SC247 - Merry Christmas

Hello & happy Wednesday! :) Hope you're all having a fabulous day...

I was up until 2am last night and didn't make a single thing that I liked... LOL, does that ever happen to you?

This card was created for today's Sketch Challenge over on SCS. It doesn't look like it, but it took me forever to get this done. LOL, do they have exercises you can do to increase your creative speed? Ugh! :P

Have a great one!

Stamps - Polka Dot Basics 2, Vintage Labels, Peaceful Poinsettias
Ink - Smokey Shadow, Aqua Mist, Spring Moss
Paper - Smokey Shadow, Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Whisper White
Miscellaneous - Teal Rhinestone, Corner Rounder

SC242 - Stop & Smell the Flowers

I created this card for yesterday's Sketch Challenge. I thought it would be fun to make the background somewhat monochromatic so that the flower image would really pop off of the card, buuuuut, I'm not sure I really like this. LOL, better luck today, I guess! :)

Have a great day!

Stamps - In Bloom, Vintage Picnic Basket
Ink - Stazon Black
Paper - Kraft, Ripe Avocado In Bloom, Ripe Avocado Bitty Dot, Ripe Avocado Bitty Box, Raspberry Fizz, Whisper White

SC241 - Thinking of You

After seeing Ashley's super cute owl card this morning, I knew I wanted to ink that bad boy up for today's sketch challenge! I love that owl stamp, and it's been neglected lately (LOL, probably because I can't seem to put down In Bloom and SU!'s Medallion). :)

Have a great one!


Stamps - Wise Owl, Vintage Basket Sentiments
Ink - Stazon Black, Bermuda Bay, Fresh Snow
Paper - Bermuda Bay, Kraft, Raspberry Fizz In Bloom, Spring Moss Bitty Box, Whisper White, Spring Moss
Miscellaneous - Sizzix Little Leaf Sizzlit, Sizzix Lots of Tags Sizzlit, 1/4" Circle Punch, Corner Rounder

SC240 - A True Friend

This is the card I created for today's Sketch Challenge. It took *forever* to come up with something... LOL, my mojo was a total no show. Ever have days like that? Days where nothing you create makes you happy? LOL, I'm there!! I'm just hoping I get out of the slump before too long or else my DT projects for the Dirty Dozen are going to be B.A.D. And I don't mean bad as in cool! LOL :P

Have a great day!

Stamps - Polka Dot Basics 2, In Bloom
Ink - Stazon Black, Fresh Snow
Paper - Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, Whisper White, Thoroughly Modern DSP
Miscellaneous - White Flowers, Teal Rhinestone

SC239 - Congratulations

I wish I could say that I was heading out to CHA like so many others today, but alas, no such luck! :( Hopefully they'll come to DC one year! LOL, a girl can dream, right? :)

I created this card for yesterday's Sketch Challenge using the Ashley's Blossoms set from My Cute Stamps. It's so hard to believe that 3 months has come and gone and that my time on their design team is up. What a great opportunity it's been, and I'm just so thankful I was able to be a part of it! Thank you Holly!!

Have a great day!

Stamps - Ashley's Closet (My Cute Stamps)
Ink - Stazon Black, Old Olive
Paper - Whisper White, Basic Black, Black In Bloom
Miscellaneous - Fiskars Scallop Punch, Large Oval Punch, Window Label Punch

SC238 & Raspberry Suite Color Challenge 12

This is the card I created for yesterday's Sketch Challenge on SCS. I think my birds look a little like aliens, but otherwise, it's all good. :)

Stamps - Everyday Button Bits, Polka Dot Basics 2
Ink - Summer Sunrise, Stazon Black, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay
Paper - Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White
Miscellaneous - Hot Pink Rhinestones, Marvy Square Punch, Fiskars Scallop Punch

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I created this card for the most recent Raspberry Suite Color Challenge 12: dark red, bright pink, cream and moss green. I just *barely* squeaked it in under the wire... I didn't have any dark red (LOL, how that's possible I don't know!) so I was waiting on the UPS guy, and then my camera tried to thwart my attempt to take a picture with a dead battery! LOL

