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Blog Tour Day 5 - Last Day!

Well, we are the end of this blog tour.  Thanks for checking out my new blog and posting comments!  No matter how old you get, you always love comments on your art work! 

Today I'm featuring the birds lineup from The More The Merrier, a new hostess set.  I love these little birds, and all the other "lineups" in this set, they are all so happy!  I used one of my favorite techniques - heat embossing.  After that it was a just a little bit of watercoloring with a blending pen. Then it came alive when I added the two Melon Mambo designs from the Razzleberry Lemonade DSP.  Quick and easy! Full details below.

The More the Merrier stamp set; Whisper White card stock; Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper; Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad; Melon Mambo, Only Orange Stampin' Write Markers; Blending Pen; Versamark; black Stampin' Emboss Powder; Embossing BUddy; Heat Tool; Melon Mambo 1/2" Polka Dot grosgrain ribbon; Eyelet Border punch

Well, the blog tour may be over, but stay tuned for a new tour in September.  More details in mid-August.  I'll still be here working on flushing out this blog.  Now that I'm getting the hang of blogging I love having an "excuse" to stamp!  I have a few treats up my sleeve for upcoming posts!

Enjoy,
Lisa

Blog Tour Day 4

Every so often a card or scrapbooking idea comes to me right away.  I had the idea for this card as soon as I saw this stamp set and the new In Colors.  I was sure Crushed Curry would work perfectly with Old Olive, one of my all time faves.  I also thought the grass from Inspired by Nature would be a good background for the Asian Artistry hostess set. 

To stamp the focal image of the bird in the bamboo, I used a technique we learned at convention last year.  I inked the entire image with Old Olive, then "removed" the Old Olive ink from the bird using a blender pen, then re-inked the bird using the new Crushed Curry marker, huff and stamp.  Presto - a clean & clear two color stamped image!  Then I did a little bit of watercoloring to fill in the bird.  The final touch was the dragonfly which I inked in Versamark, then Bermuda Bay and stamped it on the grass.  Since I used the Versamark, the ink was moist enough to hold Irridescent Ice embossing powder.  I heat set the embossing powder and then filled in the wings with Crystal Effects.  Full ingredients below.

Asian Artistry, Inspired by Nature stamp sets; Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Whisper White card stock; Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pads; Crushed Curry, Basic Black Stampin' Write markers; Blender Pen; Earth Elements brads; Ticket Corner punch; Irridescent Ice embossing powder; Heat Gun; Embossing Buddy; Crystel Effects; dimensionals

Happy Fourth of July everyone.  I guess I should have made a red, white & blue card!  (Correction, a Real Red, Whisper White & Brilliant Blue card.)

Enjoy,
Lisa

Blog Tour Day 3

This card uses the new Circle Circus set.  This set includes 10 circle stamps that fit our various circle punches - love that, hate fussy cutting, especially circles!  I kept it simple with bold colors and of course ribbon and glitter.  I have to admit, I love our glitters.  In addition to Dazzling Diamonds, we have 23 other glitters in a variety of colors and thicknesses!  That's enough to keep any glitter queen happy!  For this card, I used Dazzling Diamonds and pink from the Fine Supernova collection.  Complete details below.

Circle Circus, Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets; Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White card stock; Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad; 1 3/4" circle punch; Modern Label punch; Melon Mambo 1/2" polka dot grosgrain ribbon; 2-way glue pen; Dazzling Diamonds; Fine Supernova glitter; dimensionals

Hope you are enjoying the blog tour - I know I am!

Enjoy,
Lisa

Blog Tour Day 2

Today I used the new Animal Stories stamp set.  This set is soooo cute, and I don't usually "do" cute.  I also used the new Tall Tales DSP, these flowers are so cheery they make me happy. The saying is from Teeny Tiny Wishes, a new  *must have* stamp set.  It comes in three languages: English, French & Spanish.  It fits lots of our punches, always good for getting the greeting on straight! Complete details below.

Animal Stories, Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets; Brilliant Blue, Rose Red and Whisper White card stock; Tall Tales Designer Series Paper;  Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pads; Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black Stampin' Write Markers; Chocolate Chip 1" Double-Stitched Grosgrain ribbon; Heart to Heart punch; aquapainter; dimensionals

Don't forget to visit all the blogs on the tour, just click on the names in the box to the right.  They are all very talented stamp artists!

Enjoy,
Lisa

Today is the Day!

The RemARKable Blog Tour starts today! Check back each day of the tour - we will be posting new samples and take you on a tour of the new catalog!

My first sample features my favorite new In Color - crushed curry.  It's a great color, it reminds me of cooking curry - on those rare days that I actually cook anymore!  This card also uses the new Lots of Bots set and the yummy polka dot ribbon!  Complete details below.  Stay tuned for more samples - check back every day of the RemARKable Blog Tour for more great ideas to tempt you!

Lots of Bots stamp set; Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango and Whisper White card stock; Tall Tales Designer Series Paper; Dusty Durango Polka Dot 1/2" Grosgrain Ribbon; Basic Black and new In Colors Classic Stampin' ink; aquapainter; dimensionals; Crystal Effects

The next stop on the blog tour is my good friend Maria Pane, you will love her blog Stampin and Scrappin With Ri Ri