Bloom Girl post!!

Hello Everyone…I have ANOTHER post (HOORAY) on the Bloom Girl Design Team blog.

I have been so thankful this month for the exposure of there.  Working with Jamie’s art, has been such a fun, fun job!!

Here is a sneak peek at my project..

I have a full tutorial over on the Bloom Girl Design Team blog.  So, I’d LOVE for you to head on over there and check it out.

If you are so kind to visit of there, be sure and tell Jamie, Jeannie sent you!

I hope you like what I have done with a very unusual product you probably have lying around your house!

Go check it out!

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Happy Birthday with RubberMoon Stamps…

 

 

Today my oldest son turns….23!!  I can’t believe it!  This birthday card is for him..because he loves elephants!! )

I am using this stamp, called eluvphant.

First I got all my stamp colors out.

I stamped the elephant 2 times per color.

I used an exacto knife to cut along the line for the ear, so I could make the ear more 3-d.

 

As you can see, for each elephant, one got to keep the tail and heart, the other is minus the tail and heart, but has it’s ear 3-D’d. I hope that makes sense.

On the base elephant, I put some dimensional foam.

The result is that you get a 3-D elephant that even stands on it’s own.

Here are all the elephants ready to go.

Next, to create the card base…I had the idea to make the white portion, mimic the sky by sewing random swirls on the paper.

Instead of cutting all the threads, I gathered them all up and taped them on the backside of the paper.  By doing this the threads don’t loosen and become a nuisance.

To space the elephants, I eyeball it, before attaching them all to the paper.

 

 

 

 

After attaching everything, I added a clear Happy Birthday Sticker, and here is the final product.

 

 

 

 

 

This is my last post for RubberMoon as my term is up!  I can’t believe the time has gone so fast.  I loved working with all the creative ladies on our team and will miss working with Kristen Immensly!

I hope you have enjoyed all the things I’ve shared!  Thanks for stopping by!!

 

 

Rubber Moon Jewelry Fun

Today I am the posting gal for RubberMoonArts.

I have made a couple of fun things for you to see.

Here is one of them…

But, there is a story behind this picture…if you would be my best friend and head on over to the RubberMoon Arts Blog..you can read about this picture!!

FYI, GLAMPERS…you will not be disappointed!!

A Tribute to my Mom with RubberMoon Stamps

 

When our new RubberMoon Arts Team came together and we were choosing posting dates, I knew I HAD to have today for my blog post.

What is special about today.  It is my mom’s birthday!!

She would have been 70 today, IF she were still with us.

This picture was taken circa 1961, when she graduated from Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Ca.

 

My mom was a card maker EXTRAORDINAIRE!  She had one hobby and that hobby was rubber stamping.

I was her only child.  She adopted me with her 1st husband when I was just a baby.  So because I was her only child, when she passed away, I inherited, ALL of her crafting items!!

Some things I gave to friends, some I donated, others I kept, to have her with me always.

Her scissors…(see her name, in her writing?)

 

Her pens….(see her initials in her writing?)

…and Oh My Gosh…her STAMPS!!!  SO MANY STAMPS!!

I also have  a lot of these packets that she’d have all done up with all the supplies pre-cut etc. to make a certain card. The sample was tucked neatly with all the pre-cut supplies.

Today, I am taking one of those packets and putting a RubberMoon spin on it.

My goal is to stay as close as I can to her original design and color scheme, but use RubberMoon stamps.

1st step, I took the Checkerboard stamp and stamped the background.

This is how it looked.  I didn’t really like it, but I knew how to fix it.

Sew ribbons on it!!

I added two parallel strips and sewed the edges under the card.

Next, I got all the papers I needed for the paper pieced Shroom Bloom and stamped the necessary pieces.

For the pieces I needed to add color to, I used Inktense pencils and a blending pen.

Here are the pieces cut out and colored.

Here is the little mushroom all pieced together!

Now, here is a close up of my Mom’s card I was design “lifting” from.

Remember, her card was already done and does NOT HAVE RUBBERMOON stamps.

Here is my RUBBERMOON “Take” on her original card!!

This close up shows the little “oh la la” stamp and the tiny heart from Lindsay Ostrom’s Heart Tree.

Here are a couple more pictures of the cards side by side.

 

 

Well, that about does it, for this long blog post.

 

It meant a lot, to me, to have the opportunity to do this post and use so many of her things, honor her and still use RubberMoon Stamps.

I know she would have had shelves FULL of RubberMoon stamps had she had the chance!

Thank you for stopping by today!  Remember to love those close to you….today, NOW!

 Because you know what? Tomorrow doesn’t guarantee they will still be here.

This has been me, Jeannie, with today’s RubberMoon post…and telling you all about my sweet mom!

Have a great day!

 

In Loving Memory

~Nesla Irene Wood~

1944-2008

 

 

 

 

A little something for the Glampers

Head on over to the Rubber Moon Blog and see the rest of this fun project I made with all the Glampers in mind!

Here is a list of some of the supplies I used.

Happy Camper by Linsdsay Ostrom.

Fashion Tags by Core’dination

Some pretty papers, ribbons, felt and paper flowers.

I hope you’ll visit the Rubber Moon Blog to see more of this project!

Have a great Tuesday!!

Lindsay Ostrom…Lindsay Ostrom…Lindsay Ostrom STAMPS!!!!

