Stamp AnnieThing April Previews - Day 1

Hi and welcome to our April Release!

Spring is right around the corner and so our release has a great new line of some fun spring stamps!  

This release we also have some new products in our line. 

 Stencils and Decorative Die Cuts!

Stamp Club members get a 15% discount!

Vanessa- For the Mom to Be

Buttons Oh My!	Gingham

Oh Baby!

All Items will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we showed you  this week!!

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Copics:

Skin - E04, E11, E21, E00. E50, R20

Hair -  E79, E77, E74, E71

Dress - V17, V15, V12

I hope you enjoyed our Sneek Peek for the release!

 Have a great day!

Stamp AnnieThing October Release - Day 1

Hi and welcome to Day #1 of 

Stamp Anniething's October Release!

Lorelei will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we showed you  this week!!

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I am so excited about this months release. I started off by colouring  Lorelei with Copic markers. I then fussy cut her out. 

To create the background, I used my Twinkling H2O watercolours and just spread them on the watercolour card stock and let them do their thing. I added multiple layers of watercolour until I got the look I was looking for. 

I die cut out the foliage and quickly coloured them with my copic markers.

For a finishing touch, I added some Nuvo Drops around her feet and sprinkled prill beads all over it to give the look of pollen. 

See you tomorrow with another preview of the October SAT release.

Until Next Time - Stephen 

My "No Line Colouring" Adventure

Angelica Angel by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

So this past Saturday I had the pleasure to attend a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps event in Cambridge Ontario Canada. I had so much fun hanging out with my crafty friends, learning new techniques and going outside my comfort zone. One of the things that had me super pumped about this event was that Melanie Holtz was teaching one of the classes. If you haven't heard of her, you seriously need to look her up...her colouring is absolutely outstanding and no one can do no line colouring like this girl can!

Kraftin' Kimmie design team
member Melanie Holtz instructing
us on no line colouring

Melanie demonstrated no line
colouring on a projector so we
could colour along with her

can you spot me?!

If you have never heard of no line colour before, you basically stamp your image in a very light ink. In this case, the image was stamped with Memento Dessert Sand ink. Once the image is stamped you use your dark and light colours to make the lines disappear. I have included a number of photos of the entire process of me colouring this image. I think it is super fascinating...but I am a marker nerd 

skin and eyes coloured in

hair and crown coloured

gown coloured

completed image...I am so proud of it for my first attempt

Once the image was completed, I decided I was too nervous to try and fussy cut her out after all the time I spent colouring her. So I created a heaven cloud background using Copic markers. I kept my card layout very simple as I wanted the focus to be on my coloured image. 

I hope you like my card as much as I do. If you are wondering about the image, it isn't available yet...Kim said it is coming out in the next 2 weeks -sneak peek for you :)

Until next time - Stephen 

  

SAT Autumn Leaves Challenge

Hi Friends! Stephen here to share a card I created using Diana - Sweater Weather. 

I decided to take inspiration from this months Autumn Leaves Challenge happening over in the Stamp AnnieThing's Stampers Facebook group.

I coloured Diana with my Copic markers as well as did some simple paper piecing using paper with a knit weave patten to it. This was a first for me and I am sure to try paper piecing again.

To create the background, I did some very quick and simple ink blending with Distress Inks. To add more detail, I did some flicking with a green Copic marker to create the look of grass.

To finish my scene, I die cut some clouds and some leaves that I coloured to give an Autumn feel to the card.

I hope you like my card and hope you play along with this month's Theme challenge.

Until next time - Stephen

How to Play Along:

- Create a new project inspired by  an "autumn leaves" theme.

-Share your creation at Our Facebook Group HERE by October 3, 2017

-Only one entry 

-A Stamp of your choice will be awarded to the winner, if we have five or more entries.

Stamp AnnieThing September Release - Day Two

Hi and welcome to Day #2 of 

Stamp Anniething's September Release!

Holly will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we show you  this week!!

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I wanted to experiment with Skin Tones as well as play around with my Distress Oxides on this card. The end result is something a little different style wise for me but I had a lot of fun stepping outside my comfort zone. I started by Colouring Holly with the following Copic markers:

Copics 

Skin - E79, E77, E74, E71, E70, E11. E93, E50, E04

Hair - T10, T8, T6, T4

Dress - YR18, YR16, Y17, Y15

Purse- R29, R27, R24, R22, R21

Once I was finished colouring her, I cut her out using my Brother Scan N Cut and popped her up using foam tape.

