Something you should know about me: I HATE poo. 💩 A phobia of poo, if you will... 

this stamp set, though, is kinda funny! 

Other supplies: 

• Sizzix die cut
• Ranger Distress Oxide Inks
• Ranger Archival ink (black)
• Bazzill Cardstock

What is more elegant than lace? 

The word "lace" conjures so many words in my mind, most prominent of which are: 

love, wedding, sexy, delicate, sophisticated and classic. 

This card embodies all of those words:

 

I paired black lace with a white doily, and built my card around that. A monotone color scheme keeps this card classic and timeless, and the SRM stickers pair beautifully with all of the other elements. 

Supplies: 

Black Lace

White Lace Doily 4"

We've Got Your Sticker/Forever

Fancy Sentiment/Love

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Hi again!

This is another fun project made with new MFT goodies.
I LOVE Hallowe'en, but I'm one of THOSE people who don't send out cards, so I love the sentiments in this set. They are Hallowe'en-ISH, but could be given anytime to a person with a sense of humour!

This month's Greenhouse Society stamp set is a stunner. 

Maybe it's just that I have a soft-spot for crocuses, but nah.. It's a beautiful stamp. 

Check it out: 

I used the no-line technique and stamped the flowers in a pale brown so the colouring would stand out more. Additionally, after I was done colouring I added shadows and light with chalk pencils to enhance the colours. 

Oh! And that butterfly? I was determined to use it. It had been taking up valuable real-estate on my desk and it needed to get coloured and go live on a card. Operation: Tobi use your stuff was a total success. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Technique Tuesday came out with some really cute stamps at CHA and of course I decided to play with the ones I could colour! 

This is from the set called Favorite Human featuring a couple robots and some silly sentiments to match! 

This is pretty standard Copic colouring, but I did the background with Distress Inks. 

Before colouring the robot I cut out a mask and placed it over the image so I could sponge on some pretty pink and red inks (Festive Berries, and Victorian Velvet). 

Thanks for popping in! 

The other week I applied to be on the Tiddly Inks design team and to my pleasure I was selected. The images are superbly illustrated and will be a real challenge for my colouring skills so i'm really looking forward to the next 4 months! 

Here's my card featuring a newly released image called "Love You Mostest": 

As soon as I saw the fluttering hearts die I knew I wanted it. There are so many ways to use it and because I got a new set of watercolors yesterday I decided to do an ombré wash of purples and pinks. 

Here's the sketch and I turned it clockwise to accommodate the panel. For the bottom portion of the sketch I added some BoBunny glitter paste: 

I love how it dries... Just the bright, clear sparkle! 

Thanks for stopping by today! 

It's time for a new challenge over at the Naughty Or Nice blog and this month's theme is: Love/Anti-love. I decided to do a funny card I've had in my head for a while and made a video to go along with it. 

So in the video I cover: Making, Generation Stamping, and Altering your stamps. I bought some camera equipment this weekend that would allow me to better take videos and I would love to hear what you think! I really enjoy watching other people's videos so I thought that I would make a more concerted effort to make more. I hope you find it helpful, if not, entertaining! lol.. 

I've got a little tutorial up at The Twinery blog today! I'd love it if you stopped by! 

I was challenged to make a card for Technique Tuesday using flowers... 

I thought I would think outside of the box and NOT use Copics... 

This is what I got: 

The inks are a mix of Memento Luxe and the new Neon inks (both by Tsukineko) and this pretty little stamp called: Messages From The Heart. 

Technique Note: I thought I would have to use a ruler to get straight lines, but I mounted the stamp on a stamp press and I could use the grid on the press to line it up for me! 

Do you know the feeling of having a great idea in your head, but when it comes to the execution it takes on a mind of its own? Yah, that happened to me tonight. It got out of control, I almost lost it, but then I reeled it in for a solid finish... 

Here's my card: 

I initially wanted it to be a white base with that pop of red from the die cut hearts (I am playing along with the current Case Study challenge HERE), but that's what I'm talking about... It veered. Big time.

I started the card off by die cutting the hearts (Memory Box die) and used the negative as a stencil. I scraped some embossing paste through it and then added PanPastels in red tones.
Thanks for popping by!