Rogue Book Mark Card

Creating a book mark card is a first for me. I'd been experimenting making some dictionary paper tags for my store and decided they might look good with images stamped on them. I reached for the new Rogue Redhead plate, Milliner Misses and liked how it looked.

I created a holder for the tag by stamping Congratulations (from Rogue's Bits & Pieces plate) on a strip of paper and attaching it on 3 sides to form a shallow pocket.

Hope you like it. I'm entering this into Simon Says Show Some Women Only challenge.

Thanks for stopping by - hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

Ali

Happy Birthday Rogue Redhead

Rogue Redhead Designs, run by good friend Shar, turned one year old this week. Happy Birthday Rogue! To celebrate, she has launched a brand new website, released two new stamp plate and is offering some awesome deals.

I was lucky enough to play with the new release Milliner Misses and made this 8" x 8" inchie hanging:

Here's the info on the plate:

"This mini plate packs a lot of style into just a few images. Capture distinctive fashion and panache of the twenties with these great elegant ladies and their fabulous hats. Perfect for gal pal cards and fashionable greetings of all kinds." It retails for $7.50, but is on sale for $6 until the end of the year.

I stamped images from the Milliner Misses and Relish Reading plates onto the edges of old book pages, inked the edges and mounted them onto pre-cut matboard inchies. I also cut out inchies from old dress patterns and embellished some of the squares with a hat pin, buttons, fabric and lace.

All sixteen inchies were mounted onto a piece of watercolor paper with a salted background. Tutorial here. I stitched it to a piece of dark brown card stock and hung it with some beautiful seam binding from Blue Bird Lane.


Check out the other awesome artwork by the DT on the Rogue blog and wish them a Happy Birthday!

I'm linking to the following challenges:

Three Muses
Anything Goes Challenge

Beach Babes

It's time for a little Rogue Redhead action because now my studio is semi-operational again, I was finally able to mount their new set, Beach Babes. The images in this set are beautiful and as always they stamp really nicely. You can still purchase it at the special price of $17.60 by visiting their store and while you're there, check out the other fabulous plates!

I made a trio of cards using a TJ technique called Scene Silhouettes (August/September 09 newsletter):

The cards themselves are very clean and simple. I felt like the images were so stunning alone that I didn't need to add any embellishments. The backgrounds are sponged and the images colored with Prisma pencils.

I can't wait to play with this set some more - stay tuned for more Beach Babes....

Have a fun day,

Ali

Studio Madness

I've decided to move my studio to another room in the house - my daughter and I are switching rooms. We're at the stage where we looking at each other asking "what were we thinking?". But we know it's going to be worth it, we just need to live in chaos a little longer.

Here's a picture of about half of the contents of my studio on our sunroom. The other half is in our dining room - you can imagine how delightful our home looks right now :(


On a cheerier note - check out these awesome new stamps from Rogue Redhead - Beach Babes. I have them sitting amidst the chaos waiting to be mounted and inked - I can't wait.


As I redesign my studio, does anyone care to share some links to pictures of their studio or ones you may have come across on the web? Please leave any links in the comments - thanks!

Ali

Quick and Easy Bits and Pieces

Sometimes you need to rustle up some quick and easy cards. That's what I did last week using Rogue Redhead's Bits &Pieces set.

I created this set of cards by punching out squares of my favorite book page backgrounds. I added sentiments from the Bits & Pieces set and mounted them onto Fabriano watercolor cards.

It doesn't get any simpler than that!



The second two use my favorite SU embossing folder called Elegant Bouquet. Sorry for the 'blue' pictures - it rained all last week when I photographed these and there was no light anywhere in the house.



That's all for now. We're heading out on vacation today to my brother's wedding, so I'll have all the wedding stationery to share later in the week plus the travel journal I made for the trip.

Happy stamping,

Ali

Emboss Resist Ferns

I had a little time today between loads of laundry, so I checked out today Clean and Simple challenge on Splitcoaststampers. It's a great sketch by Regina. I still had Rogue Redhead's Floriculture on my work table, so I reached for my favorite from the set, the fern and created an emboss resist panel.


Firstly, I stamped some script onto a cream background, then stamped the ferns with Versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I sponged Kiwi Kiss and Old Olive (both SU) inks over the entire piece. Finally, I stamped some more ferns on top with Old Olive, stamping off several times to get a shadow effect. Here's a closer look:


Oops - I hear the washing machine beeping. Time for another load - sigh.....

