Best Bird Wishes

Hi folks! I've missed you guys! This working thing is really cutting into my stamp time, you know what I mean?! Just when there is so much to do too! I mean, there's new stuff at The Cutting Cafe that you definitely want to see, and then there's the Dare To Get Dirty challenges going on over on SCS as well as all the blog challenges I like to do. What's a girl to do?!!!

Combine, combine, combine. That's what I do!

For today's card I chose to do Julie Warners Just Faux You challenge and use one of the new images from Just Jot It Down that was just released at The Cutting Cafe.

I started by creating my own background with my birds and swirls embossing folder. I inked it up with Night Of Navy and ran it through the cuttlebug, I then colored the white images using reinkers and a watercolor brush. Just to give it an extra punch, I spritzed it with some Navy Glimmer Mist.

I printed off the notebook image from Jot It Down, stamped a sentiment on it and sponged the edges. Add some punched flowers and a cute bird image from Whimsical Birds and I called it done. All in all I think it turned out pretty nice.

You should check out some of the other cards in the gallery. There are some really talented ladies in the SCS world.

Also, if you get a chance. Pop on over to The Cutting Cafe and check out the awesome new sets. You won't be dissappointed!

I'm headed off to sleepy town now. Gotta get up early and be bright and shiny for my little darlings. They sure make my job worthwhile. Just seeing there smiling faces makes me smile.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

A little bird card set

I love sets, don't you?!! It can be anything and if it's in a set, I'm just automatically drawn to it. You may laugh at me, but a couple of weeks ago I was in Autozone with my husband! As soon as we walked in the door I noticed they had these oil pans filled with oil filters, big containers of oil and funnels all together in a set. I wanted so badly to buy one. My husband laughed and said he thought I was weird but it was just something about the whole package thingy that appealed to me.

What does that have to do with stamping you say? I guess that was my frame of mind today when I sat down to create.

I had made these cute little birdie cards for Jens sketch challenge from last week and this week and thought to myself, I should make a cute little box to hold them. Then I could give them away and afflict someone else with the set obsession.

First, is the card that I made for Jens challenge for last week. I had finished it, taken pictures and edited them, only to find out I had left out an element. Fiddlesticks!!! I couldn't post it like that, so I just set it aside and called it done. Then today it hit me! Just add a strip of ribbon and a word bubble over the word I had already stamped (that would now be under the ribbon) and it fit the challenge.

Second is the box that I made to put the cards in:

I already had a lot of the elements I used for this box, just sitting on my desk from other projects I had started and for some reason, didn't finish. Pretty nice when that happens.

Last and certainly not least, the whole set:

The box holds both cards and their envelopes and I'm thinking the person who ends up with it could use the box to hold cookies or candy or something like that.

The funny thing I found out when I finished this, is that my kids suffer from the same obsession as me. Both of them called dibs on it! I'm thinking I might be able to use this to my favor. Does that make me a bad mom? LOL

All set were made using Whimsical Birds from TPC and Tree Filled With Birds from Pink Cat Studio, Back To Basics DP,Chocolate and Confetti paper.

All images were colored with Copics.

The box finished size is 4 3/4 x 6 inches and has a velcro closure.

Have a great day! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Moxie Fab Challenge

While I was checking out some of my favorite blogs today, I came across another challenge to play with. This one is on the Moxie Fab World blog.

The challenge was to make something fun and cute! One of my favorite things to do. It was a little hard for me to keep it simple. You know me, I like my layers, but all in all I think this turned out pretty cute and the best thing was how simple it was.

I still had the little birds on my desk from Whimsical Birds. I just threw in the Flourished Frame and added some Back To Basics DP and a sentiment and I was done.

Here's the cool thing about this challenge. They're gonna pick two winners and they'll be featured on the Moxie Fab Blog on August 4th, 2010. If you wanna play along, click on the link and get all the deets!

Have a great day! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

A little birdie hello

While putting things away in my stamp room today, I came across this cute little Whimsical Birds set from TPC Studios, that I forgot I had. They were a Christmas gift from one of my good friends and I had put them on my side desk and forgot about them. I don't know how I could have forgotten them cause they're just so adorable. They're perfect with this Pretty Birds In A Tree digi image from Pink Cat Studio.

I thought they would be perfect for this week's sketch challenge on Iheart2stamp.

All of the images were colored with Copics. I added the bow to the birds head to add a little more whimsy to the card. I haven't added the inside yet, but it will say something like "let's get together and talk" or "I've missed you".

I hope you're not getting tired of the Back To Basics paper cause I just seems to somehow find it's way on most of my cards lately. I love the bright colors!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! TTFN

Hugs, Becky