Sweet Dreams Angel

I had full intended to play along on Splitcoaststampers VSN that was going on this weekend. They're always so much fun! As it turned out, I only got the chance to do one of them and that was the luminary challenge. I love 3-D projects and knew exactly what I wanted to make.

I made a rather large luminary cause I wanted to use my oval nestabilities so my image would look like she was sitting at the bottom and wouldn't look too large for the space. I started off with two pieces of card stock measuring 6 x 8 3/4 inches. I scored each piece at 4 inches, 8 inches and that left a 3/4 inch glue tab. I glued only one glue tab at this time. I wanted to add my matted paper to each of the panels and then run them through the cuttlebug before I glued the other one.

I then cut 4 oval frames using my largest and next to largest oval nestabilities (tip: add a piece of tape to each end of the nesties to keep them in the same position for cutting). I then glued them to the outside of the oval. I then attached the vellum to the inside panels and attached the image and banner to the outside.

The image I used for this project is from Bugaboo Stamps Wee Ones set. I colored her with copic markers and prismacolor pencils. The sentiment was created using print shop.

All in all I'm pleased at how this turned out. I just wish I could have done more of the challenges.

That's all I have for now. Time to get ready for the work week. I felt a little better today but I'm kind of groggy from taking Nyquil all weekend. I'm such a light weight when it comes to medication. LOL

Y'all have a great week and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

More tea time from The Cutting Cafe

I've been chomping at the bit to get some time to play around with this cute little teapot from The Cutting Cafe. I love shaped cards and Reginas Teapot Shaped Card set is just the cutest set ever!


I had another reason to use this set. It fit kmahany's DTGD challenge on SCS. I can't give you the details on the challenge. You'll have to click on the link to find that out what it all about.


I printed the teapot image on Apricot card stock and also on DP from Me & My Big Idea. I trimmed away the bottom of the teapot and lid and paper pieced the other pieces to the teapot. I colored the edges with a Copic marker to give it some dimension. I then added a sentiment from Tea Time and blinged it up a bit with some DP, lace and crystals. All it needed was a flower and a cool border to finish it off and it was done.

Not bad! A card to showcase this set and a challenge to boot. I like it when that happens!

Well, I'm off! I'm having a yard sale tomorrow and I want to be ready for it.

Have a wonderful day and I'll chat with you later! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

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

I'm a little teapot.....

A teapot with yummy strawberries on it! This is another one of the images in the Tea Time set from The Cutting Cafe. I can't decide if this one is my favorite or the flower one I used the other day. They're both awesome!

The strawberries were colored using my Copics. The shaded areas were colored with Sahara Sand reinker and a watercolor brush.


I started this card last night when I saw the challenge on SCS to double emboss. The double embossing on this card was done with my Cuttlebug and Stylized Flowers and Allegro folders.


I inked the Stylized Flower folder with real red ink and ran it through the Cuttlebug and then ran it through once again with the Allegro folder.


The layout is from this weeks sketch challenge on Taylored Expressions.

I'm not too sure about the color combo! The cards I've been making lately have been loaded with color and this one seems a little plain compared to them.

That's all I have for now! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Bright Shiny New Lily

I was checking out some of my favorite blogs yesterday and found out there was a new Lily digi image released at Pink Cat Studio. Her name is Strawberry Lily and the minute I saw her I just had to have her.

She reminded me of my daughter Karissa.

When Karissa was three years old, she was in love with this cute little sundress she had with strawberries all over it. She called it her strawberry dress and she loved it so much, she wanted to wear it all the time. She even wanted to sleep in it.

Here is a picture of her wearing it. Wasn't she cute?!!

Eventually she outgrew the dress and we had to sneak it away while she was asleep. She missed if for a while but got over it. Ahh! Memories!!!!

On to the details of the card.

I colored Lily with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol and paired her with some Summer Sun for the SCS ways to use it challenge to use yellow. I wouldn't usually use these colors together, but I'm really happy with the results.

That cute checked paper is some more Back To Basics Paper. I'm addicted you know!

