Quilt Thank You

Greetings!  Remember me??  Forgive me, for I have sinned....it has been over a month since my last blog post!  Sorry for the drought - things have been busy around here and card making and blog posting time have been limited.

Shortly before Christmas we adopted a new kitty and that kept us busy for a few weeks.  My sister-in-law made a fabulous quilt for the cats for Christmas, and you can see from the photo below that it has been well-received by our new little ball of fluff, Caicos!

Of course, a thank you card was in order for this exceptional gift, so I decided to mimic the quilt on the card.  I used several patterned papers, including BoBunny Zoology.  The Thank You sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the sleeping kitty image is from Stampendous.

This is a perfect example of why I love card making so much - being able to customize them for the person and occasion!

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Outlines - Thanksgiving/Autumn

We have a new challenge over at Outlines and this week's challenge is to make a Thanksgiving or Autumn-themed card.  For my sample card, I used Split Layering Collage - Autumn (I-793), which I cut up so I could use these three images, and colored using Copic markers.  My sentiment is Tiny Thanks so Much (AA-857), which was heat embossed.  The patterned papers are from BoBunny's Forever Fall collection.
Please be sure to look up the details for playing along with this week's challenge over at the Outlines blog and also check out the great cards the rest of the team has made:

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Kecia Waters - Stamping Deets
Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Sue Kment - Sue's Stamping Stuff

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RI DCC Challenge - Fall or Halloween

We have a new Designer's Choice Challenge over at The House That Stamps Built starting today! Our new challenge is to make a Fall or Halloween card! For my sample, I used the adorable Jacko'lantern Cat image (806-G), which I colored using Copic markers.  I added yellow Spica marker to the pumpkin's face for a little sparkle.

For the background panels, I used Falling Leaves (3306-I) and stamped it many times, then colored the leaves using Copic markers. The sentiment is Spooktacular (2309-G).  The striped paper is from BoBunny's Forever Fall collection and the colors fit with this week's color challenge over at The Paper Players (PP67).  The bat and pumpkin brads are from Making Memories.  All of the panels were sponged using Distress Inks (Antique Linen and Vintage Photo).

Please be sure to check out The House That Stamps Built to get the details for playing along the challenge and to see the fun Fall/Halloween cards the rest of the team has made!

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RI Sketch Challenge - Happy Pumpkin Day!

We have a new sketch challenge going on over at The House That Stamps Built and we would love for you to play along for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate at Repeat Impressions!  For my card, I used this great Prize Pumpkin image (514-I), which I colored using Copic markers, and paired it with the Happy Pumpkin Day sentiment (2313-G).  The patterned papers are from BoBunny's Forever Fall collection.  I am so very much ready for Fall, how about you?

Be sure to make your way over to The House That Stamps Built to check out the sketch and the details for playing along.  While you're there, check out the great cards the rest of the team has made using the sketch!

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Outlines - Feeling Like Fall

Good Monday morning!  Hope you had a nice weekend! We are starting a new challenge over at the Outlines blog this week and the theme is Feeling Like Fall.  I used the pumpkin section from Split Layering Collage - Autumn (I-793 which is currently 20% off!) and colored it using Sweet Melon Smooch and Spica glitter pens - it has a nice sparkle in real life!  I created the border on my mat layer by adding strips of ScorPal tape along each edge and then adding Ultra Fine Citrus Crush Flower Soft.  For the sentiment I used Tiny Have a Great Day (AA-863), which I stamped using Memories Autumn Rainbow ink.

The patterned papers are from BoBunny's Forever Fall collection and are the same as those for this week's Crazy 4 Challenges C4C104 color challenge (orange, yellow, olive green and brown).  My layout comes from the current sketch challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. 

Please be sure to look up the details for playing along with this week's challenge over at the Outlines blog and also check out the great cards the rest of the team has made:

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Kecia Waters - Stamping Deets
Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Sue Kment - Sue's Stamping Stuff

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Happy Birthday Party Animal!

Today is my niece's 18th birthday!   I made this card for her because she loves all things zebra. The color scheme matches her new school colors at the University of South Carolina where today is her first day of classes. 