To create the background, I grabbed an old texture stamp that I purchased years ago and stamped it repeatedly onto kraft card stock using Wild Honey Distress Oxide inks. I then gave it a very light misting with water to activate the Oxide effect of the inks...I love the feel of the Distress Oxides. They are fast becoming one of my favourite inks. 

To create the background behind the window, I used Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean, and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks...if you haven't Ink blended with these inks yet, they blend like butter.

I heat embossed the sentiment that came with the stamp set onto black card stock using white embossing powder. I then cut the sentiment apart to place it haphazardly.

To finish the card, I added some crystals and a bit of black Nuvo Drops.

Thank you for joining us, we hope you enjoyed our projects for this release!

Until Next Time - Stephen 

Stamp AnnieThing September Release - Day One

Hi and welcome to Day #1 of 

Stamp Anniething's September Release!

Tommy will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we show you  this week!!

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I had a lot of fun creating this card. I will admit I was a little stumped initially as to what I was going to create with this stamp. However the the wheels turned and I decided to put a Pizza spin on this image.

I started by Colouring Tommy with my Copics using the following colours.  

Copics

Hair - YR23, YR24, E99

Skin - E04, E11, E21, E00, E50, R20

Shirt - 110, T9, T7, T6, T4

Jeans - B99, B97, B95, B93, B91

Pizza Box - R35, R37, R39, G24, G28, G29, E55, E53, E51

Once he was finished, I cut him out with my Brother Scan N Cut and popped him up with foam tape on the card base. 

I created a card layout that was inspired by the themes I imagined would come from old fashioned Pizza parlour. Therefore I went with red plaid pattern paper, warm browns as if from the pizza box itself and then decided to throw in some green as well. I created my own sentiment and used the Silhouette Cameo 3 to cut it out. I then layered everything together, added a heart die cut that I had laying around and finished the card with some black bakers twine. 

Thank you for joining us, we hope you enjoyed our projects for this release! Grazie!!

Until Next Time - Stephen 

Birthday Bubbles

Hi Friends! Its my day to post on the Stamp AnnieThing blog and I created this fun Birthday card to share with you. 

I stamped out Brooke - Smile and coloured her with my Copic markers. I popped Brooke up with foam tape to give dimension and add interest  to my card.

I decided to keep the design of my card pretty clean and simple, so I used a fun and colourful piece of patterned paper which I accented by  stencilling yellow bubbles on the background. To fishish off my card I added a some Nuvo drops. I hope you enjoyed my card creation!

Until Next Time - Stephen

Molly - Sunflower from Stamp AnnieThing

Hi Friends!

September is just around the corner which also means that Fall is as well...I have mixed feelings about this time of year as I love the Summer months so much. For my project I am sharing with you today, I decided to colour Molly - Sunflower from Stamp AnnieThing.

I had a lot of fun colouring her with my Copic Markers as well as masking and creating a background with my Distress Inks and Copics as well.

Hope you like my card creation today!

Until next time - Stephen

Card Sketch Challenge

Hi everyone! It's my day to post at Stamp AnnieThing and I have a fun card to share. I used the Julie-Ahoy Matey stamp set for my challenge card. The theme for this challenge is a card sketch.

I decided to create a scene card inspired from the card sketch and man did I have a lot of fun creating this one. I created the ships wheel and the railing on my Silhouette Cameo. I really enjoyed creating these original elements for my card using my Silhouette. I did some ink blending with my Distress Inks on some Tim Holtz woodgrain card stock to create this ships deck. I also ink blended the background to set me scene as if Julie is sailing at dusk.I coloured Julie image with my Copic Markers and popped her up with some foam tape.

I hope you enjoyed my card!

Until next time - Stephen 

Stamp AnnieThing August Release: Day Three - Tony I get a kick out of you!

Hi and welcome to Day #3 of 

Stamp Anniething's August Release!

This release is ALL ABOUT THE BOYS!!

Tony's back! He's earning his belts in karate!!

Tony is available in the store NOW along with the other 2 stamps we showed you  this week!!

