Hello Cute Cat

Hi there,

I would like to show you this project using a super adorable cat Digital Stamp from Gerda Steiner Designs:

• color the Gerda Steiner Designs Cat with Sign image with Delta and Touch Twin Brush Markers
• create the Hello sentiment with the help of a Dymo Label Maker
• adhere the cat to a piece of patterned paper from the Pebbles Special Delievery Boy 6x6 paper pad
• round the right corners with a 1'' corner rounder and die cut a line of tiny hearts from the left side
• cut a stitched panel from watercolor paper and cover it with white gesso
• apply Prima Markerting Light Paste through the ARTplorations Retro Circles stencil and let it dry thoroughly
• add color using Dylusions Ink Sprays (London Blue, Vibrant Turquoise)
• spritz the backgroud with Pearlized Water for extra shimmer

Thanks for stopping by.

Yours,

Nikolaustag

Hi there,

I would like to share a Pop-up Christmas Card with you over at the Karten-Kunst Blog:

• stamp the bunny, the cap and the little present from the Memory Box Holiday Bunnies set and the big present, the bag and the tree from the Poppy Stamps Christmas Delights set with Memento (Tuxedo Black)
• color the images with Delta and Touch Twin Brush Markers
• cut the Memory Box Country Landscape from grey cardstock - color the cardbase behind the windows with an Alcohol Marker
• ink up the edges of the top of the card with Distress Ink (Tumbled Glass)
• stamp some stars from the Memory Box Holiday Bunnies with Delicata (Golden Glitz)
• prepare a pop-up panel from white cardstock - I used three of the Lawn Fawn Everyday Pop-ups and the My Favourite Things Stitched Snow Drifts to give a finished look to the edges
• adhere the images to the pop-ups with liquid glue - this will give you a little wiggle room

And this is how the card looks from the outside:

• cut a piece of patterned paper from the Maja Design Vintage Winter 6x6 paper pad into shape with one of the My Favourite Things Stitched Basic Edges
• ink up the edges of the patterened paper piece and the cardbase with Distress Ink (Antique Linen)
• stamp the sentiment from the Karten-Kunst Capri Weihanchtspost set with Versafine (Vintage Sepia)
• add some splatters with Heidi Swapp Color Shine (Gold)

I hope you got inspired.

Yours,

Espresso my Gratitude Tag

Hi there,

we are having the Stamp Tramps November Blog Hop over at Skipping Stones Design and I used some crackle paste on my autumn tag:

• cut out a tag from watercolor paper
• stamp the coffee cup from the Skipping Stones Design Funny Coffee Vol. #1 set with Versafine (Vintage Sepia)
• cover the cup with Masking Fluid from the Molotow Masking Pen
• apply Dreamweaver Crackle embossing paste through the ARTplorations Foiled again Mini stencil
• create a background with Distress Inks (Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge, Peeled Paint) and a watercolor brush
• ink up the edges of the tag with Distress Ink (Peeled Paint)
• add splatters with Izink (Topaz)
• remove the Masking Fluid
• stamp a leaf grom the Stampendous Trees and Leaves set onto the cup with Versafine (Vintage Sepia)
• color the cup with Distress Markers and ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens
• color a piece of seam binding with left-over inks
• cut out a tiny tag and one of the Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves from watercolor paper
• stamp the sentiment from the Skipping Stones Design Funny Coffee Vol. #1 set with Versamark and heat-emboss it with WOW! Bright White Super Fine embossing powder 
• color the tag with Distress Markers and ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens - the embossing will act as a resist
• color the stitched leaf with Distress Markers
• attach the leaf and the tag to a piece of May Arts Natural Twine and thread the twine and the seam binding through the hole of the tag

Here are close-ups of the cup and the leaf/tag embellishment:

There is a giveaway, too. In order to win a Skipping Stones Design stamp set of your choice you  need to

1. Subscribe to the Skipping Stones Designs Blog
2. Like Skipping Stones Design on Facebook 
3. Leave a comment on each blog along the way.

For an extra chance be sure to follow the Stamp Tramps blog and leave a comment you did so.

Enjoy the rest of the hop:

Skipping Stones Design Blog

Cornelia

Jessie

Debra

Martha Lucia Gomez

** Tanja **

I hope you got inspred.

Yours,

                         

Feather Tag

Hi there,

it's time for another creation over on the A Day for Daisies Blog:

• cut out a tag from watercolor paper and cover it with white gesso
• create a background with Prima Marketing Metallique Acrylic Paint (Light Patina)
• adhere the A Day for Daisies Sketch Pad Feather Two image with Multi Medium Matte
• apply Prima Marketing Crackle Paste Platinum through the 7 Dots Studio Fortuneteller stencil and let it dry thoroughly
• use Distress Crayons (Hickory Smoke, Mermaid Lagoon) to accentuate the crackle dots
• color the feathers with Distress Crayons (Hickory Smoke, Mermaid Lagoon, Shaded Lilac, Spun Sugar)
• spritz the whole tag with Pearlized Water and dab away the excess with a dry paper towel
• stamp the dictionary stamp from the STAMPlorations Mixed Media Grunge set with Memento Luxe (Gray Flannel) for more texture
• add splatters with black and white Kuretake Gansai Tambi waterdcolors
• ink up the edges of the tag with Memento Luxe (Tuxedo Black)
• add a sentiment sticker from the 7 Dots Studio Homegrown Collection
• dye a piece of seam binding with matching Distress Inks (Mermaid Lagoon, Shaded Lilac, Spun Sugar) and thread it through the hole of the tag

Have a day for daisies.

Yours,

Happy Birthday Balloon

Hi there,

we are starting a new Challenge over at Moving along with the Times and we would like to see die cut numbers, letters or words on your project:

• stamp the little girl and the balloon from the Mama Elephant Carried away stamp set with Versafine (Onyx Black) onto a stitched panel of watercolor paper
• draw in the balloon string with a black PITT Artist Pen 
• color the images with Art Grip Aquarelle, Inktense Pencils and a waterbrush
• add shadows and a sky background with PanPastels (Payne's Grey, Phthalo Blue Tint)
• die cut numbers from the main panel using My Favorite Things Little Numbers
• cut out part of the balloon
• add a piece of turquoise glitter paper behind the panel and puzzle the missing number pieces back in
• stamp the sentiment from Clearly Besotted Stamps Many Mini Messages with Versafine (Onyx Black) into the balloon
• add a thin black paper strip between the main panel and the glitter background

I hope you got inspired.

Yours,