It looks like a cute little lawn, so of course I had to take the still for the video with a little deer sitting on it. :)
It's a really amazing material - it's soft and scrubby - will not damage your stamps or your MISTI or anything you use it on BUT - it will get all the gunk out of even the most detailed stamps. Plus, like those magic sponges, it expands when wet! Stay tuned for a video overview below! But can we talk about how seriously cute it is for a second? Because it's seriously cute.
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When you read this, I'll be in Arizona at the Creativation Show, so be sure and check out my Facebook and Instagram feeds for updates!
Picket Fence Studios will be in the Stamping Village this year! To celebrate, they have a huge Creativation release I'll be showing you peeks of (with a video!) today. It's a real beauty!
I found a new podcast this past weekend, and I binged it while painting this gorgeous daisy - it covers the deaths of Princess Diana, Natalie Wood and JFK Junior in the seasons that are out now. It's excellent. Done by a former Aussie detective. Highly recommend. Whatever I'm listening to, I remember when I look at what I was painting at the time, and I painted this gorgeous daisy listening to the Princess Diana season.
Now this one is off kilter, because I had to tilt it to show you the amazing shimmer on this gorgeous swallowtail image! All I did was paint the whole image with my Peacock Sparkle Pen - that's it! I love the ginormous scale of this image. I didn't even need a sentiment!
Finally, another large background stamp really grabbed me - it's these tennis shoes from my childhood. It comes with lots of inspiring sentiments, but I wanted to do something simple with a very simple art supply - just graphite. I wanted to do something that made the shoes feel soft and well-loved, because aside from jeans, there's nothing better than an old, soft, broken-in pair of tennis shoes. So stay tuned below for the video. I just paired it with a simple "hey" word die-cut so that I didn't obscure the image. I stamped it in Whisper ink first, and then you'll see how I shaded it very simply in the video, and I'll give you some random trivia about shoes. :)
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I'm back for my guest design Friday feature for Concord & 9th!
This ADORABLE purse die and matching stamp set bundle is a collaboration with Becky Roberts, and I have seen the CUTEST projects with it - tons of purses and Becky's adorable mini album. She remains on the most creative people I've ever known and I'm thrilled to see her team up for a product design - she has always ruled the 3D world.
I challenged myself with this bundle to make something other than a purse. The stamp set has matching elements that you can stamp each of the little accent pieces on the purse with - like the matching tag. The little heart pattern for the tag was so cute it gave me an idea.
I set the tag stamp in my MISTI so that it was about 1/4" from the right side of my white card panel. I stamped it in Nocturne. Then I just flipped the card panel upside down, leaving the stamp where it was in the MISTI, and stamped it again. That way they are perfectly aligned!
Then I used the little heart image from the same set in Electro-Pop ink in the center, and drew the lines with a multi-liner. I cut the "you" from no-shed glitter paper (graphite), and stamped the sentiment from this set in Electro-Pop to finish it off. A fun get well OR valentine card! FYI - the bundle is sold out, but the separate products are still available, and I've linked them below.
