A Dolphin Pyramid!

Some cards take a long time to finish. This was one of those, and not for the reasons you think!

See, I am reorganizing some of my unmounted stamps (it is VERY slow going, since I am trying to fit it in with all the other aspects of my working day and busy home life). I came across this AWESOME image of the frolicking dolphins from Lasting Impressions with Panache and knew that I wanted to color it with Copic Markers.

As I was coloring, I realized that the dolphins would make a great Pyramid card (from teh June 2009 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter), so I made three more layers (okay, I cheated a little on the coloring, since I did NOT color the two bottom layers all the way. I only colored them a 1/2" further in than what you could see, but don't tell anyone!). I then carefully cut the dolphins out of the bottom layer (a timesaving cheat!) an made that my top layer.

Believe it or not, this was NOT the time thief! Here was my problem....This image is so full of movement that I just could not find a background to suit it. I spent a HUGE amount of time (time, I might say, that I could have been reorganizing those stamps, LOL) trying to mount this on a background.

I finally settled on a piece of Cuttlebug Highlights (technique from the October 2008 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter) because I thought it looked bubbly. It was too much, so I popped on a black panel to make the dolphins the focus. This card is really great in person!

I just had it in my head that the circular part would have made a great top to a jar or altered can or circular tin...I just don't have the time to make one!

Thanks for looking, and for, of course, reading this epic!

TSSC11 -- Walnut Ink Resist

This week's sketch from Mary Jo Price Williams Technostamper's Sketch Challenge is an easy classic. I had so many ideas for this sketch that I didn't know how to begin! I finally settled on a Triptych featuring the Walnut Ink Resist from the April 2008 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. I used a Coppery Walnut Ink and it is very shimmery in person. I love the way this turned out.

This 5" x 7" Sympathy card uses Bella Rosa Paper Art Stamps for the Flowers, combined with a Lasting Impressions with Panache word- "Hope". The piece behind the flowers is a copper paper that I ran through my Cuttlebug. The Background paper is a gorgeous piece of handmade mulberry paper that I had in my stash.

Make sure to go to Mary Jo's Blog to see the original sketch, and to play along!

Give Away a Day, Day 11

Today is Day 11 of the Give Away a Day and I have a grab bag of stamps for you! The give away today is from Lasting Impressions from Panache. The lucky winner of this give away will receive all of the stamps shown above. Thank you to our friends at LIWP for their generous donation.

Today's eye candy is a Reverse Prints card from the June/July 2007 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter.

The stamp is from Lasting Impressions with Panache. This card will be mailed to the winner of today's giveaway : ) I know this one is simple, but that is by design...I think it is elegant in it's simplicity.

Here is how you can enter for today's give away:To enter the giveaway for today, simply leave a comment on this blog entry telling me that you would like to enter by 11:59pm EST on Friday, October 12th. No other entry methods will be included in the give away. When you leave the comment, make sure to put your NAME in the comment -- if you enter your comment as "Anonymous", I cannot give you the prize! Blogger does NOT record your email address for me, so you will need to check back to find out if you have won -- or include your email address in your comment so that I can notify you. I will have a random number generator pick a number from the comments to select the winner. Each give-away is separate, so to be eligible for a specific item you must enter that day's contest on the post where it is listed. Check back every day during the month of October for the daily giveaway -- you can enter EVERY day! A fabulous Grand Prize will be offered on the last day of the month, too. Enter today -- good luck!

Congratulations to Pat Kuhnapfel, winner of this wonderful Give Away!