Getting ready for a steampunk costume Tea Party.....

Who is in the mood for a little fairytail story?

Once upon another day in Wonderland some very quirky characters are excitedly getting ready to attend a steampunk themed costume Tea Party.

Let's take a peek at each character and see what they're planning to wear to such a bizarre event!

Look at this oh so handsome kitty cat...allow me to introduce you to the host of the tea party, the Mad Hatter!  Doesn't he cut a dashing character in his handsome outfit with his new steampunk inspired hat made just for the occasion!   ssshhh, don't let him know we've caught him modeling in front of his mirror doing his best Travolta move ;0)

The Mad Hatter is from Blockheads Paper Arts' brand new Steampunk-esque "Fringe Folktails" stamp set and in celebration of the launch the set is currently on sale for $12!

 Stamp Puss with Tuxedo Black Memento ink onto Neenah Solar White cardstock and colour with the following Copic Sketch markers:
Fur: W1, 3 and 5, Waistcoat: R27, 39 and 46, Boots/Hat/Belt: E13, 15, 18 R39, 46, Y17, 23, RV10, 13, Hat Details and Goggles: C0, 3 and 5.

Complete the look with touches of metallic silver and antique gold Promarkers with hightlights of white gel pen.  Add a small amount of Judikins Diamond Glaze to the glass areas of the goggles.  Completely cut out the entire image with a pair of sharp detail scissors.

Okay, lets tip toe off quietly and see who else we can spy on.....

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents

Getting 'Alice' Arty with Paper Artsy - Blockheads DT projects

Hello Everyone!

This week I had the pleasure of playing around with a great stamp image from the Paper Artsy by Lynne Perella collection now available at Blockheads Paper Arts!  My fellow DT mates are also creating with Paper Artsy stamps so check out the growing inlinkz collection at the end of my post for more great ideas!

 I adore all things Alice and you might have even spotted her featured on my blog logo above ;0)  I'm always in the mood for creating Alice in Wonderland themed projects and I've submitted some to the Just Steampunk II call so hopefully you'll get to see them soon, keep your fingers crossed ;0)  I had a blast creating the two paper art pieces above using the same image from the Royalty LPC007 set.

ALICE

QUEEN OF HEARTS

"Bird Song" Mini Vellum Book & Blockheads Paper Arts new Mini Book Challenge!

Hello Everyone!

It's new challenge time again over at Blockheads Paper Arts and this time Trisha has demoed how to do 2 very easy mini book binding techniques!  Here's my take on the Mini Book Challenge.  I created a really cute mini book made out of vellum using a combination of stamped images coloured with water-based markers and embossing folders!

"Summer Wishes" A Third Coast project plus Check out the Anything Goes Challenge at our Third Coast Creative Challenge Blog!

Hello Everyone!

I hope you're all having a fabulous week and enjoying your summer vacations!!

As Challenge Coordinator I'm hosting a new challenge over at Third Coast Rubber Stamps brand new blog and you're all invited to come and play with me ;0)  TCCC#2 starts August 1st and its a fan favourite, an Anything Goes challenge!  Which means the theme is open to whatever your heart desires...however, I did throw in a twist ;0)  You must use the colour Yellow in some way, whether it be incorporated into your coloured images or you use yellow cardstock or flowers or ribbon...you get the idea!

 I was inspired by all the glorious warm weather we are having...aahhhh...to create this sun drenched, summer party time card to get you all in the mood for creating with YELLOW!

"Memory Fragments of A Lovely Day" Artistic Outpost projects Part 2!

Hi Everyone!
I'm having fun with Artistic Outpost stamps this week and yesterday I shared my "Touch of British" vintage grunge card and I'm back today with my 2nd project titled "Memory Fragments of A Lovely Day".

