***Rubber for Sale***Updated with new retired SU! stamps
I am trying to make some room and money :o) for new stamps. I have a list of stamp sets that are for sale (see extended body for the list).
Prices are without shipping. I believe Priority Flat Rate Envelopes are $4.60, FR Boxes are $8.95 within the US, or I can use regular USPS. Shipping method will be discussed after you get in touch with me... I accept Pay Pal (a fee might apply) or Money Orders.
Offers are welcome too...
Today's SCS challenge is to use inchies... since I don't have any true inchies images I decided to do this...
All supplies are from SU! unless otherwise noted...
Stamps: Priceless...
Paper: Basic Black, Groovy Guava...
Ink: Basic Black, Groovy Guava...
Access: silver rhinestones...
Tools: Ticket corner punch, square punch, sponge dauber, Swiss Dots embossing plate (Cuttlebug-Provo Craft), stamp-a-ma-jig...
Is it too simple? I can't decide... I was going to add ribbon, but didn't know where... I kind of wanted to have the clean/simple look to it...
Thanks for looking!
Another cute Tilda... this time using a sketch from Friday Sketchers... a new blog with weekly challenges... Again, because of the size of the image, I had to go 51/2" x 51/2"... as much as I love square cards, that is big and hard to find the perfect envelope for...
Stamps: Tilda Gathers Straws (Magnolia), Happy Harmony and Fresh Fillers (retired SU!), and French Flair BG (SU!)...
Paper: green textured (DCWV), Pink Passion (SU!), blue & Brown (The Paper Company)...
Ink: Pitch Black Adirondack (Ranger Ink), Old Olive, and Tempting Turquoise (SU!)... Prismacolor Pencils and OMS... White Signo Pen...
Access: pink brads (EK Success), blue rhinestones (misc), blue ribbon (misc), Prima flower, Diamond Stickles (Ranger Ink)...
Tools: sewing machine (Janome), distressing tool, Key Tag punch (SU!), Simple Scallop punch-Martha Stewart, trimming scissors...
Helpful hints: Tilda's shirt is on dimensionals... stamped the flowers on the shirt after coloring and cutting it out... flowers have Diamond Stickles on... used white pen to add a tiny bit of accent to her face and shoes (doesn't really show up so I will have to use white paint next time)... used UHU glue to attach rhinestones...
Thanks for looking!
***Treasures of the Day***
Danielle's card... love the beautiful colors and coloring... and the circle frame panel...
Linda's card... love the Rubbernecker image, the coloring, the popped up flowers...
Lynda's card... love the butterfly, the colors, the pretty ribbon, the dry embossing...
Sam's altered CD... love the colors, the ribbons, the butterfly 'resting' on the ribbons...
Julie's card... love the use of acetate, the circle scallop frame, the colors...
...is #7...
I have 2 cards today that I made for 2 challenges... The first one is for the Card Positioning Systems challenge #64. I had been wanting to try their sketches and finally I did it...
All supplies are from SU! unless otherwise noted...
Stamps: Paisley Background, retired French Script, Full of Life...
Paper: Certainly Celery, Lovely Lilac, Elegant Eggplant...
Ink: Certainly Celery, Lovely Lilac, Elegant Eggplant...
Access: flowers & rhinestone brad-Pretties Kit, celery organdy ribbon...
Tools: distressing tool, paper-piercing tools, hole punch, Scallop scissors-Fiskars, Lilac Stampin' Marker...
Helpful hints: small flower was colored with a marker... greeting is a part of a saying from Full of Life set... background was rubbed with ink pad to give the 'linen' look...
This second card is for CHF Weekly Challenge... casing someone's work... I picked one of Kim's cards... and made this... I did change couple of things just because I didn't have everything she used...
All stamps are from Cornish Heritage Farms...
Stamps: The Light of Peace-Thomas Kinkade , Tome to Stamp-The Rummage Bins Collections, and Geometric Flowers Backgrounder...
Paper: Rose Red and Basic Black-SU!, transparency sheet, white...
Ink: Rose Red-SU!, Pitch Black Adirondack and Weathered Wood Tim Holtz Distressed Ink-Ranger Ink, Black StazOn...
Access: tiny prima flower, pink brad, black satin ribbon...
Tools: Simple Scallop Edge punch-Martha Stewart, stamp-a-ma-jig...
Thanks for looking!
***Treasures of the Day***
Karen's beautiful cards... love the shading, the colors, the images... great technique she used...
Amy S's Have You Heard? card... love the Chicky Night stamp, the colors, the dry embossed BG, the ribbons...
Jenn's Yum card... love the cupcake image and the DP...
Silke's My Dear Friend card... love the background stamp, the colors, the rhinestone brads...
