Just Jawing

I'm having the worst luck with my computer. It broke down while my son was playing on it and we were hoping it had just over heated but we can't get it to work. So now I'm using our old computer (it's almost 10 years old!!!) and I've got a dial-up connection that's slower than slow and disconnects every now and then. I can't view any pictures and I'm lucky to be able to read my email. But I'm going to try to post and I hope my photo's show up ok.

I used my markers on the cherries, ruby red and old olive. The cherries are stamped on Pink Pirouette card stock. I stamped the skull on watercolor paper because I wanted to do just a little bit of shading, I used Sahara Sand and Baja Breeze. I don't know if you can see it on the picture but you can IRL. I covered the skull with Crystal Effects and used Dazzling Diamond glitter on the eyes and teeth (I actually did the eyes and teeth before covering the rest of the skull). I had been trying to come up with something I liked for this stampset for a couple of weeks and finally made this and I'm satisfied with it I have to say.

Here's the boy version of the skull card. The colors are Old Olive, Basic Black and Baja Breeze. Here I used the stars instead of the cherries. The skull is done the same way as before except I colored the eyes black instead of red.

I've been working on a few cards, not done as many as I'd have liked to but hopefully I'll get more done this week, I'm getting new stamps tomorrow, brand new from the new catty :) I'm so excited. Of course I've got to work and wont get to play until my son's in bed, but still, I just love getting new rubbah!

I hope you're all having a nice Sunday, mine started a little bit earlier than I wanted it to but the sun is shining and I'm planning on a trip to the playground in the next couple of hours or so :)

Here's a little something I'll be showing you in my next post:

TFL

Eastern Blooms

I had been debating whether or not to get this stamp set but gave in and bought it. And I don't regret it. My favorite is the big flower, now I just need more markers so I can try more color combos with it.

I think Old Olive and Not Quite Navy turned out good. I used a little bit of Crystal Effects in the middle of the flowers. The card base is Bashful Blue.

The colors in this card are Sage Shadow, Cameo Coral, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White. I used markers to color the stamp before I stamped it. I used my Designer Label punch to make the vase, stamped the piece with one of the flower stamps and used a white Signo pen to add details. I thought the background needed a little something so I stamped the branch a few times in Sage Shadow and Cameo Coral. Added faux stitching and voilá!

I stamped this flower stamp in Always Artichoke on Pink Pirouette and cut them out. I stamped the small flower on the background in Always Artichoke on Pink Pirouette cardstock, added white dots to the flower centers with my Signo pen. The "ribbon" is Always Artichoke card stock, I just added faux stitching to it. I used Crystal Effects on the three bigger flowers.

Next weekend I'll be traveling to Iceland. My DS and I will fly from Charlotte to Boston and from Boston to Iceland. It'll be early Sunday morning when we get to Iceland. So we'll be travelling for quite a few hours. It's going to be very stressful for me since my DS is only 3 years old and I've never been to the airport in Boston, heard it's pretty big.

Hopefully I'll get a chance to write a blog before we leave.

TFL

Peaceful Wishes

I'm sorry to write this post so late. I had to take an extra shift at work yesterday. I have to say that taking a job in a store just before Tax Free Weekend is not something I recommend. It was crazy all weekend. And I worked today too so tonight I've been finishing up on the cards I wanted to make for this post. And then when I tried to upload my pictures I kept getting error messages. I hope the images show OK, I had to upload them to a gallery first and then load them to my blog.

I did decide to change stamp sets for this post. I just wanted a chance to use this Christmas set before it retires :0

The first card I made earlier this summer. The base is Always Artichoke. Then we have Bravo Burgundy, River Rock DP, Always Artichoke again and I stamped the image in Always Artichoke and Bravo Burgundy on watercolor paper. I used sponge daubers to distress the image with Bravo Burgundy ink and River Rock ink. the ribbon is Bravo Burgundy.

The colors in this card are Old Olive, Ruby red and Chocolate Chip. The image is stamped on Naturals White. I used my markers instead of the inkpads. I used my new scallop edge punch for the scallop edge and I didn't have a ribbon in the right color red so I used a scrap paper instead (Ruby Red).

This card I made for a "Monday Mailer" thing I've joined in my NCSUdemos club. We were supposed to do FAUX anything on this months cards. This is the first card this month and I did faux linnen (sp?) on the three background panels. I couldn't find my sanding blocks so I had to use sandpaper and I don't think it turned out as good as if I had used the blocks. I used En Francais on the three panels and sponged Always Artichoke onto it before using the sandpaper.

The card base is Bravo Burgundy, then the three panels, then Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgundy again and the image and sentiment. The image and sentiment are stamped on Very Vanilla. I did put a ribbon in the top left corner after I took the picture of the card. And I used Crystal effects on the berries!

This card is pretty simple but I like it. I used Soft Sky, Baja Breeze and Pacific Point. I don't feel like I need to say much about it.

This one is pretty simple too. the colors are Always Artichoke, Real Red, River Rock and Chocolate Chip. I managed to "cut" the sentiment in half by using my real red marker.

I was going to show you a couple of cards I received last week from fellow demos, but it'll have to wait until Blogger accepts the images straight from my computer.

