Inky Fingered Fun

Another Peek A Boo Box

I LOVE these boxes!  Here's another one created using the adorable little penguin from Punch Pals.

I stamped the penguin on watercolor paper and colored him with Stampin' Write markers and an aquapainter.  The penguin looked like he needed something, so I created a wreath for him to hold complete with little Red Stickles holly berries.  I popped up the wreath on Dimensionals to give it some depth.

I Iike to stamp the acetate sheet with White StazOn just because I can't stand to have something not stamped - LOL!  I added a border or red Stickles to the acetate sheet for some bling.

Happy Stamping!

Stamps:  Punch Pals

Card Stock:  Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Shimmery White, Watercolor Paper

Ink:  Basic Black, Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Black & White StazOn

Accessories:  Acetate, Punches (Scallop Circle, 1-3/8" Circle, 1-1/4" Circle, 3/4" Circle), Aquapainters, Stampin' Write Markers, Stickles, Dimensionals

The Challenge of Colors

I'm finally getting caught up on last weeks challenges on Splitcoaststampers.  I definitely find that the challenges are helping me get my creative juices flowing.  I've spent the last few days in a stamping frenzy and created more cards than I have in a very long time!

The color combo challenge was to use Basic Gray, Soft Sky and Purely Pomegranate.  I LOVE these colors!  My finished card looked nothing like what I started out making, but I like where the creative process took me.

The glittery Basic Gray strip of card stock was created by applying Sticky Strip to the card stock and embossing with Iridescent Ice EP.  It doesn't really show up in the picture, but the fancy letters in the sentiment are traced with the Stardust Gelly Roll Pen to give them glimmer to match the rest of the glitter and glitz in the card.  I was originally going to put a focal image in the upper left corner, but nothing seemed right, so I decided to just add pearls to the centers of the snowflakes.

Happy Stamping!

Stamps:  The Snowflake Spot, All Holidays

Card Stock:  Soft Sky Textured, Purely Pomegranate, Basic Gray, Soft Sky DSP

Ink:  Basic Gray, Purely Pomegranate, Versamark

Accessories:  Iridescent Ice EP, Purely Pomegranate Satin Ribbon, 3/16" Corner Rounder Punch, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals, Decorative Pearls (Joy! Crafts), Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll Pen

Santa Challenge

My friend, Jami invited me to join a challenge with her and two wonderful ladies I spent time with a few weeks ago in Portland - Lori and Sharon.  The challenge was to make a card using a Rubber Stampede image called Santa Collage and a gorgeous, shimmery red card stock. 

I knew I wanted to stamp the image on watercolor paper and try coloring him with SU! markers and an aquapainter (since I don't have any Copics, yet) to try out the coloring technique I'd seen on this blog.  I was really impressed with how well this worked, but I still want Copics! 

I decided to use Stampin' Up! Basic Gray card stock for the card base and paired it with a sheet of designer paper by Basic Grey (Perhaps) that coordinated perfectly with the shimmery red card stock.  With how shimmery the red card stock was, I knew I wanted lots of glitz and glimmer on this card.  I applied strips of sticky strip to the edges of the gray cardstock and embossed with SU! Hologram Highlights embossing powder.  Now things were coming together!

I wanted to stamp the sentiment on vellum, but felt that it looked a little too bare all by itself.  The swirl from Season of Joy reminded me of the swirls in Santa's beard so I stamped it with Brilliance Platinum Planet ink and then stamped the sentiment over it.  I added embossed strips to the top and bottom edges of the vellum and attached it to the card front.

The focal image is mounted on dimensionals to give some added dimension to the card.  I added sparkle to the snowflakes with a Sakura Gelly Roll Stardust pen.  I added more bling to the sentiment and centers of the snowflakes with Amuse Creative Candy.

Be sure to check out what Jami, Sharon and Lori have come up with - I know I can't wait!

Happy Staming!