I can’t show the finished project that I made with these adorable Lindsay Ostrom stamps…but I can tell you that the stamps are for sale in her ETSY shop:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/thepaperrabbit

and you can visit Lindsay’s creative blog here:

http://lindsayostrom.blogspot.com/

Here is just a small sample of my project:

To see the rest…head on over to RubberMoon blog and leave some love for me, Lindsay and RubberMoon stamps!!

This has been me, Jeannie with today’s RubberMoon post.

Valentines Day with Rubbermoon Stamps

A couple of weeks ago, at work, my delightful boss and I were perusing the new Stamps, etc available to order for Valentine’s Day.  Some companies send a display board along with the Holiday Themed stamps, to show HOW to use the stamps.  My boss, Lindsay, and I were very sad what the new stamps and display boards looked like, so what did we do?  Well she ordered what she thought would work, including some fun Rubber Moon stamps and I got to make the DISPLAY BOARD!

Here are some of the products I used.  I am in LOVE with Authentique Paper’s new SMITTEN line.  I used papers from Smitten for all the cards.

Here is what the board looks like.

Here are individual close-ups of all the cards.  They are small cards.  They measure about 3″ x 3″.

This card uses: Julie with Heart.

This card uses: Crosshatch Heart

This card also uses: Crosshatch Heart

This card uses: Heart Full

This card uses: Love Letter

This card uses: Typewriter with Heart

Here is one last look at the cards all together.

This was so much fun to make.  All of the supplies for these can be purchased on site at Ben Franklin Crafts and Frames, Grass Valley, CA.

If you don’t live in Nevada County, you can order the stamps directly through Rubber Moon stamps.

I hope you have enjoyed this post today.  What fun things do you have planned for Valentine’s Day?

This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana with today’s Rubber Moon Stamp post!  Have a great weekend!

Rubber Moon Birthday Creation

Hello everyone in blog world.  I have a special project to share today.  This is for one of my daughters, who has recently had a birthday.

Her birthday is close to Christmas and I know she feels like she gets overlooked most years.

This year was no different, especially with her mommy(me) having to work, and therefore us needing to wait to celebrate her birthday until the following day!

So, I put a lot of effort into making a sweet card for her!!

When she was little, I called her the Purple People Eater, so I’ve made her card in purpley colors, mostly!!

The base of this card is a shadow box.  Inside I’ve used one of the 2″ Matboard squares, by inchiearts.com, to mount the Stamped Birthday Cake onto.

Before I put anything on the matboard, I stamped it with the Checkerboard background stamp, using Stazon Opaque white ink.

I also used the adorable Oh la la stamp and Background splatter stamp in various places.

The canvas star is a fun mixed media piece by LinnieBlooms.com

All the other embellishments are things I had on hand at home.

So what do you think?  Is it a convince-able labor of love for my DARLING DAUGHTER???  I hope so!  I had a ton of fun putting all this together for her.

Be sure and stop by the RubberMoonArts blog.  The women on our team are so amazingly talented!!  You will not be disappointed.

For now, have a great day, this has been Jeannie, with today’s Rubber Moon Arts post.

Wednesday Wowzer, Hooray!

I made it, not even late!

I was inspired, today, since I saw an old friend, sort of, today, and I hope that I will see her again tomorrow to give this to her.

I manage a small gym in my very small town and I have not seen this one lady,that I adore, in awhile because **GASP** she has been going elsewhere for her workouts!  I know small town scandals, I could tell you a few! Any how, I saw her today but just missed her, so I’m hoping tomorrow I can catch her and give this to her.  She is the epitome of STYLE and this card is especially for her!

I have used the Love in an Instant – KOM May 2012 set for this card.

For the sentiment I have done one of my favorite things which is to just cut and piece phrases from ones I like to come up with a phrase that suites my needs.

I had the pewter charm that says

“be yourself”, which fit this card perfectly.

Here is one last look at my “couture” stylin’ card.

I hope you like it!

This has been Jeannie from The Polka Cabana posting for I Heart {ippity}.

I’ll be back next Wednesday to WOW you again!

Wednesday Afternoon Wowzer

 Today is a day I really should have just stayed in bed!

I thought it was Tuesday, and it hit me at some point that it was Wednesday and then I remembered I am the WOWZER girl, and I have NOTHING to show for it. I dropped the kiddos off to school and had every intention to come home and make a QUICK, CLEAN and SIMPLE card and load it up real quick on the blog.  Well that is not so easy for me to do…I get sidetracked as I go!

First, I knew I wanted to use my own nails as my inspiration.  OK, that might be kind of VAIN but so what!  If you knew me, it is rare that I have a vain moment, allow me this one, OK??

To add to my own vain moment, well yes those are my nails…and I made my little design up all on my own…Yep I know…Nails = Just like crafting!  Easy Peasy!!

Here is my card based on my nails!  I am using the fabulous set called, FABULOUS GIRL.

What a fitting title!  Since I’m feeling rather fabulous about the way this card turned out!

All except for my intention of it being clean and simple.

Plus, I  will not go into the gory details of glue malfunctions, sticky tape stubborn backing, hot glue annoying web like strings, craft room mess that allows me to find nothing when I need it….

Nope we won’t talk about any of that at all.

I love working with tiny things like putting a tiny skirt in the stamped dress…

…adding the ruffles to the phrase…

…it’s the little things that make a card unique and a work of art!

I hope you have enjoyed my WOW for the today!

This has been me,  Jeannie,  from The Polka Cabana posting for I Heart {ippity}.

Have a great Wednesday, well what’s left of it that is!!!