New House Mouse Stamps

My mom got me some new House Mouse stamps at the convention. All Fired Up and All Fired Up 2, Count Mouse and then I bought The Graduate from HL's clearance.

French Lavender Fields

While watching the Tour de France ride through the lovely lavender fields, I decided to get this out and make a card. I used watercolor pencils and then painted water over it. I backed it with purple and used a darker purple for the photo corners.

B & J's Art Stamps

I made this at the B&J Make and Take while at the convention. I believe this is a new stamp, because I don't remember seeing him before. He is awesome and I will probably be buying him soon. I inked up the background stamp with a yellow, a blue and Indian Rouge. After stamping the Indian (oops Native American) I embossed it all with Fire EP. You can't tell in the scan, but it is clear with iridescent sparkles in it. I then stamped the swirlies in the blue before embossing the edges with the Indian Gold EP.

I've had this stamp for more than 2 years and it has never been inked before this. I saw a card example at the convention using browns like this and thought it was so wonderful, so here is my version. The cat is from After Midnight and I used my new Copics...E57, E29 and E33 to color it. The background cardstock is from a Neutrals pack I got at Michael's by AC. I added the three black brads and was finished.

Hopi Kachina Card

I just love this Hopi Kachina from Stamps Galore. I've had him for several months now, but this is the first time I've used him. The background and the swirls are from B & J's Art Stamps and the background speckles are from SU's Prehistoric Paintings. I used Inkcredible inks...Desert Peach for the center, Harvest Gold for the edges and speckles and Passport Green for the very edges and the swirls.

New Abbey Stamp

I used my new abbey stamp from Magenta for this card. Once again, I used both the Harlequin (Lost Coast) and Italian Script (Judikins) backgrounds, stamping both with the Dune from ColorBox. Both the abbey (Magenta) and the saying (Stamp Camp) also were stamped in Dune.

Flowers...Really, A Flower Card

I know, me making a flower card is surprising. But I do...on occasion. I was showing Mom how to use the Stamp-a-ma-jig and this is one of the sets I have that needs it. I used the harlequin background in Pretty in Pink and the Italian Script background in Purely Pomegranate. The hollyhock is from SU's Spring Garden set and is stamped with both of those colors and Glorious Green for the stem. I used the Victorian scissors to trip the edge before double matting it with both colors.