Live, Laugh, Love

It's time for another Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions.  This week's stamp is this Live, Laugh, Love sentiment panel (#3108).  Be sure to head over to the Repeat Impressions blog for details on how to get this stamp at half price and to see the fabulous cards the rest of the design team has created with it!

I heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder and mounted it on a mat of copper Stardreams Stationery that was cut using a Large Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities die.  The patterned paper is from SEI's Moravia collection.  That luscious ribbon is May Arts' Faux Linen from Ellen Hutson.  I added a few rhinestone crystals from Memory Box and some score lines to finish it off. 

ETA: Forgot to mention that my card is based on the Stamp Simply sketch from last week!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!

Crafty Birthday (CTD92, SC280)

This week one of my Krafty Kat friends is having a birthday, so I pulled out my Papertrey Ink Studio Style set and my new October Afternoon Thrift Shop papers and whipped up this little gem.  The color scheme is from last week's Color Throwdown #92.  The challenge colors were Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Old Olive and Kraft.  I had originally intended to use a Kraft card base, then completely forgot it was one of the colors and used Old Olive.  Hopefully the lid on the button jar will count!   It was colored with a gold Spica glitter pen.

I used last week's sketch from Splitcoast Stampers for my layout.   I made the ruffled flower using two of the smallest sizes of my Big Scalloped Circles Nestabilities dies and a yellow rhinestone brad.  I inked the edges of each layer of the flower with So Saffron ink.

I stamped the button jar and ribbon spool images and cut them out, then colored them each with Copic markers.  I added a layer of Glossy Accents to the button jar to make it look like glass.

When I adhered the main image panel to the card, I realized that I had placed it higher up than I had intended, which left more of the yellow panel exposed than I wanted, so that's how the little button treatment in the bottom right corner was born!

I used two of the sentiments from the set on the inside, along with a few scraps leftover from the front.


For the envelope, I used the leftover negative spaces from the layers behind the main image on the front of the card and added some self-adhesive rhinestones to each of the corners.   With all the scraps I used, I probably should have signed the card to the Crafty Girl from the Thrifty Girl!

Happy Birthday, Sue!  Hope it's a good one!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a Sunshiney Day!

My niece is going on a mission trip to El Salvador this summer and needed to raise some money to help fund her trip, so I whipped up this little card to send to her, with a check enclosed.  I love these little Pure Innocence stamps from My Favorite Things - they are really easy to paper piece, which is what I did for her outfit, using the same papers I used for the two strips behind the main image. 

I used last week's Sketch For You To Try for my layout and the color combination from last week's Color Throwdown #91, which were Rose Red, Tempting Turquoise and Kiwi Kiss.  These BasicGrey Lemonade papers were perfect for those colors.

I used two different border punches for the mat layers under the strips, matching the punch design to go with its corresponding patterned paper, and added three rhinestone flowers in the bottom corner. The background was airbrushed using a Copic marker.  Pretty simple, but fun!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Who Loves You?

This silly card was made using four little owl stamps, from the Paper Source, Impression Obsession, Inkadinkado and Sassafras Lass (Oliver and Friends).  I used the Inchie Inklings Inchie Card Sketch #3 for my layout and stamped each owl on an Inchie square, colored them with Copic markers and then matted them with two different shades of green card stock. 

The patterned paper and matching ribbon are from Adornit's Fern Collection - Owls All Around.  The sentiment is from Cornish Heritage Farm's U R A Hoot set.  Pretty simple, fun little card!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Mother's Day!

OK, I'm a day late and a dollar short...but here is the Mother's Day card I made for my mother.  My day got away from me yesterday and I didn't get a chance to post it.

For as long as I can remember, my mother has been into some sort of sewing- crewel embroidery, needlepoint, smocking and even home decor items like drapes, table covers and pillows, so this Cosmo Cricket Material Girl paper and JustRite Stampers Stitched with Love stamp set were a perfect choice for her card. 

I added a few 'notions' to complete the sewing theme - buttons tied with embroidery floss on the heart, a mini safety pin to attach the tag to the bow and a mini clothespin to attach the ribbon flag.  The heart is paper pieced using some of the Material Girl papers, which I also used for my mat layers.  I airbrushed the background of my main panel and added a little faux stitching, in keeping with the sewing theme.

There is another stamp of the week 50% off special over at the Repeat Impressions blog today - the adorable Clover Bunny stamp is this week's featured stamp.  Be sure to head over there and see what some of my fellow design team members have made using it. 

Finally, for some reason, one of my posts last week was not delivered to any of my AOL subscribers.  So, if you didn't receive an email last Wednesday, please check out the card I posted by clicking here! It was for Repeat Impressions first ever sketch challenge, which is open until May 18th, so please check it out and play along!
Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great week!  Mine is getting off to a great start - remember this fun excursion?  Well, we are all getting together again today for another fun-filled adventure!

 

RI Sketch Challenge M510

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for the first Repeat Impressions' WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge (As in… What if I showed you this? What would you create?) and this week it's a sketch challenge.  I decided to make a masculine card....ha! This is probably one of the most feminine cards I've ever made.... 

