A Belated Birthday

I needed a belated Birthday card for friends of ours. Dick and Jeanne are married and have birthdays just a couple of days apart (and that was a week ago). Bruce reminded me to send cards but I didn't get around to it in time so here I am making up for it.

I remembered these darling images from Karen's Doodles "The Peek a Boo" kids and had this idea for a belated birthday card. It's not original, but I can't remember where I saw it and it was animal behinds anyway and I think these kids are way cuter.

So I put them together with Photoshop Elements 2 and added the sentiment. Then I colored them up and mounted them on several different colors of card stock to go with the DP (DCWV Glitter Sweet).

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Happy Birthday Randy

I made this card for my brother-in-law Randy.

These are some of his favorite activities.

I found these images at a new site I found out about from Heart Prints.

The Digi Stamp Boutique has oodles of neat images. She even gives out freebies to try first before you buy. If you like digis check it out.

I combined images from two different sets to make this card (thank you Photoshop Elements).

I colored with Copics and the DP is DCWV Prints.

This was a fun card to make and I think I'll put these images to good use.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

A Chick Chat Birthday

I picked this set up on Ebay from Skipping Stones Design.

They were doing a fund raiser for the victims in Haiti. Since it was a good cause and an adorable set I bid on it and won it. This set has, however, been buried on my desk for more than a month and it finally rose to the top and said use me now!

This is the result. I stamped the images and colored with Copics. Then I went hunting for an appropriate DP. The card base is PaperTrey and the striped paper is DCWV Adhesive Mat Stack Prints. This stack is loaded with very colorful prints, just love it. I stamped the sentiment onto a little scrap of the orange card stock from yesterdays card post. I mounted the chicks onto a scrap of blue textured card stock and slapped the whole thing together.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

An Experimental Card

When I was looking through my latest issue of Papercraft magazine there was a discussion about using different patter papers when making a card. It got me to thinking about all the scraps I had on my table from different cards I had made that day. So this experimental came to be.

I also was looking at a Clean and Simple card on a blog I look at frequently My Stamping Addiction, Lynette has a style that is simply elegant. Her cars are beautiful, but without a lot of fuss to them. One of her cards was for a Splitcoast Stampers challenge and the only stamping was to be the sentiment. So I took these two inspirations and combined them in this card. I only had one patterned paper but several different colors of plain card stock. Each of the colors were in the pattern so I assembled them and then searched through everything in my stash to finally come up with this ribbon to finish off the edge of the orange card stock. Unfortunately I didn't realize I neede to to that until I had taped down all my papers, what fun.

Well it is done and I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by.

A Gatefold Anniversary

Remember those leftover hearts I talked about in a previous post? Well this was another one. I had a scrap of this red DP and decided it would be fun to mount it on the diagonal and then put it on a gatefold card.

I started with a black card base then used a DP from, well I really don't know where. I think it's from an old Gina K Stamp TV kit. I made the card base (so easy with the score-pal) and then cut the DP slightly smaller. I put tape on only half of the focal image and mounted it to the left side of the card. I added some white text weight paper to the inside of the card and I was finished. Very easy card to make all in all.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

The Flower Bug

Doesn't this image bring back memories??? Of course you would have to be a child of the 60's.These old VW buses were so popular back then. They often were decorated up to reflect peace, love and harmony. My sister Mary had an old brown Chevy Nova that had flower appliques on it and it was so cute (well that is before the flowers started to peel off).

I found this stamp at Scrap Tales in Brighton. It's a Helz Cuppleditch design from Stampavie. I had seen this image on line several places and when I saw it at the store it just jumped into my hand and cried take me home (at least that is what I told my husband so please don't tell him any different)

I colored with Copics and mounted it on several different mats alternating rounded corners with square for a little dimension. The DP is DCWV (natch) and the mats are PaperTrey and The Paper Company.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Bugaboo Flowers

I just love this darling image from Bugaboo Digital stamps. It is one of the easiest images to color (with Copics of course) and since it had the sentiment already incorporated hey presto I'm done.

