Live...from a stamp show near you!

A while back, I met this stamper named Mybearybest on SCS. She was my Secret Big Sister and what a great sis she was! In fact, she still comments on every card I post in my SCS gallery. Thanks Michelle!

As luck would have it, she went to a big stamp trade show with some friends. And stopped by the Starving Artistamps' booth to snap some pix of my cards on display. I remember seeing Juliana's cards last August on these display boards. (She is a Starving Artistamp DT member.) It was really fun to see something in person which I had seen online. (Sort of like when I traveled Europe and saw countless paintings and sculptures in person after studying them in my art history classes...wow...talk about amazing stuff!)

TaDA! You can probably pick out my cards if you read this blog. DD and I have had fun looking through the pix and counting!





How many can YOU count?

Cards

Super New RUBBER...

from Starving Artistamps!





Check it out...Post on your own blog for a chance to snag it as blog candy. Can't wait that long? Go ahead and buy it. SA will let you choose another set of equal value if you happen to be the lucky winner!

PMS Monday Challenge....

Today's PMS challenge is an Inspiration Challenge. What do you think when you see this picture?




Well, I couldn't resist the colors and boldness. So my card is more graphic than refined.


Detail of what is inside this sweet egg:


And voila...the inside. I colored her with the same bold colors and in solid ink...no shading. The shirt is dusted with dazzling diamonds.

Did you notice that she is holding the same egg that is on the front of a card? Of course! Fairies are mysterious!

Digistamp challenge

Rainy and Cloudy today...hard to snap a pix. But this is a (limited) digi stamp that will soon be available to buy (in rubber) from Papermakeupstamps.com. My first attempt to use a digi stamp. Since I typically watercolor, I went with colored pencils for this one...but they were Watercolor pencils..so I still used a tiny bit of water!

The green card base is on a chocolatechip square...thus the funny brown layer. Just wish it were sunnier for a better pix. The DP and the ribbon are not the same color in real life.

(Yes, I changed up my card since I originally posted it. I didn't like the mustard layer or the ribbon. So vellum replaced the mustard and I jazzed up the card using colored twine...much better.)

One! One Card for Christmas...

As "The Count" would say on Sesame Street! hahaha! (zap!!)



This was made for the sketch challenge...and a "use an animal on a christmas card" challenge put on by The Corrosive Challenge Blog. Though I see that DJUseless has posted on it too. We are starting to run around on the same circles! haha.

This was a bit of a challenge for me since I don't add layers at an angle. And the mousies image was stamped out by Stacy/twinshappy. Thanks Stacy!

(BTW, click on the pix for a bigger size...to see all the little details.)

Yellow Boots

I am a fan of CAS cards...esp when they are quick. I thought up this idea based on the CAS sketch challenge late on Sunday night. Between cleaning, family, husband, more all day fieldtrip, Spring cleaning while I babysat while DH worked from home...yep...NO STAMP TIME.

THis was quickly stamped in the 3 craft ink colors that I own...summer sun, brocade blue and garden green. I love garden green! Add a few dimensionals to the boots and rhinestones to the flowers...a masterpiece of simplicity!