Mitra's Birdie

I simply couldn't resist this bird stamp at the lss . . . all the black images on this card are from Impression Obsession . . . The card was inspired by the beautiful K & Company Mira Collection printed papers . . . The technique is from Leandra of Paper Artsy fame . . . I used Ranger Ink Adirondack Popsicle Orange dye ink stamp pad to ink up my brayer . . . rolled off the excess ink on a piece of scrap paper . . . LIGHTLY brayered HORIZONTALLY on my glossy white Kromekote cardstock . . . after cleaning my brayer . . . I inked up my brayer with Adirondack Raspberry . . . again, rolled off the excess ink on a piece of scrap paper . . . LIGHTLY brayered VERTICALLY on my cardstock . . . scraped the edges with the Raspberry stamp pad . . . stamped the bird in Raspberry and Orange . . . stamped the flourish from the Michelle Ward Collection from Stampington in Raspberry . . . let dry or heat set . . . used a non-stick static pad on the card . . . embossed the bird, dragonfly, butterfly, and words with Black ColorBox pigment ink and black embossing powder . . .

Cecilia Charm

Lisa Gifford, owner of Step Outside Your Box Saturdays, challenged her group with creating a charm this week . . . Mine is inspired by Sharon Diskin of LuminArte . . . the Cecilia image is by Cherry Pie and the words are by Hero Arts

Tuscan Rosie

An internet stamping buddy, Jan Larson, found this stamp for me on E-Bay when I admired the one done by Francine Groulx . . . I basically used the Stampers Anonymous Staz On Technique . . . go to GALLERIES . . . scroll waaaaaaay down to TECHNIQUE STAZ ON INK . . . the stamp is by Tuscan Rose . . . I'm really having fun with the bright transparent colors!!! This hobby is TOO MUCH FUN!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!