March 9, 1010

Today's card is another Easter card. I was looking through my stamps trying to see if I had any other stamp that I could use to make some Easter cards. I really don't have many Easter images, but I did find this Easter basket image. I usually have a hard time using smaller stamps, but I decided to give this image a try.

First I stamped the basket image on my white card stock. Then I stamped the image again on my Creamy Caramel card stock and then I cut out the basket part and adhered it to first stamped image. Next, I colored in the eggs and then I started working on assembling my card.

I found my dp in my box of scraps (I had some left over from the other day) and I layered it onto my Pretty in Pink cardstock and I did some faux stitching along the bottom of it. My Certainly Celery dp layer was also from my box of scraps and I punched it using my scallop border punch.

So don't throw away those scraps, they are great for making cards; especially CAS cards! Thanks so much for looking!

Stamps: Festive Four
Card Stock: White, Certainly Celery, Certainly Celery DP, Pretty in Pink, Creamy Caramel, Plaid DP is from DCWV Paper Pack
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, White Gel Pen, Scallop Border Punch, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Square Punches
Technique: Faux Stitching, Paper Piecing

March 8, 2010

Happy Monday! And to start off my week I made two cards for today's CAS (clean & simple) challenge. Today's challenge was to layer two different shapes on our cards.

The shapes I used on my Easter card are circles and squares. My card has more layers on it than I usually use, but I think it's still clean and simple, my card was really quick to make and hardly any coloring.

The pink square on my background is actually four smaller pink squares. My bunny image is layered onto a pink circle and a white scalloped circle. I used my scallop border punch along the bottom of my patterned and pink card stock.

The bunny image is from a $1 stamp that I picked up at Michael’s yesterday. I thought he was so cute and I just had to buy him. This is the first time I've ever purchased and of the $1 stamps and the first time I'm using one. I'll have to be sure and check the dollar bin next time I go shopping!

Stamps: Bunny- $1 stamp from Michael’s, Sentiment- Studio G series 45
Card Stock: White, Pretty in Pink, DCWV pattern paper
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, SU Marker- for the bunny image

And this is the second card that I made this card for today's CAS challenge. The shapes I used on this card are ovals and a rectangle.

I just stamped my flower image using my stamp-a-ma-jig and then I colored it a bit using my SU Markers. I added some white dots along the edges of my black scalloped layer.

It might be hard to see in my picture, but along the bottom of my card I added a few rows of paper piercing and a few score lines. Although I didn't add a sentiment on this card, I thougth it would be a really nice Mother's Day card.

Stamps: Both Way Blossoms
Card Stock: White, Black, Certainly Celery
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, Coluzzle, Corner Rounder Punch- for scalloped oval, Paper Piercing Tool, SU Mat Pack, Scor-pal, White Gel Pen, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Technique: Paper Piercing

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

March 7, 2010

Here's my submission for Monday's Mojo challenge. This is my very first time playing along with the Monday Mojo sketches. Here is the link if you would like more information and I also have sketch posted in the photo below.

I've wanted to make this card all week long and I finally put aside some time this evening to stamp. First I stamped my daisy using Summer Sun and then the outline is stamped using More Mustard. The center was stamped using Really Rust and then using the rock n roll technique I rolled the image onto my Chocolate Chip ink pad. There's also a small swirl stamp that I stamped just around the flower center using Really Rust ink.

I decided to make my own decorative paper using the smaller daisy stamp (from the same set) and I added a few accents using my white gel pen. My Summer Sun and Old Olive pieces of cardstock were punched using my scallop border punch.

To finish up my card I stamped, colored, and cut out the bee image, added my ribbon and sentiment, and once I was finished I decided to add some dazzling diamonds glitter.

I figured it's not too early to start thinking about Mother's Day cards so I stamped this one with my Happy Mother's Day sentiment.

Thanks for looking and I hope you all had a great weekend!

