I found one

OK, so I haven't been able to do any stamping, but I found one I haven't shared with you yet. I wanted to practice my watercoloring so I stamped some flowers from Time Well Spent. I like the way they turned out so I used them to make a card. I was also in a glitter phase so I added some Fine Cosmo Glitter to the flowers. I layered the flowers on a piece of Old Olive. I added some Old Olive Polytwill ribbon around the piece of Pumpkin Pie and adhered my flowers to it. I added it to my Tempting Turquoise card base and voila! OK, that's all I can muster right now.

I'm having a root canal on Thursday, so hopefully I'll feel up to stamping some this weekend and I'll be sure to share.

My lack of blogging

I can't do anything right now. I'm on pain meds and running around like a crazy woman. I'm having dental issues. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be feeling better after my dentist appointment and I can feel well enough to stamp. I really had every intention of stamping yesterday, but the pain meds (and the neighbors barking dogs in the middle of the night) had me napping throughout the day yesterday.

Oh, and just a reminder that the Free Wheelin' promotion ends on Wednesday, so make sure you get your order to me by then so you don't miss out on this great offer.

Combo Frog

This card is a combination of two of the challenges on SCS this week. The color combo challenge is Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, and Chocolate Chip. I also used the sketch challenge.

I started with a Certainly Celery card base and added a layer of Pretty in Pink which I used the ticket corner punch on. I added some Certainly Celery 1/4" grosgrain ribbon to a piece of Chocolate Chip and added it to my card. I stamped my frog and mushroom in Chocolate Chip on Whisper White using the masking technique. I also stamped the flower on that layer. I watercolored using my blender pens and the ink from the lid of my ink pad. The picture doesn't show it that well, but I colored the frog Certainly Celery (naturally), the top of the mushroom Pretty in Pink, and the stem Close to Cocoa. I adhered it to my card with Stampin' Dimensionals. I thought it was a little unbalanced on the right so I stamped the dragonfly in Chocolate Chip, watercolored it, cut it out and adhered it to the upper corner.

7 Things

kerilinn tagged me to play the 7 things game!

7 Things Game

The Rules for 7 Things:

1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.

2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.

3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.

4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.



So, here are my 7 things:



1. I drive a Turbo Green VW Beetle

2. One of my cards showed up on Stamper's Showcase yesterday (on the demo side of stampinup.com)

3. I have 3 siblings. An older brother, an older sister, and a younger sister.

4. I'm a junkie for chic lit. I love Jane Green, Sophie Kinsella, and Candace Bushnell.

5. I'm a handywoman. Most of the tools in the garage are mine.

6. If I start watching Lifetime movies I cannot stop!!!!

7. I have a tattoo of a frog on my upper back.

I'm tagging
1. Corie
2. Charlene
3. Robyn
4. April
5. Heather
6. Lauren
7. Teresa

Candy winner!

Thanks for checking in while I was out of town this weekend. I'm back home now and I've picked a blog candy winner.

Random.org picked

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

19

Timestamp: 2008-04-20 23:02:37 UTC

jmniffer is the winner!!

Please contact me with your address and I'll send those rub-ons right out (I'm unable to get your email address form your blogger profile)

Candy!!!!!!

I'm supposed to be heading out of town in 15 minutes, but I just got finished mowing the grass and I desperately need a shower. I was hoping to get some stamping in before I left, but that's not happening, so instead I'm just gonna give away some candy. Leave a comment about anything you want and you'll be in the drawing to win a pack of Love & Happiness rub ons. You get 4 sheets of rub ons. One Basic Black, one Whisper White, one Old Olive, and one Chocolate Chip. Please number your post, so it's easier for me to identify the winner. Limited to US residents please. Tell your friends!!!

I will draw a winner when I return home on Sunday afternoon. Have a great weekend everyone!!

Color Inspiration

If you check out the links of recommended stamping blogs over on my side bar you will see kwernerdesignblog. Kristina is a great stamper with a very clean style, which appeals to me since I'm a simple stamper myself. She offers up color inspiration on her blog. This weeks color inspiration is Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, and Close to Cocoa. I decided to give it a go. I needed a card for a girlfriend who I recently had a good talk with. I want to thank her for being there for me. Well, my memory isn't very good (or maybe I just don't pay attention very well) so I accidentally used Chocolate Chip instead of Close to Cocoa. Oh, well. I still like the way it turned out.

