Prairie Paper & Ink

Sneak Peek - Underwater Adventure

**I've been posting at least once a day since the 1st! There's TON to see so if you missed anything just scroll down!**

As I alluded to in yesterday's post - I have another sneak peek for y'all!

This is for the soon-to-be-released Underwater Adventure set (more info here) - this is the set that I designed my Underwater Sentiments to go with and it is seriously the most ADORABLE set EVER!!!!

When I first received the set I had a standing request for a special birthday card. It was for a little girl's birthday and the mom wanted mermaids and girly and all that fun stuff. PLUS she wanted it if possible to be a larger card (like 5x7) so that she could FRAME it for her daughters room!

A task like that is a little daunting when you know what you make is going to be on display like that! But I KNEW this set would be perfect so as soon as it arrived I got to work.

And here's the end result:

 

I stamped all the images onto watercolor paper with Palette Hybrid Noir ink and watercolored them with my Peerless Watercolors.

I made everything SUPER glittery with Stickles.

I cut out pretty much every single image (and multiples of the bubbles and seaweed) then added the stickles and set them all aside to dry.

I added a ton of Yellow Stickles to Emma's hair and used White Opal Liquid Pearls on the pearls in her hair and at her waist.

 

The letters were diecut from cardstock using my CuttleBug Red Tag Sale alpha dies. I then coated all of them in stickles as well.

The fishy paper is from Flair's Hit the Beach line - I die cut that with one of my Spellbinders Petite Oval Dies and matted it with a scalloped oval cut from black cardstock.

I added some rhinestones from my stash and attached all the images with a TON of dimensionals once it was all dry!

I didn't bother taking a picture of the inside of the card as I kept it super simple. Since this was to be framed no one will ever see the inside again.

 

STAMPS: CC Designs Sugarplums Underwater Adventure Stamp Set.

CS: Watercolor Paper, SU! Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Pink Passion, Lovely Lilac, Flair Design Hit the Beach Patterned Paper.

INK: Palette Hybrid Noir.

ACCESSORIES: Peerless Watercolors, Stickles and Ice Stickles, Dimensionals, Rhinestones, Liquid Pearls.

Don't forget to check out the other DT samples on the ATS blog HERE <----click! (and leave a comment on that ATS blog post and you will be entered in to win the Underwater Adventure set!).

Sneak Peek and a Sketch Sample

**This is post #2 for today! I've been posting at least once a day since the first so scroll down in case you've missed some!**

The Stickles are finally dry so here's my card!

I made it not only for the latest Friday Sketch! but also for today's ATS Sneak Peek - today we're peeking my other soon-to-be-released set called Underwater Sentiments :o)

If you liked my Beach Sentiments set you're gonna love this one!!

 

I'm also peeking ANOTHER soon-to-be-released set that we will talk more about tomorrow (and just wait 'till you see the sample I made for that!!) - that was the inspiration for my Underwater Sentiments set.

I did some masking and coloring with my Copics then as a final touch I added some Diamond Stickles to make it all oh-so-sparkly :o)

The patterned paper is all from Cosmo Cricket's Snorkel line - I used that to inspire the color combo for the rest of the card.

I lined the inside of the card with more Snorkel patterned paper.

I stamped another die cut circle with another sentiment from the Underwater Sentiments set, and images from the companion image set, colored them all in with Copics and added more Stickles.

 

STAMPS: AmyR Stamps Underwater Sentiments, CC Designs Underwater Emma set.

CS: CC Designs Copic Quality White, Stampin' Up! Summer Sun, Basic Black and Lovely Lilac, Cosmo Cricket Snorkel Patterned Paper.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Rectangle Dies, Stickles, Ribbon, Brads, Dimensionals.

Don't forget to check out the other DT samples HERE at the ATS blog <----click! (and leave a comment on the ATS blog post and you'll be entered in to win the Underwater Sentiments set!)

Friday Sketch! with Guest Tammy Fielder (July 3/09)

Sorry this is so late everyone!!

I was running errands for my mom this morning, then had a traumatic episode when I entered my studio this morning. Nothing serious just a massive moth above my computer (yeah yeah you all can laugh!!).