Amy R's Dreams Come True card... love her lay-out, the pretty flowers, the Bella image...
It's Magnolia time again... I made this card a week or so ago, combining 2 challenges... one was Lauren's sketch, the other one was challenge #17 & #18 @ Tilda and Co Challenge Blog...
Because of the size of the images, I had to do a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card...
Stamps: Tilda with Love Rice and Brunte (Magnolia), Expressions-AlterIt! (Innovative Stamp Creations), and Grass Tuft (Stamps by Judith)...
Paper: green and brown (The Paper Company), designer paper (retired SU! Just Delightful Simply Scrappin' Kit)...
Ink: Pitch Black Adirondack (Ranger), Old Olive and Chocolate Chip (SU!)...
Access: pink polka dot ribbon (misc), Prima flowers, light brown raffia, brads (Jo Ann's)...
Tools: Photo Corner and circle punches (SU!), sewing machine (Janome), trimming scissors, sponge daubers, Prismacolor Pencils with OMS...
Here is a close-up picture of the
Don't forget to check out my blog candy! You have until Tuesday evening to leave a message... I have a long list of artists to check out... like Maroon, Rhianna, Chris Rice, Fergie...
Thanks for looking!
I got this pack of clear stamp set from Fiskars and noticed that the images are duplicated... so I thought someone might be able to use this half... I also included a pack of decorative pins from Heidi Grace and some paper flowers...
Do you have a favorite song? I am always listening/looking for new songs to download onto my ipod... and I find a lot on blogs... I also find that TV shows or movies have 1-2 songs here there that I really like... my last download was the song from the TV show Moonlight... When I'm Gone by Simple Plan... sorry but I have no clue how to link this song on my blog...
So leave me a message with your favorite song... and I will pick a name/number Tuesday evening... PLEASE NUMBER YOUR COMMENT SO I CAN PICK A NUMBER...
even if you don't like the candy, you can tell me your fav song so I can fill up my ipod with great music!
Enjoy your Sunday!
Happy Mother's Day everyone!
I thought this image was perfect for celebrating us! What do you think? Would a glass of Martini and a magic wand make your day special?
The sketch is from Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #15...
Stamps: Stella with an olive on top (Stamping Bella), Sweet Serendipity (Stampin' Up!), and Dotted Diamonds Backgrounder (Cornish Heritage Farms)...
Paper: Soft Sky, Purely Pomegranate, Chocolate Chip (SU!)...
Ink: Pitch Black Adirondack (Ranger), Ice Blue (Colorbox Fluid Chalk), and Blue Bayou (SU!)...
Access: silver rhinestones, light blue grosgrain ribbon...
Tools: Prismacolor pencils with OMS, Spellbinders Nestabilites rectangle dies, Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots embossing plate (Provo Craft), Simple Scallop Edge punch (Martha Stewart), paper-piercing tools, Ticket Corner punch (SU!)...
Thanks for looking!
Just wanted to share my happy mail from yesterday...
I received a goody pack from Donna @ Serenity in Stamping... I asked her if she could send me some stamped images and she included some other yummy stuff in the package... like this beautiful card and a necklace she made... I just love that cute image with those colors... you can't see it but it has a touch of shimmer on it... also love the dry embossed background...
Thank you Donna... you are awesome! I am wearing the necklace...
I also received a card from Stephanie @ Steph's Stampin' Stuff... What a great surprise!
Thank you Steph... love the brads, the scallop panel, the soft coloring...
I wanted to make a Mother's day card for my MIL and I remembered I had some stamped images of SU! Morning Soft that I received as RAK... so I used that flower...
I rubbed shimmery pearl chalk on the image... also did an extra flower and leaf so I could cut it out and pop it up on dimensionals... Can't really tell that it's shimmery but it is...
I just winged these colors... and sorry to say that I had to touch Groovy Guava again... what can I do...
All supplies are from SU! unless otherwise noted...
Stamps: Morning Soft, French Flair BG, retired French Script BG, and All Holidays...
Paper: Garden Green, Groovy Guava, Lovely Lilac...
Ink: Garden Green, Groovy Guava, Lovely Lilac, black...
Access: Shimmer Pearlescent chalk-Pebbles Inc, guava satin ribbon-misc, silver brads...
Tools: sewing machine-Jenome, Ticket Corner and Horizontal Slot punches, distressing tool, stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp 'mother', trimming scissors...
Inside I made a pocket for a photo that I am going to give to my MIL... also stamped the full greeting...
Thanks for looking!
***Treasures of the Day***
Julia's Making the Grade blackboard... love the CHF images... the white ink on the black board looks awesome...
Ali's First Day of School card... more CHF images... love that school house...
Melissa's Happy Birthday Sister card... using Papertrey Ink stamps... love the colors and the flower...
