Got Pink Cat????

YAY i finally finished! I have been working on this one for a couple weeks in stages :) this is a wooden crate from Michaels or AC Moore i forget which. My poor darling daughter's toys are in costco boxes - never got around to do anything as fast as she has collected play things. SO i knew i wanted to paint one of these up for her and i was COMPLETELY inspired when i packed up a customer's order recently **waves to lesley** - she bought a bunch of Ranger paint dabbers in the Brights family along with black and when i lined them up THEY LOOKED AMAZING! so i painted the letters with them and then painted the crate black (obviously not a paint dabber on that one - i like my products but i'm not insane....wellll). i had not used the paint dabbers ever until just recently tho i have painted ALOT of wood projects in my day. well OMG does it get any easier??????? no mess no cleanup, grab your color, paint and you're done. and HOW PERFECT for kids even!!!! oh what fun my boys would have had with these with far less abuse of my breakfast room table........dab them for texture, swipe them for smoothness.

anywho! i wanted to do something other than leave it totally black (i mean she IS a girl right!) but what goes over black....not much! then i started thinking about the new Ranger pigment ink pads i also just got in. hhhmmmm.. so i whipped out all of the scrolly/flowery Pink Cat Studio stamps i have and my snow cap white pigment pad and stamped randomly all over the black crate.
Now we have the basics but of course every little girls needs some BLING! First the letters - i sprayed them with gold pearl mist (perfect pearls and water), stamped scrolls in black pigment ink and then dotted with black diamond stickles - the stamps have lots of dots.

next i used stickles that matched all the colors of the letters and dotted it on the stamped dots all over the black crate - it REALLY pops!





and here is little miss giving it a final inspection:

she had been playing with the letters so she is a little concerned that they are stuck to the box.....

and testing for comfort........





is it bad if i think she is TOO CUTE for words!!!!!!

don't forget to check the new goodies in the store.......

got another LO done

here is the sketch i followed - it is the latest one over on the Paper Patch Crafts message board. i have not been able to get to those lately so i am SO happy to get one done as i LOVE all the ladies over there!!
when i first saw the sketch i was a little intimidated. i had NO IDEA what i was going to do with it. then i went thru my pics to print and get done and realized i had the PERFECT thing for this - i turned it into a one page LO and here is what i did:

HOW CUTE is that swimming pool??? DD has super light sensitive skin so i loved this p[ool when i saw it. i cut all the circles with the george cricut cart and the blue water drops are actually a plant cut from the new home accents cart that i modified a bit. i dabbed the tips with a ranger paint dabber - perfect effect for splashing water dontcha think? title is swirl grungeboard letters painted with another ranger paint dabber - so super quick and simple!!! the whites of the frog's eyes are also a paint dabber. Notice the warning label below - No Diving - ROTFL!!!!!



keep an eye out here - I will be adding a new product line to my site for you guys - possibly two - think tiny, cute, cheap........hahahahahha!

SFYTT day and more peeks & blog candy!!

I am starting today off with a card i did using Jen's Sketch For You To Try - these are always wonderful and go up every Saturday. Jen will also be posting some things using my new stamps on Thursday - she is SO talented I know they will be FABULOUS!!! Lots of pics today so onto the fun stuff! Here is the sketch:

And my card:
I used Cake-cake with Pezzy. Colored in using prismas and gamsol (waiting on my new set of copics *waving to Amy & Jen* you enablers!!). I wanted some texture to the cake icing so i delved into my new Paper Transformed book by Julia Andrus - my oh my is it delish! The icing is made by adding a drop of water to a pile of perfect pearls adn mixing well. Then add glossy accents until you have a thick paste. I *iced* with a dry brush. The background is stamped with another one of my newbies - tiny flowers, dots and leaves. I stamped with versamark and then embossed with bridal tinsel.

Next up is a LO of pics from Easter using three of the Scrollybug stamps. I did these a little different than my norm - i stamped IN COLOR and then colored them in with Ranger ink and an aquapainter. The bricks on the ladybugs are colored with a versamark pen and then embossed with ranger's fired brick distress embossing powder.
the title is done with grungeboard and Ranger pigment ink.

Next up is a poor sick pezzy. background is done with alcohol inks and of course some bead pops from sugar & scraps on my website!
this uses one of the butterflies again. i stamped in versamrk and embossed in detail silver.
The background is painted with pearl paint dabber, alcohol inked and then i added texture to the corners with the silver paint dabber and alcohol inked those too. I am also SO pleased to get our first entry in the acrylic block contest! here is the link:

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii57/jys5099/acyrlicblocks.jpg

and now for our daily giveaway - because i love how nice the Tim Holtz Distress Embossing powders work with these stamps i am giving away two jars in your choice of colors! simply leave a comment here and tell me which Ranger product SCARES you!! i know when i started they ALL scared me!!!!! heck i was scared of distress ink! Now i ADORE them all!!!! and i hope to see more entries for the blocks - do you want me to post some of my samples....???? let me know!!

stampy hugs to all!!

Blog candy winner and SFYTT box...

