Amy's World

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Feeling wordy....

This months challenge was to use some or all of Serendipity's word sets, on a scrapbook layout or photo card. This challenge got my creative juices flowing. I used words from the Happy Laugh Set (430k) and one from the Grace Blessings Prayer Set (341K).

I whipped up this layout of my son and my niece and nephew. We were having some family pictures taken this past summer and the kids decided to show off on the trampoline. That's my monkey in the middle. The word sets were the perfect thing to show off the feelings in this photo.

Gather these Goodies:

Red, blue, and cream cardstock

Blue and red ink

Mixed brads

Large letters

sewing machine

Many of these word sets are also available in sticker sets.... and right now a roll is on sale for $1!
Wordy Sale

Now on to the other wonder designers to see what they have created:

Mary has also released two new stamps that have coordinating dies. They are super awesome, be sure to head to the site and check them out and be sure to check back here to see what I create with them.

And as always don't forget to check out Serendipity Stamps! Mary runs a great site, has great sales, and links to the gallery and blog.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Happy Easter!

Our challenge this month was to do something with an Easter Theme. I chose the large Easter Wreath stamp (979K). It's a beautiful stamp with lots of little intricate parts. I used water colors to color this time, I've been using them and loving the way the finished project looks. After coloring and drying I cut out the stamp and decided that it would make the perfect napkin ring.

Here it is below colored and off of the napkin. I admit I spent more time painting it than cutting it out. I tend to not be a great fussy cutter, but it went together so quickly you could easily make these up the morning of your Easter dinner.

Grab these Goodies:

Serendipity Large Easter Wreath Stamp (979K)

Watercolors

Waterbrush

Cloth Napkin

So there it is another quick simple project. It helps that Serendipity creates such wonderful stamps that they don't always nee a lot of extras to make it look great.

Now on to the other wonder designers to see what they have created:

Mary has also released two new stamps that are just amazing. I used one in an earlier post so be sure to check it out and then head to the site to buy one for yourself.

And as always don't forget to check out Serendipity Stamps! Mary runs a great site, has great sales, and links to the gallery and blog.

Isn't that Ood?

Over at craftster, (maybe the greatest craft site evah) I was participating in a Dr. Who swap. The qualifications for this one were that everything had to fit in a 4x4 inch square. My partner expressed her love of the Ood.. so I decided to crochet her a little one that could keep her company. I used a couple of the parts from the book Creepy, Cute Crochet, but then made up the rest on my own, my very first crochet project where I designed parts myself. So without further ado here he is!

And my partner and I decided to send an extra so I created this Tardis notebook. I used chipboard and pieced it together, and then painted it. It came out so well that I need to make one for myself as well.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

New Stamp Time

Serendipity Stamps as just created two new stamps. One is a intricate heart, and the other is an egg, just in time for Easter. I just got the stamps a couple days ago and decided to play with the egg today. To me it looks just like stained glass. So I stamped the image in black and embossed with black embossing powder to give it a shine. Then I colored in the parts randomly with copics to give the look of stained glass. Then I mounted it on several layers of label spellbinders. Added some glitter glue to the black parts, and added some ribbon that is shiny, just like an Easter dress.

These new stamps are amazing, head over to Serendipitystamps.com to check them out and see what other surprises might go along with them.

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Valentines in White....

Our challenge for this month had several different components... It had to have a Valentine's Day theme, be all white except for the stamped image, and use dry embossing.

Instead of a standard card, I went with a simple way to deliver Valentine's candy. And boy is this simple to put together, you could crank out tons of these at once. I used the Heart Lollipop stamp and trimmed off the bow that was on it so I could add a ribbon bow. I cut a piece of cardstock slightly bigger than my pack of M&M's and a small strip to go around and hold the candy. I embossed both of them with dots. Glued the strip to the back and added the lollipops and small bows.

Grab These Goodies:

Serendipity Stamp Heart Lollipop (831QCL)

White Cardstock

Black ink

Copic Markers (E31, R27, R81, and R83)

Glue dots

Dots embossing folder

Narrow White Ribbon

Hop you enjoyed my newest creation, and I'm sure you'll love what my fellow design team members have created below:

And as always don't forget to check out Serendipity Stamps! Mary runs a great site, has great sales, and links to the gallery and blog.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

A Brand New Year!

New Year, New Design Team. Well a few new members have been added to the team, and a few old members have decided to move on. I'll have links to all the Designers at the bottom. For our first challenge of 2012 Mary was cleaning out her stash of goodies and found calendars. I got and 8 1/2" x 11" one, and what I love most about it is that it's vertical instead of horizontal. I had two months to cover February and March.

Gather Goodies: Double Hearts (1086QCL), Red Cardstock, White Cardstock, Pink Cardstock, red ink, and some pretty ribbon.

I chose to make several large mats for a photo and then stamp the double hearts onto one of them. I then stamped the double hearts alone, cut them out, and wove the ribbon through them. The picture size is 4"x6" (the lovely couple are my in laws). Super simple design, and it wouldn't take long to put together twelve months with type of format.

Gather Goodies: Shamrock (196B), Green Cardstock, White Cardstock, Yellow Cardstock, printer, edge punch, and green ink.

Since the first month went so smoothly I decided to use basically the same format of layers of mats. This time instead of a picture I used a favorite quote of mine, perfect for March. Once I stamped the shamrocks around the white border, it stamped two on green cardstock and used those above and below the quote.

Hop you enjoyed my two newest creations for the year, and I'm sure you'll love what my fellow design team members have created below:

And as always don't forget to check out Serendipity Stamps! Mary runs a great site, has great sales, and links to the gallery and blog.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Christmas Cards.....

Our fearless leader Mary says she never gets to send her Christmas cards before Christmas, so she has us do a challenge now to get ideas. I went with a super simple card again:

I used Serendipity Stamps: Holly from the Christmas Whimsey set (411M) and Simple Merry Christmas Small (1036B). Some how I had managed to miss the whimsey set before but I just love it... right up my alley. First I randomly stamped the holly on white cardstock, then I colored in the holly with Copic markers. I then mounted it all on a red cardstock base. I put diamond glaze on the berries, and stamped Merry Christmas on a small slip of red cardstock. I added white brads to the ends and adhered it with pop dots.

Simple and quick to get done at the last minute. I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year.

Stop by the other designer's blogs for a bit of Christmas cheer with them:

Anya's Blog

Lynda's Blog

Kathie's Blog

Jenny's Blog

Miriam's Blog

And for info on Serendipity stamps visit www.serendipitystamps.com

And starting in January look for Serendipity's all new Design Team!