I love the feeling of the warm glow of summer filled with wonderful memories invoked by the colours of the card!  I had to show you the side view first coz that one shows the richness of the 'true' colours, especially the pearlized pale yellow cardstock I used on the left hand side of the card.  You can see in the front view below that my camera just wouldn't capture the yellow colour properly at that angle and makes it look more peach!  I tried but just couldn't get the colours to show up properly, darn it :0(

I used the Windmill, Tulips and the sentiment images from the same stamp set called A Lovely Day.  Artistic Outpost rubber stamps are now available in the Blockheads Paper Arts store so go check them out!

"Touch of British" Grunge card featuring Artistic Outpost Stamps!

Hello Everyone!
Well I had planned to make a Diamond Jubilee card in June while all the festivities were underway but I just didn't get around to it but now we've got the Olympic Games going on in the UK so here's a Diamond Jubilee slash British inspired card with a touch of vintage grunge!

Update:  Woohoo!  "Touch of British" made Top 5 at Try it on Tuesday :0)

Today I'm featuring Artistic Outpost stamps!  If you love the old world grunge style then you're going to want to check out these fab vintage stamps over in the Blockheads Paper Arts store!  This is the first of a few Artistic Outpost projects so check back again tomorrow to see what else I've been up to ;0)

I used the Girl with Crown collage image from the A Lovely Day set.

Vintage Shabby Chic Christmas Tags - A Blockheads Fabric Technique Project!

Hello Everyone!
Only 160 more sleeps to Christmas, Woohoo ;0) 

I'm still enjoying Christmas in July and have two vintage shabby chic Christmas tags to show you today!  Imagine finding some crumpled up vintage tags hidden in a forgotten attic that were lovingly hand made with found items when times were hard....that was my thought process when designing and making these!

 

I incorporated more fabric stamping into these too....just a quickie reminder that Blockheads Paper Arts' Fabric Stamping Technique Challenge closes on Saturday July 21st, so hurry in those entries for the chance to win some fab prizes!
 

"Ice Nymph" Third Coast Creative Coterie card

Happy Saturday Everyone!
First I want to say welcome to all my new followers, I'm so pleased you guys enjoy my art :0)

added note:  Ice Nymph made Top 3 at Divas by Design..Woohoo!

Here's my 2nd Christmas card project for the week and this one was made as inspiration for the Third Coast Creative Challenge Blog I'm coordinating on behalf of Third Coast Rubber Stamps!

Do you remember the birthday card I made for my sister a few weeks ago using one of Third Coast's newest images called Spring's Muse?

 My sister absolutely loved her card and I love this rubber stamp so much I had to use it again but this time I transformed Spring into an Ice Nymph ;0)  There is a Winter's Muse stamp available but I don't have that one...yet ;0)...so I decided to winterize the same image just by using a wintery colour scheme and embellishments!  I LOVE how it turned out and I think you just might see some more of my favourite Muse in a rainbow of colours in the
future ;0)  You can check out my post for the card above here!

Collapsible Diorama Christmas Card plus Fabric Stamping for Blockheads Paper Arts!

Hi Everyone!

Can you believe there's only 166 days until Christmas!?  It's my favourite time of year so personally I can't wait LOL!  So you can imagine I'm having a ball with Christmas in July and I've got two cards I made this week to share ;0)  Today I'm excited to show you the diorama Christmas card that I designed for Blockheads Paper Arts!  It is collapsible so it will lie completely flat in an envelope so you can get the WOW factor and mailing convenience all in one great card!

added note:  This one made Top 3 at Twisted Tuesday Woohoo ;0)

Here's two views of the cool diorama card from above, I love how it turned out!

 I also combined Blockheads' current Technique Challenge, Fabric Stamping, into my card!  So before we get started I want to tell you about Blockheads Fabric Stamping Technique Challenge!

We've made a little change to the challenge set up that will make it easier for you guys to participate!  Before you were required to include the html blog hop code into your post, now you don't have to if you don't want to.  Enter the Blog Hop Challenge for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate or submit your project to Blockheads Facebook group if you don't have a blog for a chance to win your choice of a 4" x 5" cling mounted stamp set!  Visit Blockheads Fabric Stamping Technique page on their website and check out Karen's wonderful tutorial on how to go about stamping on fabric.  Everything you need to know about entering the challenge is on that page.  Then enter the challenge on the Blockheads Blog.

