Hey everyone! Happy Monday! Hope you had a marvelous weekend! My weekend was full of crafty good times! Yeah! I had so much fun at the Stamp and Scrapbook Expo on Friday! Mark came with me and then we met up with some old friends for a yummy pizza before driving home. We finally watched our DVD of Bohemian Rhapsody. SO GOOD! Then some of my crafty friends came to visit Sacramento on Saturday and we spent all day together talking about stamping, and yarn, and we ate yummy food together. Sunday was a catch up day in the studio and at home. And here we are... March 4th! Dang. It's still raining buckets here and I'll be happy for a reprieve soon. It's been too much and communities are flooding and everything is soaked. We need a bit of sunshine!
One of the things I'm going to start doing more on the blog is featuring my favorite companies with projects and supplies. Today I'm going to feature the awesome Picket Fence Studios. Do you have any Picket Fence Studio stamps?? I think you should! They are super unique and artistic and clever and fun. Some are silly too. I love this company! Over the weekend I had the pleasure of meeting the owner - Nicole Petersen - in person, at the Stamp Show. She was just as lovely and spunky as I knew she would be. And she gives a good hug. Please visit Picket Fence Studios by CLICKING HERE! One of the newest stamps is a kitty cat taking a selfie! Love it. (And there is always FREE SHIPPING in the US!)
Today I'm sharing a card made with the Karen Girl Stamp and the Crafty Mail Stamp set. The girl looks like me! (in my younger days)! She's holding a camera and has her hair up in a messy bun. I'm also using a blended background I made with the AMAZING "Life Changing Blender Brushes" that are sold by Picket Fence. These are so cool!! You need a set! I'll talk about them more, later in my post.
I stamped the Karen Girl stamp onto watercolor paper using Versafine Ink and my MISTI for a good impression. I colored her using my favorite Mijello water color palette. Then I used a stitched rectangle die to cut out the panel. The card base is size A2 in Kraft cardstock. The heart was left over from my Valentine Card project!
I am obsessed with this sentiment stamp! I love the font, the size, the saying. Everything. I stamped the sentiment onto a vellum strip using Stazon Ink. When I assembled my card I wrapped the vellum strip around the inked layer and the stamped layer before attaching them to the card base.
Now, these blender brushes.... OOH LA LA. They are like buttah. Say it out loud! LOL. Seriously, buttah. I used them with three colors of distress ink to ink up this pretty background panel. They blend like magic! I'm sure they are made from Unicorn hair! What a cool new tool to have in the studio to work with. After the panel was ink blended, I splattered water onto it and also white ink.
The heart was put onto the card with foam tape. I love all these colors together. Very fun and artsy I do think!
The Crafty Mail stamp set has this awesome stamp in it too! #staycrafty - Perfect for the back of the envelope for this card. I always love a good crafty stamp set. CLICK HERE to see this one!
Okay friends - stay crafty! Until I see you again! LOTS of good stuff coming up later in the week!! I hope you have a wonderful day. Thanks for stopping by! Please visit Picket Fence Studios too! Tell 'em Wanda sent ya. XOXO
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Posted by: cleaning sofa | 03/27/2019 at 01:05 PM
Great colorful card! I was at the Expo and crop on Saturday. Fun Times!!
Posted by: Dorlene | 03/09/2019 at 11:50 AM
That is a great image for you Wanda! That card looks really great too! And..the "girls" name is a good one. Ha. I took a class with Nicole and really enjoyed it. Maybe I need to get that stamp. I am no where near a professional with my camera but I love it and taking photos. Thanks for sharing this.
Posted by: Karen L K | 03/07/2019 at 03:32 PM
This is so beautiful!! I LOVE that image. I just bought a stamp by them from SSS and have yet to ink it!! I did buy the small brush set from Picket Fences but went with regular makeup brushes for the large ones. I have not seen a difference but am enjoying your post!
Posted by: Nora Noll | 03/06/2019 at 02:47 PM
This is unique and good.
Posted by: Heller keller | 03/06/2019 at 03:49 AM
I love Picket Fence and always enjoy Nicole and a class or two when she is in New England! Those brushes...swoon!
Posted by: Karen | 03/05/2019 at 02:20 PM
LOVE the card! Those brushes are on my wish list. I can't wait to get them!
Posted by: Martha H. | 03/04/2019 at 11:18 AM
Darling! Thanks for the Picket Fence shout out. I love the fun images & those brushes are wonderful. I can finally blend inks without circles! Try to stay dry over there. Hugs!
Posted by: Troy Louise Seegmiller | 03/04/2019 at 10:46 AM
I just love picket fence studios. I worked in their booth at the expo for the last two years, but not this year. I can’t believe how fast they have grown, it must be because their stamps are really wonderful. I have a few of them. My friend bought over $150 of their stamps on Saturday, hopefully she lets me play with them. Missed seeing you at Expo, I did the crops on Thursday and all day Saturday, our meet up group had 10 people for Saturday’s crap. What a fun day. Love your card today and I regret not getting those brushes, as I know they really are life-changing. -Maurer Sala
Posted by: D | 03/04/2019 at 10:28 AM
Cheery card. I like the blended background for the base. I need the cat taking the selfie stamp.
Posted by: Rosa M. Vasquez | 03/04/2019 at 10:23 AM
I have considered these brushes a couple of times now. They seem to be the rage on everyone's blogs.. your girl is stunning and I love the colors you used. Sounds like the expo was a huge success! So glad you enjoyed it. We are still getting rain in the form of SNOW and it is getting tiresome. Two days without power and then two days without the internet. Eek! Hope this week goes better.
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 03/04/2019 at 10:12 AM
Wanda, what a fun card! Your colors are perfect for the sentiment! I have these brushes and enjoy them. I am going to check out the stamps! Glad you had such a fun weekend too!
Posted by: Julie L | 03/04/2019 at 05:07 AM
This is wonderful Wanda!
Posted by: ~amy~ | 03/04/2019 at 04:43 AM