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More Inque Boutique

Here's a little 3x3 note I made yesterday.  I love how it came out :)  The fun images are from the "Love Grows" and "Mini - Bouquet" set by Inque Boutique.  The sets have a similar style so I thought it would be nice to have them both so I could use them interchangeably. 

The red hearts are stamped with "Warm Red" Colorbox ink, the green with "Tea Leaves" by Versamagic and the white with "Moonlight White" by Brilliance.  All must have colors in my opinion :)  You can see they all stamp nicely on the Kraft cardstock.  This is one one of the reasons why I like having chalk and pigment inks.  The sentiment was just cut out with scissors.  I was trying to go for a playful/whimsical look.  The white scallops were made with the Fiskars "Threading Water Border Punch". 

I hope you are all having a good Monday.  Later on, I have a dentist appointment (thrilling, lol) and then my husband and I are looking at another house in Newfields NH.  We are still in the process of moving but haven't found anything yet. 

Be sure to stop by The Purple Turtle Stamp Shoppe today because it's the last day for the 20% off and shipping specials.  They have a huge selection of papercrafting goodies so check them out :)

Happy Stamping!

Recipe:

Stamps - Love Grows and "Mini - Bouquet" by Inque Boutique

Real Red, Kraft and Whisper White SU! cardstock, ribbon by SU!

This is going to be fun!

Hi everybody!  I am in such a fantastic mood!! :)  My children are all at their grandmother's house and my husband is asleep from working last night, sooo the house is as quiet as can be!! I can hear the birds singing, ahh... life is good.  Seriously, I love my babies, but they can really make me CRAZY! 

Plus, I love stamping!!  It makes me happy :) 

and

Meeting all of you, makes me happy!  It's so nice to have friends to share this hobby with!! 

Ok... I'm done gushing, lol.  I couldn't help myself!  These thoughts were on my mind because I've met some new stamping friends and we're going to be starting up a color challenge blog!  So check it out and I'll let you know when our first one is up!

Color Throwdown Blog

"The Secret Weapon"

Did you pick up any Inque Boutique stamps today?  If you did, take a minute and click here and then click on the purple turtle image.  It's a link to a really helpful video by Stephanie Barnard about stamping with your Inque Boutique stamps and "The Secret Weapon".  You'll wanna see it.

Happy Stamping :)

Everything Inque Day!

This is pretty cool...

Inque Boutique is hosting an awesome celebration!  Stores all across the nation will be offering Inque Boutique products at 20% off :) 

Now, I think there are coupons available for retail shops, but if you like to shop on-line you can visit The Purple Turtle Shoppe.  They are participating in the celebration and offer all things Inque :)

Here is a link to the store and all the sale specifics -

The Purple Turtle Shoppe

You WILL need a coupon code which is the following: AWESOME

The sale will run Saturday June 28 through Monday June 30th

Over $50 in purchases - FREE shipping.  Under $50 is only $3.00 in the US.  If you're in Canada click here to see the shipping specials. 

I also made a card to celebrate which I just love :)  It's one of those cards that when you're done, you can't believe that everything came together so nicely.  It only happens once in a while for me, but when it does I'm as happy as can be!

The flower is from the Inque Boutiqe set Floradoodles and I stamped it with Versamagic Tea Leaves ink.  After it dried for a minute I carefully cut it out and then started rummaging through my button stash for something to match.  The thankful image is from the Stephanie Barnard - Mini -Thank You set and it's stamped with Tempting Turquoise on coordinating cardstock.  The tag was a little long for my liking so I pierced the end of it my SU! paper piercing template.  I think it gives it a nice little extra touch :)

Ok wow, I'm chatty today :)  Is it helpful for me to describe my process making the card?? If it is let me know and I will try to do it more often. 

