Stuck on Stampscapes

Hey Everyone, I'm back again.  Yea I know its about time but life just keeps interfering with my plans.  As I mentioned I was trying to get two boxes together for a blog giveaway, well I met a newbie to the crafting world who didn't have very much to craft with so I felt compelled to share with her, meaning I no longer have anything to host a blog giveaway with...but I can give a gift certificate to some lucky follower.

So that is what I have decided to do...give a Stampscapes gift certificate to someone so they can get one of these wonderful stamps to play with.  Speaking of Stampscapes, I am truly stuck on them at the moment.  Creating scenes and photo painting is such fun and there's no fear of bleeding or smudging.  I have a couple more of my scenic cards to share with everyone.

I hope you enjoy them.  Be sure to leave a comment and add your name using Mr Linky below for a chance to win a gift certificate to Stampscapes Stamps.

Now on to the cards:

The first card uses the image "Bayou Shack" from Stampscapes.  I stamped on glossy cardstock and colored the image with Memento, Stampin Up and Distress inks using the colorbox stylus. The greeting is from Fiskars (I think).

This card was created with the "WaterMill" stamp from Stampscapes and again I used Memento and Distress inks to color it.  I also used "Flock of Ducks" and "water lily" stamps from Stampscapes.

I'd like to enter the following "Anything Goes" challenges:

Polkadoodles Crafting - #week 32 Anything Goes (8/26)

Creative Fingers - #114 Anything Goes (9/2)

Craft Colouring Challenge - #week 20 Anything Goes

Art By Miran - #65 Anything Goes (8/31)

Crafty Friends Challenge - #38 Anything Goes (8/26)

That's all I've got for you today. Don't forget to leave a comment and tell a friend. If we get 20 entries then I'll give someone a gift certificate to Stampscapes Stamps. 

Sending Hugs From Texas

~Lesia~

Remember:  Make time to make stuff

More Scenes

Can you believe it!  I am actually posting in only a week!  Should I say yahoo or wait and see if this is just a fluke?  I think I'll wait and see if I can continue this and make it a habit.

I've been taking time to purge and seems like I am still at it.  I recently had a yard sale and got rid of a lot of stuff and was really pleased with my earnings (my prices were extremely reasonable).  Anyway as I clean out closets I am finding more things that I could live without or I already have (meaning I bought two of the same thing in error).

Because of my error I am getting together a small giveaway for the near future.  The prize box will include Prima Dolls, Spellbinder dies and 6x6 paper pads.  I think I have enough for two prize boxes but we shall see how it all pans out.

In the meantime I would like to share another scenic card with you.  I tried to stop but so far its not working...seems I just keep buying stamps to play with.  Its okay though..I'm having fun with it.  Here is a card I made using one of my newest stamps.

The image I used for this card is titled "Covered Bridge (sm)" and yep its another one from Stampscapes.  I used Hewlett Packard Glossy Paper instead of Glossy Cardstock (I ran out of the glossy cardstock) and there was some minor differences but for the most part the result is much the same.

The tools I used to color this scene included "Le Plume" markers by Marvy Chida,  an array of Memento inks and Colorbox Stylus with oval tips. Papers used include Stampin Up card-stock and designer paper from Bo Bunny.  The approximate size of the card is 5 x 5.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Get Creative Challenge - #44 Lots of Blue (08/07)
Craft Your Passion - #322 Anything Goes (08/06)
Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge - Sketch #170
Digi Choosday - Anything Goes (08/09)
The Crafty Addict - #20 Anything Goes
Kraftin Kimmie - Anything Goes

Well I'm off to my craft room to see what kind of mojo shows up.  

So until next time

Sending hugs from Texas

~Lesia~

Make time to make stuff

MoonLit Nights With Stampscapes Scenes

Hello Again Crafters

Seems like for the past week or so I have been a little busy bee with my sponging and stampscapes.  I've even reverted back to using my gamsol and color pencils on a few of my scenes, which I've already shared with everyone.  This time however I am attempting to do night scenes and this is really hard to do...at least for me it is.

Since the paper I am using is glossy cardstock I am not sure if I can actually do what I want to do but I won't really know unless I try, right?  While I am busy trying to figure that out I am going to share my latest scenes with you that I am referring to as my "Moonlit Nights" although some don't have a moon anywhere in the scene (ha ha go figure).

I've tried four times to get a scene that I thought was good enough to share and finally did on my 5th and 6th one, so those I am going to share with you.  I have more because I just recently purchased a few more stamp sets and am trying to use every single stamp in the set in some kind of way.

If anyone else tries these stamps please let me know so I can see what you do with them but in the meantime here is what I have:

For both these scenes I used one stamp and got creative with my layering and stamping. On the scene above I simply added a few trees in the back to make it look fuller.

On the scene below I over laid the stamp itself to add depth and then surrounded it with water to change the perspective.  They are the same scene with minor changes made to each of them so they appear to be totally different.

I sponged the background using both pigment and dye based inks. I added a few stars with my gel pen and a couple of birds to add to the nighttime theme I was trying to capture.  I thought the water with its reflection also added that illusion of it being night. Using my silver glitter pen I was able to add a little sparkle to the trees and to the water.

Although some areas appear yellow the only yellow is in the moon and the purple in the sky is a value obtained when mixing to shades of blue (go figure, it works).  I stayed with the blue hue throughout the coloring of both cards and just changed the value of the blues to add depth. 

I really liked how these cards turned out and will continue to practice this new found technique. In the meantime as I seek to improve I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simply Papercrafts - Anything Goes

Creative Artiste - Anything Goes

Creative Corner - Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Monochrome

Art By Miram - #62 Anything Goes

Little Claire's Design - Anything Goes

This is all until next time

Sending hugs from Texas

Lesia

Make Time to Make Stuff