The DP is from a DCWV Glitter Sweet matstack. (ya just gotta love DCWV don't ya?)

This was such an easy card to put together. I think it qualifies for 10 minutes or less.

Since it was so easy this is a short post.

Have a happy day and thanks for stopping by.

A Golfer's Birthday

I'm trying to come up with some masculine birthday cards. These are always difficult for me (and for many crafters). Guy cards always seem to lean towards sports and that's okay, but I'm sure there are guys who don't do sports and then what do you do???

Anyway, I went with the golf theme on this one. The stamp is an old one that doesn't have the manufacturer's name on it even, just the year 1999. I wasn't stamping back then so I must have picked up at Michael's or JoAnne's.

The DP is DCWV La Creme matstack.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

A Sophisticated Tween

I was over at my friend Sandy's blog and was inspired by her post to join Mo's Digital Challenge 26. The challenge is to use black, white, kraft and any other color you want. Of course you also use a Mo's image.

I chose this sweet image "Between" for my card. I wanted to go with a sophisticated card base to highlight the sweetness of this image. I used a black card base and made a gatefold card. I added the white mat and then a DP from DCWV LaCreme matstack.

The image I colored with Copics and then matted with kraft.

Do you think she's daydreaming about one day being old enough to wear that little black dress and go clubbing with girlfriends, or is she just think about boys?? You be the judge.

Hope you like the card and thanks for stopping by.

Love in Black and White

Well there is a pop of red. I truly love black and white cards (it really simplifies color coordination). I've been busy the last few days coloring and making cards. I didn't take time to post anything because I just wasn't sure what I would post.

While I was coloring and trying to come up with card ideas I found some hearts left over from a Valentines card and got the idea to make this card. It was a great idea, I made the base, cut out a black mat, cut and embossed the white layers and then placed the hearts. Oops, the hearts were navy. You know how you get dressed and after you get to work you realize you have on one black sock and one blue, yeah that's the way I felt. I quickly pulled out my heart punch and made some more hearts and used my new Fresh Snow Pallette hybrid ink cube from PaperTrey on the left side hearts. On the right side I just used the heart on the black hearts, but on the white one I used a Stamps by Judith stubbie in red ink for just that little pop of color.

I'll be posting more cards over the next day or so, but my creative genius seems to be on spring break. I just can't get into the swing of creating. I blame it on the weather, cold, rainy and gloomy yuck.

Well I hope you like this card and thanks for stopping by.

A PaperTrey Bear

This darling teddy bear is from the PaperTrey's Baby Button Bits set. This set has so many cute images that I have trouble deciding which to use next.

Well anyway, I was going through some "stuff" on my craft desk and came across this card base. As soon as I saw it I new what I wanted to make. I had stamped off this image for another project twice, so I colored him up and cut him out with a square scalloped Nestabilities. He looked a little forlorn all by his self so I cut out a couple of mats in coordinating paper and mounted them onto the card. I didn't want to cover up this sweet DP. I can't remember who the maker is and I really want to find some more, it's so stinking cute.

Well I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by

Happy April Fools Day

Hi, nothing new to post today. I spent yesterday scrubbing down my breezeway. I am soooo sore today. It took me several hours and four, no five buckets of soapy water to clean all the accumulated grime from last summer and over the winter. Ugh. I'm a bad housekeeper I know, but last summer was a screwy weather season. Well that's my excuse anyway. It also took me almost a half a bottle of Windex and a roll of paper towel to do the windows (lots of windows out there) but I also got a couple of the kitchen windows done too.

Today is going to be laundry, banking and shopping but I will carve out some time to make some Easter cards (yes I know they'll be late getting out), or maybe just do spring cards.

Well got to run, we also have a Dr.'s appointment in an hour so need to get on the stick.

Have a fun day and thanks for stopping by.

