2RedBananas Sneek Peek - Flourish in Thought

For today's sneak peek of 2RedBananas.com's new stamp sets (to be released on May 18th) I have used Jami Bova's stamp called "Flourish in Thought." It is a really beautiful stamp. That Jami is so talented...

The card base is purple CS with a block of K&Company's Brenda Walton paper on top.

There are so many techniques going on with this image I don't even know where to begin. I stamped the body on watercolor paper and colored it with watercolor pencils. The wings are stamped on a piece of K&Co DP with Versamark ink and covered with purple Perfect Pearls. I sprayed the whole piece of DP and the fairy's body with some Perfect Pearls mixed with water (which shows up much better in person), and added some Sakura Stardust ink and Shimmerz to her dress.

There rhinestones in the scallops are from KaiserCraft. I also stacked up three flowers and used a glittered brad in the center, then added it to the top of the image, along with some sheer ribbon tied in a bow.

I was definately playing around and experimenting when I made this card. Now I have a better idea of which effects I like the best.

Hope you'll stop by again this week, and go to 2RB's blog to see more peeks by our talented DT members:

Jeanette Fincher

Deb Felts

Jami Bova

Teresa Grau

Cassie Larson

Denise Marzec, Guest DT

Silke Ledlow, Guest DT

2RB Sneak Peek - Mr. Frog Grad

For 2RedBananas' Sneak Peek today I used a cute stamp set by Abbey Westemeyer called Mr. Frog Grad. We all know that graduation is right around the corner, so now I'm all set for at least one grad. Be sure to go to 2RB's blog to see more peeks by the DT.

The card base is green CS with a ric-rac edged piece of white CS on top and a block of black CS on top of that. I used Tsukineko's Brilliance Moonlight White ink to stamp the "Yipee" sentiment repeatedly on the black CS.

The frog is stamped on watercolor paper and colored with watercolor pencils and Sakura Stardust pens. I added a little tassel made of black thread to the mortarboard and a little "diploma" made from a tiny piece of rolled paper and some red thread to the frog's hand.

This was a fun set to use, and there are even more fun sets that will be available on 2RedBananas.com this coming Monday. Don't miss it.

2RedBananas Week of Peeks

Hey everyone! It's 2RedBananas' Week of Peeks for all of the new stamps that will be released on the website beginning Monday, May 18th. There are a lot of new sets for this month, so be sure to stop by 2RedBanana's blog and the blogs of all the DT members to see some great samples. We'll be posting them all this week. (There was a slight snafu with my stamps, but I should have some samples up by tonight.)

Here are all of the DT members who will be showing some samples this week:

Jeanette Fincher
Deb Felts
Jami Bova
Teresa Grau
Cassie Larson
Denise Marzec, Guest DT
Silke Ledlow, Guest DT

All that Glitters... 2RB Banana Split Sunday Challenge

This week's Banana Split Sunday Challenge from 2RedBananas is to use GLITTER. How fun is that? Plus, this week there will be a prize awarded to one random participant.

Even if you don't use loose glitter, there are so many other glittery papercrafting elements out there. I'm also participating in Prairie Paper and Ink's Friday Sketch challenge, because I just can't resist a good sketch. Be sure to go to 2RB's blog for more information and to see all of the DT's sparkly samples.

I used three different glittery products on this card, but I don't think the photo really shows the glitter very well.

The card base is kraft paper and all of the DP used is from My Minds Eye Simply Delightful collection. I inked all of the edges with Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink. The girl image is from 2RB's stamp set called A Spring Thing and it's stamped on watercolor paper and colored with watercolor pencils and some Sakura Stardust ink. There is also Stardust ink on the large flower paper and Stickles on the blue flower paper. The glittery letter stickers are from Making Memories, and the brown pearls are by Kaiser Craft.

Hope you try out 2RB's challenge this week and let your glitter shine! Here are all of the DT members who have samples for this week's challenge:

Jeanette Fincher

Deb Felts

Jami Bova

Teresa Grau

Cassie Larson

Denise Marzec, Guest DT

Silke Ledlow, Guest DT

2RB's Week of Peeks is Coming!

Just a reminder that 2RedBananas will be having its Week of Peeks for the new stamps that will be debuting this month. Be sure to check back here and at 2RB's blog to see all of the sneak peeks by the design team. You won't want to miss it!

Thank You Card

I made this card last night for Kate's Grandma and Grandpa, who have given her a subscription to Animal Baby magazine.

The card base is teal CS with Imaginisce DP from the Twitterpated collection (which I got from 2RedBananas). The little birdie stamped image is also from Imaginisce and colored with watercolor pencils. I used the Nestabilities Label 1 die for the mat.

Here's Kate "reading" her new magazine (in Daddy's gaming chair, which she loves):

2RB Banana Split Sunday Challenge No. 8

That's right... it's Sunday again, so that means it's time for 2RedBananas' Banana Split Sunday Challenge. This week's challenge is to create something monochromatic. How easy is that!?! Go to the 2RB blog for more info and to see the DT's samples.

I have used this challenge to inspire me to create another page for Kate's chipboard book. I have decided the theme will be her first birthday. All of the chipboard pages and DP are from Little Yellow Bicycle.

The background is the chipboard page covered with a piece of yellow DP. I used some pearlescent yellow CS for the photo mat, rounded the corners and adhered it to the page with the photo on top. The three yellow fabric flowers on the upper left corner of the photo are from a piece of Making Memories ribbon, but I cut each of the flowers apart and stuck a yellow rhinestone in the center of each.

The baby chicken is from Jami Bova's stamp set Chicken Dumpling by 2RedBananas, which I stamped on yellow DP from Crate Paper's Baby Bee collection (it's the perfect color for these chicken stamps) with Jet Black StazOn ink. It's colored with DerWent watercolor pencils and some gold Sakura Stardust ink, with a little Shimmerz on the diaper. The image was punched with a scallop punch and matted on another yellow CS scalloped circle. The birthday hat is from the Birthday Chicken set and I paper pieced it onto Chicken Dumpling. The whole thing was then adhered with pop dots.

This was a very fast and fun layout to create. Being monochromatic made it easy to get papers together - yellow matches yellow, right? I hope you'll join us Bananas in the challenge this week.