I used one of my favorite retired sets (it's probably my most favorite retired set) You Make Me Happy. I stamped my flowers in So Saffron on Whisper White. I used the masking technique to overlap my flowers. I stamped the centers of the flowers in Chocolate Chip and the stems in Certainly Celery. I mounted my Chocolate Chip layer to my So Saffron base. I then added my strip of Certainly Celery across the Chocolate Chip layer, then added my stamped images. I added a little Certainly Celery 1/4" grosgrain ribbon along the bottom as well. On a scrap of Whisper White I stamped the butterfly in Bashful Blue and punched it out with my 1 1/4" circle punch and layered it on a 1 3/8" circle of Bashful Blue. I mounted it to my card with Stampin' Dimensionals and added a little Fine Cosmo glitter to the center of the butterfly. I thought that the flowers were kind of blending together, so I used my Chocolate Chip marker to outline each of the flowers (and crossed my fingers that I didn't mess up since the card was all put together at that point). I like how they are defined. I then stamped my flower on my envelope for the perfect presentation.

Be sure to check out kwernerdesignblog to see the wonderful inspiration!!

Bridal Shower

I have a bridal shower to go to this Saturday, so of course that means I need a card. I had a little time yesterday (after my IKEA shopping trip) to make a little something. I started with a Close to Cocoa cardbase and added a strip of retired Designer Series Paper which I added a piece of Tempting Turquoise 1/4" grosgrain ribbon to. I stamped the dress from Blooming with Happiness in Close to Cocoa on Whisper White. I watercolored it with Pretty in Pink with my blender pens. I layered it on a piece of Tempting Turquoise and mounted it on my card with Stampin' Dimensionals. I inked up my piece of chipboard with Pretty in Pink, but since I don't have the craft ink it still looked a little brown so I decided to cover it with Stickles. So then I had to add some Stickles to the dress, too. I stamped the envelope with the bottom of the dress in the corner and watercolored it, too.


I hope I can find some time to stamp here in the next few days so I have more to share.

Where have I been?

I've had a busy week. And today I finally got caught up on my sleep. I have done some stamping this week, though. I think everything I made used Enjoy Every Moment, though. And this one is no exception. Oh, and this one turned out a little funkier than I planned. I think this is why I don't use my Stampin' Pastels more often. I stamped the large flowers from Enjoy Every Moment in Whisper White on Basic Black and added Orchid Opulence pastels. I then stamped the small flowers in Whisper White and used Barely Banana pastels. I added it to my Orchid Opulence card base. I then stamped my sentiment from Celebrate Everything in Basic Black on Barely Banana. I stamped my 3 flowers in Orchid Opulence in the upper corner and the rest of my sentiment on a scrap of Whisper White. I added my piece of Whisper White under my piece of Barely Banana and adhered it to my card with Stampin' Dimensionals. What do you think? Is it funky or what?

Scrapbook Sneak Peek

If you are coming to my scrapbook class this month (April 25th) then this is a little sneak peek for you. This is the color combo and stamp set we'll be using, oh and the ribbon slider. I started with a piece of Whisper White and stamped "enjoy" in Chocolate Chip. Using the Stamp-a-ma-jig I lined up the flower in Ruby Red over the e. I also used my SAMJ to stamp "every moment" in So Saffron. I mounted this on a piece of Ruby Red and added a piece of retired Chocolate Chip 1/4" grosgrain ribbon tied on a ribbon slider (from the Silver HPH in the Occasions Mini catalog). I then mounted this on a So Saffron cardbase. I love it when they come together so easy!!!

Oh, and don't forget that this set is part of the Free Wheelin' Promotion. You can get the coordinating Daisy Dash wheel FREE with the purchase of this stamp set during the month of April.

Thank You!

I just want to thank my readers for checking in on me even while I'm away. I had a great visit with my hubby in DC for the weekend and now I'm home again. I'm just getting some stuff done before I can pick up my puppy up from the vet where he was boarded for the weekend. One thing I wanted to do while I didn't have a dog laying his head on my keyboard was to get a post up. This is a card I made for the sketch challenge two weeks ago. Side note: I almost did every challenge on SCS that week! I also decided to break out the pastels which I haven't used in forever! I started with a Creamy Caramel base. I did a dry run of my layers to determine where I needed to adhere my Ruby Red layer to my Old Olive layer. I adhered the two together, then added a piece of Old Olive Polytwill ribbon and adhered it to my cardbase. I stamped my flower from Heartfelt Thanks in Versamark on Whisper White and added Ruby Red and Olive Olive with my Stampin' Pastels. I stamped my sentiment from Short & Sweet in Ruby Red. I slid it under my ribbon and glued it down.