Stamps - Polka Dot Basics 2, In Bloom
Ink - Versamark, Raspberry Fizz
Paper - Vintage Cream, Spring Moss, Raspberry Fizz, Scarlet Jewel In Bloom
Miscellaneous - Fiskars Scallop Punch, Hot Pink Rhinestone

SC237 - Thank You

Hey guys! Hope you're havin' a great morning! This is the card I created for yesterday's Sketch Challenge on SCS. The new in-colors are super cute (well, the jury is still out on Razzleberry - LOL - but I really like some of the others!), and are great for summer.

Have a great one! :)

Supplies:
Stamps - For All You Do
Paper - Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Modern DSP
Ink - Soft Suede, Melon Mambo
Miscellaneous - Silver Pearls, Large Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch

SC236 - Thinking of You

This is the card I created for yesterday's Sketch Challenge on SCS. At first I was going to use brown, then black, and then finally decided to use gray. I think I'd probably end up saving a lot of time when making cards if I could just make up my mind! LOL Maybe one day...

Have a great one! :)

Stamps - Trendy Trees, Polka Dot Basics (PTI)
Paper - Basic Gray, Old Olive, Taken With Teal, Whisper White, Old Olive DSP
Ink - Taken With Teal, Old Olive, Basic Gray
Miscellaneous - Teal Rhinestones, Silver Pearls

CC226 & FTL49

I created this card for yesterday's Color Challenge (Tempting Turquoise, Apricot Appeal & Creamy Caramel) on SCS... LOL, Caramel was the only color of the three that I had, so I substituted Taken With Teal and Summer Sunrise.

Stamps - Garden Silhouettes, Full of Life, Background Basics: Retro (PTI)
Paper - Whisper White, Summer Sunrise
Ink - Taken With Teal, Creamy Caramel
Miscellaneous - Making Memories Slice "Basic Shapes 1", Corner Rounder

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Fun news! Over the weekend, Natasha asked me if I would be interested in being a contributor for the Clean & Simple Stamping blog... LOL, I didn't hesitate before saying yes! I took a pretty huge blogging/crafting break for pretty much all of 2008 so it wasn't until I was browsing my friend Becky Carafa's blog that I was first introduced to the Clean & Simple Stamping blog back in March. I've been *hooked* ever since!! :)

This is the card I created using the most recent Fall-to Layout Sketch. I used the smaller flourish from the Ashley's Blossoms set from My Cute Stamps.

Have a great one! :)

Stamps - Ashley's Blossoms, Vintage Picnic Basket Sentiments
Paper - Raspberry Fizz, Basic Black, Whisper White, Black & White Basics
Ink - Stazon Black
Miscellaneous - Raspberry Fizz Twill Ribbon, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

SC235 - Wish

I created this card for yesterday's Sketch Challenge on SCS.

When I checked my email yesterday morning, I had a whole bunch of new comments on an older card I had made, and I was like, hmmmmm... LOL, it didn't take too long to figure out why when I saw yesterday's sketch and my card was one of the samples. Unexpected, but very fun! :)

The black stars on this card originally had a thin outline of dots, but after I cut all the stars out, they wouldn't fit on the Whisper White panel I'd already cut out, so I ended up chopping them off. LOL, do I know how to waste my time or what?? :)

Have a great one!

Stamps: Background Basics: Retro, Star Prints, Mega Mixed Messages
Paper: Summer Sunrise, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Summer Sunrise

SC234 & WT224

I created this little 4" star card for yesterday's Ways to Use It Challenge. I used my Slice to cut out two 4" Kiwi Kiss textured CS stars, and then a 3 1/2" star from some Fancy Pants patterned paper I had lying around. Aside from placing all those little silver pearls, this card took almost no time. :)


Stamps - Fancy Flourishes, Star Prints
Ink - Stazon Black, Kiwi Kiss
Paper - Fancy Pants, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Pure Poppy
Miscellaneous - Silver Pearls, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Slice Animal Crackers Cartridge

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I created this card for Wednesday's Sketch Challenge. LOL, I was a little impatient waiting for the Stickles to dry, so I zapped them with my heat embossing gun... And to my surprise, the frosting got a little puffy! Woot!

