Ink It Up!

Wednesday has rolled around extra quickly this week!  We had a busy weekend with our entire Scouting troop from 1st Strathmore going away to camp.  We had a blast but I think we pooped out everyone.  One of my Cub Scouts even said he fell asleep in class on Monday!

 It’s time for a brand new challenge over at StampNation today.  This week, it’s all about INK… and applying it directly to paper as our technique for our challenge this week. 

And here’s a snap shot of all the Dream Team creations this week…

Here’s a close up of my own card this week featuring the sweet little “Hoo Loves You” stamp set and coordinating die from Whimsy Stamps:

I hope you’ll come and check out StampNation!  There’s always lots going on.  Hope to see you there!

~ Ally ~

Nautical Birthdays

Hello fellow StampNation fans! If you already weren’t aware, StampNation is celebrating their 4th birthday ALL week long with an awesome array of birthday related challenges.

This week’s challenge is all about creating a birthday themed card using a non-traditional birthday theme.  So no birthday cakes, no cupcakes, no balloons… you have to think outside of the box for this challenge this week.

For me, I am always in awe of the cool nautical birthday themed cards.  My hubby loves to sail so I made a card for him for this theme.  Here’s my sneak peek:

You can see the whole card at StampNation!  You don’t want to miss out on it!

So I wanted to share another nautical themed card featuring one of our Birthday Bash sponsors, Verve and their “Strong Anchor” and “Small Packages” stamp sets and so here it is:

It’s actually a ONE LAYER CARD!  Yup!

First I drew on the sketch design seen below using pencil and then inked it up using a Copic Multiliner pen for crisp corners and lines.  Then I masked (yup… that a LOT of masking!) off each separate area that I stamped or Copic airbrushed.  It took quite some time but I do like the end result!

Here's a closer look at one of the corners...

I used this week’s Splitcoaststampers new card sketch for this one:

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Thanks for joining me today!  I hope you come and join SN, even just for 1 month!   Come check us out!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Verve
 
Supplies:
stamps: Verve (Strong Anchors, Small Packages)
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock
ink: Copic Markers, Memento (Nautical Blue, Lady Bug), Tsukineko (Delicata Golden Glitz), Sharpie (Metallic Gold) Pen
tools:  Copic airbrush.

Happy Birthday to an Old Goat!

Howdy all!  It’s Day 2 of our our 7 day 4th Birthday Bash over at StampNation!

Each day the SN Dream Team is celebrating with a new birthday related challenge.  Today’s challenge is to create a birthday card for HIM!

Yup, we wanna see a masculine birthday for today’s challenge.  It can be for a baby boy, youngster, teen or a man who’s young at heart.

Here’s a little sneak peek of the card I made exclusively for StampNation…

Today here on my blog I’m sharing a whimsical card made for a gentleman who’s young at heart!  LOL!

My card features stamp sets from one of our amazing sponsors for our Birthday Bash today, Simon Says Stamp!  It features “Birthday Farm Animals”, “Birthday Balloons” and also “Birthday Messages 3x4” stamp sets.

I also added some clear Wink of Stella to some of the stenciled stars on my homemade patterned paper.  I used some fun and bold inks from Tsukinkeo from their Radiant Neon line of pigment inks.

I sure hope you will join us this week over at StampNation!  If you haven’t already joined, click the image below to find out more about it!  We’d love to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~

 
Sponsored by:  Simon Says Stamp!   

Supplies:
stamps: Simon Says Stamp! (Birthday Message 3x4, Birthday Farm Animals, Birthday Balloons)
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock, Bazzill, Recollections Black Cardstock
die:  Simon Says Stamp! (More Birthday Farm Animals), Avery Elle (Dotted Dies Elle-ments)

ink:  Memento (Tuxedo Black), Tsukineko (Radiant Neon – Electric Green, Electric Blue, Electric Yellow, Electric Orange), Copic Markers, Wink of Stella (clear), Sakura Glaze Pen, Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen
stencil:  Tim Holtz (stars)
tools:  Copic Airbrush.

150 Challenges at StampNation!

Over at StampNation we are celebrating our 150th challenge!!  WOOHOO!  And we’re celebrating in NEON STYLE…

Imagine Crafts has sponsored the entire Dream Team and they’ve also got a fun prize for you to win this week too!

So come on out and play along with our fun challenge this week for your chance to win!!

Not a member of StampNation, maybe you should be!

~ Ally ~

Lots of Fun Coming Up at StampNation

Hey gang!  Wait ‘til you see what StampNation has in store for you!  On Saturday October 4th, we’re celebrating World Card Making Day and we’re celebratin’ with all kinds of fun challenges!  We’ll be posting cool challenges for all of our StampNation members to try out and even have the possibility to win some cool stamping related prizes.

This week the Dream Team have been hard at work again, sharing their amazing creations with us!

Can you guess what this week’s challenge is by our little sneak peek?

And here’s a even bigger sneak peek of my card creation for this challenge…

For my card this week I'm featuring the amazing inks from Imagine Crafts and Tsukineko!

Come and join in the fun and become a member of StampNation!

~ Ally ~

When Life Gives You Lemons

Howdy all!   It’s been a long week already and it’s only Wednesday .  Over at StampNation this week we have a super fun challenge… one of my favourite kinds of challenges in fact, a sketch challenge!  This week the Dream Team is being inspired by a sketch that was inspired by one of my cards… I’m honoured that Maureen has chosen a card to use as our challenge this week.

Here’s a quick sneak peek of what the Dream Team has in store for you over at StampNation…

And here’s the sneak of my lemon fresh card…

I worked with some super fabulous Radiant Neon inks from Tsukineko and some cute stamps and dies, "Fresh 'N Fruity" from Reverse Confetti this week!

This week’s challenge is a little extra special! 

This week the amazing stamp company Reverse Confetti is offering up a $15.00 gift certificate to their shop to one lucky winner!  Woohoo!

Hope you’ll join us over at StampNation today!  Happy stamping everyone!
~ Ally ~