Friday, July 31, 2009

CDS Sneak Peek - Blown Over Stamp of the Month



This sweet card is the last of the August sneak peeks and it's a goodie :) This little set is called Blown Over and it's the August Stamp of the Month which is free when you make a $50 purchase. Who doesn't love free stamps? lol




I made this little 4 1/4x4 1/4" card for the technique challenge that we were issued of having a cut out image (the bird) set apart from your main image (the bird house). Doesn't he look sweet against the Rustic Faux Wood Frame?

The bird house was watercoloured and paper toled then adhered to the sponged background. I added a tree bough that was punched on various shades of green card stock with my Martha Stewart Punches. I created my scene before I added the frame to finished it off.





Thanks for coming by to see all of the August sneak peeks! All of these sets will be available tomorrow and be sure to hop around on the Design Team's blogs below so that you don't miss any of the sneak peek goodness!


Card Recipe:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps - Blown Over (SOM)
Paper: Gina K, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Watercolour, Cosmo Cricket DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White Craft, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug and Embossing Folders, Cuttlebug Tags Dies, Mini Brads, Mat Pack, Piercing Tool, Distressing Tool, Nestabilities, Clear Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Sponges, Martha Stewart Branch Punch, Tombow Markers and Aqua Painter


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Thursday, July 30, 2009

CDS Sneak Peek - Playful Pixies



I'm back again! I know your not tired of all these posts...I hope! *giggle* I was pretty excited to share this sweet card with you because it features one of Shawne Arnold's new stamps called Playful Pixies. I adore these sweet little pixies and so does my daughter (she's been trying to get her hands on this card all week!) It's a good thing that she's only 3ft tall and I have 6" bookshelves *grin*




I finally got a chance to use my Spellbinder's Sunflower Dies to make this 3D pink flower and paired it with my Sizzix Leaf Die. This card is 4x6" so you can imagine what giant sized flowers these dies make! I placed my watercoloured pixie inside for a whimsical touch and to add to the whimsy, I coated her clothes in stickles and her wings in shimmerz.




I actually made this card for 3 of our design team challenges - No Designer Paper, Sketch and Technique (I was on a roll) *wink* While making this card I found my cuttlebug tag dies that I have been searching forever for - Oh happy day! The sentiment fit on perfectly and the card was made!

Be sure to hop around on the Design Team's blogs below so that you don't miss any of the sneak peek goodness! Don't forget to pop back in here tomorrow to see what other goodies we have for you :)



Card Recipe:Bold
Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps - Playful Pixies
Paper: Gina K, Basic Black, Soft Sky, Blush Blossom, Kiwi Kiss
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Close to Cocoa, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Baja Breeze
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug and Embossing Folder/Dies, Sizzix Leaf Die, Shimmerz, Stickles, Clear Embossing Powder, Dimensionals, Sponges, Ribbon, Spellbinder's Sunflower Dies, Tombow Markers, Aqua Painter


CHALLENGES: No Designer Paper, Sketch and Technique Challenges

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CDS Sneak Peek - Pansy



Wowee! It's early in the morning here and it's already hot and toasty! Seems like quite a few of you are experiencing the heat wave with me, but we are at record highs for us! The heat and I don't get along very well so I may just camp out in the air conditioning here for a bit and then head out to do some shopping...in air conditioned stores *grin*




Welcome back for day three of the CDStamps sneak peeks. I have a gorgeous pansy to show you this morning ... but a very troublesome pansy in the end! This pansy set is one of my newest illustrations and will be available on August 1st with all the rest of the loveliness that I have been sharing with you the last couple of days. This pansy though...what a test of patience!

Let me just start by telling you a little bit about how I watercolour. I always pick out my shades of colours, test them to see that they will work with each other and then set them aside in groupings ie: petals, leaves and flower centers so I know what I will be working with. It's all fun and games until you get sidetracked and accidentally grab a fluorescent pink instead of a light mauve...after you have already spent the time and coloured up your first layer! So then I spent literally hours trying to correct it with a number of different shades...when I say a number, I really mean 17 other shades only to find out in the end ... after much frustration ...that a combination of 5 other colours came out to the same as my first layer of the pansy! The moral of the story is this: If you get sidetrack and paint with the wrong colour...scrap the original and start from scratch! lol




So enough about the trials of achieving the perfect shades and onto the rest of the card. Dont'cha just love this quote? I do and that's why it's in the set! lol I paired it up with another sentiment in this set for the inside of the card to read "Missing You".