Lindsay's Birthday

I'm going to make this short and sweet because I'm supposed to be packing. I'm heading out of town first thing in the morning and I won't be back until Monday.
My sister-in-law's birthday was last Saturday. This is the card I sent her. I started with a Tempting Turquoise card base and added a strip of Chocolate Chip with a little Tempting Turquoise and Whisper White ribbon. I stamped my birthday cake in Chocolate Chip on Whisper White. I then stamped the image again on a scrap piece of Whisper White with Pretty in Pink and cut out the top part of the cake. I adhered my pink "frosting" to my chocolate cake. I layered the image onto a piece of Pretty in Pink and added a Tempting Turquoise Photo Corner. I stamped my sentiment on the bottom and added a little bit of Stickles to the candles and the cake just for fun.

Have a good weekend everyone. I'll be back on Monday!

An Oldie but New to You

This is a card that I made some time ago and sent in for a contest. I didn't post it because I was waiting on the results of the contest. I was looking through my files today to see what I could share and came across this one. I realized that I never shared it when I found out I didn't win. So here it is now. I have another card posted on my blog that is similar, but used retired DSP. For this one I didn't have any coordinating DSP, so I went with some texture instead. I punched two Basic Black Squares with my 1 1/4" punch. I stamped them with Polka Dot in VersaMark and embossed them with Basic Black EP. I then punched a 1 1/4" Real Red square and inked the edges VersaMark and embossed them with Basic Black EP. I added a Pewter Jumbo eyelet and threaded some Basic Black 1/4" grosgrain ribbon through it. I then stamped my sentiment from Tagger's Dozen in Basic Black and punched it out with my 1 3/8" circle punch. I then took a piece of Real Red and punched a 1 1/4" circle in it. I then took my Scallop Circle punch and lined it up around the circle I already punched. I then mounted my Scallop Circle border with Stampin' Dimensionals over my sentiment. I was very pleased with the results. I think it would make a great card for a bridal shower or wedding. hmmm.....I may have to CASE myself for an upcoming bridal shower.

Milk Carton Box

I was feeling adventurous today. I decided to go through the resources on SCS and pick a project I've never done before. I opted for the Milk Carton Box. I started with my piece of Taken with Teal cardstock, which was cut and scored according to these directions. I stamped the leaf image from Always with Taken with Teal on my Taken with Teal box. After assembly I took a strip of Whisper White which I stamped with flower images from Always in Ruby Red and Taken with Teal and wrapped it around my box. I also tied a piece of 1/4" Whisper White grosgrain ribbon around the box. I inked up a piece of Whisper White cardstock with Versamark and embossed 3 coats of silver and stamped it with another stamp from Always. This is called the Faux Metal technique. I punched it out with my 1 1/4" Circle Punch and layered it on a Ruby Red Scallop. I used my Crop-a-dile to punch a hole in the scallop and adhered it to my ribbon with a piece of silver cord. Now, to find some treats to put in it........................

Anyone need a Birthday Giraffe?

I hadn't used my cute animals from Wild About You in a while, so I broke out the giraffe for this one. I stamped my giraffe in Pumpkin Pie on Very Vanilla and stapled a piece of 1/4" Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon. I then added a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock on my Very Vanilla card base. I added a strip of Chocolate Chip and 3 circles that were punched with my 3/4" circle and added a brad in the middle of each. I stamped my sentiment from Hugs & Wishes in Chocolate Chip. Easy peasy. I hope you like it.

Flap Fold Card

Yesterday's technique challenge was to do a Flap Fold Card. I thought I'd give it a try. I started with my 3 1/2" x 11" piece of Ruby Red cardstock and used my Fiskars Shape Cutter to round the top. I then trimmed the bottom until it was 10 3/8" from the bottom to the tip of the rounded part. I scored at 4 1/4" and 8 1/2" and folded. I stamped the circles from Enjoy Every Moment on the flap in Ruby Red and enjoy in Chocolate Chip on the bottom. I punched a 1 1/4" circle in Very Vanilla and scallop circle from Chocolate Chip cardstock and layered them on each other. I stamped the little flower in Ruby Red on Very Vanilla and punched it with my 3/4" circle punch and added it to a Build-a-brad. I attached this to the front of my card to hold my flap down. I also added a piece of Chocolate Chip PolyTwill ribbon (which gets in the way if you push it all the way to the top). I then cut a piece of Very Vanilla to fit the inside of my card. I stamped the rest of my sentiment in Chocolate Chip and the flower in Ruby Red and attached it to my card. I don't remember when the last time I participated in a technique challenge was, so this was a fun one for getting back in the game.

