New Studio Room---Before the work begins...

This is what you see when you look to the left, after coming in the front door...the end wall has the fireplace mantel and mirrow, the door goes into the storage room area...the two windows with blinds look out the front of the house...
This is the opposite end of the room...the door goes into the hall way and rest of the house...where the mirrors are leaning again the wall, they will actually be closer to the door and then Hoosier cabinet will go about where they are now...
This is the largest solid wall in the room...the door to the right of the pic is the front door...This is the wall, that will have the die cutting/dry embossing and the paper cutters and scoring boards...there will be some shallow shelves with lights attached to them...to brighten this area up...
Sorry these are not the best photos...I took them the other day, when it was cloudy outside...I will get some updated ones later this week and repost...I just wanted to share what I had so far...

The Studio has a new look...

Debbie's Die Cuts has just updated The Studio Blog, check out all the new kits, available die cut packages and more http://thestudioinpreston.blogspot.com We will be adding more soon, with lots of new samples coming too...I hope you like the new offerings...We have lots more coming soon...so stay tuned...

Embossed ATC Frames

This ATC with embossed frame is for a swap I joined on a yahoo group...I used stamps from Innovative Stamp Creations and the delicious new Adirondack Pigment Inks in the blue shades...Organza ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon was added as an accent on the frame and slipped into an ATC sleeve...
I used my embossed faux metal technique to do the frame for this ATC...its going to be included in a background papers swap I am in...I had to make 3 different sheets of background paper...one of the sheets I made was using the same background as this ATC is made from...I then stamped the images from Purple Onion Designs using black ink...its very subtle, but very elegant in real life...

John Deere ATC and Moo

I used a page from a calendar to make this ATC...I added the confetti apples using sticky dots...this was so fun to make...
This moo card was made from the same calendar page, it was the left over scrap piece...I used the Chick set from The Stamping Studio to add the chicks and feet prints...too cute I think...I also did an inchie, but could not get a clear photo of it...so it will have to wait...

Cuttlebug Embossed Frame

I love those Cuttlebug embossing folders...and I love my die cut frames...I covered the cardstock frame with two coordinated pattern papers, embossed each section with a different folder and accented the raised embossed areas by rubbing with dye based ink...I also sponged some ink around the edges...
The photo is from my wedding and shows my wedding cake and my cupcakes in the background...I wanted cupcakes, bbq ribs and tater salad at my wedding reception...I am a country girl to say the least...Well, at the last minute I had to have a cake that we could cut...so, I went to wal mart, bought a white on white 1/4 sheet cake, added some silk flowers like the ones in my bouquet and one of those little bride and groom things for the top...

I used a beautiful satin ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon to camoflauge the paper joint...the ribbon is lime green with a tiny pink thread edge...it was perfect...

The other chicken...

I decided to make the other chicken wallie print a little different...since they are going to be on opposite walls in the room...I wanted different looks...and well yeah, I suffer from that marching to a different drummer syndrome...LOL...Anyway...I used the Cuttlebug diamonds, added foiling in gold and copper and then rubbed a bit of Brilliance gold ink to tone down the black cardstock, looks very nice in person...could not get it to photograph just right tho...
I then did the top part with the pattern paper layer with the swirls...rubbed black ink over the embossing...I did not put this one in its frame yet, the frame was out in the storage room and yes, I was too lazy to go get it...I will get it framed and take another photo this week to show ya both of them side by side...I really like them...now, I want to find more stuff to frame...

More Recipe Pages

Ok, I am on a roll here with these recipe pages...LOL...I just had to try out other layouts and looks...I am really liking this one...so I will be making myself a mini recipe book using my file cards and the favorite recipes that I make all the time...I started with the chipboard file card and used those delicious Ranger Adirondack Pigment inks to add some color...then I used stamps from Innovative Stamp Creations to stamp the background...I tore the recipe and title out and sponged each with ink then used darker ink to color the edges...Added some ribbon and used my Fastenator again...hmm...thats two days in a row for the old Fastenator...LOL...
I like the way the background stamped images look...mixing the 3 different ones is very cool I think...
This is the back of the card, if more room for instructions is needed, there is plenty of room to add those..if not, a finished look to the back of each page will be very nice...I plan on doing each page a different color and using different stamps...so my File Card Recipe Book will be very entertaining...

And I just had to do a 6x6 layout size too...just to play some more...I used the flourishes to accent with...
I used more of those wonderful Adirondack Pigment inks to color the recipe, and then stamped the floral images from ISC in a shadow effect...I layered the recipe on a piece of cardstock that was only 1/8 inch larger, so that the dark border didn't over power the softer pattern papers, but still made the recipe the focal point...
I liked using the flourishes across the bottom with the silk flower center...Thanks to Donalda and Claudia for that inspiration...
I also cut a couple of the flourishes apart to accent the top corners...I added lots of gold glitter dots...Looks good with the varying shades of reds...

