Girl Sitting

December 15, 2017 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 2 Comments

I’ve been wanting to try out the Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces with other stamps and so for this project I pulled out some stamps by hÄnglar and stÄnglar. I don’t know the name of their stamp and they are rare on the internet that I wasn’t able to Google it. It might be called “Friendship” or simply “Girl Sitting” but I have no clue. (If you do, leave a comment and I can update the name.)

Here’s a close up of the face. To get the face stamped, I inked up the hAnglar girl then used a cotton swab to remove ink from the eye dots. Then I selected a Polka Dot Pals Add-on Faces stamp that I thought would work best. Some looked too large but this one fit nicely.

The sentiment I used is a Kid’s Quote by Inkadinkado. I thought the “smile” worked to draw attention to the face. 😀 Hope you like it and thanks for dropping by today.

Rocker Chick

April 19, 2013March 8, 2020 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 35 Comments

Let us Entertain You!!
It’s SHOWTIME at Make it Crafty!

We’re a tapping our heels together with a tap a tap tap,
Clanging the symbols and beating the drums with a bang a bang bang,
Pulling rabbits from hats and lifting our legs – oooooohhh ahhhhhhh,
Singing our hearts out and jamming to the beat – doo do do daaaaa…

You should have arrived here from the amazing JENNY!
(If you’re lost you can start at the beginning with ZOË.)

It’s time to be entertained at Make it Crafty with the
new Entertainers Collection of digi and rubber stamps!

You’ll find all the new digital stamps here and you can now pre-order the rubber stamps here!

You can’t have a GRAND SHOW without a DOORPRIZE!
Hop on through to be inspired and leave comments along the way for your chance to
win hidden prizes and be in the draw to win one of the grand door prizes!

One person will win the full collection of digi stamps
and another will win the full collection of rubber stamps!

ENJOY THE SHOW!!

I’ve been wanting to color the Messy Room for a while and when I saw this Rocker Chick, I thought it would be the perfect combination! Plus I’ve had the sentiment on the shelf just screaming to be used! LOL The official names of the products used from Make it Crafty are Rocker Chick (which is part of the Paper Rock Scissors Band – very humorous and a perfect band name), Girl’s Messy Bedroom and the Fancy Ribbon Sliders chipboard. I think the quote is Inkadinkado Rockstar.

So is anyone a guitar player? If you are, you can probably figure out the chord she’s strumming! My fingers are all thumbs when it comes to music but that doesn’t mean I don’t try! LOL Now if I can only get more than my dog to sing along with me. He he he

You’re next stop in the hop is the talented ÅSA!

Thanks for coming by and we hope you’ve enjoyed the show!!

Celeste Amberglow Egg Hunt

March 21, 2013 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 21 Comments

‘Tis the season for Easter projects and I couldn’t resist suing this image today for the new challenge at Little Miss Muffet Stamps! The challenge theme is “Happy Easter” and that always reminds me of bright neon spring colors. So I found the closest paper I had to that and pulled colors from that. Here’s what I came up with…

The images I used are Celeste Amberglow Egg Hunt from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and drawn by Pollycraft. The sentiment is a Kid’s Quote from Inkadinkadoo and I thought it was a perfect Easter theme… especially with a basket full of chocolate eggs! 😀 The friend, of course, is the little chick. I also used some chippies from Make it Crafty scattered Dew Drops for more color.

Here’s a close up of Celeste Amberglow Egg Hunt. For the white, I’ve started to use C3 and just draw and shadow on the edges with no blending. It’s been working out really well on some projects and I like it here too – however, I blended a little bit on the band part. The colors of her face is a new combination too… I’ve used E000, E00, E21, E30, E31; blush R11, R12; and for shadow BV23.

