Sleeplessly Crafting

 Today is the final day for StampAnniething 's October Release and we have no other than Donna-Dancing Queen . Donna gave me total Cher vibes so that's where my inspiration comes from for her dress and hair.  Here are some photos of the coloring process: I decided to go with a slimline card this time around. I ink blended the background using seedless preserves, peacock feathers, mermaid lagoon, twisted citron, wild honey, picked raspberry and carved pumpkin.  The first time I saw the disco ball die, I knew I had to make a shaker element out of it so I die cut 5 disco balls out of chipboard and one disco ball out of glitter paper. Then, I die cut the circle portion of the disco ball out of the left over ink blended background and got a flat round button. I traced the button on a blank watercolor circle and cut it out. I used foam to attach the ink blended circle background to the plain background with the whole in the middle. I built the shaker by stacking the 5 layers wi...

Today is Day 2 of StampAnniething 's October release. This time is Jackie-Foxy Momma. She is not chilling at her pad but ready to boogie! Here are some photos of the coloring process: I ink blended the background using mermaid lagoon, peacock feathers, wilted violet, seedless preserves, blueprint sketch. I also die cut the disco ball out of glitter paper. I really wanted to give the illusion of the beam of lights coming from the disco ball and add some movement at the same time so I used nylon invisible thread and beads to achieve that look I was after. I placed some 1/4 inch foam tape in the corners, thread the beads and attach them to the sticky foam. I covered it with the frame included in the Conquer the World Die set.  On the dance floor I used the same technique employed in Gary-Casanova's card and, to put the final touch to the project, I made an envelope to match and embossed the word Disco (part of the stencil included this month with the Deluxe Stamp Club Membershi...

It's fitting that the first post in my new blog would be about one of my favorite stamping companies: StampAnniething . During the pandemic this company has become my true happy place! A very varied product line, beautiful Chibis to color, a sister SVG site , wonderful classes through their Color Youniversity division and a very active, fun and diverse community that gets together in their Facebook page. I was really honored (and nervous!) when I was asked to be a Guest Designer for their upcoming October release. When I received the products, I was so excited that I got right to work! StampAnniething's October release is all about a blast from the past so get your dancing shoes and let's boogie down! The first October release is Gary-Casanova . What a fun Chibi to color!  Here are some photos of the coloring process:  I decided to create my  own fun disco floor. I used the stencil that came with the Deluxe Stamp Club Membership to trace the floor on the back of glit...