Vintage Postcard kit from Crafty Secrets

I finally had some time a few weeks ago to sit down and play with one of the Vintage Postcard Kits from Crafty Secrets. I of course decided on the Halloween one. My favorite time of year. Although it comes with a great stamp set included, I decided to use some of my other Halloween stamps. The kit comes with six postcards and six images to decorate them with and 12 little chipboard shapes with 12 images as well. I chose this cute cat image for the front, I punched extra holes along bottom with my cropadile and set in some black eyelets & attached the chipboard shapes with thin black craft wire. I edged all the sides with black chalk ink & added some orange ribbon with a web pattern as well as some black satin ribbon.
On the back side I inked it up with some blue inks and stamped with a spider web stamp from Inkadinkado. I stamped the spider with black ink and then covered him with fun flock, I also covered the backs of 2 of the chipboard shapes with black fun flock. I stamped the Happy Halloween with Silver ink.

Last but not least...

I actually finished this about a month ago but forgot to post it. The final card for my Fall card class. People really like this set of 4 cards so I am offering the class again on Nov 1st @ Scrap Arts . The rest of the samples are already posted

An Unimpressed Kit

Kit has decided she can be a lap cat....but only if I'm crafting or on the phone. Lately, when I'm crafting she thinks it's a great time to cuddle and sit on my lap. I had my camera beside me the other day when she did this, so I manged to get a pic. You can see by the absolute disaster on my desk that I was quite busy (that or a tornado just went through). Anyway, she looks thoroughly unimpressed with what I was doing. LOL.

Busy, Busy, Busy...

Dee! So many cards to make, so little time. I have been having lots of fun this last week making cards. New stamps to play with and some old ones I haven't used in awhile. Here are some pictures with a few of the details. The first one is a simple black and white. I used Momento Tuxedo Black on white card stock. The background stamp is from Crafty Secrets stamp set "Hardware".

The surfboard card is done using a stamp from Local King called "Oops". I colored the image using Prisma Markers, added a few highlights with glitter & white gel pens. I used Sienna Bazzill card stock & the pp is from Reminisce called "Coastal Passion".

The Robot card was done using another stamp from the Sandy Lion Boy Clear Stamp Package. Colored with my Prisma's and then covered with Versa Mark and clear fine detail embossing powder to make it shiny. Bazzill Jacaranda & Sugar Cookie card stock, dsp paper from Crate Paper Orbit line called "playtime"

Wolf card is done with "The Wolf" stamp set from Local King. It is stamped on glossy white card stock with tuxedo black Momento Ink & colored with momento markers. The card stock is Bazzill Parakeet & Raven. The paw prints in background were stamped with Momento new sprout ink.

Autumn Elegance Card Class

I have been busy creating samples for a new class. I will be teaching this class in October at Scrap Arts. I don't have dates and times yet, I will post them as soon as I know. Here are 3 of the 4 cards we will be making. I will post fourth sample soon.

Fun with Fun Flock

Ok I'm totally hooked on the fun flock at the moment. I have been stamping out tons of images so I can use the fun flock on them. My favorite so far is the Lion stamp from a set I got awhile ago. It is from Sandylion and called Boy Clear Stamp Package. I love the way the lion turned out.

I stamped the image with Momento Rich Cocoa, colored the face and body with Momento marker Desert Sand. I used Chocolate Lotto fun flock on his mane, nose and tip of his tail. The leaf stamp is from the Dino set by Basic Grey and I stamped it in 3 different greens. Momento new sprout, pear tart and bamboo leaves. Kit likes to help with this process as well. She loves to watch me color the images. She tends to get her nose in the way.

Almost September Already...

Where did the summer go? I had hoped to get some more projects done this summer, but it just didn't happen. I am planning to get a lot more done in the next few weeks. We'll see if that actually happens though, LOL. I am really inspired by all the great new products we've been getting in at Scrap Arts , paper, inks, embellishments, stamps, fun flock etc...

I vowed to stay away from the Fun Flock because I just didn't need yet another embellishment to add to my cards. However, I used it for a make & take at the store and that was that. I taught a bunch of our customers how to use it and then decided I must have a bunch as well. So look for some samples with the Fun Flock soon.

