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I call this my 'Feng Shui' card because it's clean and serene! I made it by masking and sponging with 4 different colors and then stamping the images in black. I added 3 tiny black pearls - can you find them?! (one in the corner - two on the bridge)
I found this wonderful silver Asian style ceramic candle holder at TJ Maxx and More - so I just had to decorate a candle to put on top of it!
Today I used the label stamp that says 'Hand Baked & Edible Goods" how fun is that! So of course I decorated a bag and packaged some edible goods in it!
Now please check out Claire's blog as well as these DT members who are posting sneak peeks today too! I hope you'll stop by again tomorrow - I'll have a sneak peek of another new set!!
Claire
Bonnie
Anya
Julia (me!)
Lisa
Carly (please welcome our new DT member!)
Jennifer
Lynn
Edna (please welcome our July Guest DT member!)
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Rescue Remedies
Paper: White, Hibiscus Burst - PTI
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ripe Avocado & Hibiscus - PTI
Accessories: Foam dimensionals, flat bottom bag - Clearbags.com, Scor Tape, Ribbon - May arts from Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, 1" circle punch - SU, labels four Nestabilities, gemstones - Hero Arts, white gel pen, brown basket shred, Nonni's Biscotti
Using stamps from Rescue Remedies and Victorian Fripperie I transformed this modern day bottle into a vintage style gift that any lady would love to have sitting on her bureau or bedside table!
This wonderful vintage label (from Rescue Remedies) is designed to look like an old medicine bottle label - There are 5 labels in this fun set! AND they fit in the Labels Four Nestabilities - whoo hoo!!
I stamped a panel of the Victorian Fripperie background stamp to wrap around the bottle. I added a pretty lace ribbon along the top edge. Everything is sponged in Ranger Tea Die Ink. Most of the edges have been distressed.
I found a great tutorial for these vintage look flowers - each flower is made from a piece of card stock cut with a flower die that you crease and fold and crumple until the layers start separating. Then you fold up each petal till you like how it looks and add a brad to the center. Easy peasy and they look so wonderful don't they?!
I really wanted to use my Asian Gardens stamp set for this challenge. At first I thought I would just stamp the Sakura flowers and have them all in a circle - but that ended up looking kind of 'blech' !!! LOL!
I used different size circle and oval punches for my images and sentiment. The ring and images are all popped up on foam dimensionals accept for the sentiment.
So check out the challenge blog - make your sketch card and get it posted on Mr. Linky by Thursday 7/1/10 at 11:59 pm EST. I can't wait to see what you create this week!
If you post on Split Coast please use WMSC4 in your keywords!
PRIZE NOTICE! : this week - if we reach 100 people linking their cards to the sketch challenge - one lucky winner (chosen randomly!) will win a stamp set of their choice - AND it can be from the July 1 release! Whoo hoo!
Claire and the Design Team will be having sneak peeks of the new sets starting Monday 6/28 so be sure to check back! There are some really super stamps coming out on 7/1 !!!
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Asian Gardens, Words of Wisdom
Paper: Vintage Cream, Enchanted Evening - PTI, Origami Paper Aizomedi Gogami
Ink: Enchanted Evening - PTI
Accessories: Big scallop Circle Nestabilities, Large oval punch - SU, 3/4", 1" & 1 1/2" circle punches, foam dimensionals.
Happy Saturday everyone! This week the Speedy the Cats' Friends Challenge is from Vicki - and she wants us to use 3 flowers on our card. Do you think I could have just made a card with this pretty DP and nothing else?? There have to be about 100 flowers on it don't there?!?!? LOL
Today Sharon has this lovely den/livingroom picture to inspire us to use yellow and grey with white or ivory.
This is my last week as Guest Designer for Stamp Simply - time sure does fly when you're having fun!!! Thank you so much Sharon for inviting me to share with all of you this month!