Have a great one!

Stamps - Cupcake Collection

Ink - Kiwi Kiss, Stazon Black, Pretty In Pink

Paper - Pure Poppy, Whisper White, My Mind's Eye "Enchanting"

Miscellaenous - Stickles

CC223 & SC233

I created this card for Tuesday's Color Challenge on SCS. This week, the challenge was to use Baja Breeze, Ruby Red & Whisper White. I couldn't find my Ruby Red ink pad (LOL, what does that say about the state of my craft room, eh??), so I substituted Pure Poppy.

I used Papertrey Ink's Background Basics: Retro stamp set to create a partial background on the base of the card, and used my Slice to cut out the two butterfly images. I adhered the butterflies together, then added the rhinestone centers before attaching it to the card base with pop dots. I added the sentiment and I was d.o.n.e. Whoohoo! :)

Stamps - Background Basics: Retro, Mega Mixed Messages
Ink - Pure Poppy, Basic Black
Paper - Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Baja Breeze DSP
Miscellaneous - Red Rhinestones, Slice Animal Crackers Cartridge

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This card was created for Wednesday's Sketch Challenge on SCS. At first I thought I might want to skip it this week because, well, I'm a chicken when I'm not sure I'll like the end results! :P LOL, I didn't want to go digging through all my patterned papers to find something that coordinated, so I figured hey, I'll just stamp some of the images in the Wise Owl set in Versamark and use that as my patterned paper. Who knew I'd end up channeling my inner Partridge Family?! (LOL, check out the bus here... My color scheme was pretty close!).

Have a great one!

Stamps - Out On a Limb, Wise Owl

Ink - Stazon Black, Pure Poppy, Versamark

Paper - Dark Chocolate, Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Whisper White, Dark Chocolate Bitty Dots

Miscellaneous - Stickles, Stylized Silver Hodgepodge, Small Oval Punch, Kaiser Teal Pearls

SC232 & FTL44

I created this card for yesterday's Sketch Challenge on SCS... That sketch was a doozy! LOL, I couldn't figure out how to make the smaller squares work off of the main image, so I just made them super-sized photo corners. *wink*

Stamps - Polka Dot Basics, Beautiful Blooms
Ink - Versamark, Kiwi Kiss, Raspberry Fizz, Stazon Black
Paper - Basic Black, Raspberry Fizz, Whisper White, Heidi Grace
Miscellaneous - Raspberry Fizz Grosgrain Ribbon

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I *love* the sketches over on the Clean & Simple Stamping blog, but I haven't had a chance to play along over the past few weeks, so I thought I would attempt to catch up a little. :) I created this card using the Night Owl stamp set from My Cute Stamps. LOL, and who doesn't love red-haired owls?! :P

Have a great one!

Stamps - Night Owl, Bundled in Love

Ink - Memento Brown, Copics, Stazon Brown

Paper - Kraft, Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, New Leaf, Ocean Tides, DCWV Green Stack

Miscellaneous - Scallop Border Punch, Summer Sunrise Grosgrain Ribbon

SC230 - New Home

Happy Thursday everyone! Hope it's awesome wherever you are...

I created this card for yesterday's SCS Sketch Challenge, and boy, was it a doozy! LOL, I didn't think I was gonna be able to participate this week... I'm all for a challenge, but when I saw all the different squares and elements on the sketch, I'll admit it, I was a little skeered. LOL

Have a great one!

