Sweet Stampavie!

Really love this stamp "Sweet Dreams" by Stampavie, found at SGD. So so sweet. I coloured her a while ago with pencil crayons and mineral spirits (my first attempt!). Finally made her into a card! I used my script embossing folder by Cuttlebug with some pale pink vellum for the background.

Happy Belated Birthday!!

I did not forget my SIL's birthday, I was just delinquent in getting her present and card to her. Here is her card, (which I didn't post earlier because I didn't want her to see it!!):


I used a cute VW image from Stampavie. I knew as soon as I saw the stamp that I had to use it for her birthday card. I used my new favourite colouring technique: pencil crayon and mineral spirits. Really loving it!! I mounted the image on some Bazill cardstock, used some ribbon from Michaels, some little brads; I embossed the cardstock as well.

Here is a close up of the coloured image:

Enjoy your weekend!!

My New FAVE Media!!

Pencil Crayon and Mineral Spirits. LOVE LOVE LOVE the technique. These two images were my first attempts using mineral spirits as a blending tool and did I mention that I LOVE the results??!!

I used Derwent pencil crayons for the candle girl and Prismacolours for the Dragon just to compare. Both worked well, the Prismas being slightly more challenging to blend. I stamped the images on Neenah, with Memento ink and the mineral spirts didn't touch the ink, no smudging of the image at all.

Sheila at Scrappin' Great Deals has been contemplating stocking pencil crayons and mineral spirits in the store. I hope she does, it is a technique I think that *GASP* rivals COPICS!!

A Birthday Card...by Malcolm

How cute is this card??!! My 5 yr old son coloured it for one of his best friends birthday last Saturday. It's a new Stampavie clear stamp that I got at Scrappin' Great Deals. (Stamped on Neenah, coloured with Crayola!!) As soon as I saw it I knew it was Malcolm and Alannah! Young love!