I am teaching 2 classes at Scrap Arts in September

The first is "Stamping 101"

Sunday September 6th 1:00pm-3:00pm

Tuesday September 8th 6:30pm-8:30pm

Sunday September 20th 1:00pm-3:00pm

The second is my Mix It Up card Class

I am running this again because some customers missed it before

Sunday September 13th 1:00pm-3:00pm

Tuesday September 22nd 6:30pm-8:30pm

Sunday September 27th 1:00pm-3:00pm

At the Beach!

I know it has been a month since my last post. It really doesn't feel like it. The Summer is going by so fast. It is hard to believe it is almost August. Right now it is too hot to sit in my craft room and do much of anything other than melt!!! I did make a card for my Mom's Birthday last week. With all the sun and heat I decided to use my Seaside stamp set from Crafty Secrets. I've made this card before. I changed it up a bit this time, mostly in the way I colored it. Also I personalized it a lot more on the inside.

More Guy Cards

I was on a roll with the masculine/boy theme. Here are two more I made last week. I finally used my new stamp set from Local King called "Adventure". I stamped the sailboat and colored it with Prisma Markers and dye inks and aqua brush. The wave was stamped separately, cut out and glued on. The ships wheel stamp in background was stamped with versa mark and embossed with clear fine detail embossing powder. Bazzill card stock admiral & Jacaranda.

The second one is another version of my Dino cards using the Archaic line of paper from Basic Grey. I cut the dino out of the patterned paper covered him with versa mark ink and clear fine detail embossing powder to make him a little stronger. The palm trees were cut out on my cricut. From the Doodlecharms cartridge, I used green and brown card stock for them but I also colored them with my prisma markers as well. Bazzill mud pie card stock for base and twig for greeting. I popped the dino up with pop dots. A tip about the pop dots or 3d dots. I color the sides of them with a prisma maker the same color as the card so that they blend in with your project. That way from the side you don't see bright white 3d dots.

Father's Day Cards

I did manage to get a couple of Father's Day Cards made for my Dad and my Father-In-Law. The first one is for my Dad. I just got the Thoughts of Father set from Stampin' Up. I stamped it with Momento Potter's Clay ink and used stampin' up inks , Tim holtz distress inks and an aqua brush to color it in. The card stock is Old Olive and Bazzill Mud Pie. The green card stock was too plain so I stamped a fern design (stamp from crafty secrets set "wildflowers") with Old Olive ink.
The second card is for my Father-In-Law. I love this lighthouse stamp, It is by Stamps Happen. I colored it in using a variety of techniques, pastels, inks & aqua brush, prismas and gel pen. The patterned paper is by Chatterbox called Light Poolhouse Stripe, card stock is Bazzill Jacaranda and Saguaro.

Summer is here!

It has been so hot and sunny I just couldn't sit in my craft room and make much the past 3 weeks. Last week I bought an extra fan and now I can actually sit in there without melting. I did get a few cards made this week. Hopefully I will get more done later today. I took an extra day off work so I could relax and work on some new class ideas. So before I go off to work on that, I thought I should update my blog.

For the Fairy card I used a stamp from the Fairies set by Crafty Secrets. I colored her with my Prisma Markers, highlighted parts of her wings and flowers with a glitter gel pen. You can't really tell in the picture. The dream stamp is from the Mini Memories set, also by Crafty Secrets. The patterned paper is from the Basic Grey Porcelain line. It is from the 6" x 6" paper pack. The edge punch is Fiskars Elegance & I popped the greeting up with 3d dots.

The You Rock card was done using the Rock star set from Inkadinkado. I embossed a piece of black card stock with the Spots & Dots cuttlebug folder and sponged Brilliance Cosmic Copper ink over it. I also sponged the white card stock pieces with the copper ink and then stamped the images with Momento Tuxedo Black ink. The greeting is popped up with 3d dots.

June Class Dates

Here are the dates for my Mix-It-Up Card Class at Scrap Arts

Sunday June 21st
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Sunday June 28th
2:00pm - 4:00pm
$20.00

I did change these cards up slightly. They are basically the same cards as previous samples. With a few minor changes.

May Challenge

The May page challenge at Scrap Arts was 3 photos, blue & green card stock, only 1 piece of patterned paper, 3D elements & bling. Here is my page. I've left some blank spots of green card stock so I can put journalling in later.

Of course Kit had to help me with the page as well. She likes to hold things in place for me. LOL