Stamps: DD Daisy, All Year Cheer II
Card Stock: White, Black, More Mustard, Old Olive, Summer Sun
Ink: Black, More Mustard, Summer Sun, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip
Supplies: Ribbon, DD Glitter, 2 Way Glue Pen, Scissors- for cutting out Daisy & leaves, Scallop Edge Punch, White Gel Pen, Stamp-a-ma-jig, SU Marker- for the bee image, Glue Dots, Circle Scissors Plus
Technique: 2 Step Stampin, Rock n Roll

March 4, 2010

I made this card for the ways to use it challenge on Splitcoast. Today's challenge was to find ways to use games or things that we play on our cards.

I have an older Stampin Up stamp set called Games Galore and as soon as I read today's challenge I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

Do you remember playing this dots game? I used to love playing this game when I was younger. I remember playing this game during World Cultures class in high school, oh I hated that class! LOL I was good at dots, but not that class.

For my background I just added a few score lines using my scor-pal. On my Pumpkin Pie layer I embossed it using my Swiss Dots embossing folder. I used my border punches along the white and SU decorative paper layers.

For my main image I stamped the dots and then I drew in my hand the word HELLO. I added the flower and brad in the upper left hand corner and a few butterflies above my sentiment. My son was playing while I was making my card and he said I needed some butterflies; he even punched them out for me.

Make it a great day and thanks for visiting!

Stamps: Games Galore
Card Stock: White, Pumpkin Pie, SU Decorative Paper
Ink: Pumpkin Pie
Supplies: Ribbon, Flower, Brad, MS 3 in 1 Butterfly Punch, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU Scalloped Border Punch, Fiskars Threading Water Border Punch, Black Pen, Scor-Pal, Glue Pen
Technique: Dry Embossing

March 3, 2010

Happy Wednesday! I decided to make a card for today's Splitcoast stampers sketch challenge. Sketch challenges used to be my favorite challenges and I sort of got away from them, so I've been trying to make it a point to participate in them lately.

I stamped my image and colored it using my SU markers. I added a brad to the center of the wheel on the wheel barrel and some paper piercing in the upper left hand corner. My stamped image is adhered using dimensionals.

I decided to dig in my stash for some springy pattern paper. My plaid dp is from the DCWV Sweet glitter pack and my Certainly Celery DP is from SU. My ribbon is from Offray.

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Stamps: Spring Gifts
Card Stock: White, Bashful Blue, Plaid DP is from DCWV Sweet Glitter Pack, Certainly Celery DP is from SU
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, Scallop Punch, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Dimensionals, Brad, Hole Punch- for brad
Technique: Paper Piercing

March 2, 1010

Hi everyone! My post today has to be a quick one. I need to spend today catching up on my housework and laundry. Oh....a mother's job is never done, right?

I've been making some more sympathy cards lately because I find myself rarely making them and then I don't have one when I need it, plus my mother in law and my husband's grandmother are always in need of them.

This was a super quick, easy card I made last night. Actually I made several of these and if you notice I purposely didn't add any ribbon or other embellishments. I figured if I was giving these to my in-laws for them to use, I'd better keep them more like a note card so that they wouldn't have to worry about how much postage they would need.

This is a 2 step stampin up stamp set so all I did was stamp once using one color and then stamp again over top of my first image. I wanted to use a larger sympathy sentiment to sort of fill up some of the white space.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Stamps: Blossoms Abound, Thoughts & Prayers
Card Stock: White
Ink: Black, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Old Olive, Certainly Celery
Supplies: Stamp-a-ma-jig
Technique: 2 Step Stampin

March 1, 2010

This is my card for today's clean & simple challenge in which we were to create a square card. I rarely make square cards I guess because of not having an envelope the correct size, but I could make my own envelope or just mail it using a regular size envelope- I guess it really doesn't matter. I like the way this turned out and I'll have to make square cards more often.

I stamped the upper portion of my card using the leafy branch stamp. I stamped twice using two different coloring inks- More Mustard and So Saffron. To finish off my background I stamped a few flowers and them cut then out.

