Monday, July 11, 2016

My Fintastic Friends

Hi Stampers and Friends,

Last one today, maybe last one in a while....

Some Odd Girl - Under the Sea Mae
MFT - Wave Die
MFT - Blue Prints 16
Copic Markers
Memento Black
S.U. woodgrain background
White embossing powder
MFT Lush Lagoon ink
yellow brads from my stash


I just love this little Sea Horse! I have other Some Odd Girl stamps as well that are just waiting to get inky. I am not sure if I ever inked one of them up. So today I was rummaging through my stash and decided he would fit well on the left over circles I had from a previous card today. I also had a mishap sitting on my desk and decided to use it as the background. I inked whisper white craft ink on Kraft colored paper and it didn't work so well. So then I added white embossing powder and heat set it. Nope, not loving the result. So then I ran my Lush Lagoon over that and while it was not really suited for the project I had in mind, I decided to set it aside. Well, today I decided it would go well with the other colors and the little sea creature. And there you have it. 

Okay, time for me to clean up my mess and get ready for work tomorrow and School very soon. I had a wonderful day in my scrappy world. 

Thanks for stopping by and leaving me a kind comment. 

Holly

Splash!

Hi Friends and Stampers,

I saw a card last year and I was so excited about the image and the design, I had to make it myself. I had a few stamp sets from this company on my wish list. Then the unthinkable happened, The Alley Way Stamps announced they were going out of business and put all their stamps on sale. By the time I got there, these sets were sold out! ACK! I had the letter dies and the stencil by that point, but no stamps. Lucky for me, I was able to talk a fellow stamper out of hers, lol.  So today, I had a few things out and came across this stamp set and decided today was the day to ink it up.


 Here is the Original: 

And here is mine:
All Washed Up - TAWS
Something's Fishy - TAWS
Versafine Onyx Black
Mini Splat The crafters workshop
MFT Bright Lights Alphabet
MFT Blu Raspberry ink and paper
Stampoholic


So the rules of casing is that you must link to the original creator and you must change two things. I am not sure who came up with the rules but I've seen them in a dozen or so places, so I'll just go with that. I changed the ink color and used a background base layer. 

I made a very important discovery while I was stamping up this image. First it is a negative image and it's very tricky to get it all inked up at once with a solid stamp, which is why I didn't attempt it without using my Stampoholic, because it did require two inkings. Second, I used a Colorbox black from MFT's and noticed it was not as vibrant as Simonne's. So I read her card list and saw she used Versafine, which I have had forever and maybe used it twice. So I thought what the heck, and I restamped it twice in Versafine ink and OMGosh what a difference! I even had to take a picture of this one. 


You can tell the difference, the bottom one is the Versafine. Wow, huh? Well, it excited me, lol. I have to share all my discoveries that I come across. I am sure someone somewhere else has already discovered this but you know, it's always good to share info. 

About the time I saw this killer whale image, I had already watched the Blackfish video that is circulating on line and on Facebook. I do not disagree with their findings and after some time, Sea World has recently announced they no longer plan to breed Killer Whales in captivity and will no longer catch young killer whales in the wild. This means no more Shamu shows when Shamu is gone. It is great for these poor animals, but not so great for those of us who were, are, and continue to be captivated by their presence and seeing them up close. It's almost a spiritual connection to be there and see them live and in person. I hope to get to see them again before they go. But like I said, after seeing and hearing all the evidence, it is the right thing to do on Sea Worlds part. Maybe some day, someone can build an infrastructure that would facilitate them swimming by to visit the crowds. I'm not really sure. I'm planning on using this image to scrapbook the pictures I have at Sea World with the kids. 

Why am I so wordy today? lol.  Thanks for stopping by and leaving me a kind comment. 

Holly




Sunny Wishes

Hi Friends and Stampers,

Well, I did not mean to spend the whole day stamping, lol, but I did. Last day of Stay-Cation and I made the most of it. I didn't even make what I originally intended, but you know, I go with the flow and before I know it, I  have three cards.

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps - Oceans of Love!
MFT Die-Namics Blueprints 16
MFT - Lush Lagoon Ink
Memento Tuxedo Black; Tangelo; Cantaloupe
Copic Markers N-1 through N-6
Gelly Roll White
Mini Splats Stencil by The Crafters Workshop

When I saw these Oceans of Love stamps, I was head over heels in love with the images. Apparently I was not the only one, they sold out quickly!  But I was able to get them on the second go-around. I'm really glad I did. Am I the only one still using brads? Since the enamel dots came out and sequins became all the rage, I have hardly seen brads being used. Well, I used some of mine anyway, they just went perfect for the port hole. This little guy makes me miss the beach even more.

