Oh no! Is Autumn Already in the Air?!

Summer is barely out the door but autumn is already in the air!  I already see trees turning color here in Chicagoland....and we are all feeling the chill in the air enough to turn our furnaces on now at night and add that extra blanket.

So....what's a girl to do but give in to the season ahead and start stamping some HALLOWEEN cards!  Somehow, that seems to make the chill of the season a lot less spooky.....

I thought I would start with one of my latest stamps from Impression Obsession Rubber Stamps....

D7982 MUMMY!

(I never could draw scary....so it's a CUTE mummy!)

I used TWO fun techniques in this card.  

First I stamped the Mummy on a white cardstock scrap with Licorice Colorbox®️ Premium Dye ink pad.  Then, instead of lifting the stamp up, I rotated it so I got additional impressions that gave it a look of movement.  How fun is this look!

Next, I grabbed some Art Daubers and had some play time on the notecard!  I created a random pattern using Colorbox®️ Premium Dye ink pads (Banana, Tangerine, Grape).  Then attach the layers with Beacon Adhesives

Zip Dry®️ Paper Glue.

Please let  me know how you like these techniques and project by leaving me a comment….

  

Ice Cream is for EVERY Season!

Just because summer is leaving us behind, that doesn't mean we can't still enjoy an ice cream treat or two over the next few weeks.  Of course, if you are like me, the fewer calories and sugar, the better! What better way to accomplish that goal than by STAMPING and coloring in ice cream treats cards.  

Just Chillin' with Treats: 
Stamp F7936 Sweet Treat Border on watercolor or bamboo cardstock scrap using a Wicked Black Colorbox®️ Archival Dye ink pad. Color the image with markers; blend colors with wet paintbrush. Stamp C7956 Just Chillin' on white cardstock scrap using Colorbox®️ Archival Dye ink pads (Pinkolicious, Frosted Plum, Glacier Lake). Attach layers as desired to pink notecard.

Both  of these cards are quick and easy to stamp.  The images I used are some of my latest stamp line releases with Impression Obsession Rubber Stamps. Ink is from Clearsnap. Images are colored with Derwent Academy Water-Soluble Markers.  Layers attached to the cards with Beacon Zip Dry®️ Paper Glue. 

Kindness Cone:

Stamp C7954 Kindness Calories on a pink cardstock scrap using a Wicked Black Colorbox®️ Archival Dye ink pad. Stamp E7961 Ice Cream Cone on white cardstock scrap; color image with markers, blending colors with wet paintbrush. Crumple a manilla tag; flatten out.  Using Direct-to-Paper technique, press Colorbox®️ Archival Dye ink pads (Squash, Coral, Saddle, Mudslide) onto tag; dry. Attach layers to brown notecard with Zip Dry®️ Paper Glue.

Now...wasn't that refreshing?  I would LOVE to hear from you!  Let me know how you liked these projects by leaving a comment!