Paper Piecing Farmhouse Chicken

Today I wanted to share a fun card with you using this darling 

Folk Art Farmer Chicken stamp 

from Carmen's Veranda.

This sweet little chicken was stamped 3 times, once in black, once in brown and a third time in blue.  Each section was then colored cut up and reassembled on the image stamped with black ink.  I love paper-piecing images like this because it adds so much depth of color IRL. I only wish that I could capture this in the photos.

Have you tried your hand at paper piecing an image lately?

Did it turn out like you envisioned?

It's a Rubber Stamp Tapestry Christmas

WOW...

have you seen the new Christmas stamps 

at Rubber Stamp Tapestry?

This is one of the cards I made using just a few of their new release....

Christmas Traditions
Hello Mistletoe
Shady Pine

Christmastime

These are their 4 new sets of peg stamps...don't ya just love all the fun designs?

And....

Let It Snow
Fireside Christmas

Gingerbread Wonderland
Trinkets & Wishes

They now have 4 new sets of clear acrylic stamps too!!

These offer larger images to build a whole scene.

The card at the top of the post as well as the one below were created using the new Fireside Christmas set with help from a couple of the other new sets.

So much fun in such small packages!

I'll be sharing more ideas for using these cards in the coming days.

Be sure to stay tuned!

Foiled Stamped Star Ornaments

Welcome friends! 

Today I want to share a fun ornament
that's great as a gift topper as well as a tree ornament...  

Foiled Stamped Star Ornaments!

This month at Imagine we are teaming up with Rinea 

to highlight both companies wonderful products.  

Imagine's Color of the Month is Gingerbread - 

Rinea has a beautiful Mocha foiled paper 

so I thought it would be the perfect combination to being with...

Complete directions for making the ornament can be found on the Imagine blog here - 

How to Create Foil Paper Christmas Ornaments

A few highlights - the paper part of the cone was stamped using Rubber Stamp Tapestry Christmas peg stamps...snowflakes, ornaments and other little bits.  

I used Rinea Mocha Starstruck Foiled Paper for a bit of extra shimmer and texture.

It's a "CUTE" Challenge!!

Oh my...CUTE!?!?!  

Yep, you read that correctly we're going for the cute factor with this fortnight's challenge over on the Lost Coast/Carmen's Veranda Blog.  

And here's a card to start you off with!  Isn't that stamp just darling?  It's part of the new Hard Luck Pixie collection and this is Pixikin!  Such a sweet little critter, I think this definitely falls into the cute category.

I started off by stamping the pixikin with Shady Lane VersaFine Clair ink.  She was then water colored using a variety of Memento Dye Inks.  After she had dried I added a bit of glitter for sparkle...after all, she is a pixie!

The background was stamped with the swirl stamp and Verdant VFC ink.  It was all matted on a pea green card base.

Have you made a cute card lately?  

Maybe it's time you do!

Artsy Call Out....

Hello my artsy friends!

I hope you're all doing well.

I have a favor to ask...but first let me explain a bit about the situation.

My 3 year old grandson has the brittle bone disease osteogenesis imperfecta. This is a life long disease with no cure. Up until now he's been fine but he took a spill this past weekend when he slipped on a patch of ice and broke his leg.  Let me tell you I freaked out a bit when I found out but that's a whole other story.  Anyway, Monday he went and had a full leg cast put on which he has to be in it for 6-8 weeks :(   Way no fun for a toddler let me tell you.  The first day he did o.k....you know just kickin' back watching tv....  Well that's no fun anymore and he's done with just sittin' around.

Since he's so little there's not many things to keep him occupied for long periods of time because he likes to go and do.  He was always on the go so I've been trying to think of things that he might enjoy.  I happen to think he might enjoy opening happy mail...I mean don't we all. 

So this is where my favor comes in....

Would like to help cheer up a little boy who's in for a long haul? Since we all love to make cards I was hoping that maybe some of you might like to send him a bright fun card suitable for a toddler.  It doesn't have to be anything fancy or over the top....just a simple card to make him smile.  His name is Cole and his favorite color is blue and he loves all sorts of animals but cat's and dog's most.  I'm hoping that this might be a fun activity (opening the cards together) that he might enjoy and even look forward to.

