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!

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.......

New Product announcement!!

As you all know I LOVE using the "skittles" embellishments and i especially ADORE the altered ones I ordered from Sugar and Scraps. well i love them SO much i have decided to offer them on my site - check them out if you haven't seen them! Sugar and Scraps

and now for the next installment on my never-ending coaster album. The first sketch is from poetic artistry:

and the coaster:



So this is a pretty loose following of the sketch but i find i am occasionally a little limited....the technique junkies technique i used is artsy dimension. i really liked it alot more than i thought i would. In fact i promptly ordered more of Ranger's dimensional pearls and will be adding those to my inventory as well so look for them on my website soon! the Skittles used here are my most favorite - SUGARpops in Galactic Grape - they look good enough to eat!!

Next up is the sketch by MJ over at Technostamper:

And the coaster:

i really love this one. i may have to use this theme on more things! the technique used is a variation of the aged metal technique using alcohol ink and tin foil then embossing thru the cuttlebug (oh boy do i LOVE my cuttlebug!! Look for an exciting new announcement about that coming soon!) for the strip under the pic i used a bow and some skittles instead -these skittles have a sort of aged gold/green patina distressed look to them and just fit PERFECTLY with the background. i brayered the coaster with matching distress ink before attaching everything.

Have a stampin happy day!!!

and the winner is....plus more coasters!!

KatGreen from The Board - that's the cricut board of course!! Kat I can't email you because I can't get the cricut site to come up but i'll try again later! come on over to the website and check out the colors of perfect pearls I have available and then email me your two color choices. I'll include some of my tutorials as well!

And now on to the coasters - these things are SO much fun - i just may have to make one for my step-mom too! the three i have today are super special i think because instead of using the regular $2/bag skittles from Ms i used some of my newly arrived super gussied up skittles from Cat over at Sugar and Scraps on Etsy.

The first one uses Jen's Sketch For You To Try that she posts each Saturday - they are ALWAYS excellent:



And here's the coaster:



The technique junkies technique i used is called Rainbow Brilliance. And CHECK OUT the adorable SWIRLYpops in Oscar Gold:



The next installment is a "2-page spread" using the color challenge on Splitcoast - Certainly Celery, Pretty In Pink and Chocolate Chip - I immediately went for the pictures of Pezzy helping me make chocolate "cake-cake"




BUT i cheated on the technique requirement I set for myself. I just really thought the colors would be perfect for this new technique I came across over on Debbie's blog using multiple passes thru the cuttlebug. I just LOVE the way this looks!



and OF COURSE the adorable little POLKApops in Pink Posies:



I had no pre-planning here all the parts just came together with no effort - don't you just LOVE when that happens???

well I hope ya'll have a wonderful day!! SO glad you stopped by!