Color Challenge

Tonight at the Gina K. release party Emily gave us a sneak peak at the color challenge, so I went straight to work(after the party was over of course). I knew I needed a thank you card, so I decided I would use this challenge for my card. The colors are Purely Pomegranate, Basic Black, and Basic Grey. I thought and thought of how I could use them for Easter, but decided since I needed this, it would work so much better!! The image is from Rubbernecker and can be found in the Stamp Oasis section. I stamped it with black Stazon on watercolor paper and used my markers and aquapainter. I used a heck of a lot of black tie pearl brads from Bazil, but I love the elegance they have to them. I really think the rest is pretty self explanatory, so if you have any questions please don't hesistate to ask. I did get a question yesterday about Nestabilities and the cuttlebug, and the answer is yes, you can use the Nesties with your bug(Ellen Hutson has a great tutorial on it). Thanks and have a great day!!
Stamps- All Holiday, Hearty Vase
ink- Black Stazon
paper- Purely Pomegranate, Basic Black and Basic Grey, Very Vanilla
tools- aquapainter, SU markers, stylized silver hardware, black pearl brads, black organdy

More Easter....we're almost done!!

I really, really, want to be able to be done with my Easter cards, so today I stamped out three scenes using Melanie Muenchinger's set Just So Hoppy and got to coloring!! She has created two of my all time favorite sets in the WORLD, which quite frankly is saying a lot, and tonight will release two more that I am sure I will not be able to live without. I know that one of them, thanks to sneak peeks, will be used for decorating altoid tins. As soon as I saw this I thought to myself, that girl is a genius!!! I can't wait to party tonight over on the Gina K. forum and see what other new goodies we have in store!! All of these cards, as I said before, were done using the Gina K. set, Just So Hoppy. I stamped all the images on Whisper White with Black Stazon, then colored them in with my SU markers and aquapainter. The only stamps that aren't Gina K. in these scenes are on the frog one. The grass stamp and the tulip are not from that set. I had stamped and colored that tulip(from My Favorite Things' Eggstra Special) and hadn't used it, so I cut it out for this card. The grass stamp I got from JoAnn's but I have no idea who it is by, but I think it is perfect for a water scene!! The colors I used on the frog card are Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Lavender Lace and Prints Pack DSP. I cut out the frog and tulip and popped them up. The ribbon is from American Crafts(blue gingham) and Embellish Online. I used my matt pack to punch the holes along the bottom, I am loving the way this looks on cards right now. The second card with the bunny, used Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and the prints pack. I did some ribbon tabs with pink gingham and taffeta from SU. The last card is Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Lavender Lace, and the Prints Pack. The ribbon is white taffeta and blue gingham, both from SU, and green polka dot from Embellish Online. I was missing my button brads so I had to throw a few on here. Well that is all for me now, got a lot of commenting to do and not a whole lot of time!! Thanks for looking and have a great day!!
stamps-Just So Hoppy, Eggstra Special, and Prarie Grass
paper- Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Lavender Lace, and Prints Pack
ink-Black Stazon, Bashful Blue
tools-aquapainter, SU markers, button brads, ribbon, scalloped circle punch, circle punches, key tag punch, matt pack

Happy Sunday!!

I have to go to a visitation today for my dh's Granny's best friend. She died suddenly from a heart attack and it has really hit Granny hard. Since most of you don't know me personally, one thing you need to know is that this is my least favorite thing to do. I don't handle death, mourning, or funerals well at all, but really, who does. I know it is the right thing to do to go, but I seriously have to force myself. In fact, I refuse to make sympathy cards ahead of time because I don't want to think about having to give them away, so I don't make them. I had a couple of cards laying around that would work for a sympathy card, so I didn't have to make one for today, but I did make another Easter card to cheer myself up. I started with Lavender Lace, then Certainly Celery, Barley Banana, and then Whisper White which I got to run through my Cuttlebug with my new folder Swiss Dots. I tell you what, I had to look all over for this thing, and everywhere that said they had it, would be sold out. I finally went to Embellish Online the other day and saw that they had it in stock, so I hurried up and ordered it, before it disappeared again. All three ribbons that are used on this card were bought by the yard at Embellish Online too, yummy right!! The images were stamped in Black Stazon on Whisper White. They are from the Gina K. set Just So Hoppy. I colored it in with my SU markers and aquapainter. I cut out the image and all the layers using my classic circles and scallop circles nestabilities. I still believe that Nestabilities along with the Cuttlebug are by far the most genius things I have bought in a long time. I put my three button brads up in the top corner, and it was done. Any questions, feel free to comment or send me an email, I am usually pretty quick to answer. Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

stamps- Just So Hoppy and Spring has Sprung

paper-Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, Lavender Lace and Whisper White

ink-Black Stazon and Bashful Blue

tools-button brads, ribbon, aquapainter, SU markers, Swiss Dots, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug

Congrats Paris Otremba!!