If you'd like to send a card, please e-mail me (roni j j (at) g mail (dot) com) and I'll give you my addy. (I don't feel comfortable giving out my son's address)  I will gather then and take some over for him to open up from time to time to break up the monotony of being an un-willing couch potato.

Thanks to you all for listening and helping if you can.

Let's Do a Bit of Weaving!

This month Rinea and Imagine have partnered together for an awesome month full of fun projects using products from both great companies!  Today I wanted to share a card that I made with a bit of weaving involved!

For complete instructions on how I made this card please see:

Woven Thanks by Roni

Supplies:

Rinea Autumn Foiled Paper Collection

Imagine VersaFine Clair Ink - Nocturne, Acorn, Belle Blue
Memento Dual-Tip Markers
irRESISTible Pico Embellisher - Shimmer
Tear It! Tape
Sponge Dauber

Carmen's Veranda - Pumpkin Doll
Carta Bella - Gather Together Stamp Set
Authentique - Pleasant Six
Dark Chocolate Card Blank

Lost Coast Designs Mayan Blog Hop - Day 2

Welcome back to Day 2 of our

Lost Coast Designs - Mayan Blog Hop!

Today I have a card which is golden....

I wanted to really go with the Mayan gold theme so I stamped and embossed the main image with gold and added touches of deep rich colors.  The image was die-cut and mounted on a sheet of gold sparklie vellum to really make it pop.

I hope if you have time you'll visit the Lost Coast Designs Blog to check out the other projects our designers have created for your viewing pleasure.

Lost Coast Designs Mayan Blog Hop - Day 1

Welcome everyone to the 

Lost Coast Designs Mayan Blog Hop Day 1

We are all so excited about the new Mayan themed stamps we thought we'd show 'em off a bit.

I used the Mayan Stele image for the background then stamped the main image on watercolor paper using Imagine's VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink.  I then used a variety of Memento Dual Tip markers to color in all his fancy bits and bobs.  I used Fabrico Peach marker for his skin tone.  The ground was watercolored with a Niji waterbrush and Memento Dye inks.

Be sure to stop by the Lost Coast Designs Blog 

for links to all of the lovely creations by our team.

Day of The Dead Challenge

Hello Friends - 

Welcome to November!

Did you know that the new challenge over at 

Lost Coast Designs & Carmen's Veranda was Day of the Dead?

It is and here is what I created!

I used two of the three skulls from the "Three Small Skulls Set" which happen to be the perfect size for ATC cards as well.  The background was created by stamping the "Sketchy Flower" with various colors from Imagine's Radiant Neon Ink line.  These inks were also used to color the fun and funky designs on the skulls with the assistance of Fantastix also from Imagine.

These sugar skulls are so much fun to color...you can let your imagination go wild :)

Hope you take a minute to pop on over to the LCD/CV Blog and check out all the cool projects from the team and join in the fun if you're able!

Autumn Card Full of Blessings

Hello Friends!

So excited to share a fun card project today that brings together two of my favorite companies...Imagine and Rinea Foiled Papers.  The Imagine Artists and Rinea design teams will be sharing creations made using items from both companies.  Loads of lovely inspiration to come in the month ahead!

As you can see I had lots of fun with this card using stamps from Honey Bee - 

this darling pick up truck is just too cute and can be used for many occasions!  

StazOn inks are perfect for stamping on the foiled papers.  

The images come out crisp and clean!

And don't worry about using StazOn ink on your acrylic stamps, they may have a bit of staining but it won't damage the stamp.

I loaded up my truck with pumpkins...

And sent it on it's way to deliver...

Autumn Blessings!

I hope you are inspired to try a bit of stamping on some foiled paper...

I know you won't be disappointed!!

Imagine:

VersaFine Clair – Nocturne, Acorn

StazOn – Jet Black

Craft Mat

Other:

Rinea Foiled Paper – Autumn Variety Pack; Emerald/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper; Silver/Gold Glossy Foiled Paper

Honey Bee Stamps – Sending You Sentiments; Little Pick Up Stamps; Little Pick Up Dies

White Cardstock

Dark Brown Card Blank

Adhesive