SO glad to hear ya'll love the bead pops as much as i do! now for the winner of the Big & Juicy ink pad...."swimmom" - YAY!!

on to my project post for today. i always LOVE Jen's sketches over on iheart2stamp. i decided to use this weeks on the top of a box i have been playing with. here is the sketch:

And the box:
Lid

Side

Side

So I was going for the mother of pearl look here. the pics definitely do not do this box justice. i started by covering the box with pearl paint from one of my latest additions to the store - Ranger paint dabbers - LOVE these things!! i let the paint stay "bumpy." then i put a very small amount of alcohol inks on - i used mushroom, currant and eggplant and lots of blending solution so the color would be very subtle. for the lid (and Jen's sketch) i broke out my brand-spankin new pink cat stamps. i just discovered these and they are my new all-time favorites - i could have bought them ALL!! i stamped with Adirondack Espresso and colored in using my aquapainter and adirondack inks in cool peri, pink sherbet and willow - all from the Lights collection then i sponged on versamark and covered the whole stamped piece with Rangers frosted antiquities crystal embossing powder. added sheer purple ribbon, a couple primas and, of course, tiny little grungeboard hinges done up in gold. i covered the grungeboard in versamark, added Ranger pale gold pearl embossing powder, melted and then while still slightly warm i brushed on the perfect gold perfect pearls powder. i will be adding gold stickles to the holes in the hinges but when i went to do that i realized....GASP....i don't HAVE any gold stickles!!!!! how can that be??? not to worry - i just placed another order with ranger and will be adding stickles to my webstore!!! YAY!!!!

now i am off to get some work done - LOTS of cool new things are brewin' over here in the Pez-A-Doodle Studio!!!!!

Ranger Paint Dabbers

I am beginning to add the Ranger paint dabbers to the inventory in the store and played with them for the first time. i saw this tutorial and could not pass it up. (this whole blog is amazing).

the first card was done for sketch challenge #5 over on the board at Paper Patch. we were given this sketch from pencillines.com but were challenged to turn it into a mother's day card.

and here is mine:



I used gold paint dabber but laid it on smooth. then alcohol ink over that. then the texture on the corner and strips was added by dabbing the paint dabbers and then drying with a heat tool. went over it again with alcohol inks. and of COURSE the dots down one side SCREAMED for some pops from Sugar and Scraps and I just so happened to get some brand-spankin new ones in that matched PERFECTLY! Sands of time - shades of gold, bronze and deep burgandy and all shimmery. Below is a close up of the pops and the texture.


next card is based on the mojo monday sketch over on Julee's blog if you play by sunday there is a prize up for grabs!!!

For this one i used the bronze paint dabber, alcohol inks and then the background squares are smudged with matching peeled paint distrass ink and sprayed with pearl mist using the bronze perfect pearls. it is cloudy today so i just could NOT get a pic that really showed the shimmer on this one.



The sentiment is printed out and then i used one of the newest Studio G stamps for the frame.

well i am off to tech club (pray the baby is good for her sweet dada!!)

Mother's day project

In addition to the super fun coaster album I made this box for my mom too. This was SO much fun!! i am making two more! i got the instructions from Vernell as a tutorial for the Ranger yahoo group I am in:


The box is a wooden $2 box from michaels. first I painted it with a gold Ranger paint dabber. i also painted the Harlequin Grungeboard hinges gold too. Then i covered the lid with versamark and vintage photo distress embossing powder. i wanted it to look pretty distressed so i snaded it in spots with a sanding block so the gold would show thru - doesn't really show as well in the pics but i TRIED!! The stamp is from Local King Rubber (given to me by my FAVE friend cat - **waves to cat**) and is stamped in chocolate chip ink. the edges are done in vintage photo with the ink blending foam tool. then i misted with water, crumpled, smoothed and rubbed a bit of antique linen over the wrinkles.



the hinges, the box and the gold german scrap (forgot where i got it - SORRY!) were a bit too GOLD so i sponged some vintage photo ink around the sides of the box and over the hinges but the scrap is slick so it wouldn't stick. for that i used ginger alcohol ink. i attached the german scrap and the hinges, added cinnamon sickles (FAB color BTW) in the holes of the hinges and added a few NEW skittles/pops i just got in stock. These are WONDERFUL and shimmery and should go up on the website tomorrow so BE ON THE LOOKOUT for those. they come in larger bottles. the ones used here are MIXEDpops in Sands of Time. i tell ya i am in love with these like i am in love with primas......


i am really pleased with this one :) i mailed it off this morning - hope my mom likes it!!!!!

now i am off to work on a surprise in the making for all of you!

NEW PRODUCTS!! and some cards to share...

HI all!!

I have spent the morning adding many more new Ranger products to my website - Paint Dabbers, Adirondack pads and re-inkers, Cut 'n Dry felt and foam, UTEE to name a few - hurry over and have a look - prices are great and i keep shipping down as much as possible!

Keep an eye on it for some exciting new changes coming up in the next few weeks too.... ;)

Thought I'd share some more cards I have been working on for the Craft Show my mom will be at in Thibodaux, LA:






Backgrounds and vases done with alcohol inks on Ranger's glossy paper, cut outs done with Cricut Walk In My Garden cartridge, Stamped images are Doodlebug Clear stamps and colored using Prismas and Gamsol.