But before you dash off please take a look at my diorama Christmas card first, there's lots to see ;0)

"Beachcombing" Melt Art Sea Glass plus Fabric Stamping - Blockheads new Technique Challenge!

Greetings and Happy 4th of July week to you all!

Update:  this one won the Vacation Challenge over at House of Gilli :0)

Today I'm combining two techniques into one fabulous beach inspired card!  This one is the 4th installment in my adventures into Melt Art PLUS I also incorporated the current Blockheads Technique Challenge which is Fabric Stamping!   I've also got 2 versions of the same card to show you too!  The first one demos stamping on fabric with just white ink for a sun-bleached effect and the second is coloured with a few touches of Distress markers.

Before we get started I want to tell you about Blockheads Fabric Stamping Technique Challenge!  We've made a little change to the challenge set up that will make it easier for you guys to participate!  Before you were required to include the html blog hop code into your post, now you don't have to if you don't want to.  Enter the Blog Hop Challenge for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate or submit your project to Blockheads Facebook group if you don't have a blog for a chance to win your choice of a 4" x 5" cling mounted stamp set!  Visit Blockheads Fabric Stamping Technique page on their website and check out Karen's wonderful tutorial on how to go about stamping on fabric.  Everything you need to know about entering the challenge is on that page.  Then enter the challenge on the Blockheads Blog.  But before you dash off have a peek at my take on the Fabric Stamping challenge with a faux sea glass Melt Art embellishment!

Third Coast Rubber Stamps New Challenge Blog is now OPEN!

Happy Sunday Stamping Friends!

The big day is finally here and I'm proud to announce that Third Coast Rubber Stamps New Challenge Blog is now open! Woohoo ;0)

Dash on over to the Third Coast Creative Challenge Blog and join our launch party!

In celebration we are throwing a month long Christmas in July contest with one grand prize up for grabs, a $50 gift certificate to Third Coast Rubber Stamps, Woohoo, and some surprise prizes to be had along the way too!

The theme for the contest is "Deck our Blog with Boughs of Holly" so we're looking for Christmas and Winter themed entries!  All forms of art and styles are welcome!  We would love to see paper projects, altered art, jewelry and even scrapbook layouts!

So get stamping, enter the contest and become a follower coz you just never know...you might win a surprise giveaway prize!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents

"Chinese Medallion Card" Melt Art Texture Tread Series for Blockheads Part 3!

Hello Stamping Friends!
I'm back with another Melt Art Texture Tread project and this time its an awesome Chinese inspired card featuring a gold UTEE medallion!

I've been working on some Melt Art projects for Blockheads Paper Arts for the last couple of weeks and so far you've seen a gold UTEE bracelet and a pendant made with clear UTEE with Perfect Pearls mixed in to give it a luscious shimmer!  Click on the two photos below to go directly to those tutorials if you missed them! 

This time I'm excited to share a mixed media project with a Chinese theme!  The gold UTEE medallion really makes a dramatic statement don't you think!

Announcing Third Coast Rubber Stamps New Challenge Blog!

Hello Everyone!

I'm delighted to let you all know about Third Coast Rubber Stamps new Challenge Blog and I'm super excited because I'm also the Challenge and Contest Coordinator and boy do I have lots of fun planned for you guys ;0)

 July 1st is our grand launch and we're celebrating in style with a month long Launch Contest perfect for Christmas in July.  So come and "Deck our Blog with Boughs of Holly" and join the celebrations!  There will be surprise prizes going on through out the month so you don't want to miss a thing ;0)

I'm sure many of you already have a nice stash of Third Coast Rubber Stamps but if you're unfamiliar with this amazing company then here's a little bit of info for you before you dash off to peruse their extensive catalog of unmounted stamps ;0)