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Its the final day for Release Week at Stamp AnnieThing and I am so excited to share this card with you. This is by far my favourite creation for this release...you know what they say, Save the best for last!

I decided to create a side fold out card (video of card opening at the bottom) and took my style inspiration from comic books. I designed my own "Bam!" word bubble using my Silhouette Cameo. I used stencils to create the various background with my Distress Inks and Nuvo Embellishment Mousse. 

I coloured Tony using the following Copic colours and cut him out with my Scan N Cut. I also added some clear Wink Of Stella glitter pen on the "Bam!" for some extra sparkle.

Copics:

Skin - E04, E11, E21, E00, E50, E93

Hair - YR24, YR23, Y21, Y11

Belt - T10, T7, T5

Karate Gi - C3, C2, C1, C0, C00

I hope you enjoyed our August release!

 Have a great day!

Stamp AnnieThing August Release: Day Two - Sam Game On!

Hi and welcome to Day #2 of 

Stamp Anniething's August Release!

This release is ALL ABOUT THE BOYS!!

Remember Sam? He's back and getting his game on!

Sam will be available in the store Friday along with the other 2 stamps we show you  this week!!

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I love creating shaker cards and I thought it would be fun to make a shaker card using Sam - Game On!

I had lots of fun playing around with pattern papers to create this bright and playful card. I feel like this card could be used for any occasion, Congratulations - Birthdays...you name it!

I coloured Sam using the following Copics and cut him out using my Scan N' Cut

Copics:

Skin - E79, E77, E74, E71, E70, E93

Hair - T9, T7, T6, T5, T4, T2

Pants - B99, B97, B95, B93, B91

Shirt - YR18, YR16, YR15

Shoes - YG07, YG05, YG01

Game Controller - T5, T4, T3, T2

I hope you enjoyed our September release!

 Have a great day!

Wedding card featuring Stamp AnnieThing stamps

It's my turn to share over on the Stamp Anniething Blog today!

I've made a sweet Wedding card with a shaker element featuring two stamps from the May Stamp AnnieThing Release - Eloise Congratulations and Tommy Way to Go 

I kept my colour pallet and card design more simple to allow the focus to remain on Eloise and Tommy.
I started with a A2 sized card front and adhered a diagonal stripped pattern paper to the left hand side. I then Die cut out the window using the Stitched Dome Frames from MFT. I used the same die and cut out another frame but this time out a white glitter paper. I adhered a piece of clear acetate on the backside of the card front and then glued the glitter frame I cut out on the front. I popped my card front up with a double layer of foam tape onto another piece of card stock that I ink blended some Victorian Velvet Distress Ink on. I filled the card with a bunch of coordinating sequins, prills, and beads. 

I coloured Eloise and Tommy with my Copic markers and then adhered them to my card front. I stamped the sentiment that came with Eloise on a a thin piece of paper that I cut into a banner shape. To finish off my card, I added some Nuvo drops around then sentient in the colour Silver Linings. 

I hope you like my card creation!

Until Next Time - Stephen 

Kraftin' Kimmie - Let them Eat Cupcakes pt 2

Happy Wednesday friends! As you know I created a card that I shared with you on Monday that used the "Let them Eat Cupcakes" stamp set from Kraftin' Kimmie stamps. I loved the stamp set so much that I coloured all the images in the set and ended up creating two very different cards, the second which I am sharing with you today.

I coloured her using my Copic markers with the following colours

Skin - E04, E11, E21, E00, E50, E93

Hair - E47, E44, YR27, YR23, YR21

Vest/Headband - R39, R37, R35, R32

Shirt/Shoes - BG49, BG45

Pants - T10, T8, T6, T4

To create the background, I used the Triangle Turnabout background stamp by Concord & 9th. If you haven't seen this unique stamp in action, check out the video here 

I used the "Happy" die cut from the "Happy Greetings" die set from MFT and popped it up with fun foam to give it added dimension  For some added detail, I used some clear Nuvo crystal drops overtop of the letters to add some extra shine. I then cut out the "Sentiment Label Strip" die cut and adhered the word "Happy" to it and then stamped "Birthday" underneath. I think it adds a fun touch to the card yet doesn't take away from the image I coloured. 

I hope you like todays card!

Until next time - Stephen