I cut an extra of each piece of the atc I made for the color coach swap, and made an A Muse atc with it.
This has the same colors, shapes, and accessories as the last atc. The only difference is that the previous atc was using Stampin' Up stamps and this one uses A Muse stamps.
I think it's fun to see the same card made with different stamps. Gives you more ideas!
I joined a color coach atc swap on scs a while back. Well, they are due asap, so I am trying to get them all finished. I signed up for 6 groups and this is for one of them. This is for my Chocolate Chip spot. The colored I used are Chocolate Chip, Almost Amethyst, So Saffron, and Rose Red.
The base is CC and then on it I mounted a piece of So Saffron that was stamped with the mushroom from the Unfroggetable stamp set. Then I tore the edge and adhered it to the card base.
Next I punched a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the small tag punch and stamped the dragonfly in Basic Black on it. I colored this in with my Stampin' Write markers, and then adhered it on to a piece of Almost Amethyst cardstock punched out with the large tag punch.
I punched a hole in these with my 1/8th circle punch and tied a piece of chocolate grosgrain ribbon. Then I mounted this onto the card base and stamped the sentiment (from the Warm Words stamp set) in Chocolate Chip ink on the bottom of the card.
So far the computer is being ok behaving again, so stay tuned for another atc.
I am having allot of trouble with my laptop and may need to take it in to be fixed. If that happens I won't be able to post till I get it back. :( Very sad!
So, I decided to offer up some blog candy to keep things exciting while I'm gone. All you have to do is comment on this post.
And if you go over to the Amuseapalooza site and register to participate in the contests, and tell them that I sent you, I will give you an additional 5 entries in the blog candy contest! If you do register and use my name (Cori Bravo) as who sent you, please let me know in your comment on this post!
I fixed the above link too, so if you had tried to register and couldn't please give it another shot, the link should work now!! Thanks!
The blog candy is 2 of my favorite things...Christmas Red stickles, and the cow stamp from A*Muse!
I will draw the winner on Sunday night, or when I get my computer back, which ever is the latter.
Good luck!! Go register!!!!
Only have had time for a quick card so far...
The berry is a brand new stamp I just got from A*Muse. I stamped it in Noir ink and punched it out with my mega and jumbo oval and scalloped oval punches. The strawberry was colored in with prismacolor markers and then blinged with some Christmas red stickles.
The base is Real Red stamped with the strawberry, then I ran some polka dotted sheer ribbon around the card, tied a bow and adhered the berry oval.
Quick and cute!
Remember when I told you to go check out the Amuseapalooza blog and guess how many stamps were in Jennifer's suitcase? Well the winner was revealed and there were an amazing amount of stamps in there...956 to be exact! WOWZA. I was off my about 100 stamps, oh well! It was fun though! Make sure you keep checking the AMPA blog HERE for all the fun contests and if you for some crazy reason haven't registered, you should! And tell 'em Cori Bravo sent ya! Thanks!!
For last week's sketch challenge. Make sure you head over to the AMuseaPalooza blog and see if it was you! Plus you can check the links for all the pretty cards that were made for the challenge. If you haven't yet, be sure to register for the prizes and tell 'em Cori Bravo sent ya! Thanks!
Well it's about time to pack up the stamping stuff. I leave for home and the 105 degree heat tomorrow morning.
This was a quick card I made while packing up. The elephant was stamped in Noir ink on WW cardstock and colored it in with Prismacolor marker. I also used a 20% cool grey marker to create the shadow. This was mounted on a mega scalloped square punched from Basic Black cardstock.
The card base is 3"x4" of turquoise Bazzil cardstock. ON this I mounted the strip of Chatterbox paper and then the scalloped square with Ellie on it. To finish it up, I used some Fruit Punch stickles to bling up her bow.
Quick and easy...now time to pack it up. (even the new Faux Ribbon PTI stamp set and the essential glue pad that I just bought this morning...BWAHAHA!)
How beautiful are these? These belong to my baby who isn't such a baby anymore. My baby who I just registered for kindergarten a week ago, my baby who after a week I am missing. But how could I not....just look at him.
Just thought I'd share before I head to bed. Beautiful isn't he?
Ok, so I am trying to get back to my challenge of only using what I brought. I only cheated a tiny bit on this card...I used the scalloped square punch. That's not REALLY cheating, is it? lol.
Anyhow, for this card I stamped the cow on Whisper White cardstock in Noir hybrid ink and then colored her in with Prismacolor markers. I also used the 20% grey prisma marker to create the ground under her. Next I used my black Stampin' Write marker to doodle around the edge of the square. Then I mounted this on a piece of the Scarlett's Letter Basic Grey paper that was punched with the mega scalloped square.
The card base is Real Red with two strips of Scarlett's Letter paper across it. Then I used my scissors and slit a small slit along the crease to run the red polka dotted ribbon through (my very last piece). I tied the ribbon in a bow and adhered the image over the top.
To finish the card up I stamped the sentiment "holy cow!" in the Noir hybrid ink along the bottom edge. I am getting alot of stamping done here since I don't have anything important to do, but I sure will enjoy getting home and being able to use the rest of my "schtuff"!
So my limited supplies just don't cut it when there is a scrapbook store 2 miles away, lol. This card is made with the leftovers from my atc swap and some other pieces of cardstock that I brought with me.
The cute little duck image was stamped on Whisper White cardstock in Noir black hybrid ink and then colored in with Prismacolor markers. Then I masked him off and stamped the small skinny oval in blue chalk ink. This was mounted on a mega scalloped square square that was punched out of the Chatterbox paper (the reverse size is a solid). I then used my Signo white gel pen to dot the scallops.
