Sending Get Well Wishes

Today's card features a sentiment from My Favorite Things Get Well Wishes stamp set and the tissue box stamp from Paper Smooches Healthy Vibes set. The box of tissues is mounted with foam tape for some added dimension and has a slit in the top so I could add faux tissues.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're have a wonderful Wednesday.

One Day at a Time

I just love this sentiment from Verve Stamps. I paired it up with the Polka Dot Greetings border stamp and matching die from My Favorite Things (MFT) and papers from Pink Paislee's Prairie Hill collection.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a terrific Tuesday.

Birthday Wishes

Another Paper Smooches card to share today. This one features one of the leaf stamps from the Reflections set and a sentiment from the Birthday Sampler set. The sentiment stamp says Belated Birthday Wishes but I masked off Belated when I inked the stamp. The flowers are from an EK Success punch and the oval is a Spellbinders die.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a great day.

You're Special

Today's card features Paper Smooches stamps. The sentiment is from the Sentiment Sampler set and the donut stamp is from the Sugar Rush set.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you're having a great week.

Time to get back to blogging

Hello all.

I can't believe I only posted twice in 2014. I continued to create but sadly I didn't take the time to photograph and blog about my cards. We'll see if I'm able to do better in 2015.

Today I have a card that uses the Life's Direction set from My Favorite Things and papers from My Mind's Eye.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hopefully I will "see" you again soon.

Spooky Greetings

I found this adorable stamp set on our way home from Ohio back in August and pulled out my Copics and some papers from October Afternoon's Witch Hazel 8x8 pad to put together a card. The stamp set is Bootiful Halloween by Darcie's.

Happy Halloween Week!

Friends with Flair: Spotted Owl Soup

Today I have another Unity card to share for Friends with Flair on the Unity blog. This card uses the Spotted Owl Soup set. I stamped the kraft card base with the cake stamp using versamark ink. Then I cut a large scallop border and added it to an October Afternoon Journaling card from the Detours line. The cake image was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa on PTI Rustic Cream cardstock and colored with Copics. I stamped the cake portion a second time and popped the center of the cake pieces and glued down the ends to give it some nice dimension. Unfortunately I didn't get a good photo to share of the effect. For the finishing details I added some glitter to the cake, twine and a star button. To make the star button I cut a couple of stars using my Sizzix Stars #2 die, layered them together for extra strength then used my crop-o-dile to create the holes.

Thanks so much for stopping. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend planned. We're off to the cabin despite the forecast for rain all weekend. Happy Stamping!

Graduation

I had a request from a friend for a graduation card so I put together a couple of cards for her to pick from. For this card I used a sentiment from AMuse Studio and the cap from Papertrey Ink. I like the simplicity of this one. I'll be back tomorrow with more grad cards to share.

Thanks so much for stopping. Happy Stamping!

Happy Birthday

Today I have another card to share with you using the Quiet Essence set from Unity. I also used the music background stamp from Unity and paired them with a sentiment from an old Stampin' Up set.

I am entering this card in the Craft-A-Lot May 2012 Challenge. The challenge requires using Unity stamps and bling. I hope pearls count as bling.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a marvelous Monday. Happy Stamping!

Sweet Summer Memories

Today's card features stamps from The Craft's Meow set "Life is a Carnival". The papers are from Emma's Shoppe collection by Crate Paper.

Thanks so much for stopping. Happy Friday and happy stamping!

CSS Fly Away

Today I have my version of a clean and simple card to share. I love how the white clouds pop against the light teals and the splash of orange. I also think it helps highlight the plane and clouds by using the kraft card base.

This card features the Fly Away mini stamp set from Papertrey Ink, cloud dies also from Papertrey and the Textile Rectangle die from My Favorite Things. I also added the dot background stamp from AMuse Studio on the stitched panel with versamark ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy Stamping!

Quiet Essence

Today I have two cards to share with you that use the Quiet Essence set from Unity Stamp Company. The first card is a clean and simple style using a pink card base from AMuse Studio cardstock and some patterned paper from My Mind's Eye. The flower was stamped on white cardstock with Versamark, heat embossed with white embossing powder and colored with Copics. The sentiment is from an older retired set from Stampin' Up.

The second card has the same flower and My Mind's Eye patterned papers but I used kraft for the card base and added some burlap, machine stitching, DMC floss and a button. Also, the sentiment is from a limited edition set by Clear and Simple Stamps and was stamped on a flag and tucked under the button.

I'm really happy with how both versions turned out. It's fun to try different styles using similar products.

Thanks so much for stopping. I hope you're having a wonderful Wednesday. Happy Stamping!

