Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is going great! It's just been plain HOT around here! And yesterday the wind blew. Yuck!! Hot wind is not fun and can make one grumpy. But I was lucky enough to be indoors with air conditioning and stitching all day long with some very wonderful ladies! Today is more of the same so I think that I will try to get the laundry done and maybe some stamping? I have a headache right now so I am trying to get that under control.
Today's card was another that we did at Stamp Club this month. I really love how this turned out! I used last week's sketch from Mary Jo's Lunchtime challenge and the LNS challenge to make a masculine card. I also challenged myself to use this lobster from By the Tide. This image did not "speak" to me when I got this set but I wanted to find a way to use it that wasn't so "in-your-face". I think I didn't like it so much because it was so big. But I am very happy with this! To start with I ran a strip of Smoky Slate through the Big Shot using the Chevron TIEF and then sponged the edges with Smoky Slate before adhering it to a card base of Smoky Slate. Then I used a stamp from the Gorgeous Grunge set (LOVE this set) and stamped the spots in Smoky Slate. This is then adhered to a piece of Calypso Coral that was punched on the side with the scallop edge border punch. I popped up this panel onto the card. Then I took a small strip of Soft Sky and flagged the bottom and adhered it to the card. I stamped the circle image from By the Tide in Smoky Slate onto Very Vanilla and fussy cut around it (I didn't want all the space around it that the punch leaves behind) and added a mini brad. This is popped up onto the card. I stamped the lobster image in Calypso Coral onto Very Vanilla and fussy cut around this (at my workshop a lot of the ladies just stamped this directly onto the Very Vanilla and it looked beautiful, too). This is popped up onto the card. Lots of cutting but I thought it turned out to be a very elegant masculine card! No greeting on this as it could be used for lots of occasions! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- By the Tide, Gorgeous Grunge; Paper- Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla; Ink- Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral; Accessories- Chevron TIEF, scallop edge border punch, mini brad, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! It's an early one for us around here as we are heading to Denver for another round of soccer games. Actually, they play in Denver this afternoon and then we head to Colorado Springs for the night as they have an early game on Sunday. So I will be making this quick!
Today's card is for the Late Night Stampers Challenge. The challenge was to find a card on Pinterest and copy it. I found 'this' card on Pinterest and used Stampin' Up! supplies to recreate it. I love all the rounded corners and shapes used on this one! My card base is Whisper White with various squares of Island Indigo, Whisper White and Pool Party designer paper squares adhered to it. I rounded the corners of the squares with my 1" circle punch. I like how the circle punch gave the corners a little more curve than my regular corner punch would have. The greeting is from Friendly Phrases and is popped up on the card. I added a punched flower from Island Indigo using the itty bitty shapes punch pack and some rhinestones. What a super fun layout! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Friendly Phrases; Paper- Whisper White, Island Indigo, In Color designer paper pack; Ink- Island Indigo; Accessories- itty bitty shapes punch pack 1" circle punch, rhinestones, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! I hope you are having a fantastic weekend! I can't believe how fast it has gone for us! Becky and I have been having a blast visiting with our friend Sherry! Yesterday was a FULL day of shopping at various wool and quilt stores and stamp stores! I think I controlled myself pretty well. But it was sure fun to see Becky go nuts!! And we even got Sherry excited about wool, too! So she has several projects to start and even inquired about classes at the local stores! Go Sherry! We even picked a project that we are going to work on together. Guess that means I will have to visit more often!
Today's card was inspired from a sketch by Karen Giron. I also combined it with the challenge at LNS which is to go green. And I did use the green on this one! My card base is Lucky Limeade. Then I adhered a piece of Lucky Limeade designer paper to a piece of Basic Black. Then I took a piece of Basic Black and ran it through the Big Shot using the Houndstooth embossing folder and adhered it to the designer paper. I took some strips of Basic Black and ran them through the Big Shot with the Tasteful Trim die and adhered them to the panel. Then I added two black brads and adhered the whole panel to the card base. My focal point is a 2 1/2" punched circle of Lucky Limeade that has the splatter stamped from Extreme Elements in Lucky Limeade. I also stamped the car from Need for Speed in black StazOn and then stamped the car again on a scrap of Lucky Limeade in black StazOn. I used my Lucky Limeade marker to highlight some of the lines on the car and then popped it up on the circle. I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in black StazOn and then popped the circle onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Extreme Elements, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Need for Speed; Paper- Lucky Limeade, Basic Black, In Color designer paper pack; Ink- Lucky Limeade, black StazOn; Accessories- Houndstooth embossing folder, Tasteful Trim die, 2 1/2" circle punch, black brads, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! This week seems to be flying by! We will be leaving tomorrow afternoon to drive part way to Phoenix! Nick has a soccer tournament there this weekend! We are so excited to be getting out of town! But I didn't sleep very well last night - UGH! Why is it that when you don't sleep very well all night long, that you suddenly fall into a very deep sleep right at the moment when you need to wake up? That is SO frustrating! So I do hope that I get the sleep I need tonight for our trip this weekend.
