Artistic Outpost Seed Packet

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Hi there! It’s another day on the Paper Maniac Inspiration blog!!! I love going to my favorite store blog to post every week! This week I have a card for you using some stamps from one of my favorite stamp companies—Artistic Outpost. It gives me a chance to pull out my watercolors and play because there images are so easily adapted to this medium. I used three stamps from the Bloom and Grow set, the seed packet and the flowers are separate images and then the sentiment “bloom & grow”. The flowers on this stamp set reminded me of the flowers on the Basic Grey Curio paper so I pulled that out and painted the image to match! They’re hard to see but I also added some Basic Grey buttons to the bottom left corner.

I sure hope your week is starting out well and hope that it continues to be a wonderful one!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges: Artistic Outpost Monthly Referral

Lovely Thoughts

It’s my turn to post on the Paper Maniac Inspirations blog. Our theme this week is vintage—my favorite style. I used two images and a sentiment from the fun Artistic Outpost Neverland set. I feel in love with this set and had to have it!!!

The paper is from the Kaisercraft English Rose pad. The lace is vintage from a RAK. I love using vintage items on my creations whenever I can. The pearls are Basic Grey and cardstock is Papertrey Ink.

Please check on the Paper Maniac Inspirations blog the rest of the week to see some more vintage creations.

The Soul Restoration class starts tomorrow, 1-11-11 at 11:11 pm. I’m so excited, kinda’ like the first day of school!!! I’m heading to be now (they are taking my internet down in two minutes). See you tomorrow!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Stamps: Artistic Outpost

Halloween

I won the items for this next card in the Paper Maniac blog hop.  As soon as I opened the package, I new what I was going to make.  I watercolored the house because I new that I could do a sunset with watercolors.  Wasn’t sure if I could with Copics.  I colored the beautifully dressed witch with Copics and then applied Distress Ink over her because she was too bright.  I distressed everything you see except the fence (which was cut with my Cricut).  I wanted more color in the paper and I didn’t have any black lace, so there ya’ go.  Customized supplies!!! 

And that’s it.  I’m off to the grocery store as soon as the news is over.  You may have noticed that I updated my weight loss tracker.  The first time around didn’t work out very well.  I lost about seven pounds before going to Brave Girls and then didn’t get back on it.  I’m starting over with Biggest Losers as they start the new season.  Hopefully, I will have lost my 33 pounds along with the hundreds that the lose.

I have been keeping up my walking since Brave Girls camp.  That’s two months.  Speaking of Brave Girls camp, I’ve signed up for camp next fall.  I would love it if some of you could come and join me!  Obviously, I loved my experience since I’m going again!!!

I hope you  all had a great weekend and have a good start to the week!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-watercolor, Copics, ink; Image-Artistic Outpost; Ink-Stazon, Palette, Distress Ink; Paper-The Girl Paperie; Buttons-PTI; Cricut-Heritage cartridge; Stamp-Making Memories, Other from stash-lace.

Challenges:
Artistic Outpost Referral
Sir Stampalot--All distressed
Gingerloft Challenge--Happy haunting
Paper Sundaes--Fall or Halloween colors

Golden Memories

I’ve been on a roll with the Artistic Outpost images lately.  I love this one!!  What else could you want but birds and music? 

It was such a beautiful day today.  Cool and sunny; perfect autumn weather.  But it’s supposed to be 90 by Wednesday.  Oh well, it is still summer don’t ya’ know!  I’m not talking long tonight.  For some reason I’ve been very sleepy all day so I’m hittin’ the hay early.

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-watercolor; Image-Artistic Outpost; Sentiment-Tim Holtz ticket; Ink-Stazon; Paper-Graphics 45; Buttons-Papertrey Ink; Punch-Marvy; Other from stash-hand died rayon seam binding.

Challenges:
Artistic Outpost Referal
A Pocket Full of Posies--Winged things
Lollipop Crafts--Ribbons and buttons
Truly Scrumptious-sketch w/buttons, brads and bows (the brad is under the button on the flower)

Autumn Splendor

I’m definitely in the fall mood.  It’s going to cool down to the low 80s for the weekend but the go right back up to the high 90s for next week.  I’m hoping the cool weather will come to stay very soon!  On that note… another fall card for your viewing pleasure.  I promise, the next card is not in autumn colors!!!

Not much to say tonight.  Things are pretty quiet around here.  My sister’s birthday is this weekend.  I was kind of hoping to go for a ride in the mountains and gather some drift wood but I think she has plans for the morning and lunch and we would have to leave earlier than that.  I hope she can go next weekend.

Have a great Friday everyone!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-watercolor; Image-Artistic Outpost; Sentiment-Tim Holtz tag; Ink-Stazon, Versamagic; Paper-Graphic 45; Buttons-Papertrey Ink; Other from stash-lace.

Challenges:
Rainbow Lady--Paint it
Theme Thursday--Children
Artistic Outpost referral program

Autumn Millworks

It’s been nice and cool this week, reminding me of Autumn and I can’t wait.  Since I’ve been wanting fall, I thought I’d make a fall card!!!  I created all my own dp with watercolor paints and paper and I watercolored the imae as well.  All of the stamps are Artistic Outpost.