A Sweet Cupcake

When I was in JoAnn's last week I picked up a couple of DCWV matstacks that were on sale (of course everything in the store was on sale as usual). One of them was Sweet Glitter and this DP is from that pad.

When I was flipping through it and saw this paper I immediately thought of this cupcake image from PaperTrey's Baby Button Bits. So when I had a few minutes today I threw this card together. I colored the image with Copics and cut it out with Nestabilities and the mat is a coordinating paper from the same stack that I cut with the scalloped round Nestie.

Normally I would use a button on this image but for the sake of mailing I chose to cut out another coordinating paper circle with a punch. I thought about a ribbon or some other embellishment but decided to go with the less is more school of design.

What do you think??? Thanks for stopping by. P.S. The sun is shining and it's going to be warm this week so I'll be out doing yard work. May not post for a day or so.

Final Four

I spent the weekend playing basketball. Well not really. Michigan State made it to the Final Four this weekend and it was a hard fought game. I'm not sure they could have made it with out all the hootin' and hollerin' that was going on in my house. It seems as though we ran up and down the court with those athlete's. I didn't of course, I maintained my cool. Hah ! I couldn't watch the whole game, I had to flip back and fourth because every time I peeked at the game Tenn. scored or got the ball on a turnover. So Spartans you can thank me and all the other fans that worked so hard to keep you in the game. I'm sure all the yelling we did at the refs for their bonehead calls made a difference. Also all the boos we yelled at the other team, and the suggestions we made to the coaches helped too. I really think we may have been loud enough to be heard all the way there. Next weekend will be spent watching the next game and then we'll either be clebrating and waiting for Monday or in mourning. Let's hope for a celebration.
I'm not sure how much stamping I'll get done this week since the weather is suppose to be great and it will be a good time to get yard work done but I've got some new toys and I want to play.

A Totally Chic Card

I didn't have a chance to make any cards yesterday, the day was taken up with Doctor appointments for both Bruce and I (just the annual stuff we do) and running errands. So I decided to look through my cards and see if there was anything I hadn't posted before. This is what I found.

I have this really cute set from All That Scraps by Amy R.

It is Amy's Boutique and there is a companion set Boutique Sentiments. I haven't used it very much, but I wanted it for the girls in my family. This dress is a great example of the stamps. I stamped it out in cream card stock and on a paisley DP. I then cut them out and paper pieced the paisley onto the cream (and the cream onto the paisley but I didn't photo that one). The dress is mounted onto some brown Co-ordinations paper with the corners rounded. For something a little different I only rounded off the opposite corners on the sentiment (a trick I learned from my friend Sandy). I don't remember where the base DP is from. All in all I'm happy with this card.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Ridin' Rod

My step-daughters special guy's birthday is tomorrow and when I saw this digi image "Cruisin" at Karen's Doodles, well it was just too perfect. Marianne loves elephants and Rod has a Harley (of course they call it a Hog hehe).

I printed this out on Cryogen white and colored with Copics. I used so many colors I lost track of them.

I edged the focal with YR04 then mounted it to a piece of Stick-It-Felt that I've had forever!!!

I then covered my card base with DP from DCWV's La Creme matstack.

Happy Birthday Rod.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Another Vintage Picnic

This is another of the cards I made for the food baskets we're putting together this summer. I used a different Picnic Tin for this card, it's a little more of a traditional style but so fun to color. I used Prismas again (didn't want the color to bleed through the card stock). Again I used the sentiment from the Button Basics set.

Thank you PaperTrey for having so many great sets.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Fill This Day With Joy

We are doing food baskets at my church this summer (somewhere around July 4th) and we want to add cards to the baskets for a more personal touch. We do the same for the Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets also.

I chose the Vintage Picnic set from PaperTrey Ink for my cards. I stamped the image directly onto the card base (keepin' it simple folks) and colored with Prismas. This set is so neat because it has five different styles of those old tin picnic baskets and many different toppers for a variety of occasions. The set includes some sentiments and other additions. (There's also a Vintage Picnic Sentiments set).

