Switching gears

I decided to work on something besides cards. Still involved stamping, but I was ready for a change of pace. I don't recall now where I originally heard of this idea, but I remember liking it and thinking that it had possibilities. These are post-it holders, but the kind that you could keep on a desk. I was browsing through Michael's the other day. Their frames were on sale. The acrylic kind that can be a lot of fun were included, so I picked up a few 5 x 7 landscape frames. I didn't have any of those. Here are a couple of examples of what I ended up making with them....


As I said, these are acrylic frames with the stamped designs in place of a photo and a post-it type notepad attached to the front. They're incredibly quick and easy to make.


For this one used Hero Arts sentiment stamps and a Posh pansy stamp. I used markers, direct to rubber, for the pansy, gave it a light spritz and stamped the image. There are also some Autumn Leaves Rhonna Farrer flowers stamped in the background in Versamark.


This holder has the cyclist by Stampington, a Vap stamp "fun in the sun" sentiment, and the "remember" is by Ma Vinci.

To give you a better idea of how the frame works to support the post-it pad, here's a view from the side....


Put the stamped cardstock in upside down, or opposite of the way you'd normally insert a photo, and then lay the frame down on its back. It's best to keep the design fairly simple. The frame can only accommodate so many layers of thickness. I also found out that even eyelets that have been set fairly flat will not fit, no matter what you do. If you noticed that I managed to use a couple of big ones near the 'remember', that's because the acrylic backing ends before it gets to that point--there's about an inch of leeway.

This is a fun and easy project and you just may have most of the supplies that you need already. :-)

Butterflies - Wednesday Stamper

I got on a roll with this week's Wednesday Stamper theme of butterflies. I love spring and it feels like spring here today. Here are three cards that I made using this theme.

The lighter butterfly images were made using a Technique Tuesday stamp and Castaway ink applied to cardstock to which I'd applied Peeled Paint distress ink. The darker toned butterflies were Art by Moonlight images stamped with Versamark. The sentiment was also by Art by Moonlight. Art by Moonlight stamps, as well as a number of other gorgeous stamp lines, are available at Stamp Francisco. The winged people are by Time to Stamp.


This card originally started out as an ATC that I turned into an A2 size card. The stamps used were both Art by Moonlight. The main image was colored with colored pencils and Gamsol. The card front was embossed with the tapestry texture Cuttlebug embossing folder.


This card was made with a Sunday International art doll image stamped on Scarlet's Letter Bazzill paper. The other stamp images were by Ma Vinci. The butterflies were Spellbinders cut and emboss dies used on more Scarlet's Letter paper then brushed with a charcoal chalk ink Cat's Eye.

Think Pink - Wednesday Stamper

Pink is not a color that I use very often. For whatever reason, it's just not one of my favorites. So, when I saw that this week's Wednesday Stamper theme was to Think Pink, I was happy about it because it was going to make me think outside of my usual box.

This first card is a collage of images by Club Stamp (lighter gray ink) and Art by Moonlight. The ART stamped underneath the clear pebble is by Ma Vinci.

This second card uses stamps by Non Sequitur. I used twinkling H2Os on pink cardstock and stamped the images on top in black ink. My embellishments are Prima leaves painted with those same twinkling H2Os. There's a bit more sparkle to this in real life. You get a good idea of the shimmer from the leaves. This new set of H2Os had been sitting on my craft table for a while. It was great to get a chance to use them.

This last card is a quick ATC that I did this morning using some pink patterned paper that I had left over from another project. The stamps are all by InkaStamps.

Mona Madness - Wednesday Stamper

Yes! It's another great theme this week at Wednesday Stamper. I decided to break out a couple of old techniques for this.

This first card uses polished stone on vellum for Mona's background. All of the stamps are from Ma Vinci's Reliquary.


For the second card, I applied ink to a used dryer sheet (like a faux mulberry technique) and adhered it to the back of a transparency to give some texture to the background. I stamped Mona on the front using Stazon.


It's such fun to use Mona images!

Faux Postage - Wednesday Stamper

I'm on a roll! This is my second card for the weekly theme at Wednesday Stamper. This week's theme is faux postage and it's a fun one! The background stamps are all by Ma Vinci and the buffalo stamp is by Sutter Enterprises. I used the Cuttlebug script A2 embossing folder to accent the DCWV textured paper.