Double Delight

What do you get when you cross a bear with a sketch? Delightful Inspiration and Double Delight!

I got the idea for the paper on SCS today in their Weekly Inkling.

Of course, I had to change it up a bit!

Lily was sleeping and I couldn't get to the iron and ironing board (they are in the cupboard in the room where she naps) to press the papers.

It's called the Alcohol Ink Faux Bleach technique, but it reminded me of another technique. Poppin pastels 

 is the one that I used for the bear. I stamped with Versamark on the bear and dabbed brown chalk all over! On the white cs again stamped with Versamark, clear embossed and then sprayed some 

Tattered Mist for that purple Emboss Resist. On my glossy paper I followed the directions for the original idea and will show you that technique on another card when I get to the iron. I have an old iron, I should drag it down to my CR and use it rather than think about ruining my good iron. Now, where is that iron?

I bought a **Magic Matter way back when and used that today to get the even 1/8" border behind that adorable bear! Faith does such great images and this cutey is one of them. My paper flowers are from a packaging paper that had many colors running through it. Obviously recycled paper that I recycled yet again. Left the small ones plain and sponged the larger one with Basic Brown. Got the Stickles out and played around with them here and there.

Thanks for coming by!

RX

STAMPS: SU Filigree bg stamp, Delightful Inspirations - the bear

PAPER: DCWV, White, Kraft

INK: Bssic Brown

TOOLS: flower punches, circle punch, small leaves Embosslit from SU, Magic Matter

INCIDENTALS:  Clear EP

**Magic matter is a set of four metal circles that have holes in the middle where a pencil will fit and you just guide the circle of choice around the image and it draws an outline just the size you need.

Frankenstein!!!!!!

Frankenstein and the spider are an adorable pair 'hanging' out together on one of the latest digital sets for this Halloween season. Daisy Doodles is proud to present more sets for the 'GHOULISH' season and you can find them right here...just a click away! Daisy's Digi Doodles Store! Click on digi stamps once you get there and then on Halloween! You won't need your trick or treat bag but you may need to check out the very cute Halloween treat basket with accompanying bat.

You can also view the Halloween sets on the Daisy Doodles Blog!

For those of you cowboy fans, the challenge is still going on at DDCC blog. You can hop and win, comment and win, or just enter the challenge with a digital creation that depicts the Wild West and win!

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Leave me some loving in the comments box...never get tired of reading all the lovely things.

RX

STAMPS: Daisy Doodles digi Halloween pack 1, the tiny spider stamp is from DOTS...my very first rubber  stamp

PAPER: retired SU Halloween paper, ornage, black, white and the purple card base is CTMH from a 12 x    12 textured cs that was on sale in May.

INK: Elegant Eggplant

TOOLS: CB for spellbinders ovals, EK border punch for the corners,

distressing tool

INCIDENTALS: Digitally produced sentiment, ribbon, DMC floss, small circle punch

Challenges:

Digi Doodle Shop -  Favorite Stamp...and right now Franky is my favorite stamp!!!

Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes
Saturday challenge - It's a Man's World

WMS sketch challenge #9

Here's the link to WMS challenge #9

Here's the sketch.

Here's my creation.

Used the two sets from Waltzing Mouse Stamps,

Afternoon Tea and the matching sentiments.

Thanks for coming by!

RX

STAMPS: mentioned above

PAPER: Buckaroo Blue, Close to Cocoa, brown textured, and a scrap of a beige

INK: Basic Brown, Buckaroo Blue, Chocolate Chip, Craft White

TOOLS: 1/4" hole punch for small circles and ticketing the corners, trio flower punch, stylus to form flowers,

 ticket punch for the larger panels.

INCIDENTALS: ribbon

Challenges for this card
Cute Card Thursday- Whatevah!!!!
Pennys challenges - Anything Goes

DT CALL-Let's Ink It Up!

   I have been thinking about joining a rubber/clear stamp design team and the time has come!

Let's Ink It Up has an offer on the table and Suzanne is going to pick eight of her favorites from a field of more than thirty applicants.

I just came across this blog two days ago and have been thinking about it since I really want to do an "ink up the stamp" and show it off!

 Here are my favorite three cards...that I could whip out of a chasm a very deep chasm of cards in a short time. 

I definitely wanted a varied mix of  style, stamps, and techniques, and here are the results.

The Tri-Shutter Card with WMS clear stamps

"Big Blossoms"

 

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A masculine card.

The Brick Wall technique...Dream Come True 

Stamp name: Noble Deer

 

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 Very Special Baby card that means a lot to me!

Just Rite Stampers-hand made Sentiment

 

 Just now thought of the scrap book pages that I have done with stamps....too late now. I really like these three cards that I have chosen and hope that they get noticed by a certain someone....

PSSSSST....Suzanne, R U there?

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Wish me luck!

Heartfelt wishes

Faith at Designed to Delight came up with this delightful creature for Christmas in July. I just got around to him in August. He is called 'Heartfelt Wishes' and for Double Delight it was a challenge to make your own embellishments so I made layers of hearts, glued them together and punched holes in two of them to make buttons. Then as if that wasn't enough challenges...I found a sketch over at Jen del Muro's SFYTT!!
Three birds, one stone or for those in the paper crafting arena...Bing.Bang.Boom!!!!!

The card base and scalloped circle as well as the DP is edged with a gold Krylon pen. That is a piece of ribbon in the back, wired ribbon with a gold edge. Just love it and it's been sitting in a Christmas box of ribbon just waiting to feel the love. HW is holding a five layered heart in his hands, another embellishment, but no holes. The inside of the card is lined with the matching green cs and the reverse side of the Dp with the snowmen. The card base is Purely Pomegranate and the rest of the papers are from the BOTD.

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DT member's blog candy

Candy

Tina over at Tina's Crafty Place is having some candy issues. 

SHE WANTS TO GIVE AWAY some CANDY!

Tina is on the Daisy Doodles DT with me and she does some awesome paper crafting.  

Click on her blog name above and you can see for yourself and read the list of goods that you can win!

So, whatcha waiting for? Git!

Happy Birthday, Ruthie

My Dear Aunt, my Dad's sister, will be 87 on August 9th. Happy Birthday!! Dear Aunt Ruth. Daddy called her Ruthie, so I sort of call her that now that he is no longer with us!!!! Ruthie lives in  a convent in Ohio and sure could use a ton of prayers for herself and the Sisters caring for her! Dad's older sister, Dorothy, is 96 and lives in the home where the Aunts that raised Dad and Dorothy spent their summers so many years ago in upstate NY. Daddy lived to be 93+ and I wonder if I will have their longevity!
On to the card...I followed the sketch challenge at Just Rite stamps.

and then the inside.......

Thanks for coming by!

RX

STAMPS: Just Rite's DIY Monogram stampers kit and Damask Borders

PAPER: Natural White, CS brown and turquoise, CS green DP

INK: Basic Brown

TOOLS: CB for spellbinders scalloped square and embossing template, border punch

INCIDENTALS: Ribbon, dragonflies

challenges

Easy Craft Projects: Chocolate Brown

Digi Doodles Shop's Best: Punch and Cut