Ocean girl birthday

Made this for my friend Cheyne's birthday.  I knew just what I'd use:

Supplies:

• The focal image is a Jane Davenport stamp inked with Midnight from Ranger's Dina Wakley palette
• The image was colored using a waterbrush and DIs as pictured above
• Stickles added 
• Liquid Pearls added
• Background inked using DOx as pictured above
• The "seaweed" is from Tim Holtz's Mini Greenery dies

I'll share this with the following challenges:

• JUGS: 
  
• Country View Challenges: Sun, Sea, and Sand

Using Tim Holtz's Sentiment Words

I made these cool background/panels with homemade stamps, and decided to try Tim's sentiments with them... I'd say they were a success!  I personally love the graphic look of these, and the boldness and color IRL are just so aesthetically pleasing to look at.

Supplies:

• All colored CS are from a bulk package from Tuesday Morning.  It was fun to buy a mixed pack and pick through the random colors of cardstock.
• Hand-carved stamp inked with Ranger Archival in Black Soot from the Tim Holtz palette
• Finetec details in Gold Pearl
• White details are Liquitex Gesso
• Diecut sentiments are by Tim Holtz (Sizzix)

I'll share these at the following challenges:

• HLS Watercolor:
  
• HLS CAS:
  

Super Star

I really love the way this quick card turned out:

Supplies:

• The focal panel was stamped onto a pre-gel-printed scrap using a hand-carved stamp in Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black
• Focal panel popped up with 3M dimensional adhesive
• Sentiment written with a Copic Gasenfude
• Stickles in Silver added as accent 

I'll share this at Freshly Made Sketches.  The current sketch inspired this card:

Happy B(eard) Day

Made this for a friend's son, but it could go to a man of any age, I think!

On the inside of the card, I wrote Happy Beard Day!  Haha!  I made the card in a pinch and am pretty happy with it.  If  I could change anything, though, I'd take more time on the sentiment/banner.  It could have been done more carefully...

Supplies:

• Log and beard stamp/die set by Richard Garay for Fun Stanpers Journey inked with Ranger Archival in Jet Black and heat embossed with black Recollections EP on appropriate-colored cardstock
• Treeline die by Tim Holtz/Sizzix (It's crooked in the picture-- but  I saw that it slipped and fixed it!)
• The background was stamped using a Heidi Swapp woodgrain stamp in Frayed Burlap DOx on some generic beige cardstock
• I wrote the sentiment with a Zig Emboss Writer and heat embossed with black Recollections EP
• Viva Paper Pearls in Anthracite at the top

I'll share this at the following challenge sites:

• Creative With Stamps:
  
• Scrapy Land: Anything Goes (Sizzix die)

Shaving cream technique + resist

This card was quickly made using a panel created the first time I tried the shaving cream technique back in spring:

Supplies:

• The resist watercolor paper was by Heidi Swapp
• For the shaving cream technique, I used Dylusions After Midnight spray 
• The plant stamp is by The Stamp Pad, probably over 15 years old
• The sentiment is Tim Holtz, of course.

That's about it!

I'll share this at the following challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp on Wednesday: Make Your Own Background

Sea Green Notecard Set

Here are more cards made while playing with this specific hand-carved stamp (click HERE for another set in turquoise):

Supplies:

• Sea green paper from a mixed package from Tuesday Morning
• Hand-carved stamp inked with Ranger Archival in Hickory Smoke from the Tim Holtz palette.
• Finetec sentiments and details added with Inca Gold

I'd like to share this set with the following challenges:

• Inkspirational:
  
• Lost Coast: 
  

Turquoise notecard set

Here is another set made using a stamp I carved a few days ago:

Supplies:

• Turquoise paper is from a bulk pack I bought at Tuesday Morning a couple weeks ago.
• Hand-carved stamp inked with Ranger Archival in Black Soot from the Tim Holtz palette
• Metallic sentiments and accents added with Finetec in Gold Pearl

I'd like to share this at Simon Says Stamp on Wednesday for their Make Your Own Background challenge.