The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #18 "I" is for Iconic...

Yup, it's time for another Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers (SSS) challenge and this week it's all about being FAMOUS...  

Create something that features a famous (or at least well-known) person, place or thing and link it up to our blog by October 11th for a chance to win one of our AWESOME Queen of Snark or Princess of Snark badges for your blog AND a chance to be a Guest Snarky Sister for a Challenge... Now who wouldn't want that? 

Here's my Submission for this week... MAE WEST... A truly great figure in the world of Women and a Feminist before that was a word.  I think she needs more ATTENTION!  Here are some of the wonderful "Words of Wisdom" attributed to the lovely Mae West:

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” 

“There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.” 

“Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.”

“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.”  

So pop on over the "Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers"  Blog and see what my fellow sisters have created.

Thanks for stopping by to see what I am up to, and please leave me a comment if you like what you see.

Smile

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

On Friday's It's Unity Stamps "Friends with Flair"!

I LOVE Unity Stamps and I have been collecting for about three years now (grin).  I made a promise to myself this year after the Gigantic MOVE from the acreage to town, when I had to pack up and unpack all my STUFF five times in six months and then SQUISH it all into my new studio space, that I would USE MY STUFF!  And a lot of my stuff is UNITY Stamps (Bigger Grin).  So Every Friday (I hope) you will see me enter somthing Yummy created with something Unity and I will be linking up to Friday's Friends with Flair!  Now tell me, what is more yummier than Birthday Cake?  Here is this weeks entry....

And for those that want to know:

I created that great background using my Kaleidacolor stamp pad and a brayer in Riviera colors (see HERE for more about What is a Kaleidacolor stamp pad. I used a Unity stamp from one of my many KOM's (Kits of the Month) And please don't ask me which one, I take them all apart when I get them and file them away into binders so I have NO IDEA which kit it came from. And I colored in my cake using Ranger's Liquid Pearls and Stickles in multiple colors. And some very old rick-rack stickers and a bit of ribbon with some star brads finished off this wonderful little tag already gifted to a dear, dear friend of mine...

So Thanks for popping  by today and sharing my creativity... and don't forget to leave me a comment if you like what you are seeing!

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

WOYWW (What's on Your Workdesk? Wednesday)

OK Peeps... I'm jumping in with both feet and linking up to Julia Dunnit's Stamping Ground Blog for What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday... a place where you snap a photo of what our work space looks like Right Now... No cleaning allowed (grin) and talk a little about what you are working on...

So here are the very first photos of my Finally-Finished Studio Space or as I have now christened it... The PLAY ROOM!

And you are seeing a page from my Art Journal that I am keeping for a very personal and intense Woman's Support Group I am in right now...  On this page I was asked to create my "Happy Place"

Which I created IN my Happy Place (note the empty wine glass? Grin).

 and here is a closer Close up...

At some point this month I plan on writing a week-long reveal for my brand new studio space (which I have been planning for years and building for the past six months) so consider this a TEASER... and a glimpse into what it REALLY looks like when I am working!

Thanks for stopping by to share with me today... and please do leave me a comment if you like what you see... I LOVE getting them!

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

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Guest Designer for Quirky Crafts... whoo hooo!

Today I am taking a little trip "over the pond" to Britain and joining the awesome Design Team at Quirky Crafts.  The Challenge this week is called Autumn Leaves  and you have two weeks to create something Autumn themed and link it up.  This challenge is being sponsored by "Stitchy Bear's Digital Stamps"  And there will be first, second and third place winners... 

Here is the Tag I created for this challenge using the Acorn Girl Digital Stamp.

I love using digital stamps because I size them to my project and print as many as I need.

I actually printed two of this image so I could cut out and "pop" elements off the tag to create some dimension.

I painted both images using my Silks, an acrylic glaze that shimmers, and then cut out and adheared key elements to the base using foam pop dots.  Then I added a layer of Ranger Stickles and CTMH Liquid Glass for that final bit of sparkle.