Congrats to this weeks Featured Stamper over on SCS Paris Otremba. She has a fabulous gallery that I had never been to before tonight. The featured stamper challenge is where you pick a card from the chosen one's gallery and CASE it. You are required to change atleast two things. I changed everything but the layout on mine. The, colors, paper, ribbon, sentiment and images are all different, but I really loved the layout to this card. This card is pretty self explanatory, and I am exhausted so I will list the supplies, and if you have any questions feel free to leave a comment or send me an email, I will get back to you ASAP!! By the way, see the ribbon, I remembered to use it on this one, too bad it didn't make it on the card it inspired!!LOL

Have a great day!!

stamps-Eggstra Special(MFT) and Spring Has Sprung(Whipper Snapper)

paper-Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, Whisper White and Certainly Celery DSP

ink- Black Stazon and Bashful Blue

tools-button brads, green and yellow polka dot sheer ribbons, SU markers, aquapainter, large and small oval punches, ticket corner punch

You Make My Day Award!!

I am so honored to have been nominated for this award by my cyber pal Carolina. I kinda needed this because I'm not having all that great a day. So thank you for cheering me up!! I am supposed to nominate 5 people for this award, but I want to nominate more, so here goes

1. Lesa- Punkydoodle Papers
2. Linsey-Outside the Lines
3. Lee-My Reality...It's All Good!
4. Chat-Me, My Stamps, and I
5. Laura- Scrap n Extra's
6. Carolina- Carolina's Creative Pad
7. Melanie- Hands, Head, and Heart
8. Silke- My Life

Well, that is all for me now!!! I am thinking about participating in the mini vsn over at SCS tonight, so I may be posting some new stuff later!!! Have a great day!!!

Are Ewe Dreaming??

Hello everyone out there in blog land, hope you are having a safe, warm and happy weekend so far!! This card is for a couple of challenges, Beate's weekend sketch challenge and the SCS inspiration challenge. I actually started this card before the inspiration challenge was posted, but couldn't figure out where to go with it, so I walked away for awhile. I was surfing SCS because I have no life, and I found that the IC had already been posted. It was a beautiful double Irish Chain Shamrock quilt, and I chose to be inspired by the colors, squares,and the circle patterns on it. But even after looking at that, I still wasn't sure what I wanted to do. When I started this card, I had just received an order from Embellish Online. In it, besides my SWISS DOTS FOLDER YAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!, was some beautiful spring green polka dot ribbon as well as some yellow polka dot ribbon. I loved the colors, so I decided to use them on a card. I am sure you are now looking at the card to see the beautiful ribbon that I got, but alas, I forgot to put it on there. Can you say??? DUHHHH!! Anyway, I started with a Certainly Celery base then layered with Barely Banana and Whisper White. Then I did 4 blocks of two different patterns using the certainly celery dsp. The ribbon that I did remember to put on it is Celery Organdy (why did SU stop selling this stuff??). The main image panel was stamped on Whisper White with Black Stazon. The images are from the Whipper Snapper set Bo Peep's Sheep. I stamped the sheep and the grass, and then colored it in with SU markers. I outlined the main image with my Prismacolor cool grey marker. The sky was created with my aquapainter and Bashful Blue pad. The circle panel was the one that I had the most trouble with. I was watching TV and saw one of those happy cow cheese commercial thingies and it came to me that I could make it a dream bubble. So hence the title Are Ewe Dreaming??. It was colored in the exact same way and punched out with my 1 1/4in punch. Then it was layered with Barely Banana and then Certainly Celery. The dots were made with my white gel pen. I saw a card that my cyber pal Lee had made using multiple colors of the word window punch, so I totally borrowed that from her. And if you know anything about me, you know how I love my white brads, so of course I had to stick some in the corners. Aren't you proud though, they aren't in a straight line, I framed the corner with them!! That's all for me now!! Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

stamps-Bo Peeps Sheep

paper-Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, Whisper White, and Certainly Celery DSP

ink- Black Stazon and Bashful Blue

tools- Scallop and Circle punches, white brads, word window punch, aquapainter, SU markers, gold pen, white gel pen, celery organdy

Crazy Weather!!

Is this not the craziest year for weather you have ever seen??? I mean seriously, in one week, we have had snow, ice, freezing rain, rain, and it was 73degrees one day. It's just nutty if you ask me!! I mean, I have seen some crazy weather since I move to Southern Illinois, but this is ridiculous. No wonder everyone I know is sick!! Anyway, today's Limited Supplies challenge was to make a mini-card(smaller than 4 1/4square) using scraps, quick tools, and any embellishments( I love it when she says that). I knew that I wanted to participate in this, as well as the color challenge that Carolyn(Cammie) had posted in the Gina K. forum. Her challenge was to use Lovely Lilac and Certainly Celery, and if you wanted you could throw in YoYo Yellow. Well, I don't know about you, but in my book YoYo is a big NoNo(hate it), so I just used the two main colors. I started with a Whisper White base of 4 1/4 x4 1/4(It was even a scrap, woohoo). Then layered a piece of Certainly Celery DSP. The main image is from the Gina K set Just So Hoppy. I colored it in with my SU markers and aquapainter. The flower is just the flower part, the stem I drew in with my SU black marker. Then I outlined the whole image with my Prismacolor grey marker. The sentiment tag is only two layers, if you can believe that. I punched the scallop circle on Lovely Lilac, then punched out the 1 3/8 punch from that, so it was just the scalloped outline. I punched the certainly celery out with the 1 3/8 punch and put it inside the Lilac scalloped edge. I then stamped the sentiment on whisper White with Black Stazon and punched it out with my key tag punch. I glued that all together and drew the dots on with my white gel pen. Since I was allowed any embellishments, I put three white mini brads in each corner and a silver spiral clip with white taffeta and pink and orchid grosgrain. What do you think? Thanks for looking and have a great, safe and warm day!!

