Witch Please!

Hello friends,

I'm showing off a fun new set from Kindred Stamps today called Witch Please, this set will be available on Friday, September 27th! This set features a lovely little lady, and her ever-watching cat.

I started by coloring the friends up using Copic Markers. I kept them simple with no fuss. 

Next, I went to work building a fantastic background for them to have behind them. I wanted it to look like nighttime in front of the family graveyard. The back of the card front is a light gray (I know it looks white but that's just the lighting!) I took a white piece of cardstock and blended Catherine Pooler's Twilight ink over it lightly. I got a new stencil from Stencilgirl that has the neatest looking clouds and used it with Deco Foil Metallix Black Ice and of course, my Stencil Pal, to make a bluster evening full of menacing clouds.

Next I took to my Jane Davenport die cutting machine (because it's mermaid, duh) and used a set of dies from Stampin up to build the family graveyard. I wanted the background to be darker so I went with black for the tree and ground there, and gray headstones.  The fence and my foreground grass I used color to bring us forward to the friends who are in full color!

For my sentiment, I used a set of banner dies from The Stamp Doctor, that aren't released, yet but I use this set constantly because it allows me to layer my banners, and has tons of sizes so I get exactly the right size! First, I stamped my sentiment using Nocturne VersaFine Clair on a red scrap that matches my girl's sweater and headband. I layered that over a scrap of white sparkly paper. 

To finish off, I added a few bat sequins I had picked up at Target last year!

The entire Kindred Stamps September release will be available Friday, September 27th at 8am PST/11am EST. Be sure to subscribe to the Kindred Stamps blog to see a daily line up of sneak peeks from our amazing Design Team and see the full product release on Friday! Come join the Fan Club and release event to be part of the release fun, and you may just win some Kindred Stamps credit!!

You've made it this far, make sure you leave a quick comment, maybe tell me what you or your kids are going to be for Halloween, to enter my drawing for a $10 Kindred Stamps Gift Certificate! I will leave my drawing open for a week and pick a winner on October first. Be sure you include your email address in your comment or I will not be able to count it since I won't be able to contact you!

Until next time my pretties!

~R. Winn

Teen Detectives Box

Hi friends!

It's no mystery that we are excited about our newest Limited Edition box at Kindred Stamps! The theme this time around? Teen Detectives! This box includes a 6"x8" stamp set, a custom paper pack, a custom washi tape, a loose glitter pot, and an amazing stencil; there are a few other things, I just can't think of them right now.

Any who, I created 3 fun projects using this set, take a look...

My first project involves two of the detectives, and their furry counterpart! I colored the girl using Copics, but the boy and the dog were colored using Chameleon Markers. 

For the background, I started with a grey paper, for a dusky sky feel. The trees are different shades of green scrap paper I had in my overflowing scrap drawer, cut out using an old Stampin' Up Christmas tree die set. I layered the different sizes and shades to feel like a forest.  I had planned on just placing the kids and dog in front of the trees, but because I had used different dimensional adhesives to layer, there was an odd gap beneath them. I decided a road using Tonic Expanding Mousse, I mixed about 5 different colors, attempting to make brown. I ended up with more of a gray, and it looked like a gravel road after heating it with the heat gun!

I typically leave the insides of my cards blank, but... this sentiment just seemed perfect to me! I used Catherine Pooler Orange Twist (which matches the girl's sweater!) and stamped it out right in the center of my card.

Next, I wanted to use the awesome tie dye stencil included in the Teen Detectives Box. Brianne had done an awesome background on white, so I decided to go with a black background and used Distress Oxide inks and my toothbrush makeup brushes to create a tie dye background. Next, I used a Stampin' Up Star die to cut out the center of the card to let the blue base show through.

I always felt these two kiddos had that "young love" thing going on so they felt perfect to make a "love card!" I used banner dies from The Stamp Doctor to cut out the two sentiment banners, and placed them in opposite corners. I finished my card off with a few sequins from the box.

My last card, I had no more teens left to use, nor the energy to color up more. I did have this fantastic star cut out from my other card though... and the custom washi tape included in the Teen Detectives box! I layered 5 strips of the washi tape onto my white cardstock, then used foam adhesive to pop up my tie dye star. 

On my star, I used Brutus Monroe Alabastar Embossing Powder to emboss my sentiment from the Teen Detectives stamp set. Then I took a small brush and Tonic Crystal Glaze and brushed it over and around the sentiment, I used the loose glitter in the box to dust over it. The glaze really allowed the glitter to stay put and not fall off!

I finished the card with some of the sequins in the Shaker Pack included in this box!

I hope you've enjoyed my cards, and cannot wait to see what you make with your own Teen Detectives Box!

~R. Winn