Adventures Abroad - Australia

It's time for something cute friends! This week is release week for Beth Duff Designs and the stamps are just adorable. You won't want to miss out!

I got to play with Adventures Abroad - Australia, and I think these little animals and the other images in the set are a great tribute to this beautiful land! I normally color with alcohol markers, but decided to try to flex my colored pencil muscles for these furry friends.

I got 4 of them colored up with my Prismacolor pencils, because I knew I wanted to use them, they are smaller images, so I was able to use more on one card! I used a lightly patterned pink paper for the background to keep it simple.

Next, I framed the emu, kookaburra, and kangaroo with white paper and some Vintage 45 paper, cut using Stampin' Up's Layering Circle dies. I pulled out a fancy frame die from Stampin' Up and used Catherine Pooler's Eucalyptus ink for the sentiment. I topped it off the hat from the set!

I had one little guy left over, and decided the koala with the "cheers" sentiment would make for a cheery note card. I started with the a yellow patterned paper from Sunny Studios and stamped the sentiment directly on it at an angle using Catherine Pooler Manderine Spice ink.

I tucked my koala into the opposite corner and finished the card off with some dark green Nuvo drops from Tonic.

I can't wait for you to see all the other great sets the Beth Duff Designs team is showcasing! I know which are my favorites, but I am excited to hear what your's is!

We are so happy you joined us for Beth Duff Designs's Summer release blog hop! These sets are so fun and we can't wait to see what is on your must have list. Please join us and visit each page in the hop. By leaving a comment on each of the blog posts you will automatically entered to win a coupon for 15 % your purchase on our site! This contest is open to both US and Int'l fans. Thank you so much for joining us, and make sure you join us on Facebook to share your own projects and see what else our team comes up with!

Beth Duff Designs

Nic and Viv - Niccole

R. Winn Creates - Rachel - You are here!

Little Wings Creates - Annie 

Scraps & photoGRAFFS - Kel 

The Frolicking Fairy - Marcia 

Paper and Me - Tania

BreAnn Loveland Cards - BreAnn

Sparkliie Creations - Lynnea

Pearblossom Press - Amanda 

Faith.Dream.Create - Annalisa 

Alison's Random Thoughts - Alison

Thanks for dropping by,

R. Winn

You Slay Me

Every once in a while, I get a stamp set that makes me feel like a giddy teenager who lives off of soda, sitcoms, and any food I can find (had to fill that hollow leg!) Well, now my leg is no longer hollow and I can't drink soda without getting sick, but I still love a good sitcom!

This month, I received "Slay" from Kindred Stamps's July Release to showcase! This set takes me back to when vampire hunters and their friends could entertain me for hours.

My first project, I decided to go a bit Goth. I used a Sizzix embossing folder and dry embossed a sheet of grey cardstock. Next, I ran Ink On 3's embossing pad over the embossed paper and used Brutus Monroe's Ebony Embossing Powder to heat emboss the dry embossed sheet.

I colored my vampire hunter and her boyfriend (who happens to be a vampire!) with Copic markers. I've really been working on coloring blonde hair in more realistic shades, fewer yellows, more earth tones. I built a scene using some Halloween die cuts, the creepy tree and the gravestones really felt right for me. To finish the card, I used a die cut from Stampin' Up's Project Life set and picked out this perfect sentiment which was heat embossed with Brutus Monroe Alabaster powder.

My next project, I used my characters in planner, I kept it simple with just some washi tape between days, the characters and a few star stickers.

It is clean enough to see what I have on my plate, but still makes me smile when I see it!

Last, I had to showcase the hunter's sidekicks. Sidekicks come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they are mentors that are always willing to step in and help kick butt, sometimes they're your best friend who may look sweet and innocent, but will shank a vamp to keep you safe.

I used some Graphic 45 paper that I received from a friend for the background. I found some pretty orange twine and another patterned paper that was orange to build my layout, the sidekicks went on Stampin' Up Layering Square die cuts. 