Stamps - Home Tweet Home
Ink - Stazon Brown, Memento Brown, Copics
Paper - Kraft, Kiwi Kiss, Aqua Mist, Whisper White, Summer Sunrise Bitty Dots
Miscellaneous - Silver Brads, Stylized Silver Hodgepodge, Twine, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

SC227 - Thanks So Much

I created this card using last week's SCS Sketch Challenge. Sorry about the poor photo, it was getting dark outside and I was in a hurry! Mental note to self, DUSK is not a great time for decent lighting... LOL

Have a great one! :)

Stamps - Poppy (Flourishes), Mega Mixed Messages (PTI)
Paper - Kraft, Aqua Mist, Lemon Tart, Whisper White, Bitty Dots
Ink - Memento Black, Copics, Stazon Black
Accessories - Aqua Mist Satin Ribbon, Scallop Border Punch

Every Princess Needs a Crown...

LOL, mine just has to improvise... :)




I made this card for last week's Sketch Challenge on SCS... You know what they say, better late than never! :)

Have a great one!

Stamps - Tea for Two

Ink - Raspberry Fizz, Versamark, Aqua Mist

Paper - Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist, Polka Dot Parade, Spring Moss

Miscellaneous - Spring Moss Swiss Dot Ribbon, UTEE

SC224 & FTD38 - Grateful for You

I created this card for Wednesday's Sketch Challenge over at SCS using this week's Color Throwdown colors (Basic Gray, Baja Breeze and Ruby Red). I tried a bunch of different combinations for the dots, but this was my favorite out of the bunch.

I used Guidelines 2 for the background lines, and then used the large and medium flower centers from Women of Life to create my dots. The heart is from the Heart Prints set and the sentiment is from the Friends 'Til the End set... LOL, 4 sets, 1 card. :)

Have a great one!

Stamps - Guidelines 2, Women of Life, Heart Prints, Friends 'Til the End
Ink - Baja Breeze, Ruby Red, Basic Gray
Paper - Whisper White, Basic Gray, Baja Breeze DSP
Miscellaneous - Red Grosgrain Ribbon

SC219 - You're a hoot

This card was created for Wednesday's Sketch Challenge on SCS. I just bought these super cute Bo Bunny papers yesterday, and couldn't wait to cut them up. LOL, not really, anyone who knows me knows I am a HOARDER when it comes to paper. I'm trying to work on it, though. :)

The little owl is from the PaperTreyInk's Wise Owl set (yes, I know, I just used it the other day... what can I say, I'm a little obsessive... LOL). I'm an 80's girl, and I wanted my owl to join in on the fun, so what better way to do that than to go back to the glorious days of blue eyeshadow? :)

Card base: Basic Black (4 1/4 x 5 1/2"), Pink Pirouette (4 x 5 1/4"), Bo Bunny Alissa Floral (3 7/8 x 5 1/8")
Triangle layer: 3 5/8" square cut diagonally
Main image: Basic Black (2 1/2 x 3"), Baja Breeze (2 3/8 x 2 7/8"), Whisper White (2 1/4 x 2 3/4")

Stamps - Wise Owl
Ink - Stazon Black
Paper - Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, Bo Bunny Alissa
Miscellaneous - Little Leaves Sizzlit, Pink Pom-Pom Ribbon, Nestabilities Labels, Baby Boy Stickles

SC217 - Celebrate

I made this card for yesterday's Sketch Challenge on SCS. You can find all the details of the challenge and a copy of the sketch here.

Supplies:
Stamps - Playful Petals, Women of Life
Ink - Memento Black, Spring Moss, Copic Cool Shadow
Paper - Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Whisper White, Basic Black, Black & White Basics
Miscellaneous - Aqua Mist Swiss Dot Ribbon, Aqua Mist Grograin Ribbon, Word Window Punch, Curly Label Punch, Large Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch

SC216 - To you from me

I created this card for last week's Sketch Challenge on SCS. You can find a copy of the sketch by clicking here.

Details:
Stamps - Sugar Nellie Blossom
Ink - Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Stazon Black, Copic Ciao Skin White, Copic Ciao Cool Grey
Paper - Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Tangerine Tango DSP, Kiwi Kiss, Kiwi Kiss DSP, Chocolate Chip
Miscellaneous - Aqua Silk Ribbon, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Red Prima Flower, Corner Rounder, Giga Scallop Punch, Mega Circle Punch