Thanks for coming by the blog today! I hope you get a chance to head over to the LMM Challenge blog and see all the other fabulous designs created by the DT – they’re awesome! Then grab your favorite Easter stamps and come play along in the challenge this week – and bonus points if it’s a Little Miss Muffet or Pollycraft image! 😀

The Isles of Aldmer

August 16, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 27 Comments

I am here to show you two fantastic new images from Little Miss Muffet Stamps! I have added a new artist to the mix … Simply Sophia and you are going to love her style!! For this week we have six new images added to “The Isles of Aldmer” and you’ll want to be sure to check out the LMM Challenge Blog and see what everyone else has created. 😀

For my first project I used Serena Mermaid from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and went to town with the background. I had tried this a couple times before with Cooking Tilda with Wooden Spoon and Monster Dreams. This time I wanted to try with blues and see how that worked – and with all experiments, it looked horrible until it was finished. LOL

Here’s a detailed shot of both the image and the background. Someday I’ll do a little tutorial on the background but I can say I started with a little splotches of greens and yellows. Then layered on patches of blues from light to dark until it was filled in and blended. Then I added drops of Blender refill and areas where I blended out colors. Finally I added more bubbles with a white gel pen.

I’d like to enter the above into the following challenges:

Crafty Creations Challenge #183 – Blue, Green & Yellow

Deep Ocean Challenge #32 – Deep Blue

Twisted Tuesday Challenge #19 – Predominantly Blue

Southern Girls Challenge #51 – Chippie Heaven

Art with No Boundaries Challenges – Rhythm of the Sea

Update: I was featured at Jackson’s Digital Expressions for this creation!

These new images from Simply Sophia are amazing! The faeries, mermaids and their familiars live at “The Isles of Aldmer” and there are even more surprises in the future when we go out and visit “The Hills of Mooradale.” You’re going to love those too but that’s for another release. 😀 Check out this next image from this release…

This project uses Warren Faerie from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and he’s sitting on top of his best friend. I wouldn’t go anywhere without him by my side… would you? He he he. I thought this would be a great boy card and a fun birthday card. 😀 The sentiment is a Kid’s Quote from Inkadinkado and has been one I’ve been wanting to use for a long time.

I’d like to enter this into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge #61 – Numbers Up (Bingo sentiment)

Paper Crafting Journey Challenges – Anything Goes

Bearly-Mine Challenge #48 – Anything with Wings

Jackson’s Digital Expressions Challenge #18 – Anything Goes

Make it Monday Linking Party #102 – Anything Goes

Thanks so much for coming by and I hope you enjoy the new releases and our new artist Simply Sophia! We think it’s awesome and hope you make it over to the LMM Challenge blog to see everyone else’s creations. Have a great day!

Luna Bitterfrost Birthdays Rock

June 8, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 12 Comments

It’s the second day of releases at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and our day to show off the new Pollycraft stamps now available through LMMS!! I have invited Paula to illustrate for me and I’m excited that she said yes – it was a grand day! 😀 There are twelve stamps in the store today and two of them are brand new – so be sure to visit the Little Miss Muffet Challenge & Release Blog for inspiration and then the LMM Store for some shopping. 😀

For my project today I used Luna Bitterfrost Birthdays Rock and the new Park Glen Door Diecut (with the included screen mesh) both from Little Miss Muffet Stamps. Then the sentiment is a Kid’s Quote from Inkadinkadoo.

This is a short post because I’m actually out on vacation and my internet connection is practiacally useless! LOL However, there is a sale goingon while I’m away and you can read about those details HERE on the challenge & release blog. Thanks for coming by!

Grampa Grumps

March 18, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 16 Comments

It’s New Release day over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and today we have several new images to show off! I’m using Grampa Grumps which fits my mood perfectly today. LOL I found the perfect sentiment to go along with him and I love this new color combination of pink too which is R81, R56 and R59.

This little guy also comes as a variation holding a sign that says “NO!” which is where he got his name from – his expression and the “no” answer reminds me of a grumpy Grandpa. LOL Don’t you think? Be sure to head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Blog to see all the new release inspiration! Plus there are details on how to win prizes for this week and on going with every new release!!