The stamps are from Papertrey Ink, as is the zebra impression plate I used to emboss the largest background panel.  The patterned paper is from BoBunny's Zoology collection.  The layout is based on this month's Sketch for You to Try.  Have a Happy Birthday, Leigh Ann!

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RI Sketch Challenge - Happy Birthday

Hi there!  It's time for another sketch challenge over at The House That Stamps Built!  I turned the sketch sideways for my card and used several of my favorite underwater images from Repeat Impressions - Under the Sea (2423-L), Seahorse (4102-D) and Sea Turtle (sm) (4105-E).  The underwater scene was colored using Copic markers and highlighted with a clear Spica glitter pen.  The patterned papers are from BoBunny's Barefoot & Bliss collection.

Please be sure to stop over at The House That Stamps Built to see the sketch and to get the rules for the challenge - you could win a $25 certificate to Repeat Impressions for playing along!  And while you're there, be sure to check out the great cards that the rest of the team created using the sketch!

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RI SOTW - Celebrate Spring!

This week's Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions is Celebrate Spring (3908-I) - such a cheerful image!  I colored directly on the stamp with markers and then stamped the image.  I added some Flower Soft to the flowers and used a Viva Decor Peach Pearl Paint Pen to create the dots around the border of the focal image.

The patterned paper for my background is from Making Memories' Flower Patch collection and the green polka dot paper is from Bo Bunny's Double Dot collection.  Pretty simple, but happy, card to celebrate Spring now that it's FINALLY here! 

Please hop on over to The House That Stamps Built to check out the rest of the design team's Celebrate Spring cards!


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Need a Hand?

Hello!  TGIF!  It's been a long week and I'm certainly glad it's Friday!  I have not had much stamping time in the last couple of weeks, so I'm looking forward to playing in my stamp room this weekend.

This is a quick card I made using a sketch from the current issue of Take Ten magazine.   The stamps are from Gina K. Designs' Just Keep Swimming set and some scraps of BoBunny Kitchen Spice papers.  I embossed my card base with a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder to mimic bubbles, added some teardrop shaped Dew Drops and added googly eyes to my little octopus.  He is popped up on the airbrushed panel with foam tape.  Very simple, but it makes me giggle!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Birthday Wreath

Happy Monday! Hope you had a nice weekend!

This is a card I made last week for two challenges - Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Sketch Challenge (FTTC58) and Color Throwdown's color challenge (CTD84) to use Taken with Teal, Black, Soft Sky and Tangerine Tango.

The wreath, bow and sentiment stamps are all from Flourishes (Seasonal Wreaths and Tag Lines).  The patterned papers are from BoBunny's Kitchen Spice collection.  The wreath was colored with Copic markers (YR00, YR02, YR04, BG0000, BG01 and BG05) and sponged with Versamagic Sea Breeze ink. 

The bow was stamped using Taken with Teal ink, cut out and adhered to the wreath with an American Crafts jeweled brad.  The flowers were white flowers  from Petaloo that I colored with the same Copic Markers.  The corners looked a little bare, so I added some paper piercing.

That's about it! 

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Belli Challenge #87 - Clips and a Sketch!

Hello! Welcome to another Belli Challenge! This week's challenge is two-fold.  The first part of the challenge is to use clips - paper clips, binder clips, swirly clips, whatever you have in your stash! The second part of the challenge is to use our first-ever Belli Challenge sketch:

I turned the sketch vertical and used a flower shaped clip.  My card base is Papertrey Ink Terra Cotta Tile and my patterned papers are Bo Bunny's Kitchen Spice - Allspice and Clove papers.  My focal image and sentiment are from Papertrey Ink's Blooming Button Bits and Birthday Basics sets. The center flower is popped up on some foam tape.

The flower shaped clip is from Spare Parts and my rhinestone-centered paper flower is from Petaloo.  It was originally white and I colored it with a Copic marker to match my patterned papers. 

I layered two different ribbons behind my focal image - the polka dot is from American Crafts and the chocolate brown is from Martha Stewart. 

For the inside, I used strips of my patterned paper and a sentiment from the Birthday Basics set. 

Please be sure to check out what the rest of the Belli Girls have done for the challenge.  If you would like to play along with us, please link your entry to today's Belli Challenge post and use keyword CBC87 if you upload to SCS or PCP,

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Please help if you can!

One of my blogging friends, Pat Adam, aka the Rubber Maid (love that!), works very hard for a wonderful cause called Cards 4 Kids:

This organization provides cards for all holidays to the children in the pediatric unit at the Children's Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. Last year Pat's goal was to collect 1,000 Valentine's Day cards for the kids to share with each other. As a perfect example of how fantastic the stamping community is, when the final tally was made, Pat had collected 5,682 cards from stampers all over the world. Simply amazing.

And this year, she's at it again, so if you're a stamper and can make a few quick cards for the kids, please head over to Pat's blog to check out the details. She needs to have the cards by February 8th.

My Krafty Kat stamping group used our most recent kit of papers and embellishments to make some cards for the kids and here are the ones I made. They are all 3.5" square, except the last one, which I had to make 3.75" square to accommodate the journaling card.

I just received my Papertrey Ink Tiny Treats: Valentine set last week and used it for a couple of these cards - too cute!

The heart and the flower on this card are from a set of dimensional stickers from Creative Imaginations.

For this one, I just used a 1" punch for the square and stamped the border using PTI's Vintage Labels set.
The patterned papers and journaling blocks are from Cosmo Cricket's Hey Sugar collection and BoBunny's Back to Basics line (polka dots).

The cupcake was stamped on an Inchie and distressed using PTI's tea dye duo inks. Stickles were added to the heart.
These are quick, fun little cards to make, so if you have your Valentine's supplies out, how about whipping up a few extra cards for the kids? Please help Pat out with this wonderful project!

Thanks for looking!

FS154 Valentine Nurse

This week's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast Stampers was my fellow Belli Challenge girl, Anne Harmon. I've never played along in the FS challenge before, but since Anne has been so good to me, I wanted to give it a shot and honor her. I selected this card from her gallery and used the same stamp and the same overall layout, but I changed the background paper from stripes to polka dots, changed the color scheme and changed the ribbon color. I also changed it from a get well card to a Valentine's Day card.

One of the things I like best about Anne is her wonderful, slightly wicked, sense of humor, as evidenced by this Valentine's Day card she posted this week. So, in keeping with her slightly naughty Valentine's Day sentiment, I added one of my own for this card. I've always thought this little nurse had a mischievous look in her eye!

The polka dot paper is from BoBunny, the journaling card is from Cosmo Cricket's Hey Sugar collection and the nurse stamp is from Crafty Secrets Feeling Yucky set. I paper pieced all of the nurse's outfit except her socks. That was a bit tedious, but it helps to qualify this card for this week's Ways to Use it Challenge, which is Cut It Out!

Hope you're enjoying your weekend! Thanks for looking!

Thanks so much!

Greetings from Hotlanta, where it's a whopping 16 degrees and we have lots of ice. We only got about a half inch of snow, but the ice is the problem. There was a 29 car pileup near the airport this morning. We are hunkered down at home and not planning to get out in it today.

Here's a quick shot looking up our driveway. I know it's not much compared to the rest of the country, but it's pretty unusual for us. There are several patches of black ice on it, so no driving out for us.

Anyway, about the card! This is another one I made using the Caardvarks sketch from last week. It is also another qualifier for the Crazy 4 Challenges Polka Dot challenge and also for Sharon's Stamp Simply SSNOTIME120 challenge to use something new.

The image is from PTI's Everyday Button Bits set (I can't get enough of that set!!), and the sentiment is from their Mega Mixed Messages set. The patterned paper is from Cosmo Cricket Hey Sugar and BoBunny's Back to Basics collection. I used my new Martha Stewart Floral Vine border punch on a scrap of vellum and added a few rhinestones to the centers of its flowers and to the wood flourish.

That's about it! Thanks for looking, have a great weekend and stay warm!

Happy Bird-day!

Happy Monday! Here's a quick birthday card I made recently using a couple of Memory Box stamps. The image was colored using Koh-I-Noor colored pencils and then blended with Gamsol. The patterned paper is Bo Bunny Harvest Table. The card stock and ribbon are from Stampin' UP! The tag for the sentiment was made using a Fancy Tags die from Spellbinders.

That's about it! Hope you had a nice weekend. Enjoy this short week and please stop back by on Wednesday for another Belli Challenge!