Today I've been playing around with paper roses, following one of Tim Holtz tutorials and can't wait to share that with you but I don't want to overload the posts.

I'm really enjoying my time off from work. I have one more week and I have to go back. Drats! If I could only stay home and stamp every day and still get paid. Wouldn't that be nice?!!! I'm sure I'm not the only person who thinks that about the crafts they love.

I'm outta here! Have a great weekend! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Love bug

I love digital images! They're so easy to work with and there's not a lot of storage involved with them which is always an issue when you're a hoarder like me! Last week I was looking around at Pink Cat Studio and couldn't resist purchasing this cute little ladybug image. I went right to work coloring her and she was perfect for the inspiration challenge for that day on SCS. It's nice when things work out that way don't you think? Almost like it was meant to be, or at least that's what I told my hubby! LOL

Anywho, without further ado, meet luvbug ladybug:

I printed the image on white card stock and colored her with my Copics. I used glossy accents on her wings and antennae. Once that had dried I sponged summer sun around the image. The rest is pretty easy. Just add accessories, accessories and more accessories.

Isn't she cute?

I've got a couple more PCS cards to show you but I don't want to overload the post so be sure to check back for more postings!

Have a great weekend! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Miracle Of Spring

I don't know about you, but I am so ready for Winter to be over and Spring to take it's place. We had 12 inches of snow here last week! In Texas! It broke a record that had stood for fifty years!

While it was beautiful and we had a great time playing in the snow, I am just ready for the flowers to bloom. Since it looks like Spring isn't gonna show up any time soon, I decided to stamp some Spring.

I pulled out one of my old sets from Stampin Up that I just can't bear to part with, Miracle Of Spring. I just love those cute little bunnies and flowers and the fact that they are lined images and great for coloring.

For this first card, I participated in the Featured Stamper challenge on SCS. HamiltonGal was the stamper of the week and if you check out her gallery, you'll see why! She's fabulous!

I colored the image with my Copics! The scalloped ovals and stamped panel was created using my Cricut and Storybook Cart. Add some soft DP and some embossed borders, flowers and buttons and this is the final result!

Since I already had this set out, I inked it up again and got to work on this card.

Not too sure I like the way the background turned out around the image but I decided to post it anyway. Again, I colored the image with my Copics with the exception of the background. It was colored with my Sahara Sand marker from SU. They don't blend nearly as well as Copics. I tried using my Aqua Painter to soften the lines but it was too little too late.

I go back to work tomorrow after having four days off so I need to get this posted and head off to bed. Hope you had a great weekend and you have an even better week. Happy Stamping! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Jumping back in the challenges on SCS

We have internet back in our house! Can you hear me cheering?!!! No more trips to the library and one hour limits. It also means I can get back to blurfing. Color me happy!!!!!

First thing this morning, I headed over to Split Coast Stampers to check out the Featured Stamper Challenge. That's always a good source for inspiration and boy howdy, did I need it. The featured stamper this week is none other than the amazing Bar. Have you seen her stuff? It's amazing!!!! I spent quite a while hanging out in her gallery, drooling over her designs and finally decided that I'd like to try this one.

Now the rules of this challenge are that you have to change up the design a little, so I used a different sentiment stamp, pulling out my Verve Floral Whimsy for this task. I also left the buttons off and took the ribbon-border treatment all the way across. I didn't want to mess with the layout cause that's what attracted me to it in the first place. I love the way it turned out but it still pales in comparison to Bar's card.

Stamp time is almost over for the day! Gonna shut her down when the Super Bowl starts! Since our Cowboys didn't make it, we're rooting for our neighbors, The Saints! Sorry Colts fans.

Y'all have a great day! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Little Bunny Foo Foo......

Well, not really. He's more like little bunny big feet.

I had a little time to kill today and so I mosied on over to Splitcoast Stampers to see what kind of challenge they had for us today. Today we made flower pot cards. Total cuteness! You can find the instructions here. I added a little bunny big foot to mine since I wanted it to be and Easter card. I am so pleased with the way this turned out. I'm gonna have to make some more of these. They're so fun and easy.