This card is actually 4x6" and worked really well to highlight the off set pansy. To achieve the airbrushed look on the nesties die cut, I used the actual die to mask off the edges and then sponged very gently toward the center of the paper with creamy caramel ink - I just love the vintage look! My butterfly has been made but punching out vellum cardstock with my Martha Stewart butterfly punch and then used some mini pearls to create the body. A little cuttlebug embossing and some more sponging and you have a very elegant "Missing You" card :)

That's it for this morning's eye candy, but don't forget to pop back here later today to see the last creation of the day which is one of my new sets :0) See you then!


Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps - Pansy
Paper: Gina K, Always Artichoke, Watercolour, Misc. DP, Vellum Cardstock
Ink: Versa Mark, Versafine Onyx Black, Creamy Caramel, Perfect Plum, Old Olive, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug and Embossing Folders, Nestabilites, Marth Stewart Butterfly Punch, Fisgars Border Punch, Corner Rounder, Mini Pearls, Sponges, Dimensionals, Gold Embossing Powder, Mat Pack and Piercing Tool, Tombow Markers and Aqua Painter

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

CDS Sneek Peek - Sails, Subs and Tugs



I love this set! It's called Sails, Subs and Tugs and was mostly inspired by some of the toys that my kid's play with in the bath tub. I am always on the look out for little boy sets so I decided to create a couple of my own this month ;) With living on an Island, my kids love to visit the waterfront with all the boats and anything that floats is always popular with little boys! lol





I watercoloured the Tug with my Tombow Markers and Aqua painter and then popped parts of it up on dimensionals. I then watercoloured the ocean and sky with some of my SU re-inkers and added some sponging and Liquid Applique to finish of the main image.

If you look close enough you can see that I played around and made some waves with my designer paper and did this using my slit punch. I also embossed and layered them on top of each other and then sewed them to a larger panel to create a little back drop with these gorgeous Cosmo Cricket DP's.




Be sure to hop around on the Design Team's blogs below so that you don't miss any of the sneak peek goodness! Don't forget to pop back in here tomorrow to see what other goodies we have for you :)



Card Recipe:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps - Sails, Subs and Tugs
Paper: Gina K, Soft Suede, Watercolour, Cosmo Cricket
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Soft Suede, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug and Embossing Folders, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Tag Dies, Hemp Twine, Eyelets, Liquid Applique, Sponges, Dimensionals, Brads, Tombow Markers, SU Re-Inkers, Aqua Painter


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CDS Sneak Peek - Nice Neighborhood



Welcome back for day 2 of the Clear Dollar Stamps sneak peeks :) I have 2 new sets to show off today and the first one is a delightful set called Nice Neighborhood. It's been designed to welcome new neighbors and making those change of address cards! I was so excited to see this set come out because we have quite a few new people moving into the area this month and I needed to get started on some "Welcoming" cards for them!




I was up to my usual paper tole and watercolouring antics with this one but was a little perplexed when it came to playing along with our DT challenges! I always have a goal to get those tackled first so off I went and made this one to fit with one of our colour challenges of any shades of browns and greens. I managed to find some designer papers that fit the bill and even worked in some of my almost forgotten hodgepodge hardware *Yay me* lol





That's it for this morning's eye candy, but don't forget to pop back here later today to see the last creation of the day which is one of my new sets :0) See you then!



