party hat cats

hello again and happy new year! at tag tuesday we are challenged to "celebrate" and at lost coast portal to creativity we've got "anything goes." so i brought out my lost coast designs "party hat cat" stamps to party with!

despite their serious faces, these cats are decked out in party hats for sweet celebration.  my backgrounds are spritzed watercolor inks and the stamping is done simply in dark blue and dark brown inks. the super cool fiber ribbons were a gift.

play along!

i love cats, i love art, and i love a nice party.
happiness and love to all.

more fabulous faces

there's one week remaining to play along with the "faces" challenge at tag tuesday. here are a few more faces tags i made for this challenge.

face stamp by invoke arts; sentiment by leavenworth jackson stamps. designer paper, butterfly brad and washi from my stash.

face stamp by technique junkies; sentiment stamp from viva las vegas stamps. butterfly is from lunagirl. washi from pipsticks, paper from stash.

face stamp from lost coast designs; sentiment stamp by penny black stamps. washi, border, flower, enamel dot, etc., from my stash of supplies. 

i stamped many more of my face stamps onto various book pages and designer papers but they didn't all make it onto tags. i'm sure they will turn up in future projects, stamped and ready to go!

love to all.

she flies over

faces, wings, gardens, flight. all good themes for springtime. here are two tags with plenty of all those things.

face stamp from lost coast designs "up close and personal" stamp set; butterfly from gecko galz "pretty little butterflies" collage sheet; sentiment by viva las vegas stamps; cloud washi tape from pipsticks; the rest of the bits are from my stash.

face stamp from lost coast designs "up close and personal" stamp set; butterfly from gecko galz "pretty little butterflies" collage sheet; flowers from gecko galz "jardin" collage sheet; background paper is also gecko galz; sentiment from tim holtz; flower and dot from my stash.

i'm always interested in using rubber stamps and collage images effectively together and am pleased with how these turned out.

challenges entered:
lost coast portal to creativity "on wings she flies;"
gecko galz customer challenge blog "nouveau garden;"
moo mania and more "spring fever;"
and a reminder there is a "faces" challenge at tag tuesday...

love to all

fabulous faces

it's my turn to choose the next two week tag tuesday challenge and i've chosen the theme of "faces." i own so many faces stamps that i could have made 30 or more tags (embarrassing but true)! in fact i did make several but will just share 3 today -- come back next week for the second installment!

stamp by technique junkies; sentiment is from tim holtz ideology; washi tape from pipsticks and the rest are items from my stash.

face stamp by rubber stampede; sentiment stamp by 100 proof press; the rest are items from my stash of supplies.

just so you know that all the faces do not have to be human! this lovely cat face is from lost coast designs and the sentiment is from leavenworth jackson stamps. background paper is gecko galz and the rest are stash items.

i hope you will have fun with this theme, there are so many ways to play with faces!

love to all.

say what?

at lost coast portal to creativity the current challenge (#49) is "say what?" and the task is to use words.  

on this 4x4 base i've used a stamp "girl with a pearl" from lost coast and a rumi quote sentiment stamp by 100 proof press.  i LOVE rumi. the background paper is from gecko galz.

love to all.

doodled fish

still playing around with doodling for the oodles of doodles challenge at lost coast portal to creativity...

on this ATC, the fish head is from lost coast "up close and personal" stamp set, stamped on designer paper and fussy cut; bubbles stamp from G-rated stamps; the star is a digital stamp from gecko galz and the background paper is also from gecko galz.  fish body doodling is by me with a pro marker pen.

love to all.

party cat in the stars

this month's challenge at lost coast portal to creativity is "use a stenciled background."  i struggle to get good effects with stencils but i decided to give it a go anyway.

the stars stencil is from winnie and walter and the stamp is by lost coast designs "party hat cats".  i used a silver sharpie with the the stencil.  the gorgeous background paper is from the itKuPiLLi primavera paper pack.

love to all.

cats/katzen

for moo mania and more cats/katzen challenge:

my first 1.1x2.8 inch moo is a cheshire cat, stamp company unknown with a sentiment from viva las vegas stamps, stamped on designer paper from my stash.

my second moo features a stamped image from lost coast stamps, again stamped on designer paper from my stash.

i'm a cat lover so i always appreciate a cat theme!
love to all.

lost coast lovers valentine card

for challenge #33 at lost coast portal to creativity: lovers

the man and woman stamps are by lost coast, from the "up close and personal" stamp set.

i stamped them on paper from my artistic adventures and placed them on a background also by my artistic adventures from the "bitty hearts" paper pack.  the words are also from my artistic adventures.  the big red heart is a sticker.  edges are distressed with "old paper" distress ink.

enjoy; love to all.

keep some room

for try it on tuesday "tissue,"
and for lost coast portal to creativity "anything goes:"

i stamped this lovely "mona flying" stamp by lost coast designs onto tissue paper left over from last month's gifting! (word to the wise: when you stamp on tissue paper make sure there is something beneath the tissue as the ink will bleed through.  i had some clean up to do...).

the rest was some simple putting together of desired elements.  i just got this stamp toward the end of last year and this is my first time using it.  it is wonderful.

enjoy; love to all.

rubber moon goodies

i belong to the rubber moon "moon mail" club so every month i get a lovely new rubber moon stamp to create with.  

this birthday card has stamps from rubber moon and others as well -- the cat is from lost coast designs.  the "happy birthday" stamp credit is unknown.  all the rest are rubber moon stamps.  the background paper is by gecko galz.

this ATC features this month's moon mail stamp, the "gratitude" stamp.  the woman is from blue luna press, a stamp company also owned and distributed through rubber moon.  the flowers are from impress cards and crafts and i added enamel dots to the flowers.

my second ATC features a rubbermoon stamp (the dreamcatcher) and the woman/moon stamp by claudia rose (an artist featured at rubber moon).  i used my colored pencils to enhance the stamping a bit and added a few more of those flowers by impress.  the background papers on both ATCs is by geck galz.

i sent both ATCs as a part of a rubber moon art swap this month.
enjoy; love to all.

celebrating poe! a blog hop

lost coast designs and carmen's veranda are hosting a poe blog hop in honor of the birthday of edgar allen poe this week -- today is the last day so i've just made it in!  the only requirement is to use at least one rubber stamp.

my card features a poe image and background paper from gecko galz, a raven stamp by silver crow creations and text from dover publishers.

i'm also adding in an old poe creation just for fun, a few years old, using gecko galz products.

   

    An InLinkz Link-up

   

love to all!

shiny new year

it is not too late to wish folks a happy new year, right? because i made a card for two challenges on the new year theme -- the bonus "happy new year" challenge at drunken stampers and the week #1 "shiny new year" challenge at scraps of color.

i used lots of glittery paper and glittery stickers and a favorite stamp from the "party cats" set by lost coast designs which i stamped on shiny embossed paper from paper temptress.

of course it is not too late!  i'm wishing all a happy new year!
love to all.

things with wings tags

 the current challenge at cheerful stamp pad is "things with wings."  everyone is encouraged to submit a creation with wings, whether a card, tag, ATC, art journal page, mixed media piece -- whatever gets your juices flowing!  thee is one week left -- the challenge closes june 25.  one randomly selected winner will get a treat from moonlight journey.  i have many wonderful collage sheets from this company and they are really lovely.

my tags here are just stamping though.  the party cat hat is from lost coast designs and the princess tag stamps are all from clear art stamps.  backgrounds are with watercolor jewels by stamp zia.

enjoy; love to all