Spring's Muse B-Day card - Third Coast Creative Coterie Project

Happy Friday again!
Wow, the weeks are sure flying by and summer is finally here!  Yippie :0)
Check out this birthday card I created for my precious sister, Paula, so no peeking Sissypoo until it arrives in your mitts ;0)

This absolutely gorgeous stamp is called Spring's Muse (LS-010-V) by Third Coast Rubber Stamps.  Summer, Autumn and Winter completes the set and while you're checking them out also take a peek at the elements fairies, Air, Water, Fire and Earth too!  They're all so divine :0)
I had an absolute ball colouring her and I'm very pleased with how my card turned out :0)

Spring's Muse (LS-010-V) Third Coast Rubber Stamps

Clear UTEE Texture Tread Pendant!

Hello Everyone!
I'm back today with another Melt Art Texture Tread project!



Last week I showed you how to make a really cool bracelet with gold UTEE disc shaped pieces and now I've got a pendant to share that was made the same way but this time I mixed in a surprise ingredient!  Click on the photo below if you missed the bracelet project!

Blockheads ETP Challenge Ends June 21st!

Hello Everyone, I hope you all had a fabulous Father's Day weekend ;0)
Just a quickie reminder that my ETP Technique Challenge over at Blockheads Paper Arts closes this Wednesday!  Don't let those awesome prizes get away from you!

Don't know what ETP stands for?  It's Embossed Toilet Paper...yep, it's still a shocker seeing toilet paper mentioned in a stamping related post LOL :0)

The ETP needs some time to dry coz you use lots of water with your embossing folders to create really unique handmade papers to be used as backgrounds or embellishments so start embossing now!!

Check out my tutorial on Blockheads' Rubber Stamping Techniques page.

Play around, have loads of fun and then share your creations by entering the Blog Hop Technique Challenge on Blockheads' Blog for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate, there's a code you need to add to your blog for your entry to count but its super easy to do and all the info is located on the techniques page, and if you don't have a blog you can also enter via our Facebook Group instead for a chance to win your choice of a 4" x 5" set of Blockheads' stamps cut on cling cushion!  Awesome right!  So what do you say, want to play with us?!

You don't have to use Blockheads stamps to enter but of course we'd love it if you did and you don't even have to own an embossing/die cutting machine either if you've got a friend who will let you borrow an embossing folder, or better yet, persuade her to take the challenge too and make a day of it ;0)  The challenge closes on June 21st so you've only got a few days left!

Check out my ETP projects and the ones created by my fellow Blockheads Design Team mates PLUS the awesome entries submitted so far by clicking on the links in the inlinkz collection below!
I look forward to seeing yours there shortly too ;0)

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents

Melt Art Fun with Ranger's Texture Treads!

Happy Friday Everyone!
I've been having a fantastic time playing around with one of Ranger's new Melt Art Texture Treads.  I've got a variety of projects to share using the Floral Flourish Texture Tread which is now available through Blockheads Paper Arts.  They have 4 of the 6 available designs for you to choose from.  If you haven't played around with UTEE for a while you're going to want to dust off your Melting Pots and give these new Texture Treads a whirl!

What is a Texture Tread you ask, well basically it's a design on a sheet of black flexible rubber that will withstand the heat of the UTEE.  We've all played around with pressing our rubber stamps into melted UTEE many times but what's really unique about these rubber sheets is that the same design comes embossed on one side and then debossed as a mirror image-negative on the same Texture Tread!  How cool is that!

For my first project I made a bracelet with gold UTEE and the Floral Texture Tread and poured the UTEE directly onto the Tread.

'Melia Amulet' Bendomino Necklace Published in Altered Arts Magazine...a 3rd Coast Creative Coterie project!

Happy Friday Everyone!