Card Recipe:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps - Nice Neighborhood
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Watercolour, Basic Grey DP, K&Co. DP, My Mind's Eye Dp
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug and Embossing Folders, Nestabilities, Cloud Stencil, Hodgepodge Hardware, Sponges, Dimensionals, Ribbon, Clear Emobssing Powder, Corner Rounder, Aqua Painter, Tombow Markers



CHALLENGES: Colour Challenge (Greens, Browns and Ivory)

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

CDS Sneak Peek - Hanging Out


Phew! Here we are at the last card for the day! This set is called Hanging out and will be available on August first from Clear Dollar Stamps. I had so much fun making this particular card! Who knew that Magpies come in purple and green varieties? *grin*



I have been trying to figure out how to incorporate the new Stampin' Up! In-Colours into my colour palatte and what better way to do that then to create new bird species? lol I *really* do adjust to change well don'tcha think? ;)




This totally fun card has the stamped images watercoloured with both Tombow Markers and Re-Inkers and cut out into individual pieces. I then took my cloud stencil and sponged the sky then the hills onto a blank piece of paper. I poked two holes into existing sewing machine holes and threaded my silver cord "clothes line" through and then re-assembled my images along the line with pop dots.

Be sure to hop around on the Design Team's blogs below so that you don't miss any of the sneak peek goodness! Don't forget to pop back in here tomorrow to see what other goodies we have for you :)



Card Recipe:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps - Hanging Out
Paper: Gina K, Rich Razzleberry, Watercolour, Basic Grey DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Bordering Blue, Rich Razzleberry, More Mustard
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug and Embossing Folders, Nestabilities, Sponges, Dimensionals, Cloud Stencil, Clear Embossing Powder, Silver Cord, Corner Rounder, Scallop Edge Punch, Mat Pack and Piercing Tool, Dew Drops, Tombow Markers, SU Re-Inkers and Aqua Painter


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CDS Sneak Peek - Bitty Bots


This is card number 2 for today and this sweet set is called Bitty Bots and is one of my newest stamp illustrations. This set will be available on August 1st and was designed with little boys in mind because my little man Tait (5 years old) told me that we needed more robots in the house. I was thinking robot maids... he was thinking Transformers... so we sat down and had a heart to heart and came to a mutual agreement, that robot stamps really were the best thing for the Teasdale household. *grin*



This card has quite a few metalic looking things on it - this is what happens when you have your 5 year old standing in your craft room trying to see all of your things. Actually, it's what happens when your 5 year old is spilling embellishments on the floor and your just to busy to put them in their correct place :)

First off we have some tin foil that has been secured to a piece of card stock and run through my cuttlebug for the background. This worked out pretty well as the cardstock that it was secured to holds the embossed shapes from getting squished flat by pressure. Then I added numerous bits of metal around the card with all the brads, metal swirl clip and if you look closely you can see that I added a metal antena on top of the robot's head. This card is a regular metal scrap heap! *wink*




Thanks for popping in to see mine and my 5 year old's creation and be sure to hop around on the Design Team's blogs below so that you don't miss any of the sneak peek goodness! Don't forget to pop back here to see some the last creation of the day!



Card Recipe:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps -Bitty Bots
Paper: Gina K, Basic Black, Watercolour, Basic Grey DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Bordering Blue, Basic Grey
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug and Embossing Folders, Nestabilities, Brads, Swirl Clip, Ribbon, Clear Embossing Folder, Adhesive Sheets, Glitter, Dimensionals, Sponges, Tin Foil, Aqua Painter, Re-Inkers

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CDS Sneak Peek - Under the Sea


Welcome to day 1 of the Clear Dollar Stamps sneak peeks for the August new releases! Hold on to your horses ladies, because over the next 4 days I have 8 wonderful little creations to share with you! That means multiple postings and I have 3 cards to share with you over the course of the day :)



The first card of the day is one of Shawne Arnold's newest sets called Under the Sea. It's a wonderfully whimsical set full of seaweed, coral, shells sentiments an a few sea critters along the way. I chose the goldfish to match one of this month's Inspiration Design Team challenges.




For this card I have watercoloured the sea-nery *giggle* and then sponged the "ocean" on afterwards. I hand drew the over sized seaweed onto a piece of card stock, sponged it, ran it through my cuttle bug and then heat embossed it with clear powder to make it glossy. I then added some more texture by running some of the designer papers through different cuttlebug embossing folders.

