Final Coasters done!!

ahh so those of you who have been following along - i finished my last three coasters last night. i didn't have a card sketch to use but i did this first one based on a portion of this LO sketch from Got Sketch that i had laying "in line" on my table:


and here's the sample - i used alcohol ink press from the tech junkies newsletter, primas as the scallop piece and SWIRLYpops in Starry Night Blue for the skittles.


Next up i caved and used no card sketch - i was too impatient to wait for monday to roll around. of course now i am wondering what i will do with the monday sketches.........the tech junkie technique used is reinker splash with peeled paint and tempting turquoise reinkers. crackle paint is also peeled paint. the skittles used on these are JEWELpops in Strawberry Daquiri - SO could not get a pic good enough to do them justice!!




next up is the back cover, however you don't get a whole pic - just a SNEAK PEAK as it is something that will be coming in a big announcement VERY SOON - so make sure you STAY TUNED! the skittle here is a PRINCESSpop in Yolanda Yellow - the princess pops have some colored and some clear - all glittered so these are the clear ones. tech junkie technique is pouncing using ranger's dimensional pearls in eggplant and bottle (bottle being my new fave ranger color)


the letters are from the new grungeboard minis set. i inked them up really well with eggplant reinker and then covered with a thick layer of Glossy Accents. All of these materials, including the pops embellishments and the blank coasters, can be purchased on my website


now to figure out how i will put them all together.......

skittled coaster album :)

what the heck is a Skittle album you ask?? i spend way to much time over on The Board (that's the cricut message board if i have any readers NOT from The Board.) well right now there is what i call a skittle frenzy going on. skittle are the little clear plastic dew drops, bubbles, baubles that can be found at Michaels on clearance right now. i have had these for awhile now. anywho my DEAR friend SillySkittles (on The Board) really got people fired up about them so we have dubbed them skittles in her honor. so i found myself telling my one year old yesterday Honey, skittles do NOT go in your mouth.....uh wait a minute........!!



anywho I am working on a coaster album for my mom and there are three requirements i have for myself. i love sketch challenges but don't need anymore cards so i am trying to make all the pages follow a current card sketch. i need to use more tech junkies techniques to make use of my newsletter so each page will use one of those AND each page must have at least one skittle!!!! (There will be more on those tomorrow so CHECK BACK!!)


here is page one:


alcohol inked transparency over the back of the cuttlebugging used for front ocver. primas are swiped across a versamark pad and dusted with perfect pearls.





Page two follows sketch 172 over on splitcoast, uses drummed pearls from technique junkies and of course several skittles:



well i have about three days worth of work ahead of me for just today so i better get busy!!!!!!

Technostamper sketch - coaster album

ok i LOVE to play the sketch challenges but i have WAY too many cards and WAY to few scrapbook pages SO i have been saying i am going to try something new and here it is. Instead of making a card i am making pages for a coaster album/mini brag book for my mom for mother's day. i don't know if they "count" but there you have it!!

so my first one is the album cover and it uses MJ's sketch over at Technostamper:

I am using 4" coasters, medium weight - available over at Pezadoodles.


First I used the cuttlebug smoosh technique from technique junkies with the fantasy floral embossing folder and Soothing Sunset big & juicy rainbow pad from Ranger Ink.

i used grungeboard letters from the new minis kit (yes it is in stock!) and inked them real well. baubles for the dots on the Is. i stamped the word heart with the alphas in the new studio g series 11 set (still searching for more) using versamark and then brushed on perfect pearls powder. i also highlighted a few of the embossed hearts with a versamark pen and pearled those too. my FAVE item is the grungeboard hearts. they are harlequin patterned and i sprayed them down really well with pearl mist made from red perfect pearls, pearl perfect pearls, fired brick reinker and water in a mini mister. this gives the grungeboard color, SUPER shimmer AND doesn't hide the pattern at all!! and so super easy! you will be seeing more of that as i have lots of new grungeboard in!! all of these items (except the cuttlebug folder and sold out series 11) can be found over at Pezadoodles so come on over!!