Just Saturday....

Busy working on...yes, you guessed it...PEAHCES! But not before doing the Inspiration Challenge today on SCS.

I used Asela's Garden Friends which is on sale now through Sept 4th. It's watercolored with reinkers, masked, then the leaves stamped. The Cuttlebug folder was perfect to finish it off!

Hey, I got 2 batches of peach jam done. Peaches measured with peppers for more HOT jam (have to get more pectin!).................and a HUGE bowlFULL, ready to be vacuumed packed for the freezer and another cobbler. MMMM.....

And more on the tree!

Thanks for stopping!

Hummingbird Accordian Card

If any of you get CardMaker Magazine, as soon as I saw pg 37 in the May issue, designed by Lauren Meader, I knew I had to try something!!

The card is an accordion style, 12x5 inch piece of cream cardstock scored at 2, 4, 8 & 10 inches. (guess what came today??!! my Scor-Pal! yup, I succumbed to peer pressure....not much needed... I still like my Top Score features, but like the extra scoring spaces on the SP!)

I started by stamping the Hummingbird and Flowers from Asela's Bird Sampler on the front folded card. With the help of my stamp-a-ma-jig and some masking, I stamped them again inside the folds to match and added a couple more flowers.

I then set about stamping different flowers from Silhouette Blooms I & II in various colors.

I used Distress reinkers and a waterbrush to color the hummingbird and flowers. Then carefully with my craft knife, I cut around the parts of the bird I wanted to pop out when the card was opened.

I sponged some Shabby Shutters up from the bottom and used my homemade cloud template to sponge off with Broken China.

The birds and flowers looked like they were suspended in mid-air, so I added some flourishes from Beautiful. They kinda look like vines don't you think?

It was still lacking something at the bottom, so I stamped the flowers from Beautiful with Peeled Paint...ahhh, that was it!

All images Cornish Heritage Farms

Silhouette Blooms I&II

Beautiful

Bird Sampler

Think of Me

Prism Papers Cardstock:

Butter Cream

Razzleberry Light

Ink:

Adirondack Willow

Adirondack Juniper

Distress Dried Marigold

Distress Broken China

Distress Peeled Paint

Small Pleasures

Well, I think I've turned the corner. Thanks for all the well wishes. May this bug not invade anyone in your family or mine!!

I wanted to try and get a couple more examples done for Asela's release today and luckily had this little guy colored already!

I tore a piece of copy paper and laid it down over my cardstock where I wanted the 'edge' of my forest to start and stamped the Trees Backgrounder twice in Latte. Notice no edge lines? I only inked up the middle of the image thus eliminating any edge definition!

I went ahead and stamped the Squirrel where I wanted him. This served two purposes, his whiskers and eyelashes would be tedious to cut out (remember I had him colored already and waiting to be mounted) now those lashes and whiskers are there and I can trim close to the colored image. It also gave me the grass that is around this little guy so I could blend in the cut out image and he wouldn't look like he was just plopped there!

Added some Tall Weeds and I was ready to sponge and add some copics highlights!

Since the trees are bare but the squirrel has grass around him, I tried to give the impression of the first of Spring...plants and trees are just starting to green up but you can still see the sky. Sponging with Distress inks gave me this soft spring feel.

Mr Squirrel is only attached at the grass line. I curled his tail a bit by running my fingernail along the edge of it and also along his body. This made it stand out and gives a 3-D effect.

Thanks for stopping by

Stamps Cornish Heritage Farms

Small Pleasures, Tall Weeds, Trees Backgrounder

Ink:

Adiondack Latte, Slate, Distress Tea Dye, Peeled Paint Faded Jeans, Broken China, Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw by Ranger

Cardstock:

Georgia Pacific white, Birchtone lt, Mystic med- Prism Papers

Tools:

Slit Punch- EK Success

Accessories:

Jumbo Daubers- Tsukineko Copic Markers- ellenhutson.com Brad- Craft Essentials, JoAnn's

Serendipity

Well, today is Friday! Grocery shopping, errands day...have to get a package to the Post Office for a publication! YES, this will be my fourth publication!!

Tomorrow is Spring cleaning at church to get ready for Easter services... can you say BUSY?!!

Ok...several more sneak peeks

Another adorable Tom Allen Friendly Kritters, this one is called 'Friends Don't Mind'

Colored with copics, the sky is colored with Prismacolor pencils blended with baby oil.

This is where Serendipity (Serendipity is the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely.) happened. I tried using my Stazon white ink pad on the Reverse Dots Backgrounder, but I think it needs reinked!

So, plan B... I squirted some white acrylic paint on some scrap paper and rolled my brayer through it, rolled the brayer over the Backgrounder and stamped. And that is how it came out.... totally by accident, but I like it!

Who would have thought snails could be cute?! This is from Asela's new line, Garden Friends.

Colored with copics, then I applied Ranger Sepia Accents to the shell! It looks cool IRL. Distress inks sponged around edges... boy, do I love Distress inks!!!