I hope you are all having a fabulous Monday!

Thanks for checking in and leaving me a comment.

Holly

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Best of Luck

Hi Friends and Stampers,

Well, here it is, late at night and I am trying to get all my things done and get organized for class next week. I kept wanting to take a pic of this card during the day, but alas, it is so hard to find time, lol.

Carta Bella Old World Travel 6X6
Copic Markers


I actually made this on the tail end of my last break, but have not had a moment to grab a picture and get it blogged until now. I love this adorable image. The suit cases were a lot of fun to color up as well. I love these cut outline stickers and the making things with them. They shine and shimmer up really nice in real life. I know Krazy Kreations has a few kits as well, which is always fun to make because the kits have it all and you can just be mindless and have fun.

I have another week off of school but I have to go back to work next week. I hope to get inky every night between now and then. I tried to make a card and it bombed, so I will try again. A different design. Maybe someone else's, lol.

I have gone through over 5,000 emails. I'm down to just over 15,000 lol, but that is so me. And when I say I've gone through them, I truly have. No finger on the delete button pushing it over and over again. I have to look at and inspect each one. I do not want to miss a thing. I have discovered things I missed! Not just fabulous creations of other stampers and card makers, but dies and stamps, and papers oh my! lol.  I seriously missed seeing a few products that I am going to have to have, lol. I will have to add them to the wishlist. Which is growing longer and longer while I am busy doing school work. I do have a few pile ups here, things that couldn't wait, lol.

I am half way done through my BSN program!!! Six down and six to go!!! I almost gave it up with this class. After statistics, I was just burnt out and felt like I needed a longer break, but my counselor steered me in the right direction and I finished the class. I was also able to take a week off of work just after class and this has done me a world of good. The family packed up and went to see Grampa and Cyndy in Paso Robles, we headed to the beach for an afternoon, and we have gotten back to the gym. All things I wanted to do.

I hope to be able to do more blog hopping and see what everyone's been up to. I have made it to a few but not everyone yet.

Thank you for stopping in and checking on me,

Holly


Thank you Gina K

Hi Friends and Stampers,

Do you ever save something for a rainy day? Like gift cards? I won a Gina K gift card from a previous Coffee Lover's Blog Hop and I put it away for a rainy day. Life happened and then all of the sudden I remembered. Actually, I saw these really fabulous new Coffee Sets by Gina K While I was blog hopping and I was like, "Oh yeah, I have a gift card!!!" Well I went to use the gift card and it wouldn't go through, it had been in the rainy day file for a while. So I decided to message their customer services and do you know by the next day, they had fixed the gift card code for me? Excellent customer service and I am so excited with these fabulous stamp sets!!!


OMGosh I am so excited, I have so many wonderful new Coffee stamps sets to use on my next break!!! 

Holly



Thank you Unity and Amy

Hi Friends and Stampers,

I recently participating the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, and I did not even see that I had won a fabulous prize from Unity!!! Here is what I got.


Seven really fun stamp sets!!! I have a lot of fun waiting for me on my next break and just in time for the Fall Coffee Lover's Blog hop. Thank you Unity for the fabulous prize. I love your stamps!!!

Thank you Amy for bringing it to my attention that I actually won, lol.  And for orchestrating this fabulous Coffee Lovers hop.

Holly

Thank You Amy and the Ton

Hi Friends and Stampers,

I just wanted to do a few quick posts thanking companies for prizes. I know you saw my Coffee Lovers cards and part of the blog hop is uploading cards and going from blog to blog checking out other creations that were also uploaded. There were over 800!!! When you blog hop, google does this thing that you have to prove you are not a robot. This year thankfully, there were not weird scrambled numbers and letters that used to be really hard to figure out...like I needed a robot to help me, lol.  This year were miniature pictures of various items. Then you had to click the pic's that matched. Sometimes these were in other languages, so I had to figure out by the pic's what they wanted, or click all the street signs but sometimes they wanted the poles and sometimes not. They even got tricky with once you clicked on a picture, another one would replace it and you also must click on those too. Only twice were cups of coffee an option, mostly store fronts in areas I don't think I would be frequenting, lol.  But it was all worth it, just to see the fabulous creations and be able to tell the creator how much I loved what they made, and pin a few to pinterest too. Anyhoo, when the competition is over, you add your name to the super commenter's list. And I won a gift card to The Ton!!! So I picked out these:


Thank you so much to Amy and the Ton, it was hard to choose but I just love these! 

Holly