Silke's Just Married card... love the black & white look... very elegant...
Erica's Magnolia Wall Decoration... love the colors, the letters, the images...
I really wanted to do this challenge... which was to use an image, pretty paper (Autumn Leaves DP), flowers (prima flowers and Milo's bouquet), and ribbon... but I also wanted to do this sketch... Ismaki Challenge #18... I really liked it... especially the scallop edge... I just got this Martha Stewart punch so I had to try it...
I used Lili & Milo stamp that I just got from 7kidscollagefound ... I cut the images apart and put Lili inside. :o)
Stamps: Rachelle Anne Miller's Lili & Milo-For you (Stampavie) and Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink)...
Paper: white, brown-misc, DP-Autumn Leaves...
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose-SU!... and Pitch Black Adirondack-Ranger...
Access: flowers-, brads-Jo-Ann's Essentials, gold rhinestones, pink and blue organdy ribbon-misc, clear dew drops-The Robin's Nest...
Tools: Simple Scallop Edge punch-Martha Stewart, sewing machine-Janome, Cuttlebug tiny tags die-Provo Craft, Prismacolor Pencils with OMS, sponge daubers...
OK... I almost forgot to post the inside... nothing speical, but she looked sooo cute... almost like waiting for the flowers. :o)
I do feel like something missing from this card though... and I am not talking about the inside... I want to add something, but don't know what and where... what do you think?
Thanks for looking!
***Treasures of the Day***
Trudee's Sultry Daisy card... love the colors, the DP, the shape of the card...
Rebecca's Cheer Up! card... love the paper-piercing and the dots...
Kazan's Thank you teachers projects... sooo lovely... very Victorian and elegant...
Bee's Happy Pregnancy tri-fold card... love the cute images and the folds...
Carol's From the Heart card... love the flower image and the colors... and the scallop strip...
Beth's Bunny in the garden book... LOVE the 'story'... the watercoloring... the cute MFT images...
Today's challenge on SCS was to use chipboard... I got couple of packs of chipboard coasters at Michael's from the $1 bins a while ago and I remembered Erica's hanging coaster project (Stampin' Mama Designs)... so I decided to do something like that...
Stamps, paper, and inks are from SU! unless otherwise noted...
I pulled out those colors again (Wild Wasabi and Groovy Guava... the ones that I was going to stay away for a while) and I covered the coaster with Afternoon Tea designer paper, on both sides... using UHU Twist & Glue...
Then I sanded and sponged the edges...
The circle frame is cut with Nestabilites dies... I just picked a scallop circle and used a smaller circle inside...
The flower(s) is also die cut-out of a white chipboard sheet-using one of the Cuttlebug flower dies... I sponged the colors on and heat embossed the chipboard with psychedelic embossing powder... since the chipboard was kind of shiny, I didn't have to use a special ink for the embossing...the SU! ink I used was wet enough for the embossing powder...
Stamps: Live Your Dream and All Holidays...
Paper: Afternoon Tea DP, Groovy Guava, and white... misc. chipboard sheet...
Ink: Groovy Guava, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi...
Access.: Small rhinestone brads-Joann's Essentials, dew drops-The Robin's Nest, chipboard flower, Groovy Guava Double Stitched grosgrain ribbon...
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilites circle dies, Cuttlebug's flowers die-Provo Craft, sponge dauber, sanding paper, crop-o-dile, trimming scissors...
Thanks for looking!
You remember me showing you the stamps that I won from Taylor? I made this card using those and also using her sketch. I really liked the circle dots so I stamped those on the background... the punched out flowers are also stamped with that image...
Stamps: Stem Pattern & Circle Dot Pattern-Impress Rubber Stamps, So Many Sayings-retired SU!...
Paper: Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip, white...
Ink: Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip...
Access: gold brads, satin ribbons-from Michael's...
Tools: square punch-SU!, shapebilites tag die-Spellbinders, flower punch-misc., sponge daubers, sewing machine-Janome...
The small squares are punched with the SU! punch then I just cut 3 slightly bigger squares with my paper trimmer... the middle one is popped up with dimensionals...
Thanks for looking!
***Treasures of the Day***
Denise's Featured Stamper card... love the color combo, the scallop edge, the cute image...
Beth's butterfly card... love the distressed edges and DP...
Sherry's color challenge card... love the beautiful Stamp Oasis image... the coloring... the greeting...
Michele's Go Confidently card... love the tone-on-tone look... the distressing... the images...
Charmaine's Tilt Aloha card... love the colors, the images, and the 'moving' skirt...
I combined 2 challenges today... the color challenge from SCS and Julee's sketch challenge... I had a hard time with these soft colors but I think it turned out OK. I have a raging headache so I am going to be short...