The card base is Yo Yo Yellow and I adhered a strip of the Chatterbox paper along the side and then faux stitched each side. Then I just adhered the scalloped square image, stamped the sentiment on the bottom, and added the button with the polka dotted ribbon tied through it. I'm not exactly sure if I like the button. The card felt like it needed something, but I'm still not sure if it what it needed....hmmmmm
So no one wanted to join my swap (insert sad face). It seems that only the "famous" bloggers can get a swap going. Stinks cuz you get 30 points in the A*Muse ambassador contest if you have a swap of 6 people. No 30 points for me...ok, I'm done whining now, lol.
Anyhow, since no one would join mine, I joined Taylor's. I just love this little bear stamp. I think it is so cute.
All the paper is from the Clarksville local scrap store (Memories in Bloom) who prolly think I'm crazy since I've been there 3 times in 2 days. What can I say, it's boring while the bro and sil are at work. Anyhow, the paper I think is all Bazzil and the patterned paper is Chatterbox. Very pretty I think.
The bear is stamped on white cardstock in Noir Hybrid ink and then colored in with Prismacolor markers. I masked him off (having to use cardstock instead of a post it, so it isn't perfect, grr!) and then stamped the skinny small oval stamp with French Blue chalk ink so that he could have something to sit on. I mounted him on a mega scalloped square (that I bought today, hehe) and mounted it on the atc base.
Next I used my signo white pen to dot the scallops, and tied some ribbon around the bottom. I had planned to use the stitched taupe ribbon around all of them, but somehow 3 yards wasn't enough for 10 atc's??? Maybe it was measured wrong, who knows. Anyhow, for the couple that I didn't have enough ribbon for, I used the sheer polka dotted ribbon. I think they both look a-ok with their different ribbons.
What do you think? Would you be ok getting this as a swap?? I think I have a swappers complex. I never am quite sure if it is good enough, lol.
Here is the first card I made with my new PaperTrey Ink set. This set is just so stinking cute!
The cardbase is Bashful Blue stamped with the small lady bug image all over to create a patterned cardstock. I used two colors of blue chalk ink to create the wings, and my noir hybrid ink to stamp the spots and bodies.
Then I tied a piece of black polka dotted ribbon around the base and tied it in a bow near the bottom.
The main image was stamped on Whisper White cardstock. I used the French Blue chalk ink and the noir hybrid to stamp the lady bug and then followed up with the two dot image to make the little trail. I stamped the sentiment along two edges of the image (masking them to create the two line sentiment instead of one long line as it was created.)
This was adhered on some Basic Black cardstock and then onto the card base. I apologize for the poor quality picture...didn't bring anything with me to take good pics with, lol.
I have had some questions about inks to use with the acrylic stamps. First let me preface this with I am not an experienced acrylic stamper. In fact the PaperTrey ink sets were the first acrylic stamps I had purchased. I now have them and a couple of sets from A*Muse.
Sometimes when you use acrylic with a dye based ink you get some ink pooling on the surface of your stamp. It looks like the ink is beading up and when you stamp it is uneven inking. One way to avoid this is to use a good quality acrylic stamp like the ones from A Muse or Paper Trey ink. These will sometimes pool the ink but not as often as say the acrylic stamps from the dollar spot in Michaels. If your classic ink pad is really juicy, they will pool, so try and ink them lightly to avoid this.
If you are open to purchasing new inks to use with acrylic, there are 2 types I highly reccomend. The first is a Pallete Hybrid ink from Stewart Superior. You can pick them up with your PaperTrey Ink sets for 6 dollars a pad at Paper Trey Ink's website.
The other ink that is great with acrylic stamps is a chalk ink. You can get these usually locally at a scrapbook store or even at Michaels. If you can't find them, you can get them online here at Eclectic Paperie and here at All That Scraps. The cat's eye pads are great. They are small, inexpensive, and last for a long time. I am actually going to pick some up today at Memories in Bloom so I can play with my new PaperTrey ink set, since I didn't bring any colored ink with me it gives me the perfect excuse to buy more, hehe!
Well that is my little run down on inks with acrylic stamps. I am by no means an expert, just learning, but hopefully this will help some of you!
Ok, so yesterday when I listed my supplies I brought with me, well I forgot one tiny thing. I also brought a bottle of diamond stickles. A girl can't leave town without some bling, can she? lol. I know I have been slightly cheating using the PaperTrey set, but they would cry if they were abandoned immediately after purchase...right? lol!
For this card I used a base of Bashful Blue cardstock cut to a 4x4 square. Then I used the ladybug trail to create the bg with my versamark ink. Next I took some black and white sheer polka dotted ribbon and tied them around the card using a piece of hodgepodge hardware that was in my button container I brought along.
The image of the cute little whale was stamped on one of the ovals in Noir black ink and colored in with a muted turquoise prismacolor marker. Then I used the 20% cool grey marker to create the shadow. This was mounted on a black scalloped oval (last one I have **sad face**) and then mounted onto the card base.
To finish it up, I added the diamond stickles to the whale, dotted the scallops with my Signo white gel pen, and stamped the sentiment in the bottom corner with my Noir hybrid ink. This was a 5 minute card and I am really quite pleased with how it turned out!
Have a great day...I'm heading back to the scrapbook store, hehe...well, once the Young and the Restless is over, lol!
Head on over to the AmuseaPalooza blog and guess how many stamps are in Jennifer's suitcase. If you're right, you'll win a 100 dollar gift certificate to A*Muse!
If you haven't registered yet, do that too while you were there, and if you tell them that Cori Bravo referred you I will be forever grateful!