I don't know why but I have a serious phobia of moths. They freak me out!! If one comes flying anywhere near me I'll run screaming like a girl. Even more than spiders I HATE moths! And lately there have been a TON of them around here! *shiver* I reallyreallyreally can't function if I know there's a moth in the room with me.

So yeah I'm a sissy when it comes to those things!

ANYWHO I've got a new sketch for y'all. This is another by my fab guest gal Tammy - I LOVE her sketches. She's comes up with the coolest layouts!! And she makes gorgeous cards too so if you don't already follow her blog you should!! Check it out HERE <-------click!

And as always here's the regular info (if you're new to the sketches make sure to read all of this!!):

- keyword to use when uploading to public galleries is AMYRTFS3.

- link directly to your creation when posting a link to your card - why you ask? Check out this link for more info.

-not sure HOW to link provide a DIRECT link? Check out this post by Kristina Werner - she explains how to with her video (it's meant for her color inspiration challenges but it's the same idea) - check it out HERE <----click!

-you are welcome to save this sketch to your computer (right click then save to your computer) and upload it to your blog post along with a direct link to this post with credit given to me for the sketch :o)

- have your card done and linked before next Thursday at 10pm EST in order to have it included with the participants links - other than that there is no time limits - this is all for fun!

- ANYONE can participate- you can use whatever products/stamps/embellies you want - sky's the limit :)

- I WILL remove any links I deem inappropriate (self-promotional, spam, card not following sketch in any way etc etc etc).

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Sneak Peek - AmyR Stamps Butterfly Set

Yup that's right - an IMAGE set this time! And butterflies at that!

This is one of two sets of mine that will be released at All That Scraps on Monday (July 6) - sneak peeks for that one will start tomorrow.

For now here's my sneak peek of this new Butterfly set:

 

I stamped the sentiment and the butterfly with Memento Tuxedo Black ink then cut out the image with my paper cutter and used paper snips to cut around the wings of the butterfly.

I used Copic markers to color in the butterfly and then went over it all with my Gold Copic Spica pen which tinted it to a more carmel color and gave it all a subtle shimmer.

The splattering was done with my SU! Color Spritzer and SU Close to Cocoa marker.

The patterned paper, buttons and brads are all from the Basic Grey Porcelain line.

Ribbon is May Arts textured.

**Make sure to check out the other DT samples HERE at the ATS blog <-----click!!

AND if you want to win this set leave a comment on that ATS blog post and you will be entered in to win!!**

 

STAMPS: AmyR Stamps Butterfly set.

CS: CC Designs White, SU! Chocolate Chip and Pink Prihouette (retired), Basic Grey Porcelain Patterned papers.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Close to Cocoa, ColorBox Chestnut Roan, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Ribbon, Buttons, Brads, Copic Spica Gold Glitter Pen, Spellbinders Mega Nestabilities Curved Rectangles Dies.

Sneak Peek - Itzie Inkies Chasing Butterflies

ACK!! We're gearing up for another stamp release over at All That Scraps and I have a TON of samples I need to make and post!

Release day is always the first Monday of the month at ATS - so this month it's July 6th.

The ideas have been rolling and I have so many things that I want to make - now it's just a matter of finding the TIME to make everything.

Stay tuned this weekend as there are sneak peeks every day and I plan on having at least one new post every day! We'll see if I'm that consistent *wink*.

So here's the first sneak peek - this is using the new Itzie Inkies Chasing Butterflies set:

 

Isn't this kitty adorable??

I stamped it onto white cardstock then colored it all in with my Copics.

The background was done by running the cardstock through my Big Shot using the Swiss Dots embossing folder.

I then made the grass by cutting up some green cardstock with my paper snips and adhering it in layers.

I attached the kitty image with dimensionals, then added a butterfly that I made using 2 of my Martha Stewart butterfly punches.

On the inside of the card I added more cardstock and made another strip of "grass".

The sentiment that comes in the Chasing Butterflies set was stamped onto white cardstock then cut out with one of my Spellbinders Label Trio dies.

I added another punched butterfly and that was it!!

 

STAMPS: Itzie Inkies Chasing Butterflies stamp set.

