Home Where Our Story Begins

Hello friends. Larissa here with you today. I am using two different stamp sets from
Susan K Weckesser. 

First I used one of the little houses from 

Tumbleweed Houses. 

Secondly I used the three mushrooms and leaves stamp from
What's Up Gnomey? 

I stamped the leaves over the entire card front with Stampin Up Slate Gray ink. I stamped some off first on a piece of scratch paper then onto the card front. 

I then stamped the mushrooms down at the bottom of the card using Stampin Up Real Red Ink. I stamped the house in the middle of the mushrooms using Colorbox® Color Pop Archival Dye Ink by Susan K. Weckesser in Mystery.

I colored the leaves using Prismacolor Pencil in True Green.
For the mushrooms and grass I used Distress Inks in Mowed Lawn and Peeled Paint. The house I used Distress Ink Weathered Wood. 

For the sentiment: I actually have seen this sentiment on a few signs in friends homes and I thought it would fit perfectly. So I wrote it across the card front. 

I hope you enjoyed my card today. Have a wonderful rest of your day friends.

Larissa Pittman 

A Halloween Hello

Hello friends. Larissa here today with a fun Halloween Hello card. I love What's up Gnomie. He is one of my favorite stamps. I think I have used him for just about every holiday there is. Today I paper pieced his outfit using some Halloween theme pattern paper. I love this pack of paper from Doodlebug.

I stamped the image on a piece of white cardstock and colored his face and beard with Copic markers.

I then stamped the image again on a piece of pattern paper. I trimmed that piece out right next to the stamped line. I then glued that piece on the white piece of cardstock.

I gave the bottom of his outfit a little shading with my C3 Copic maker.

I cut a piece of black cardstock with a medium oval die to place behind Gnomie to made him pop off the pattern paper.

To finish off the card front I grabbed my Hello die and cut it out of a piece of purple cardstock and added a little clear glitter.

I adhered everything to the white cardbase using my ATG.

Hope you enjoyed my post today.
Have a wonderful day friends.

Soul of a Gypsy

Hello friends. 

Have you seen the new Mermaid Stamp that the Fabulous Susan K Weckesser created???
The Spirit of a Mermaid.

I absolutely love this new set. I stamped the mermaid on a piece of 110 lb white cardstock and colored her using Copic markers. 

I cut the image out carefully using a pair of detailed scissors. I stamped the sentiment from the same set on a piece of white cardstock and colored it with the same color of Copic's I used on the mermaid.
I found this piece of pattern paper that matched it perfectly. I had to add some glitter so I did. 

This was just a fun to make. I am going to be using this stamp so much. Thank you for stopping by today and checking out my post. Have a wonderful day friends.

Susan K Weckesser Products:
Colorbox Color Pop Archival Dye Ink by Susan K Weckesser
Spirit of a Mermaid

Other Products Used:
Copic Markers
Pattern Paper
Tombow Mono Multi Glue
ATG
Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter Pen

Grandma's Needlepoint Bookmark Tags

Hello friends. Larissa here with some cute bookmark tags I made using

Grandma's Needlepoint Stamp Set. 

I used some precut tags I had in my stash and stamped each of the images and sentiments on the different tags with Colorbox Color Pop Archival Dye Ink by Susan K Weckesser. 

I colored in each image using Prismacolor Pencils blending the color with OMS.

I kept the tags flat and didn't add a bunch of bulk since I would be using them as bookmarks. I left them clean and simple. I really love this stamp set. Reminds me of cards I use to get from my grandparents when I was growing up.

I hope you enjoyed my post today. Have a wonderful crafty day friends.
 

Going Wild

Hello friends. Larissa here today with a fun Going Wild card using one of Susan K Weckesser's newest stamp set Going Wild. 
 I started off with adding a little purple watercolor ink to a piece of plastic and smooshed it on a piece of 110 lb white cardstock. I made sure sine this was not watercolor paper to not add a lot of water. After I got the effect I wanted I used my brush and flicked off some of the paint onto the card to add the splatters all over.
I stamped the image on another piece of scrap paper and colored it using my Copic markers.
I then fussy cut it out with a pair of detailed scissors.

