Vintage Lady with Lipstick Card

For the Addicted-to-Stamps Design Team, I’m featuring another Sherri Baldy stamp this week, and she’s lovely. The stamp name is Lip Stick.  STAMP DETAILS HERE

 

What did I use?
Copic #s YG06,Y28, E37, E51, E00, R02, Y15
Sharpie Fine Point  yellow-green
Martha Stewart craft markers pink flamingo, snapdragon, hyacinth,hydrangea, peony, glade, turqoise
Gold Stickles
Decorating Chalks – greens
webster’s pages fabric ribbons
Bazzil Celadon cardstock
polka dot scrapbook paper

Thank you for stopping by

~Robi

Penny Slider Christmas Card for Addicted-to-Stamps Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome to Decorables and The Addicted-to-Stamps Holiday Blog Hop! I hope you enjoy the card I made for this hop.  Can you figure out what  I made it from??
HINT: You can find out at the end of my post  where you will also find the info you need to know about this hop and rules for winning prizes! 🙂

Please hop along with each of us!

You should have arrived here from Jill’s blog
If at any time you get lost or need to start at the beginning (which I recommend)  you should go to the 

Addicted-to-Stamps Blog 

where you can also read ALL information about this hop.

Each design team member will choose on Monday one person that commented on their blog to receive the digi stamp they used – FOR FREE!!! The digi I was given is called ELFSPARKLE  and it was designed by Sherri Baldy; and I think it’s so adorable.
I love Sherri Baldy stamps because her line art is detailed, but clean and easy to colour.
Doesn’t that sound like a fun little gift just for stopping by?

In order to qualify for my digital stamp, you need to leave a comment about this post on my blog AND become a Follower of mine.

REMEMBER:

GRAND PRIZE: Digital Stamps PLUS everything you see here! WOW!!

We have a prize for the Grand Prize Winner!  
We will randomly draw on Monday evening and in a new post announce a winner that will win 3 digi stamps of their choice from our store. They are valued at $3.99 each, which equals a near $12.00 value.
And a whole bunch of other stuff pictured here.

In order to qualify for the GRAND PRIZE, you need to do 3 things:

1. Follow the Addicted-To-Stamps blog
2. Like the Facebook fan page: Addicted-To-Stamps Facebook Fan Page
3. Comment on all the blogs including the main one! And be sure to leave a way to contact you, and in the comment on this main blog if you want you can go to http://scrapbookstampsociety and let us know which digi stamp is your favorite. If you do that you will receive that one in addition to the 3 digis you choose, if you win!

When you finish reading my post, your next stop on the hop is at

Sher’s Blog

And now meet ElfSparkle!

Do you see the layers and gap where I cut out a ‘track’ for my slide? The key thing to do is to make the opening wide enough that the slider glides easily, but not so big that the slider won’t stay in the track.

The card is very sturdy and is great as a ‘table-top’ card.

I added Flock to emphasize fur and snow.

Notice Rudolph and his present are at the top of the ‘slide’

Notice Rudolph and his present are at the bottom of the ‘slide’ Kids have a lot of fun sliding the image back and forth.

Side Pocket is perfect for placing a note, money, Gift Card, etc.

This is a card of many parts. I love how differently it looks depending on which flaps are open.  

A full tutorial on how I made this card will be available this week on my blog.  If you become a Follower and sign up for my e-mails, you will be notified when it has been posted.

I will show how to make the penny slider and how I deconstructed an ‘Always’ sample holder to make this card.

Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the Hop!

~Robi

When bad things happen to good people…

We all have our own troubles and worries and truth be told, if most of us had the chance to trade with someone else, we’d keep our own.
I have had my share of heartache and I know it has changed me forever, but nothing can compare with the devastation for a parent who loses a child. No matter the age.
Unfortunately my Design Team for Addicted-to-Stamps was touched by such an event when a young mother, pregnant with her third child, lost her toddler when the family nanny accidentally ran over the child.
Sherri Baldy designed a beautiful image in memory of this child and the entire design team has each created a special card to be given to this grief-stricken family.