A bit of fiber for texture, two colors of mats and a bit of poetry about Autumn finished off this lovely little lady.
  So pop on by the Quirky Crafts Blog to see what the rest of the Design Team came up with and why not link up one of your creations?  You have until October 11th to play!

Thanks for stopping by to see what I am  up to, and please DO leave me a comment if you like what you are seeing! 

Cheers, Scrapbook Lynne

September "Be Inspired" Challenges

Today I created this tag for Unity Stamp's Friday "Friends with Flair" AND today I also get to cross one item off my Bucket List since I am also entering it into a couple of monthly challenges that have been on my radar for awhile, Smile.

And Here is my Creation.... 

To create this background I finally got to use my new collection of Lindsey's Stamp Gang Sprays - the Starburst collection, and a Unity Kit Of the Month (KOM) stamp I love using for backgrounds;

then I stamped and colored one of my favorite Phyllis Harris Unity stamps "Every Breath" and mounted her using foam pop dots over the tag... the sentiment is from another of my KOM's.

I am entering this tag into these two other Challenges:
Unity Stamp's "Be Inspired" Challenge: A challenge that I have wanted to particpate in for a while because I have been purchasing Unity Stamps for about three years now and have quite a collection... (so this also works with my mission to USE MY STUFF, especially stuff that is still brand spanking new...Grin.)

This is the Unity September Challenge Board - I went with the color challenge - and it goes until October 8th if you want to join in!

Rubber Dance Stamps September Challenge is the other challenge I am entering into.  This is a wonderful little stamp company out of Norway with a color challenge every month, with this month's theme being fall colors.  You can create anyTHING with any Thing! (frin) and it is open until September 30th if you want to play along. smile

Thank you Unity Stamps and Rubber Dance Stamps for giving me a reason to pull out some of my stash and USE IT!  I cannot wait for next month's challenges!

and Thank YOU for stopping by to see what I am up to these days... and please do leave me a comment if you are liking what you are seeing...Smile.

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stamper's First Annual Spectacular September Snark Off BLOG HOP!

Hello Everyone.... I am over-the-moon excited to be participating in this first ever Blog Hop with my Snarky Sisters and to be introducing Rubber Dance Art Stamps, a home-based stamping company out of Norway run by the awesome Bibi Lindahl!

We have found our people!
There is a one-woman company, Rubber Dance Art Stamps, in far off Norway that speaks our language. I don't mean English. I mean SNARK! She makes a whole rubber plate of snark! This divine product of snarkitude must be shared, and we have accepted that challenge.

The plate is called "Sarcasm Superpowers" and it is obviously perfect for our Sisterhood. We want to share this awesome-ness with you, so we our hosting our first EVER blog hop:

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers First Annual Spectacular September Snark Off Blog Hop!

Here's what you need to know:
The hop runs from September 26th, 2014 Noon PST Until September 28th, 2014 11:55pm PST.

Hop through the posts leaving a comment on each blog, beginning with Lee, and ending with Bibi.

Have FUN! Enjoy the process and comment and share the awesomeness! 

We will use some sort of free computer tool to pick a random winner and announce it on Wednesday, October 1, 2014. 

Here are all the blogs to hop through:

Lee  

Chris

Lindsey 

Jessi

Michelle

Lynne (You are HERE)

Karen

Donna 

Helen

Katy

Gabrielle

Majo J

Bibi

And Finally - Here is the card I created using the sentiment "667 - Evil and then some"

I used two sets of my Dyan Reaveley stamps, "Background Love" for the flowers and "Bits of This" for the face, and all of my Ranger Dylusion sprays to create this little bit of fun and loveliness.

I painted in the face using my Derwent Inktense Blocks, because the color will not run when it has dried.

Creating the flowers was easy, I sprayed a sheet of watercolor paper with my dylusion sprays, stamped the flowers using Ranger's Archival ink, and then cut them out and layered them all around the card and face image, using foam pop dots to create some dimension.

And of course, no card of mine would be complete without that layer of Ranger's Stickles and CTMH Liquid Glass, and some Want2Scrap jewels and pearls finished it off.