I have to thank Hannah for the flower!! Hannah, if you see this, your flower on the thank you card you sent me matched perfectly and I needed something to 'stick' there!! (as you can see it doesn't have the original pretty bling rhinestone....it popped off and is hiding somewhere on my floor! I searched but, alas, couldn't find it!! hence the grommit thingy with more of the Sepia Accents filling it)

This is also a past CPS sketch, but I'm too lazy to look it up...hehe

This one from Asela's Small Pleasures. I masked the bunny to stamp the daisies and tall grass.

It's colored with copics with the background being sponged with Cloudy Blue ink.

Supplies:

All images Cornish Heritage Farms

Serve One Another- Tom Allen

Friends Don't Mind- Tom Allen

Reverse Dots Backgrounder

Small Pleasures- Asela

Large Daisy Patch

Tall Weeds

Grass

Garden Friends- Asela

Silhouette Blooms 2- Kim Hughes

Cardstock/Pattern Paper:

Georgia Pacific white

Making Memories

Island Mist light, dark- Prism Papers

Basicgrey

Ink:

Adirondack Pitch Black, Juniper, Cloudy Blue- Ranger

Distress Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw, Fired Brick, Shabby Shutters- Ranger

Accessories:

Copic markers- ellenhutson.com

Ribbon

White Painter's Marker- Elmer's

White Acrylic Paint

Brayer

Sepia Accents- Ranger

Flower (thanks Hannah!)

Grommit

Crop a dile 2

Jumbo Daubers- Tsukineko

Prismacolor pencils blended with baby oil

Corner rounder for scallops

Have a GREAT weekend!!! I'm off to town!

Bird Sampler and Garden Friends

More peeks! I love that Asela did life like images.

The hummingbird-flower image is colored with copics, then I used Twinkling H2O's to add some shimmer! I cut into the wing to 'feather' it, but don't think it shows in the photo. It's only attached behind the leaves using a dimensional.

The butterfly colored with copics, then given a coat of clear embossing powder. This intensifies the colors and also makes it easier to cut out those fine details like antennae. This is a 'Z' card fold... take your cs 10 7/8x 4 1/8, fold in half and fold the front portion back on itself. The butterfly is popped up on a dimensional.

All images Cornish Heritage Farms

Stamps:
Garden Friends-Asela's
Paisley
Bird Sampler-Asela's
Sophisticated Swirl

Ink:
Adirondack Salmon, Juniper, Pitch Black-Ranger
Dusty Concord distress-Ranger
VersaMark

Cardstock:
Magestic Purple dark, Herbal Garden light, Blush Red light, medium- Prism Papers
Georgia Pacific white

Accessories:
Cuttlebug/embossing folder
Copic markers, www.ellenhutson.com
Twinkling H2O's
Scallop scissors
Corner rounder
Sakura white gel pen
Brads unknown
Dimensionals
Clear EP

This Week is Gonna Be LOADED!!

Are you ready for MORE Sneak Peeks??!! Whew! I've got rubbah flying fast and furious!! If only the family didn't think they needed meals, clean clothes and a path to walk through the house!!! sheesh!

Okay, you had a peek at the Friendly Kritters yesterday (had to do another one today *wink*), and now sneak peeks of Asela's new line coming next Wednesday at Cornish Heritage Farms!! Fabulous real life drawings!!

Enough already you're saying....GET ON with the peeks!!!

colored with copics, Reverse Dots backgrounder stamped in Tangarine fluid chalk...also used the same color direct to paper for the card base.
Sparrow is colored with copics.The leaves stamped with 2 colors adirondack inks.Sophisticated Swirl was inked up with Latte then I used a q-tip to remove some color from the flowers, coloring then with a copic marker.
Almost what I envisioned in my head...my 'white caps' need some work, but overall I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

I stamped the seagull on the card base first, made a mask and covered it. Stamped the bird again on another piece of CS and colored it with copics, cut it out and set it aside. Using a piece of torn copy paper, I sponged off the edge for the beach and water, using several colors of Distress ink. The white caps were made by using a white painter's marker. After the sponging was done, the bird was popped on with dimensionals

All Stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms:

Bunny Presents, Friendly Kritters-Tom Allen

Bird Sampler, Asela

Garden Friends, (leaves, sentiment) Asela

Reverse Dots Backgrounder

Sophisticated Swirl Backgrounder

Cracked Montana Earth Backgrounder

The Lord Is My Rock

Tall Weeds

Cardstock/Pattern Paper:

Georgia Pacific White

Spring Willow med, Birchtone med, Herbal Garden lt,

DCWV

My Mind's Eye

Ink:

Adirondack Pitch Black, Juniper, Willow, Latte- Ranger

Distress Brushed Corduroy, Frayed Burlap, Broken China, Faded Jeans, Black Soot- Ranger

Tangarine Fluid Chalk- Clearsnap

Accessories:

Copic markers- www.ellenhutson.com

Spellbinders Nestabilities- www.ellenhutson.com

Jumbo Daubers- Tsukineko

circle punch

dimensionals

raffia

painter's marker- Elmer's