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Lockhart Vintage Stocking

Before I share my card, a shout out to my niece Jaime, who is in the Navy stationed in Jacksonville, Florida learning how to do scary things with helicopters and airplanes.  And Happy Veteran's Day to my nephew Danny, sister in law Maggie and mother in law, Dorann.  Without our veterans, I wouldn't be sitting here today on a beautiful fall day, goofing off and not worrying about someone in the government telling me what I can't say.

Now, how I made this card:

Sheer talent baby!! 

Starting with my tiny stash of My Mind's Eye paper left over from last year, I decided to pair it with the Lockhart Christmas Stocking. 2 hours later and here you are.  A warm vintage look.  Ink and junk everywhere.  The View playing in the background.  One happy stamper. 

I colored the paper with a Copic Marker (E33 Sand White) and sponged Palette New Canvas (white) on the paper to age it.  In the second picture, you can see the difference a little bit of ink made. 

Supplies:  Lockhart Child's Stocking #6012; Ranger Adirondack Cranberry Ink; Palette New Canvas Hybrid Ink; Copic Sketch Markers (E33, G28, G99); Stampin Up Confetti Cream and Creamy Caramel Cardstock and Copper brads.  Green ribbon, Sakura Gold Gelly Roll sparkle pen and sentiment from Papertrey Ink Text Boxed stamp set. 

Dear Paperlicious: Mr. DP Speaks Again, Sort Of

DP:  I haven't bought a single thing all week!  Stampin Up had its preorder for the new catalog and I didn't buy a thing. 
Mr. DP:  ..........

DP:  Don't you have anything to say?
Mr. DP:  No.  I have no comment.

DP:  This isn't a blog thing.  Just tell me what you really think.
Mr. DP:  I'm not discussing this.

DP:  Really, if you tell me what you really think, I won't put it on the blog.
Mr. DP:  No, this is like discussing your hair.  There is no right answer.  No comment.

DP:  Well, then I'll put this on the blog.
Mr. DP:  .............

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So, then I made this card.

Which is kind of cute.

Supplies:  

Stamps:  Lockhart Adirondack Chair and Sit Back and Relax

Paper: Fabriano Medieovalis Stationery

Ink: Memories Chestnut 

Other: Peerless Watercolors.  

I purchased the Peerless Watercolors last winter from Gina K, but I just checked and it doesn't appear that she is stocking these anymore.  They are sheets of paper bound together, which are saturated with intense ink. 

I got a little carried away with the chair. It started out green and I decided to go for a weathered look.  I'm not sure what look I achieved as this was my first try with these watercolors.  I thought about adding a ribbon but then I realized I liked this card simple -- goes with the sentiment.

For my USA readers, I hope you are enjoying Independence Day!  And for everyone, hope you have time to relax this weekend!!

Apple Pie on the 4th of July

This is a gift card for an apple pie that I will be making and bringing to a barbeque on the 4th of July.  At least, that's the plan!  Just looking at this image, from Lockhart Rubber Stamps, makes me want to put on an old fashioned apron and bake!

Before I colored in the image with pencils, I put some Ranger Glossy Accents on the apples and over the yellow flowers.  It really shines in person!  It also "forced" me to not mess up and cover up the entire image in color. 

The base is Memory Box stationery, so the inside of the card is white.  I used the large circle scallop Nestability die to make the card.  Of course, I got the idea from Debbie Olson.  Isn't Debbie's work marvelous?

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Wow! After my last post, where I made reference to my childhood, several readers contacted me.  Let me put it this way -- we humans have a lot in common -- good, bad, and in between.  (No wonder we love to shop!!!)

Perhaps some of us derive a certain comfort creating little works of art, coloring, and cutting and gluing, just like kids love to do.  I used to think I was still in high school, but maybe I'm in kindergarten!!

And, that's a pretty good place to be!

Summer Fresh

Isn't this bowl of strawberries luscious? 

I love all Lockhart stamps, but I particularly enjoy Strawberries!  I've been practicing with my Copic markers and finally made something worth sharing.  I added some Glossy Accents from Ranger to the strawberries, which I hope you can see in this close up of the berries.

The gingham paper is from Memory Box and the red cardstock, ribbon and brads are from Stampin Up.

Stamping Purchases Since 6/20:  $0!

Stamping Purchases I almost made:

I want a few more Copic markers to add to my collection.  As I was coloring this image, I immediately thought to run to the art store and get about 4 more.  Then I remembered my budget and decided it could wait.  I saw Asela Hopkins' new line of stamps at Gina K and almost purchased Botanical Dreams, but decided to wait.

I've heard from my LSS that the Tim Holtz Design Ruler I ordered is in, so I'll be honoring that purchase and will report when it is in my greedy little hands.  Karen Lockhart is coming to my LSS, Angela's Happy Stamper, in September and I'm dying to sign up for her classes.  So, I'm weighing whether the class is in my budget.  I think it is!

