The Inking spot of Crain Creations

Welcome to the first PMS release of 2011!

Welcome to the first PMS release of 2011... Love is in the air at Paper Makeup Stamps!  This adorable little couple, Billy and Bianca, are all tied up in "love knots".  Aren't they just too cute?  Head over to the PMS Blog to see some more "Retro Critter Peeks"... you're gonna love 'em!  We have a few more days of peeks with the actual release day on Friday the 7th, so make sure you check in often :)  Thanks for popping in... see ya again soon :)

Stamps: Billy & Bianca (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Be Loved (MME), Pure Poppy, Vintage Cream & White cs (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)  Accessories: Pure Poppy Satin ribbon (PTI), Summer Sunrise button (PTI), Chino Pearls (KaiserCraft), Framed Dots punch (Martha Stewart)  Copics: B93, 95, C00, 1, 3, E41, 42, G82, 94, R00, 22, 24, 27, W00  Challenges: MTSC106

A Witchy review...

Today we are doing a review of the PMS Witchy card kit.  I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch, which worked out perfectly (such a great sketch!).  There are still a few of these kits left, you can get yours here.  Katie did an amazing job of picking out papers and ribbons for this kit.  It even comses with Green Liquid Pearls (that I used to make a "border" around my image).  Thanks Katie for another awesome kit!!

All papers, stamps and embellies on this card are from the Witchy kit at Paper Makeup Stamps.  Additional Accessories: Black Glitter pen (Spica)  Copics: C0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, E000, 00, 33, 35, 37, 93, 99, G21, 24, Y21, YR20, Colorless blender  Challenges: MTSC97

Farm Fresh Friday and another new Critter!

Welcome to The Greeting Farm's Fall Festival of Challenges!  I chose to use the color challenge...

Aren't these just yummy colors!  I LOVE that color combo, so much so that I kind of ran out of some things in those colors so I changed the "tints" a little, lol!  Oh yes, and the sketch is from the Fabulous Mercy Kerin, it's this weeks Tuesday Sketch.  This is Marlene Cauldren and she's got somethin a' Brewin'!  She just looks too cute with her sweet little kitty!  Want some more inspiration?  Go visit some Farmers and the rest of the Critter Crew... I know they have some yummy samples for ya!  Tonight is the October Release for The Greeting Farm, so meet us on the TGF PCP page for the Release Party & chat!  Friday, 10/1 at 7pm CST.

Jessica Diedrich (DT Coord. for TGF)

Kim Nath (Farmer)

Mary Giles (Farmer)

Melyssa Connolly (Farmer)

Mercy Kerin (Farmer)

Randi Wall (Farmer)

Tammy Maxvill (Farmer)

Amber Hight (Critter Crew)

Jacquie Nordaune (Critter Crew)

Jennifer Royal (Critter Crew)

Jen Shults (Critter Crew)

Kristine Reynolds (Critter Crew)

Linda Muhr (Critter Crew)

Shaela Odd (Critter Crew)

Tangii Crain (me - Critter Crew)

Arelia's World of Make Believe review...

Well obviously the Tangii Fairy is my favorite, but Arelia is easily my 2nd favorite!  I have been wishing for a fairy like her for quite sometime now.... hmmm, I wonder if Katie reads minds? lol.  

Anyway this adorable little cutie (that looks just like my Baby Girl many years ago) is available only as part of theArelia's World of Make Believe kit.  There are limited quantities of this kit left, so you'd better get yours soon!  Everything on my card above is included in the kit... just add Copics (or colored pencils, markers, etc.) and you are good to go!  The fabulous Lisa K has some eye candy using this kit too, or head over to the PMS Blog to see more kit inspiration.

Stamps, Papers, ribbons & brads: Arelia's World of Make Believe kit  Other Accessories: Stardust pen (Sakura), Silver glitter pen (Spica)  Copics: BG13, C5, 7, 9, E000, 00, 41, 93, 99, R000, 14, 20, 21, 22, YR23, 31  Challenges: MTSC92

PMS Review Day #3, some cutie critters...

