Thursday, March 31, 2011

Pirate Luka--La La Land Crafts


Pirate Luka is colored with Copic Markers and foam-mounted on the card along with the map and the skull and bones. Here are the details:

Stamps: Pirate Luka, La La Land Crafts; Aaargh and Map: Stampendous (Changito Pirates);

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Photo Distressed Ink;

Skull and crossbones die: Cuttlebug;

Designer Paper: DCWV paper stack;

Red and black cardstock, dew drops from personal stash;

Stampin' Up! scallop Oval punch

Fireman Luka--La La Land Crafts


Fireman Luka is colored with Copic Markers and foam-mounted on the card. The rest of the details are as follows:


Fireman Luka rubber stamp: La La Land Crafts

Memento Black Ink

Designer Paper--City By the Bay, My Little Shoe Box

Dk blue cardstock and ribbon from my personal stash

Martha Stewart border punch

Spellbinders/Nestibilities Labels Four

So Nice--Penny Black

So Nice--Penny Black


Stamps from the Penny Black Paint the Town Set;

Black Ink: Ranger Archival Jet Black;

Spellbinders/Nestibilities Labels Four & Eleven;

Spellbinders/Shapeabilities Fleur de Lis Motifs;

white, pink, dk blue, lt blue and purple cardstock, clear dew drops and ribbon from personal stash;

designer paper: DCWV spring stack

Cuttlebug Spots and Dots embossing folder



The image is watercolored with Derwent Watercolor pencils

Mermaid Anya--The Greeting Farm

Stamps used: Mermaid Anya: The Greeting Farm, Make a Splash: Beach Bum Set--Clear Expressions by Hampton Art, Shell Border: Penny Black BeachDay, Seahorse: Impression Obsession; Stickles: Yellow and Tropical Tangerine; Designer Paper: DCWV Paper Stack; Yellow cardstock and felt flower bling from personal stash; Green dot sparkle: Stampendous Class A Peel Stickers; Ink: Black Memento, Ranger Archival--Sepia



Mermaid Anya is colored with Copic Markers and the card is a step card technique. The seahorse and the shell border is blinged with glitter (Stickles).

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Beanie Anya

Beanie Anya stamp, pink/brown ribbon, top note die cut, embossed circle background, flower with gem embellishment, white card stock, hoote paper line- Paper Art's warehouse, copic markers- B00, E00, E35, R811, & Y11.

Dress Up Anya


Dress Up Anya stamp, flowers with gem embellishment, top note die cut, scallop punch, white cardstock, background paper- Fine & Dandy- My mind's eye, Copic makers- B00, E00, & Y11

Dress Up Anya

Dress up Anya stamp, embossed butterfly background, scallop punch, flower emblishment, white and orange cardstock, flower paper-imaginisce, copic markers- BV011, E00, RV06, & YR002

CC Thursday

CC Thursday stamp, white and brown cardstock, chocolate background paper-SEI, copic markers- E00, E13, E15, G12, & YG11

CC Thursday

CC Thursday stamp, scallop circle, green ribbon, gem emblishments, white card stock, chocolate background paper-SEI, copic markers-E00, E13, E15, G12, & YG11

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Dress Up Anya

Dress Up Anya butterfly embellishment, flowers, butterfly embossed background, white and orange cardstock, flower paper-imaginise, Copic markers- BV011, E00, RV06, & YR02

Beanie Anya

Beanie Anya stamp, Your's a sweetie stamp. black and pink card stock, flower background paper- Fine & Dandy-My mind's eye, flower, gem embellishment, copic markers-BV000, E00, E35, R81, & YG11

Dress Up Anya

Dress up Anya stamp, rosette die cut, ornate border edge, pink ribbon, white cardstock, floral/yellow paper- citypark/american craft, copic markers- BV001, E00, G12, RV13, R81, & YR02

Just For You

Amelia and Oliver - Just For You, happy cupcake day stamp, scallop punch, cupcake border punch, cupcake brats, white ribbon, black and pink cardstock, cupcake background paper-Basic grey, copic markers- BV000, BG15, BV10, E00, E31, RV06, RV13, W0, W00, W4, W5, & YG11.