I do want to tell you that I've got a SU website now. I just got it yesterday so I haven't worked on it much, but soon you'll be able to order from my website if you like :)

The link is http://huldap.stampinup.net/

TFL

Lovely as a tree

This stampset is very popular in my group of customers. It is very elegant and perfect for Christmas cards....but since it's summer time I'm not going to bombard you with Christmas cards!

Here I stamped the image with Basic Black ink on Whisper White CS. I then used my brayer to put Mellow Moss ink over the image. The card base is Always Artichoke and the designer paper too. I also used Basic Black CS and more Whisper White. The ribbon is Basic Black. I think this card could be used as a Father's Day card.

Here I stamped the image with Stazon ink on Whisper White CS and brayered Always Artichoke and So Saffron over the image. I then sponged Always Artichoke on the trees and used my white Signo pen to doodle on the trees. I then tore a little bit off the top of the image and glued it to a Brocade Blue CS. I used my Signo pen to do the Faux Stitching. I used Chocolate Chip CS and Whisper White CS on the card to. I added a little bit of Crystal Effects on the trees and the ground.

I used my markers to color the stamp (Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa and Really Rust) before I stamped it on Whisper White. I matted the image with Chocolate Chip and Really Rust CS. The designer paper is from Le Jardin Designer Series. The ribbon is Chocolate Chip.

This card is 5.25x5.25 in. I used the retired Designer Paper Brocade Backgrounds for this one. Chocolate Chip ribbon. I stamped the image with Stazon on Whisper White and then brayered it with River Rock ink. I then used my Close to Cocoa to color the tree trunk and Old Olive for the leaves and the grass. I colored the image making dots all over where I wanted the leaves and that gave the image a little bit of depth I think. The card base is Chocolate Chip CS.

I stamped these images with Stazon and brayered with River Rock ink. The card base is River Rock and the Designer Paper too. I also used Basick Black CS and Basic Black ribbon. This one is pretty simple and easy to make. On the image on the lower card I also used Versamark and Irridescent Ice and heat embossed it.

I stamped my image with Basic Black and brayered it with Mellow Moss. I then covered the image with Versamark and poured Irridescent Ice over it and heat embossed it. The card base is Bravo Burgundy, I also used Basic black CS and Always Artichoke designer pape. The ribbon is Bravo Burgundy. I have to admit that this one might look a little bit like a Christmas Card....or a lot! ;)

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I hope you liked these cards and next weekend I'll be using the new Fresh Cut stampset.

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I'm sorry I posted so late, I've got company from Florida staying with me.

TFL

Embrace Life

Embrace Life is one of the new stampsets in the Spring/Summer '08 catalog and it's the first one I bought from it. I'm hoping they'll keep it for a while because it is so pretty and fun to use too.
This time I made my cards pretty simple because I didn't have much time to make them. I hope you like them.

I stamped the images on a watercoloring paper and used my SU markers to color them in. I then used my Coluzzle template to cut out the circles. I used my word punch to cut out the sentiment.

Stamps: Embrace life
Paper: Mellow Moss, Cameo Coral, watercolor paper
Ink: Stazon, Cameo Coral marker, Sahara Sand Marker
Accessories: Coluzzle
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1


I used my blender pen and Purely Pomegranate ink to color in the flowers. The images are on dimensionals.

Stamps: Embrace life
Paper: Always Artichoke, Kraft, Purely Pomegranate
Ink: Stazon, Purely Pomegranate
Accessories: Purely Pomegranate ribbon, white signo pen
Techniques: watercoloring
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1


I wanted to try something different here. Normally I would not use this pink and gray together but I think it turned out ok. I used a blenderpen again here.

Stamps: Embrace life
Paper: Basic Gray, Pixie Pink, whisper white
Ink: Stazon, Pixie Pink
Accessories: Going Gray ribbon
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1


For this card I used a sketch from Pagemaps. I stamped the big flower a couple of times on watercoloring paper and colored them in with my Cameo Coral marker. I used my white Signo pen too. I then cut out the images. I used the leaf stamp to stamp on whisper white before adhering the flowers. The top flower is on dimensionals.

Stamps: embrace life
Paper: Hunter Green, Cameo Coral, Kraft, Whisper White
Ink: Stazon, Hunter Green, Cameo Coral Marker
Accessories: brads from pretties kit, signo pen,
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1


I wanted to try to make a bouquet using this stamp so I stamped it on watercoloring paper, then masked it and stamped again on each side of the first one. I colored the image in with my Cameo Coral marker. I stamped the leaves on wild wasabi using wild wasabi ink. I used my horizontal slot punch to punch a hole in the green and gray layers so I could get the ribbon the way it is. The slot is hidden under the image.

Stamps: embrace life
Paper: wild wasabi, cameo coral, basic gray, watercolor paper
Ink: Stazon, Cameo Coral
Accessories: going gray ribbon
Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 1

The deal of the week:
Embrace Life ($23.95 before tax and ship.) + blender pens ($9.95 before tax and ship.) = $30
Send me an email if you are interested. US residents only.
stampinhulda@gmail.com

Next weekend's stampset will be WILD ABOUT YOU