Bird Father’s Day card with Distress Stencil Technique

Hello all!  I have a card to share that will be a special Father’s Day card for my grandpa.  He loves birds and spends many hours each day attending to his bird feeders.  They bring him so much enjoyment.

The background is made with the Distress Stencil Technique that you can find at this link.  I used Frayed Burlap Distress ink and a feather stencil.  (Watch out for another post soon with some tips for this technique.  Not all my backgrounds worked out until I tried a few things.)

I stamped this bird in brown and then colored it simply with alcohol markers. I decided this stamp looked most like an Ovenbird, which is a type of warbler.  I die cut it, then with the die in place, sponged some light blue ink around it.  I then stamped the sentiment and die cut it the same way. 

The stamp sets I used are Sheet 141B Bird Nests stamp sheet and Inspirational Phrases stamp sheet.  Please check these out in the I Brake for Stamp store and save 10% using my coupon code SAVE10HEIDI.

Thanks for visiting today!  I hope you have a great day!

Flamingo with Brushos!

Hello all!  I am trying out the new blogger platform.  Let’s see if I can publish a post.  I can see it is going to take some time to get used to!  (Also, it caused my browser to crashed several times while trying to write a simple post. I sure hope they get it fixed!)

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I created this flamingo card last night.  I had made several Brusho backgrounds and I just loved how the colbalt turned out.  So I decided to simply stamp over top with the flamingos and then paper piece them with a scrap of patterned paper. I used an orange marker to color their legs.  

Stamps: Just for Fun Rubber Stamps, sentiment Power Poppy Sunny Days.  

I would like to enter WordArtWednesday’s Anything Goes challenge, and Pixie’s Crafty Workshop’s Snippets Challenge.

Thanks for visiting! I hope you have a really good weekend. 

Polar Pals Christmas Cards

I am really far behind in Christmas card goals this year.  Now that it is summer, I think I will have more time to catch up.  I will start catching up with these two cards.

The first background was made with heat embossing on watercolor paper. I then used a square acrylic block to apply distress inks (spritzed with water) to specific areas.  I ended up liking the controlled, but not totally controlled look of this!

The second background was a technique I tried with stencil resist.  It didn’t work, but I liked the background anyhow.

Thanks for visiting!

Christmas Card Goal to Date: 30

Christmas Cards completed to Date: 18

Bird House - Housewarming Card

My friend is moving to a new apartment soon and I wanted to make her a card for her housewarming gift.  I decided to work with this bird set, which includes this cute “Home Tweet Home” sentiment.

I simply stamped, colored and cut out the bird house and the little bird.  I popped the bird up over top, and they layered it over some scraps of pretty patterned paper I had.  I cut a die cut banner for the sentiment and added some cute enamel dots to the card.  

Here is a link to the stamp set I used - Bird Nests Sheet 141B.  (Save 10% on your order using my code SAVE10HEIDI).  The dies are Avery Elle and Gina Marie, both Wonky Stitched borders.  The pack is an older Recollections one called Backyard Table.  

Thanks for visiting today and keep on stamping!

Heidi @MyLittleStampingBlog 

Double Background Stamp Background

Hello!  In my stamping group, we were challenged to use the following technique to create a background with two background stamps.  I dug deep into my older stamps to find these two - they have to be at least 5 years old, if not 10.

I first stamped my Hero Arts tweed stamp with Versamark ink.  I then applied chalks all over this. Then, I inked up my Hero Arts Stitched Floral stamp with navy ink and stamped over top.  I thought this looked summery and girly.  

So I decided to simply finish it with a fun brushstroke sentiment from Power Poppy.  

I would love to enter WordArtWednesday - Anything Goes, Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes, SimonSaysStamp’s Monday Challenge - Create Your Own Background and RetroRubber Challenge - Summer.

I hope you are having a nice weekend. It is pretty hot and humid here.

Take care!

Heidi

Distress Oxide Grunge

Hello!  I hope you are well!  I want to thank all of your for your lovely comments on my last posts.  You are all so sweet and encouraging!  

We had the craziest storm today and I feel very lucky that we have power, I know a lot of people do not.  School is winding down for my kids, and I think we will all welcome the break, although I am going to need to be creative to keep the kids occupied.  There will be no camps or jobs this summer to keep them occupied and I don’t want their brains to get fried from screen time.  

Anyhow....

I have a card to share today using the Old and New Stamp Sheet.  I like the sayings in this set, and I also like the grunge font.  (as always save 10% on your order using my  SAVE10HEIDI)

I first masked off an area on my white cardstock and sponged over with Distress Oxide inks.  I stamped my saying, and then I stamped the flower and restamped (without reinking) get a second impression.  I used Distress Oxide black ink for my stamping. I like the chalky look it gives me, but if you want crisper stamping, I would use Versafine.  

I think this is a fun look and saying for a card for a teen.  

Thanks for visiting!

Heidi

Watercolor Stormy Skies

Hello!  I am continuing to work on my watercoloring.  Although we have had a few absolutely gorgeous sunny days, I worked on my stormy skies.

I know the second one is prettier because the sun is coming out, but I am really proud of both skies. I love how they look like clouds.  

Stamps are from Stampendous Sunrise Sunset stamp set and Close to My Hearts Wordfetti.  

Thanks for stopping by!