I used a sentiment from the Everyday Button Bits set stamped on Kaleidacolor Flannel ink pad. (Love those ink pads.)

I made about fifteen of these cards using only two of the five picnic tins. I'll post up the other one tomorrow.

An Oopsy Fixed

Well I really isn't a total oopsy. I wanted to use this DP from DCWV Green Stack and when I trimmed it down I cut off too much. OOPS!

So I quickly trimmed the cut off piece (which I wanted any way because of that cute little bird) and pieced it onto the card base. I then took a scrap left over from another card I had made with a coordinating paper from the same stack and made the stripe. Cool huh???

I had picked up this JustRite Just A Note Set at Stamp Therapy (formerly Stamp On It) in Grand Rapids earlier this week. I hadn't meant to buy anything more this month but with so many stamp stores going out of business I like to buy something to keep the ones left in business. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. Any way I colored the center with Memento Rhubarb and believe it or not the border is Cottage Ivy. I used Copics to color the flower. Everything else is part of the DP. Another neat matstack from DCWV.

And again I apologize for the poor quality of the photo, I took it in good sunlight but I think my camera is having problems (it couldn't be my photography could it???).

Thanks for stopping by.

A JustRite Butterfly Note

I got to combine two fun things on this card. First is a page from the DCWV Mariposa pack, then I added this sentiment from JustRite's

Just A Note set. I stamped it on some coordinating paper from the Mariposa set then cut it out with a scalloped circle Nestabilities. The Matting is some copper metallic paper I had in my stash also cut out with a circle Nestie.

I'm really going to be sorry when I run out of this paper.

I won't be stamping today since it will be in the 60's and I want to be outside. Time to start cleaning up the yard from winter's mess. (We have white stone lining the driveway and the snow blowing this winter tossed them all over the yard---can we spell exercise, bending and stooping soooo good for the legs and rear.)

Bruce just left to play golf, a month earlier than last year!!! Too bad snow showers return this weekend.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have a Wonderful Day Part 2

When I was using this Hero Arts set Wavy Wishes the other day I thought it could be fun as a background set. Turns out I was right. I used Memento Cottage Ivy, Pear Tart and Bamboo Leaves to stamp it out over and over.

I stamped several times with each color without re-inking to give a faded look on some of them. I then ran Memento Rose Bud along the edge.

Then all I did was added this fabric flower to the center and mount it all onto DP from Basic Grey's Lemonade Paper Pad .

I'm adding this to my blank card stash for any occasion that might come up.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

P.S. Happy St. Pat's Day

A Fall Picnic

Maybe fall isn't the usual time to go on picnics, but I think these colors kind of lean to that idea.

This is from Papertrey's Vintage Picnic set and

I stamped this image on Cryogen White then colored with Copics. I cut it and the mat out with Nestabilities and mounted it onto this wonderful textured paper. I truly love the colors on this card.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Have a Wonderful Day

When I was playing with the "On My Couch" set from Papertrey Ink I stamped this couch onto this striped DP scrap that I had. I just wanted to see what it would look like. I set the scrap aside and forgot about it. Well when cleaning up the scraps I found it and decided to see what I could make with it. I trimmed it out, then lightly shaded with a Copic marker (E41), just enough to give it some dimension. I mounted it to another scrap that I cut out with a Nestabilities Deckled rectangle.

I went looking for a sentiment and hauled out my old Hero Arts set Wavy Wishes. I forget about this set and I really shouldn't. I think I'm going to try using them as background on a future card. What do you think about that and about this card??? Thanks for stopping by.

DCWV with a Flower

This is another card made with DP from DCWV Mariposa paper pack. The only thing I did on this card was stamp the sentiment in the frame area and add the fabric flower with a rhinestone center.