All supplies are from SU! unless otherwise noted...
Stamps: Spring Solitude...
Paper: Certainly Celery, Lovely Lilac, Pretty in Pink...
Ink: Certainly Celery, Lovely Lilac, Pretty in Pink...
Access: brads (misc), green grosgrain ribbon (misc),
Tools: scallop punch, circle punches, sewing machine (Jenome), Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing plate (Provo Craft), paper-piercing tools, sponge daubers, dimensionals...
Thanks for looking!
***Treasures of the Day***
Inge's Old Love card... love the cute image, the soft colors, and the designer papers...
Carolina's Mother's Day goodies... love the colors and the scallop circle tag with the pearls...
Amanda's My Best Friend card... using Hanna stamps... love the colors, the image cut out off the panel... the background...
Lauren's Paw Down Fast card... love the shape and the colors...
Kirsten's Sophie girl can and kit... that Pink Cat Studio image is sooo cute and great card kit...
Amy's Mother's Day card... love the apricot with black... and the greeting with the small 'flower' images...
Another card using SU! Live Your Dream set and the matching paper. Are you tired of these cards yet? I think I need to do some different color combinations. :o) I keep using these papers and colors together over and over again...
I made this card using Kimmie's sketch... it turned out a tiny bit different since I just noticed that I didn't have the sketch exactly right... but it's just one panel that is smaller on my card... no big deal...
It's 4 1/ x 4 1/4... All supplies are from SU! unless otherwise noted...
Stamps: Live Your Dream and Sweet Serendipity...Thanks for looking!
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi and Afternoon Tea Designer pack...
Ink: Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip...
Access/Tools: Giga scallop square punch-Marvy, sponge daubers, Key Tag punch, Photo Corner punch, brads, dimensionals, thin satin ribbon-misc...
Thanks for looking!
So today is National Scrapbook Day! I don't scrap as much as I would like to, but I do love admiring other people creations... so today I picked scrappy treasures... hope you will enjoy these as much as I did. :o)
I did get a chance to make a 6x6 page. Just a simple one. Although it took me so much time to figure out the title... and embellishments.
Stamps: Time to Stamp and Wood Grain Backgrounder-Cornish Heritage Farms, journal parentheses-Autumn Leaves...
Paper: Chocolate Chip and Wild Wasabi-SU!, designer paper-Autumn Leaves...
Ink: Chocolate Chip and White Craft...
Access/Tools: Photo Corner punch-SU!, sewing machine, brads, brown grosgrain ribbon-misc., large clear bubble circle-JoAnn Scrap-Essentials, dimensionals...
This is the journeling pulled out from behind the photo... I stamped an extra parentheses and popped it up so it doesn't slide all the way in and also helps to take the journaling out...
I used White Craft ink because White StazOn didn't really show up so I had to re-stamp the image... I forgot to heat set it right away so I smudged the image a tiny bit... Can you tell?
Thanks for looking!
***Scrappy Treasures of the Day***
Ana's train album... love the cover, the colors, the ribbons...
Julia's Beautiful Moments to Remember page... love the colors, the flowers, the swirls...
Alli's scrap book page... love the colors, the lay-out, the flowers... the circles...
Kazan's I wish page... love the different colors and DP... and the title...
Melissa's mini house album... love the blue color... the lace and the button elements...
Beatriz's mini album... love the clean look... the heart with the buttons...
I am having one of those days when all I want to do is curl up and sleep... it's yucky outside... I am very tired... and my brain is just on another planet. I went up to my craft room... and had to come down because I was just so OUT of it... Do you have one of those days?
So I decided to post a card I received yesterday (with some stamps that I won) from Taylor...
I just love her card... the colors and the images are so pretty... and the paper... she used Cryogen White card stock from Eclectic Paperie. Looks gorgeous IRL.. so shimmery...
I really wanted to make a card using these stamps but I just can't... not right now... maybe in a while I get some inspiration and energy... until then... enjoy her card. :o)
Thanks for looking!
***Treasures of the Day***
Carol's simple design card... love the images, the white ink on the paper... the tag...
Amanda's Fun in the sun II card... using the new Hanna set... soooo cute... love the bikini, the towel, the sunglasses...
Camilla's You & Me card... love the cute RAM image.. the soft baby colors... the flowers...
Lori's Appreciated card... love the colors, the images... the size of the card...
Kittie's All Ruffled Up card... love the image, the coloring, the scalloped edge...
This week's CHF challenge was to use chalk... I pulled out my Pebbles shimmer chalk sets and my NEW backgrounder from CHF and made this card...
I have to say how pleased I am with the service Liz and the gals at CHF are providing! I placed an order on Friday and my package was here on Monday... now that is something! Thank you so much!
I wasn't sure about the colors... but I didn't have more earthy tones...
