Saturday, March 21, 2009

PelikanBeach.blogspot.com!

Hello! I have fun news! The designer of october pumpkin Stamps has a blog now also! She is my mother, LOL! Please check the blog out for MORE great ideas using our stamps!
www. pelikanbeach.blogspot.com

If you need stamps, come see us at Etsy.com seller- octoberpumpkin
If any of you out there have our stamps and would like to share your projects with the rest of us send an image to me at octoberpumpkinstamps@gmail.com and I will get it up for all to see on my blog! I think that could be fun for all of us!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Dreaming of Seaglass



This was a fun little card that started out from a creative block! Sometimes, I just have to get a bunch of my stash out and sit and stare and then it comes together like a puzzle. I thought I would watercolor the girl but after I stamped her on a piece of watercolor textured paper, she looked so lovely just as she is. She is stamped with Chestnut Roan and the stamp set from october pumpkin is Beach Kids. I roughed the edges of the brown textured cardstock for a mat and roughed the edge of the white cardstock with a razor from Heidi Swapp. They are on top of a navy cardstock that is scored and sanded. The starfish is chalked and is cut from a Cuttlebug die set. The rhinestones are Me and My big Ideas and are the "seaglass", I really liked the look they added! The brown grosgrain adds texture to the edge. I think you just can't have enough different textures with some projects, plus it is fun to mix and match and see what you come out with! Now, I am in the mood to expand my seaglass collection from Lake Erie, if only the lake would melt! Have a great day and visit october pumpkin at Etsy for your own stamps!!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Easter is around the corner!




Unbelievable! I have a second project done today. This one is going to my mother and father's tomorrow for a treat! OOPS...I hope my mother does not check the blog out tonight! This is Pelican Pete from october pumpkin. He is just the pelican. The jelly beans are from a Halloween mini set for october pumpkin. I cut the beans out from the design to make them Easter beans. The image is stamped in Chestnut Roan by Colorbox then watercolored. CELEBRATE is from Studio G and the green tag is from Bazzill. The real jelly beans are from Mike and Ike and YUMMY!

Spring Colors


Hello! I am thinking about the spring colors soon to emerge, I am eager, how about you? Thankfully, March 8 we will have daylight savings time and receive another hour of daylight! This will help me get some projects done I bet! Today I made a card with the october pumpkin Palm House stamp. This is a large stamp fantastic for your larger cards or scrapbook pages!

Other views can be seen at etsy.com- seller-october pumpkin .

I stamped the image with Colorbox Black ink on smooth white cardstock. Then it was matted with a piece of green Core'dinations and the edge torn. The image is watercolored. I used a tan polka dot patterned paper by K and Company for the card base and a green ribbon from Paper Studio. On the palm tree I added rhinestones for coconuts-that was fun! I really liked how the card turned out! This card started out differently. I made an error I had to correct , so I ended up with a much better result due to having to correct the mistake. I cannot believe how that happens almost always!

Have a great day! Make a card for a friend and have some fun!