Polka Dot Pals Leilani

February 27, 2014 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 4 Comments

We have an inspiration blog post at Little Miss Muffet Stamps today and I wanted to display the card I used the for the Cheeks & Nose Tutorial. I still have the other sheet that I used and was thinking about an eye tutorial… but… maybe another day when I have some more time. It’s still on my desk, however, so maybe. In the mean time, here’s a warm seasoned Christmas card…

I used Polka Dot Pals Leilani and Palm Christmas Tree, both from Little Miss Muffet Stamp. The colors were grabbed from a spring paper pad that I have plus a bit of green scraps to help bring in the Christmas colors.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have a great week!

Felicity

February 25, 2014 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 9 Comments

I decided to take my coloring with me and grabbed my pencils since they’re in a nice to-go box that’s easy to travel with. But before stepping out the door, I stamped Felicity, from Make it Crafty, in black on an over-sized kraft card. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do with all the empty spot, but I didn’t care at the moment… I was fixin’ to color and *that* was exciting! LOL My main goal for coloring Felicity was to use the kraft cardstock as part of the skin color. So I kept the coloring of skin to a minimal with just a little cream and a tiny bit of dark brown for a shadow. Here’s what she looked liked finished…

For the card, I decided a little bit of doodling would be fun and inspired by the Zentangle® method of pattern drawing. However, I kept it in the corner to balance out the character. Then for fun, I found a little bird cage charm and added that to the tangles. Thanks for coming by and I hope you have a great day!

Sugar ‘n Spice Dolls Thyme

February 24, 2014 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 9 Comments

Sometimes I get so far behind in my crafting that I’m often working on holidays long past. For example, this is one that I started before Valentines Day… and I also just finished up two others that I started before Christmas! Oh my, what you to do with me! LOL I’ll quickly post this one because even though Valentines is over, there is always room for a Love card to share. 😀

This card uses Sugar ‘n Spice Dolls Thyme from Little Miss Muffet Stamps as a rubber stamp. This doll is one fun girl to color especially since I gave her pink hair. 😀 The wood elements are from Dephine (thanks sweetie) and the corner is a chipboard embellishment from Make it Crafty. The paper was cut larger than I normally make paper and I think it’s 6″ wide so I’m going to have to find a special envelope for it.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and it’s time for me to sign off. Thanks for dropping by. Hugs

Monster Birthday Balloon

February 21, 2014 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 7 Comments

Yesterday I decided I was going to sit down and color this week before doing any of my daily tasks. I thought if I could get some therapy done that the chores wouldn’t be so bad. Well, turns out, I got lost at my desk and completely skipped out on the have-to’s! LOL So I have some double duty to attend to today but before I get to that, I wanted to share one of the cards I made.

This card uses Monster Birthday Balloon rubber stamp from Little Miss Muffet Stamps. I promised some ideas to do with the balloons last week and this is one of them. I used the Honeycomb paper from Inky Antics and cut circles out for the balloons. I also stamped a couple extra balloons because it was so much fun and three is better than one. 😀

This is also a perfect card to go along the challenge theme at Little Miss Muffet Stamps – there is one more week to create birthday cards or cards with balloons on them. (hint, hint) Thanks so much for coming by and I suppose this means I need to get to my to-do list. Shucks

Tress Skating

February 18, 2014 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 26 Comments

Make it Crafty Rubber Stamps are now available at Little Miss Muffet Stamps!

You should have arrived here from the fabulous KATHY!

(For the complete list you can start back on the LMMS Blog HERE.)

Did you hear the news?! Make it Crafty and Little Miss Muffet Stamps are coming together again, and this time on a long term basis. What does this mean? You’ve seen us combine for Releases and Blog Hops, and now we’re getting together in the Little Miss Muffet Stamps Store! Make it Crafty’s gorgeous Rubber Stamps are now available in the Little Miss Muffet Stamps Store, so you’ll have more choices, more variety and more coloring projects to shop for!

To celebrate, the Design Teams from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and Make it Crafty have put together a Blog Hop to share some inspiration on the latest Make it Crafty Release, featuring the adorable little Tress and Spring Garden Elements… you will be able to create the most adorable scenes. The Girls have done an outstanding job and you’re going to love it! These images, plus a few others, have already popped in the Little Miss Muffet Stamps Store, and more and more will be added as time goes on.

For my project, I’ve used Tress Skating.

PRIZES

Blog Hops and prizes go hand in hand and this one is no exception…

You can win a $20 Gift Certificate to the Little Miss Muffet Stamps store! Make sure you leave comments on all stops along the way and TWO random winners will be announced on the Little Miss Muffet Stamps Blog on Saturday 22 February.

DISCOUNTS

Between now and Sunday 23 February, you’ll automatically receive 15% off Make it Crafty Rubber Stamps, PLUS, you’ll receive a free surprise gift in your mail parcel!

The next stop in the hop is lovely, and amazing, MARIKA.

But before you go, don’t forget to leave a comment here for a chance to WIN one of the hidden prizes! Thanks so much for joining the Little Miss Muffet Stamps and Make it Crafty Blog Hop 🙂

Monster Rose

February 14, 2014 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 5 Comments

Happy Valentines Day!! No matter where you’re at this year or who you’re with, I hope that it’s a fabulous day for you to spend with your family, friends and loved loved ones. For me? I’ve made Valentine cards for my kids and placed them on the breakfast table for when they wake up. Then I couldn’t resist getting a few extra goodies for them to play with today and an extra hug and kiss on the way out the door. 😀 It’s also a school day which brightens up their day even more since elementary school still does class parties and the whole nine-yards. Bonus!!

The project I made today uses the new Monster Rose in rubber from Little Miss Muffet Stamps. I colored this guy three times and cut out layers so I could pop them up. The first layer is the whole image, of course. Then on top of that I cut out the body, rose and one flower stem. For the third and topmost layer, I cut out the heart and his head. I love how this technique looks and feels!

Also in the spirit of things is a Valentine that my daughter made using Fancy Sunbonnet Love in rubber from Little Miss Muffet Stamps. She used colored pencils to color her in and I love that she also included some greens and blues in with the Valentine colors. I’m so lucky!