I just stamped the image with VersaMark and using cotton balls, I rubbed the different color chalk on...super easy. Then I stamped the clock and the greeting ... added brads, ribbon, did some distressing and done!
Stamps: Dots & Circles Backgrounder, Time to Stamps-The Rummage Bin Collection (all from Cornish Heritage Farms)...
Paper: white and SU! Basic Black...
Ink: VersaMark, SU! Barely Banana, and Pitch Black Adirondack...
Access/Tools: Pebbles Inc. shimmer chalk, cotton balls, distressing tool, SU! Double Rectangle punch for the ribbon slot, black satin ribbon (misc), black brads (Jo-Ann's Essentials), dimensionals...
I am off to Stamping Memories... They have a weekend sale and how can I pass that up?! I am sure I will find something that I HAVE to have. I just got some 'surprise' pocket money from my Mom. In Hungary we celebrate name days... and mine is on the 4th. I always forget about it since it's not celebrated here. :o)
Thanks for looking!
Another Tilda card. I made this for Papertake Weekly Challenge... for the elegant embossing challenge... thus the dry embossed background and the tone-on-tone colors. I thought that would make it look more 'elegant'. Plus I used Twinkling H2O's to give the card some sparkle... which you can't really tell, can you?
Anyways, I wanted her shoes kind of white... like the old fashioned first walking shoes... shine and cute... I used to have a black & white pair that I still have as decoration...
Stamps: Tilda with Love Rice (Magnolia) and Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink)...
Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Almost Amethyst, and Wild Wasabi (SU!)...
Ink: Pitch Black Adirondack... Copic Markers (BV02, V09, R00, E47, E57, 0)... Twinkling H2O (Fern & Snap Dragon-LuminArte)... SU! Lumiere...
Access/Tools: SU! Scallop and circle punches, Cuttlebug Tiny Tag and D'vine Swirls embossing plate(Provo Craft), sewing machine, paper-piercing tools, brads, grosgrain ribbon, misc. tiny flower punch, distressing tool, UHU Twist & Glue, Prima flower that I colored with SU! marker, dimensionals...
I found this old tiny flower punch so I decided to use that to punch some flowers out... pierced the middle with the piercing tool to add some dimensions... and attached onto the card instead of the love rice... also looks nice in her basket...
Thanks for looking!
OK, a little break from my new Magnolia images... but more coming... stay tuned! :o)
I made this card using Pond Life from Papertrey Ink. I mentioned it earlier that I broke down and ordered several sets... I just love these sets... so classy... although it is so different working with clear sets... you have to get used to not having your stamps CLEAN! Plus you can't just use any type of ink...
Stamps: Pond Life (Papertrey Ink)...
Paper: textured green (DCWV), Kraft and Perfect Plum (SU!)...
Ink: Moss Green, Creamy Brown, Chestnut Roan, Yellow Citrus, French Blue, and Wisteria Colorbox Fluid Chalk inks...
Access/Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilites rectangles dies, Swiss Dots-Cuttlebug embossing plate (Provo Craft), Ticket Corner punch (SU!), stamp-a-ma-jig to position the greeting... gold rhinestones, UHU Twist & Glue, olive satin ribbon, paper-piercing tools, dimensionals...
I tried to give the duck some highlights... also used masking so I can stamp the images behind and in front of the duck... ideas came from Debbie Olson and her beautiful cards...
Thanks for looking!
***Treasures of the Day***
Kelly's Guava Iris card... love the gorgeous colors, the image, the lace...
Amy's Double Feature card... love the colors, the white embossed BG, the flowers...
Sophia's CC design card... love the scene, the colors, and the tutorial...
Dee's Kitchen Sink projects... love the colors and the 3-step stamp images...
Shannan's Stella card... great colors... hilarious image... love the scallop edge...
Another Magnolia card, this time using Sitting Alvin... What a cutie pie!
This time I colored the image in with Copic Markers... and used flock to give some texture... fun stuff to use!
Stamps: Sitting Alvin (Magnolia), The Art of Life and So Many sayings (retired SU!)...
Paper: Real Red and Brocade Blue (SU!), white, Bright Tints Blue Gingham DP (Paper Pizazz)...
Ink: Pitch Black Adirondack (Ranger) and Barely Banana (SU!)...
Access/Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilites rectangle dies, Copic Markers (R00, YR23, YR16, B97, R45, R46, R57, and Y17, Cotton Ball White and Lemonade Yellow Fun Flock (Stampendous!), Quickie glue pen, paper-piercing tools, yellow thread, needle, Scallop decorative edge scissors (Fiskars), Word Window punch (SU!), misc. buttons, Zots clear adhesive dots, dimensionals...
