Another cupcake card

Good morning! I'm glad to report that I was able to sleep last night and I slept really good. Thank you to all of you who sent me sleep vibes, it worked!

I have a fun card to share with you today that I made yesterday. I wanted to try Taylor's cupcake challenge again, and this time include cupcakes. I had such a fun response to the bee card yesterday, I thought I would create another one using these cute little critters, so I did! Here is the fun part though. I made a valentine card and dressed those cute little bees head to toe in reds and pinks and white. So much fun.

Isn't that adorable and don't you just love that row of cupcakes at the bottom. There's lots of sparkle on this card.

Stamps: Bee Trio(Stampendous), Love Ya(SU), Row Of Cupcakes(Stamp Happens). Paper: Hot Pink Textured, White, V-day DP (Target). Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, red Pigment Ink. Extras: Ribbon, Red & Ice Stickles, Cuttlebug & Hearts Folder, Heat & Stick Powder, Glitter. Copics. Buttons.

The kids are out of school today and I am off for MLK day and I hope to spend it hanging out in my stamp room. I think I may even scrapbook today. That'll be different since I haven't scrapped in a while.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Sketch #61

Good morning! Can you believe it's Thursday already? You know what that means. Time for another sketch. Tamara came up with another great sketch for us to try. It's perfect for those square cards (which I love) but you can adapt it to whatever size you like.

Here is what I came up with for the sketch.

My panels are 1 1/2 inches by 3. I inked up my Saldago Sprig stamp(Stamp Happens)using my markers(SU), then dotted the flowers with glue and sprinkled Violet Pearl Ex and let dry. While they were drying I inked and watercolored my butterflies (Rhonna Farrer) and ran my background panel through the cuttlebug and floral ef. All I had left to do was the sentiment, some sponging, cutting and assemble. Easy peasy!

Make sure you stop by the Sketches site and check out the fabulous cards the team came up with. They did an amazing job. We would love for you to do the sketch with us and if you do, leave a comment with a link on the Sketches site and you could be our next featured stamper.

Have a wonderful 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

Cupcakes, cupcakes and more cupcakes........

While I was out and about Thursday, after taking mom in for her scan (we won't get the results til next Thursday), I found myself close to JoAnn's and decided to go in and see if they had anything I needed (hee, hee.......needed). Woo hoo! They were having a sale! I came away with a cute "Cupcake" stamp set by Inkadinkado, a Fiskars embossing border punch and this yummy and I mean yummy Nana's Kids designer paper by DCWV. All the DCWV specialty papers were on sale for $9.99. That's $10.00 off the regular price. I just couldn't pass it up!

I've been having so much fun playing with all of them and have some fun stuff to share with you.

The first card is for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge. My fellow sketch team member Jennifer Meyer's is her featured stamper this week. Way to go Jennifer! Here is my card for the challenge. It's really bright!

Recipe-Stamps: Cupcakes (Inkadinkadoo), Row of Cupcakes(Stamp Happens) Paper: Green Galore, Apricot Appeal, Nana's Kids DP (DCWV), White (Georgia Pacific). Inks: Black Stazon, Green Galore, Apricot Appeal. Accessories: Ribbon, Brads, Piercing Tool, Sponge Dauber, Fiskars Embossng Border Punch, Markers (Stampin Up) Stickles.

While I was playing around with another piece of the Nana's Kids DP I came up with an idea for a box set that looks like a bag. I cut a strip of DP at 4 1/4 inches and then scored it at 5 1/2 inches and 6 1/2 inches. I then took a seperate piece of card stock that was 4 x 4 1/4 , scored at 2 inches and folded and attached only the back. I then made a box that is 4 1/4 x 2 x 1 and attached it to the inside bottom and back piece of the bag. Here is a picture of it with the front open with the three 4x4 cards that I made to go inside.

Here is a picture of the set with the "bag" closed.

Here is the bag all by itself!
The front of the bag just slides up inside of the ribbon on the inside of the flap. I will have a template for you on Tuesday but I am gonna be super busy for the Memorial weekend! The supplies for the cards and bag are the same as the card for the challenge with a few added accessories (word window punch, tag punch) and Barely Banana card stock.

Hope you all have a wonderful and safe Memorial weekend! Thanks for stopping by me little corner of the world! TTFN

Sketch #44 and a few other cards and things

I'm a bad blogger! I can't believe it's been a week since I posted. There is just so much going on here. I feel like I'm moving in circles sometimes. I've been busy with a card order and a MDay project and then there is all that end of year, let's pack as much as we can, rush to the end of schoolyear stuff. Whew! I'm tired! How bout you?
I'm still trying to collect addresses so that I can send out graduation announcements. That's a big chore. We've had so many friends and family members move and or change their phone numbers. I've resorted to posting bulletins! LOL
I am going to post the pictures of some of my recent projects without the deets. I will edit this later and add them, but if you have any questions before that, feel free to email me.

Here is the collage that I put together for my mom. My sister and her husband made the frame and sent it to me to fill with pictures. She absolutely loved it!

Sorry it's so fuzzy! I tried and tried to get a good picture. In the corner are the words "A Mother's Love". Can you believe that's only about half of her children and grandchildren?

Here are some cards that I've been working on. I got a gift certificate to HL for my birthday and picked up some of those cute "Changito" stamps from Stampendous, and the very pretty "Modesty" stamp from Penny Black. I also picked up "Row Of Cupcakes" from Stamp Happens. Yeah me! I am having so much fun playing with all of them. I also picked up a block of Fabriano watercolor paper. Can you say fabulous? Any who! Here are the cards.

Modesty stamp.

Row of Cupcakes.

Changito B-day.

Changito Thank U

You know that this is Thursday and you know what that means. Sketches by Tamara. This is my card for sketch #44. Pop and over and check out the fantastic job the team has done. As always, we would love for you to play along and would love to see what you've done, so post a comment on Tamara's blog with a link to your card.

This is a 3x3 card and went together in less than tem minutes. The cutting took the longest! I hope you enjoy everything! Sorry this is such a long post, but that's what happens when I haven't posted for a while.

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN