The Lost, Has Returned.

After four weeks of vacation it’s great to be home and attempting to do some stamping again. Funny how the simple things, become the things you miss the most. 

This year we broke down and bought a Garmin, needless to say we gave it a good workout! We even found Luckenbach Texas, also made it to Muskogee, Oklahoma. We had a wonderful time, but it’s great to be home.

 

 

 

Now down to the good part,

as I did get in some stampin’ time yesterday.

 

 

 

 

This card uses new Dies from Spellbinders and new Dies from Cuttlebug.

Not much for stamping, just one stamp from Crafty Secrets.

 We off to go vote, Hope you enjoy it.

Hugs Vada

Just For Fun

Working with new stamps from “La Blanche”.

The Face Tag is called “Measure Her Thoughts.

For my self I think she should be named “Gear Head”, fits her life style.

I used distress inks and nibs to color her. Followed with drops of water

 and alittle Goosebumps spray.

Fun bold colors, and piercing eyes.

 

 

Tag two is “For the Love of Journaling”.

This tag uses two different sets of stamps, “Photography”,

set of two and  “Well Written”.

I used distress markers with this tag and drops of bleach, frayed the edges.

Thanks for stopping in this week end.

 

Stampin’ Hugs

“Top Talent Thursday”

 

 I’m so pleased and honored to be chosen as “Top Talent Thursday” and winner for the “Decorative Edge” Challenge at Our Creative Corner

This was the winning card and I would like to Thank everyone at OCC 

for voting for me.

 

1.) Where do you live?

Portage, Wisconsin

2.) What techniques or routine do you employ to inspire

yourself?

I don’t really have a (routine,) but I am a Technique Junkie
and have been for almost 10 years now.

3.) What colour do you hardly ever use?

Gee this is a hard question for me, as I enjoy the color
challenges, and try to use just about every color that relates
to the challenge. But I think maybe (Purples) would be the
lesser one that I would use on a standard bases.

4.) Markers or chalk, and why?

Both, I love to color with just about any medium. I have both
and now have Copic Markers and Distress Markers.

5.) What is the most useless item that you have purchased for

your craft?

I have to say, some of my (first punches), as I have Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Please stop into Our Creative Corner and check out the latest challenge, you could be the next “Top Talent Thursday” person.

For this card I used stamps from Artistic Outpost and distressed markers.
Two Spellbinder Dies and Tim Holtz’s embossing folder. Real bird feathers were also used. 

Thank you for stopping in today. 



Two Vintage Greetings

This stamp is from “The Saturday Evening Post” series from

Cornish Heritage Farms and was inked with distress markers.

Hello Spring is from Kitchen Sink Stamps.

Two Spellbinders Dies were used.

For this card I used a vintage graphic from “The Graphic Fairy“,

I removed the greeting so I could over stamp the Nature stamp from “I Brake for Stamps“.

This card was over chalked to darken the colors. I added

Atyou Spica Glitter pens and over stamped with Hero Arts swirl stamp.

Spellbinders D-Lites die was used to form

the lace work around the main image.

Thank you for your visit today, hope your weather is better than ours, we are due for freezing rain this afternoon with an inch of snow by morning.

Great, it’s so icy now, why not add alittle more. ;o)

Gee Wiz!

Challenge 41 is Birds.

Fashionable Stamping Challenge 41 is Birds.

For this challenge I’m using a new technique for me from La Blanche Stamps

and coloring with Tim Holtz distress inks. You can see the

Tutorial here.

My collage stamp is from Hero Arts, Swirl stamp from Tim Holtz and embossed with white embossing powder. I also sprayed it with glimmer mist.

Thank you for stopping in today.