We are all mad here…

Oh Alice! I do love Alice in wonderland and when I saw the “Read” challenge over at Gingersnap Creations I have to pay tribute to Alice in Wonderland:

Stamp: Sweet Pea Stamps, collage sheet: Nicecrane designs

I used a stamp from Sweat Pea Stamps, isn’t is freakishly delightful! The vintage image tucked behind it is from the Alice Through Time CS from Nicecrane Designs, the images on the Alice collage sheets at Nicecrane are fantastic, it is hard to pick a favorite, luckily there is a Alice Collage sheet bundle you can get so you don’t have to pick! Too much of a good thing is wonderful! (yep, another Mae West quote LOL!)

I used my Cricut and SCAL software to cut the shaped card above (font: kutups09) and the swirls on the card below 9font: DB Dainty Swirl).

Stamp: Sweat Pea Stamps, Die cuts done with Cricut and Scal software using the font DB dainty swirls.

This image seemed a little liquid to me, like it was underwater so I went with cool colors, I call it “Alice Underwater.” I hole punched the edge for a bubble effect and added dew drops for, well, water drops. The background on both of the cards is done by weaving 1/2″ strips of book pages from Alice in Wonderland and inking them. Fun!

These cards also qualify for these challenges: The ABC Challenge (vintage), The Crafty Pad (over the edge), Creative Craft Challenge (ribbons and bows-red card) and Oh Alice (use swirls+Alice image-purple card).

Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!

Stop the Presses! 25% off!

Happy Friday Folks! Just a quick post to let you know that everything in the Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff Shop at MyGrafico is 25% off until Saturday Midnight! That’s today and tomorrow, don’t wait grab you favorites while they are on sale including the 5 new sets I released this week!

All of my SVG  and printable templates, collage sheets, digital stamps and papers are on sale, hurry before it is over 🙂

thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!

K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple Silly;)

Many years ago I worked as a radio disc jockey which was perfect because I have the gift of gab but my PD (boss) would always tell me to “Keep It Simple Stupid!” Although he irked me to no end with that he did have a good point, do we need to agonize for hours over what button or ribbon to put on a project or should we just do it…or should I say “glue it”

I challenged my design team to create a card (or whatever) in 15 minutes or less. Some are using the brand new card kits I released this week (you can snag a freebie from this post) and others are just using stuff from their stash. Here are my 15 minutes or less attempts, I had so much fun I couldn’t stop so I made 5! You can find the supplies used here.

each pocket with card took 15 minutes to make!

I used my Elegant card kit and a daffodil stamp on this quickie

Another card using the black and cream Elegant kit.

used an image from the Alice ATC sheet and the birthday kit for this invitation

another with the Birthday Card Kit and the Cherry on top digital stamp.

The cute little pocket envelopes are from the dollar tree, a pack of 25 is only a buck! see what else I found:

Wow, look what I picked up at the dollar tree yesterday!

And one more card made with the scraps of the Birthday kit because I just couldn’t stop:

I used the Birthday kit and the Sketchy Orchid stamp on this.

Lindsay’s time saving tips:

1. Set up a place where you can work and leave supplies out. I have the luxury (I use the term luxury loosely, I work in the basement;) but everything is out an available and I don’t have to clean up until I am done. A card table in the corner works wonders.

2. Work in steps. I keep a Ziploc bag full of images that need to be colored along with a set of markers so I have something to do when being a couch potato 😉 you can also print out kits and cut them out while watching tv or quill or crochet a pretty flower. Make every minute count.

3. Don’t fret. Go with your instincts, the first button you chose to embellish a card is probably the best bet, trust your self and glue it down!

Thanks for reading through this long post. Now check out the other nifty quick projects the design team has for you today!

Kim

Tracey

Tamara

Lisa

Margie

Katt

Row

Melissa

Janet

Michele R.

Olena

Michelle H.

Enjoy the DT’s work and don’t forget to leave them some love, until next time happy crafting 😉

Curiouser and curiouser…

There is just something about Alice in Wonderland that I fine quite charming, especially the Victorian illustrations. Here I used the Alice ATC sheet to make 11 artist trading cards:

Alice ATC Images: Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, Accent stamps: Making Memories, Studio G, Letters JoAnns, Michael's, Other: Old Playing cards, ribbon, DYMO tape

What a fun way to use up all of the “junk” you’ve been collecting!

And a funky necklace:

I place the tall Alice between two microscope slides and taped it closed with stained glass tape.

The tag is a Colorbox style stone that I've had for a while. I stamped the playing card (another yard sale find) on both sides of the tile with staz-on and colored it with Bic Mark Its.

This is how the necklace "hangs" when worn.

Coloring tip: I used my Prismacolor colored pencils to color the images. I blended them with GooGone using a pointy Q-tip. I get mt Pointy generic Q-Tips from the dollar store, they work great because they don’t have as much “fluff” on them. I used 2 q-tips to blend the entire sheet and the opposite end has a wide paddle type applicator that is great for applying chalk or blending large area of pencil. I prefer the cheap q-tips to using a blending stump (and they are WAY cheaper!)

Here is a preview of the Alice ATC sheet.

These images are so fun to work with! A printable sheet of 12 Alice ATC images is only $3 in the Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff shop and there is a special deal for May: Spend $5 and get a single stamp for free! When I email you your order I will ask you what you want for a freebie and send it out to you, don’t put the stamp you want for free in the shopping basket or pay-pal will charge you, just let me know what you want when I email your $5 worth of stamps. And you can get a free stamp for ever $5 you spend, spend $10 you get 2 freebies! Now lets see what the LSS Design Team has in store for you today:

Olena

Michelle H

Kim

Tracey

Tamara

Lisa

Margie

Katt

Row

Melissa

Janet

Michele R

If you want to learn more about Digital Stamping and get a free stamp each week be sure to join my digital stamping yahoo group.

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to check out the rest of the design team’s blogs and see their beautiful work (be sure to leave some love too;) Until next time happy crafting!