This paper was a real find. I talked with my cousin today and she says it's not around anywhere anymore. At least not in her area. I promised to pick some up for her if I see it.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by

Butterflies and Flowers

I made the big mistake yesterday of starting spring cleaning. After all if you clean something it only gets dirty again right? (My Mom is rolling over in her grave!!!)

Anyway, I was cleaning and all the stuff I had in the area I was cleaning ended up in my dining table, so I couldn't cook dinner or breakfast (do we see a pattern??). While I was looking for space to put something I noticed this card base on my desk and creativity jumped up and grabbed me. I thought what goes with butterflies and spring/summer weather---flowers!

I dug through my stash and found this assortment of fabric flowers. I used different brads and rhinestones for the centers for some variety. The DP is DCWV Mariposa. It's an A2 size card and I'm leaving it blank so I can use it for anything.

I need to get going on my St. Patrick's Day cards now. Hope you like this one and thanks for stopping by.

A Golden Birthday

I'm sorry for the poor photography of this card. This DP from DCWV Mariposa pack is really a rich brown background for the birds and butterflies. Don't you love the tiny red butterfly and the gorgeous blue one.

All I did on this card was stamp the sentiment from Stampendous with Versamark and then emboss it wit gold powder. So simple but so pretty.

What do you think??? Thanks for stopping by.

Butterflies, Butterflies So Many Butterflies

Does anyone know why they are called butterflies??? Did they hover over the butter???

Well whatever they are beautiful.

This DP is more from the DCWV Mariposa pack. The base is covered with one sheet from the pack trimmed down to 4.25 by 5.5 (A2) and then I used Nestabilities Labels 5 to cut out the focal image butterfly, along with the two mats of cream and blue. You really have to see this paper to appreciate how pretty it is. Embossed and glittery---beautiful.

I think this will be a great birthday card for someone special.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

An Elegant Sympathy Card

This elegant sympathy card also uses one of the DCWV sheets. The paper is a very pale, soft green that doesn't show very well in this photo (my photography stinks sometimes).

All I did on this card was stamp in the sentiment.

Makes it so easy.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Another DCWV Birthday

This is another card using the DVWV Mariposa paper. On this one the only thing I stamped was the Happy Birthday sentiment from Stampendous over to the side. This paper has so much going on that I really couldn't add too much to it.

If you have a chance to get to JoAnn's today it's on sale 40% off. Hobby Lobby also carries it I think.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Butterfly Birthday

I picked up this DCWV Mariposa Matstack the other day and just yesterday got a chance to play with it. WOW, this stack is so beautiful. You really don't need to stamp anything to make a beautiful card.

I used the all over butterfly sheet as my back ground, then from another sheet used a Nestabilities Labels 3 to cut out some butterflies and then another to cut out the copper matting. I don't know if you can tell but the butterflies on the base are embossed and have a gold dotted surface. The focal point butterflies are also gold embossed. I really think this matstack is one of the most beautiful stacks out there. I made a total of six cards using this stack and you'll see them over the next few days. I'm using these as bithday cards, but I'll be making more for other occasions. Hope you like them and thanks for stopping by.

Happy Anniversary

When I was moving stuff around in my work area I came across this dark brown scrap that I had cut a heart out of for a Valentines card. Not wanting to waste it I grabbed my Basic Grey Bittersweet paper pad and started through it looking for a background. I knew I'd find something since this scrap was from the same pad. I chose this design because of all the colors in it. It really makes the heart stand out and the sentiment fits in the opening just perfectly.

So now it's in my stash of cards for future use.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Having One of Those Days

I've always wondered what I would ever do with this stamp. It's from Rosie Roadshow and when I first saw it I just had to have it. It made me laugh so hard remembering my days as a service rep for Ma Bell a gazillion years ago. When I first started working I worked in an office with all women. We had a blast, but there was a dress code. Dresses or suits, maybe a nice skirt and blouse, nylons of course and high heels (for which my feet are paying the price now---always 3 inch or higher).
Luckily they had ended the era of hats and gloves.
But we all had purses that could carry anything that you might need in any situation. My shoulders still hurt from carrying all that junk.

