It’s a Dahlia Day

Posted on June 8, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I got my order of new catalog items and had a little time to play with it today. One of the stamp sets at the top of my wish list was the Regarding Dahlias set. Not only do I love the floral image (I’m such a sucker for floral images), but I love the sentiments as well. They will be well used I’m sure.

I stamped the dahlia on watercolor paper with Calypso Coral ink, and then took my watercolor brush and Crisp Cantaloupe ink and colored in the petals. I then just used some water in my brush to dilute the colors a bit and blur the image slightly. I then applied Dazzling Diamonds on top. I used another stamp set, Gorgeous Grunge, to make the splatters.

Enjoy your Saturday! I am one project away from being finished with my convention display samples (23 down, and just one to go). Then I need to take pictures of them all so I can share them with you after convention next month. Whew! It will be such a relief to box them all up and ship them to Utah.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Regarding Dahlias, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink: Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, Smoky Slate, Basic Black
Paper: Smoky Slate, Pool Party, Whisper White, Watercolor paper, I Am Me dsp
Embellishments: Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin’ Glitter, Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine, Smoky Slate 3/4″ Chevron Ribbon, Subtles Designer Buttons, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack

A Wagon Full of Birthday Wishes

Posted on June 7, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I tell you — this Gingham Garden dsp just makes me happy. I love the patterns, and the colors are so bright and cheery. I hadn’t watercolored in a long time, so I pulled out one of the few sets I still have which are made for watercoloring. I used a blender pen and my ink pads to do the coloring.

Enjoy your Friday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: For the Birds
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Strawberry Slush, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Island Indigo, Old Olive, Soft Sky, StazOn Black
Paper: Strawberry Slush, Whisper White, Gingham Garden dsp, SU Watercolor paper
Embellishments: Very Vintage Designer Buttons, Island Indigo Baker’s Twine, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Blooming Cantaloupe — FMS89

Posted on June 5, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It’s Wednesday, and the very talented Rita Wright has a very fun sketch for us this week at Freshly Made Sketches:

Banners and baker’s twine — what’s not to love? I decided to play with another new in-color tonight — Crisp Cantaloupe. I’ve decided that I really like it paired with Calypso Coral. I also added Baked Brown Sugar to the mix for this card.

Go check out what the other designers made and then join us this week at Freshly Made Sketches.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Blooming with Kindness
Ink: Calypso Coral, Soft Suede
Paper: Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral, Baked Brown Sugar, In-Color dsp stacks
Embellishments: Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter

Best Friends

Posted on June 3, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I’m still playing with some of the new colors. I had some Coastal Cabana on my desk from yesterday, so I decided to try some other combinations that go with that color. The Color Coach suggested Calypso Coral and Smoky Slate, and since I love both of those colors, I thought the combination sounded great.

So after figuring out my color scheme, I had to figure out what stamps to use and a sketch as well. I popped on over to the Retro Sketches site and decided to use their sketch this week:

Enjoy your Monday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Oh, Hello and Label Love
Ink: Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana
Paper: Calypso Coral, Smoky Slate, Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, In Colors dsp stack
Embellishments: Ovals Collection framelits, Artisan Label punch, Epic Day washi tape, Honeycomb embossing folder, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Summertime Refreshments — PP

Posted on June 2, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Jaydee has a fun theme challenge for us over at the Paper Players this week:

I’m ready for a Summer holiday, how about you? My kids have four more days of school, and then we’ll be celebrating Summer in our household. Yippee! I love having them home for the summer.

I was kinda stumped by this theme for a little while. I don’t have any beach or pool themed stamps. Nor do I have any sunglasses stamps nor flip-flops stamps. I wasn’t sure what to do. But then I focused on colors, and I knew I wanted to use Coastal Cabana and Strawberry Slush (the names are summery, right?). And the Strawberry Slush made me think of a summery drink, and then I thought of using the Happy Hour stamp set. Oh, the way the mind works!

When I made this I was picturing a Strawberry daiquiri and a Margarita. Sounds good!

Some of you have asked me to show the inside of my cards. Well, there isn’t usually much to show as I don’t often do anything on the inside. I feel lucky to get the outside finished on most days. But I love the sentiments that come with this set, and decided to finish the inside on this one.

I hope you can join us at the Paper Players this week! Meanwhile, take a look at what the rest of this team did with this sketch:

Enjoy your Sunday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Happy Hour
Ink: Strawberry Slush, Pear Pizzazz, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Smoky Slate, Versamark
Paper: Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Gingham Garden dsp
Embellishments: Daffodil Delight 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain ribbon, Labels Collection framelits, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack, Polka Dot Embossing folder, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, White Stampin’ Emboss folder