CS: CC Designs White, SU! Vellum, Basic Gray, Taken with Teal, Pink Passion and Garden Green, PTI Aqua Mist.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: CuttleBug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punches, Spellbinders Label Trio Dies, Dimensionals.

Don't forget to check out the other DT samples HERE <---click! And if you leave a comment on the ATS post you'll be entered in to win the Chasing Butterflies set!

Another Copic VIDEO

My next video will be something OTHER than coloring with Copics - promise! Altho I do get a lot of requests for Copic videos so I hope y'all enjoy!

This is of the Teacher Anya I colored for the cards I posted yesterday - I had to cut it down some to be able to get it under 10 minutes - so here it is:

(if it's not showing up on here you can see it HERE on YouTube<---click!)

Thank You Cards

 

I made a couple of Thank You cards for Veronica's teachers that I gave to them on the last day of school.

I pulled out my Teacher Anya stamp and stamped her twice onto CCD White cardstock then colored her in with Copics (video on that coming soon - I just haven't had time to edit it!).

All the patterned paper on both cards is from the My Mind's Eye Bloom & Grow collection (LOVE these papers - they are WAY more gorgeous in real life than what you see online - and they're all double sided too).

All three sentiments are from the Kim Hughes Making the Grade set.

 

On both cards I did the coloring the same, and used the same layouts.

The patterned paper is the same I just used different sheets or different sides of the same sheets.

It's hard to tell in the pictures but I used my clear Sakura pen on the apples to make them a little glossy :o)

The ribbon on both cards isMay Arts textured ribbon.

STAMPS: The Greeting Farm Teacher Anya, Kim Hughes Making the Grade.

CS: CC Designs White, SU! Black, Regal Rose and Taken With Teal, MME Bloom & Grow Patterned Papers.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Spellbinders Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities Dies, Coluzzle, Ribbon, Primas, Brads, Dimensionals.

What a way to start the week

Wow what a weekend. My stamping/scrapping garage sale with Julie went great - I sold a TON and sadly I still have a fair bit left!

I will prolly list a couple of things on here that won't cost much to ship - I have to go through everything tho before I even get to it.

I'm in a ROTTEN mood right now too - I got up this morning and when I went to put on my glasses they BROKE right on the nosepiece (same glasses I'm wearing in my profile pic there on the left in the sidebar). Thank goodness I still have my old pair (that I HATE as they look awful on me and give me a headache!!) so I can still see but I'm praying that when I call the place where I got them I'll be able to get a new frame or something and keep my lenses as my glasses are expensive and I wasn't planning on getting a new pair quite this early :o( That also means a couple of trips to the city (an hour and a half away) to get them fixed/replaced - blah. OK I'm done whining about that!

I have other things to post but I'm headed out the door to go help my mom out at the coffee shop for a few hours so later on this afternoon I'll post the rest - but for now here's a sneak peek of it:

 

Gotta run - I'll be back to post later (and hopefully be in a happier mood!)

Special Feature!

Just a quick heads up to let y'all know that I was featured today on Amy's Stocking Stuffer blog. She had seen the post I did a while ago showing the Anya puppets I made for my girls and wanted to feature them so I said go right ahead!

You can see her post HERE <----click!

Get Well Card Sketch Sample

 

Here's my sample for my latest Friday Sketch! (June 26/09).

I needed to make a Get Well Soon card for a customer so I pulled out my Cookie Crumbs Get Well Critters set and decided to use these October Afternoon Weathervane patterned papers.

I stamped the rooster onto a piece of CCD White Cardstock then colored him in with my Copics.

To make the ruffled feathers on his belly I used the Colorless Blender and just drew them on :o)

I also colored and cut out the little bandaid image from the set and adhered them to the card with dimensionals.

The wide red grosgrain is from Stampin' Up!

I lined the inside of the card with more patterned paper, stamped one of the sentiments from the Get Well Critters set and added another bandaid and that was it!

 

STAMPS: Cookie Crumbs Get Well Critters Stamp Set.

CS: CC Designs White, SU! Real Red, Chocolate Chip and Baja Breeze (retired), October Afternoon Weathervane Patterned Paper.

INK: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers.

ACCESSORIES: Spellbinders Rectangles and Scalloped Rectangles Dies, Dimensionals, Ribbon, Mini Brads.