Highdesert Stamper – Artistic Inkspirations

I went out to my stamp room to make a card for the COLOR Guest Designer challenge my friend Sharon Field in Fla. has on her blog….. I got a bit sidetracked. I had been wanting to decorate some more of the little books I had found at our local drug store… someone asked where I got these since they are plain and READY to stamp and decorate.  I don’t know if they have any more in, since I bought all they had several months ago. Who knows… they may have a ton more! So go check out your local drug stores in their school supply and notebook section… you may find some treasures to decorate!  Here is my latest little book. It’s not here any more…. it sprouted wings and flew out with the mailman…someone lucky is getting a surprise!!

I tried making it bigger…. it got so big you couldn’t see the whole book on the page.. so just click on the picture and it will bring it up larger in a new window.

I used several little punches and a band of “homemade” grass.  I didn’t have any more of my favorite vanilla smooch spray (used it all up…that stuff is addictive to use, and use, and use…..)  So I tried the Champagne shimmer paint! Boy is that fun to work with!  I added a pearl from our new jazzy pearls available from SU to set off the flower a bit. What do you think??  Would you like to get one of these in the mail?

Welcome to Sketch Frenzy Friday!! Another week is gone and it’s almost the 4th of July!! Our Nations Birthday.

Here is this week’s sketch…brought to you by ME.

Here is my take on this sketch:

Recipe: Cs & Ink: Real red, crumb cake, kraft,whisper white; Stamp set Medallion, Teeny Tiny Wishes, With All my Heart;

scallop border punch, BS scallop circles, Modern label punch, Filigree flower, circle fire rhinestone brads; sponging

To go to the next blog: Kathyrne  Knowles To return to the beginning, click here: I also added mr linky at the bottom so you can create a card with this sketch and link it here….for the whole world to see!! And I mean the whole world!! I put a new widget on my blog and I hit 50 different countries yesterday!! wowwwww didn’t know there were stampers in that many places!!

Here are the stamp sets I am “auctioning off”.  TO BID on each set, leave a comment with the LETTER (A, B, C), and title of the stamp set, or BOOK with your bid in the comments  section.  You must also EMAIL me at “prairiestamper@gmail.com”  with your bid.  All the bids must be placed in the comments so anyone wishing to bid can bid higher if they want to get the stamp set or BOOK!!  Have fun!! I will close the bidding at 8pm Eastern time on Friday June 25, 2010.  I will put a link to this post in any new post I may add this week to make it easy for you to get to the sets for review and bidding.  Happy bidding!!

Since the book kit is NOT a stamp set and does not include a stamp set.. it can be shipped anywhere in the world, providing you pay the correct postage. ALL stamp sets can only be shipped within the USA, due to Stampin’ UP! selling restrictions.

Start all bids at $1.00 or higher. Anyone can bid as much over the last bid as they want, in increments of “dollars”.. No penny bids will be accepted.

There are currently bids on the following sets:

Set A: $8.00 Headline Alpha

Set C: $8.00  Simple Floral

Set E:  $8.00  Dear Friend

Set G: $5.00  Trick or Treat

ALL BIDDING IS CLOSED…. Thanks to all who bid on stamp sets!

Set A:   Headline Alphabet : Unmounted

A: Headline Alphabet

Set B: TAGS for All Seasons  – mounted

B: Tags for All Seasons

Set C: Simply Floral – mounted

C: Simply Florals

Set D: Congrats:  unmounted

D: Congrats -- unmounted

Set E: Dear Friend -unmounted

Set E: Congrats

Set F: Yummy -  unmounted

Set F: Yummy -- unmounted

Set G: Trick or Treat – mounted

Set G: Trick or Treat, set of 4

BOOK KIT: This kit will make an Accordian book like the one posted below the picture of the kit. Kit includes chipboard for covers, designer papers for covers  pockets, card stock for tags to insert into 10 pockets, punched tabs for tags,  20+ die cut leaves, 3 die cut copper metal leaves, over 2ft of ribbon to wrap all the way around the accordian book, plus COMPLETE instructions in pdf format. THIS book kit uses different papers, tabs, and ribbons than the example shown below the kit.

Book Kit w/instructions

Original Accordian Fall/Leaf book