For the glasses I added a little Crystal Effects.

I wanted to keep the card simple so I only added the sentiment in the bottom corner and nothing else.

I hope you enjoyed my post today. Have a wonderful weekend friends. 

Home

Hello friends. Larissa here today and I have to say I am so happy to be back for another term with my friend. Susan is one of the sweetest people I know.

Today I created a card for you and used a few different stamp sets.

First off I took a piece of white cardstock I had cut to 5 1/4 x 5 1/4. I laid it in my MISIT and placed the stamps where I wanted them. I used Simon Says Stamp Black Intense ink to stamp them on the cardstock.

After stamping them on the cardstock I used a couple different mediums to color the images. 

First off I used Colorbox® Color Pop Premium Dye Ink By Susan K. Weckesser in Fresh and Ice I stamped the banner and then used them for watercoloring.

I then colored the images with Copic markers. Except for the Gnomes outfit I paper pieced with a piece of yellow polka dot pattern paper from Lawn Fawn. 

 And here is the final card.

Products used for this card: 

What's up Gnomey?

Create a Day

In My Garden 

Tumbleweed HousesColorbox® Color Pop Premium Dye Ink By Susan K. Weckesser in Fresh and Ice
MISTI
Simon Says Stamp Black Intense Ink
Copic Markers
ATG
Tombow Mono Multi
Lawn Fawn Let's Polka Paper Pad

I hope you enjoyed my post today. Have a lovely week friends.

Larissa Pittman 

Smile

Hello friends. Today I have a super fun creation for you. I created this door hanger using two of Susan K Weckesser newest stamps.

I used:

• Bunny Hugs Stamp Set 
• Heart-Full Homes
• Folkart Home Decor Chalk Pain in Savannah
• a wooden door hanger
• paint brushes
• Ribbon 
• Copic markers 

I painted 2 coats of paint on the door hanger. While it was drying I stamped all the images on a piece of white cardstock and colored them using my Copic markers.
I cut each image out using a pair of detail scissors.

I then adhered the images on the door hanger and attached a bow to the top. 

I hope you enjoyed my post today.

Have a wonderful day. 

Larissa

Valentines Love Card

Hello Friends. Larissa here!  Valentine's Day is coming soon. Do you make cards to send to friends and love ones? Here is a simple idea using Susan K Weckesser  A Little Bit Washi stamp set.

I started off stamping each stamp in a different shade of pink ink. I lined them up to see where I wanted each one and then would just stamp them on the cardstock. Because I thought it looked pretty plain I pulled out the Heartfelt Warmth stamp set and used the love stamp to stamp in the middle of the cardstock with the darkest ink.

To give the card a little more I added a few gold sequins and a little gold glitter heart. I hand wrote the Happy Valentine's Day sentiment across the bottom.

I matted the white cardstock onto a piece of hot pink cardstock and then onto a white card base.

I hope you enjoyed my post today.

Remember I used:

A Little Bit Washi

and Heartfelt Warmth

Have a wonderful day friends.

Larissa

Muffins and Lace 

Bless Your Heart

Hello friends. Larissa here today with a card I made using Susan K Weckesser's new stamp set
                                                                       "Bunny Hugs".

I stamped the image using black ink. Then colored the bunny and little mushrooms using my PrismaColor Pencils blending with OMS. I cut each image out using a pair of detail scissors. 

I die cut an oval out of a piece of Susan K Weckesser Color Burst 12x12 scrapbook paper.

I used the little flower stamp from the What's Up Gnomey? stamp set and stamped it over the entire piece of white cardstock and colored them using Copic markers.

I matted the card front onto a piece of baby blue cardstock and then adhered it to a white cardbase.

