Look Ma, No Coloring - Part II

...look at me go! COPIC markers still snuggled nice and comfy in their little Angel Hello Kitty case feeling a little bit left out. Sorry COPICs, that's the way the ball crumbles and the cookie bounces!

I am having so much fun trying different ways to stamp - some of the experiments I tried didn't work, almost kind of worked or turned out okay, but it's getting me to pull eeeeverything out and trying new things! Never distress embossed before? Never used acrylic paint daubers on a project before? Never distress inked anything before? Who cares! Bust them out and fake it 'til you make it! That's the fun part about distressing - even if it's kind of messy or imperfect, nobody else needs to know that, just tell everyone it's "distressed!" What? It's not ripped, it's distressed! What? It's not splotchy, it's distressed! Have fun, get inky, get meeessy! *gasp* I know...You know when your craft table is messy? When you set something aside so that it doesn't get inked on and five minutes later, you can't find the thing you set aside. So you make another one because after searching frantically, you still can't find it and then when you go and set something else aside, you find the other thing that you couldn't find before. HAHAHAHA...I don't know who that happens to................

Aaanyways, after a few misplacements, I finally was able to get it together but I did have a bit of trouble today. Work sucked the rest of the mojo out of me and left me with not much else to work with today! Here is my completed project:

Hey, do you know that movie that came out a while back called Inkheart? This post has nothing to do with it, except for the word ink. *LOL* What DIDN'T I ink in this project?!

Starting off with a piece of glossy cardstock and my oh-so-useful, oh-so-trusted foam ink applicator, I used a couple colours of Distress Ink (Tea Dye, Vintage Photo) and inked up the entire surface going around in circles with my foam ink applicator. Next, I turned to my rich and creamy Versamark Dew Drop in Jumbo Java and inked up my Butterflies a-Flutter stamp and hit up each corner with a nice thick coat. When the ink dried (with the help of my heat gun) I rubbed my finger around over it to give it a more "distressed" look (or did I just not stamp it right? Who knows, that's the beauty of distressed! *LOL*) Okay, I lost track of what I was talking about...HAHAHAHA!

Oh right, using my ONLY Nestability set, I cut out my verse. I was going to go a different way, but since today is the first day of Lent, I thought I would go the biblical path. I also cut out a larger oval to mat my verse. For the verse, I misted it over with Perfect Pearl mist (left over from yesterday, no sense in that yummy, shimmery mist to go to waste, right?!), dried and then inked over with the Versamark ink. The ribbon was a sheer PURPLE when I pulled it out of my ribbon drawer, but with a couple swipes of my little Dew Drop, voila! Now it matches everything else! Took a little bit of Cinnamon Stickles because I haven't bonded with them in a while and Stickled certain areas!

That's it for me for now, please come back later on for a little bit more SillySkittle-isms! I've got my last installment of pictures for the giveaways - it's THIS WEEKEND! Please come by on Sunday and visit for a chance to win my blogaversary THANK YOU prize! Thank you for stopping by!

MATERIALS
All hyperlinked products and materials are from Pez-a-Doodle Designs

Stamp: Butterflies a-Swirl by Pez-a-Doodle Designs
Ink: Versamark Drew Drop in Jumbo Java, Distress Inks in Tea Dye, Tattered Rose and Vintage Photo
Paper: Glossy Cardstock (NOT the same as photo paper!)
Embellishments: Stickles, Ribbon
Tools: Oval Nestabilities, Foam Ink Applicator

CURRENT MOOD: LAZY CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: SUNGLASSES

Share the Love...

...The Mister and I aren't really Valentine's Day kind of people, (going out and spending money on fancy dinners when I'd rather be using it to buy COPICs, lighting candles and staring all googly-eyed at each other making romantic conversation always feels a bit awkward and forced to me - but hey, to each their own, right?), we're more of the rent a movie, pop lots of popcorn, snuggle under covers and be silly kind of folk. Plus, along with making my own cards, I kind of feel like NOT getting each other flowers, chocolates, etc., etc., is my own subtle dig at the corporate shenanigans that try to make us believe that people should only be doing these things for each other ONE day a year and not any time at all! HA! Take that Hallmark! I will not fall for your marketing scams! *breathes* Okay, moving on...

ANYWHO...despite the fact that I don't really get into Valentine's Day, I'm still that much of a girly-girl that I really like all things red, pink and white and frilly and pretty and cute! So when I got the news that Marti's next prize challenge is to get out those Studio G clear stamps that you've all been hoarding (oh, I know you are because I totally am and don't all great minds think alike?) and actually USE them - not just let them be all nicely organized in binders/packaging to never feel the juiciness of ink!

So here's the dealy-o: Make ATC-sized (2.5 in x 3.5 in) valentine's using your Studio G's and anything else you feel like (and it may even kill multiple birds with one stone if you've got kids who will be handing out valentine's this year!) Post them up on your blogs or albums or galleries and leave Marti the link >> HERE <<! Easy peasy, I tell you! The winner gets three brilliance ink dew drops (oh the yumminess!) of their choice! And even if you don't feel like making valentines and just want some dew drops, just a reminder to all that everything, including these drops, is 15% - 25% off to make way for the new goodies coming in! Also, leave me a link of your valentines too! There's no prize for it, I'm just nosy and want to see what everyone makes! *LOL*

What a coinky-dink! Speaking of new goodies coming in...$1 STUDIO G CHALKS are COMING! Straight from CHA, Studio G is releasing CHALKS! They come in 6 sets of four different colours. So that's 24 different colours for $6! w00t! Oh the craft gods are happy with us!

All in all, it's been a *lovey dovey* crafty kind of weekend! Here's a couple of my valentine's so far!

Awww...don't you wish you could be my Valentine? *LOL*

And in the spirit of giving and receiving, I received this wonderful blog award from Marti yesterday!

A beautiful blog award for me! Which is so nice because as some people have already commented to me, my blog looks kind of plain and maybe I'd like to get it fancied out a bit. I kindly thanked them for the advice, but explained that my blog has to look as plain as possible so that I can look at it while I'm at work! *LOL* Notice I didn't say j/k...

The rules of the award says that I have to give it to five other bloggers, but this will require further thinking and researching as most of the bloggers that immediately come to mind have already received it! :) Thanks Marti for the fab award!

Materials
All products and materials are from Pez-a-Doodle Designs (hyperlinked) unless otherwise stated

DP: Bo Bunny
Stamps: Studio G of course!
Ink: Adirondack Dye Ink (Brown) and Ranger Distress Ink (Fired Brick), Studio G pigment ink (Pink)
Embellishments/Tools: Adirondack Dimensional Pearls, MS Doily Lacy edge punch (Michaels), pink flat-back pearls (LSS), ribbon (Dollarama), Flower Soft and foam hearts (Dollarama)
Techniques: For the paper hearts, I cut out two hearts using the age-old kindergarten method of folding paper together and cutting out half a heart. I taped them down on scrap paper and inked them up all over using my Studio G ink. I next used my Studio G stamps to stamp on my sentiments all over. The next technique was taking the heat gun to my lovely foam-y hearts and heating them until they were nice and soft and pressing my Studio G stamp into it until it cooled, leaving a nice impression.

CURRENT MOOD: IRRITATED CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: CHEWY BARKING AT ME