SPRING IS HERE!

I love birds and when I saw this adorable Stampendous Stamp Set entitled Happy Birds, I just knew I had to own it!  Photo 1 below is the card closed and Photo 2 is the card opened:

  

I started out by designing a 4-panel card measuring 12" x 5 1/4" and scored at 3, 6, and 9 inches.. The white panels are 2 1/2" x 4".  I colored the images with Copic Markers; mounted them on the panels with mounting tape; and, added my faux stitching to each panel.

I also love to combine my stamping with my love of embossing and if you have time to travel through my older blog posts, you'll see I have done a lot of embossing with brass templates, all from Lasting Impressions.  You can see more of my embossing by visiting Lasting Impresisons' Blog on their web site linked under "My Favorite Sites."

Here is another example where I combined some of Lasting Impresisons' beautiful cardstock with a really cute image from Stamping Bella:

STAMPENDOUS PINK YOUR LIFE CHALLENGE

I have recently been asked to join a Design Team in Australia! OMG ... can I really do this? I have embossed with brass templates for so many years and I have gradually moved my crafting addiction into rubber stamping as well. One of my very best friends, Aussie Julie, is a distributor for a lovely stamp company called Stampendous. Julie runs a challenge blog every month using Stampendous Stamps ... and now this is where I come in! :-) She has asked me to join two very talented ladies on her Design Team, Dot and Robyn. Julie, as the owner and host of that team, is an artist herself, and it goes without saying that I have admired her work for years.

Because I am new to the team, and my first challenge blog, I have copied the "rules" from Design Team Member Dot as follows:

If you are from Australia then please type the name of your town in the comment that you leave and you will be in the draw for an awesome Pink Your Life stamp.

Here is how it works:

All you need to do is leave a comment on this blog and leave the Aussie town that you live in (click on the 'comment' link at the bottom of this post and leave a comment) to be in the draw to win this stamp. An extra entry is given for each of the designer's blogs that you leave a comment on (listed below). My blog = 1 entry 4 blogs = 4 entries.
Pink Your Life ... with Pixies (Whisper Wall) is a gorgeous stamp designed by Nicoletta Zanelli, for Stampendous, and is part of the Pink Your Life series. Here are my two card samples using these adorable pixies! Thank you for stopping by and good luck! :-) Donna

Here are the links to the blogs of all designers:

Julie

Dot

Robyn

STITCHING MY HEART KIT FROM L.I.

Good morning. Are you getting ready for Valentine’s Day yet? Well, Lasting Impressions would like to make you an offer your heart won’t be able to resist! Take a peek at their latest Kit. It’s stitchingly good and a great deal! See the Home Page for details and order yours today. Embossing joys, Donna

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Oh my goodness ... Christmas is around the corner and I've been busy on Lasting Impressions' Blog, creating new ideas for their customers. I hope you've had a chance to peek "over there." Here's a few peeks of my own, cards my classes have done recently. I'm afraid I am behind on completing my own Christmas cards this year and I must get busy! Time sure flies ... when you are having fun! Embossing joys, :-) Donna

ICE CREAM ANY ONE?

With this hot weather, its been a great excuse to stay indoors and craft, don't you think? I've been playing with L.I.'s Accordian Cards that I shamefully had forgotten! I'm having so much fun and I will definitely be posting some more ideas using both their Accordian Cards and their Single Fold cards. Here is just one example of an Accordian Card as it un-folds. Please see L.I.'s web site for their Card Kits on sale right now. Embossing joys, :-) Donna

DOLLAR DAYS AT LASTING IMPRESSIONS

Please visit L.I. and check out their Dollar Days!

Playing with Corner Bookmarkers

Hi everyone. Shamefully, I have been so busy helping Lasting Impressions with their Blog, I've not had one free moment to really concentrate on my own Blog! Ouch ... not good. I am excited, however, to show you a few things that you might be excited about too. For example, Lasting Impressions has some wonderful sales going on and recently, I posted these cute Corner Page Bookmarkers that are so fun to make. If you are lucky enough to own the Colored Impressions Software, you have hundreds of designs to choose from and can just print your bookmarkers or use your templates to emboss them as I did. Enjoy!