Geisha Anya

Stamp: Geisha Anya-The Greeting Farm Stamp: Arigato, Flower, Lantern- Hero Arts Paper: White cardstock, Flower/Yellow ppaer- Pink ribbon Creative Imagination Copic: B02, BV01, C-1, C-3, C-5, C-7, E00, G12, RV17, Y11, YG-11, & YR02 By: Amy VanSteinburg

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Miss Anya Love--The Greeting Farm



Here are the other two cards that I made with the Miss Anya Love set from The Greeting Farm. These are the remaining 2 images of 3 from the set. All the images were colored with Derwent Watercolor pencils. Anya is foam-mounted in both cards. The sentiments are from Hero Arts. Ink used is Archival Jet Black ink from Ranger. Prima flowers were used as well as Stickles from Ranger. The designer paper is from Prima Marketing. The cardstock and ribbon are from my stash. The oval scallops are from Nestibilites and they are embossed with Cuttlebug embossing folders. You can see the other image from my post on March 16. This completes the set.

Oliver & Amelia: My Favorite Thing--The Greeting Farm



This is a double side step card that I made using Oliver and Amelia stamp set from The Greeting Farm. I saw this card on one of the blogs I visit and made my own pattern. I tried to show a bit of a side view so that you can see the steps in the center. I used my Derwent Watercolor pencils to color the images. Here is the rest of the supply list:
All stamps are from the Oliver and Amelia set--OA My Favorite Thing, The Greeting Farm
cardstock and designer paper from my stash
Stickles--Ranger
border die cut--Martha Stewart
small label punch--Stampin' Up!
flowers are made from Stampin' Up! scallop punch, spiral-cut in the center of scallop then rolled into roses
pearl embellishments (in center of roses) by Recollections
leaf die cut from punch bunch
green polka dot ribbon from my stash

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Birthday Cards

Here is a pocket card I made using Penny Black, Hero Arts, and A Muse Artstamps stamps. 
The Hedgehog stamp is Penny Black #4082H and the little Happy Birthday stamp on the front is from A Muse Artstamps #9-8126B. The words on the tag are Hero Arts #F456. Card stock is from my stash of Bazill and the decorative paper is from s stack of glitter papers called Nana's Kids. I found the directions for the Pocket Card on Splitcoaststampers.com with directions by Beate Johns.

This second card is a Z-Fold card using another Penny Black #2888K stamp and the A Muse Artstamps stamp for the Happy Birthday words.


Card stock is Bazill and a piece of unknown background paper. Directions for the Z-Fold card are from Splitcoaststampers.com by Beate Johns.

And my third card, again using Penny Black stamps, #4147H, Bazill card stock, and this time in the shape of a Triangle Trifold card, directions from Splitcoaststampers.com by Beate Johns.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

for you--The Greeting Farm


This is one of the Anya cards that I made. The stamp is a collection of Anya's from The Greeting Farm. I colored the image with Derwent Watercolor pencils. Anya is foam-mounted on the card. The inside of the card reads "so glad you're in my life" Stamp by Hero Arts. The rest of the supplies are as follows.
Rust, pink and light blue cardstock, designer paper is from the Sasha Collection by Prima Marketing.
"for you" stamp by Penny Black
Jet Black Archival Ink, Ranger
Prima flowers
Scallop Oval nestibilities die cut
Swirl embossing folder, Cuttlebug

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Antique Paper Flower Tutorial

Paper Flower Tutorial - By liannallama
Supplies available at Debra's Cottage:
• White cardstock
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Broken China
Tsukineko - StazOn Opaque Ink - Cotton White
• Smooch Spritz - Spun Sugar
• Hero Arts Clear Stamps - CL508-Luscious Patterned Flowers, CL509 - Luscious Frames



Step 1: Stamp large, medium and small flowers on scrap paper with Broken China Distress Ink.

Step 2: Cut out flowers and punch hole in center (it is OK to bend or crumple the largest flower to get to the center!)

Step 3: Spritz front and back of flowers and crumple into a ball.

Step 4: Gently un-crumple and attach rhinestone brad in center. Let dry.

Step 5: Spritz top of flower with Spun Sugar Smooch Spritz. Wipe off excess from brad and let dry.

Step 6: Gently rotate flower layers to let a bit of bright blue color show through.

Finished card.