I used a border punch along the bottom of my background and I decided to make this a sympathy card. I do not have very many sympathy cards and I thought I'd better start replenishing my stash.

Thanks for looking! Have a great Monday!

Stamps: Best Blossoms, Thoughts & Prayers
Card Stock: White, More Mustard
Ink: More Mustard, So Saffron, Bashful Blue
Supplies: Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Fleur De Lis Border Punch, Scissors- for cutting out flowers
Technique: 2 Step Stampin

February 27, 2010

We've had so much snow lately that I've been thinking of this image for the last few days. I knew I wanted to use it to make a card for Wednesday's sketch challenge, but then I read the challenge for Winter Olympics VSN and I came up with this card.

The VSN challenge was to create a card using all white including our embellishments, but we were allowed to color our images.

I stamped my image and then colored it using my SU watercolor crayons and blender pen. I tried to keep my image mainly white with just a little bit of coloring.

My background is embossed using my Snowflakes and Swiss Dots embossing folders. I also used my snowflake border punch along the bottom of my white layer just below my stamped image.

Stamps: Snow Angels
Card Stock: White
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Snowflakes Embossing Folder
Technique: 2 Step Stampin, Dry Embossing

February 26, 2010

Winter is not over yet! My husband, my daughter, and I have all been busy shoveling snow today. We received a total of 26"of the fluffy white stuff.

This is the most snow that we've had in about 10 years. The piles at the end of my drive way are taller than my husband and I are. We are so sore from shoveling all of this snow and having to throw it so high onto the piles.


If you look closely in my first picture you can see my neighbor is shoveling his roof. My second picture is of my neighbor's mailbox; yep it's in there somewhere...LOL

And the best news is that our local weather forecasters are calling for another storm on Tuesday. I think I've seen enough snow this year!

February 25, 2010

Well, we are getting snowed in today and I thought today would be a good day to spend some time and upload some cards into my Splitcoast card gallery. You can find my Splitcoast card gallery here if anyone would like to see it. I only started blogging about 8 months ago so there are lots of cards in my gallery that I haven't posted here on my blog.

The three cards that I'm uploading today were made for the closing ceremonies for the spring CAS DT. We were to create sketch cards based on three cards that Jen (Miss Boo) chose from her gallery.

My first card was made based on this card from Jen's gallery.

I used my Because of You stamp set and as I was looking at this stamp set I noticed the small background stamp and I thought it would be great for making my own pattern paper.

I just stamped that image randomly onto my card stock and then I colored in the flowers and dots using my SU markers.

Then I stamped my flower image and again colored it using my SU markers. The last thing I did was to add my ribbon and stamp my sentiment, easy peasy.

Stamps: Because of You, Curvy Verses
Card Stock: White
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, Stamp-a-ma-jig

My second sketch card was based on this card from Jen's gallery.

This is another really easy card. I just colored my stamp using my SU markers and then I stamped my image onto my card stock.

For the flower border along the top part of my card I used the small tri-flower stamp and I only inked up the flower on the end of the stamp and I stamped it along the scalloped edge and I added a few dots in-between them.

In the bottom right corner I just stamped two butterflies. I was going to stamp and then cut them out, but I wanted my card to be quick and cutting out these butterflies was pretty intricate.

Stamps: Live Your Dream, It's Your Birthday
Card Stock: White, Regal Rose, Rose Red
Ink: Black Stazon, Regal Rose, Rose Red
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, Scallop Border Punch

My last sketch card was based on this card from Jen's gallery. This card is called a topper card and this is the first topper card that I've ever made. The main part of my card measures 4" x 4" and I adjusted the topper part so that my finished card measures 4" x 5 1/2".

This was another easy card. I just stamped the boots, stems, and then the Easter Eggs. Next, I cut out my stamped image into a circle shape and then assembled my card.

Once my card was finished I decided to stamp and cut out a few Easter Eggs; I placed them just to the left side of my image.

