Scotland's Poet by Highlander Celtic Stamps

Robert Burns 1759-1796, is noted as Scotland's National Poet.

"O would some power the gift to give us to see ourselves as others

see us."  "The best laid schemes of Mice and Men oft go awry"

This beautiful stamp from Highlander Celtic Stamps was the inspiration for this tribute to the noted author.

All stamping on this project used Ranger Archival Ink.

 This stamp was unmounted and I stamped it using this Crafter's Companion Acrylic block which is shaped differently from  most acrylic blocks that we use.

 The Crafter's Companion has a rounded surface that allows the stamper to "roll" the stamp onto the cardstock.  The idea is to stamp without losing any of the detail of the stamp.  I thought it took a little getting use to, but did work well.  I will continue to use it for awhile and then decide what I think.

 I used a Spellbinders tag to cut the beautiful frame for the cameo of Burns.

 The blue size oval scalloped punch was EXACTLY the right size for the oval in the middle of the frame.

 I am not sure who to give credit to for this stamp.  If anyone knows, please let me know.  If I remember correctly I purchased it at the Stampaway Rubber Stamp Show in Cincinnati several years ago.  I remember that I had to look up the stamps in books and then they pulled them out of drawers as unmounted.

 I used Eclipse Paper to make a silhouette of the book and candle stamp to use as a mask while I stamped the written word stamp in the background.

The background stamp of writing is made by Inkadinkado.

The background layer and Burns cameo are both airbrushed with Copic markers and distressed using a variety of tools to give them a vintage look.

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 The card was then assembled and layered on a layer of butterscotch cardstock off centered on black.

Bubbles for a Birthday!

Happy Bubbling Birthday! Today we have a simple card with a cute message. I was inspired by these ready made quilling embellishment Dimensionals from Provocraft.  Because these are premade this card went together very fast.

The patterned card is a boxed set with envelopes from Joanns.

 A short word about storage.  I love the new Artbin Super Semi Satchels.  As you can see, I have quite a collection of cards that either I have precut myself or purchased pre cut and scored with envelopes.  These storage containers are the perfect size to keep them stored with perfect corners and dust free.  The other plus is that you can see through the top to know which group of cards you are pulling off shelf. 

I also use the Artbin Semi Satchels to store embellishments, precut cardstock and the small size cardstock such as mat stacks.

I stamped the stamp onto green card stock and then punched it out with an EK Success circle punch.  Made a blue layer to go under it with the next size punch and punched a large blue Circle to mount the fish and bubbles on.  The verse is from Stampin Up!

The standouts already have adhesive on the back.  So this went together really fast.

Another Stampin Up! rubber stamp for the inside.

Inside

BLUE BIRD BLESSINGS!

Today was a beautiful day full of sunshine and perfect for rubber stamping.  I chose a Heartfelt Creations stamp of a bluebird for the centerpiece of this card.

I stamped the card in Ranger Archival Ink and colored it with Copic Sketch Markers, airbrushing a blue mist around the edges.  Then I finished off the scene with Stampscape Reeds and edges of the Oak Branch stamp using Distress Ink Pine Needles.

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Next I stamped and heat embossed three flowers with white embossing powder on vellum.

I cut out the flowers with Heartfelt Creations Rose Creations Dies.
Then inked the flowers ever so lightly with Distress ink Spun Sugar using a dauber.

Again using vellum I stamped, heat embossed and then cut out the Heartfelt Creations  frame shown in the picture.

After assembling the card, I stamped the Stampin Up Blessings stamp across the bottom of the card.