I used to love the game "Acrophobia" online and it went away a few years ago :( but I won a little contest with them.
If making ACROs is fun for you, you should go to Talk to the Ham blog. She own Hambo Stamps which are too funny! My faves are the fractured funnies!
I'm not affiliated, just offering my opinion. ;)
I grew tired of my old banner and style of the blog and thought, well, change is good...sometimes. So I set out to find and alter a template to suit me and design a new banner. I settled on this one. It originally had guitars on it, but I removed them and added my own designs. I lost all my links and music, but I'll get them back slowly as I get to blog hopping.
So...the change...it's good, bad, or what change? - you haven't blogged in so long, I don't even know how I ended up here!
After not stamping for months, I feel like a newbie stamper all over again. Thanks to my Inkstainers friends, who never let me forget I'm a stamper!
I've learned that people recycle/tear apart their cards, for the bits or embellishments, when they are done enjoying their received cards so....
The tag has a magnet on the back and there is a magnet of the same shape on the card. To open it, you just pop off the magnet. Then when you are done looking at the card, you have a magnet you can steal off it. lol
I'm not sure this technique looks like faux silk, but I adore it anyway. Basically, you stamp, cover image with glue and press crumpled tissue paper on it. I'm not a fan of glue as it leaves the c/s a bit wonky, but I liked this one anyway. (and don't say, "just iron it" 'cause I don't iron. lol)
The holidays were hard and I didn't think I'd make even one card. I did though, for Dh's family. I only scanned one, but they were the same techique.
This is glossy resist with shiny, silver mirror card behind, but I sanded it for a different effect.
I have just returned home this week. My father received the kidney transplant he waited for and dreamed about. The surgery went well and it was working fine, but his heart stopped during the night and he passed away. My world has forever changed, and my heart is a little raw.
I spent a month with my mother and family. It's so hard to live so far away from them, especially at times like these.
I found an old hummingbird feeder my father had in my parents' basement. I hung it up on their porch and within no time this little female was there. Mom & I spent a lot of time on the porch and we enjoyed her visits. These are a few pics.
Anyway, I'm home, but not feeling very creative. As soon as my muse returns, I'll post. For now I'll just try to visit all of your blogs for inspiration and enjoyment. Hug everyone you love...don't take them for granted.
After doing the DCM cards below, I kept eyeing up all the packaging around the house that was on it's way to the recycle bin. At first I said, no. I can't use that on a card. Then I though, oh, why not! LOL
If it's not familiar, it's a Tampax box top. The word super was already there.
This week's dare at DCM is "Tagged"..."Everything we buy has packaging, some of it excessive, some of it beautifully designed. Tags, labels, stickers... all sorts of bits and bobs that we can recycle onto cards."
I took TWO stabs at this one...And yes, it's all from chocolate LOL!
The larger circle is the little wrapper that goes under a Ferrero Rocher chocolate. I ironed it flat-ish. It's all red, brown, & matte gold. The writing just looks black/blue because it's blurry in the scan.
The heart is punched out of a Hershey's Hug foil wrapper and the "HUGS" is, of course, it's pull tab.
This is a sketch for Poetic Artistry bingo and also for an ink-stains dot challenge. The scanner cut off some the left side of the card, but I'm too lazy to rescan. lol
Perhaps I'm twisted, but I am really enjoying this humor challenge. I'm not sure I smile much when creating a card, but these I sure did! lol Great challenge!
I finally got Kim's card out & she got it (late) so now I can post this sweetie. It's totally a vintage photo with one HA stamp on it. I just fell in love with this photo in it's entirety (sp?)
This is the sweetest, little, vintage photo and I just had to use it. The background has a stamps by A La Art, Eureka, and Magenta.
This week's dare at DCM is "Working 9-5" and we had to use something used in an office! I used a paperclip, lined paper and a brad.
Another image I just fell in love with and had to play with. No stamping here, just having fun playing with photos.
I've come across some, and Kim sent me some, sweet vintage pics of children. I've never much played with them until now, but I'm really enjoying them. Be prepared for lots of vintage photo cards!
The girls are a Stampsmith photo stamp that I cut out. Cuties! Autumn leaves swirls and I stenciled the heart and outlined it. The tag in the upper right - don't want to talk about it. lol It's stuck, so it stays.
