Peace Tag

The theme at Wednesday Stamper is Peace. When I think of Peace I always think of children. As parents our number one wish is for our children to live in a safe and peaceful world.

I made this tag to represent our children and how they play together and accept each other so easily. If only as adults we could do the same. The stamps are from my new stamp line to be released soon. The background was painted with three colors of paint dabber by Ranger.

TMTA Handwritten

The theme at TMTA this week is handwriting. The stamps in this ATC are all from my new stamp sets due to be released in the next few week except for the postcard background which is Just for Fun.

Inchie Magnets

I love the inch format and thought they would make another great sneak peek of my three new stamp sets. I have fallen in love with these images and hope you will enjoy them as much as I do.

I did get a call on Wednesday that my stamps are due to be manufactured in the next few days. So I better start getting everything ready. There is so much to do. I've got to figure out how to sell them, design the cover card and all those details. The first release will be small until I see what the demand will be.

One Step Further

So with this card I took the corner rounder method described below a step further. I used the EK Success Corner Rounder Punch Interlaced. I punched the corner rounder around a circle as described in Becca's Blog tutorial. Then I went back in and punched in between the first punches just clipping a bit of the edge. I was left with this great lace circle frame. The flowers are a Martha Stewart punch. The papers are from a new K & Co pad called Blue Awning. I used a small piece of antique fishnet lace for the background and the card is embossed with the Swiss Dot Cuttlebug folder. The stamps are from my new set of stamps coming out soon called In the Garden.

Best Friends

Here is another sneak peek of my soon to be released Sweet Peas stamp set. The Best Friends stamp is from Studio G. The idea for the card came from Becca's Amazing Paper Grace Blog. The eyelet frame is made using two Fisker's Border Punches - Threading Water and Eyelet Lace. I used watercolor paper to get a good embossed look to the card.

I am so excited

Well, I got exciting news the other day and my new stamp line is ready to go. I have signed off the last proof sets. It will be three weeks to go through manufacturing. These stamps have been designed using many of the images I have collected. There is so much involved in transforming them into stamps and of course I wanted them perfect. The first three sets will be 6x8 photo polymer clear stamps. I decided that there was a real need for collage/artist type stamps in this medium. I have found a wonderful manufacturer in the United States who has been working very closely with me. Now I have to work on all the details. Where to sell them? How to sell them? Packaging? Naming them? I have previewed a few of the stamps on this blog over the last month. They are listed as Paper Flowers stamps in the label box. I will probably change the name at release time.

Time for Reading

The theme at TMTA this week is watches. The stamps I used in this ATC are Invoke and Paper Flowers. I made this card to encourage my daughter in her reading.

Another peak

Here is another peak at one of my new stamps.

Crazy Hat

Another one of my fun images. The background was made with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

TMTA Turquoise

Here is my little flower girl again. I used her in this ATC for TMTA. The theme this week is Turquoise. Inks are Versafine and Distress. I love the crisp clean image Versafine makes with clear stamps.

Flower Girl

Here is another sneak preview from my stamp line. This is a moo card I made using some of my stamps. I am so close to releasing it. They are clear stamps and the company I am working with has been terrific. This is one of the first sets of stamps they have done with such details. I wanted the ease of a clear stamp with the detail of red rubber. I have been a tough customer but they have made every change I requested. There are just two more images I need to refine and the sheets will be done.

Flowers Everywhere

This is a card I made for the Theme Thursday challenge Flowers. The flowers have Stickles on them but they are not showing up in the scan.

Another peak

Here is another peak at one of my new stamps. It is the stamp in the center of the card. I am still trying to tweak some of the images in my stamp line. It is a long process and I may end up changing a few out that are not translating well into stamps. This is card is for the Crazy Amigos Challenge birthday card.

4x4 My favorite color

This is a 4x4 using my favorite color ink Broken China by Distress Inks. The stamps are previews of the stamps I am creating for my new stamp line.

Take Time To Smell the Coffee

The theme at Theme Thursday this week is Coffee or Tea. It seems a coincidence that I have been experimenting with my new stamp sets this week. I just received the proofs. They still need quite a bit of work and the stamp company I am working with is wonderful. All the stamps on this tag are from the sets as well as the ATC's a few posts below. I'm not sure if I like this image as a bitmap or left as a photo. So it may look a little different in the final set.

Black & White - TMTA

TMTA 's theme this week is Black and White. These two ATC's are coffee themed.