Oh the Weather Outside is .....

Oh the weather outside is frightful

But the fire is so delightful

Since we've no place to go

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

It doesn't show signs of stoppin'

And I've brought some corn for poppin'

The lights are turned down low

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Yesterday we were under a heavy snowfall warning of 20 - 25 cm, and mother nature did not disappoint!

So my card for today's here at One Crazy Stamper blog was inspired by it....

First off I must say that you should never heat emboss and then color with your Copics, as the two seem to not really like each other (guess who will be replacing a few Copic nibs in the near future).  Oh well, lesson learned and I'm passing it on to all of my followers.  Now, back to the card - the image is High Hopes Rubber Stamps Winter Wonderland U-013.  I stamped the image with Versamark and heat embossed it with a white embossing powder, and then I colored it.  Excuse the streaky sky - I was going for the northern lights and really messed it up when the reaction occurred - sigh!  After coloring the image, I once again stamped with Versamark( thank goodness for the MISTI) and added more white embossing powder.  The next time I think I'll stamp the image with a light color, color it with my Copics, and then heat embossed the white over the finished product.

Copics - B12, B02, B26, B24, B00, B66, 0, G14, G02, YG13, G29, G94, C1

Something Different!

Hi Fellow Crafters;

Wednesday is here again and I hope you enjoyed the Easter Weekend with your family.  We are having an "Anything Goes" challenge here at OCS for the month of April.  For my post today, I have the new Lotus stamp from IndigoBlu and used a technique that I haven't used for quite some time.

I used some gold embossing powder and heat embossed the image, then added some colour to the background using the Tea Dye Distress Ink from Ranger.  Scor Pal Tape (1/4") was used to create a border around the edge and some Lancashire Rose Mega Flakes from IndigoBlu was added.  I didn't add a sentiment at this time as I couldn't decide what the card could be used for.

Supplies used:

• Stamp:  Lotus (IndigoBlu)
• Ink: VersaMark, Tea Dye Distress Ink (Ranger)
• Embossing Powder:  Gold Sparkle
• Spellbinders:  Decorative Labels 46
• Mega Flakes:  Lancashire Rose (IndioBlu)

Take some time to play our "Anything Goes Challenge" here at One Crazy Stamper this month, and share your creativity with the OCS design team.  For all your supplies stop by Lora's OCS store. 

Until next time, keep crafting.

Hugs,

 

Happy Anniversary

Happy Friday!!!! I sure hope that you enjoyed the special Tutorial that I posted last Friday (November 8th). If you did not get a chance to check it out I hope you will go back and take a look see - I would love to hear your thoughts =)

On to today's post - On the 12th of November my husband and I celebrated our 8th Anniversary and today I would like to share with you the card I made for my honey...I made a 6x6 card and made a perfect fit envelope using the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

Here is a look at the front of the card....

I decided to make an easel card, here is a look at the card in full....

Supplies Used:  * Copic Xpress It Cardstock  * Copic Sketch Markers  * High Hopes Rubber Stamps: Monkey Mates  * Ranger Embossing Powder - Clear  * Memento Inks: Nautical Blue & Tuxedo Black  * Versa Mark  * Squishy Scissors (Love Love Love these scissors!!!)  * 3D Pop Dots  * Fab Scraps12x12 Patterned Paper: Rustic Dreams  * Bazzill 12x12 Kraft Cardstock  * Admiral 12x12 Bazzill Cardstock  * Glossy Accents  * We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board

Here is a close up of the adorable image to see the Copic colours used....

 Copic Colours Used:  * Boy Fur: E49, E47, Boy Belly, Hands, Feet, Face & Girl Fur: E44, E43, E42, E41  * Girl Hands, Feet, Face & Belly: E43, E42, E41, E40  * Boy Nose: E49, E44  * Girl Nose: E47, E43  * Girl Bow: B93, B91, G000  * Ears: E02, E00, E41 + Glossy Accents on the eyes, noses and the Girl's bow.

And that is my Husbands Anniversary card, here is a top view to see the card a little better =)  Hope you enjoyed today's post.

 

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting!

Hugs;

Gardening Friends

Welcome to Terrific Tuesday here at One Crazy Stamper, and another card from me using the theme for this month's challenge of "KRAFT".  When I first heard what the theme for this months challenge would be, I was stumped as I very rarely use kraft colored cardstock, but that's what a challenge is about right - it's to challenge us to create with something we don't usually use, so.......here's my card!

 

 

I really went with the kraft theme by using the kraft cardstock as my base, and then stamping the image with Versamark ink and embossing it all with a dark brown embossing powder.  I even had to mask the image to extend the flower border across the entire width of the card.  Once the embossed image had cooled, I used my Copic Sketch Markers to color in the details ( sorry about the glare on the photo ).  The sentiment and ribbon are from my stash, and the image is "Garden Assistant" from Penny Black!!!

 

There is still a week left to enter the challenge to win a great prize package of High Hopes stamps from One Crazy Stamper, so get busy and create!!!

It's a Shore Thing......

Wow, it's the middle of the month already, but you still have plenty of time to create a Krafty project for One Crazy Stamper's challenge theme. For the month of July we are asking you to get "KRAFTY" and use kraft cardstock, the color kraft, kraft embellishments - the list is endless of what you can use to enter to win a fabulous prize of four High Hopes Stamps.  

My card this week started with a base of kraft cardstock then a layer of dp from Bo Bunny's Key Lime collection. I then used a couple of colors of torn Tim Holtz Kraft Core cardstock to add some layers. On the top strip of kraft core cardstock, I placed an older Spellbinders Impressibilites template, then used Tsukineko VersaMark ink and Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder to bring out the design of the Impressibility. The image "The Little Captain" from Whimsy Stamps was colored with Copics, then matted with more kraft cardstock.