Rachael's Handmade Designs

Good Morning All! Over this last weekend I purchased some great digital images to change things up. I'm not really a digital images kind of person, but lately I've been getting more into them. One of my favorite digital images right now is  Luna, Woman of Power  from Smeared Ink. I used this color palette for my inspiration. I also used liquid applique on the lips and added the tattoo on the arm using Bombshell Stamps'  Ahoy Sailor  small nautical star thingy. It was the perfect size for her tattoo. What do you think? I love this great image. I'm sure I'll use it in the future. I wanted to keep this card pretty clean and simple until I could find the perfect sentiment to go with it. What do you think? Cheers,

Hi All. My current projects have included working with Smeared Ink images on tags. For this set of tags I'm going to be using the Chicks Dig Guns set. I wanted to give a Tim Holtz technique a whirl, but I didn't have any of his distress inks in the droppers, and the only distress inks I have in the pads are the "old photo" and "walnut stain" - not any of the bright pretty colors.  So I decided to use my colorbox stamp pads instead. Also, instead of Tim's waterproof work mat that he puts ink on, I substituted wax paper. I got out my squirt bottle and layed my color down on the wax paper, then squirted it down with water a bit. The colors became runny and I plopped the tag I was going to work with down into the color. Afterwards, I dried it with my hair drier and did the process again.  I even crumpled some newspaper up and dabbed it in my ink and then onto my tag for more of a stippling effect.  The colors came out muted! Kind of like a water colo...

Hi All, Well, it's Friday and you know what that means! Links and promos! First, let me state that on the 30th I'm going to be hosting a FREE GIVE AWAY CONTEST right here. More information will be posted on the 30th and the contest will be open for a week. Cute FREE PRIZES?! Who can resist?! Bombshell Bettie is having a Black Friday Sale  on her blog. Check it out for way cute vintage findings and goods. Totally hip, stylish and cool. I'm not big on challenges, but I know a lot of stampers are.  Smeared and Smudged is hosting a Kenny K Challenge here: click me!  Might be a good way to gain inspiration! Bombshell Stamps are still having their "Follow Me Contest": Click Here That's all for today's links and promotions. I hope you all had a safe and happy Thanksgiving...And now it's on to Christmas! Don't forget to follow this blog! Fan me on FB  for insider deals, coupons and news. Heart my store on Etsy  for the latest! Cheers, Xo