Nature ATCOTM

Here's my submission for the Stampers Corner ATC of the month for March. First I took some glossy paper and sprayed some watercolors on it. Then I used a portion of a stamp by Inque (they used to be called Sugarloaf and that is what this stamps says). I actually got out a needle and thread and tied on the butterfly on the left as it had a hole through the body portion. For the right side I cut out two matching butterflies from a collage pack by Leisure Arts and glued one to the ATC. The other I coated with Glossy Accents and when it was dry glued just the body for a bit of dimension.

Until my next post,
Diane

Any other Nikon Scan users out there?

Here's the good thing...I got a new computer. Win7 64bit, tons of memory, new monitor and all the bells and whistles.

Here's the bad thing...I discovered that my Nikon film scanner wouldn't work with 64 bit machines. I called Nikon and was surprised that I was "allowed" to talk to tech support for free with such an old scanner. They said they were working on the issue and to check back via the web or phone for the solution. I checked back via the web and discovered they had abandoned the support and were advising folks to purchase a third party software.

I'm cheap and wanted to find another solution so I tried a few things I'd found via some forums and they didn't work. Then I found Axel's blog and the perfect free solution. So if you have a Nikon LS-40, LS-50 or LS-5000 ED film scanner and a 64 bit Vista or Win 7 try this and I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Thanks Axel, you ROCK!

Until my next post,
Diane

Old Fashioned Golfing Card

Here's a card I made for a relative recently. He really is into golfing so I thought this image I got for free from Dover would work great. I used a piece of the marbled paper I'd made a while back and a Cuttlebug embossing folder to ink in the design. I've done this technique a few times and am always pleased with the results. I inked the portion of the folder that would make an impression with Adirondak Dye ink and then rolled it through the Cuttlebug. Next, I added a piece of ribbon that I backed with paper that I cut with decorative scissors and then layered the image. The final touch is a bit of silver outline stickers to the corners.


Until my next post,
Diane

Elvis on an anniversary card?

Yup it's "The King" on an anniversary card. I used specialty paper by EK Success and a stamp by The Stampsmith that I stamped on glossy paper with StazOn. But why Elvis? Well, if you open the card it says "You Rock My World", a stamp by Inque. The card was from me to hubby.

The longer I'm married the younger I was when I got married. After all if I stay 29 and I've been married 28 years I was just a year when we got married....

Until my next post,
Diane

Forever Soulmates...Happy Anniversary

Here's a card I made using some paper by K&Co, embellishments by Crafty Secrets and a die cut using my Cuttlebug with a Spellbinders die.

Until my next post,
Diane

Bon Voyage ATC

Here's an ATC I made for the Stampers Corner Yahoo Group with the theme of Bon Voyage. I already had a rub-on with that phrase and an ATC with a travel theme using stamps from Royal Langnickel and recycled cereal boxes with oil pastels so I put them together. I didn't think the rub-on would work well with the gritty texture of the gesso on the cereal boxes so I added a layer of acetate which is why I used the brads.

Until my next post,
Diane

Flower Card

I sent this card with an ATC I made for a swap recently. This one is made using K&Co paper. I made a border with a punch by EK Success. The stamps are by Inkadinkado. The main one I colored with Sakura pens and the other is imbedded in the red portion of the border.

Until my next post,
Diane

Dull women card

One of the gals I swap with on occasion had a birthday recently so I made this card. I used K&Co paper and a faux ribbon embellishement. The image and phrase are from Crafty Secrets and the design is one I modified from Sheetload.

Until my next post,
Diane

Happy St. Patricks Day!

"My" family has no Irish at all but I still send a card to my Mom for the holiday. My husbands family is part Irish so I like to send them all a card. I made these using the Tartan Cuttlebug embossing folder as the background. I inked the inside of the folder with Ranger Distress Ink and then embossed it. I got the images from various free online sources. I made the border using a Fiskars border punch and some of the images are mounted on K&Co paper. A little piece of ribbon finishes off each card.