I’ll keep this short and sweet.  I’m having fun with a project today so I’m out’a’here!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Theme Thursday--buildings
Gingersnap Creations Color Challenge--Yellow, orange and red
Lexi’s Creations--Yellow and orange
Daring Cardmakers--Tree-mendous

A Bicycle Ride

Have I ever told you that I love my bicycle!  As a matter of fact, for over 2 years, I rode my bike almost evefy where I went.  Of course back and forth to work (apx. 5 miles round trip), to the grocery store (I had two big saddlebag baskets installed on the back)—EVERYWHERE!  I had a car in the garage but I didn’t drive it.  In fact, a lot of my friends thought that I had gotten and DWI but NO!  I was always very careful about that!  Now I seldom drink alcohol.

Now, to the point of today’s card, when Moxi Fab World announced that the theme this week for the montly challenge was bicycles, I knew I had to create something!  When I first saw this stamp set from Artistic Outpost, I feel in LOVE with the bicycle and had to buy it!  I have used other images from the set but this is the first time using the bike!  love it!!!

Now, I need to get my bike out of the shed, fill the tires with air and go for a ride!!!

That’s it for now!  I’ll see ya’ tomorrow!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-Copics; Image-Artistic Outpost; Sentiment-Artistic Outpost; Ink-Palette; Paper-Provo Craft; Twine-Olive Mama Etsy; Button-Papertrey Ink.

Challenges:
Moxi Fab World-bicycle
Artistic Outpost-Referral
Copic Creations-Other paper
Papertake Weekly-Ice cream flavors-base the color theme of your card on your favorite flavor of ice cream (coffee--in particular mocha almond fudge)

Dutch Tulips

2nd Post for today. 

Please scroll down to see the Squigglefly Challenge.

The moment I saw this stamp plate in the Artistic Outpost email newsletter, I went to their store and ordered it.  I’m in love with every image on the Lovely Day plate.  You’ll be seeing more in the not to distant future!!!  You must agree!  Isn’t this image gorgeous!!!  I can’t wait to get some more of the images inked up!

It was a nice and quiet weekend at my house.  I had a major migraine on Saturday.  I took pain pills and went to bed with a heating pad wrapped around my head.  That’s the only thing that would make it feel better.  I think it’s gone now!  Yay!!!  The best thing for me to do when I have a headache is to watercolor a beautiful stamped image!  Once I got this one colored, I just had to put it into a card!

I don’t have a Fantabulous Cricut project for you today.  With the headache, I couldn’t think about the sizes and where to put all the papers.  I designed a card in Design Studio using different shapes, sizes and paper all on one cutting mat.  I’ll try to get that done tomorrow and post it then.  It looks good from the design standpoint.  I sure hope it translates well to paper!!!

The Fantabulous Cricut challenge this week is “Bling it On.”  Use some sort of bling on your project along with at least one Cricut cut.  Be sure to go to the Fantabulous Cricut blog to check out all of the other creations by the rest of the lovely DT.

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-watercolor; Image-Artistic Outpost; Sentiment-computer generated; Ink-Stazon; Paper-K&Co., Papertrey Ink; Punch-EK Success; Additional from stash-rayon seam binding, vintage white buttons.

Challenges:
Wednesday Stamper-spring
Papertake Weekly-sketch
Simon Says-spring
Colour Create-Any pastel color-Easter, spring

Artistic Outpost-celebrations

I {Heart} Inky Fingers

Remember yesterday when I told you about my migraine? Remember that I said that I designed a card while I rested in my dark bedroom?

I LOVE how it turned out. Finally, something good to come out of a migraine!!!

I first saw this image from Artistic Outpost last summer and immediately went to their website and bought it. But it sat there laughing at me and saying “You can’t handle me,” ever since. Now, I’m just not sure why it intimidated me so much. I love it!!! It really reminds me of being part of the Old Time Fiddlers. I even play the mandolin which is the instrument this cowboy is holding. The quotation is the chorus of “I See the Light” by Hank Williams.

I watercolored the image and then used lots of distress inks and Walnut Ink spray to get it to just the right distressed look. Hence, the inky fingers!!! There’s not a surface on this card that doesn’t have Distress Ink and/or Walnut Ink on it, including the buttons. I also used the embossing powder cracked glass technique on the image.

I’ve been on quite the creative whim this week. I already have another image stamped and ready to color so I gotta’ go!!! I’m doing dinner and a movie with my sis tomorrow night so I might not be back with my next card ‘til later. Night all!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-watercolor; Image-Artistic Outpost; Sentiment-Artistic Outpost; Ink-Stazon, Ranger Distress Ink; Paper-Making Memories; Additional from stash-ribbon, fringe trim, buttons.

Challenges:
2 Sketches 4 You-sketch
ABC Challenge-quotation
Simon Says challenge-green
Crazy 4 Challenges-Masculine cards

A Buggy Sewing Tag

It’s my day on the Just Buggin’ challenge blog and I have something fun to share with you today.

I have done much in this vintagey/collagey style yet but I love it! I want to get a little more proficient at it. I used a variety of inks and stamps for this tag. The center stamp is a Tim Holtz stamp, the thread spool (which I embossed) is Papertrey Ink and the embossed lace, the buttons and a ribbon knot (hiding somewhere) are Artistic Outpost. The string is MS and the lace is from Wal-Mart. The buttons and ribbon are from my stash and I’ve had that tiny spool forever!!!

My Cricut tip for today: Use Design Studio to change the proportions of your cuts. This tag would normally be a lot longer at this width but I widened it in Design Studio to be in better proportion with the stamps.

If you would like to play along with the Just Buggin’ challenge, you have until midnight tonight (est) to link your creation at the Just Buggin’ challenge blog!!!

Blessings,

Christine