TPE#113/ RCC#17

Following both a photo inspiration challenge at the Pink Elephant Challenge and a back to school theme for Ribbon Carousel (... my family loved the spool bus joke here), I created this window card as a teacher thank you. Images are from Lori Boyd's adorable Lollipop collections. An oval window is cut on the front of card with school girl Lacie adhered inside, and school boy Ezra and his Sugarstick dog overlapping the window on the front.

.... and the credit goes to...

Lori Boyd designs - all digital images Fiskars - Thanks clear stamp
Carolee's Creations - green dot patterned paper Making Memories - bulldog clip
Color on images is Copics, on sentiment is Prismacolor pencils

LMM#16, Lily Pad resist

While sitting at the computer will never replace the fun of stamping for me, I recently have found some digital images that I love and couldn't pass up. Digital images are easy to purchase online and often the files come within a few minutes... great for when you are so excited to play and don't want to wait for products to be mailed. The "Hatter" girls on this card are from Little Miss Muffet stamps and the card was made to play along with both their "multiple images" challenge, and the resist technique challenge from Lily Pad.

The resist background is stamped and heat embossed on watercolor paper, then colored with new Ranger Distress Stains (like using the ink pads, but quicker for this technique... and messier- messy is always more fun). It is a matchbook style card and some elements are attached with foam dots for dimension.

...and the credit goes to:
Impression Obsession - flourish background and sentiment stamps
Little Miss Muffet Stamps - 3 "Hatter" girls digital stamps
Spellbinders - lacy circles die
Images colored with Prismacolor pencils blended with gamasol / background Distress Stains in spiced marmalade, faded jeans, and broken china.

CFC#16/Lily Pad sketch

I was so excited to try a new technique I learned in a Stampaway class taught by Jennifer McGuire... and I'm even more excited that it worked!!! By adding chalk ink to the debossed side of an embossing folder before running it through the machine, plain white cardstock becomes colored everywhere except on the raised image. This is how I created the blue polka dotted background. The image is Oh Boy Ian from the Greeting Farm, colored with Copics. This week I'm entering this card in a Cas-ual Fridays embossing challenge and also the Lily pad sketch challenge sponsored by Greeting Farm.

edgy birthday tyler

Made this card for a Ribbon Carousel Challenge.

http://ribboncarouselchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/08/rcc15-get-edgy-with-jessica-diedrich.html

If Creeper Tyler isn't edgy enough with his blue hair, there's also the notebook paper edge, a torn edge and a guitar edge. Tyler is a Greeting Farm stamp and the splotchy background, words, and guitars are from the Taylored Expressions Hero set.