To make the bunny I used my Cricut and George Cart cutting (1) 1 in circle, (1) 1 1/2 in circle, (2) 1 1/2 in ovals, (2) 1 in skinny ovals, (2) 1 1/2 in skinny ovals and my word window punch cut in half for the arms, fiskars heart punch for the eyes and nose, fiskars heart corner punch for the larger feet pads and just a regular hole punch for the smaller feet pads. I drew in the mouth and accents on the eyes and around the body. Very easy and he's so cute.

For the flower I used my Giga scallop punch, Mega scallop punch, and Flower punch and brads.

I wanted to add some texture to my flower pot so I embossed it using my Frills Border Folder and Glossy Accents.

I can't believe the weather we are having this year. Saturday it was nice and sunny in the 70's and tonight they are saying we are gonna reach freezing temps.

I am longing for those pretty warm spring days. The kind where you can open up the windows and enjoy the fresh air but until then I guess I'll just have to make spring themed cards and dream of days to come.

Hope you enjoyed what I had to share with you today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Happiness is Friday and a Cupcake Card

It's Friday, it's Friday!!!! Are you as happy as I am to be saying those words? I just love Fridays. I get to stay up late and stamp cause I can sleep in tomorrow.

I am getting ready to head into my favorite place in the world (my stamp room. It's a good thing I didn't write the script for The Wizard Of Oz or the line would have been, "there's no place like my stamp room".)

Before I head into my happy place, I wanted to post the card I did for this week's sketch challenge on SCS.

I used another one of those yummy cupcake digital images from The Cutting Cafe. I colored it with my Copics and paired it with some fun bright colored DP that I've been hoarding for a while. Throw in some primas, buttons, cuttlebugging and cool borders and this is the end result. Very bright and cheery!!!

I'm off to my happy place now. Hope you get to do the same! Click your heals together and repeat after me. "There's no place like my stamp room, there's no place like my stamp room!" TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Fun and Easy cards

Oh my goodness! What an exciting evening we've had here. We had severe weather predicted for this evening but that's pretty much the norm for this area so I wasn't really concerned. I was hanging out in my stamp room, making the two cards I'm posting and just putting the finishing touches on the last one when the sirens went off sounding a tornado warning.

Don't worry! They did spot tornadic rotation, but it was quite a ways from us and fizzled out as quickly as it started. It was just kinda crazy in the first moments cause we had no idea how close it was and had to turn the television on to find out where it was and we weren't having much luck finding it on the t.v. To top it off my son was panicking (he always panics).

Things finally settled down so I headed back to my card. Just had to glue on the letters and take pics. So here they are for you to look at.

Yesterday I was looking around on SCS and came across a whole gallery dedicated to clean and simple cards and just have to give it a try. It is very hard for me to do clean and simple but I'm trying to step outside my box this year.

I embossed the oval with my nesties and stamped the bird image with brilliance graphite and colored them with Copics. I just added ribbon for color and sentiment and called it done. I think I could get used to this.

I loved making those circle flowers so much the other day that I had to make another card with them. I used this week's layout on Card Positioning Systems and this one would have come together in about ten minutes except for the time out I had to take.

I'm still playing with my So so sweet papers. I love plaid and thought it would make a great backdrop for the flower. The white card stock was embossed using my Fiskars embossing plates and my cuttlebug.

That's all I have for today. It's getting late and I need to head off to bed. Be sure to tune in tomorrow for this week's Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge. It's a fun one!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Turquoise Mosaic

Just a quick post to say hello and show you a card I made for last Monday's Technique Lover's Challenge over on SCS. The technique was to make a mosaic card. I have to say! I love the way this looks. I thought I would stick with white and turquoise and keep the layers to a minimum.

That big beautiful flower was made using my cuttlebug and Build A Flower Die and Folder. The border was made using my Frill folder.

