Do you want some Ribbon?

Hi all. Earlier this Spring I did a group buy on Ribbon - it was 3/8" Grosgrain Ribbons in Colors that matched the SU! colors. WOuld there be interest in this? I would need at least 20 ladies to make it work, and even if you think it would be good, let me know and I'll work on prices.

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Gift Set 4

I finished up my 4th Gift set and have one left to do. These last 2 are harder for me, I don't know why. But I do think they will like these. I used the stamp from Brushstoke Horses and stamped onto Kraft paper. I used my blender pen and re-inker to color the horses. The plaid paper was in my stash, don't know the name. Then I used some Blue and golden Bazzill paper. The brads were some various things I had as well. Pretty simple. The sketch was a variation of Jen's Sketch for you to try.

I also had to get my gift for Stampin Up club ready. In December we usually give a small stamping related gift and do an exchange. This month we are traveling for club and I don't know if I'll go. I hate to travel at night and I hate to travel in winter, so I may skip, although I love the fun time we have.
Anyhoot - I wrapped it up with some SU! wrapping paper and then tried the ribbon weaving I saw on the Martha Stewart craft site. It's harder to do but it looks so nice.

{More SWEET Treats}

WORDS BY WILSON is one of my favorite sets. Unfortunately it's retiring this year! Dadgum!!

I truly love the funny sayings like these. I like to laugh, if you can't tell. I do hope that SU! brings out some more funny sets like this.

If not, I did find this great company - Hambo Stamps. They have Fractured Funnies! I need to get me a few of those stamps...then the party will begin!

I made these for a friend. I am hoping to share more tomorrow and deliver them then as well.

I think I make my best cards with the scraps I have on the end of my table!! I had actually stamped these images a long time ago and had them in the case that the stamps were in. So anyway, I colored them with my Watercolor Pencils and Blender Pens.




Stamps: Words by Wilson
Paper: Creamy Caramel, Apricot Appeal, Old Olive, Whisper White- SU!; DP
by Crate, Cowboy Collection.
Misc: Ribbon from my SCS share, Hodgepodge Hardware



I have my basement back now, so I hope to get more crafty later on. We are going to get Chicken for dinner tonight....YUMMO!!

I'll see you later for my craftiness!!

{RAKS - Send them soon!} I was MIA!!

As you know, the mail increase is next week. So start sending out RAKS's this week before it costs more!! Plus, it's nice to do.



I got this cute Crab Card from Dawn, who was asking for cards to send to the troop. I sent her a nice box full. Her hubby is then going to make sure the troops get them and can mail them back to their loved ones at home. Isn't that cool?




Also, I have been MIA for the last couple days. I've been working on ribbon, Mother's Day gifts, Teacher's Appreciation cards, and subbing most of the week.

Tonight I am pooped...my house looks like a tornado hit. I've been laying in the chair watching Grey's and now have things ready for tomorrow. *whew*

So prepare, I have a lot to blog about in the next couple days!!

Stippling and Ribbon

OK first off - the Ribbon Share -it's now on SCS...HERE. You can sign up there for the Ribbon and I broke it down into Color Families. It's a steal...15 cents a yard!! I am so excited.





Now to the Stippling that I mentioned the other day.

This is what we got from Bonny our demo here.



Stippling uses small dots to create an image or background with varying degrees of solidity or shading. The closer together the dots, the darker or more solid the color appears. Historically, printers have used stippling to shade line art illistrations because they can acheive rich shading and texture using only black ink. Lucky us -we have over 50 colors to choose from!



The best way to duplicate this look is with a Stippling Brush. Tap the brush on your Classic or Craft ink pad and then tap it straight up and down on your cardstock. Keep tapping until you have the desired shading. You may need to re-ink the end of the stipple brush as you go.
Create a soft, felted texture by stippling the matching ink and cardstock. An easy way to add warmth to a project.
After you use your On Board accents you can use the leftover as a template and stipple inside it, like a stencil.
For this image we stamped the image in versamark(or embossing ink) and then embossed it. Then stippled around the image. Then use a napkin to wipe off the image.

You can also stipple right onto your image and then stamp it on the cardstock. It looks really soft.

Some other tips -
Keep you image beautiful by cleaning your stipple brush with baby wipes between colors.
Using your inkpad works best for this technique. Ink refillers tend to over ink the brush, leaving gloubles of ink on your cardstock.

So enjoy and have fun!!