Can't stop thinking about you

Used a couple of Michael Strong stamps on this one. His frame stamp is perfect for creating layered frames. The copper on blue layer was heat embossed and then popped out on adhesive foam. The curved image under the sentiment is a portion of Michael's Cloisonne Circle. The sentiment itself is a G Stamp.

a little star power

A cool Michael Strong star stamp, an encouraging sentiment from Verve Stamps, a die cut little window and a string of cute little puffy stars. That's it!

heart of gold

We were challenged to make Valentines without using red, pink, or purple on the enjoyMichaelStrongstamps list this Feb. Added to the challenge was the fact that I don't have his heart stamps.

My solution was to die cut hearts with Nestabilities dies, stamp and emboss them on a couple of the stamps I do have. The first and third card were stamped on Michael's pot stamp. The second card was stamped on the large star. I went for a clean and simple look.

The sentiments were printed on the computer. I had fun using the sewing machine too.

You are amazing!

This was the sketch Jen del Muro challenged us with for Feb. i{heart}2stamp.com I've done it on a white background and a kraft background just for fun.

The little guy lifting more weight than you or I could is from Mo Manning ;-) There are silver metallic embellishments on both cards but they didn't scan.

I love Jen's sketches and can't wait to see what she comes up with for March.

Year of the Rabbit

On the EnjoyMichaelStrongStamps Yahoo list Michael challenged us to make a Year of the Rabbit card. I love Chinese New Year cards so this was a challenge which totally appealed to me. Enough so that I made 3 cards ;-) The frame stamp is a Michael Strong design. The rabbit is no longer available but was made by Good Stamps Stamp Goods.

Canon has a website with printable paper designs. The blue print with the rabbits on the moon design is one of their freebies. Here is the link http://cp.c-ij.com/en

This last card uses the same Chiyogami design from Canon with a paper doily and a handcarved Rabbit on the Moon stamp.

I {heart} 2 Stamp Jan. challenge

Here is Jen's sketch for January. I confess I made the card weeks ago but hadn't photographed it until now. Now that January is almost over I had to get it done!

I love these Kids' Quotes from Inkadinkado. Fun and oh so on target. The rainbow background was brayered on. The printed papers are from a very old stack but it was great to use some of them up. The embellishment was made using a Cuttlebug die and embossing folder plus other circle dies.

Gingersnap Creations Polar Animal challenge

Long time no post! With luck it won't be so long between posts again. This card is for the Gingersnap Creations GC 83 Random Redhead Challenge: Polar Animals.

http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/2010/12/gc83-random-redhead-challenge-polar.html

This amazing polar bear stamp is from Sue Coccia who's artwork I adore. Check it out at www.earthartinternational.com The background was printed from inked cheesecloth. Kinda cool looking I think. The stars and moon are silver though you can't tell in my photo.