CDS Sneak Peek - Gone Fishin'

With Father's Day around the corner, "Gone Fishin" is a must have set if you have a fisherman in your life. This set is available on June 1st from Clear Dollar Stamps. I've been pulling out all my masculine DP this month to create some fun cards for the guys in my life. I love this set because my husband, dad and stepdad all love to fish so I know I'll be using this set often (even more so in the next couple of weeks). I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers and tried to make it not look too perfect - keeping it a little rustic. I then dry embossed two of the DP layers with my Cuttlebug Embossing Folders and then used sand paper to distress them and make them look a little worn. I've used hemp twine for another little bit of dimension.

If you have any men in your life, make sure you check out Clear Dollar Stamps and in the meantime check out what the DT has created for you today.

CDS Sneak Peek - Mushroom Whimsy

Lori McCroskey has come up this fun set called Mushroom Whimsy. Mushrooms seem to be all the craze right now and Lori's new set available on June 1st from Clear Dollar Stamps is a lot of fun to play with. There are so many different tops for the mushrooms and a few different sizes too along with some fun sentiments too! It's going to be a fun, versatile set that I know I'll be pulling out often for quick and easy cards. I've done something I've never done before on this card.... I've watercolored and paper pieced it!!! I like how it turned out... Any idea where I got my inspiration from??? My un-used (and I've had it for months) Earth Love Cosmo Cricket DP!!! I'm wondering why I haven't pulled it out before. Call my crazy I guess!!!! I pulled out my Cuttlebug embossing folders to add dimension to the card. I think it pulls it all together. Hope you like it!

The DT has some fun things for you to look at today so make sure you check it all out and come back tomorrow for our last day of sneak peeks! Think Father's Day!!!

CDS Sneak Peek - Jesus is Knocking

Jesus is Knocking!!! That's the name of this great new set from Clear Dollar Stamps available on June 1st. Isn't it great??? I love the main image from this set and I've watercolored it with both Distress Inks and Tombow Markers. I wanted to keep the look more rustic because that's what I always think of when I see this type of door combined with brick. You'll notice this sneak peek week that my style is slowly changing and I'm experimenting with using different colors, different mediums and different textures. I'm loving it!!! I really like how my cards have been turning out. There are three different sentiments that come in this set and they all speak so clearly. I'll be showing another sample that I made with this set next week.

Check out what the girls have made today (see my sidebar for the CDS Girls).

Come back tomorrow for more sneak peeks!!

CDS Sneak Peek - A Tweet Hello

Hehehehe... Isn't this just too cute? This image is from June's SOM "A Tweet hello" from Clear Dollar Stamps available on June 1st. This set is yours free with the purchase of $50 or more at Clear Dollar Stamps As soon as I knew I was getting this set I had this idea in mind of using a glitter flourish as a tree branch. Neat eh? I think it worked out rather well if I do say so myself. I've popped up the main image using dimensionals and colored it with my oh so trusty Tombow Markers. The colors I've used in the birdhouse were taken from the DP I've used. Hope you like it!!!!

Check out what the DT has created for eye candy this month!!!

MTSC75 Mama Said they'll be days like this...

Greetings from the Wet (err... West) Coast of BC. Yup... It's been raining A LOT!!! It's hard to believe that it's almost June and we haven't had the best of weather yet this Spring. This last week and for the next few days it has been all about the umbrella and rain boots.

Can you believe it? Two weeks in a row for me and Mercy's sketch challenges!! I'm so happy that I'm back into the swing of things in terms of doing fun sketches and challenges out there in blog land. I'm on vacation from one of my DT's for the next two months so I'll have a lot more time to play with some of my unloved and uninked stamps. The image I used is from Stamping Bella and was from one of their anniversary sales (it was a limited edition in the small size). The sentiment is from the Verve set called Feeling Groovy. I don't pull this set out enough but I love the sentiments. I've watercolored part of the image with Tombow Markers and then paper pieced both the rain boots and umbrella.

With the day I had, my mama definitely has said they're be days like this.

SSD026 Support our Troops

WOW!!! I can't believe how quickly this month has seemed to fly right by!! Can you believe it's our last sketch with the AMAZING Jen del Muro as our sketch artist and the wonderful Deb Felts and Jennifer Ingle. I really enjoy each month with our guests for Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesdays. The eye candy each week is inspiring!!!

For my card this week, I chose to use the new release, Home of the Brave. How ironic, that the only Canadian in the group got this set too!!! Heather must have channeled the fact that I did live in North Carolina for three years!!! NC will always have a piece of my heart - after all I did meet my amazing husband while I was living there. Because so many of the images in this set are truly American, I decided to use the ribbon image in support of the troops. I paper pieced the ribbons with a variety of DP's I had containing yellow. I decided to combine one of the smaller areas into the my actual yellow ribbon. I kinda like how it all turned out.