Paper: White, Turquoise Textured, DP (CTMH). Stamps: Sentiment (Studio G). Ink: Turquoise, Versamark. Extras: Cuttlebug, Builder A Flower folder, Frills Border folder, White EP.

Have a great day and be sure to stop back tomorrow for this weeks Cuttlebug Challenge. TTFN

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens

Kittens that are naughty and get into the Christmas tree, that is! I'm sure we've all had one of them or know someone who has. We've had one or two in our lifetime. Why am I talking about naughty kittens you say? Well, it happens to be the subject of today's card.

I made this card for lasts week's Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS, but forgot to post it here. *Slaps self on forehead*. The featured stamper was ebethneu and can we just say, there's a lot of talent in her gallery. I had fun trying to decide on which card to case and finally settled on this one. I kept the layout the same but made it into a Christmas card, since that's what I'm into these days. I just love this fluffles image don't you?

I stamped the image twice with Brilliance Graphite Black and colored him with my copics. I cut out just the head and front legs on one of them and popped it up on dimentionals and he really looks like he is hanging in the tree. I added Crystal Stickles over the ornaments. The paper is Caribbean and scraps of DP I had in my drawer. Added some velvet ribbon, scalloped edge and snowflake embellishments and declared this one done. I laugh every time I look at this one.

We had a great time in the woods. It was very relaxing and nice to take a break from the norm. I still missed my mom, but not nearly as much as I would have if we had stayed home and done the traditional Thanksgiving. So glad to be back home, though.

I have a few more Christmas cards to post, but I'll spread them out over the week. I'm so glad you stopped by. Have a wonderful day! TTFN

Just hear those sleighbells ring-a-ling.........

Ting ting ting-a-ling too. It's time for another Christmas card, and this one is for the featured stamper challenge over on SCS. Today's featured stamper is kendra and I had loads of fun looking around her wonderful gallery before deciding on this card to case. I loved that it was a shaker card and the shaker was filled with snow.

Now the rules for this challenge are that you copy their card but change some elements. I chose to go with a red card and add snowflakes and dry embossing. I also added some ribbon and a few more layers. I was gonna keep the sentiment the same, but I had a little boo boo while stamping it and didn't want to have to start all over. I just added an oval with some silver embossing on the edges. Problem solved.

I also added the scalloped edge using my new Threading Water Punch that I picked up at my LSS. I had a $20 credit since I'm such a good customer, and they had them in stock. What a lucky find.

I stamped the snowflakes in Real Red and Silver Pigment ink and embossed the silver snowflakes with EP. I then ran it through my cuttlebug using my snowflake EF. The shaker was made using my circle and scallop punch. I don't know if you can see in the picture, but there is a silver snowflake inside center. For the snow I used artificial iridescent snow that I found at HL last year. The final touch was the embellished snowflake I picked up at Target.

Hope you're enjoying all the Christmas cards and lyrics and they inspire you to be creative. Have a great weekend.

TTFN

Life's little challenges...stamping challenges that is

Oh my goodness! I can't believe it's 3 in the morning and I'm sitting at my computer instead of sleeping. I really need to get back to the gym. It's been 5 days since my last workout and I have no problems sleeping after it, if anything I have problems staying awake. LOL

So glad Emily posted the color challenge already so I could stamp. Actually, I got a couple of projects done today. I got my stamp room cleaned up and that always spurs me to be creative. Here are the cards and the box I did today.

This first one was for the technique challenge on SCS. What a fun challenge. I love these little acetate boxes, don't you? I filled mine with Primas.

This one is for the color challenge on SCS. I love the richness of these colors. I had a happy accident while playing around stamping today. I was making a paper flower and wanted to add some dimension by using my marker to add some shading. I wanted to blend out the lines from my marker so I spritzed the flower and then blotted it and guess what I found out. This is a nice way to make a watercolor flower. Check out the flowers in the grid background. That's how they were made. Pretty cool, huh?

