Hi there! We're featuring one of our newer stamp sets called Splat Attack and I thought I would play around with some art journaling!





The background is some pages from an old law textbook and I decoupaged it to my new mini Dylusions journal! A few paints on top and I was ready to paint my crazy bird and branch.

So... Can you spot the Splat Attack stamps?




I used the paint drip stamp (black with white outline) and the paint splatter (bronze). Fun right???

Head over to the Annabelle Stamps Blog to see the rest of the team's creations!

Are you guys into the "flair" trend? Flair used to just refer to ovr-sized buttons or pins, but Technique Tuesday has a large selections of flair stamps that are punchable with your small circle punches! They then become easy-to-use accessories for any layout or card.... However..... I did something a little different. Today I made a couple of pretty Christmas cards with Joy Flair by Ali Edwards.




I transferred the stamps from the packing sheet onto my clear block pretty much like they were and made a custom background. Here's the process:

1. Scribble Watercolor crayons over watercolor paper and smear with baby wipe.
2. Dry with a heat tool.
3. Stamp with versamark ink and cover with white embossing powder.
4. Heat with heat tool.
5. Ink edges with ranger distress ink and ink tool

Visit the Technique Tuesday blog to see more Flair sets featured!

We have a really nice CAS sketch up at the Annabelle Stamps blog this week... Here's my card:

I made this card for today's special "There She Goes Again!" post at the TSG Blog. We are creating with three classic TSG sets and for today's feature I chose Garden Of Life. 

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It's day three of sneaks from Annabelle Stamps and it's been very hard to keep these two cards a secret! Sometimes when I get a new stamp set I struggle to come up with an idea that I feel is innovative - but not with this set... It's called Butterfly Sunshine and I'll show you why. I have two very different takes on a sunburst theme.

First I'll show you what I did with three of the butterfly images:

Ink: Archival black and Versamark

Burlap Twine

Hi guys! I have had the strangest stomach bug the last couple of days and haven't felt much like creating, so it's a good thing I got a lot done this past weekend! I was on a roll for a few days and actually worked ahead. If you know me, then you know that this NEVER happens; I am always the last one to submit a card for a challenge or I'm scheduling my blog posts at 11:59!!! It feels good to have projects done ahead of time on days like these where I can't sit upright for longer than 10 minutes. I MUST remember this for the future, but knowing me it won't change much...

Onto today's card:



Isn't this image a beauty? I get asked ALL THE TIME which do I prefer: Copics or Distress Markers?? I never know what to say since they are so different. For me, there is NO WAY I could get my Copic markers to get this beautiful swoopy sunset look. Watercolour markers have a beauty all their own and when I want a background to look like this - Distress Markers all the way! (I used the Broad Distress Waterpen to get that sunset look... Tutorial in the future, perhaps?? It's really easy...)

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