Some pointers: again, I cut the image out and used dimensionals to pop it up... also cut an extra pacifier out for more dimension... the white background is stamped with Barely Banana using the mash image from The Art of Life... the wings and star has Fun Flock for texture... I used the paper-piercing tool to pierce the holes so I can hand thread the yellow thread with a needle...
Check out Kazan's sketchword card... the button idea came from her card...
Here is a close up picture again...
Thanks for looking!
***Treasures of the Day***
Ila's High Hopes card.. love the colors, the different layers, the coloring...
Chat's Love is card... great images and colors... also love the circle tag with the butterfly...
Frances' From this day forward card... love the blue colors and the theme... very elegant...
Amy's Spoil yourself silly card... love the hedgehog image, the color, the DP...
Kazan's sketchword card... love the soft colors, the giraffe, the buttons...
After a long-long wait (you know me... when I want something, I want it right away) my first Magnolia images are in the house! I wish I ordered a bunch more! I LOVE them! They are just soooo cute! Don't you think? I had to make a card using Tilda with Love Rice...
1. First I stamped the image (Tilda with Love Rice) with Pitch Black Adirondack ink on white paper... colored her in with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS... and cut the image out...
2. Then I stamped her apron on the DP, which is Loves Me-The Game of Love by imaginisce (from Scrappin' Soul Sisters, one of the local SBS)... cut it out, and attached it onto the main image with dimensionals... I did add a little bit of blue to it just to blend the colors in a bit since I think I should have chosen a different blue for the shoes...
3. Next I added Diamond Stickles (Rangers) to the wing, bow, and flowers and set it aside to dry...
4. Then I worked on the base card... cut the frame using Spellbinder Nestabilites rectangle dies... and the backside of the Designer Paper and light pink (The Paper Company)...
5. Added some stitching using my Jenome sewing machine...
6. Punched the holes for the ribbon with my ribbon slot punch (Making Memories)... and added the ribbon (misc)...
7. Punched the tag using Tiny Tags die (Cuttlebug-Provo Craft) and stamped the greeting from Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink)... added the ribbon and attached the tag onto the card with dimensionals...
8. I attached Tilda onto the card with dimensionals...
9. Finally I punched some flowers out of the pink and blue paper using my flower punch (Punch Bunch) and added Diamonds Stickles in the middle and after it dried, I attached the flowers with dimensionals...
Here is a close up picture of the dimensions on the card...
Thanks for looking!
Today's challenge on SCS was to make a two way open card... I really liked the fold so I wanted to give it a try and this is what I came up with...
All supplies are from SU! unless otherwise noted...
Stamps: Live Your Dream (Occasions Mini Collections 2008)...
Paper: Old Olive, Bravo Burgundy, Soft Sky, Kraft...
Ink: Old Olive, Bravo Burgundy, Ice Blue Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink...
Access/Tools: paper trimmer, trimming scissors, sewing machine, sponge daubers, scallop circle and circle punches, gold brad, dimensionals, paper-piercing tool, misc. burgundy organdy ribbon...
Here is the card open once...
..and open twice...
Thanks for looking!
***Treasures of the Day***
Jodi's Wild About You card... love the weaved background and the Changito images...
Linsey's Cheeseburger and Ketchup cards... love the shapes and the creative idea...
Kelly's baby card... love the background, the star, and the circle window opening...
Tosha's Hello Sunshine card... love the sunflower image with the misting technique... the ribbon with the brads...
Lynn's Stuck in teh blinds card... with a tutorial... love the colors, the tags, the technique... and the pictures with the tutorial...
I have 2 cards today... for 2 different sketch challenges...
The first one is for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #13. I really liked the sketch and when I saw it I new that I wanted to ink up my SU! Spring Solitude set that I got a while ago...
So this is what I came up with... using all SU! supplies unless otherwise noted... Just a note... SU! made some changes to the on-line catalog and I can't link the individual items anymore... only let's me do the page the item is on...
Stamps: Spring Solitude (hostess level 2)...
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Rose Red, Brocade Blue, Old Olive...
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Rose Red, Brocade Blue, Old Olive ink pads and Stampin' markers...
Access/Tools: circle punches, double rectangle punch, ticket corner punch, word window punch, Fiskars scallop scissors, misc. brads, misc, organdy ribbon, sponge dauber, dimensionals...
The second sketch is Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #45. That was a little bit harder. I don't really like how it turned out, but maybe it's because I am not used to such masculine cards... I like pretty colors and flowers. :o) But I LOVED Nichole's new stamp set from Papertrey Ink. I wanted couple of her other sets so I broke down and put an order in last week. Plus it looks almost too simply to me... but sometimes less is more... right?
Stamps: Father knows best-Papertey Ink...
Paper: Old Olive, Close to Cocoa, and Taken with Teal-SU!...
