CTMH Technique Blog Hop - Kissing is for Stamping

Did you know you can kiss with your stamps?! NO...YOU don't kiss them, you have them kiss one another!  :)  That's the technique we are highlighting this month on our artwork and we are so glad you have joined us!  

If you are coming from Michelle's Blog you are on the right track!  A complete list of participants is at the bottom of this post if you were to get lost along the way.

You need to use, at least to my knowledge (we will see if the other blog hop participants know otherwise), a stamp image that is solid for this technique.  I chose to use images from this month's Stamp of the Month, "Balloon Animals".

Before I show you my creation I am showing you two "kissing" techniques.  With this one you can see how the elephant looks like he/she has been kissed with hearts.  Too fun!  I stamped the elephant image in Pixie ink and - BEFORE stamping the elephant onto paper - then took a heart image, inked it up in Hollyhock ink and stamped it on the elephant.  I repeated that process to cover my elephant in hearts AND THEN stamped it on the cardstock.  

This technique is referred to as "Reverse Kissing".  Rather than applying a "kiss of color", I removed it.  I inked up the elephant in Cotton Candy ink and then used the heart image to REMOVE color from the inked elephant.  I repeated this process, again to kiss all over the elephant, and THEN stamped it onto the cardstock.  I learned this technique MANY years ago so it was fun to return to it and I enjoyed doing so with this stamp set.

 

So...while I showed you how this technique was done with the elephant (I will have to create some artwork using them), I actually used the giraffe for my card.  You can see I used the standard kissing technique here and incorporated the La Vie En Rose paper pack.  I LOVE the polka dot Zip Strip so had to be sure I included it.  A Red Enamel Heart, a small piece of Gold Shimmer Trim, some White & Gold Ribbon and gold hearts from the Fundamentals Assortment were used to finish it off.  I kinda know a little girl who loves giraffes so will have to send this to her soon.  

Thanks so much for hoppin' with us and now go check out what Wendy has to showcase with this technique.

Happy hoppin'!

Participants:

1. Melissa Robinson *YOU ARE HERE*
2. Wendy Kessler
3. Catherine Nowak
4. Priscilla Gotham
5. Darlys Recker
6. Tammy Lubick
7. Haley Dyer
8. Tonya Whitehurst
9. Kirsten Jade
10. Helen Gullett
11. Michelle Loncar

CTMH Paper Blog Hop - La Vie En Rose

Thank you for stopping by as we showcase artwork using our beautiful paper pack, "La Vie En Rose"  It is a gorgeous paper pack and you will see that what I love most about it is the back and white patterns.  It offers such flexibility for adding in a color of your choice.  I, of course, chose purple.  :)

If you are coming from Lisa's Blog you are on the right track.  There is a list of participants at the bottom of this post if you were to get lost along the way.

In keeping this card simple, I cut three strips of patterned paper and added stripes of Gold Foil Tape for that additional pop.  Black and white circles were cut and layered in order to allow the flower and leaves to be more visible on the card front.  ShinHan markers were used to color the images and a Bling Gold Gem was placed as the center of the rose.  The motto of my artwork is "cute and simple".  I like for them to come together easily and have visual appeal.

Here is a photo, with different lighting, so you can better see the foil tape.

Thanks for stopping by and now hop on over to Katy's Blog to see her fun artwork! She never disappoints!

Happy Hoppin'!

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS:
1.  Melissa Robinson *YOU ARE HERE*
2.  Katy Taylor
3.  Marianne Hancock
4.  Tonya Whitehurst
5.  Lisa Lawson

Heart 2 Heart - Doodling

I am excited about this week's challenge at Heart 2 Heart, "Doodling".  I took the easy way out and headed straight for the "Doodled Designs" stamp set from Close To My Heart.  Then I needed to decide what I was going to do with it and came up with this.

The La Vie En Rose paper pack was used for the B&T and the adorable polka dot strip...yeah...it's one of the zip strips included with this paper pack.  Isn't it too fun?!  How much would you pay to have a full sheet of that beauty?!  Black and the beautiful and new cardstock, Pomegranate, were added as were some floral images stamped with Pomegranate, Pixie and Sweet Leaf.  I doodled around the floral images and "happy" using our Journaling Pen.

Images stamped are from the Hello, Life stamp sets that are part of this month's National Stamping Month promotion.  There's only 9 more days left in the month to celebrate it and get these exclusive stamp sets.

Be sure to link up to this challenge and showcase your fun creation!  It's always fun to see everyone's spin on the topic.  Thank you for joining us at Heart 2 Heart!

Have one awesome week!