stamps-Just So Hoppy

paper- Lovely Lilac, Certainly Celery CS and DSP, Whisper White

ink-Black Stazon

tools-SU markers, white mini brads, aquapainter, white taffeta, celery and orchid grosgrain, silver spiral clip, scallop circle punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, key tag punch

That's Just Hilarious!!!

Out of all the countries in the world, the FIRST comment picked the right one!! I was born in Wuertzberg, West Germany-back when there was an east and west. My dad was in the Army and was stationed there. Thanks for the guess

Karinn said...
I'm the first to comment? Oh no, I must be a blog-stalker for sure then ~ LOL I really have no idea. How about Germany?P.S. I love your card, so soft and sweet. She'll love it!
March 6, 2008 10:39 PM

Get me your snail mail address, and I will get this sent out to you ASAP!! Unbelievable!!

Another Entry, Another Giveaway!!

PHEWWW!!! I barely made it under the wire with this entry for the My Favorite Things Guest Designer challenge. They are due by 10est, and I got mine in by 9ish. I was beginning to wonder if I would get it done in time. I did one last night, because I was unsure if I would be able to stamp today. I had all day to think about something to do if I got home in time, and still didn't have a clue when I got here. I knew that I needed a card for a Bridal Shower on Saturday, so I decided I would make something for it with the MFT set Boho Blossoms. I have to admit, I love this set, but I have a hard time working with it. This is honestly the first card I have made with it that I really love!! I started by stamping the heart in versamark on both Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose. I embossed both with white embossing powder and cut them out. I then glued them to pieces of mulberry paper and tore the edges of it. The strip behind them is RR, PP and some paper from the SU prints pack. The base is RR, PP, and WW, which I ran through the cuttlebug with my NEW embossing folder Birds and Swirls. I sponged the edges with PP in to give them some definition. The sentiment was stamped with white craft ink on PP and the hardware is from the SU stylized silver in the new Mini catty. It is a must have if you ask me!! The bow is white organdy which I tied in a square knot, then pink taffeta, white organdy, and then one more of each tied on. I like a big bow, and this is the only way I can get one to work right. I apologize for the bad picture, I must have taken 20 of this card from every angle, but just couldn't get a good shot of it.

By the way, for all you blog stalkers out there(oh come on, you KNOW who you are). I accidentally ended up with two Perfectly Paisley embossing folders. The first person to guess where I was born gets it. Here is a hint: I was not born in the US. I don't expect you to know the city, I just need a country. Good Luck!!

It's So Sad...

I have to help my Mom pack tomorrow, so I am not sure if I will have time to stamp. boohooooooooohoooo. So, in preparation for that, I stamped a lot today to make up for it.hehe

I actually have 4 cards ready to go, but I am only going to share 3 of them. I have a friend who likes to be surprised by her Easter cards, so I am keeping it a secret, everyone else, if you have been keeping up, I can GUARANTEE that you have seen yours!!! I try to keep some a secret, but I love to share what I do, so it is hard for me!! The first two cards were made using the Whipper Snapper set Spring Has Sprung. I stamped the main images on Whisper White with Black Stazon. I colored them in using my SU markers and aquapainter. The images were outlined with my prismacolor cool grey marker to make them stand out a bit. The top card uses Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose for the colors. I used my Martha Stewart edge punch to get the embossed scallop on my Pretty in Pink DSP from the Prints Pack. I seriously don't know what I am going to do, I am about to run out of all my favorite colors from that thing!! I tied a square knot with white taffeta and added some pink gingham to it. The next card is Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal, Pretty in Pink, and Apricot Appeal DSP from the Prints pack. I used the same colors on the sentiment panel. I drew the dots on with my white gel pen and added some cute button brads.

This last card was made for the My Favorite Things guest designer challenge. The challenge was to make a monochromatic card. I used the Eggstra Special set. I stamped the chick in Black Stazon on Whisper White. I colored it in using my SU markers and blended with my aquapainter. I then outlined the whole thing with my prismacolor marker and covered it with icicle stickles to make it sparkly!! I cut it out, and the scalloped layers with my nestabilities. I used Apricot Appeal, Whisper White and Apricot Appeal DSP from the prints pack. I wanted a lot of layers on this , if you couldn't already tell. I stamped the sentiment and then used my paper piercer and matt pack to frame it. I love the way it looks!!! I put three white brads in the bottom corner and tied an apricot square knot on the side and it was done! Wish me luck!!