Well enough about me. I colored this card with Copics and then used a Nestabilities to "frame" it.

Hope you enjoyed my trip down memory lane and the card too. Thanks for stopping by.

Harbinger of Spring

Do you agree that seeing birds getting more active in spite of the snow is a harbinger of spring? I do. Unfortunately we've gotten at least 12 inches of snow in the last few days and there's nary a bird in sight. Rats!

I colored up this image from PaperTrey's Through the Trees set. The trees are one stamp and the birds are separate. Makes it easy to color them any way you want. I chose this Memento Cantaloupe color just for it's cheeriness.

Using a dark brown DP on the card base and kraft for the matting gives alot of contrast, that highlites the image.

We're headed up north for the weekend so I'm setting this post up ahead of time.

Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to This Card

A funny thing happened on the way to making this card. I had this image stamped out, from JustRite's Beautiful Blossoms and Borders. I had it all colored up (Copics) and had cut out matting's with Nestabilities. I was going to mount on this same paper but on the other side (don't you just love two sided DP's). It's the orange of the flower centers with white polka dots. Luckily I flipped over (accidentally) and found this side I liked even better.

I really like when an accident turns out to be a good thing.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

A Tilda Birthday

I had stamped off this Magnolia image quite awhile ago and since I had some time to play she became a birthday card.

I colored her up with Copics and cut her out with Deckled Rectangular Nestabilities. The DP is from two different paper packs, the matting for is from DCWV Green Stack, and the card base is from Basic Grey's Lemonade paper pack.

The sentiment is from a very old Hero Arts set, Wavy Wishes.

This particular Tilda is really a dress up doll. You get the basic Tilda then she has several outfits you can dress her in.

Takes me back to my days playing with my dress up dolls.

I really loved to get the cut outs and play dress up. Unfortunately for me most of the kids in my neighborhood were boys and we all know what boys do with dolls. Target practice!

Oh well I hope you like my Tilda. Thanks for stopping by.

A Really Simple Card

I'm trying out the minimalist look. What do you think?

I have this On My Couch set from PaperTrey, and I've been having fun playing around with it.

When I was up on the Clean and Simple site, I decided these images could work very well.

I got out a bunch of patterned paper scraps and started stamping. After cutting them out I just did a little high lighting on them then mounted them onto Nestabilities Labels 9. Keeping it simple I just slapped them onto the front of the card base and added the sentiment. A very quick card, that allows me to say it with a few words. What do you think. Thanks for stopping by.

A Birthday Day Card for Bea

This card is a two-fer. I was up on the Just Rite Inspiration blog and saw they were having a challenge and since I wanted to make my sister's birthday card I chose this image, it's from the Beautiful Blossoms & Borders set.(you can find it here ) There are four great images in this set.

On this image I trimmed around the scallops and then matted it on pink and then a pale green using Nestabilities Oval.

(By the way on the Just Rite site they have a punch and die compatibility chart that you can find here).

I colored with Copics Leaves-YG03,G21 and G40. Flowers B0000 just around the edges and V000 just in the centers, I wanted a very delicate look.

The DP is DCWV Mariposa Matstack. Using my Bow Easy I added the ribbon and then stamped the sentiment (Stampendous) and I was done. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

A JustRite Wedding

JustRite Inspirations is having a challenge using Beautiful Botanicals.

I picked up this set of Beautiful Blossoms and Centers last week at Stamp Therapy (formerly Stamp On It) in Grand Rapids last week.

It is a gorgeous set. I stamped all of the images out and started coloring. On this one I used Prismas and Gamsol. I wanted a very delicate look and I think I achieved that very well. There is a Die/Punch compatibility cart available for download on the JustRite site, that gives you what to use when cutting out these images.

For this one I used Classic Ovals. The Sentiment is from Stampendous and I used a corner punch to give it a bit of a scalloped look. The DP is from BasicGrey's Bittersweet Paper Pad.