Be sure to hop around on the Design Team's blogs below so that you don't miss any of the sneakie peekie goodness! Don't forget to pop back here to see some of the other sets that I have to show you including one of my newest in the Dreamtime Designs line :)




Card Recipe:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps - Under the Sea
Paper: Gina K, Basic Black, Old Olive, Watercolour, 7 Gypsies Dp, Basic Grey DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Versa Mark, Bermuda Bay, Taken With Teal, Not Quite Navy, Creamy Caramel, Old Olive, Close To Cocoa, Really Rust
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug and Embossing Folders, Dew Drops, Clear Embossing Powder, Corner Rounder, Scallop Edge Punch, Sponges, Dimensionals, Gold and White Gel Pens, Aqua Painter, Tombow Markers, Re-Inkers


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Friday, July 24, 2009

Dare to Get Dirty with Me!



Today is another sample from me for the Fan Club Dare to Get Dirty Challenges :) This one is for the DTGDblondie090277 Challenge - that's right! I'm hosting and this is your Paper Tole challenge! Muahahahaha! You knew coming from me that it wouldn't be so easy peasy didn't you? *insert wicked grin here*



For the image, I heat embossed the dalia with gold embossing powders and then watercoloured all the layers with my Tombow Markers and Aqua Painter. I wanted to fit in the coordinating sentiment from my Summer Blooms Dahlia set, so I went on the hunt for the perfect layout. I used last week's sketch challenge from my good friend Wendy's new challenge blog called Delightful Sketches and my paper toled dahlia fit beautifully as the center piece. :)




Don't forget to pop into the Fan Club Challenge Forum to see all of the day's challenges. They will be posted every hour from July 23-25th with a different hostesses and tons of fabulous samples :) I can't wait to see all of your paper tole creations *wink*


Card Recipe:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps - Summer Blooms Dahlia
Paper: Gina K, Always Artichoke, Watercolour, Basic Grey DP
Ink: Versa Mark, Elegan Eggplant, Always Artichoke, Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug and Embossing Folders, Nestabilities, Sponges, Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder, Gold Embossing Powder, Tombow Markers, Aqua Painter

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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Getting Dirty with the Dirty Dozen!



Whoo hoo! It's that time of year again...you know...the time of year where there is 3 days of continuous challenges provided by the Dirty Dozen and Alumni to get you mojo movin' :) It's Dare to Get Dirty time and I was lucky enough to be asked by my friend Cindy Lawrence to make this card for her DTGDOnehappystamper Sketch Challenge :)





This challenge was a wonderful opportunity for me to use my Practically Perfect set from the Verve and make a welcome baby card for Laurie Wilson who had a precious baby boy on July 3rd named Wyatt.




This card is a 5 1/2" square card that I have rounded the corners for extra softness. I watercoloured the bunny with Tombow Markers and an Aqua Painter and then cut our areas and popped them up on dimensionals so that it's 3D. I sponged one More Mustard to make the backdrop for the bunny and to tie in some of my chosen designer papers. I know that these are unconventional colours for a baby card, but I wanted kind of a vintage feel to the card and it works...I think! lol



Don't forget to pop into the Fan Club Challenge Forum to see all of the day's challenges. They will be posted every hour with a different hostess and tons of fabulous samples :)

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Verve - Practically Perfect, SU - Riveting
Paper: Gina K, Close to Cocoa, Watercolour, Inque Boutique DP, Cosmo Cricket DP, My Mind's Eye DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Creamy Caramel, Soft Suede
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug and Embossing Folders, Nestabilities, Brads, Mat Pack and Piercing Took, Scallop Edge Punch, Corner Rounder, 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" Circle Punches, Sponges, Dimensionals, Clear Embossing Powder, Ribbon, Aqua Painter, Tombow Markers, Button, Linen Thread


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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

SC238 - Amuse Goes to the North Pole!



