stamps, gel prints and doodles...oh my!

Look at this background on the envelope art. Wowzers, thats really cool and a bit scary! LOVE my 5x7" Gel Press® plate and distress paints, I think I've said this a couple hundred times now but I am in serious infatuation with this combination!

And then there is the cartoonist in me ( that's what I wanted to become when I grew up, not a doctor, or an astronaut...a cartoonist! ) so I get my fix by drawing fun characters instead: using PITT pens, Paper Craft crayons, and Tombow markers. 

...or by adding small doodle people and stuff along with stamps like I did here with the Tumbleweed house stamp set.

Revamping

re·vamp

verb

gerund or present participle: revamping

rēˈvamp/

1. give new and improved form, structure, or appearance to.

I am currently pulling out my old Halloween cards from last year and revamping them a little before making any new ones. Sometimes I see mistakes that I missed and maybe that's why they didn't sell? Maybe the people saw what I missed, in this case there was a little tiny glue shine around the edge of the moon, so I took out my gelato and PITT pen and made some intentional moon glow instead!

I also made some envelope art...using my awesome 5x7" Gel Press® plate and some distress paints. Seriously cannot get enough of this combination!

I love sprays, I really do but sometimes it's so darn hard to control the amount or the direction of the spray blast. In this case it was spray drips, 2 of them as you can see in the photo on the left....and maybe that's why it didn't sell....maybe it looks unintentionally messy which is never a good thing...sooooo...I made them into 2 tiny little jack-o'lanterns instead, PITT pen to the rescue again!

and..some envelope art to go with this one too! A little Jack doodle using my PITT pen and a little stamping and I have an adorable spooktackular envelope!

Now on to revamp some more cards!

penguin love

Oh my beachy stars, this stamp set; Summer Grumplings ( even the name is adorable! ) is sooooo cute!!

Simon Says: Photo Inspiration

 To get a truly flat card, but with loads of dimension; I made masks of the sun, penguin stamps and an umbrella which I drew. I laid them down on my 3x5" Gel Press® plate in reverse and then applied my distress paint on the plate and "stamped" it onto the front of the card. Then it was super easy to go back in with my DMC PITT pens and color everything.

Totally crushing on this size plate for my card making! It rocks!

Wait until you see the envelope art I made to go with this card.

Come back tomorrow!

Oh no Toto!

Being one that 

a. that doesn't like to waste anything 

and 

b. is all things inspired by The Wizard of Oz 

and

c. is a tiny bit sarcastic 

(OK, maybe a bit more than tiny lol)

I couldn't help but re-use the wand mask that I utilized in my "There's no place like home" print I created using my Gel Press® plate for this Dorothy inspired birthday card.

The star is really sparkly, take my word for it and don't you just love these distress painted backgrounds? I am so hooked on this technique! Which you can find here in this video.

entering this in

The Mixed Media Monthly challenge

#26 Reach for the Stars

Hey Gill-friend!

How ya doing?

( best said line from Joey from Friends! )

I miss that show, I think I need to have a Friends marathon on Netflix, whose bringing the wine...chocolate?

This is my latest installment of the Sundays with Sandee video, enjoy!

Huge thanks

I have fallen in love with using Distress Paints on my Gel Press™ plate. ( Thanks Anna for reminding me about this technique! ) There is something so mesmerizing about watching the paint move on it...now who says watching paint dry is boring? Well, not me I say! lol
I also am crushing on this 3x5" size plate, just perfect for printing directly onto my card face.

The most important thing to remember is to not place too much paint on it to get this effect. This is the first pull from the Gel Press™ plate.

Next I stamped my whale and sentiment ( Paper Smooches - Surf and Turf stamp set ) on a separate piece of white cardstock and then cut them out to adhere to the front of the card. I colored them in with my trusty PITT pens.

I will have a video up on my Youtube channel this Sunday under Sunday's with Sandee, hop over and subscribe now so you won't miss it.

Go on now, I'll wait for you right here :)

entering my card in 

Simon Says: Animal Magic