Welcome to day 3 of the PMS Review!  Today we are reviewing some Cutie Critters, some Fairies and some word art, this is Drummer Bear.  I apologize for the very plain and simple card and the very short post :(  I am exhausted with a horrendous migraine.  While I make a bee-line for my bed, you need to make a bee-line over to the PMS Blog to see some very sweet and wonderful review cards!!  I'll be back later with the deets for this card and maybe with a better sample!  Thanks for stopping by and hope you have a fabulous weekend!  Oh yeah, the sketch is one of Mercy's great sketches.

Another Critter Crew peek...

Here's another new Greeting Farm Critter peek, isn't he just precious?  I can just hear him saying "aww shucks", lol.  There are 3 new Critters being released on September 1st over at the The Farm!  Today The Greeting Farm blog is peeking all 3 of these critters as well as a NEW Anya who is being peeked on the Club Anya & Friends blog...trust me, you are not going to want to miss these!!

Jessica Diedrich (DT Coord. for TGF)

Amber Hight (Critter Crew)

Heather Shlatter (Critter Crew)

Jacquie Nordaune (Critter Crew)

Jennifer Royal (Critter Crew)

Jen Shults (Critter Crew)

Kristine Reynolds (Critter Crew)

Linda Muhr (Critter Crew)

Shaela Odd (Critter Crew)

Tangii Crain (me - Critter Crew)

 

 

Paper Garden Fall Garden Walk

Welcome to the Paper Garden Projects Festive Fall Garden Walk

Take a stroll through the blogs of all the Paper Gardeners and enjoy some friendly inspiration. This month we are focusing on Fall and Back-to-School projects.  If you haven't already been there, head over to the Paper Garden Blog to get the deets on the hop and to see how you can win TWO super adorable Kraftin Kimmie stamp sets!!

Happy Saturday!  I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend so far.  My fall project is this "back-to-school notebook".  What a fun place to keep your notes.  The image I used is one of The Darling Sisters images by The Greeting Farm... these little cuties are so fun to color!  

Grab yourself a latte and enjoy the garden tour. Here is the garden tour guide list:

Cathy

Amber

Tangii - Pumpkins

Tricia

Linda

Andrea

Alyssa

All of the items used are available at Paper Garden Projects.  Stamps: Darling Sisters (The Greeting Farm)  Paper: Green at Heart (Basic Gray), Frosted Orange & Intense Orange (Prism), White (Neenah)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)  Accessories: Rose Pearls (KaiserCraft), Scalloped Oval nesties, White Sheer dotted Swiss  Copics: E000, 00, 30, 33, 35, 93, W0, 2, 4, YR00, 04, 12, 20, 21, 23  Challenges: MTSC87 

Time for a Fourth Friday challenge... Paper Garden style!

 

This month's Paper Garden Fourth Friday challenge is 'cool', and what's cooler than a little surfer dude?  I love his shades!!  Make sure you head on over to the PGP blog to get the deets on how you can win ya some goodies.  I just love this paper, and his shorts were just begging to be paper pieced :)  I also went over his shades with a Black Spica pen (bummer ya can't see it cause it looks really cool! lol).  Well that's all I've got for ya for now, Happy Friday & I hope you have a fabulously inky weekend!  Check out what the rest of the PGP DT came up with for this super fun challenge!

• Amber
• Cathy
• Erin
• Andrea
• Alyssa

Stamps: Surf's Up (Art Impression)  Paper: 365 Degrees (Pink Paislee), Red cs (Prism)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)  Accessories: Red Ribbon (Paper Garden)  Challenges: MTSC79

What a 'tweet review...

Today Paper Makeup Stamps is reviewing the Tweet Things set.  I have 2 cards to share with you today.