I just noticed earlier on today that I haven't updated my blog in almost 2 weeks! *Gasp!* I can't believe how busy I've been trying to get all my DT work done before we leave to go camping, so I decided to play hooky tonight and participate in this week's Sketch Challenge (SC238) over at SCS. I really needed something to show you all and it gave me a great excuse to play with one of my new stamps that I picked up during Amuse-a-palooza :) But I will tell you a little more about that in a bit...first off, the card!



Here I was thinking that I would plan ahead and colour up these adorable little Noel birds earlier in anticipation for the challenge to be posted. I was thinking of making a sweet little clean and simple card a la Amuse Style. Then I saw the sketch and thought to myself that it really made my coloured image hard to work with...then my little lightbulb moment happend.




I ended up cutting apart my image and popping them up on the individual squares to be connected with silver cording...easy right? Um....lets just say that those pretty stickles are covering up some nasty ink smears due to stamping little birdie feet on those itty bitty squares. Oh, and all that extra card stock layers that I have going on...not really clean and simple is it? That happened when I picked out my papers, cut everything up and then held it up to my good lighting. It really didn't match in the end, but I wasn't about to waste any more time re-cutting all that paper so tossed the offending DP into my scrap bin and added more matting. I figured that those layers needed to work out for the best! lol In keeping with the clean and simple style that my card is clearly not...I put my foot down and said "No" to my sewing machine ;)





Remember that I mentioned Amuse-a-palooza? Well my local stamp store was hosting the event and I signed up for one of Glenda Wyatt's Christmas Card Classes on Sunday and had a fabulous time :) It was a wonderful break away from my work and I got the opportunity to meet Miss Alli Miles - talk about a sweetheart!

Speaking of work...I know that you are just itching to know when you will be seeing it! lol Starting July 23-25 the Dirty Dozen and Alumni are hosting the Dare to get Dirty challenges and I have been making up some samples for that and then the last 4 days of the month, you will get to see all of my CDS sneak peeks that I....um....am still working on *cough*... I did say that I was playing hooky tonight! lol



Card Recipe:

Stamps: Amuse
Paper: Gina K, Burmuda Bay, Watercolour, Bazzill Bling, Misc DP
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, More Mustard, Taken with Teal, Soft Suede
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, 1 1/4" Square Punch, Ribbon, Stickles, Clear Embossing Powder, Silver Cord, Tombow Markers, Aqua Painter, Sponges, Dimensionals, Corner Rounder, Scallop Punch, Liquid Applique


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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

What a Hoot - Faux Rustic Woodgrain Tutorial



I recently had the opportunity to create a tutorial for Splitcoaststampers on how to make this Faux Rustic Woodgrain Frame :) Now that it's done and is posted on the website, I can share the my little creation with everyone!




This card is a sweet little 4 1/4 inch square and it using a Clear Dollar Stamps set that was designed by Laurie Wilson called What a Hoot. This little fella made the perfect image to be showcased inside of the frame :) He has been watercoloured with re-inkers and been paper toled to make him dimensional. Before I adhered my homemade frame to the image I sponged the background on using various shades of greens and blues.





You can see some of the details in the frame and the inked embossed lines from the Distressed Stripes Cuttlebug embossing folder. I also inked along the edges of the coordinating designer papers, one of which was embossed the the swiss dots folder, then distressed them with my little distressing tool.

To finish off the card I tied on some ribbon and added my little oval sentiment using a jump ring and some linen thread and dressed up the corners of the card with some matching green dew drops. Now that you have seen my little card and clicked on the link to the tutorial, I want to see what you create! Go ahead and give it a try! It's so easy that you won't even believe it :)


Card Recipe:

Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps - What a Hoot
Paper: Gina K, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Watercolour, My Mind's Eye DP
Ink: Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Craft Whisper White, Versafine Onyx Black, Kiwi Kiss, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Soft Sky, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug and Distressed Stripes and Swiss Dots Embossing Folders, Square Nestabilities, Dew Drops, Mini Brads, Mat Pack, Peircing Tool, Small Oval Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Aqua Painter, Re-Inkers, Distressing Tool, Sponges, Dimensionals, Ribbon, Linen Thread

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