This last card is a card I started working on a while back. I think it was for a challenge on Sharon's blog, but I'm not sure. Anyway, when I cleaned off my desk, can you guess what I found lurking under my papers. Yep, this card, just waiting to be finished. I just had to add the ribbon and flowers and the sentiment and it was done. You can't see in this picture, but the silhouette flowers in the background really shimmer. They were made by stamping the image and then dotting the flowers with elmers glue and then sprinkling Pearl Ex powder over it and letting it dry then wiping it off. Here is a close up.


Isn't that pretty?

As you can see, I've had a very busy day stamping and I love it. I sure wish all my days could go that way.

Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions about the cards feel free to email me. TTFN

Box Deets- Stamps: Fun Filled. Paper: Pixie, Green Textured, Acetate. Inks: Black Stazon, Markers. Accessories: Ribbon, Primas, Brad, Stickles, Border punch.

Card #1-Stamps: Happy Harmony, Ornate Floral BG. Papers: Blush, Ruby, Cocoa, Vanilla. Inks: Ruby, Cocoa. Accessories: Scallop Punches, Brads, Cording, Piercing tool, Scoring tool, Dimentionals, Fiskars template and cutter (scallop border).

Card #2-Stamps: Tim Holtz flower. Papers: White, Eggplant, DP (CTMH). Inks: Eggplant. Accessories: Ribbon, Pearl Ex, Scallop Punch, Primas, Pearl Brads, Flower Pins, UTEE, Dazzling Diamonds, Elmers Glue, Cricut and George Cartridge.

Getting back into the challenges

I have been suffering from what some stampers might call "CRB"! Creative Road Block is it's better known name. Of course, I have self diagnosed but I have all the symptoms. I sit at my stamp desk and just stare at my stamps. I pick up a stamp, ink it and put it to paper, only to sit and stare blankly, not remembering what I should do next (slight exxageration). I know what to do next, I'm just kind of *blah* about the whole process. I find my mind wandering and then my feet want to do the same. Before I know it, I find myself planted in front of the TV screen, remote in hand, channel surfing. Doesn't that sound like someone with CRB to you?

Not to worry! It isn't fatal and there is a cure for it! There are wonderful support groups out there in the form of blogs and stampers challenges. Thank goodness! There is hope for all of us! This is my testimonial that they do actually work. Why, just this morning, I wandered over to SCS to see if I could find some kind of inspiration and intervention and there it was. The Technique Lover's Challenge! The lovely Lynn Mercurio hosted a difficult but awe inspiring challenge for us. Stained glass! After checking the list of requirements and supplies, I vowed to give it my all! I wasn't gonna let this thing beat me. I went back to my roots, the reason I started stamping in the first place, Christmas cards. I opened my stash of Christmas papers, chose my stamps and was amazed with how quickly I fell back into the old groove. It felt wonderful to be creative again.

Recipe-Stamps: Snowman? This one has no name just a number. (Inkadinkado), Sincere Salutations. Paper: Blue, White, Acetate, Various DP's. Inks: Black Stazon. Accessories: Colluzle, Cuttlebug and folders, Piercing tool, Reinkers, Crystal Effects, Square punch, Button.

So, what do you think? Am I on the road to recovery?

On a personal note: I have to go back to work after being home for the last three years. I have a job interview on Thursday. Cross your fingers I get the job!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by. TTFN

Watercolor challenges and a little more

Howdy and Happy Saturday to you! Hope your getting all inky this weekend. I know I am! I missed my stamp time and have been trying really hard to get my stamping fix. I've been busy checking out the challenges on SCS and had the chance to do a few more of them. I don't think I'll be able to get to all of them, but I'm sure gonna give it my best try.
Here are a couple of the cards I made last night and today.

Both of these cards were for Christine's (ChristineCreations) watercolor challenge. The Changito card is also for Julie's white card challenge. I think I'm getting the hang of this watercolor thing. It sure helps if you have good watercolor paper to work with. Mine is Acquarello watercolour paper by Fabriano that I picked up in the art section at Hobby Lobby. Both of these were done using re-inkers and my aqua painter.
The Robin card is for Laura's (scrapnextras) distress it challenge and Julia's (JuliaS) sew it challenge. Don't you just love that cute little Robin. He's from Stamp Happens and I've had him for some time but I think this is only the second time he's seen ink. Poor little guy!