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful week,

Ali

Rogue Bits and Pieces

Did you see the new sentiment set from Rogue Redhead? It's called Bits & Pieces and has some fantastic mix and match sentiments for just about every occasion. It's definitely going to be a go-to set for me!Here are a few cards I made with it. The first uses a TJ technique called Texture Duet (Oct/Nov 2010), where you emboss your c/stock using two different embossing folders.


I made a couple of mistakes with the Texture Duet technique, so punched out the rejects to create this anniversary card for my parents' wedding anniversary next month.


In addition to sentiments, the plate also has some solid shapes, including a textured inchie!!! You know I love my inchies. I stamped textured inchie stamp three times and stamped the fern from Floriculture on top, then punched them out with a 1" square stamp - super quick and simple!


Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend,

Ali

More Floriculture Fun

I've been having some more fun with Rogue Redhead's new Floriculture plate. I created the background using acrylic paint resist technique. I believe Tim H refers to it as Dabber Resist, but I didn't use the Ranger paints. I sponged some Golden Titan Buff paint onto the stamps, covered a piece of card stock with stamped images and sponged with inks once the paint had dried.


Just remember with this technique to clean off your stamps immediately. I used several baby wipes and a spritz of plain water. Here's how the finished card turned out:

Sepia Day Dreamer

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! If you celebrated yesterday, I hope you enjoyed your turkey and the time spent with family.

Here's the piece I created for this week's color challenge on Gingersnaps - Vintage Hues. I used a TJ technique called Sepia (Oct/Nov 09) to create the main panel and the image is from Rogue Redhead's Relish Reading.


Check out the rest of the Design Team's beautiful vintage creations. And have a wonderful weekend!

Ali

More Rogue Redhead Projects

I'm woefully behind on blogging projects I've made for Gingersnaps and Rogue Redhead. I've been busy with classes, family and traveling overseas.

I should have some time this week for blogging my back log of stamping projects because unlike most American homes, our Thanksgiving week is usually quiet. It's not a traditional holiday for us (cos we're Brits) and we have no family here. We do celebrate it because we like the spirit of the holiday and I'll cook up something nice on Thursday, but it won't be a mad house here, thank goodness!

Today's projects are a pair of over sized tags that I made for a Gingersnaps post revisiting our old tutorials. [Check it out here.] The backgrounds are made using a technique by Jo Capper-Sandon called String Background. It's a lot of fun and you can play around with fibers, ribbon and sprays until you're heart is content and your fingers very messy!

The main images are from the new Rogue Redhead plate, Relish Reading.


Thanks for stopping by - happy weekend!

Exciting New Stamps

Check out this cool new stamp plate from this cool new rubber stamp company called Rogue Redhead Designs, created by bestest buddy Sharon Briss. The release date is TODAY! The vintage images are beautiful, and the rubber is deeply etched and stamps really clearly.

Here is the official announcement:

"Announcing Rogue Redhead Designs, a brand-new stamp company! RRD offers deeply etched unmounted stamps on high quality rubber. You’ll love the level of detail!

Started by avid stamper, Sharon Briss, this new company will feature stamps in several different styles including vintage, eclectic and modern. Our first full plate release is a tribute to the literature lovers in our midst. The “Relish Reading” unmounted plate is perfect for creating hand-made bookmarks, adding a personal touch to journals and creating beautiful note cards. This 8" x 10" plate includes images and elements to get you stamping right away from a full-sized background to focal images to sentiments. “Relish Reading” is available at the Rogue Redhead Etsy store. As part of our initial release, RRD is offering this brand-new plate on sale for 20% off the regular retail price of $22.00 until December 15, 2010. Get yours now for the introductory price of $17.60!

Want to see some samples with the Relish Reading plate? Check out our new Rogue Redhead blog to see what the Rogue Crew has been creating. We’ll be having new art regularly from our scandalously talented team! Watch out too for our Rogues at Large as they drop in on us to tempt us with some of their own amazing art!"

Here's the first card I made using this plate. I combined two TJ techniques to create the inchies - Glimmer Mist Watercolor background (April/May 2010) and By The Inch (October/November).


Thanks for stopping by! Now go and check out the samples by the rest of the Design Team and then go buy this fantastic stamp plate - you'll love it!

Ali