Polka Dot Pals Peggy

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We have a fantastic release over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps that you’re going to fall in love with!  Why?  We have new Polka Dot Pals to play with!!  Plus a few feline friends that have joined the mix.  🙂  You’ll want to make sure to visit the LMMS Blog to see the inspiration from the design team as they have done a superb job with these images!  I on the other hand, flubbed coloring my image but hopefully you’ll still be impressed.  LOL

First of all, my project uses the new Polka Dot Pals Peggy and Polka Dot Pals Feline Sitting that were released today at Little Miss Muffet Stamps.  I’ve also used the Park Glen Door Metal Die in the background (also from LMMS) plus a few elements from Make it Crafty to create the this scene, which includes Ivy Ribbon Swing and elements from Whimsical Digi Elements.

My experimenting was on the face.  Last time I tried to do a face with an open mouth (click HERE), the mouth just didn’t look right.  So this time I used inspiration from the picture on this site HERE (look for the boy eating the tomato) and I did better than last time.  However, the rest of the face makes her look like an old lady!  Yikes!  O’well, I’ll try again next time and hopefully have better luck.  LOL

Graffiti MiC

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‘Sup Make it Crafty fans?!  Remember the project I was coloring and posted on Make it Crafty FaceBook?  Well, here’s the final result and if you remember the before version then you’ll notice I wasn’t very brave with my ongoings!  LOL  I was planning on casting hard dark shadows and darkening most of it as if a street lamp was the only source.  But I had liked what I colored too much to venture any further.  ;D

This project revisits the Urban Street Collection and also shows off a secrete MiC graffiti sentiment for Make it Crafty fans!  (More on the graffiti sentiments, from Little Miss Muffet Stamps, will be revealed here later this month.  I know, it’s such a tease!)  To create this scene, I’ve used elements from the Urban Street, Factory Elements and Urban Fencing combo packs from Make it Crafty but you can get them all in the Urban Street Collection.  And trust me… you’re going to want them ALL!  The character is a Toxic Teen from Simply B Stamps.  As an embellishment, I took some soft metal I had and used metal stamps to create the “be crafty” sentiment.  ‘Cuz, you know… Make it Crafty… be crafty?! 

The colors were inspired by Faye when she submitted her own project into the teal, mustard and brown color challenge in the MiC FaceBook group.  I was impressed by the mustard color choices and just had to try them out!  The teal didn’t work out for me as well as it did for her, but the general color is there to count. 

Little Miss Muffet Stamps Images:
Make it Crafty Images:
or get it all in the …  Urban Street Collection

Simply B Stamps Images:
Toxic Teens Tommy

I also want to direct you over to Jennifer Dove‘s blog for a fantastic coloring give away that she is having!  Just check out all these goodies she’s included…
Thanks Jennifer for including Little Miss Muffet Stamps as one of your favorites!!  Muah!

Swings ‘n Slides Carousel

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Here’s another carnival themed card I made this week exclusively for the sale happening at Little Miss Muffet Stamps!!  All these fun carnival themed rides, games and sentiments are on sale now but you’ll probably also want to pick up a few of the characters too – they’re perfect together and you’ll find many uses for them individually as well.  ;D 

These two images are the Swings ‘n Slides Carousel and Swings ‘n Slides Carnival Sentiments from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and drawn by Pollycraft.  They’re adorable to use with fun bright colors and work well for all types of celebrations including birthdays, kids cards and in your scrapbooks too!  The sentiment says “you make my world go round” and has fun arrows and hearts.

On this project I added some clouds using the simple tutorial I created a while back which was a great complement to the carousel ride.  It reminds me of all the sunny days when we go to the carnival – I guess because if it’s raining the carnivals are usually closed.  LOL

I almost colored each of the horses different but I decided since my paper was kinda busy that I would keep the horses simple.  But that’s okay too because there’s something magical about white horses – don’t you think?

Hook a Duck

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I have a couple carnival themed projects to show off this week because you don’t wan to miss out on the sale and they’re so much fun to color!!  The sale this week is at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and you can find all the Swings ‘n Slides carnival sentiments and background at a huge discount – this is a one time deal and is for a limited time.  So don’t dawdle and jump on over to the LMMS Store to grab yours today!!