I really like how this turned out. Hope you do too and thanks for stopping by.

A Birthday Picnic

This image from PaperTrey's Vintage Picnic Set just makes me think of summer.

I colored it up with Copics than went through my stash of paper and picked out some coordinating papers. The yellow matches the flower centers almost exactly and the brown dotted DP matches the darker brown on the basket.

I use basket even though they aren't baskets. I can't remember what they are called. They are metal and so cool.
I should go up on Ebay and check it. I'll do that later.

Anyway I matted the image using Nestabilities Labels 5.

The sentiment is from the Through the Trees set, also PaperTrey.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

A Clean and Simple Card

If you like to make quick cards, simple but elegant cards, great cards you MUST check out this site Clean and Simple Stamping. Every week there is a new sketch to follow. Always easy, always beautiful and always lots of inspiration. I've been watching this site for awhile now and I finally decided to jump in and post my card.

I chose this image and sentiment from PaperTrey's On My Couch set. I colored with Copics and used my blender to give it a distressed leather/faux suede look. You decide.

I cut it out using Nestabilities and then mounted it on a scrap of fuzzy textured paper. The sentiment is stamped on some handmade paper and mounted onto a kraft card base. Very organic. I think this might end up being my nephew's Fathers Day card. He's about to become a Dad for the first time and life as he knows it is about to end. Hehe.

Hope you like my take on this sketch and thanks for stopping by.

A rustic Easter and A Simple Easter

These two cards use another of the images from the Inkadinkado Spiritual Sketches set that I picked up at Michael's last week.

In the first card I stamped directly onto hand made DP with Memento Rich Cocoa and mounted directly onto the card base.

In the second card I stamped directly onto the card base, using the same ink. The card base has a linen texture that I just love. Each card was so easy to make, probably not more than a minute or two for each. Fast cards, got to love them.

Hope you like them and thanks for stopping by.

Something for Michelle

This is a digital image from Bugaboo stamps. It's one of the JJ Pregnancy line. When I first saw this image I immediately thought of my niece, my nephew Steve's wife, she's expecting their first child this September. I understand that her first tri-mester is going as usual with all the wonderful things that women go through during pregnancy. We are the weaker sex you know.

Anyway I thought this image was one she could appreciate. I really think there should be a whole line of Maternity tops with Pregnant JJ.

I colored with Prisma pencils and Gamsol. Then I mounted onto this navy dotted DP. I wanted it to be sturdy so I backe it with chip board and created an easel backing for it. Thought Michelle might be able to stand it up somewhere either at home or at work.

I hope she likes it, and that you do also. Thanks for stopping by.

Easter Blessings

I was in Michael's the other day trying to find something to use my 50% off coupon on and as usual everything I wanted was already on sale.

But I bought this Spiritual Sketches set by Inkadinkado anyway.

Since Easter is coming I thought I'd whip out some cards to send out. This is one of them. I stamped the Bible image with Memento Rich Cocoa on this rustic looking DP and simply tore around the edges. Just mounting right onto the card base and it was done.

Very plain and simple but gets the message across very well. Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

P.S. I could use the Bible and the other images from this set for First Communion and Confirmation cards also. Very versatile set--- love it!

Leftover Hearts

Leftover Hearts, sounds like a steamy romance novel title doesn't it.

When I was working on cards this week I was trying to use up the bits and pieces left over from other projects. These hearts were left over from the Valentines cards.

They looked good for an Anniversary card so I put them together with this card base I had on hand. I just added the sentiment and a couple of rhinestones and hey presto a card is born.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Mummu Dancing

I wanted to participate in the current Mo Manning challenge, so I made this card.

I'm not sure it qualifies since it says no layers, but the only thing I have is the image on the card base so I have hopes.

Even if it doesn't qualify I love this image of Mummu. I would dearly love to spend time with this lady, wouldn't you?

