Using Alcohol based pens for coloring stamps

I am not a colorer as I've stated before.  But I played along today with May Flaum's challenge of doing a simple and fast holiday card by just stamping and coloring.  I'm not so sure about the fast part.  I did enjoy the coloring for once but I painstakingly took my time to blend the colors.  Not too bad but it did bleed just a bit.  But I'm happy with the results and will add this card to my growing holiday stash.  Now I need to get busy and actually address and send them out before New Year's hits.

Tussi Mussies Continued

This tussie mussie below reminded me just how much I love to get messy and inky.  This one is made from white glossy card stock.  I sprayed it with Dylusions in Vibrant Turquoise and Postbox Red.  The colors get muted due to soaking into the glossy card stock.  But I like them just the same.  I also liked that I had just the right ribbon and beads to embellish it.  The stamping was all done in a permanent black ink.  Stamps are from Hero Arts and Inkadinkadoo.

Christmas 2012 Obsession: Tussie Mussies

What's a Tussie Mussie you ask?  It is a cone shape device that traditionally holds a nosegay.  But the tussie mussie can also hold a host of other things for any occasion.  Two years ago I was obsessed with mini-houses and last year the rosettes.  Now I am on to tussie mussies.

Below are my attempts so far.   As the holidays progress I will refine and add to this collection.

These first two are cone shaped and a tad difficult to work with.

This one is an actual box with flaps to close and definitely easier to construct and handle.