back to the drawing board

here's a card i made a while back for purple onion designs. the little house i made by piecing together two banner stamped images from the build-a-banner set, then stamped the sentiment on the inside.


supplies
cardstock: [steel blue] bazzill, [white] neenah
patterned paper: [pixie-licious 6x6 mini deck] cosmo cricket, [hazel papers/stella and rose 6x6 pad] my mind's eye
stamps: [house/build-a-banner set, tree & sentiment/home sweet home set, flower/homegrown hospitality alphabet set] purple onion designs
ink: [black tuxedo]  tsukineko
fiber: [black thread thread] ikea
accents: [pearls] kaiser craft
steel die: [medium scallops] a muse studio

today i am finally able to share that i have been invitied to join the design team over at jane's doodles. i'm excited to be working with jane's new stamps and want to thank her for the opportunity. the flowers on today's card are a free digi stamp which you can find over at the jane's doodles blog - it is located on the side bar - just right click and save to your computer.


supplies
cardstock: [kraft] bazzill
patterned paper: [autumn press paper pack] studio calico
digi stamp: [doodle flower] jane's doodles
clear stamp: [sentiment/woodland creatures] hero arts
ink: [pumice stone distress ink] ranger, [rich cocoa] tsukineko
fiber: [green, brown thread] ikea
accents: [brown buttons] making memories, [copper wire] darice

and here is the second card that i created for the purple onion designs and tombow product swap. i again used the tombow dual brush markers on the stamped image - this time i applied ink to the rubber stamp with the markers then stamped the image on watercolor paper. to color in the images i used the blender pen to pull ink from the stamped outline. you can find a few more projects over on the  pod blog and tombow blog.


supplies
cardstock: [watercolor paper] strathmore
stamps: [flower framed doodle, fall definition/4 seasons definition set] purple onion designs
markers: [n00, 098, 899, 946/dual brush pen] tombow
fiber: [twine] papertrey ink
adhesive: [mono aqua liquid glue, foam tabs] tombow

this week purple onion designs and tombow have teamed up and will be sharing projects on their blogs showcasing products from both companies. on today's card i used tombow's dual brush markers to color the pod stamped image and then pieced together and adhered the bird to the card front with tombow adhesives. all the supplies i used are linked below along with more detailed instructions. and don't forget to head on over to the pod blog and tombow blog for more project ideas.


supplies
cardstock: [white] neenah, [watercolor paper] strathmore
paper: [library/toy box collection] crate paper
stamps: [faith the chicken, sentiment/a little bird told me set] purple onion designs
ink: [jet black archival ink] ranger
markers: [n00, 443, 946, 879, 847/dual brush pen] tombow
fiber: [green embroidery floss] dmc
tool: [corner chomper] we r memory keepers
adhesive: [stamp runner permanent adhesive, foam tabs] tombow

instructions
1. make card base from cardstock - my card base is 4" x 4.25".
2. stamp bird image & sentiment onto card base.
4. color bird's legs & tail with markers.
5. stamp bird image onto watercolor paper & patterned paper.
6. on the watercolor paper color bird's body & beak with marker and blender pen - the technique i used was to apply a bit of ink from a marker onto a craft mat, then pick up the ink with the blender pen and color the bird creating a watercolored effect.
7. cut out the bird's body & beak from the watercolor paper & the heart from patterned paper.
8. piece together the bird & adhere to the stamped image on card front - to add dimension to the card i used foam tabs to adhere the heart.
9. hand stitch below the bird with embroidery floss.

lots of challenges going on right now over at the moxie fab world blog. i decided to try out one of the sketch challenges - the square sketch. i stuck pretty close to the sketch - just replaced the big flower with a tree.

supplies
cardstock: [white] neenah, [blue oasis] bazzill basics
sticker: [scallop with doily/mix & mend paper treats] sassafras
chipboard: [tree] maya road, [heart/fabulous shapes] chatterbox
stamps: [sentiment/little labels set] papertrey ink
ink: [bamboo leaves] tsukineko, [brushed corduroy distress] ranger
paint: [brushed corduroy distress crackle] ranger
fiber: [green thread] ikea

supplies
cardstock: [white] neenah, [hillary] bazzill basics
paper: [restoration collection 6x6 paper pad] crate paper, [mabel 6x6 paper pad/stella & rose collection] my mind's eye
stamps: [butterfly/love bugs set, sentiment/homegrown sentiments] purple onion designs
ink: [tuxedo black memento ink] tsukineko
fiber: [yellow embroidery floss] dmc, [black thread] mettler
steel die: [large scallops] a muse studio