Recipe:

Stamps - Floradoodles and Stephanie Barnard - Mini - Thank You by Inque Boutique

Bazzill textured cardstock (you could substitute Barely Banana), Tempting Turquoise ink and cardstock.  Pumpkin Pie ribbon by SU!, Versamagic Tea Leaves ink, orange button by Lasting Impresssions

photo assignment

One of my Odd Bird Planet design team assignments this month was to use a photograph Johanna sent to us in a project.  This is the first time I've tried something like this and I don't think the results came out to bad :) 

Recipe:

Stamps - Candace Right, Nest With Eggs by justjohanna's Odd Bird Planet

Stampin' Up - River Rock and Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip ink, dimensionals

Basic Grey DP

Inque Boutique - Floradoodles

Have you tried these stamps yet?  This is my first time and I really like them.  The image is actually printed on the sticky part of the rubber so you can see it through the acrylic block and gage where to place the stamp.  I just think that is so clever!!  For example, I used five different stamps to create the focal image on this card and it was super easy, I didn't have to use a stamp-a-ma-jig.  I also like that the rubber comes in all kinds of fun colors :)  So far I've seen pink, yellow, purple and green!!

If you'd like to check them out, here's some links to the sets I used.  I also got the cute "Love Grows" set that Heidi used in the atc swap.  I can't wait to give it a try :)

Floradoodles

Stephanie Barnard - Mini - Thank you

Thanks for visiting!

Pastel Trees

Maria at Kitchen Sink Stamps is having a three day sale on Christmas stamps so I thought I'd put together a quick little card using my favorite set, Playful Christmas.  I also wanted to try out my new Memento inks :)

Here are the sale details:

Playful Christmas

3 Step Holly and Mistletoe

and

Snow Flurry

All 15% off June 25 to 28 :)

Hope you're all having a great day and happy stamping!

Recipe:

Stamps - Playful Christmas by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Memento inks - Angel Pink, Lulu Lavender, Summer Sky

Star brads by Making Memories, ribbon and cardstock by SU!, Doodlebug black pigment ink (sentiment)

What's new at Odd Bird Planet?

Tons!!  Johanna has so many cool things going on! 

Here's a little rundown -

*There's still time to get the June Special Deal.  The stamps are 25% off and super cute!!  You can find them in the on-line store here :)

*The "Say Cheese" kits!  This kit is sooo adorable!!  Mine is on it's way to me and I can't wait to play :)  Here is a link to the "Say Cheese" gallery and here is a link to them in the on-line store. 

This cute card was made by Johanna using the vintage kit.

and...

there's still more exciting stuff happening, but I'm getting sleepy now so it will have to be another day :)

beautiful hibiscus

I loved playing with this hibiscus set!  I wound up using a variety of different inks because 1) I just ordered a big stash of VersaMagic and Memento cat's eye inks from Kitchen Sink Stamps and  2) I wanted to try and coordinate the flower with this Bazzill cardstock color.  I think it came out kind of cool.  I'll give you a run down of what I used in the card recipe below.

I will tell you too, that if you've been thinking about trying one of the 3-Step stamps from Kitchen Sink, you should give this one a go.  I found the flower and leaves very easy to line up.  The first and second steps are a piece of cake and then the rest of the flower easily lines up using the center stem as a focal point.  Also, if you have any questions, you can always just drop me a note :)

all images by Kitchen Sink Stamps

Recipe:

Stamps - 3 Step Hibiscus, Ready 4 Any Holiday

SU! - Certainly Celery and Chocolate Chip ink, Pallette O' Prints patterned paper, cream and white grosgrain ribbon, silver cord, hardware, silver brads, sticky strip

Memento Inks - Cantaloupe and Ladybug

VersaMagic Inks - Thatched Straw and Tea Leaves

Bazzill textured cardstock

Splitcoast Color Challenge

Gosh, I really love a color challenge, maybe even more than sketch challenges.  If someone decides to start up a color challenge/inspiration blog, I am so in :)

The challenge on Splitcoast Stampers today was Soft Sky, Kraft and Black (how could I resist those pretties!)  I'm not a big black cardstock person so I limited my use of black to the ink. 

All of the images I used are from justjohanna's Odd Bird Planet - Danielle Left, Little Cloud, Just for You (sentiment)

Danielle was stamped with black Pallette ink on the Soft Sky cardstock.  I then shaded her with blue and white SU! chalk and outlined the top of her faintly with a prismacolor pencil.

The Kraft paper square is 3".  I stamped the clouds with Brilliance Moonlight White ink and sponged the edges. 

This card is so simple, but I love how it came out :)