I pulled the other banners from the Stampin' Up Project Life die cut pack and used them for the sentiment. You know that my favorite sentiments are buildable, this set does not disappoint on that front! Catherine Pooler's Manderine Spice ink matched the oranges on the card already, so I used it to stamp out the sentiment.

The sets from this month are a bit of a throwback, and we hope you enjoyed the trip down memory lane with us. The Kindred Stamps team, myself included, hope that you've enjoyed reading about my card makes for this release. 

If you would like an opportunity to win shop credit please go and comment on everyone's blog post! One random winner will win a $10 shop credit, they will be contacted privately and announced in our Fan Club, Kindred Stamps Fan Club!

Kindred Stamps

Guest Designer Kim Huffman

Tinkerin in Ink

The Frolicking Fairy

Ashlea Crafts

DaggDesigns Blog

Doodles Paper Playground

R. Winn Creates (You are Here!)

Maria Russell Designs

Courtney's Paper Crafting

Clown Mom Creations

Fanciful Spaces

Until next time,

R. Winn

Simple but Beautiful

Hi again friends!

I'm back to share another fun digi from HeartcraftPaper, her beautiful Single Rose. I don't work with a ton of florals, but this one really caught my eye and I knew I wanted to work with it.

Began but coloring my rose in, I used various shades of Copic Reds and Greens to give it a natural look. I've never seen a flower that's all one shade or that the petals are even in color, I wanted to make sure mine reflected that. The dew drops were colored layering BG10 & B21 to cause an aquamarine color. I touched (barely!) a bit of Tim Holtz Distressed Stickles to the water droplets and a few petal pieces to give some shine!

  

My sentiment is from Brutus Monroe's Seriously Sentimental Stamp Set, I stamped with Catherine Pooler's Peppermint Scrub (available at Crafty Doodle Chick!) I filled in the hearts with a bit of black pen. The patterned paper is from a retired Stampin' Up DSP pad. I finished it off with some Stampin' Up rhinestones.

This card is super simple compared to a lot of things I've done lately, but I really wanted this beautiful rose to be the star!

I hope you enjoyed, and don't forget to go check out HeartcraftPaper! 

Thank you for stopping by.

~R. Winn

Little Red - Guest Design for Heartcraft Paper

Hello again friends!

I am super excited to introduce to my friends, HeartcraftPaper, a new digi company. I was lucky enough to be chosen as a Guest Designer for HeartcraftPaper and get to share, Little Red with you today.

I created two card using this cutie. My first, I went with a very traditional version of Little Red. I used Copic markers to color her. My background papers are from LDRS Creative, I hand cut the hill, so it's a bit rough, but crafting from work means using what I've got. The background is a mossy green from Stampin' Up. 

To finish the card up, I used Kindred Stamps' Ladybugs Shaker Pack and picked a few of each color, and the ladybugs out, then spread them over the front of the card at random. Last, I took the "Be Brave" sentiment from the Neat And Tangled Layered Landscapes stamp set, purchased from Kraftgali, with a dark green Altenew ink on a white die cut strip of cardstock and layered it on a black piece of card stock.

My next card, I took a left turn somewhere and never turned back around... I decided Little Red would make an adorable Elvish girl, I made her larger (my favorite part about digis is picking my own size to print them in!) Then I colored her with Copics in the BG tone family. I decided to give her a dark blue cloak this time, and colored her skirt a more peachy color. 

I was kinda stuck on a background for her, my friend Marcia, suggested I go with large flowers and man, she was SO right (thank you for always having my back miss!). I started with a pink ombre paper that a friend had sent me, then picked out two (retired) Stampin' Up floral sets. I stamped some straight on the paper and others on white card stock then die cut them and used some Zots to pop them up off the paper a little. I used Dimensionals to pop my little Elf up off the background.  

I finished the card by using a "hello" sentiment die cut (it was before I started keeping track of what came from where!) and a sticker paper pad so that I could put directly on the card!

I'm super excited about HeartcraftPaper and their adorable designs. I hope you'll check them out!

Until next time,

R. Winn