  

This first card uses the Birdcage image.  This time I tried using some Flower-Soft (which just so happened to arrive in my mailbox just in time for this card).  It really gave the image some depth... clearly I need some more practice with it, but this stuff is FUN to play with :)  I also took aGold Spica Glitter pen and went over the cage lines... just enough sparkle!  I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch for this card.   

 

 My second card uses the peacock, I honestly did NOT do this cute little guy justice, but I can't wait to ink him up when I don't have a migrain and am not so tired I could sleep standing up!  What you cannot see on him is that I used some smooch on part of his feathers (I will try to retake a picture tomorrow).  I also used some Black Glaze pen to make his eye pop out  a little.  I used the Mojo  Monday sketch for this card.  Between meetings running late today, hubby catching an earlier flight home (I picked him up from the airport), a head splitting headache, and way too many late nights lately... it was NOT a good night to try to be creative, lol!  Make sure you check out these posts (Tweet Things Peek & Tweet Things Review) on the PMS Blog for some more inspiration with this set. Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

Birdcage card

Stamps: Tweet Things (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Wisteria pp (Basic Gray), Buttercream and Majestic Purple Dark (Prism), Vintage Ivory (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)  Accessories: Vanilla Tafetta ribbon (SU), Lavendar Flower-Soft, Gold Glitter pen (Spica), Spring Rain Button (PTI)  Copics: B12, BV0000, E35, G94, Y21, YR21  Challenges: MTSC77

Peacock card

Stamps: Tweet Things (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Wisteria pp (Basic Gray), Island Mist Medium & Dark (Prism), White (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)  Accessories: White brads (Queen & Co), Ocean Tides ribbon (PTI), Pool Smooch, Oval & scalloped oval punches (SU), ticket punch (SU), Black Glaze pen (Sakura)  Copics: B29, BG72, 75, G94, YG13, 0 colorless blender  Challenge: Mojo142

Stamp Group Birthday

 

 This weekend a group of friends is coming over for our monthly stamp time.  This month's theme is "Birthday's".  Not sure if you can tell but the paper pieced balloons are popped up on dimensionals.  These balloons are just as great for piecing as they are to color!!  I used Mercy's Sketch and colors are from last week's Color Throwdown.  I think I'm going to make a more girlie version and a masculine version of this and give a set to my Mom.  Sorry for the quick post but, I was up until 3 am last night working and I am exhausted!

Stamps: Party Time (Verve)  Paper: Playful Posies (My Minds Eye), Enchanted Evening & White (PTI), Papaya Puree Med (Prism)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)  Accessories: Brads (SU), Enchanted Evening (PTI), dimensionals  Challenges: CTD94, MTSC76 

Kraftin' with a Mercy sketch

 

 I have been going through withdrawls cause I haven't done one of Mercy's Tuesday sketches in far too long!  Today I wanted to play with one of my new Kraftin' Kimmie stamps that I got from Paper Garden Projects.  When I looked at this past week's sketch from Mercy, it was perfect for this image...well kinda, I mean I DID have to turn the sketch, oh yeah and blow it up some... close enough, right?  I really like the colors of the patterned paper, but when I colored her dress everything seemed WAY too pastel-y for me (I really struggle with all like cards) so I added some black to her boots and cs for matting... much better!  Hope you all had a wonderful loooong weekend, it still seemed way too short to me :).  Thanks for popping in, hope to see you again soon.  Sneak peeks for PMS' June release start on Friday.