Birdie Birthday

I have another masculine birthday card for you today. I just love the bird stamp set from Martha Stewart. I added a little coloring with Prismacolors after stamping the image with brown ink on kraft cardstock.

 The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I hope you're having a wonderful week. Thanks for stopping. Happy Stamping!

Birthday Card

How about a birthday card for a chef. I've always loved this Cornish Heritage Farms set by Kim Hughes so I inked it up. I even added some cake slices to the inside of the card.

Thanks for stopping. Happy Wednesday!

Happy Tuesday!

I had a request for a couple of baby cards so I sat down this morning and put together these two little girly baby cards. I love this elephant stamp. I stamped it in pink and then outlined it with a Martha Stewart glue pen and covered it in glitter.

I might have to put together some more of these to have on hand. I hope you're having a wonderful week! Thanks for stopping and Happy Stamping.

Q: Can you make a globe card?

A: Um . . . sure.


I had a request last week for a birthday card with a globe on it. I printed out a globe image that I found online and used my stylus to transfer the outline of the land mass to green cardstock then cut it out. I used my craft knife to cut out the Great Lakes because the birthday gal is located on the southwestern tip of Lake Superior. Before mounting the land mass on a circle of blue that was cut out using the largest Nestabilities circle I sponged the edges of the circle with ink to try and add some dimension. The little flag was attached to a pin and inserted in the globe to show the location of the birthday gal.

I was a little worried about trying to create a globe card but I really like how it turned out. Plus it's fun to challenge yourself and try new things.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a wonderful week. Happy Stamping!

Chickadee Birthday

Today's card is just a simple birthday one using a chickadee image that was sent to me in a RAK. I colored the image using the gamsol/prismacolor pencil technique. The card base is Kraft and the mats are True Thyme.

Not Enough

So I finally sat down to work on updating my address list and get started on addressing our cards only to discover that I hadn't made nearly enough cards for the number of people on the list. Gee, when did our Christmas card list get so long. . .

Anyway, I needed more cards so I pulled out one of the Studio G $1 sets and stamped the stocking several times with Palette Hybrid Black on white cardstock and then colored them in with my copics. I added distress stickles to the stockings too. Here are a couple of the cards I put together rather quickly.

This one uses papers from the K&Company Christmas Cheer pack. I also used the SU scallop border punch. The card bases are wonderful textured natural (cream) colored cardstock I purchased from InStyle Stamps.

For this card I used a variety of BasicGrey papers. Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're able to take some time to relax and enjoy yourself during this busy season.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Studio G, Memory Box
  
• Ink - Palette Hybrid Black
• Paper - Natural textured, BasicGrey, K&Company, White
  
• Misc - Copics, Scallop border punch, Stickles, Pop dots

Clear and Simple Stamps Challenge

The challenge was issued on Paper Craft Planet to create a holiday card using Clear and Simple Stamps so I got to work. Here's the information if you would like to join us!

I pulled out my Jet-Setter Darling set and stamped her in Archival ink on white. I drew the cuffs on the sleeves, cuffs on the bottom of the dress and the leg with my copic multiliner and then colored the image with copics. Next I drew a santa hat on a scrap then cut it out and attached it to cover the sunglasses in her hair. Her bag and gift were paper pieced with K&Company Christmas Cheer paper. I also added some ribbon to the gift she's holding. Crystal Effects and Diamond Dust were added to all of the trim on her hat and dress for some added sparkle. The Merry Christmas was also stamped with Archival ink and then attached to a fragment with Crystal Effects. The card base is made from Kraft card stock and is 4 1/4 inches square.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Clear and Simple Stamps Jet-Setter Darling, Memory Box (greeting)
  
• Ink - Archival
  
• Paper - SU Kraft, Riding Hood Red, White, K&Company Christmas Cheer
  
• Misc -Copic Multiliner, Fragments, Glossy Accents, Diamond Dust, Ribbon

Scor-Pal Christmas Magazine

The Scor-Pal Christmas Magazine is now available for viewing at Scor-Pal. You may even notice that am listed as a guest instructor. I am happy to report that I was asked to contribute back in July after posting some cards featuring handmade patterned paper using my scor-pal. Diana asked if I would make a holiday card for the tutorial so here it is.
If you're interested in seeing the other posts. Here is a link to my original post; the second post and the third post. All of these posts show samples of patterned paper made using this technique.

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I spent it in bed with a terrible cold so I was very thankful that we weren't entertaining this year. It was so nice to have the long weekend to lay around and get better. Unfortunately that means no Christmas decorating was accomplished yet but there's still time. I have a lot of my Christmas cards done already which is a really nice feeling! Thanks so much for stopping.