Ink: Moss Green, Chestnut Roan, and Prussian Blue Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink...
Access/Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities rectangle dies, Word Window punch-SU!, Ribbon Slot punch-Making Memories, Swiss Dots-Cuttlebug embossing plate- Provo Craft, brown grosgrain ribbon-retired SU!, misc. buttons, Hamp Twine, dimensionals, glue dots...
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I made a card today for the challenge on SCS... using Julee's Mojo Monday #34 sketch... All supplies are from SU! unless otherwise noted...
Stamps: Always, French Flair BG, Full of Life...
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Mellow Moss...
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Mellow Moss
Access/Tools: Giga circle & scallop circle punches (Marvy), Word Window punch, Ticket Corner punch, silver brads, paper-piercing tools, distressing tool, 1/2" circle punch, green satin ribbon (misc), dimensionals...
The greeting is from Full of Live... just inked up the first word on one of the greetings... and punched it out with the Word Window punch...
The blue circle is hand cut and smoothed out with the distressing tool-just because I don't have a punch that is between the scallop circle and circle...
After inking up French Flair, the background stamp, I wiped the ink off of the doves... I didn't want them on the card... one bird was enough. :o)
I also have a 3-D project that I made for the last Backgrounder Blitz challenge at Cornish Heritage Farms.
I read a post on Craft Critique on Virtual Memory Boxes by Paint the Moon and I wanted to make something...
I love making these origami boxes. I used a sheet of 12x12 from Autumn Leaves to make the box...
Stamps: Daisy Jar, Geometric Flower backgrounder, Scallop Lace backgrounder, Time to Stamps-The Rummage Bin Collection... all from CHF...
Paper: 12x12 Autumn Leaves, burgundy-The Paper Company, transparency, white...
Ink: Pitch Black Adirondack-Ranger, White StazOn, Brick Wall Tim Holtz Distressed ink...
Access/Tools: Copic Markers, Crystal Effects-SU!, sewing machine, Fiskars Scallop scissors, small white prima flower, pewter brad, misc. buttons, decorative pin-Heidi Grace, dimensionals, glue dots...
Tomorrow is going to be a busy day so I might not get to do much stamping... if any... and then vacation is over... that means I will have no extra stamping time.
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***Treasures of the Day***
Maria's Happy Graduation card... love the colors, the lay-out, the cat image...
Lynda's Birdhouse card... great color combo... love the image and the way she stamped the greeting...
Lauren's Especially for You set... love the soft blue colors and the images...
Dina's Tea and Me card... love the shape and the colors...
Michelle's recipe card... love the image, the ribbon, the stitching...
Today's Ways To Use It challenge on SCS was to use scissors... well that's a piece of cake for me since I LOVE cutting images out... and that's exactly what I did to make this card... cut the flowers out for more dimension. I also did some heat embossing, using clear embossing powder...
All supplies are from SU! unless otherwise noted...
1. First I stamped the background, Soft Sky with Tres Chic BG stamp using VersaMark ink, then embossed it with clear embossing powder...
2. Stamped and embossed 3 flowers-Embrace Life and cut them out...
3. Stamped the leaves on River Rock panel... mounted it on white and trimmed the edges with Fiskars scallop scissors...
4. Mounted flowers onto panel adding pretties flowers-Pretties Kit and circle rhinestone brads... then mounted panel onto card...
5. Punched slot with Slot punch on Right side and added ribbon...
6. Stamped up greeting/word from Tres Chic BG stamp with River Rock on white paper... punched it out with the small Oval punch... mounted it onto card... then added the silver hardware from Styled Silver kit...
I have another card for you today... this is for the Backgrounder Blitz at Cornish Heritage Farms... today the challenge was to make a card using masking...
Stamps: The Light of Peace-Thomas Kinkade- and Cheesecloth Backgrounders by CHF, and Sweet Serendipity-SU!...
Paper: white and Night of Navy-SU!...
Ink: Night of Navy and Bordering Blue-SU!, Fired Brick-Tim Holtz Distressed ink-Ranger...
Access/Tools: Sizzix oval frame die for cutting mask, Ticket Corner punch-SU!, silver brads, Rain Dots-Cloud9 Design, stippling brush, Collage embossing plate-Cuttlebug-Provo Craft...
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Here is another card for the Backgrounder Blitz at Cornish Heritage Farms. This time the challenge was to use 2 or more backgrounders... I only used 2... nothing else seemed to work together... I only have 4 so I had to play around a bit to get the best result...
Stamps: Scalloped Lace and Lined Paper Backgrounders, and Time to Stamp set-The Rummage Bins Collection (CHF)...
Paper: white and retired SU! Buckaroo Blue... and transparency sheet...
