The Krafty Recipe Swap!

It's time for another Catered Crop Recipe Swap and this time Linda has us gettin' KRAFTY!


I stamped the Flowers and Vines background from Hero Arts on a big, thick 3x3 piece of chipboard, and then colored it with my colored pencils. The chipboard is kinda sorta like kraft paper. Yes? Maybe?? I also mounted everything on a kraft cardbase to make sure I covered my krafty bases. I had fun making this - I love coloring with pencils - why oh why don't I do it more often??

I was inspired to make this card after a fun class today at my LSS, Rubber Stamp Fantasy! Nathalie from Magenta came all the way from Quebec to teach the class!! Here she is working her magic...


And the cards we made during the class. See the top card? Same idea that I used with the colored pencil on the chipboard square. In fact, Magenta sells a huge 24-pack of these thick chipboard squares. So of course I bought one. One down, 23 more to go... :-)


Now hop on over to the Recipe Swap and join us! Who doesn't love playing with kraft?

Happy Stamping,

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I made this a while ago...

And forgot to post it! Geesh! This card is a bit different for me, but I'm not gonna lie, I pretty much love it!

I picked up these Dylusions by Dyan Reaveley stamps from the Stampers Anonymous booth at the stamp show in South Carolina back in February. They are so funky and fun, I just LOVE them!! After the Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry class, I just had to try his technique of using Rock Candy Distress Crackle on some chipboard (wings in my case!), then soaking Distress Stains into the cracks after it's dry. SUCH a cool look!!


I popped up the little head on this Dylusions girl, just to make it even more funky. She's colored with Copics, and then Distressed up a bit to tone down the colors.


The background of the card is also full of Distress ink and some of my favorite Hero Arts stamps. If you look very closely you may notice Starburst Lace in the lower right corner of the card, and La Lettre in the upper left.

Boy, this week on my blog is all about me going outside my comfort zone. Go me! ;-)

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Weekend Fun!

Last weekend was lots of fun! I got to get away for a bit to a papercrafting retreat, where I finally got to meet IRL some of my very favorite peeps on the stampy planet! My roomies were Lisa, who I've missed so much since moving from Austin, and Julie, who I've adored ever since I discovered blogging! (I nabbed a couple photos from Julie's Instagram - thanks Julie!)


We were introduced to what has to be the yummiest, creamiest, most sinful ice cream in the world. Drool.


Kristina was there and was doing manicures for whoever wanted them. Such fun! Turns out she does awesome stamping on both cards AND nails! I couldn't resist the purple or the polka dots. Have you visited her new nail blog?


I made one measly card while I was there. HA! But I did do an awful lot of Project Life planning, so maybe someday I'll catch up with that...! All in all, a great little weekend. Sometimes mama just needs a break, ya know?

Happy stamping,

Texas Tuesday - a painting

The other day I was rummaging through the bins in my stamp room, which still haven't been organized & settled since we moved here last summer. It's a task I do not look forward to, so it may never happen! But I noticed in one of the drawers a little 6"x6" canvas, and yesterday I decided to dig it out and have some fun with it!


I love playing with my Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paints. I'm no artist, but they sure make me feel like one! I used my craft sheet as a palette and just began lying down color. Once the background was dry, I added some wonderful Texana Designs stamps, using Archival Ink since it would work over top of the acrylic paint. The Texas birdhouse and little Texas plants in the foreground are all Texana stamps, as well as the sentiment up in the sky. :-)

It was fun to play with this - I highly recommend going outside your comfort zone and just playing every now & then!

Thanks for stopping by,

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Window Cards!

There's a new challenge today at A Blog Named Hero - this time we are making window cards! Fun!


I cut a window in my card front and filled it with vellum, stamped with the Hero Arts Jewel Daisy. I used Archival ink to stamp the flower, then colored on the backside of the vellum with Copics, so as not to smear the Archival ink with my markers. It's hard to see that it's on vellum in the first photo, so I held it up to the light:


Now head on over to A Blog Named Hero and play along! There could be some goodies from Simon Says Stamp in it for you! Yay!


Thanks for stopping by,

• Stamps: H5484 Jewel Daisy, CL487 Thank You For Being My Friend
• Paper: PS600 Daffodil paper, Echo Park DP, white cardstock, vellum
• Ink: Archival Ink, Copic markers
• Other: Favorite Findings Wood Buttons, Bazzill Ribbon - brown gingham, hemptique hemp cord (Studio Calico store), Scallop edge punch