Rock-and-Roll Meets Fair Isle Motifs

For no other reason than I thought it would look cool:

VersaMagic Aquatic Spray and Turquoise Gem. Interesting effect, don't you think?

Supplies
stamps: Papertrey Fair Isle Motifs, Keep It Simple: Christmas
ink: VersaMagic, Hero Arts red royal
paper: Papertrey
accessories: none

Fair Isle Motifs...Again

Further proof that you simply cannot have too many kinds of inks, and you really, really, really need Kaleidacolor inks.

Yep. I might make a few of these. It was soooo easy, it's totally flat, and it's stunningly festive. The ink really does all the work here, adding so much interest to an already interesting image.

*happy sigh*

Supplies
stamps: Papertrey Keep It Simple: Christmas; Fair Isle Motifs
ink: Kaleidacolor
paper: Papertrey
accessories: not a one

Why I Bought Fair Isle Motifs and Links to Useful Past Tutorials

This card.

I wanted to make this card, so I bought the set.

I don't have much to say about this card, other than I'm lovin' this set. It's so pretty! It's so easy!

Yes, you'll see more of this in the next few days.

Tutorial Links
Someone recently asked me how I get images placed so precisely. This question comes up frequently enough that I've done two different tutorials on it...one for precise placement with wood-mounted stamps and one for precise placement using clear stamps with gridded acrylic blocks.

I hope this helps!

Supplies
stamps: Fair Isle Motifs, Keep It Simple: Christmas
paper: Papertrey
ink: Hero Arts
accessories: gold metallic pen (Prisma), dimensionals

Thanks for Everything, Ink

Can you have too many types of ink? Too many colors? I don't think so.

Memento DeLuxe inks:

Brilliance Pearlescent Inks:

Kaleidacolor Spectrum Inks:

I am so very grateful for all my inks!

What are your favorite inks? Or are you like me...do you love them ALL?

Supplies
stamps: Wet Paint (Papertrey)
ink: Memento DeLuxe, Brilliance, Kaleidacolor
paper: Papertrey white
accessories: Glimmer Mist (used with the Kaleidacolor inks)

Birthday Masking

Sometimes, I am lazy.

You're shocked, I'm sure. You never would have guessed this.

Sometimes, I think, "Gee, it would be cool to cut a mask for this image and layer it!" And then, my very whiny inner voice says, "That would be lots of wooorrrrrrk...."

My very whiny inner voice really gets in the way of creativity.

But not today.

Yep. That's as complex a mask as I could cut.

Aren't you impressed with my mad cutting skillz?

Sure you are.

*snort*

Supplies
stamps: Clearly Besotted, Papertrey (sentiment)
ink: Hero Arts, Memento
paper: Papertrey
accessories: black rhinestones

Wet Paint

When Wet Paint was released by Papertrey, I was intrigued but decided to sit on it for a while to see if it still intrigued me later.

It does.

I bought it for my birthday.

What fun it is!

Isn't it fun with the funky heart from Heart Prints? The heart is stamped in Hero Arts Tomato and love is in Hero Arts Red Royal. I love how these two shades work so well together! There's plenty of difference to provide contrast, but Tomato is still nice and red, not pink.

I hope everyone in the USA had a wonderful Thanksgiving and holiday weekend. Our Stephen Ministry group handed out ornaments today, the ones that say Hope. After all, it's the Hope Sunday of Advent.

It's getting to crunch time for Christmas cards, and I am short by about 80. No worries. I'll just buy a few more boxes. There's no point in beating ourselves up with guilt if we can't hand-craft every little thing we send out, now, is there? Of course not. There are some lovely printed cards available.

How many Christmas cards are YOU sending out this year? Are you sending them? Why or why not? Inquiring minds, and all that....

Supplies
stamps: Papertrey Heart Prints, Wet Paint
ink: Hero Arts
paper: white Papertrey
accessories: dimensionals

Break for the Holidays

No worries. I'm just taking a bit of a break for the Thanksgiving holiday. Be back soon!



Found on Facebook. Love it.