I also got the chance to do Joan Ervin's silhoutte challenge. At first I started to reach for my Blush stamp from Penny Black, but while I was searching for it, I came across my Seaside Sketches and thought that the little girl would make a great silhouette stamp. All I had to do was stamp her image and then fill her in with my black marker. I then sponged the colors of sunset around her and framed her in to emphasize her image a little more. I am very pleased with the results.

Card #1 Stamps: Changito's Love Balloons (Stampendous), Sentiment (Studio G). Paper: Acquarello watercolor (Fabriano), Pixie Pink. Inks: Black Pigment Ink. Accessories: Ribbon, Black EP, Aqua Painter, Reinkers.

Card # 2 Stamps: Robin (Stamp Happens), Sentiment (Studio G) Paper: Kraft, Cranberry, Chocolate, Acquarello watercolor (Fabriano), DP. Inks: Black Pigment Ink, Chocolate. Accessories: Aqua Painter, Reinkers, Sewing Machine, Sponge Dauber, Dimentionals, Ribbon.

Card#3 Stamps: Seaside Sketches, Print Pattern, Happy Harmony,Flourishes(Rhonna Farrer). Papers: Tempting Turquoise, Soft Sky, White, Black. Inks: Black Stazon, White Pigment Ink, Pink, Turquoise, Saffron, Sky. Accessories: White EP, Ribbon, Brads, Sponges, Sponge Dauber.

Happy Stamping and have a great day! TTFN

Big fun for Dirty fans

It's that time of year again! Time to get down and dirty with the Dirty Girls over on SCS. Actually, it's been going on since Monday! Have I peaked your interest?

Every year, about this time, the fans of SCS Dirty Dozen get the chance to do challenges and chat with some of the best talent in the stamping world. What amazingly wonderful fun! You have to be a member to play along, but I'm telling you, it's well worth it to join.

I've been playing along all week, but couldn't post til I found my charger and can you guess what I found last night? Yeah! It was in the last place I looked wouldn't you know. So here without further ado, are the cards that I have been creating. Some I'm happy with, other's not quite so enthused about. I still feel like I'm missing my mojo, but I'll just keep trying til I find it.

This first card is for the wonderfully talented and former fearless leader of SCS, Julie HHR (Julie Ebersole). Her challenge is to , "Embrace the white space".

If there is one thing that I struggle with, it is white space. I love lots of layers and bling and feel like my card is naked without it. So, I apologize for my cards nakedness but rules is rules.

See, I told you! White cards are just not my forte. I wanted to add more ribbon along the top but fought the urge. It was quite the struggle I'm telling you. All well, my mom will love it and she will be the recipient of this one. Red is her favorite color.

This next card is for Lauraly's (Laurie Schmidlin) Vellum challenge. She is one of my all time favorite stampers and I *love* everything she does. Her creations always have so much detail and beauty.

I love working with Vellum because it adds such softness and elegance to cards. Here is the card I came up with for her challenge.

I stamped the vellum with white pigment ink using my Ornate Floral backgrounder and then heat embossed it with white ep. I then added the scalloped border, using my corner punch. I really like the way this turned out.

This next card is for the wonderfully talented jbalcer's (Jenn Balcer) inspiration challenge. I got the opportunity to meet Jenn at this years Arlington get together and I have to tell you, she it just the nicest person you would ever want to meet.

Her inspiration piece was the most amazingly beautiful wedding cake and I wish I could post a pic of it here but that would be against the rules. Here is my take on the inspiration challenge.

What a wonderful inspiration piece. Isn't that cake gorgeous and oh so different? I love it!