Ink: Fired Brick and Weathered Wood-Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Ranger) and Black StazOn...
Access/Tools: Bordering Blue Stampin' marker-SU!, distressing tool, silver brads, sewing machine, staple, and white lace...
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***Treasures of the Day***
Tara's Happy Birthday card... love the colors, the DP, the ribbons... and check out her blog candy...
Linsey's Look What Popped Up! card... very creative... love the toaster...
Kristine's Jungle Boy card... love the High Hopes stamp and the lay-out...
Amy's Beach Decor frame... nice colors and the sand dollar & shell images...
Sophia's From my Oasis to yours card... love the whole scene and her coloring...
Joann's handmade flower card... love the flowers, the colors, the background...
I had this yucky $1 frame in my craft room... so I decided to alter it, since yesterday's Cornish Heritage Farms's Backgrounder Blitz challenge was to make anything but a card...
So first I painted it with Vanilla acrylic paint then I stamped the background on it. Instead of putting something inside the frame, I decided to cover the opening up since it was really cricked... there was a piece of chipboard square where you would put the picture so I covered that with the blue paper and attached the Kinkade image on top...
Stamps: Cheesecloth Backgrounder (CHF), Thomas Kinkade-The Light of Peace (CHF), and Technique Tuesday-Words We Love...
Paper: Buckaroo Blue (retired SU!) and white...
Ink: Tim Holtz Weathered Wood Distress Ink (Ranger)...
Access/Tools: Styled Silver hardware (SU!), misc. blue ribbon, glue dots, UHU Twist & Glue, dimensionals, sponge dauber, Rain Dots-Cloud9Design, Cuttlebug's Vintage corner die (Provo Craft)...
Here is another project... a card that I made for Gina K's April Release challenge... I happen to receive some images so it worked out fine...
I kept it very simple... just put glitter on the dress... dry embossed the white background, and added some silver rhinestones to give the card some sparkle... since I didn't have much room on the card, I decided to stamp the 'greeting' on the ribbon...
Stamps: Heartfelt Hits 1 (Gina K), Words We Love-Technique Tuesday, Priceless-SU!...
Paper: Groovy Guava and white...
Ink: misc. black, Black StazOn, and Groovy Guava...
Access/Tools: Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter-SU!, Quickie Glue pen-Sakura, Spellbinders Nestabilites oval dies, Swiss Dots-Cuttlebug embossing plate (Provo Craft), silver rhinestones, misc. Guava satin ribbon, misc. flower punch, dimensionals, UHU Twist & Glue...
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Yesterday I made a card using Ila's sketch at Artfully Ila. I just love her cards... she is so talented.
I decided to use designer papers since there were 3 different panels on the sketch... and it seemed to work really good.
I wanted it simple... no stitching... and not too many different layers other than what the sketch called for... but I did some cutting... the flowers are cut out and popped up... also stamped 3 butterflies and cut those out too...
All supplies are from SU! unless otherwise noted...
Stamps: Live Your Dream (Occasions Mini Collection 2008) and All Holidays...
Paper: Afternoon Tea DP and Chocolate Chip...
Ink: Wild Wasabi and Groovy Guava...
Access/Tools: Horizontal Slot punch, paper-piercing tools, Styled Silver hardware, dimensionals, Groovy Guava Double-Stitched ribbon...
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Owls are so much in this year. Did you notice? I got this set, U R A Hoot from Cornish Heritage Farms a while ago... It's a simple lay-out but I really like it.
Stamp: U R A Hoot-Kim Hughes Collection (CHF)...
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Old Olive, Pumpkin pie (SU!)...
Ink: Pitch Black Adirondack ink (Ranger), Pumpkin Pie and Close to Cocoa Stampin' Marker (SU!)...
Access/Tools: Photo Corner punch (SU!), Cuttlebug's Flower #1 die and Perfectly Paisley embossing plate (Provo Craft), orange felt, misc. button, hamp twine, dimensionals, glue dots, sponge dauber, Caramel Latte Tan Flock (Stampendous!), Quickie Glue pen, Close to Cocoa grosgrain ribbon (retired SU!)...
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Today is the first day of Cornish Heritage Farm's Backgrounder Blitz and the first challenge is a sketch challenge from Lisa... This is what I came up with.
Since I don't have any flower stamps from CHS that would have worked, I went with paper flowers that I had on my desk... I got a can of these in the scrap book tote I got a while ago at Sam's Club. So why not use them, right? I also had a pack of purp
#7 My favorite is "Home" by Michael Buble. I do like the version by Blake Shelton too. Posted by: sandie994 | May 11, 2008 at 08:50 PM
Sandi, please e-mail me your address so I can send you out the blog candy.
Thank you all for playing along... now I just have to find the time to check out these songs...
Good night!