To finish off the card front I added the sentiment and a bow to the top corner. 

I hope you enjoyed my post today. Now hop over to Unity Stamp Co and purchase this adorable new stamp set. 

Have a wonderful day friends.

Larissa

Snowman Christmas Tags

Hello friends. Larissa here today with some fun Christmas tags.
I just love this little snowman from ONE OF A KIND WINTER {CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN}

I stamped the little snowman and sentiment on a few tags. 

I colored them all with my Spectrum Noir markers. Then to finish off the tags I added some twine to the top that matched the colors on the tag. 

These are going to look so cute on my Christmas packages. These are fun and easy tags to create for your gifts.

Hope you enjoyed my post today. I will be back after the New Year with more fun cards. Don't forget to check back until then to see what the amazing design team creates for you.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year friends.

Larissa
Muffins and Lace 

Plant a Garden

Hello friends. Larissa here today with a journal page that I am turning into pattern paper. When I set down to do this journal page I had something in my mind that I wanted it to look like in the end. I started stamping the flowers and leaves from "In My Garden" stamp set.

I actually stamped more than originally planned. I ended up grabbing my watercolors and coloring each flower and everything in between. 

I planned on cutting it into 4 x 5 1/4 inch mats for a few birthday and thank you cards. But today I ended up with one of my favorite verses on a garden pick. 

"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow" by Aubrey Hepburn. That is so true for so many today.

I will be posting my cards when I figure out what I want them to say over on my blog and social media.

Have a wonderful day friends. 

In My Garden

Hello friends. Larissa here today using one of my new favorite stamp sets from Susan K Weckesser. This is In My Garden. 

I love the detail of each image. I stamped a few of the images on a piece of Kraft cardstock using Versamark ink. I then heat embossed using clear embossing powder.

I colored each image using my Prismacolor pencils and blended the color with OMS.

I love the way the color is sort of muted into the Kraft cardstock and that you can not see the harsh lines you would normally stamp with black ink. 

I used a few fall colors but you could use bright colors on a piece of light blue cardstock or even stamp these images with black ink on white cardstock. Oh the possibilities are endless.

Have a wonderful day friends.
Don't forget to check back to see what the amazing design team has made for you using Susan K Weckesser products.

Larissa Pittman

Welcome Home

 Hello friends. Larissa here with you today with a little welcome home card.

I absolutely love these little house from the Tumbleweed Houses stamp set. 

I wanted the focus to by on one house so I stamped the other little houses using a gray ink and then shadowed it with Copic markers. Then I added color to the one house for it to stand out. I then added the clouds, sun and sentiment. Above the sentiment I added the word Welcome using a black Micron marker.

I matted the card with a gray cardstock and matted it onto an orange cardbase.

There are so many ideas you can make with these little houses. I just really liked the way the muted shadows looked.

Hope you enjoyed my card today. Don't forget to check back to see what the amazing Design Team is up to.

Have a wonderful day friends.

Wicked Little House

Hello friends. Larissa here and I am so excited to be serving a second year with Susan K Weckesser. This month our theme is Home Sweet Home challenging the creative team to use a house on their project.
With Halloween being a few weeks away I wanted to use a spooky house. So I stamped the house from The Happy Homestead  on a piece of watercolor paper. I used my Peerless watercolors to color it up.

I then found some Halloween theme pattern paper to use for the background paper. I also went through my die cut bucket where I keep a bunch of pre-cut dies and found a few ghosts and a tombstone. I also found a couple of pumpkins and a black cat. 

I adhered everything down on the pattern paper using liquid adhesive. I then adhered the card front to a orange cardbase.

I think this little house is going to be prefect for all seasons. Add a few gingerbread and gumdrops for an awesome Christmas house.

I hope you have a wonderful day friends. Make sure to check back with us because the new girls on the team are super awesome and they are going to have very cool projects to share with you.