I used the 912-K, Tulip Bouquet stamp.  The image was colored with Copic markers and the background was airbrushed while it was still in the die.  I added yellow rhinestones for the flower centers (click on the photo to see it larger).  The patterned papers are from BasicGrey's Porcelain 6x6 paper pad.  For the ribbon treatment, I tied my bow using some luscious pink silk ribbon, then I tied my three buttons around it using embroidery floss.  The final touch was to add the pink pearls in each of the four corners of the largest square panel.  My finished card measures 5" x 6 1/2".

Please be sure to check out the details of the challenge, along with the rest of the design team's challenge cards by heading over to the Repeat Impressions blog.  We hope you will play along with us and make a card using this sketch.  You'll need to link your card to today's post over on The House that Stamps Built, and if you post it to an online gallery, use keyword M510.   The challenge with this sketch is open until 5:00 PM ET May 18th and the winner will receive a $25 gift certificate at Repeat Impressions! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of your week.

 

Stamp of the Week - Wild Violets and an award!

Happy Monday to you!  Hope you had a good weekend!   It's time for another Stamp of the Week over at the Repeat Impressions blog!  This week we are featuring the 1706-I, Wild Violets stamp.  In order to get the 50% discount on the Stamp of the Week, you have to visit the blog to get the discount code and a link to the stamp.

I stamped the violets on a Twinchie square and colored them with Copic markers and then I added a yellow crystal to the center of each violet.  The blue background was sponged on to look like sky and then I matted the Twinchie on several layers of patterned paper and card stock.  I stamped my sentiment, from the Quartet Complements Series, on the bottom panel, but stamped each word separately because they are on top of each other  on the stamp and wouldn't have fit there otherwise.  The patterned papers are all from BasicGrey's Wisteria collection and I used this week's Sketch for You to Try for my layout.

Please be sure to check out what the rest of the Repeat Impressions team has done with the Stamp of the Week:

Dana Joy
Makiko Jones
Harriet Skelly
Joy Hadden
Lynette Neus
Julie Smith
Darsie Bruno

My good blogging friend, Lynette, bestowed this Sunshine award to me for “spreading sunshine” - how nice! Lynette and I 'met' after I left a comment on her blog, so this award is perfect!  It shows how important comments are to us bloggers!  So, in appreciation for all the nice comments they have left me, I am passing this award on to:

Anne Harada
Anne Harmon
Chris Dickinson
Holly Brown
Janine Orchard
Joan Ervin
Joanne Travis
Marcy Antle
Maria Matter
Penny Allen
Sandy Hulsart
Silke Ledlow

Thanks, ladies for all your sweet comments, they really do mean a lot!

Here are the rules for the Sunshine Award:

1. Put the Sunshine Award on your blog and/or within your post.
2. Pass the award to 10-12 other bloggers.
3. Link the nominees within your post.
4. Let them know they received this award by leaving a comment on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received the award.

Enjoy your week - we are experiencing a deluge today....Thanks for stopping by!

Hey There! I've been published!!!

Happy Friday!  This year's Stamper's Sampler Catch Up Issue is now available and it contains this card made by little ol' me!  This is my first published card!  If you have the issue, it's on page 21. 

And to make it even better, on page 31 there are three cards made by my fellow Krafty Kats Miriam, Barb and Gloria!!  Congrats, ladies!!

My card was based on a sketch from the Summer 2009 issue of Take Ten magazine.  The stamps are from Papertrey Ink's Everyday Button Bits set and the patterned papers are from KI Memories.

Hope you've had a good week and that you have a great weekend! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #90 - Creative Cuts & More

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another Belli Challenge!  This week the challenge is to make a Birthday themed card using some forgotten treasure from your stash.  We are sponsored by Creative Cuts & More, who provided us with a couple of their Birthday Kits to use for our samples. 

My samples were made using several elements from the Birthday Girl Kit.  My first card was made using the yellow purse die cut, covered with some of the patterned paper from the kit.  The two die cuts (heart and flower) and the brad on the flap are all from the kit.  The sentiment is a rub-on, also from the kit.

For the inside, I added some of the sticker strips that are included and stamped my sentiment using stamps from Repeat Impressions.

For my second card, I started with a clear acrylic gate fold crescent card and cut two pieces of patterned paper and adhered them on each flap of the acrylic card, then trimmed around the curved edges in the center.  The lilac belly band came in the kit as did the cupcake patterned paper I adhered to the top of it.

For the inside portion, I started with ivory card stock, layered with a smaller sheet of white card stock and added strips from more of the patterned paper in the kit.  At the top, I added a die cut flower and brad before I adhered it to the acrylic card base.  I cut a slightly smaller piece of white card stock that I adhered to the back of the card base to cover the brad prongs and adhesive. I also lined the inside sections of the flaps with white card stock to cover my adhesive.  The stamps are from Lockhart Stamp Company.