The images on this project are Swings ‘n Slides Hook a Duck and also the Swings ‘n Slides Carnival Sentiments (which also includes the little banner you see on the bottom right) from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and drawn by Pollycraft.  The sentiment I used for this one says “hooked on you” and I stamped it on a ticket stub then colored it to match the rest.

For this card, since Hook a Duck was a carnival game, I thought it would be fitting to add the little round maze game too!  I punched a hole in the top of the card so the maze could be on the inside.  Then I used the punched out circle for the backing in the maze.  The maze comes with two steel balls and I think that is in case you loose one, however, I always like to keep them both in which makes the game a bit harder.  He he he

One of the best parts about these images is that I can use bold and bright colors!  These are colors I’d normally stay away from but when I find the right image they become a lot of fun to use.  These colors were pulled from the decorative paper I used and mostly from the one with the bikes.  There’s just about all the main colors… red, orange, yellow, green and blue.

Here’s a close up of the sentiment that I stamped on the ticket stub.  This stub was designed for journaling in your scrapbooks but I tore it in half to use on here then punched a day and month to make it look “authentic!” 

I hope you’ve enjoyed this project and remember these images are on sale exclusively at Little Miss Muffet Stamps!!  Click on the Swings ‘n Slides theme or search for Carnival at the top – there are many to choose from but I know you’re going to want them all!!  😀 

Moxi and Paris Elements

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Make it Colourful challenges are back and we have our very first challenge opening up today!  There’s actually two challenges so it’s easy to play along.  The first challenge is to color something orange and black but the other challenge is to color a spooky or foggy background.  I was deemed to try the harder challenge by Zoe and Jennifer and of course I had to accepted it.  😀  Here’s my project…

The images were put together using Moxi and I used the Paris Elements to create a fireplace.  Jennifer had posted a preview of her project and showed us a fantastic way to color a ghost!  The way she used the colors and the white on the paper really made it glow!  I was inspired by that and so that’s how I decided to color this image.  For the background, Jennifer was very handy with the air gun but mine was packed away for the month and I had to make do with just the markers.  It wasn’t easy and there are a lot of mistakes!

On top of the challenge, I decided to take it one step further and make this ghost really glow under the black light!  To do that, I added a little fluorescent FYG1 to the colors Jennifer used.  I had to be careful how much I applied and it changed the color of my ghost a little yellow.  However, I immediately accepted that change as soon as I looked at it under the black light – wow, it really glows!  Moxi pops off the page more in the dark but this will give you an idea on how much it worked…

I’m not sure how much I like the billowing cloud coming out of the fireplace but I certainly like the whole thing better in the dark!  LOL

No matter what your coloring fancies are this month, make sure to visit the Make it Colourful blog for all the challenge details and then come play along!  We hope our projects have inspired you.  ;D

SS Ferris Wheel

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It’s Super Saturday at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and today we have a freebie available in the store as well as the spotlighted rubber stamps at a discount for the week!  This week, the spotlight is on both of the Swings ‘n Slides Carnival Sentiments which are perfect for the character and rides in this theme.  I always think they make great birthday cards but there are also some that would work for other themes too like parties, summer, holidays and patriotic projects too!

The image on this project is Swings ‘n Slides Ferris Wheel and a matching Swings ‘n Slides Carnival Sentiments both from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and drawn by Pollycraft.  I love how the rides, sentiments and characters work well together and there are several combinations.

When I started, I knew I wanted to use this shaker element so I designed the card around how that would work.  I initially had the shaker element on the inside of the card with a hold cut in the font but had some problems with my placement so I ended up with the easier route and placed it on the front of the card.  Then I stamped the Ferris Wheel image twice, once for the backing and once for the overlayer – this way I could hide the edges of the shaker part. 

I filled the shaker with Dew Drops, microbeads and a party charm.  The stamps were stamped in brown instead of black which I think matched the papers better.  I think the black would have stood out too much for the subtle look I was going for.

The rubber stamps can be found in the LMMS Store and don’t miss out on the discount this week on the sentiments too!  Also head on over to the LMMS Store Blog to see what the freebie is for today and inspiration using all of these stamps today.