Instead of a card - I decided to decorate this wooden frame that I had previously painted with Ranger Distress Crackle ink but never did anything with (!!!???). 
I used Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers Sizzix dies to cut my flowers. The colors are Melon Berry card stock, yellow Mulberry paper and some white printed tissue paper (that was wrapped around my recent purchase of some Benefit cosmetics!) After die cutting the flowers - I crinkled them all up - edged them with a white gel pen, layered each flower and held it with a brad in the center.
I used two stamp sets from Waltzingmouse Stamps for my framed sentiment - the frame is from Vintage Labels No 1 and the sentiment is from Earth Angel. I embossed the black background with Tim Holtz Sizzix Checker board
Pam Wooten (Iris on SCS) was the Featured Stamper on Split Coast this week - what bright fun cards she has in her gallery.Thanks for stopping by today dear friends!
Advance notice: I've got some great WMS sneak peeks coming up starting on Monday of next week - Claire is releasing 6 new sets on July 1 - whoo hoo!! Wait till you see them!
Stamps: Rubbernecker - Vintage Model T #502-02, Dare to Dream from Distressed set Scuffs, Scrapes & Stains #461
Paper: Vintage Cream, Scarlet Jewell - PTI, DP Basic Grey paper pad/Indian Summer, Paper Pizzazz - Road Map
Ink: Ranger Distress inks - aged mahagony, Tea Dye
Accessories: rectangle & scalloped rectangle nestabilities, charm - Karen Foster, Foam Dimensionals, glue dots, Ranger distresser, sponge
To make the color stripes - I used alcohol inks on a felt pad that I swiped across my glossy card stock. Then I stamped the weed and sentiment using Memento Tuxedo Black ink over the swipe. The alcohol inks dry almost immediately. (The middle color is magenta IRL for some reason it looks purple in the pic!?)
I used this applicator from Ranger to apply the ink to the card. The felt pads stick to the velcro on the wooden applicator. I used Wild Plum, Lettuce and Stonewashed alcohol inks by Adirondack.
I just had to try a ribbon rose that Julia showed us on her card for the Ways to Use it Challenge - Raving on Ribbon - over on Split Coast last Thursday.
Since I'm a list maker - I love making or altering notebooks to keep in my purse or on my work table. Today I altered a little 3 1/4" x 4 1/2" Composition Notebook (you know - the kind with the black and white fronts?!) They have them at CVS and Staples.
I wanted to share a few pictures of how I put this together. The ribbon actually extends beyond the top so it can be used as a bookmark.
I folded a little bit around onto the bottom inside of the front cover to hold it in place before I adhered the inside DP. I had the tape long enough to adhere to the front cover but not past the top edge.
Here you see the ribbon/bookmark sticking up and the inside of the front cover panel completely covering the little ribbon piece on the bottom. I also stamped this fun stamp "Soothe Away the Day"image. (The white leaf is part of the DP - it looks pretty doesn't it!?)
And here is what I stamped on the inside of the back cover.
These are the measurements for the panels in case you would like to try this on the same size notebook.
3 1/4" x 4 1/2" Composition Notebook
Outside covers - cut 2 - 2 7/8" x 4 1/2"
Strip for front cover - cut 1 - 1 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Inside Covers - cut 2 - 3 1/4" x 4 1/2"
1 1/2" x 2 1/2 piece for sentiment
1 1/2" x 1" piece for tea cups
Ribbon - 11"
So get your sketch card created and add it to Mr. Linky over at the WMS Challenge blog ! ETA: the Deadline is Thursday 6/24 11:59 PM EST.
If you load your card on Splitcoast or other galleries please use WMSC3 in your keywords.
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Afternoon Tea, Afternoon Tea Sentiments
Paper: Basic Grey/Kioshi Paper Pad, Composition Notebook
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: corner rounder, ribbon Aqua Mist- PTI, Scor Tape, Petite Oval Nestabilities, Copic G82
