Simple birthday card

Here is a simple birthday card made with one the Sale a bration stamp sets.
ENJOY your day

Black Magic Technique or Chalkboard Technique

Here is a Sample of Chalkboard or Black Magic Technique

Phyllis came over and we played around with this technique which is very simple. You will need some black cardstock and a more solid type stamp, watercolor pencils, versmark pad and white gel pen. Ink your stamp in versamark inc and stamp your image onto black cardstock. Color your image using watercolor pencils, the colors of your choice. Then add accents to the stamped image using your white gel pen.....

cute huh?....

Father's Day/Manly Card Inspiration

Father's Day is fast approaching and Maria was making some cards the other week using a wheat stamp....So I pulled out the set, Autumn Days and got to work. I made my card with the butterfly almost like hers, except I forgot to add some ribbon or hemp...Oh well.

The other card uses a technique, emboss resist. You emboss an image, then sponge color on or around the image and then wipe the image with a soft cloth to remove any ink. The embossed image resists any ink!

New Blog Header

My new blog header has only taken me about 3 hrs to do.   It is off center, but hey, I did it.   AND  I did it using My Digital Studio!!!    I have been trying to teach myself My Digital Studio (MDS) and the first thing I learned today....I need to install the 2nd disk that came with MDS!!!   Of course, the MDS disks are home in my stamp room and I am down the ocean, hon.....

I am here with my friend, Kim for a stamp/scrapbook weekend.   She has a condo here in Ocean City, Md and we are getting a lot accomplished.   I knew I was going to play around with MDS, but now that I know most of the "stuff" I want to do on MDS is on that 2nd disk, it will have to wait til later in the week when I have time.

Stampin' Up!'s new catalog is only a few weeks away and on Tuesday, they will announce the Last Chance List.   These will be the retiring stamp sets, colors, and accessories.   The colors will be the first to go, and already sage shadow card stock is gone.   AND today I visited my website, http://www.stampergirl.stampinup.net/ and checked the clearance rack and there are 5 pages of items on sale, clearance....a few I was surprised to see.   If you are searching for some bargains, that is the place to go, just click on the link to my website, and click shop now and clearnace and shop away.   This is the only way to purchase items from the clearance rack...

Stampin' Up! announced that starting Tuesday, June 1st - June 30th, they are going to have a n' aMini Start Kit for just $99.   If you have been thinkin' about join' Stampin' Up!, or need some extra money, want the discount, THIS IS THE TIME.   Contact me for more information or questions.

OK, now to go for a walk on the beach.....maybe a picture tomorrow.

Stamp a Stack pictures

Here are Shirley and Pat showing off their cards they made at the Stamp a stack that was held Saturday. If you missed this one, stay tuned, I am going to try and hold one next month too.

Blog Banner change

Notice my blog banner????   Well, I did that on My Digital Studio....a digital scrap booking, card making and more software from Stampin' Up!   I am not at all competent with it....yet.   I do plan on learning more...like how to move the word Life over so that it can be read easily.   AND how to fill the whole space with the banner...and so much more....so stay tuned.   Somewhere on my blog soon, I will have my picture back on the blog, just not at the banner.  

ENJOY!   and keep stamping

Flight of the Butterfly

I just ordered the butterfly punch that is in the catalog and decided to use it right away. Here are a few cards I made, CASEd from Ilina, a fellow demo. They were pretty quick and easy cards and I used some scraps of retiring cameo coral and gable green cardstocks.

ENJOY!