Terry, the owner of Creative Cuts and More wants to give away one of the Boy Birthday Kits as a prize to a lucky winner, so be sure to play along with us this week!  Leave a link to your Birthday themed project using Mr. Linky on today's Belli Challenge post.  If you post your project in an online gallery, use CBC90 for your keyword. 

Please head over to the Belli Challenge blog and see what the other Belli girls have done with the kit!

Thanks for stopping by!   Enjoy the rest of your week!

Stamp of the Week - Rebecca

Happy Monday!  Sorry my posting has been sporadic lately.  We were on vacation two weeks ago and when we returned, I had to turn around and go out of town for work last week.  Luckily I finally had some time this weekend to work on some cards!

Two weeks ago Wendy at Repeat Impressions announced her new design team members and I'm happy to report that I am staying on her design team for another term!  I arrived home from vacation to a stamp-filled package from her, including this cute little girl, Rebecca.  The color scheme for my card is based on this week's Color Throwdown challenge and I used the Mojo Monday sketch from last week for my design.  Rebecca's outfit was paper pieced using BasicGrey's Wisteria collection and her skin and hair were colored with Copic markers.

Wendy has recently started blogging and her blog is called The House that Stamps Built.  Each week she will be featuring one of Repeat Impressions' stamps as the Stamp of the Week and it will be available for 50% off for that week.  Head over to her blog to find out the details for purchasing this week's stamp and to see what the rest of the design team has done with the image!  Here are links to the blogs of the design team members with samples using this week's stamp:

Ayana Posadas
Dana Joy
Darsie Bruno
Harriet Skelly
Joy Hadden
Julie Smith
Lynette Neus
Michele Greenwood

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Cherry Pie in the Window!

Happy Tuesday!  I have a good friend whose daughter's dream is to be a pastry chef.  She's only 17, but she has her heart set on going to the Culinary Institute of America or Johnson and Wales and will be crushed if she can't.  I admire her for having such a passionate dream at such a young age.  I'll be 50 this year and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up!

At any rate, I had a chef coat that I only wore once or twice and thought she would get more use out of it than I will, so I wrapped it up and sent it to her along with this little card.  The patterned paper is called Little Nibbles from Webster's Pages' Sweet as Cherry Pie collection.  It's matted with Papertrey Ink's Scarlet Jewel paper, on a Kraft card base that measures 3.75" square.

The Pie in the Window stamp is from Lockhart Stamp Company and seemed fitting for the occasion!  I colored the image with Copic markers and added some Sweet Pea Flower Soft to the window box.

Since my gift was intended to encourage her pursuit of her dream, I thought this quote was apropos for the inside.  It's from Gina K. Designs' Botanical Dreams set.

Hope your week is going well!  Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #89 - Die Cut Shapes

Happy Wednesday to you! It's time for another Belli Challenge and this week the challenge is to use die cut shapes. We also have a sponsor this week - Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps and they provided us with several fun digital images to use.  I selected the April Daisy and paired with a sentiment from the Flower Sentiments set (you can click on the photo for a larger version). 

For my die cut shapes, I used several Spellbinders shapes - Labels Six for the sentiment, Labels Four for the flower image and a Scalloped Oval for my mat layer.  I also used my new Rickrack Border Die from Papertrey Ink to punch the edges on the vertical mats under the patterned paper strip. 

For the inside, I used the leftover strips from my rickrack border to mat another strip of the patterned paper. All the papers are from BasicGrey's Green at Heart collection.

Please be sure to check out what the rest of the Belli Girls have done with die cut shapes and Sweet 'N Sassy images.  If you would like to play along with us, just upload your card to today's post on the Creative Belli Challenge blog or use keyword CBC89 if uploading to a public gallery.

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of the week!

Happy Birthday Wine Tag

Happy Thursday!  A good friend of ours, and fellow wine lover, had a birthday this past weekend, and since he already has EVERYthing he needs, we usually give him a bottle of wine.  Instead of making a regulation birthday card for him this year, I made this wine bottle tag using my new Grape Scene stamp from Stampendous.  I colored the scene with Copic markers, and paired it with my favorite Graphic 45 Botanicabella paper (this one is called Eden's Symphony).   The card stock is Papertrey Ink's Terracotta Tile.

For the back side of the tag, I used three different stamps.  The top sentiment is from Impression Obsession, and the other two stamps are from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics set.  I cut a leftover strip of the check side of the Eden Symphony paper using a Martha Stewart border punch and then layered a strip of the reverse side of it on top.  The narrow strip at the top is the leftover piece from using the border punch - waste not, want not!

Hope you're having a good week!  Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Easter!

Just a quick post to wish you all a Happy Easter!  I made this card for the JUGS27 sketch challenge and it also qualifies for this week's OCC challenge, which is to use buttons.  These days almost all of my cards qualify for that challenge! 

The cute little chick in the egg is from Penny Black and the sentiment is from Flourishes.  The patterned paper is from Three Bugs in a Rug.  Hope you're enjoying your weekend and having a Happy Easter! 

Thanks for stopping by!

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!