I have a new Addiction...and I love it...

Well, making recipe pages is just part of it...LOL...I got the entire set of Ranger Adirondack Pigment Inks...OH MY GOSH...I am loving these inks...Betsy at Innovative Stamp Creations, knows what an ink junkie I am...I am doing a recipe page swap and this is one of the samples I made to show a basic recipe page...This one is 8x8, uses a cardstock base page and some layers of coordinating pattern papers...I used the file card die cut, covered with pattern paper, then tore my computer printed recipe and used the Adirondack pigments to color the recipe and ink the edges...I also used the Adirondack pigments to add coloring to the base cardstock page...I added the ribbon to the tab of the file card with the Fastenator...I colored the die cut leaf stem with the Adirondack pigments as well as the silk flowers...This page was so much fun to make...I will share more pages as I get them done...

Door Hanger by Claudia Rosa

Claudia has done some wonderful samples for us...She uses our die cuts quite often in her art and her work is such an inspiration...Check out her blog link under my favorites label to see more of the beautiful work she does...The door hanger die cut is now available at the studio blog, be sure and check it out http://thestudioinpreston.blogspot.com

Trick or Treat Gift Bag

I just had to make another gift bag today...I got my new collage sheets in from Lisa's Altered Art...be sure and check out all the cool sheets she has, you can find her link under my favorites label...I cut out the girl with basket of pumpkins and glued her onto cardstock, then trimmed her out...I used my label maker for the words...I stamped the beautiful swirl image from Innovative Stamp Creations all over the die cut bag, after having rubbed butterscotch pigment ink all over it...
I used a coordinating pattern paper to layer the front, back and both sides of the bag, I could not resist the beautiful velvet rick rack from Really Reasonable Ribbon, oh my gosh, that stuff is grande...I added a decorative pumpkin button also...

ATC's, Mini ATC's, ACC's or "moo" cards and "inchies"...

I got to play today...first time in over two weeks since I have gotten ink on my fingers...I was in heaven...LOL...My hubby gets the coolest sale magazines for greeting cards and the pictures are perfect for using in my art...All of these are made using pictures from that magazine...
These two images were perfect for ATC's...I love the woman with the pistol...and the flamingo's are just to die for...
These images fit nicely on the Mini ATC's with a nice border of color on each end...I like that look and the ink colors seem to work well with the photos...
I am just adoring these two ACC's or "moo" cards...are those cats just a hoot...and the serene lake scene is where I wish I was right now...
The images in the caty for "inchie" art are endless...oh my gosh...are some of these just too cute...I love those cats...that dog is also one of my favs...I have done him before...

Framed Chicken

I was in a card swap a while back and had a wonderful swap partner that lives in South Africa...Nettie...she sent me a couple of these chicken images...Well, I had no idea where they were from and she told her they were Wallies...and she did not realize how much I love chickens...so, I decided instead of making cards with them...I wanted to frame them and hang them in my kitchen...I started with my largest frame/mat die cut, from black cardstock, it is 5 x 7 in size I cut a pattern paper frame, but only wanted part of it layered onto the black base frame...I ran the top section thru the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, added some foiling adhesive and then used my gold and copper foiling to color the embossed dots...
I then ran the bottom section with the pattern paper thru the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and rubbed black ink over those dots...I added the gold ribbon between the black cardstock and pattern paper sections, taped it onto the chicken image and put it in a pretty gold frame from the dollar store...There are two of the Wallie chickens, the other one is a tad different...as soon as I get it finished, these will hang in my kitchen...Thanks so much Nettie...I am very happy with my new framed chicken prints...

ACC's or "moo cards"

Check out the Innovative Stamp Creations blog...Betsy is making some awesome "moo" cards using my ACC or Artfull Calling Card die cut...its the same size as the moo only in standard measurements... http://innovativestampcreations.blogspot.com Betsy and her creative architects have some awesome samples using my moo card size die cut...

File Card Book Kit by Robin Willis

Our design team member Robin Willis created this File Card Book from our kit, covering the chipboard file cards with various pattern papers and cardstocks...She used lots of our other die cuts as embellishments and to make page layouts...I will be adding some photos to this book soon and will show it to you again later...For more info about ordering the File Card Book Kit check out http://thestudioinpreston.blogspot.com To see more of Robin's work and her blog, click on the link to the right under My Favorite Places...