Wicked Wednesday and All Dressed Up

Hello there!  It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is All Dressed Up Stamps with a theme of our favorite color combo.  The little cutie I've used today is called Fairy Magic and I absolutely love her!  Every All Dressed Up image is just as cute as this one.  Here's my ATC:

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

All Dressed Up Stamps Fairy Magic
Making Memories® MM Kids™ Collection - Emma (Green Gingham)
MemoryBox® Viola Collection
Bazzill® Cardstock
EK Success® Scallop Edge Punch
Stampendous® Lavender Micro Glitter
VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad
Beacon Adhesives® Zip Dry™
Spectrum Noir™ Markers:

• FS1, 2, 9
• CR3
• GB2, 8, 10
• EB1, 2
• TB1
• HB1, 2, 3
• LV2
• LG1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print digital image and color girl and butterflies
Fussy cut girl and three butterflies
Trim ATC base to size
Trim patterned papers to fit as shown
Edge punch purple paper
Adhere patterned papers as shown
Adhere girl
Attach butterflies leaving one side of wings unglued
Add a trail of glue behind each butterfly and add glitter
Stamp sentiment in lower right corner

I have to say, I loved, loved, LOVED creating this ATC.  It was so much fun to use my favorite colors, too.  You really should play along with us this week and share your favorite color combo, too!

Thanks for stopping by today.  I'll see you again soon.  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,
Lea

Tiny Bubbles...

Remember the song that Don Ho made famous in Hawaii!?  If you're not familiar with it, you need to Google it for a giggle or two!  Just writing the title has it running through my brain, I hope it goes away soon!  LOL!  So I have another cute little sneak peek from the April 2014 Stampendous® Catalog.  This one uses Stampendous® House-Mouse Designs® Blowing Bubbles.  I just love these little mice!

I wish you could see the sparkle in the bubbles.  They're always so much cuter in real life.

Here's what I used to create this project:

Stampendous® House-Mouse Design® Blowing Bubbles
Stampendous® Crystal Micro Glitter
Making Memories® “Garden Party”
Bazzill®
Glossy Accents™
May Arts Ribbon®
Foam Mounting Squares
Scor-Tape®
Neenah® Classic Crest™Solar White
Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
Copics®:
B0000, 000, 41
YR30, 31
G20
R81, 83, 85
YG21, 23, 25
E23, 43, 50, 51, 53, 93
T2, 4, 6
W4, 5, 7

Here's how I created this project:

Stamp image and color
Trim image to desired size
Create card base with a tent fold
Trim a mat for image and patterned paper as shown
Attach ribbon to patterned paper as shown
Adhere patterned paper to card base
Adhere image to mat
Apply Glossy Accents™ to bubbles
Apply glitter over glossy accents and tap off excess
Set aside to dry

Once dry, lightly brush off excess glitter

Well, that's it for sneak peeks from me!  LOL!  Remember, this image isn't on the web site yet so patience is required, and, I hear it's a virtue!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope to you again soon!  Feel free to leave me some love!

Hugs,
Lea

Tombow Hop Time!

It's Friday, you know what that means!!!  It's HOP Day! Yay!!  The Stampendous Design Team is hopping along with the TombowUSA Design Team and I'm sure there will be plenty of eye candy to soothe your sweet tooth!  Remember, we have prizes to give out but you must comment to win a prize!  So, you may or may not recall that I received the set of 6 Jewel Dual Brush Pens and a Blending Kit from Tombow.  My first project uses five of the colors, 847/Crimson, 636/Imperial Purple, 245/Sap Green, 476/Cyan and 946/Gold Ochre.  I didn't use N25/Lamp Black for obvious reasons!  Here's my card using the Splash Technique:

Here's what I used to create this project:

Stampendous® W116 Filly Sketch

Stampendous® SSC109 Happy Messages Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Tombow Dual Brush Pens - Jewel

Tombow Blending Kit

Canson® Watercolor Paper

Black Cardstock

Archival Ink™ - Jet Black

Hug Snug® Seam Binding - White

Mono Adhesive Power Bond

Here's how I created this project:

Trim watercolor paper to fit blending palette

Color blending palette with markers in wide stripes (as shown above)

Spritz blending palette with water

Apply watercolor paper to blending palette and rub paper to make sure it picks up ink evenly

Set wet paper aside to dry (dry paper shown above)

Trim seam binding to desired length

Re-color blending palette and mist

Lay ribbon across palette and rub ribbon to help apply ink

Continue doing sections of ribbon while moving down palette

Set ribbon aside to dry (you can use your heat gun to speed this process up)

Stamp image on dry inked watercolor paper

Trim away excess paper at bottom

Stamp sentiment

Create card base to fit image

Adhere image to to card base

Tie dried ribbon around top of card with a simple knot in front

For my next project, I went back to mixing colors on the blending palette and applying the color using the Indirect Blending Technique to color my image with the blender pen.  I really like this technique!  

Here's what I used to create this project:

Stampendous® P219 Jar Bouquet

Stampendous® SSC109 Happy Messages Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Tombow Dual Brush Pens - Jewel

Tombow Blending Kit

Bazzill® Cardstock in Parakeet and Lava

Making Memories Kids™ Collection - Emma

Canson® Watercolor Paper

Archival Ink™ - Jet Black

Mono Adhesive Power Bond

Here's what I did to create this project:

Stamp image and color, trim to desired size, set aside to completely dry

Create card base from green cardstock

Trim red-orange cardstock pieces as shown

Trim patterned paper as shown

Stamp sentiment on dry image

Adhere all layers as shown

So that's both of my projects, I hope at least one of them may have inspired you to give this a go yourself.  Easy and fun, what more can a girl/guy ask for!?  Here's the complete link list, I wouldn't want anyone wandering lost around the Internet, it could be light years before you're found! 

Tombow Blog 

Tobi Crawford 

Debbie Fisher 

Lea Kimmel (me!)

Melissa Cash

Janelle Stollfus  

Kristine Reynolds 

Jennie Garcia

Jamie Martin  

Marie Browning  

Krissy Fossmeyer
Cyndi Bundy 

Stampendous Blog

Don't forget to leave some love along the way in order to be entered to win a prize.  Thanks for hopping by and I hope to see you again soon!  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Lea