Wedding Season is over!

Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted since May. I had an extremely busy summer being a bridesmaid in two different weddings. All I can say is it's like a part-time job!

Here's a couple of cards I made. One is for the more recent wedding.

And the other is for a birthday party I went to last week.



Wedding card features a cake from The Cat's Pajamas.

The turtle is from Time to Stamp.


Look for my Halloween card coming out in the September/October RubberStampMadness!

Now, back to stamping! I'm going to be making 25-30 favors for my own birthday party next week. Whew, it never stops!

favors, favors, favors

Stuff I've been making:

shell necklaces (40)-- beach wedding shower favors

This requires patience, calloused finger tips and did I mention patience? I can't find my hinged needle nosed pliers and have been twisting the artistic wire with a regular pair and my fingers to create the loop. Then I packed them in with a simply stamped tag with the bride's first initial and date of her shower.

found beach glass (20)-- beach bachlorette party favors

Okay, so I didn't really do anything but stamp simple tags to pack up the scented found beach glass shards.

Wine tags (3)-- to be tied onto wine bottles for wine shower game prizes

Simple! I know, I'm working on quick and easy right now.

Wine charms (30) -- wine shower favors
My cousin has a wine theme (if you haven't guessed by now) so I made some wine charms. They're not exactly pretty (damn my not finding the hinged needle nose pliers!) but hopefully the phrase is amusing. "Life's too short for small diamonds and cheap wine!" (it's on the front side- not shown). I'm showing the stamped side where guests will write their names on.

Merry Merlot bag-

I haven't decided what to do with this yet. I may stamp some more to gussy up the bag. I think I'll use it to store a special gift for the bride as part of my shower gift to her.

Still to do:

3 Gift tags for beach shower game prizes.
15 Favors for wine bachlorette party night.
Shower card for beach wedding
Bachlorette party card for beach bach party night
Shower card for wine wedding
Bach party card for wine bach party night
Uh...I'm sure I'm forgetting something.

I'm hoping to get this all done before Memorial day!

woah! flash from the past!

Postage Portrait

I heard that Yahoo was going to stop hosting pictures in the Fall so the other day I was cleaning out some files but I kept some of my more favorite pieces of art including this one.

Today, I got my Stamper Sampler's Catch Up issue in the mail and found it published on page 122! I had submitted this card years ago. I would say I stamped it in 2004 or 2005. So don't give up hope, your piece of art may yet be published! :)

I also have another card on page 60, a wedding card called "Something Old" also stamped years ago.

I haven't been submitting lately. I plan to catch up with my personal stamping in the fall after all the weddings I'm in are done. I'm currently planning showers and bachlorette parties which means lots of favors, tags, place cards, prizes for games played all to be made...I'll post the pictures soon.

shower invitations

(sorry for the smudges on the scanner!)

Stamps: Sideshow Stamps hibiscus, Rubber Trouble hula dancer, A Muse "bridal shower"

I cranked out 40 of these last night. Whew! Now to figure out what I want to make for favors.

30th Birthday card

For a very special friend. Happy birthday, honey!

Stamps: Devil girl (Paper Salon), "hot stuff" (A Muse), phrase (Memory Box), inside phrase (not shown); "Have a devilishly good time" (Memory Box)

SNEAK PEEK!

SunSpirit Studio is releasing a special flower book kit with four sassy flower stamps just in time for spring! Here's a little sneak peak of the project using the materials. Find out more when you get the April Newsletter. Not on the newsletter? Why not sign up now! Don't forget the code which is SD. :)

Fabulous Grace Girls

Click to enlarge

Which Grace Girl are you? I think I look like the last fishy girl. :) Visit the SSS gallery to see the other DT grace girls creations. And did you know we have a new group blog? More introductions will be added soon but we plan to update weekly with lots of fun stuff beginning in April.

Thanks to everyone who participated in my blog giveaway! Sandy J. won the set! They'll be winging her way along with a copy of RSM which featured four of my art pieces last Nov/Dec. :)

Gracious Me, the Grace Girls are here!

SunSpirit Studio's newest stamps, the Grace Girls set, are here! Shop for them now.

But hey, as a thank you for my blog readers, I'm giving away a set of the girls to the first person to email [shauna@heystamplady dot com] tell me how may files and folders I have in the SunSpirit Studio gallery. Hint, it's listed on the gallery page! I'll even throw in a copy of RubberStampMadness featuring my published bad boyfriends cards and artist interview. Heck, if you want, I'll autograph it! Heehee!

Stay tuned, I'll be showing off my latest work using these graceful girls in the next couple of days!

Aaaaand if you want another chance to win a free Grace Girls set, I would suggest you sign up for the SunSpirit Studio newsletter if you haven't already! Don't forget the code is SD.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone who's celebrating!

But cheers to all those anti-valentines singles! It's time to get sassy!

This is an old card I did for a swap a year or two ago. I used the water misting- watercolor crayon technique on the patterned hearts and then stamped over with the sentiment.

My Bunny Valentine

From December/ January Stampers' Sampler, page 8.

Sorry for the scan from the magazine. I couldn't find my original scan of it.

All stamps by A Muse Artstamps.

from CHA

Here I am having dinner with the fabulous The Cat's Pajamas Rubber Stamps ladies! We went a little south of the convention center to Alcatraz, a restaurant at the Block at Orange. (I'll have to do that food review on my food blog later. I'm just a tiny bit behind there.)

From R-L
Toni Armstrong, Alma de la Rosa, me, Tracy Falco and Janice Williams

(thanks to Toni for the picture)

More CHA pictures coming!

CHA- brief note

I went to CHA this weekend! I'll post the make and takes I did in the next couple of days.

I was excited by so many new products but I'm most excited about the label maker Around the Block is coming out with. You can change the fonts! And they'll have upper and lower case fonts.

I also really like how easy Marvy's new paper trimmer is to change out from straight edge to scoring to scalloped blades. And there's a handle you can snap the blades into for free hand cutting.

It was great fun seeing Tracy Falco, Jen Pebbles, Julie Ebersole and Lisa Johnson at the show! As well as running into Violet and Janna from Violet's Rubber Stamp Inn in Ventura.

Here's one of the cards I made for SunSpirit Studio. SSS will be carrying the wooden business card holders soon. Colorbox chalk ink stamped beautifully on the wood though I'm sure Staz-on and Brilliance will work just as great.

I actually ended up giving this card to a friend who never got to celebrate her 1st birthday so the happy duck fit right in with her kiddie birthday party theme. She makes wonderful letterpress cards and invitations. People are saying we should get together! Now wouldn't that be funny? To see my designs mass produced. But I still believe in the beauty of a handmade card. See the rest of my cards here.

By the way, if you haven't signed up for the newsletter, it'll be going out this week! Sign up and put SD in the codeline.

Birthday card

A birthday card for a friend.

Stamps: glam girl from Adorned Surface, phrase from American Art Stamp, balloon from Paper Candy.

I have a lot more stuff to post. I can't believe it's been so cold! I wasn't feeling that great the last couple of months and now I've finally succumbed to a bad cold. But making art does make me feel better! Heehee.

alert to a sneak peak!

Have you signed up for the SunSpirit Studio newsletter yet? It's going out tomorrow and there'll be a sneak peek of new stamps! Love the DoodleFactory stamps from SSS? Well then, you're going to have a fabulous surprise!

Hurry, sign up! Just plug in your email and SD in the signup code box. :)

Ohhhhh...I can't wait to start playing with these new stamps when I get 'em!

Here's a pic of my project for SSS-- Sophisticated Valentines!