A Glittery Thank You!

This card turned out so cute, in my opinion. I made this for last week's sketch challenge on SCS. I started with my 3 strips of Prints Designer Paper. I lined those up on the middle of my Certainly Celery card base, then added my two strips of Rose Red. I stamped the flower from Enjoy Every Moment in So Saffron and my sentiment underneath in Certainly Celery. I also stamped a circle in the middle with Rose Red. I then used my 3/4" circle punch to punch out a piece of red sticky tape from in between some of my Sticky Cuts Letters. I added my sticky circle to the center of my flower, over the Rose Red circle I had stamped and sprinkled on some Rose Pink Fine Cosmo Glitter. I tied a piece of Whisper White 1/4" grosgrain ribbon across the card and popped up my flower image using Stampin' Dimensionals.

Spring Scrapbook Pages

Happy Easter, everyone! I hope everyone has a wonderful day and got plenty of goodies in their Easter baskets.

Friday was my monthly scrapbook class. Our theme this month was Spring. These pages are pretty simple, but I just love them. We started with Perfect Plum pages and added a strip of Whisper White across the top. We stamped our title in Perfect Plum using Big Deal Alphabet and added a flower from Big Flowers on the opposite page in Rose Red. Under our title strip we added a Rose Red strip. On that strip we added a silver brad with some hemp twine to attach our photo mat. The photo mat is a piece of Pale Plum. We punched holes in the top two corners to attach our hemp twine. We added another flower in the bottom corner of our first page, which was punched out with the 1 3/8" circle punch. We punched out two more flowers from Big Flowers to make our flowers for the next page. On my example I stamped on in Perfect Plum and attached it to a Pale Plum Scallop circle. The other was stamped with Pale Plum and attached to a Rose Red circle. The middle flower consists of a Rose Red flower from Flower Fusion and Old Olive "leaves" punched out with the 5-petal flower punch. These two pieces were attached with a silver brad. The flower stems are Old Olive Polytwill ribbon. The leaves on the center flower is a knot of the Old Olive Polytwill ribbon. For the leaves on the outer two flowers we punched some Old Olive with the small oval punch, folded them in half, ran them through the crimper and unfolded them. I'm so happy with these pages and I can't wait to put some pictures on them.

Catty CASE

If this card look familiar it's because it was inspired by the card on p. 142 of the Spring/Summer Collection. I was just browsing through the catalog looking for something I could CASE and I found a great card featuring Hi & Hello. I did change it up a bit using Always. I started with a Taken with Teal base. I stamped my two flower images on a scrap of Taken with Teal and punched them out. I adhered them to my card. I also added a strip of Rose Red along the bottom of the card. I then stamped my sentiment in Taken with Teal on Whisper White. I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to get it straight. I then added a strip of Old Olive and a Ribbon Slide from the Styled Silver HPH in the Occasions Mini. I then stamped "always in Rose Red on Whisper White and punhed it out with my 1 3/8" circle punch and stamped the leaves in Old Olive on Whisper White and punhed it out with my 1 1/4" circle punch and layered it on a 1 3/8" Old Olive circle. Both of these circles were then adhered to my card base.

Last night was my monthly scrapbook class, so I will share our pages in my next post. Have a good day!

Enjoy.....this card

I bought this stamp set, Enjoy Every Moment, as I thought it would be a great set for scrapbooking, but I also find that it's a great set for card making, too. I stamped "enjoy" in Chocolate Chip on Very Vanilla, then using my Stamp-a-ma-jig I stamped the flower in Rose Red over the "e" as well as "every moment" under enjoy. I pierced the corner of my Very Vanilla piece and mounted it to a piece of Chocolate Chip. I then wheeled on my Rose Red cardbase with Rose Red ink using a wheel....I think it's Hot to Dot - retired. I hardly every use wheels, so I don't remember. Anywho, I don't own the coordinating wheel, Daisy Dash (which you can get for free when you purchase Enjoy Every Moment now through Apr. 30). But, back to the card. I wheeled my card base, cut a little slit in the fold of the card and slipped in a piece of my beloved, retired 1/4" Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon. I adhered my stamped layers and it's done! I hope you enjoy it!!!! (Cheesy, I know)