Until my next post,
Diane

Old train card

Here's another card I made using the K&Co Life's Journey collection. The background paper is a collage of ticket stubs with went great with a Tanda Stamp I had. I used an dimensional embellishment from the K&Co collection and then used a Fiskars corner punch to finish off the card.

Until my next post,
Diane

Sorry for the inconvenience

I've gotten some inappropriate comments from folks that think it is OK to pollute my blog with their spam and possibly spyware. I've deleted them but am tired of this and for the future will require all posts to be monitored. I wish I didn't have to do this but this is the way I believe I can combat these low lifes. When you comment now you won't get instant gratification from seeing your post. I will get an email and will then decide if it is appropriate.


Until my next post,

Diane

Enjoy the Journey card

Here's a card I sent recently with an ATC swap. The paper is from the Life's Journey collection by K&Co (I really like this collection). I used a corner punch from Fiskars on that paper. I added a little piece of trim the I cut with decorative scissors and a tag stamped with a Crafty Secrets stamp. The last touch is a corner embellishment that I cut from a Cuttlebug die.

Until my next post,
Diane

Boys and Their Toys Birthday Card

Here's another birthday card I made for a guy using alcohol inks as the base and Crafty Secrets Stamps. The background stamp by Stamp Camp really helps give the alcohol inked background a granite feel. The patterned paper is by Marcella. I used two Spellbinders dies to highlight the happy driver.

Until my next post,
Diane

Getting Grungy

Last Sunday I took another class from Tina at Beach Scrapbooks. This time we played with Rangers Grungeboard and Grungepaper. It was another technique class so there are finished items but not really a finished "project". It was another instance of me having the stuff but not having played with it too much. We applied Mod Podge to a Grungeboard letter and then applied an old dictionary page. We sprayed with Glimmer Mists. We used Ranger Distress Inks and we used Ranger Alcohol inks to make a Grungepaper flower. We embossed with the Cuttlebug too. All in all it was a fun class. Tina stared a "contest" where each student would guess a number and whoever came the closest got the project board as a gift. I came the closest so I've got the originals she made for the class and since she gave the OK I'll be using them in upcoming projects and giving her proper credit.

Until my next post,
Diane

Simple Anniversary card

Here’s an anniversary card I made modifying a simple layout by Sheetload. I used a combination of patterned paper by K&Co along with some handmade paper. The Happy Anniversary embellishment is by Crafty Secrets.

Until my next post,

Diane

Altered Playing Card ATC

ATCs are basically the size of baseball and other trading cards. They are also the size of many playing cards. At the Altered Designs Yahoo group recently we had the theme of Altered Playing card. I used some alcohol inks and cut out the jester and cards from another card and used pop dots for elevation/dimension. I lathered on a bunch of Rock Candy Stickles.

Until my next post,
Diane

Pointy Hats ATC

A recent theme at the Altered Designs Yahoo group had the theme of Pointy Hats. I used another one of my oil pastel altered cereal boxes as the base. The stamp is from Stamp Camp and I finished it off with
some glitter glue and my twisted humor.

Until my next post,
Diane

Hotel Victoria card

I sent this card recently with an ATC that I made for the Altered Designs Yahoo group. The card uses paper from K&Co Lifes Journey collection. I added a Tim Holtz designed Stampers Anonymous stamp. I added a bit of Crackle Accents on top of the Hotel Intercontental logo on the stamped image. I added two mini safety pins and some faux postage stamps as embellishments.

Until my next post,
Diane

Oriental Themed ATC

I made this Oriental Themed ATC for the Altered Designs Yahoo group using a two techniques I never done. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder from the new Asian bundle set. I inked the back part of the folder with dye ink then ran the paper through the Cuttlebug and the design is impressed into the paper. Next I stamped (Stamping Ground) the lady twice, once on plain paper and the second on origami paper. I cut the parts I didn't want from the origami paper and glued that to the plain paper. The finishing touch is a bit of red jewels that are hard to see in the scan.

Until my next post,
Diane