A Watercolor Attempt

Hi Stampers,

My good friend and stamp club member, Bethany, tragically lost her younger brother over the weekend, so I needed yet another sympathy card.

While blog hopping, which I do ALOT, I saw a card with this watercolor technique at Patty Bennett's blog. As soon as you're finished here, head on over there and watch her video of how to do this. http://www.pattystamps.com . I basically followed the same instructions, but instead I stamped my images in versamark and heat embossed with sterling silver e.p. I found that with the striped cardstock from the Taste of Textiles pack really picked up the silver embossed image better than by embossing in white. Anyway, after I embossed the roses, and watercolored them in, I call all three of them out. Yes, (K!) (I dont know why I keep her name secret, everybody already knows who I'm talking about :0) I know what you're thinking, you dont like to cut things out...but trust me, it's not hard at all, and besides all you have to do is follow around the already embossed areas. I just layered the roses on the striped paper with dimensionals and adhered it to the 5 1/4" square piece of Pink Pirouette textured cardstock. Notice that I used the AWESOME new Eyelet Border punch. Dontcha just love it?!! I do!! And while I know that I cant take away the pain of a loved one, I hope this card will let Bethany know how much I really care about her, and may somehow ease her pain.

Thats it for today. Check back later for more cool projects!

TaTa

~Beth

8th grade dance and Anessa's project.

Hi Stampers!

Today I have a couple pictures of my very fast growing up 8th grader! Last night marked her 8th grade dance and WOW...does she clean up nice! Our friend, Tami, came over to do her hair. I absolutely dont have the patience for all those curls in the back. I know you cant see them, but trust me, they are there! I dont think I was looking forward to the day that my baby went to "prom", but this is the beginning of things to come. Ahh...isn't she beautiful!!

Here she is with her BFF Amanda. Amanda moved her in 4th grade, and they've been nearly inseperable since then. At times, Amanda has practically lived with us...but thats ok, she's a great girl as well.

Speaking of Amanda, here is a covered notebook that Anessa made for her. She used the Always DSP to cover it. I made Anessa one a while back, and she enjoys it so much she wanted one for Amanda. Now let me tell you, covering the notebook was easy, but do you notice the glitter? Dont try this at home folks! I didn't have any A's in the sticky cut letters, so I took a piece of chipboard and covered it with sticky strip. THAT is the easy part. The hard part is trimming it to make it fit the size of the letter. Oh my! It's not for the faint of heart...LOL. I did the same thing for the scallop, but it's size made it much easier to trim down. Anyhow, after getting them covered with sticky strip, she covered them with the chunky glitter. Whalaa. Not terribly difficult, (except the sticky strip part) and Amanda loved it! Mission Accomplished!

Thanks for checkin in today. Now go Stamp Something!

TaTa

~Beth

Happy Easter!!

Hi Stampers,

I cant believe I did it...After all, it's only been HOW long since I've stamped or made anything? Well, this is the basket I made for Anessa for Easter. I know there are others floating around out there, but this one is mine! I used my Big Shot and the Scalloped envelope die to make it. It took six envelopes and a handle. How easy! The only part I had any trouble with was making it keep it's form of a sextagon?, septagon? Which is it? Whatever, it's got 6 sides...LOL. After I adhered it all together, I traced around the outside and cut out a bottom for it. I cut just inside my lines, so it owuld fit on the inside and make it look all pretty and finished. I also LOVE that new edge punch. Pretty cute aint it! I love the always paper too....pink, orange...yummo!

Now I KNOW you want to know, but she's also getting a #88 towel. We LOVE Dale Earnhardt Jr. in this house, and are always looking for little, inexpensive things that show our support. Now, Ness can show her support while tanning at the pool this summer with her new towel.

Speaking of bottoms, (lol)...this is probably not the best time to be blogging, as I'm under the influence of my pain medicine, but I wanted to get something posted. After all, it's been a couple weeks at least!

Thats it for today...now Go Stamp Something!!

TATA

~Beth