Stamps: Yvette (Kraftin Kimmie)  Paper: So Sophie Clever (My Minds Eye), Black, Hawaiian Shores & white cs (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Onyx Black (Versafine)  Accessories:  Rose Pearls (Kaisercraft), scalloped oval punch (SU), oval punch (SU)  Copics: BG000, 02, 05, 07, BV13, C7, 9, E000, 00, 04, 13, 15, 17, R11, 20, 21, 22, Y00, 15, 19, 0 Colorless Blender  Challenge: MTSC75

Makeup 4 the Weekend #27

 

Happy Friday!  Today's Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge is brought to you by Miss Danni, and she challenges us to use "at least 3 flowers".  I am totally in love with the Wisteria line of paper from Basic Gray!  That purple is just FABULOUS!  So how is it that I have absolutely NO ribbon in that color?  Holy snickerdoodles!  If you know of some yummy ribbon in those purples, let the enabler in you shine and leave me a linkie/comment, pretty please :)  The sketch is, of course one of Mercy's.    Well I hope that this inspires you at least a teensy bit to get inky!  
 

Stamps: We can complain... (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Wisteria (Basic Gray), Horizon & Black Orchid cs (Bazzill), White (PTI)  Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine), Antique Linen Distress (Ranger)  Accessories: Roses (Prima), Plum button (PTI), Grape brads (Queen & Co), Deckled Oval nesties, twine, Vanilla Ribbon (SU)  Challenges: MTSC73, M4TW27

Have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you back here tomorrow for the Paper Garden Grads, Dads & Lads Blog hop!  

It's overcast and raining outside...

... but inside it's Spring and Butterflies!

 

  Have you checked out Mercy's sketch for this week?  I just love it (I know, I say that every time, lol).  Well this is Danni and I didn't get to play with her during peeks, so it was high time I get her inky!  I love this SEI paper, the "darker" flowers on the paper is foiled and the brown strips are shimmery (I know, sorry for the bad picture).  I cut out the top butterfly and using a pop-dot placed it on the flower.  I also went over all 3 butterflies with some Smooch Pearlized Top Coat.

Stamps: Danni & "Hello" (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Claire (SEI), Suede Brown Medium (Prism), Vanilla cs (SU), Stampers Select White (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Onyx Black (Versafine), Copics  Accessories: Summer Sunrise Satin ribbon & Button (PTI), Twine, Flower (SEI), Pearlized Top Coat (Smooch)  Challenges: Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #71

Just for fun...

 

It was quite the busy weekend around here, but I really needed a few minutes of coloring time!!   So I grabbed one of my Anya's and whipped this out pretty quick before I had to get back to house stuff and work.  A little stamp time is WAY better than NO stamp time, lol.  Sorry for the quick post, but it is past nighty-night time for me.  See ya soon... hope you have a wonderful week!

Stamps: Frapper Anya (The Greeting Farm), Party Time (Verve)  Paper: Key Ingredients kit (Taylored Expressions), Prism cs, Dark Chocolate cs (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Coffee Bean (Vivid), Copics  Accessories: Black Glaze pen (Sakura), Black Glitter pen (Spica), Stardust pen (Sakura), Chocolate Chip ribbon (SU)  Challenges: MTSC70

Happy Hop day!!

 

Welcome to the Paper Makeup Stamps April release Hop!!  I am so excited about this release.  Well, you should have come here from Christi Snow's blog, but if you didn't you're going to want to start at the PMS Blog (where you can find out how to save on this month's release or even how to get it for free!!).  This is Duncan (yup, as in Duncan Hines, lol) and he is just baking up a storm!  The best part about Duncan's cookies is that they are calorie-free!!!  When I was little I remember making goodies with my Gramma... this could be a fun card for her!  I probably "resembled" Duncan at some point in my childhood (though I cannot imagine someone calling me a monster!) hahaha!  Before I send you along your Merry, latte-sipping way... let me remind you about the Release Party tonight in the PMS Forum.  Party starts at 8pm central (which is also when the release goes live).  Last one there is a milk-dud!

Now hop yourself on over to Miss Katie's blog, but not before you take with you this morsel...

 

Stamps: Duncan & sentiment (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Home in Blue pp (MME), Not Quite Navy cs (SU), White (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics  Accessories: Green Candy drops (Pebbles Inc), Clear Glaze pen (Sakura), Nesties