By the way, the Lunch Table has authorized me to report that it has "no comment" on my blog posting about them.  Ha!

...And the Living is Easy

The first version of this card was a nice 5 x 7 to handle the rather large focal image.  However, due to careless handling by me, it is now a 5 x 5 card! 

In case you haven't heard, Ellen Hutson is having a sale on June 13th -- 13% off everything, which includes the entire Lockhart Rubber Stamp line, Nestabilities, Copics, etc.  You need to sign up for her newsletter to get the code and I don't think she has sent out the code yet.  Her customer service is beyond good!  I love every single Lockhart stamp and would love to own the entire collection!  Mike, do you hear me????

Supplies Used:  Garden Vintage Chair by Lockhart, Adirondack Pitch black ink; Copic markers, yellow striped paper from Close to My Heart, twill from Martha Stewart (not very soft for tying...); sentiment from Mailbox Greetings by Papertrey Ink; Cuttlebug Tiny Tags die;  Stamper's Select white cardstock by Papertery Ink and Nestabilities by Spellbinders. 

Wow, this card is keeping a lot of companies afloat!

Simple Things

Karen Lockhart's stamps are delightful -- they require coloring, but don't have a scary large expanse of empty white space!!   

Supplies Used:  Lockhart Four Flowers Pot; SU Markers; Memories Black ink; YoYo Yellow, Basic Black and Only Orange cardstocks; Memory Box card (black on outside, white on inside); Brass Polka Dot Stencil embossed with the Wizard (can you see it on the orange layer? -- it is more prominent in real life, but would be even better if I had hand embossed). The sentiment is from a Wordsworth clear sentiment set; and ribbon May Arts. The white paper is from KT Designs and has a coating of some sort on it to make it easier to blend markers.  I think that Cornish Heritage Farms sells a similar paper. 

I purchased both the Lockhart stamp and the Memory Box card from Ellen Hutson.   I love doing business with Ellen and with Cornish.  Both reliable, honest, and nice!  Can't beat that combo. 

Click for more on my non stamping life....

Carte - licious Challenge #2

Isn't this angel stamp from Lockhart darling?  Rose Ann from Paper Delightz sent me 6 images.  Funny how when you don't have the stamp itself, and you have a deadline, the pressure to produce causes careless errors.  I managed to color one image out of six that I was willing to share!

I am going to give this card, which is 4" x 4.25", to one of my son's teachers.  This woman is amazing.  She has 6 kids -- 2 out of college and 4 who are freshmen in college (yes, quads!).  She has taken Andy under her wing and arranged for him to spend a couple of days with her son at the University of Virginia a couple of weeks ago, so that Andy could check out the school.  Is that sweet or what??  She is truly an angel!

I can't wait to see what Rose Ann, Sue, and Melissa all did with this same image. We agreed to post our cards on Monday the 19th, so be sure to check out their versions as well.  I love the way typepad lets me write out my entire post and then set a date and time for it to go up on the internet.  Makes doing these challenges and posting them much more fun!

Supplies:  Lockhart Gardening Angel; Stampin Up Paisley Background stamp; Versamark ink; Ruby Red SU cardstock; Papertreyink White Cardstock for the base of the card; Prismacolor Pencils; Martha Stewart scallop border punch; SU corner rounder punch; sentiment from Impression Obsession (it is straight clear stamp, so I curved it); SU Chocolate classic ink and Copper Hardware.  The yellow paper is from Michaels, but I don't have the name.  I recently organized all my papers and they are no longer labeled (but in a nice huge rack so I can see all of them!).

If you are interested in a little personal update, keep on reading!  Otherwise, enjoy the fall wherever you are.

Veggie Wreath

I fell in love with this Vegetable Wreath stamp from Karen Lockhart, but really had no idea how to use it. So, I finally just jumped in, stamped it with Palette Burnt Umber ink and colored it with Prismacolor Pencils. Other supplies: American Crafts orange gingham ribbon, Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie cardstock, and Memory Box Key Lime duplex paper. "Thinking of You" is a clear stamp from Stampendous, and I curved it to try and mimic the wreath and stamped it with the same Burnt Umber ink.

I couldn't think of an "occasion" to use this card -- perhaps Happy Spring would work? So, I went with the ever useful thinking of you. I love these little Lockhart images -- small enough to color but not too big to make huge mistakes, KWIM???

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Today is a BIG day in our house. It is the first game for the NY Giants football team this season. My Mom lives for football and the Giants are her team. She usually puts on her Giants sweatshirt, but it is still too warm for that. However, she has her football pendant on! So -- on behalf of Mom -- GO GIANTS!!