I colored with Copics and cut her out with a Mega Curved Nestabilities.

The ribbon is Martha Stewart which doubles as the sentiment, cool huh?

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Hey there, Chickadee

Everyday Button Bits from Papertrey is fast becoming one of my favorite go to sets

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The Papertrey sets not only come with images but also sentiments to use with them. All you need to add is some buttons.

Well I added some grass using an Art Impressions stamp. Chickies got to have grass for their delicate feet right????

The DP is some more paper I've had forever and who knows where it came from.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

Oops!

I have been wanting to work with this Mo Manning image for awhile and just haven't had the time. It was printed out quite a few weeks ago and finally it was colored and made into a card.

Every time I looked at this image I kept seeing Oops. Luckily I have a stamp with that sentiment.

I colored with Copics and cut him out with Nestabilities Label One. The matting is the back side of core'Dinations Black Magic that has been run through CuttleBug's Divine Swirls folder.

The DP is something I've had for several years and have no idea who's it is.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

I'm Baaaaack

Taxes are DONE!!! Filed and accepted by the Feds. If anyone out there is using Turbo Tax, beware. It's not an easy one to use this year if you are using Microsoft and have to download .Net 3.5 SP1. I took me 4 days to find the correct fix for my system.

Now on to happier subjects. I made this card originally as a birthday card and then turned it into a Valentines card for my husband. We are both retired telephone workers and it seemed appropriate to use this Art Impressions of and English phone Booth.

I water colored this image and mounted it on a dark blue DP and then added to the card base.

Bruce liked it, what do you think? Thanks for stopping by.

Taxes, Taxes,Taxes

I don't have a card to post today, I may not have a card to post tomorrow. Possibly not in the foreseeable future. I'm in the dark dank hole of doing my taxes. I hate this more than cleaning my bathroom (you don't want to know how much I hate doing that).

I'm trying to load my Turbo Tax program and it keeps rejecting due to a "fatal error". When I get that window I always want to know who died. Maybe it's me and I just don't know it??

Anyway---I'm struggling with the computer and while I'm doing that my creative juices are drying up (can you hear that suction noise--it's my brain leaking out of my ears). So I'll be back in a day or so with some new cards.

See Ya!

Through the Trees

This is another set I got from Papertrey. I'm really loving the releases from them. I've gotten several sets these last few months. I really, really need to buckle down and have some serious play time. (Is that an oxymoron or what???)

Anyway, this set is Through the Trees and it really has some terrific stamps and sentiments.

I stamped this image and sentiment on some handmade paper using Memento Rich Cocoa.

Then I just tore the edges and mounted it to the

card base.

Just Because

Don't you just love this vintage Picnic Baskets. Well they aren't baskets at all but those old metal picnic boxes. I remember a red plaid one when I was a lot younger.

When I saw this set on Papertrey Ink I WANTED it soooo bad. I had to wait til my ship came in to get it (it sank, so I got it any way).

I've had it for a few weeks and didn't have time to play with it and then I decided to get the sentiments to go with it. These are a really versatile set. The Picnic set has some sentiments in it of course but the sentiments set give it more dimension.

I need to send a card to a friend who lost her husband this year and just wanted to say Hi and let her know we're thinking of her.

I colored with Copics, cut it out with Nesties and matted it and stamped the sentiment right onto the card base.

Just keeping it simple.

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by.

An Embossed Anniversary Card

This Anniversary card was made for the Church sale (it didn't sell but I still like it.)

I embossed with the Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing folder from the Floral Flourishes and Vines set.

I'm not quite sure why they call this a Vines folder, looks like hearts to me. So that is the way I interpret it. My fingers were the paint brush on this one, rubbing on metallic colors (reminds me of finger painting in kindergarten).

I used silver first over all of it, then went back and added red to the "hearts".

The sentiment was cut out with a Nestabilities Tag and gray rhinestone finished off.

How do you like it? Thanks for stopping by.