Sand Between Your Toes.......

26/04/2016

Hello Pink Ink Fans! Debbie Seyer here today to share with you a wonderful new release stamp from Pink Ink. I really love this Beachtown Fence image. Recently I received some watercolor pencils and decided to try them.  First I stamped the image onto some watercolor paper using Timber Brown Stazon ink.  Then using my watercolor pencils, a fine tip paintbrush and some water,  I watercolored the image. After everything dried, I used a rectangle die to cut it out and layered it onto a slightly larger scalloped rectangle die cut.  I love how it turned out.  Here is a closer look. I added the Sandy Toes sentiment onto my card base to complete the project. You can check out all the wonderful Pink Ink Stamps and find a retailer near you on the Pink Ink Website. 2270P Beachtown Fence 10135C Sandy Toes Thanks so much for stopping by!

Just the Word "Vacation"

4/24/2016

Call it a break, a holiday, time off or r & r - we all need one occasionally, and rarely get as much as we need.  As a self run business, "stay-cations" just don't cut it.  When your studio is at home, the pull of the drawing board and emails and orders is just too strong to resist.  So, after a l-o-o-o-n-g hiatus, my husband and I are off on a real vacation this week - in an airplane, over the water, to somewhere where English is not the first language.   I've been consumed by the "busy-ness" of business for the past few months - illustrating two 88 page coloring books back to back, designing a new group of summer stamps and attending a trade show across the country.  It's hard to un-plug and let things subside.  I keep thinking about what needs to get done next...because there's always something!   So I bought myself a lovely hot pink leather sketch book and a nifty new .05 drawing pen and I'm going to take these two weeks off and do some sketching just for myself.  I'm going to try to relax and "be a sponge" - to soak up different sights, sounds, scents and flavors (we're taking a couple cooking classes together)!  Hopefully, I'll come back recharged and reinvigorated and ready to seize the day once again.  Vacations can be many things - a day in the city visiting museums and shopping, a hike in the woods, a trip to the beach, a weekend of wine tasting (I'm betraying my California roots here).  Pink Ink's new summer stamp collection is all about the fun and relaxation of summer vacation...even if it's just donning a pretty pair of flip flops. Ciao Baby!

Flowery Flip Flops

20/04/16

Hello! Have you worn your flip flops yet this spring? I've had mine on a couple of times, but it's still a little early. We've had a mild winter and an early spring, but still not quite warm enough to break out the shorts, tank tops and flip flops.

But I do have a card that will get you in the flip floppy mood! I'm using some of the cute stamps from the Pink Ink Stamp company's newest release. I love the little sandcastle and of course the flip flops!

I used my Peerless watercolors and my Zig Clean Color brushes for this. The Zigs are great for coloring in the tiny areas on the flip flops. I used the Peerless for the bigger areas and the blue background. I used Master's Touch watercolor paper and stamped them in Simon Says Black ink. I cut it out with a stitched rectangle die, and mounted it onto a kraft card base.

This was a fun one! It won't be long until the flip flops will be a daily thing around my house! 

You can check out all of the Pink Ink Stamp Company's stamps and find a retailer near you at Pink Ink Stamps.

3110A Sand Castle

2272J Flowery Flip Flops

10134 Flip Flop Life

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Kay :)

Flower Delivery with Pink Ink Stamps

21/03/16

Hello! I have a card to share with you today featuring a pretty new stamp from Pink Ink Stamp Company!  After I got this all put together it reminded me of riding a bike along a boardwalk next to the beach. I thought it was so fun and summery looking!  I stamped the image with waterproof ink onto Master's Touch Watercolor paper. I colored it with my Zig Clean Color markers and a paintbrush and water.  The background is a piece of Aqua Mist card stock splattered with Clorox. I just vaguely remembered doing that years ago when I first started stamping and thought I'd try it again. It made a pretty neat background! I just love that little basket of flowers! So fresh and springlike! Thanks so much for stoping by today! The items I've used are listed and linked below. Kay :) Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, Flower Delivery ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker, Set of 48

New Beginnings Bulbs by Sharon Harnist

01/03/2016

Happy March, everyone!  Sharon here today sharing a Spring home decor  project with you, using more of Pink Ink's latest stamp release! You can see the entire new release HERE on Pink Ink's website. This photo holder/stand I've had for a while was in need of some new artwork  to display, so I made a watercolor background on a 4" x 6" piece of watercolor  paper using Tumbled Glass Distress Reinker and Copic Opaque White for the clouds.  Next, I stamped Pink Ink's Row of Bulbs and New Beginnings sentiment with Versamark Ink onto an Inchie Arts 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" Art Board and gold heat embossed it.  I always love how nice and crisp Pink Ink's red rubber stamp images stamp and emboss -- such pretty fine details!  The pots and flowers were colored with these Copic markers: Hyacinth: BV02, BV04, YG61, YG63, Y15, Y17 Daffodils: Y15, Y38, YG03, YG07 Tulips: RV63, RV66, YG61, YG63, BV02, BV04 Shadows: C0, C2 Copic Opaque White was used to make dots on the yellow pot, fill in the white pot, and make stripes/highlights on the purple pot. The stamped Art Square was mounted with foam tape to the watercolor background and anchored with a thin strip of aqua stripe patterned paper, then the piece was inserted into the photo holder.  = Easy-peasy new Spring artwork! Pink Ink products used, available online through Ellen Hutson LLC: Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, Row of Bulbs Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, New Beginnings Or check Pink Ink's website to find a local store near you that carries our stamps, or to order wholesale.  Thanks for stopping by today . . . Happy Spring!

Wash Day

26/02/2016

Hello Pink Ink fans!  I hope you've been enjoying the gorgeous new release.  These stamps are just perfect for so many occasions. You can find the new release on the Pink Ink Stamps website. The locations where these (and other) awesome Pink Ink stamps can be purchased can be found HERE. For today's card I colored up Wash Day and constructed an A2 card.  I only used my ever handy Copics for today's coloring and the blending was a breeze with this stamps since the size of the stamp lends itself well to coloring.  The sentiment is also from Pink Ink and is called Good Old Summertime.  For those who are local to Colorado Springs, be on the look out for the next class schedule where we will be using several of these stamps in a cardmaking/coloring class. Thanks for visiting today, and I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.

May Basket

21/02/2016

Hello! I have a card to share with you today using a couple of stamps from  Pink Ink Stamp Company's latest release! This is such a beautiful image called My Basket, and I had so much fun coloring it. I used my Copic markers and did some shading, but not a lot on the flowers as they are so small, they really didn't need much. I went around the whole image with a warm gray marker and then added some tiny dots around the bouquet.  I covered the card base with some patterned paper I had in my stash, then cut the image out with a stitched rectangle die. I mounted it on my card base with foam tape, and added a few PPP sequins. You can find Pink Ink Stamps at Ellen Hutson or you can visit the Pink Ink Stamps blog to find a retailer new you! Below I have linked the products I used in this card! Thanks so much for stopping by! Kay :) Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, May Basket Pink Ink Wood Mount Stamp, New Beginnings