I'm very pleased to finally be able to share my altered bendomino necklace that was published in Altered Arts Winter 2011-12 issue with you all and also share the news that I'm on Third Coast Rubber Stamps Creative Coterie again this year, woohoo ;0)

Before you dash over to DominoART to check out my tutorial I just want to quickly remind you all that I've got a DominoART design team call going on at the moment!  I've got 2 wonderful DominoARTists signed up already and will be introducing them very soon so stay tuned for that!  All the DT info is here if you're interested in becoming a DominoARTist too! 

Please stop by my DominoART blog for the full tutorial on how to create this eye-catching necklace featuring my signature "Sharpie Domino Queen" technique!

Stamps used are available from Third Coast Rubber Stamps

VB-011-K Melia Mermaid

VB-013-G Seashorse 

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents

DominoART Design Team Call!

Attention Bloggers!

I'm currently holding a DominoART Design Team call!  If you're interested in being a DominoARTist then check out all the details on the DominoART Blog!  I hope you'll come and join my world of altered game art and I look forward to seeing all your fabulous creations :0)

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents

An Elegant Card for a Special Occasion using my ETP for Blockheads' Technique Challenge

Happy Friday Everyone!

Just one more sleep to go until the weekend so just in case you're attending a special event here's an elegant card idea for you!  This design is pretty with soft hues and would be suitable for a wedding or an anniversary and even a girl's graduation card!  But for me it's a wedding card and the use of the goddess is a fun alternative to an image of a bride ;0)

 I think I've taken toilet paper to a whole new level of elegance here don't you!  Yep, you read that right, I used another one of my handmade embossed toilet paper creations for the background.  I used an Art Deco Cuttlebug embossing folder on this one and was inspired to go with an Art Nouveau colour scheme and the layout of the sketch challenge #148 over at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  I used the goddess frieze from the Greco-Roman sheet (top right) and the Congratulations sentiment from my favourite Verses sheet.  Both are exclusive Blockheads Paper Arts' sets.

"Happy Birthday Dad" ...using my handmade embossed TP paper!

Hello Everyone!

I'm super excited to share my first project using the handmade embossed paper that I made with...wait for it...TOILET PAPER and an embossing folder!  How cool is that!

If you missed my last post about the June technique challenge I'm hosting over at Blockheads Paper Arts then check it out here and then continue reading to see how I made this super cool card!

Step 1 is to make the embossed paper just with toilet paper, water and an embossing folder - read my full tutorial on how to do that here.

And now for my masculine Birthday themed card...

Take the Hand Made Embossed Toilet Paper Technique Challenge at Blockheads Paper Arts!

Happy Friday Bloggers!
I'm sure you're all looking forward to your holiday weekend with lots of relaxing planned but if you've got some spare crafty time how about playing around with Blockheads Paper Arts new Technique Challenge?

Turn this

 into this

 with my technique called
**HAND MADE EMBOSSED PAPER 
using EMBOSSING FOLDERS and TOILET PAPER**

I'm hosting the June challenge and I had a blast experimenting and creating and I'm sure you will too!  Check out my tutorial on Blockheads' Rubber Stamping Techniques page.

Play around and have loads of fun and then share your creations by entering the Blog Hop Technique Challenge on Blockheads' Blog for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate, there's a code you need to add to your blog for your entry to count but its super easy to do and all the info is located on the techniques page, and if you don't have a blog you can also enter via our Facebook Group instead for a chance to win your choice of a 4" x 5" set of Blockheads' stamps cut on cling cushion!  Awesome right!  So what do you say, want to play with us?!

You don't have to use Blockheads stamps to enter but of course we'd love it if you did and you don't even have to own an embossing/die cutting machine either if you've got a friend who will let you borrow an embossing folder, or better yet, persuade her to take the challenge too and make a day of it ;0)  The challenge closes on June 21st so you've got tons of time to play!

I can't wait to share my first project I created using the embossed alphabet paper I made, it's soooo cool so stay tuned for that ;0)
...and now you can see it here!

Happy Stamping!

 THE SHARPIE DOMINO QUEEN

I design for Blockheads Paper Arts * Third Coast Rubber Stamps * About Art Accents