So thanks for joining my sisters and me in our first EVER Hop today ... Your next stop will be KAREN, and don't forget to leave me a comment before you go!!!

Cheers, Scrapbook Lynne

Welcome Sweet Little One!

I'm firing off a really quick post today and sharing the baby card I created for my lovely niece who is expecting in November.  I am So EXCITED!  Since my niece was raised on a diary farm and loves everything "country-style" I wanted to make her something rustic and homey and "a little bit country" so this is the card I created.

Rustic, with a homey, country feel, but still a baby card!  I LOVE IT!

I am linking this card up to the following Challenges:

DJ Kard Kreations - NUBS Challenge #2, Never Before Used Stuff (Sept. 26th)-  (I opened my brand new 6x6 paper pad of Core'dination's Tim Holtz Kraft-Core Shattered collection and USED IT! grin)

Hiding in  My Craft Room - Challenge #166 - Banners

(Sept. 27th)

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

(Sept. 29th)

Color"Q" Challenge #260 - color Challenge (Sept. 29th)

So thanks for stopping by today to see what I am up to, and please do leave a comment if you like what you see! 

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

Faber Castell Gelatos AND Stamping on Tissue Paper!

Well the inspiration generated in me this week by both the Unity Stamp/Faber Castell Blog Hop AND the Craft Stamper's challenge this month (stamping on tissue paper) came together in a Perfect Storm of Inspiration and produced this wonderful card:

So I am entering a second submission to The Craft Stamper's September Take It Make It Challenge, something I have never done before, but How can I NOT Share this wonderful technique? Grin So here's how it all came together:

Step 1: I used my gelato's to color this stamp by Unity Stamp and sprayed my stamp with water and stamped onto 140lbs watercolor paper.

Step 2: After I was finished making my background image I re-sprayed my stamp with water and stamped off the excess color onto a piece of tissue paper and put this aside to dry.

Step 3: Next stamp the image again onto a piece of white tissue paper using Ranger's black Archival Ink, because it is waterproof and will not run when I use liquid Matte Medium to apply overtop of my colored image.

This enables me to line up second stamped image perfectly overtop the colored image instead of crossing my fingers and re-stamping...Grin

Step 4: Now I add the colored stamped tissue overtop of the stamped tissue image to enhance the color and voila... It's ready to mount and embellish as you desire.

Hope you enjoyed another technique tutorial... and you still have a couple of days to join in at the Craft Stampers September Take It Make It Challenge... WANNA PLAY ? Smile.

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #17 - "D" is for DISTRESSING!

it's time for another challenge from the "Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers" and this bi-monthly challenge is all about "DISTRESSING" - and you have until October 3rd to create someting DISTRESSING and link it up for a chance to be "The Queen of Snark" Grin.

You know I have 10 different kinds of Core'dinations paper pads but I NEVER use them - How about you? Core-dinations products are my favorite for distressing because they make it so easy and make you look like you know what you are doing... So this challenge was a great one for reminding me that I have some GREAT product here and I Need to use them.

 

I created four items for this post all using a technique that involves the Core-dinations 6x6 Vintage Collection, Dina Wakley and Artistcellar 6x6 stencils, my sanding block, Distress Ink, and of course Stickles and Liquid Pearl and Liquid Glass, but you should be expecting those by now....grin

Here's how it works: Place your sandable paper over top of your stencil and using sandpaper or a sanding block rub gently until the image appears, it will be almost like the shadow of your image. I like using the sanding block because you get a more even image

Now place your stencil on top of your paper and using a distress ink the same color as your paper, ink you image overtop of the embossed image...

Now you can add a sentiment and embellish as you like, I like Stickles and Liquid glass and for these images, liquid pearl...

I like these so much that I decided to mount them on some cardboard I painted first with black gesso, attach some complimentary fiber and charms and hang them on my wall in my studio.

I hope you enjoyed this bit of technique tutorial, and please click on over to the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers to see what my fellow DT's created... and why not whip up something and play along?  You have until October 3rd to create something "Distressing" grin.

Scrapbook Lynne Mizera

(leave me a comment if you like what you are seeing, I love getting them!)