Amy's World

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Hobby Time!

Challenge: Create a card based on your other hobby or the hobby of someone else!
Using the sketch below!

So I chose hunting which is very popular in my neck of the woods, especially at this time of year!

Since the finished card is small 4" x 4 1/4" I decided that I would only use a portion of the stamp I chose. I just love how that turned out, gives a whole new look the large stamp it started out as!

Supplies:
Buck stamp (116L) Serendipity Stamps
Card Blank (finished size 4" x 4 1/4")
Patterned Paper
Ribbon
Brown Ink
Sponge

Directions:
*Ink edges of pattered paper, and adhere ribbon around middle.
*Stamp part of buck image on small square and mat with brown cardstock. Lightly ink over the image as well as the edges.
*Adhere image to center of card. Adhere patterned paper to card front!

Sweet and simple on this one, but it still looks finished and polished to me!

Now check out the other awesome projects here:

Anya's Blog

Lynda's Blog

Kathie's Blog

And for the rest of this year we have a special guest designer Jenny, check out her blog below!

Jenny's Blog

And as always check out Serendipitystamps.com and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to get those awesome deals!

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Words of Encouragement

Serendipity's second challenge for the month was to use a stamp that offered encouragement! Mary wanted us all to use different stamps, and make sure that the sentiment was the highlight! So with this in mind I decided to keep the card simple so the saying stood out!

And here you have it!

Supplies:

Live Each Season Stamp (1003E)
White Cardstock
Black Cardstock
Black Ink
A range of ink colors from a dark to a light... I used two lighter yellows and two lighter greens and a darker green.
Sponge
Black Pen
Black flower brads
Black velvet trim (mine is doodlebug)

Directions:

* Begin by inking a 4x4 square of white cardstock all over with yellow using a sponge. Then using the darkest green ink the lower left corner. Ink a stripe across the middle with the lightest green. Then using the other yellow and green blend the middle out to the corners. You can also go back and add other colors and keep blending till you are happy with the results.

* Stamp the sentiment in the middle with black. Using your black pen make lines 1/4" in on each side. Where the lines cross add the flower brads.

* Make a card base out of black cardstock a quarter inch bigger than the white square. Adhere your square to the middle and add trim around the edges. I mitered the corners for a finished look.

Now on to the other great projects this month, check them all out here:

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Fall Fun!

This month my task was to create a card based on the sketch below, using the new Autumn/Fall stamps from Serendipity!

So I took the sketch just like it was and whipped up this card! Isn't the Autumn stamp adorable!

Supplies:
~ Autumn Serendipity Stamp (1223H)
~ Brown ink
~ Fall Patterned Paper
~ Coordinating cardstocks
~ Colored pencils
~ felt leaves
~ velvet or felt ribbon

Directions:
1. Cut patterned paper to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Cut brown strip to 3 1/4" x 5 1/2" and adhere in center of patterned paper. Cut off white cardstock to 3"x 4 1/2", cover with felt leaves and trim of excess leaves, adhere to top center of brown strip.

2. Stamp image in brown, color with colored pencils and cut out! Using pop dots adhere over top of leaves. Add ribbon to edge. Super simple!

But I couldn't be done there not when that adorable spider was still calling out my name! So I created this one as well. Enjoy!

Cute and glittery too!

Now hop on and check out the other awesome projects! I'm sure you'll be inspired.

Anya's Blog

Lynda's Blog

Kathie's Blog

And for the rest of this year we have a special guest designer Jenny, check out her blog below!

Jenny's Blog

And as always check the new contest at Serendipitystamps.com and don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to get those awesome deals!

Monday, August 30, 2010

Spooooky....

When Mary emailed us and asked us all for ideas for the new fall line, I jumped right in and suggested a cutesy spider. Now this coming from a girl who is terrified of spiders might be a bit of a surprise, but when you make them super cute, I'm sucked in. So much to my great delight when the new stamps arrived on my doorstep a cutsey spider was included!

I also happened to be shopping at AC Moore on Saturday and came across this small carvable pumpkin, I'd seen big ones before, but never a little one. I just knew that it and the spider stamp went together.

Imagine I had an idea of something a bit spookier but how could this little guy ever be scary? No way! And of course I started out thinking just the spider inside and some ribbon and it spiraled out of control!

The little boo stamp also comes in the set with the spider I used my xacto knife to make thin slits to stick the transparency into. I also stamped the spider on transparency with staz-on, and colored on the back of the image with galaxy markers that don't smear on shiny surfaces.

Plenty of coloring on the pumpkin and added ribbons with cute Halloween buttons finish the look!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Oh Baby!!

Serendipity's second August Challenge has arrived! This month we are highlighting some of the beautiful baby stamps that Serendipity has available!

Isn't that frame adorable... I just love to use them, and love it even better that they are only $3 at Walmart. I could have picked any name, but well I admit that I like seeing my name on things so I went ahead and used it!

Supplies:

* Christening Gown Stamp (627H) From Serendipity Stamps
* 6" x 12" frame
* Coordinating papers
* Coordinating letter stickers or die cuts ( I used Lyrical Letters on the Cricut)
* Brown Ink
* Colored Pencils
* Gamsol and stump for blending
* Paper flowers
* Ribbon

Directions:

* Cut pieces to fit into frame, each frame is a little different so you may need to play with the sizes a bit. Ink edges of all pieces.
* Stamp image in brown ink and color with colored pencils, blending with Gamsol for a smooth look.
* Adhere letters to center square.
* Embellish letters with flowers.
* Adhere bow to outside of frame, and add flowers to it as well!

Here is a close up of the adorable little dress!

Now for the other goodies this month check out the other Designers Blogs...

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Gotta scrap those pictures...

Seems like lately all I've been doing is making cards or projects but doing very little actual scrapbooking of my photos... so I hit the scrap room with Disney photos in hand.... I love how this page turned out but it makes me a bit sad because it reminds me of all the great topiary pictures on the lost memory card... :(

This layout uses the zipadee line from Close To My Heart! Enjoy! Maybe the faster I get my last Disney pictures scrapped the sooner I can go back?

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Write on...

Serendipity's first challenge this month was to use stamps that showed writing.... not hard since they have a great selection of stamps to choose from in that category... but I fell in love with the Feather Pen (192D), it's so swirly and elegant looking.

And since having a few teacher friends and a few friends who are avid journal writers I thought I'd make up a card that was also a gift.

Here's my card.. it was super simple, would make such great writing prizes or just a gift from the teacher, and would be great in so many color schemes, school colors, holiday colors, or favorite colors.

Supplies:
Feather Pen Serendipity Stamp (192D)
Three coordinating pens
Three colors of cardstock to match pens
Coordinating Ink
White or other coordinating letter stickers

Directions:
* Cut card base to 4"x4" make two mats in coordinating colors.
* Cut a strip of paper to go around pens whatever size you need to hold pens you choose... Glue three colored strips together and score into a box, and adhere to card front.
* Stamp feather pen and cut out. Adhere to top of pen holder.
* Use letter stickers to spell out Write on.

Now for the other goodies this month check out the other Designers Blogs...