You're Awesome And Such...

Happy Tuesday, folks!  Any day that starts with a pumpkin pie chai and a pumpkin bagel is bound to be a good one, so that's what I'm going with for today!  YAY!  I have a super fun card to share with you today using some awesome stamps designed by my friend, Nina Yang, for Avery Elle!



My card uses both Nina's new Simply Tags: Christmas set and the Texture Tiles:  Be Cute set.  I actually made this one for the fabulous Cath because, well, she is just awesome.  As she is leaving Moxie Fab World, I have thought much about how much she has done for me and my creative world via that blog.  Cath gave me the push to become a better designer.  She made me feel like I could really do this thing.  She made me realize that I could be one of those girls who gets published and featured and designs for awesome companies.  All this came from a couple of little challenge wins over on the Moxie Fab World blog a few years ago.  It came from CATH pointing out that I, too, could be awesome.  And now, I look back at the opportunities I've had and it's pretty darned amazing.  So, Cath, thanks for being awesome.  You changed this girls' world.



I LOVE these stamps!  I have a fun Christmas card I created with them along with some other Avery Elle stamps that I will share soon, AND there will be even MORE fun coming because I have the coordinating dies on the way as we speak!!!  YAY!!!!  I'm so excited!

Anyway, Have a Happy, folks!  You deserve it!

*Avery Elle Clear Stamps SIMPLY TAGS: CHRISTMAS Set ST-13-36 *Avery Elle Clear Stamps TEXTURE TILES: BE CUTE Set ST-13-37 *Avery Elle Clear Stamps SIMPLY TAGS: EVERYDAY Set ST-13-17 *Avery Elle Clear Stamps TEXTURE TILES: BE COOL Set ST-13-18 *Avery Elle Steel Dies BOW SIMPLY TAGS: CHRISTMAS Set D-13-36 *Avery Elle Steel Dies ORNAMENT SIMPLY TAGS Set D-02-14 *Memento Luxe Ink Pad LOVE LETTER Tsukineko *Memento Luxe Ink Pad NAUTICAL BLUE Tsukineko *Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad SILVER af257 *Crafter's Companion 50 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752252 *Bazzill RED HOTS Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock *ZIG Wink of Stella CHRISTMAS SPARKLE Glitter Gold Silver Clear Brush Tip Markers 025368 *ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker 025320 *Fiskars Compact STAMPING PRESS Stamp Entire Project at Once! 02958

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As Good As the Day I Met You

Yup.  You look THAT GOOD, folks!  I have a super fun card to share with you today using a creative stamp and some awesome goodies from IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko®!  Woot!  Have you checked out their new IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Luxe™ Mixed Media Pigment Ink yet?  It is the creamiest, most luscious pigment ink you have ever seen.  I promise.  HA!  I love this stuff!



And this is why!  HA!  Isn't he adorable?!  I love him.  And yes...he does have a familiar shape!  That's because he was stamped with a wooden clothespin!  SO FUN!  Here is what you need to recreate this fun card:

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Luxe™ Mixed Media Pigment Ink in Morocco
IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink in Onyx Black
Avery Elle Hipster-potamus stamp set
Avery Elle The Man stamp set
Orange and white cardstock
Googly Eyes



Instructions:
Create card base from cardstock.
Trim white panel slightly smaller than card base.
Ink wooden clothespin thoroughly with Memento Luxe™ Mixed Media Pigment Ink in Morocco and press onto cardstock.  (I put a foam mat beneath the cardstock to guarantee full coverage.)
Stamp sentiment in black beneath the figure.
Affix googly eyes.
Stamp bowtie on scrap paper, cut out, adhere to figure with foam tape.



And there you have it!  Have a Happy!

We Need a Little Christmas, Right This Very Minute!

We need a little Christmas, Nowwwww!  Tee-hee!  YAY!  I do so love that song.  And I'm totally cool with diving into making a few fun Christmas things in the middle of August!  It's just plain FUN!  Woot!  Woot!  Today I am sharing a super fun tag that I created with some of Teri Anderson's BRAND NEW stamps from Technique Tuesday!  I love this set SO MUCH!  AND... they were the perfect fit for Cath's Holiday Gift Tag Challenge in the Moxie Fab World!  Love that!



To stamp the Noel lighter and lighter I used Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko Momento Luxe ink on the vellum.  That ink is SO creamy and thick!  I love that I can get such a great gradual color loss with it when stamping repeatedly!  I could have kept going, too!!!  It's so perfect for this technique.

I layered the vellum over a sheet of Simon Says Stamp Woodgrain cardstock.  I love the bit of texture underneath the vellum.  So fun!  The ribbon is a fabulous one from May Arts and the enamel dots are My Mind's Eye.



I hope you have a super fantastic fabulous kind of day!  Today is the start of entire week off for me, so I fully intend to enjoy it!  YAY!

Have a Happy, folks!