STAMP....STAMP....STAMP!!

DO YOU OWN A STAMP?

.........and which one is your favorite???
The teamies of Simon Says Stamp and Show
want to know!!!

My favorites change with my mood.....which is ALL THE TIME!! so I chose not just a stamp but a collection....

Hero Arts ~ Real Garden Petals!! because my mood is ALL ABOUT green growing things!! 

Flowers.....Flowers and More Flowers.....

I created a Grungepaper Rose, a video tutorial is available, and highlighted it with Terra Cotta ~ Dimensional Pearls and colored it a Wild Honey Reinker Mixture, Wild Honey Reinker and Mini Mister. 

A little bit of stamping, some Rock Candy Distress Crackle paint and a Metal Corner....oh the BEAUTY.

I wanted to share a bit of a tutorial on "Watercolor Stamping"

I inked the stamps with Wild Honey, a bit of Peeled Paint and Forest Moss Distress ink. 

I mixed up some Pearl Water Reinker, Mini Mister, Perfect Pearl of choice (a bit heavy handed) and water.

Then I spritzed the inked stamps with the Pearl Water and stamped onto my paper of choice.

With my Heat it tool, I dried the image.

See the shimmery yumminess of the Perfect Pearls........love this technique.

So.......peeps.....pull out a stamp or two and HAVE SOME FUN!! 

Can't wait to see your creation linked up at 

Simon Says Stamp and Show....

YOU COULD BE A WINNER OF A..............

it's that time again......

Over at Simon Says Stamp and Show!!

This week the challenge is......

SHOW YOUR WENDY VECCHI STYLE!!

who doesn't love Wendy??!?! cause I know I do.....she is a wonderful woman with some great talent going on!! just sayin!!!

Now, I would have to say.....this is showing Lynne's style with Wendy Vecchi products....cause I sooo CANNOT create like Wendy. My entire creation was based upon her verbage stamp.....

ALWAYS MOVE IN THE DIRECTION

OF YOUR DREAMS! 

when I saw this, I thought of my beloved daughter who is graduating from High School on June 11th and all the choices that are ahead of her....

products used.....Nature's Art ~ Wendy Vecchi, Dress Forms and More ~ Art Parts, Flower Art ~ Wendy Vecchi, Distress Stain, Distress Stickles, Various Mini Mister Reinker Mixtures, Tattered Floral Die, Barn Door Distress Ink, Jet Black and Maroon Archival Ink, Golden Fiber Paste, 4x4 Stretched Canvas ~ Canvas Corp

sooooooo.......what is your Wendy Vecchi Style??!??! Can't wait to see your creations over at Simon Says Stamp and Show and don't forget you could win a $50 Shopping Spree at SimonSaysStamp.com!!!

just wanted to share.....

Last night was my daughter's Senior Prom.....the second in a long list of festivities until graduation on June 11th. Wanted to share a few pictures....

I was sooooo happy when she brought home her dress....it is sooooo my favorite color!!

Don't they look sweet!!

Me and my BEAUTIFUL girl!!

ohhhhhh the silly girls we are!!

one of those candid moment!!!

Love these two!

a WHAT???

A BIRD IN THE HAND
IS BETTER THAN
TWO IN THE BUSH!??!?

well, that's what came to mind when I saw this weeks challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Show....."OLD WIVES TALES" now I must say...I truly have no idea if it is a wive's tale but my brain got spinning and I had to create what I was thinkin' of!! you know how that is!

I knew I just had to use the Caged Bird Die....and my newest stamp "Finger" by Tim Holtz!

Don't you just love the Tree Sketch.....stamped on Silver painted Grungeboard, with Jet Black Archival ink....then cut out using my trusty Tim Holtz Scissors!!

All my pieces part just fit LOVE~R~LY on the 7 gypsies Book Cover which was bound using my handy dandy BIND~IT~ALL!!

SOOOOOOOOOO......put on your thinking caps for this challenge!! Can't wait to see what you come up with!!

Don't forget your entry could win you a $50 Shopping Spree at Simon Says Store!!

Any thing goes........

and what fun I had with this challenge!!  ANYTHING GOES this week at Simon Says Stamp and Show!

I recently acquired the Big Shot and a new die by Sizzix......and SURPRISE....it's a floral die....the Flower's 3D. So I pulled out some Linen and Crinoline and a few of my other to go to dies......Tattered Floral and Tattered Leaves, along with a few of my other Sizzix dies and began cutting.

Now, before I could begin the coloring process I SOOO needed to reorganize my Mini Misters and replenish my supply of Distress Reinker Inks! I pulled out my handy dandy Mini Mister Organizers and set about my task.

Phew....glad I got that done.....now I could begin the fun stuff!! I made a few of the 3D flowers....watch out they can be addictive!!

I cut the leaves from Crinoline and colored them with Bundled Sage and Peeled Paint. When dry I fold over the bottom of the leaf and staple to give the leaves dimension.

I adhered all the flowers to a piece of chipboard with Multi Medium and added a bit of colored seam binding as a finishing touch. Adhered a pin back and the corsage was complete!!

I sooo wish I had brought my camera with me so I could show you how proudly my mom wore this on her jacket as we went about celebrating Mother's Day!!

So........there you have it......ANYTHING GOES!! what comes to your mind?? Can't wait to see your creations!! Don't forget to head on over to the other Teamies blogs for a look see!!

and who wouldn't mind winning this..........??!??!

a day of Love!!!

Mother's Day is right around the corner!!!

and nothing says I LOVE YOU like flowers!
and what better papers to use than
the REMINISCE ~ IN BLOOM collection

I used the Flowers, 3~D die by Sizzix to create the flowers.....
don't you just love 'em!! The stamp is from Hero Arts.
The flowers were created using Crinoline and Distress Reinker Mixtures

A mother is she who can take the place of all others
but whose place no one else can take.
-Cardinal Mermillod

Happy Mother's Day!!!

how about........A HAND??!??!

or SOMETHING WITH HANDS.....now that's a challenge!!! at least it was for me!! I had to ponder on it for many a day...then the idea came to me.....use your own hands.....so that's just what I did!! I traced my hand on a piece of
Plain GrungeBoard and cut it out with my trusty, ever so handy Tim Holtz scissors...love 'em so much I own two pairs.....hehehehe

I then altered "my hand" with puddles of Distress Ink on my craft mat. Then I inked "my hand" with Mustard Seed Distress Ink. Next, I smeared on some Tarnished Brass Distress Crackle Paint. While this paint was still wet I stamped "my hand" with Jet Black Archival Ink and my gorgeous Hero Arts Flourish Stamp. Lastly, I added some
Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint!

I then pulled out my Mason Jar full of goodies.....in there I found:

Metal Watch Faces

Game Spinners
a Word Key
and some other vintage ditties!!

To finish off "my hand" I added the word "time" made of Alpha Parts and a colored piece of Seam Binding. I adhered then all to my chunky canvas with Multi Medium. The edges were created by misting the canvas edges and dipping the canvas into puddles made of Rusty Hinge Distress Reinker & Water. And there you have it......

SOMETHING WITH HANDS!!

You tooo can play along with the Teamies of Simon Says Stamp and Show!! Link up your creation to our Blog.........SIMON SAYS STAMP AND SHOW.....would just love to see what you whip up!! and who know you could be the lucky winner of....