Woodblock Wednesday - Crooning Cow

Hello and Welcome. 

A couple of days ago I happened to stumble on a post about,  Woodblock Wednesday and thought that sounded like a lot of fun.  I have tons (and I do mean tons) of Woodblock stamps.  Most sit in drawers or boxes just gathering dust (how sad) so what better way to give them some love then join in on this fun event.

Here is the card that I created: Click to Enlarge images.

The object being of course to use a, Wood Block stamp as your focal point. - I chose Crooning Cow (Whipper Snapper Designs, Inc.) for my card.  It's an oldie as the date is, 2006 on the stamp.

I started by pairing the cow stamp with some fun designer paper from Unity Stamp company, (Barn Yard Blowout).  The card base is White. I distressed the edges of the designer paper with a retired SU distressing tool.  The image was stamped with Versa Fine Clair Nocturne ink and colored with Prisma Colored Pencils which I blended with stumps and Gamsol.  I also used a piece of Crumb Cake card stock SU and distressed the edges both with Crumb Cake ink and the distressing tool.  I mounted the focal image with foam tape.

The sentiment is from Unity Stamps. - I didn't have any actual wood mount sentiments that I thought fit my image and since Unity stamps are Red Rubber and you use an acrylic block with them I figured that's about as close to Wood Block as you can get without the actual wood.

Embellishments include: Hearts punched from the designer paper using an old retired SU heart punch, staples, photo corner punch from EK Success and some small black pearls. Some Wink of Stella was added to the hearts for a bit of shimmer.  I also used a Fishtail Punch from MFT (which I believe is also retired). 

I hope to participate in this again next month.  It was so fun seeing an old stamp brought back to life again.

Unity Stamps Color Challenge - Hedgie Hello

 Hi,  Thanks for stopping by. - I appreciate your visit and comments.  If I don't reply to you personally it's because I can't figure out how to due to some issue with blogger.  Unless I know your personal e-mail address I can't reply back.

Anyway here is the May Color Challenge for Unity Stamps:

Here is the card that I created for the challenge:

Click to enlarge photo for details. - Below is a close-up of the flower bouquet so you can see the shimmer it has.

 For this card I started with some designer paper that came in a Spellbinders Kit that a friend had given me.  - It had all the colors of the challenge and I liked how the flowers mimicked the bouquet that the Hedgehog is holding.

Stamp set: Unity Stamps - Hedgie Hello

Ink: Versafine Clair

Other: Water Color Paints. -Artistro , I received these as a Christmas gift and am trying to learn how to water color.  This was my first time using them.  It's not perfect but I think it turned out pretty good.

I also watered colored in the background around the Hedgehog.  Some splatters of (Pool Party ink - SU) were done using an ink pad, water spray and a toothbrush.  The Cloud is from another Unity set, Sending Smiles.  The little hearts were stamped with Melon Mambo (SU) ink and I added a couple of hot pink pearls.  Unity Die was used to cut out the hedgehog image.  Card Base is Night of Navy and border around the focal image in, Gorgeous Grape (SU).  I also added a watercolor border around the cloud and some more splatters.

I hope you have enjoyed my take on this color challenge.

Let's Celebrate Birthdays

 Well it's been awhile since I've posted...life has been busy.

Today I'm sharing a couple of birthday cards that I have made.

First card I made way back in February for a dear friend and then forgot to post the card.  At least I'd didn't forget to send it to her!

 For this card I used the adorable mouse stamp from Unity Stamps, (Tiny Tutu Soiree) Card Stock used, Gorgeous Grape and Basic White (SU). Inks used: Gorgeous Grape, Bermuda Bay*retired ) and Pretty in Pink (SU).  The mouse was stamped with Memento Tuxedo ink and colored with colored pencils and cut out with a Unity circle die. I also edged it with some Pretty in Pink ink.  For the background on the mouse and the portion with the cupcakes I used inks dipped on a piece of acetate and spritzed with water giving it a water color feel.  After it dried I stamped the little cupcake image in the various colors.  I added some glitter to the tutu and some tiny pink/blue pearls.

Next up is the card that I made for my hubby's birthday (which is today).

For this card I started with a piece of Night of Navy card stock (SU)

A piece of old designer paper (BoBunny).  I stamped the image (One of the Good Ones - Unity) with Memento Tuxedo ink and colored it with Pencils.  Then I stamped the background with Memento London Fog ink.  That image is from Stampers Anonymous  (Slight Alterations CMS 060)  I stamped the sentiment with Memento Tuxedo and mounted it with Foam Tape.  I used a piece of the designer paper to punch a heart and some Night of Navy for the smaller hearts.  Then I stapled them together.  The larger one was mounted with foam tape.  

I hope you've enjoyed seeing these cards.  Have a great day.