You're Not My Friend

Today I have the last of my Stamping Royalty cards to share with you. Well, except for the Season's Greetings Category because I can't share that one, but you will see it in the July issue of Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine! Woot! Woot! This one was for the Friendship category. I pulled out the Highline Chalkboard Background stamp from Hero Arts/Basic Grey for a bit of fun technique play on this one!


I stamped the mint background and then, on a second panel, I stamped and clear embossed the background again. I inked over it with grey ink after embossing to get a reverse look and then used an iron to remove the embossing entirely, giving me the image in reverse. That was SO MUCH FUN!!!! I die cut the word Hello from the reverse panel and lined it up perfectly to sit on top of the same spot to make it seamless. I LOVE how this one turned out and that I ventured into new territory, too!


I hope you have enjoyed this week of my Stamping Royalty cards! I had SUCH a good time creating these and was super excited to share them, as I really put my all into them! I love them. All of them. For reals. I can't even help it.



In other news, I have a giveaway winner to announce! The winner of my Crafter's Companion prize is... Carol L! Congratulations, Carol! Please email me with your full name and mailing address so I can get this out to you!

Have a Happy!!!

*Lil' Inker Designs THE FINE PRINT Clear Stamp Set LIL114 *Hero Arts Cling Stamp HIGHLINE CHALKBOARD BACKGROUND BACKGROUND Rubber Unmounted BasicGrey CG635 *Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember�® BIG HELLO Craft DIE s203 *Simon Says Stamp SMALL HELLO Craft Dies SSSD111327 *Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad SOFT GRANITE Mid-Tone 2012 AF226 *Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad CHARCOAL Black Mid-Tone 2013 af236 *Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad MINT ink017 *Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# BLACK BL8 *Crafter's Companion 50 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752252 *Tsukineko Embossing Powder CLEAR Emboss *Precision Heat Embossing Emboss Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 *Fiskars Easy LARGE STAMPING PRESS Stamp Entire Project at Once! 08849

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Up and Away!

So, if you happened to see my big news yesterday, that is pretty exciting,  huh?  Yup. Totes.  I'm so wicked excited!  However, I have to admit, the card I'm sharing with you today was probably my absolute favorite of all those I sent in.  It took a bit of time, but it turned out even better than the picture I had in my head and I just LOVE it when that happens!

Squeeee!!!!  Isn't it fun?  I lightly sketched the balloon and then I used a total of seven different stamp sets to bring it all together.  I stamped the tiny pieces randomly until I was happy with the fill.  This was SO much fun to do!  I loved every minute of it!

I have included the supplies in the inlinkz below if you are curious.  Seriously, though, I love this card.  I love that I made it.  I love that I even tried it because this is not something I would normally consider to be a task I could accomplish successfully.  AND... the best part... this card was totally inspired by toothpaste.  For reals.  Well, not the paste, itself, but rather the tube/box it comes in.  AND...as it so happens, when you apologize to the lady who is trying to actually buy toothpaste at Target while you are busy taking pictures, she says you are fine and totes acts like it is COMPLETELY normal to be taking random pictures of toothpaste.   Lady at Target, I commend you - we are obviously of like mind.  Because it obviously IS totally normal.  Just sayin'.

And with that, my friends, I hope you...

Have a Happy!

Gently Seasoned *Simon Says Clear Stamps FLOWER FRIEND SSS130301 *Simon Says Clear Stamps LIFE IS A JOURNEY SSS130901 *Simon Says Clear Stamps LOVE THIS SSS101364 *Simon Says Clear STAMPtember�® Stamps SKETCHY BANNER GREETINGS SSS101346 *Simon Says STAMPtember�® Clear Stamps LOTS OF DOTS SSS101344 *Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad SURF BLUE *Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad SOFT VANILLA AF275 2014 *Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad BUTTER BAR Mid-Tone 2012 AF207 *Tsukineko Memento Ink Pad BAMBOO LEAVES Green *Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad SOFT GRANITE Mid-Tone 2012 AF226 *SG Clear Acrylic Rubber Stamp BLOCK 2.5"" by .9"" *Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Powder Blue & Teal 657900 Sizzix 655268 Big Shot Cutting-and-Embossing Roller-Style Machine with Standard Multipurpose Platfor *Crafter's Companion 50 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752252

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Pink and Grey Thank You

One of my favorite parts of the Stamping Royalty contest is when the winners have been notified and I can share the cards I sent in!!! They are always cards that I put a lot of effort into, so I love to share them. Today I am showing you one of my simpler designs. I loved the color combination on this one and had fun stamping the diamonds in place.


The diamonds are from the Date Night stamp set from Chickaniddy Crafts. This is SUCH a fun stamp set! I combined them with a great new sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Handwritten Sentiments set. LOVE it!


Looking at this one, my diamonds really needed to be more precise, but I still love the design, so I may even stamp a few of these out just to have and use because it is a great versatile design and that sentiment set has lots of options, too! Love that!!!

I will continue to share some of my cards over the course of this week! YAY!!!


Oh....and Yeah... sooo... did I mention that I WON????!!!!  Not in this category, of course, but the announcement is on the Paper Crafts Blog now, so I can shout it from the rooftops!!!!  YAY!!!!!

Have a Happy!

*Chickaniddy Crafts DATE NIGHT Clear Stamp Set DN14ST01	*Simon Says Clear Stamps HANDWRITTEN BORDERS SSS101387	*Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad SOFT GRANITE Mid-Tone 2012 AF226	*Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad DOLL PINK ink016
*Crafter's Companion 50 PACK ULTRA SMOOTH PREMIUM WHITE CARDSTOCK 752252	*EK Success STAMP-A-MA-JIG Stamp Positioner EKSTP02	*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# BLACK BL8	*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# DOLL PINK DP17

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