Today's card is based on a sketch for the recent Late Night Stampers group. The new challenge came up Monday morning and I thought - this is perfect for my stamp club (which was meeting that night). And it was! This is what my ladies made Monday night. And easy card and they loved it! My card base is Pool Party with a strip of designer paper from the Everyday Enchantment designer paper pack adhered on the side. I stamped the image from Fresh Vintage using Lucky Limeade, Pool Party and Poppy Parade markers onto a 3" die cut circle from Very Vanilla. Then I sponged the edges with Soft Suede. This is glued to the card. Then I stamped the flower in Poppy Parade onto a scrap of Very Vanilla and cut it out. I put a brad from the Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack through the middle and popped it up on the card. I stamped the greeting from Thank You Kindly in Soft Suede onto a strip of Very Vanilla and tucked it behind the flower. Then I added three pearls around the perimeter of the circle. And there you have it! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Fresh Vintage, Thank You Kindly; Paper- Pool Party, Very Vanilla, Everyday Enchantment designer paper; Ink- Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Poppy Parade; Accessories- Everyday Enchantment ribbon and brad pack, pearls, 3" circle die, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope you are having a great start to a great weekend! It is supposed to start raining around here starting tomorrow but I am o.k. with that because we really need the moisture! We really haven't gotten any snow around here to speak of so the rain would be nice. Nick has soccer practice and there are some really great basketball games on, too!
Today's card is one that just sort of popped into my head and as I experimented, this is what emerged! I am excited about it, too!! I am sure that someone else has thought of this but I hadn't seen it anywhere else and that is why I am so excited about how it all came out! The Late Night Stampers group's challenge is to make a Girly-Girl card. As I was browsing through my most recent magazine, I came across a cute card that had a clothesline and cute little clothes hanging from it. And then it hit me... what about the owl punch? So I pulled it out and gave it a try. Our little clothespins are just a tad too big for this so I left it off. Here's what I did: I punched a piece of Blushing Bride with the owl punch and then drew little lines with my white gel pen to give it some definition that it was a dress. Then I took some of the new Blushing Bride pleated satin ribbon and attached it to the bottom of the "dress" on the back using sticky strip. My card base is Whisper White with a piece of Blushing Bride. Then I took another piece of Whisper White and stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Basic Grey and used the ticket corner punch on the corners. This is popped up on the card and the "dress" has two dimensionals on it to pop it up on the card. I added a punched heart from the owl punch in Poppy Parade. And then I put a little rhinestone on it. I also added rhinestones in the corners of the Blushing Bride piece. I just think it turned out so cute! Now if I just knew of someone having a little girl... All my friends having babies are having boys! Anyway, it was fun! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade; Ink- Basic Grey; Accessories- Blushing Bride pleated satin ribbon, owl punch, ticket corner punch, white gel pen, rhinestones, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! It is a cold one this morning! Toward the end of soccer practice last night, the wind started blowing and the rain came down! Thankfully, coach ended practice early. That and it was completely dark! Tonight will be the last practice! And this weekend will complete the season. Seemed like a long one! We are back to the routine until Thanksgiving!
Speaking of Thanksgiving, the LNS challenge this week was to make a project for the upcoming holiday. It seems like after Halloween we start thinking about Christmas but forget Thanksgiving in between. So I decided to pull out this stamp set that I had gotten, Always Thankful. I love the images in this set but hadn't used this one yet. So I cut a circle using my circle scissors (I am getting much better at using it) from Confetti White card stock and stamped the image in black StazOn. Then I water colored the image with various inks. The edges were sponged with River Rock and another circle was cut with the circle scissors out of Soft Suede. It is glued flat to a piece of Confetti white and the greeting (also from the same set) is stamped in Soft Suede. I wrapped a piece of Soft Suede taffeta ribbon around it and then popped up the panel onto a Confetti White card base. Pretty easy! Thanks for stopping and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Always Thankful; Paper- Confetti White, Soft Suede; Ink- black StazOn, Soft Suede, Basic Gray, Pool Party, More Mustard, River Rock, Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand; Accessories- Soft Suede taffeta ribbon, circle scissors plus, aqua painter, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! It was so wonderful to be able to sleep in this morning! And what a perfect day to do that! It is raining and gloomy outside. I think I need to go get a cup of coffee while I type this... Ahhh! That's better! Nick is supposed to have a soccer game later this afternoon so we will see if that is going to happen. This past Wednesday it rained during his practice. And the kids got soaked!! Nick got in the car and was so hyped up! He loves playing soccer in the rain!
So my card today is another very simple one. I am using the same set again! There are four stamps in this set and I should have used the image of the girl with the umbrella! It would have been perfectly suited for our day here! Oh well. I'm sure you will get to see her someday soon - lol! I actually got this card layout from the catalog (sorry, I can't remember what page). This card was also made for the challenge at LNS that was to use the new In Colors. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Lean on Me; Paper- Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Confetti White, In Color designer paper stack; Ink- black StazOn, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Blush Blossom; Accessories- silver brads, dotted scallop ribbon punch, aqua painter, dimensionals