This is my card:

I used chalks and markers. The flowers are stickers and the ‘Thinking of You” is a ‘Peel Offs’.
I printed the inside sentiment using my printer, and then attached it to velum.


Thank you for stopping by
~Robi


Decorables

New Digi Image – Steampunk theme for Addicted to Stamps

If it’s Wednesday, it must be STAMP RELEASE DAY at Addicted-to-Stamps.  I loved working with my image this week; it is called Hunting Time by Heather Kilgore. If you are interested in purchasing this image, you may find the details HERE. 

I like to print out my image using my laser printer, onto card stock.  To be honest, I often print out several and experiment with the first and usually complete the second, but just in case, I have a backup readily available.

Using markers and pencils I coloured in the image. I used chalk for her face.

SPECIAL TIP – When I use watercolour pencils (like Inktense or Staedtler Aquarells) and if I am working in a ‘small space’, instead of water, I use a fine blending marker.(Martha Stewart has one).  It gives the same effect, without water,  and I maintain total control. 

Once my colouring was complete I sprayed my image with a fixative (Grumbacher matte).  This gives me the added confidence to proceed enhancing my image without fear of destroying it! lol

To prepare the card stock I was gluing the image to, I decoupaged some ephemera and distressed with inks. Taking a small piece of cooper sheeting, I used my Cuttlebug to emboss it with gears and used Mod Podge to attach it..  The image was then decoupaged onto the card stock. 

To enhance the belt , which had a spiral look, I grabbed a spiral brad and stuck it through her stomach!

I think the little ‘gears’ in the bottom right corner nicely balanced the picture. The gears are washers from Harbor Freight, which I enhanced with copper ink. A few extra brass hardware stickers were also used.

My final touch was the clear stone I placed over her eye.  I wanted to really emphasize her eye while also giving the appearance of a monocle. — I know: I’m strange.

There are 2 different scrapbook pages used for matting, and the final touch: attaching the whole thing to a brilliant pumpkin spice coloured gift bag. which will be the front cover of a new paper bag book!

Thank you for stopping by!

~Robi

Decorables

Wednesday Night Stamp Release for Addicted-to-Stamps

Yes, Folks, another week has passed and we are all lethargic from too much chocolate, so what better way to spend an hour than seeing all the new goodies available from Addicted-to-Stamps?


Starting at 9 pm EST new digis and newly designed cards will be displayed by the wonderful Design Team.


You can find us on Facebook HERE.
See you then,
~Robi

Halloween ‘Trick’ Card

Continuing my twisted line of creativity, this card was designed using a lovely digital image created by Heather Valentin called Susie’s (Hope) and it can be purchased HERE from the Scrapbook Stamp Society.

Front of Card

  Inside Card

I used Decorator Chalks and Distress Stickles to colour her in.  The silver sparkles on her hair is OPI nail polish.

Thanks for stopping by,

~Robi

Wednesday Stamp Release for Addicted-to-Stamps

I love this image by Tara McDonald Medrano.  This is my first project for the Addicted-to-Stamps and Scrapbook Stamp Society. I chose a side-step card so I could add dimension.

I think you will find that I have a bit of a ‘different take’ on images and incorporating them into cards and mixed media.

The fish are layered on 2 different printed acetate sheets  ( K&Company) and one on the backdrop.
The iridescent paper along the base is Fantasy Film

The blue backdrop is a mixed media piece I made using thick swirl stickers, Winsor & Newton gesso and Ranger alcohol inks. I felt it would make a nice base for the card and is adhered to the last ‘valley’ of the side-step card. The sentiment was printed as the ‘header’ for my image when I printed it out.

This is my favourite shot because I set the lighting up in such a way to try to create an underwater effect with the sun streaming down through the depths to our beautiful mermaid. 


To colour the image I used:
Craf-T Products Decorating Chalks

Rangers Stickles and Distress Stickles – Green, Fired Brick,Spiced   Marmalade, and Golden Rod

Faber-Castell PITT artist pen, black, fine line
Marvy Twinklettes Pigmented Glitter Marker – Blue, Green
Rangers Glossy accents


Thank you for visiting,
~Robi 🙂