Club Stamp

I am really loving my Club Stamp cardstock. The colors are also so vibrant (which I love) and the cards are not always the typical size and shape, i.e. 1/2 sheet of cardstock. In my never ending "blog stalking" mode, I've been checking out the sketches and layouts that others are posting. Somewhere this past week, I ran across a site where they used their punch to create a place to tie the ribbon. I thought it was such a cool, easy idea (which I immediately copied!).

Spread the Love with Mail Art

This is the front of a package I'm sending to my friend Kathy. She always decorates her envelopes with all kinds of stamping, etc. Michelle Ward has a Street Team challenge on spreading the love of mail art this month and this is my entry.
This is what the back looks like. I am hooked on using stencils in my artwork and mainly used them on this piece, although there are a few rubber stamps.
I happen to also be in an envelope round robin on my TN Stampers yahoo group. There are 7 of us sending around envelopes, each of us adding something to the front and back (I added the leaf stamp). This is a fun RR and is going quickly.

Happy Anniversary

Here's to 22 more! Love ya!

Happy 4th of July!

This is my first spread in Joanne's calendar journal this month.

Reverse Prints

I've been using my stencels quite a bit in my artwork. I watched the Craft TV Weekly episode of June 22, 2007 with Trica from Club Scrap and found another reason to love them! After using your stencils, then lay a piece of paper over the stencil to get the reverse print. I didn't have the specific misters referenced in the episode but I did have Ranger Color Washes, OTM Color Mists, and Radiant Rain. They all worked wonderful!

Here, I just used the Color Mists - nice, subtle, watcolor effect.

Next is the Radiant Rain - you can see a little of the shimmer in the picture - LOVE the bold, shimmery colors. I've also stamped a flower image underneath the stencil in order to use the section that was oversprayed.

Next up is the color washes. They are definitely darker, but still make a nice image.Then I started playing with some of my other stencils. These next 2 pictures are color mists and radiant rain.

These are addictive! So fun to make, quick, and easy clean-up (just run under your water faucet).

Latest Artwork

The above picture was for Martha's calendar journal for May. I used some paper I made at Art & Soul in Dallas last May plus a stamp by Michelle Ward.

This is the front of my book for the Pock-et-FULL RR. It's covered in gold webbing and glitter spray and is very bright and shiny IRL.

My theme is a pock-et-FULL of posies.
I used silk flower petals glued to a canvas, wrapped up in a pretty ribbon for this piece. I love the bold, bright colors.

Boho Bag Completed

Love how the entrelac stitch looks when completed! After I got the hang of it (totally embracing the "break the yarn" concept to create the lovely color changes), it was a really quick, easy knit. Below is a picture of the bottom - way cool!

Although I love the way the bag turned out, I'm not crazy about the yarn I used: Boku by Plymouth Yarn. The yarn broke numerous times making me leary of how well it would hold up as a purse (knowing I cram so much into my bag). What to do??? I decided to felt it.

It turned out fabulous! I'm not sure what I'm going to use it for but I know I'll knit this stitch and pattern again.

Personal to sis: Enjoy your Alaskan cruise!