Stamps: Flower Filled
Card Stock: White, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Pale Plum
Supplies: Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Crimper, Cuttlebug, D'Vine Swirls Embossing Folder, Scissors, Coluzzle, Scissors- for cutting out the Easter Eggs
Technique: 2 Step Stampin

I'd like to take a minute to say congratulations to the new Spring CAS DT! I'm looking forward to seeing what you ladies have in store for us. I'm a CAS addict you know....!

Thanks for stopping by!

February 24, 2010

This is what my back yard looked like when I woke up this morning. My husband said this was a blog worthy picture and he told me to grab my camera.

And I was listening to my local weather forecast on the news and it looks like we are in for a big storm tomorrow into Friday. School is cancelled already.

At first they were predicting around 6" of snow and now the Weather Channel says we could receive up to 2 feet!

The past few weeks I have been working on making a wedding thank you card for a friend of mine. She finally picked out a card that she likes and the card pictured here on the right is the one that she wants.

I used my Thought's & Prayers stamp set to stamp the flower image. I know it's hard to see in my photo, but I stamped the image once in Black ink and again in Barely Banana ink.

The upper portion of my background is embossed using my Swiss Dots embossing folder and the lower portion is embossed using my Floral Fantasy embossing folder.

Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers, Great Greetings
Card Stock: White, Black, So Saffron
Ink: Black Stazon, So Saffron
Supplies: Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Floral Fantasy Embossing Folder, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Coluzzle, Corner Rounder Punch,
Technique: Dry Embossing, Shadow Stamping

Before she decided on this card I made a similar one with just a tad bit different layout. My remade card is posted below.

This card is almost the same as my card above, but there are a few differences.

I used a more narrow ribbon on this card. I moved the black strip up a bit and I made it a bit wider. I also punched the edge of the black strip using my SU scallop border punch. My yellow card stock is also a different color; this card has So Saffron card stock.

Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers, Great Greetings
Card Stock: White, Black, Barely Banana
Ink: Black Stazon, Barely Banana
Supplies: Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Floral Fantasy Embossing Folder, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Coluzzle, Corner Rounder Punch, Scallop Border Punch
Technique: Dry Embossing, Shadow Stamping

I'd like to say a special thank you to my splitcoast friends who helped me design this second card.

Thanks for taking the time to visit it looks like I'll be busy shoveling snow for the next two days...UGH!

February 23, 2010

Here is my card for yesterday's technique lover's challenge. For this challenge we were to use our punches and die cuts to see what kind of scene/card that we could create.

Well, I have to admit I really spent some time with this card and trying to come up with the punches and how to use them. Everything on my card is made using punches except the Easter eggs.

I'll list the punches and what I used them for below:

2" Scalloped Marvy Circle Punch: bunny's body (2 of these)

Scalloped Oval: bunny ears, bunny feet (cut in half)

Large Oval: inside bunny ears

3/4" Circle punch: for the pink on the bunny's feet (cut in half)

1/2" Circle punch: bunny's nose

1/4" Circle punch: pink on bunny's nose, pink on feet, and eyes

Martha Stewart Picket Fence border punch: for white fence

Martha Stewart Cupcake Punch: for Easter basket (bottom part of the punch)

SU Scallop Circle Punch: used for sponging to make the clouds on my background

Before I started punching the bunny I ran some white card stock through my cuttlebug using the D'vine Swirls embossing folder. The grass was just a strip of card stock that I cut using my scissors and then I ran it through my crimper.

The Easter Eggs were stamped and then cut out. I used the small Easter Egg stamp from SU's Flower Filled stamp set. I sponged my background by using a punched scallop circle and sponging using Bashful Blue ink.

The bunny did have two front teeth and I used my 1/4" square punch for them, but I decided to take them off- it just looked like too much, but I wanted to mention that the bunny can have teeth as well.

Stamps: Flower Filled
Card Stock: White, Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Black
Ink: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Pale Plum, Bashful Blue
Supplies: Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Crimper, Cuttlebug, D'Vine Swirls Embossing Folder, Scissors, 2 way Glue Pen, Sponges, Punches- listed above
Technique: Dry Embossing, Punch Art, Sponging