Dude Blog Hop

 Welcome to the Amazing Journey Blog Hoppers Hop! This month’s theme is Dude. I'm so happy you're hoppin' along! If you arrived here from Ruth’s blog, you're on the right track. If not, that's ok too! Just continue the hop and you'll come full circle!

In case you didn't know, February is the month of Richard Garay's  birthday, and this Dude hop is in his honor.

My brother-in-law got a new motorcycle when his daughter graduated from college, and I thought this would be a perfect card to send him for his birthday next month.

I stamped the sentiment and the motorcycle with the Black Licorice ink pad onto Whip Cream Cardstock  and then created the background with Pan Pastels, and then accented the chrome on the bike with the silver gel pen.

 Thank you for stopping by today, be sure to head to Heather’s blog next.

1. Heather Flaherty

2. Kim Lamos 

3. Becky Lemire

4. Ruth Cooper

5. Betsye Erazo 

Supplies used on my project: 

• Let's Ride ATS
• Happy Sentiments
• Black Licorice True Color Fusion Ink pad
• Whip Cream 8.5 x 11 Cardstock
• Rich Sorbets PanPastels
• Just Write Gels

Faith Journey Blog Hop

Welcome to the Amazing Journey Blog Hoppers Hop! This month’s theme is Faith Journey.  I'm so happy you're hoppin' along! If you arrived here from Becky's blog, you're on the right track. If not, that's ok too! Just continue the hop and you'll come full circle!

I have loved Tim Holtz' Crazy birds for a long time, and was so excited to see the Pretty Birds ATS. I love how cute these are, and I can  look at the ideas I've saved to use with the Crazy birds and use it for my Pretty Birds if I'm ever stuck.  To color this bird, I used the Rich Sorbets PanPastels; they are so easy to blend together.

Of course the birds are cute, but I think what makes them work are the words on the card and the backgrounds.  For the background, I stamped the Ink Splat ATS with the Cool Pool True Color Fusion Ink Pad, Pineapple Smoothie True Color Fusion Ink Pad, and the Pretty Amethyst True Color Fusion Ink Pad, then I added a few Rainbow Drops  with Journey Glaze.

The scripture is from the Faith Journey collection Trust the Lord Stamp Set.  I firmly believe in this saying.  He is the Great "I Am".   He can fulfill every need that I have.  It may not be on my time schedule, and I may think some of my wants are needs, but He knows best. The older I become and the more experience I have, the more I see the validity in this statement.

Thank you for stopping by today, be sure to head to Karen’s blog next.

1. Betsye Rose Cimino Erazo
2.  Karen Seifert 

3.  Carol Norby
4. Ruth Cooper
5.. Kim Lamos
6. Becky Lemire

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Robin Holiday

 

This background looks like a green piece of paper, but it's Whip cream cardstock. The Pan Pastels make it easy to create amazing backgrounds in no time flat with background stamps. Every time time I do this technique, a song from the 80's starts playing in my head, I can hear Shawn Cassidy singing "Do you believe in magic"

To do this technique, ink a stamp with Clear Pigment ink and then using a Sofft tool, rub PanPastel into the paper.  Quick, easy, and amazing!

Of course, another technique that I think is magic to this day is heat embossing.  I just love how the powder melts before my eyes.  I have discovered over the years that some powders are hard to tell when they have melted, but not FSJ powders.  I don't know what's different about them, but the difference is very easy to see as it melts.

Isn't this Robin pretty?  It is the small one in the set.  There is so much detail in this stamp, but it's only available to purchase until September 30th. There is also a die that matches it, and you can even buy it as a bundle for a discount.  

We used Journey Color Burst Pure Color Pencils to color it in, and then used Tortillions and baby oil to blur the pencil lines.

We made this in class last night, and I think the ladies loved it.  Don't they look like they were having fun?

Outdoor Fun with Fun Stampers Journey

 

Welcome to the Amazing Journey Blog Hoppers Hop! This month’s theme is Outdoor Fun.  I'm so happy you're hoppin' along! If you arrived here from Ruth’s blog, you're on the right track. If not, that's ok too! Just continue the hop and you'll come full circle!"

One of my favorite things about Fun Stampers Journey is their price point. You can get this high quality red rubber stamp for less than $8.  That is a win in my book!  An even better win is being able to get it for free when hosting a party with me.

I also love that they have a mixed media line for me to play with. The background on this card was created by simply applying modeling paste with the falling petals stencil and sprinkling with Sparkle Dust while it was still wet.

The coloring that I added to the stamped image is with Pan Pastels. Fun Stampers Journey has a partnership with this company so that we have colors that match our line.

My most favorite product Fun Stampers Journey has is the dies with the piercing elements. I love that I can just cut, or just have the holes poked, or I can have both. More often than not I choose both.

Full Blog Roll:

1. Betsye Rose Cimino Erazo (You are here)
2. Wilma Payne 
3. Carol Moffett Norby
4. Becky Lemire
5. Heather Flaherty
6. Kim Lamos
7. Christine Pennington
8. Karen Seifert 
9. Allie Gower 
10. Ruth Cooper

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Supplies used on this card:

Stay Wild [AT-0207]
Journey Modeling Paste [JM-0073]
Journey Sparkle Dust [AC-0013]
Rich Sorbets PanPastels [JM-0082]
Journey Ovals [DI-0042]
Deep Lilac 8.5x11 Cardstock [CS-0096]
Fresh Forest True Color Fusion Ink Pad [IP-0013]
Journey Thread Lemongrass [AC-0132]

Christmas in July

Welcome to our Fun Stampers Journey "Christmas in July" Blog Hop! I'm so happy you're hoppin' along! This is the first stop on the hop, but if you arrived from another blog, just keep hoping until you come full circle.

It's almost crazy to think about Christmas when the temperatures are in the triple digits, but I get to longing for cooler weather, and remembering that I need to get started on this year's Christmas cards. I make a couple hundred, so I have to start early.  Lucky for me, the Fun Stampers Journey new catalog and seasonal mini catalog have some amazing stamp sets that I love!

I'm especially partial to stamp sets that celebrate the birth of Jesus, and what better way to begin a series of Christmas cards than with an angel who announced the birth of Christ?

This is a simple, yet elegant card. It honestly didn't take long to make, which makes it a perfect card. I began with a piece of Whip cream cardstock and applied a Blue and a metallic silver Pan Pastel which has a new partnership with Fun Stampers Journey.

If you've never heard of Pan Pastel, it's an oil based chalk that is  highly pigmented (loaded with color). It goes on the cardstock very smoothly and you can blend it or layer it, or stamp an image with our clear pigment ink and them rub it on your focal panel.

Fun Stampers Journey four sets with seven colors each

 Thanks for hopping to my blog. Please head over to
Wilma Payne's blog to see what she has share.

Full Blog Roll:

Betsye Rose Cimino Erano - betseyrose.blogspot.com    (you are here)

Wilma Payne - stampintotheoldies.blogspot.com    

Carol Moffatt Norby - stampincarol.blogspot.com      

Martha Jackson - www.marthajstamps.com    

Susan Berg - suseadoodledo-journeys.blogspot.com     

Ruth Cooper - www.sassyangelsstudio.com    

Kim Lamos - pinkzebrapapercreations.blogspot.com    

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