Are you ready Christmas (the most wonderful time of the year)?

Each of the Creative Architects’ for Innovative Stamp Creations were given a different Christmas line to create a card! So I am wondering:

Have you started Christmas shopping yet (me - yes - I actually have a friend who is finished and thinking about starting her wrapping - we can all hate her later okay)?

How many handmade Christmas cards have you created (I am over half way there)?

Do you buy store bought Christmas cards instead (nope it's either handmade or none)?

So I hope my Christmas card will inspire you to either get started or complete your Christmas cards today!

I thought this Angel needed an elegant background so I used the cream, black and gold color palette. The angel was blended with antique linen distress ink and gold stickles applied to her wings. I used a gold dabber on the textured background panel (cuttlebugged) and the bracket panel. Some gold embossing, Krylon Gold paint pen finished the card.

Please be sure to visit our Talented group of Creative Architects’ and become inspired:

1. Kathy Tucker (UR Here)
3. Julie Warner
4. Karen Dunbrook
5. Judi Rose

6. ISC Blog

Happy Creating!
KAT

The Stuff:
All Stamps - Innovative Stamp Creations- Angelic Holidays, Christmas Trinkets, Eclectic Christmas

Celebrate Fall

You may not know this but Betsy, owner of ISC, resides in New England and the inspiration for this Line was from her back yard! She says; “Fall in New England is truly gorgeous, especially further north of Manchester, New Hampshire. “

Celebrate Fall:

I used a markers to color the main image - not something that I use very often but worked out beautifully with the leaves and the tree! The larger leaves were colored using distress inks and then a little cutting therapy! the "C" is a piece of chip board and then a went a little stapler happy with Tim's Tiny Attacher!!!

Please be sure to visit our Talented group of Creative Architects’ and become inspired:

1. Kathy Tucker (UR Here)
3. Julie Warner
4. Karen Dunbrook
5. Judi Rose

6. ISC Blog

Happy Creating!
KAT

The Stuff:
Stamps - All Innovative Stamp Creations - Fall in New England, Autumn Leaves, Scrapbook Words

Fall Foliage

Fall is such a beautiful time of year! Don't you agree? The leave colors are truly mesmerizing and breathtaking?! The fall colors work perfectly with the new fall stamp sheets being released from Innovative Stamp Creations this month - this card uses the new Foliage stamp sheet:



The card was created using the Joseph's Coat technique with a Kaleidacolor pad - I've had this pad for YEARS and just took the plastic off of it for this card! Typically the Joseph's Coat technique is done using black dye ink - I used chocolate chip ink on this one to go with my fall inspiration.


Please be sure to visit our Talented group of Creative Architects’ and become inspired!

1. Kathy Tucker (UR Here)
3. Julie Warner
4. Karen Dunbrook
5. Judi Rose

6. ISC Blog

Happy Creating!
KAT

The Stuff:
Stamps - All Innovative Stamp Creations - Foliage

Another Look

Today is another Sneak Peak of the images being released by Innovative Stamp Creations later this week...

Fall Dreams:

A close up:


I love fall images!

The focal panel was embossed on card stock vellum and then I colored on the back side with permanent makers (slick writer and sharpie) . The side leafs were stamped, hit with just a little color, cut and crumpled. I love the DREAM word!!!

Happy Creating!
KAT

The Stuff:
All Innovative Stamp Creations - Foliage, Fall in New England

Fall Friend

Hello - yes I am alive! I was on vacation in OBX and then had (have) a nasty cold - can we say cough, cough, cough - believe me you don't want to hear me at night!

Today I have a little sneaky peaky for you of an image from Innovative Stamp Creations - Fall in New England.

Fall Friend:

A close up of the main panel:

The main panel was created by blending distress inks and then stamping fall leaves with three color on them. Then I stamped the new image on top. The new release of images will be available this Thursday!

If you'd like to see some more examples using this image click around below:

1. Kathy Tucker (UR Here)
2. Joanne Grzelak
3. Julie Warner
4. Karen Dunbrook
5. Judi Rose

6. ISC Blog

Happy Creating!
KAT

The Stuff: All stamps Innovative Stamp Creations - Fall in New England, Autumn Leaves
Inks- Distress and Archival (Ranger)