.  I chose to work with the warm patterns and would have loved to put a thumbnail here for you to see but couldn't figure out how to copy it from the site. I used a tag and stamped Kittie Kits trees, leaves and sprigs in SU craft inks and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I then sponged on Distress Scattered Straw and Antique Linen to add highlights to the images.  I then used clear embossing powder over the complete tag to create the enameled look of the art inspiration pieces.

 

 

 

Stamps:  Kittie Kits-Cause a Scene Outdoors

Paper:  Shipping Tag

Ink:  SU Craft, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Ruby Red

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Oval Punches, Clear Embossing Powder, Distressing Tool, Sponges and Daubers, Hole Punch

 

 

 

Happy 4th

  The Limited Supply Challenge on SCS today was to use red, white and blue.  I have these adorable Rubbernecker images that have not seen ink yet and decided they all had to be used for my challenge card. All images were stamped with versafine black on watercolor paper, watercolored with reinkers-SU Brocade Blue, Distress Fired Brick, SU Grey, Mustard and White Craft Ink and cut out. I have a very hard time painting with red when it is near anything white.  I got so frustrated at the bleeding that I eventually got out white craft ink, painted over the necessary white areas and embossed with white embossing powder.  Thus....all the blobby white stripes and stars.  I loved the three little guys all together anyway...no matter how smudgy they looked. I used some Christmas red and white striped dp for the background along with plain white and Brocade Blue cardstock.  Fun challenge.

                                                                              

         Celebrate Your Freedom

                




          

Riley-Moose Me?

I love Riley.  I think he is one of the cutest stamped images ever and he has quickly become a favorite of mine.  I was lucky enough a couple of weeks ago to be asked to join the Hanna Stamps design team and I jumped at the chance as I knew there would be more Riley's images in my future. I am thrilled to work with the wonderful group of designers on this team and appreciate so much that Kristi invited me to be a member.

I thought it would be fun to use Riley for the Ways to Use It challenge to use scoring.  I scored my little "Moose Me?" sentiment.  It really doesn't show very well in the photo.  I stamped Riley on watercolor paper and watercolored him with reinkers. I added the tree images from my Kittie Kit Outdoor set, watercolored them and sponged on the background area for the ground and trees.  I used a tiny leaf image from my set to fill in the tree leaves and a small grass sprig image for the ground area. I sponged on a little grey for the country road that Riley is driving down.  I think he is so adorable in his little car.  If you notice a couple of lines on the car that really aren't on the stamp....it is because I accidentally made a mark on the car with a marker after the scene was totally assembled and I wasn't going to give it up after all that work.  I decided to add a trunk and hood to the car instead.

Stamps:  Hanna Stamps-Riley, Kittie Kits Outdoor

Paper:  Brocade Blue, Pumpkin, Watercolor

Ink:  Versafine Black, Brocade Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Adirondack Lettus, Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Grey

Accessories:  Scorpal, Grosgrain, Brushes, Sponges and Daubers

Treasure Hunt Tuesday and Rubbernecker and Card Positioning Systems Combine Challenges

It's Tuesday!! That means there’s a Treasure Hunt.    As always, you can find all the and info, including the first clue, on the Rubbernecker Home Page.    Linda and Tami are offering up some Rubbernecker Blog Candy today too! Make sure you leave a comment for a chance to win a $10 Rubbernecker Gift Card.  You will need to check back tomorrow on our blogs to see who the happy winners will be. 

 

      Rubbernecker  Blogger & Card Positioning Systems Combine Challenges

Rubbernecker is sponsoring the weekly Card Positioning Systems sketch challenge this week.Rubbernecker -Stamp Oasis line is the stamp line to be used for the challenge. Our RBC16 challenge is to use Grungeboard or Chipboard. We decided it would be fun to combine the two into one project. 

Sherry and Jeanne have been visiting me as they came to town to work the Rubbernecker Booth at the Orlando Stampfest.  While Sherry was available I decided to take advantage of her wonderful distressing skills and get a step by step lesson on how to use Grungeboard combining it with distressing -Kittie Style. I dabbed the tree and fence stamps with Adirondack Acrylic Lettus and Mushroom paints and stamped directly on the plain Grungeboard. I heated to dry and then sponged white craft ink over the image, cleaning off the excess paint from the tree and fence as I went. I sponged on Distressed Scattered Straw over the tree to high light and then sponged Weathered Blue and Vintage Photo around the borders to add age and character to my scene. I distressed the borders with scissors and sponged ink allong the edges. I stamped the whole scene with SU Sanded background image inked with Vintage Photo.  I love the element of aging this produced. I finished the scene by painting white craft reinker on the fence posts and ground area, stamping snowflakes in white craft ink and then embossed with white embossing powder.  I added the ribbon tabs and snowflakes to represent the three oblong layers of the sketch. I know this is a little project is a little out of season but it is really hot in Florida and I wanted to cool off a little.

 

Stamps:  Rubbernecker Stamp Oasis-Tree set, Kittie Kits Fence

Paper:  Wasabi, Naturals White

Ink:  Adirondack Acrylic Dabbers-Mushroom and Lettus, White Craft SU, Distress Vintage Photo, Weathered Wood, Scattered Straw, SU Wasabi

Accessories:  Grosgrain, Cuttlebug Snowflake Die, Brads, White Enbossing Powder