Tuesday with Valerie and a 4-Wheelin' Postcard

Happy Tuesday!

Today I'm excited to share a project made for a postcard swap
featuring Stampotique stamps designed by Roc Nicholas.
The theme was "Hearts"... mine are little but they are there!  

Thanks for visiting today!

Val :)

Stamps by Stampotique Originals:
Squiggle Arms, Scooter Girl, Just Be U, Stacked Boxes, In Stitches

“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.” 

Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Using Newspaper or Magazine - Wednesday with Claudine

Hello all, it's that time again, time for another challenge over at 

Stampotique Designers Challenge. This week our wonderfully talented Magda Polakow is our hostess and she has chosen the theme "Use a piece of magazine or newspaper"

You would think this would be an easy challenge

but for me, I don't use newspaper or magazines

very much. I mostly use stamps in my backgrounds

so this was tough for me.

Needless to say I scoured over my newspaper from the passed few days looking for a good piece.

I found something in the Michael's add of all places haha! 

SO I decided to make a postcard for my piece and I went with the following Stampotique Stamps:

Hazel Jester - By artist Linda Peterson

Clothes Text - Also by artist Linda Peterson

I used a piece of printed card stock for my background and added the "flowery" piece of newspaper that I tore out of my Michael's add

This is what it looked like from the start

I then added some painting and washi tape

I heat embossed my text and Hazel and colored them with colored pencils (I made my Hazel a bumblebee to show her in a costume)

Lastly - I added a flower with a button center

Here is my finished postcard

Because Bees like flowers I just love my magazine piece in the background there. 

I hope you have enjoyed my project for today and hopefully all the bees are buzzing around in your neck of the woods because that means it's warm and there are lots of flowers out.

Masculine Postcard - Wednesday's With Claudine

Happy Wednesday everyone! Thanks for stopping by and sharing your day with me, I'm thrilled that you are here!!

For my postcard I had the new Challenge in mind

Be sure to check it out at the Challenge Blog

Our Most talented R. Maria Sabina has challenged us to do something Masculine and

this is toughie for a lot of people, masculine isn't easy so make sure to take a look at all the wonderful inspiration that our design team has provided

For my project I created a postcard and I had a great time with this theme!!

I used only one Stampotique stamp this week - (love this guy!)

Are My Pants Too Tight - By Daniel Torrent

if you would like more information on how this was created, please stop by my blog -

Claudine's Art Corner

Take care and have a wonderful week!!!

Tuesday with Val and a Postcard

Happy Tuesday!

Today I have a postcard to share.

It features stamps designed by Roc Nicholas
(as well as a few in the background that are harder to see in this pic).

Is that bird playing a dangerous game of hide and seek?

Thanks for stopping by!

Val :)

Stamps by Stampotique Originals:
Feline, Just Be U, Heart Vine, Scalloped Lace Border,
Jo's Flower Block, Vintage Script, Vintage Postcard

The background has been created with vibrant colors of Dylusions sprays.  Feline has been stamped on patterned paper and plain paper.  The colorful parts of the cat have been colored with Copics on the plain image and then cut out and applied to the patterned paper cat.  Just Be U has ben stamped on other papers made with Dylusions sprays and then cut out and applied to the background with Feline above it.  The border has been stamped on patterned paper, painted with white acrylic paint, cut out and applied to the edge of the card.  The word Just and the Heart Vine have been stamped directly on the background and colored with Copic markers.  Unseen background stamps have been stamped on the background paper with Versamark ink and brushed over with Perfect Pearls to make them shimmer in the light (pretty in person).  Faux stitches have been drawn around the edge to provide a border and finish off the piece.

“Cats can work out mathematically the exact place to sit that will cause most inconvenience.” 

Pam Brown