Huckleberry Finn Tag 2

I made second tag from the Artistic Outpost stamp set Huckleberry Finn. 

The "Dream" sentiment was glued to the tag before I inked the tag with Iced Spruce Distress Ink. That way when I embossed the tag with the Clocks embossing folder, the tag looked like it the "Dream" sentiment had always been part of the tag. Not like I added it.  Does that make sense? :/  Anyway, I also inked the embossing folder with Evergreen Bough Distress Ink. Then I added Vintage Photo stickles  for a little pop!

I stamped the image of the two boys looking outward on glossy paper with black Archival Ink.  I then the distressed the edges with my trusty Basic Grey Precision Tools. Can I tell you?  These are great!  I then inked the edges with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink.

Last, I stapled the stamped image onto the tag using the Tim Holtz stapler and "Voila!" it is finished :).

Dancing Cuties

My talented sister gave me a beautiful postcard featuring a dancing cutie from the Twinkle Toes Cricut cartridge. She used the DCWV cardstock called Performance for the background.

Huckleberry Finn Tag

Today I made a tag with a new stamp I just got from Artistic Post. When I saw the set, I fell in love with it and, well, just had to have it. I used the stamp to make a cover of a book. I distressed it so it looked like an old, worn copy of Huckleberry Finn. I even tore off a piece and glued it back together to give it a look of book that so well loved someone took the time to fix it. I used to have a couple like that before I got a Kindle.  It has a simple sentiment story, which a double meaning.  Story for Huckleberry Finn and story for the little four page "book" I made.  A little story can actually be written in it. I entered it in the Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge: What Do You Say?

I Also Used:
- Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Black Soot,  Iced Spruce
-Tim Holtz Adage Ticket - Story
-Tim Holtz Sizzix Texture Fades - Steampunk
-Tim Holtz Kraft Resist Paper
- Stickles - Vintage Photo
- Seam Binding from stash and lightly inked with Black Soot

Movie Madness

I decided to enter a Haunted Design House challenge called Movie Madness which calls for a gothic/dark piece inspired by a movie. I have just watched the classic Physcho by Alfred Hitchcock. I love it because the nail-biting scariness is more psychological than gore.  Those are the best ones for me. And who can forget that iconic scene with Janet Leigh?   That is the scene I chose to depict.

Believe it or not I used my Cricut on two images - Rock Princess for the hand and From my kitchen for the knife. The tiles I cut one by one using a paper trimmer. I used Glossy Accents for the water and the curtain was a piece of plastic I had on hand.

Teen Scene Swap, II

The Teen Swap was a lot of fun by Renee and I wanted to share the pictures of the paper dolls I did.  I joined in two groups: Sarah and Tyler. Many of the ladies did both groups, too, so I thought: Wouldn't it be cute to give them a match set of Christmas theme dolls?

Here they are:

Best Wishes

This is a birthday card I made for wonderful mother-in-law. I used an SEI cardstock diecut.  The sentiment is from Crafty Secrets. The color used for the sentiment is Desert Sands from Close to My Heart.  

I thought I was done but it looked so plain!  So I thought about what I could add to keep it simple but elegant. I looked at ribbons and washi tape but none did the trick for me. Finally, I stumbled upon my Cuttlebug folders and pulled out one of my favorites from the Teresa Collins Timeless set. I only embossed the sides and it gave the umph! it needed. :)

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those wishes reality.  ~ Jonas Salk

Under the Sea Invitations

These were the invitation for my son's birthday party. He just turned two. I can't take credit for it, though.  My wonderfully talented sister made them for me using the Best of Pixar and Life is a Beach cartridges.

They are awesome!  She even added some sand to the orange coral.