Altered Cigar Box

Hello everyone! Today I am sharing with you an altered cigar box that I made for a swap. I had a blast making it. 

Here is the box in its original condition from the cigar shop in my area

Here I have altered some flowed and leaves with my Spectrum Noir markers and Silks Acrylic Glaze

Here is the top of the box in its finished form. The image was a gift from Simply Betty Stamps. I have colored her up with my Spectrum Noir markers

Here is a side view of the box. I did drill a knob into the box for ease of opening it. The fence is a Martha Stewart punch. On the side I did paint the red trim pieces black after removing them. I have re-adhered the trim pieces back onto the project which you can barely see in this picture. 

Here is the easel card open on stop.

I did line the inside of the box with paper to finish it off.

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Secret Pumpkin Exchange

Hello everyone!  Simply Betty had a secret pumpkin swap and today is the day of the blog hop. I my secret partner was Barbara Haines Ettinger. She sent me so many lovely goodies!  I cannot say enough thanks to her for everything. Here is what I received

And Betty was super wonderful and gave us an image to use for the swap. Here is the card that Barbara made for me.

Thanks for stopping by and keep on hopping!

Betty Roberts  

Corinne Jones

Sheri Loatwall

Trish thedish Sakulich

Marie Franklin

Maggie Schoener

Robin Bogle

Ashley Murphy

Lisa Howell

Tanja Charles

Emily Shroom

Kay Mowat

Wendy Billings

Stacey Stratis

Katya Bess

Elisabete Balcavage

Jackie Maunder

Anita Blake

Rio Ford

Summer Hills-Painter <--- you are here

Jo Walker

Heather Whitlock

Tanya Johnson

Dianna Sowerbrower

Sharette Smith

Melissa Varga

Kathy Gillon

Rochelle Ayris

Roz Wolfe

Boxing up some fun

Hello Everyone! Today I am sharing with you a project that I made for a swap in the Simply Betty Stamps Facebook fan group. My swap partner loved this box and it was the inspiration for the other boxes which I have previously posted.For directions on making this box, please click here.  The image was a freebie from Betty for participants in the swap. I have colored her up with my Spectrum Noir markers.

 Here is the box with the card closed

Here is the box with the card open

Here is a close up of the image. She is on an action wobble so is looks like she is walking away from the house.

Colors used:  

Hair: LV1, LV2, LV3PL5

Wings: CG1, CG2, CG3, CG4

Skin: FS3, FS4, FS9, CR3

Orange: GB1, OR1, OR2, OR3

Black: IG6, IG8, IG10

White: IG1, IG2, Blender

Here is a close up of the flowers I made. These were made with the Tattered Floral die, La-La Land Crafts Rolled Rose die in the small, and paper flowers from my stash

supplies used:

Spellbinders Foliage Two

Spellbinders Labels Four

La-La Land Crafts
Rolled Rose Sm and M

Tattered Floral

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Patty Posh

Happy Friday everyone!  Today is new release day again at The Stamping Chef. This weeks new release is Patty Posh. I have colored her up with my Inktense Pencils. This was my third attempt at using them, and my second on watercolor paper... I LOVE how vivid these water soluble pencils are. 

Colors Used:

Cat: White, Ink Black, 0520- Carmine Pink

Jacket: 0520- Carmine Pink

Pants: Ink Black and Charcoal Grey

Scarf and Shirt: white and Charcoal Grey

Skin: 1800-Baked Earth

 Lips 0520-Carmine Pink and Chili Red

Hair: 1900-Willow, 1930-Dark Chocolate

Buttons,Belt buckle, Shoes, cat collar: Wink of Stella- Silver

Don't Forget that each Friday The Stamping Chef will offer a  discount of 20% on the  new release images through the weekend. 

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Merry Christmas House

Hello everyone! Today I was playing with some of the Pop 'N Cuts dies from Sizzix. I had a go at the house die and framelit set. I have to say, it was fun playing with it! Here is the card that I made

Here is a close-up of the house

The supplies I used: 

Sizzix House Die

Sizzix Framelit Set

Sizzix stamp & Die Cut - Holiday Cheer

DCWV paper- Heirloom Christmas Stack

Marvy Snow Marker

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Happy Haunting

Hello everyone! I have been playing with my Sizzix Pop 'n Cuts by Karen Burniston and I love love love how this came out. I pair my pop up with a stamp set from Lawn Fawn call Happy Hauntings. The background was made using Tim Holtz distress inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, and Barn Door. The house was colored with my Spectrum Noir markers

 The ghosts are also from the stamp set and I have put them on acetate to make them float. The bats were stamped with Memento Luxe ink in Tuxedo Black.

Here is a side view of the card. 

Here is a close-up of the house. The colors used were Colors used IG6, IG8, IG10, CT1, CT3, CT4, GB5. 

Supplies: 

Tuxedo Black

Wild Honey

squeezed Lemonade

Barn Door

Lawn Fawn
Happy Haunting

I hope you enjoyed this card as much as I loved making it. Thanks for stopping by! 

Sirena

Happy Friday everyone!  Today is new release day again at The Stamping Chef. This weeks new release is Sirena. I have colored her up with my Inktense Pencils. This was my second attempt at using them, and my first on watercolor paper... I LOVE how vivid these water soluble pencils are. 

Colors Used:

Fin: 1220-Green Aquamarine

Skin: 1800-Baked Earth, Lips 0520-Carmine Pink

Hair: 1800-Baked Earth, 1900-Willow, 1930-Dark Chocolate

Harp: 0210- Cadmium Yellow, 1700-Mustard, 1720- Tan

Don't Forget that each Friday The Stamping Chef will offer a  discount of 20% on the  new release images through the weekend. 

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Fail to Bail

Happy Friday everyone!  Today is new release day again at The Stamping Chef. This weeks new release is Fail To Bail. I have colored her up with my Spectrum Noir markers.

Colors Used:

Shirt: BP6, BP7

Shorts: IG10, IG8, IG6

Skateboard: IG10, IG8, IG6,IG2, Blender, LV2, IB3, CT3, BP6, BP7

Skin: FS9, FS4, FS2, CR1

Hair:  JG1, JG2, LG5, G4, LG3, LG2

The Great News is  that each Friday The Stamping Chef will offer a  discount of 20% on the  new release images through the weekend. 

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Steampunk Spells Treat Box

Hello everyone! I have a second post for you today! I loved teaching my class on a recent box that I made. There have been many requests for the directions on how I made this great box. I agreed to have this project spotlighted over at The Pink Elephant Challenge Blog.  Well... To make things a little easier, I have made a step-by-step video AND an instructional PDF which I have inserted into this post.

Here is the box that I made in the video

Here is the box with the easel card open

Here is a close-up of the flowers on the box.

Here is the video for your view pleasure.

And here is the Step-By-Step instructions

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Leg or Breast

Happy Friday everyone!  Today is new release day again at The Stamping Chef. This weeks new release is Leg or Breast. I have colored her up with my Spectrum Noir markers.

Colors Used:

Dress: TN3, TN5, TN7, OR1, DG4

Turkey: TN2, TN3, TN5, BG1, Blender

Knife: IG6, IG2, IG1, Blender

Leaves: CT2, CT4, GB5    GB5, OR1, OR2

Skin: FS2, FS4, FS7, CR2, CR1

Hair:  IG5, IG6, IG8, IG9, IG10

The Great News is  that each Friday The Stamping Chef will offer a  discount of 20% on the  new release images through the weekend. 

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