Addicted to Stamping

Everything Eleanor

There were a couple of things I wanted to try with the new Blendabilities from Stampin' Up; I wanted to see how they would work to highlight an image stampd in classic ink and I wanted to see how the blendabilities looked on wood. I coloured a couple of toothpicks to tuck behind the bow. I like how they turned out. Next I'd like to try them on wooden embellishments.

The blendabilities also worked well with Stampin' Up's classic ink. My hand wasn't as steady as I would've liked so I might pick a simpler image next time. I stamped the swirls in classic ink then highlighted the swirls and flowers with blendabilities.

Happy Mother's Day

I hope all the moms out there had a wonderful Mother's Day. I spent the morning playing with my blendabilities then went to my parents' house for the afternoon. It's nice to have a day once in a while where you can do nothing and not feel guilty about it. Here's the card I made for my mother. She loves poppies. I used Stampin' Up's Pleasant Poppies stamp and colored the images with Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Blendabitities.

Blendabilities

I think I'm in love. This week I've been playing with the new blendability markers from Stampin' Up. It's the first time I've used alcohol-based markers and I was surprised at how easy they are to color with. You can use one solid color like I did on the poppy card or you can shade or even combine two different colors like I did on the miss you card. I posted a video below if you'd like to see how these new babies work.  

Work of Art

Here's another card made with the Work of Art stamp set. I never thought I could get so attached to blobs but they really go with everything, even punch art. I made the picture frame from wooden stir sticks and rubbed on some Chocolate Chip ink with a stamping sponge. The punches used were the owl builder, large oval, 1-3/4" circle, 1/2" circle and the pansy punch

Watercolor Flowers

I was so excited to receive the Work of Art stamp set at the Stampin' Up Catalogue Premier. I already know it's going to be my new favorite so expect to see several samples featuring this set while I anxiously await my new preorder goodies. I should warn you, this set took me all afternoon to mount. The mounting itself wasn't time consuming it was all the stamping in between. As I was mounting each stamp, ideas were running through my head  that I just couldn't wait to try. By the time I had all the stamps on their wooden blocks I had a dozen samples. Here are my first two.