I stamped the Ornate Floral background on white card stock using black pigment ink and then embossed a portion of it with clear ep and crystal effects and cut it into 1 1/2 inch squares. I then stamped the image on the portion that had not been embossed and cut it out and popped it up on dimentionals. The imitation pearls are made using black fabric paint. I added crystal stickles to the flowers on the cake to make them *POP*. This is my favorite of all the cards.

I know this is a long post and I hope I'm not overloading you but I have one more card. This card is for the super talented sf9erfan's (Michelle Woerner) masculine card challenge. Masculine cards are a challenge for me too so I made it a little easier on myself by using Jen's Sketch For You To Try. I am so please with how this turned out.

I recieved the Noble Deer image from my sweet SBS2 sister, Lori and just knew this would be perfect for a masculine card. I started by coloring the image with my Prismacolor Pencils and blending them with Gamsol. I then sponged the edges with brown ink and added it to a layer of card stock that I had distressed the edges of. The color inspiration came from the designer paper. I added the chunky brads and hemp to finish it off. I left off the sentiment so I can add it later when I decide what occasion I want to use it for. Maybe . a *Just Because I Love You Deer* for DH. *grin*

That's all for now! Like I said before, I hope I didn't overload you with all of these.

My brother's family left today to head for home. It's really quiet here but I'm sure I can handle it. I love my family, but it's nice to finally have things back to normal.

Hope everything is going well with all of you!

Have a wonderfully awesome Friday and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Two in one challenge card

Hello again! I hope you are all having a stamptastic day!

It's been okay for a Monday! I got to do the challenge over on SCS. What a great challenge it is, too! Did you know you can make your own Glimmer Mist with a spritzer and a few of the right ingredients? Basically all you need is water, liquid pearl and a reinker. Well, I didn't have liquid pearls but I found out from Shelly at post # 4 that you can substitute rubbing alcohol and pearl ex powder. I used my Real Russet Pearl Ex and love the results. I spritzed it on vanilla card stock and came up with what I thought resembled a sunset. So here is the card that I made with my lovely background. I love this set from Stampin Up and am so glad I got it before it retired.

Recipe
Stamps: Happy Harmony. Paper: Blush Blossom, Vanilla, Mulberry, DP (MME). Inks:
Chocolate Chip. Accessories : Ribbon, Slot Punch, Cuttlebug & flower ef, Real Russet Pearl Ex, Sewing Machine.

This one is a challenge two fer. I used the layout from Taylor's cupcake challenge. I know, there are no cupcakes on this card, but you don't always have to use a cupcake for her challenge. For this image, I also thought it would look better if I turned the sketch on its side.

I'm gonna spend a little time catching up with what's happening with all my blogging buddies before they all disown me and then I really need to work on my sketch card, so I'm outta here. I'll be checking in later! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Happy Birthday Bree

Good morning my blogging friends! Today is my youngest daughter's birthday and I thought it would be fun to share a couple of pictures of her. The first one was taken the day she was born, fifteen years ago today. I remember looking at her and thinking how beautiful she was. She had rosy red lips and big beautiful blue eyes!

Time hasn't changed that about her. The thing it has changed is how stinkin tall she is! When I took her for her first prenatal visit, the nurse took one look at her long torso and short little legs and pronounced she would probably be short when she grew up. Boy was she ever wrong. She is now 5'10". We affectionately call her our "Amazon". She is a really great daughter and super fun to be with! We love you Bree!

In honor of her birthday I made this card. I was inspired by the wonderful Maren or mmbc as she is known on SCS. She was their featured stamper yesterday and if you check out her gallery, it's easy to see why. I chose this card of hers to CASE and here is my version. There is absolutely no stamping on this card.

Recipe
Papers: Soft Blue Textured, Chocolate, White, DP. Accessories: Marker, Circle and Scallop punches, Ribbon, Cricut & George Cartridge, Xyron, Dazzling Diamonds, Heating Tool,Dimentionals.

I cut the numbers out with my cricut and then ran them through the Xyron and glittered the front of them. I heat set the glitter using my heating tool. I then put them on dimentionals to pop them up. This was a super quick card!

Thanks for letting me go on about my baby girls birthday!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN