Are You Kidding Me?

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a birthday card I made using a stamp set I received as a RAK from a friend.  The set is a retired one called Moody Unicorns from Gerda Steiner Designs. 

I started out by stamping all of the images/saying in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using Copic markers before stippling some stormy sky distress ink around the image then layering and adding brads.  I then adhered the layered panel to a dry embossed regal rose card with matching ink stippled over the raised images.  After adding some white organdy ribbon, midnight sparkle shimmer illusion bling and faux stitching around the edges, I decided to add some googlie eyes to the unicorn to finish it off.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #55 - Use Your NBUS (stamp set)

Gem Of A Craft Wk 20 - Anything Goes 

Gerda Steiner Designs Share Your Designs Oct 2023 - Anything Goes Gerda Steiner Designs (retired Moody Unicorn)

Can You Handle The Pressure - Anything Goes Dry Embossing Optional Bees/Beehive (anything goes) 

Gerda Steiner Designs Facebook Group - Anything Goes With Hand Drawn Element (faux sewing frame)

Double D Challenges Oct 2023 - Pink 

Krafty Chicks #684 - Stamp Act (Gerda Steiner Designs)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs Moody Unicorns

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Regal Rose; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Copic Markers, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Brads, Glue Dots, Blending Brushes, Googlie Eyes, Bling, Ribbon, Black Gel Pen

 

 

Holding Up?

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card for my step-mom with you made using How Are You Holding Up from Bugaboo Stamps paired with a background I received as a RAK from a friend.

After printing my images onto white card stock, I then colored it using prismacolor markers.  Once I had stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the image, I took a memento tuxedo black "cat eye" ink pad and lightly tapped it to the outside edge (direct to paper) of the image to give a "faux layering" look before layering it onto a rose card stock scrap.  I then went and again tapped the memento black to the rose layer as well before adding to my card.  I then added some faux brads using a small hole punch and a Martha Stewart glue pen.  After adding some sequins and a pink rose bow, I thought the card still needed something in the lower left corner so I stamped the hello saying on scrap white card stock and punched it out before doing the same to the rose scrap.  The only other embellishment added was crystal ice stickles on the camisole.  I then added the saying from the How Are You Holding Up set to the inside of the card.

 

 

Challenges entered:

 

A Bit More Time To Craft #125 - Anything Goes 

Craft Rocket Challenges #75 - Add Sparkle 

Creations In Pink #26 - Anything Goes Pink 

Love To Craft #51 - October Anything Goes 

Arty Divas #30 - Anything Goes 

Through The Craft Room Door October 6th - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and stay safe out there.

Stamps: Bugaboo (image), MFP Stamp Shop (hello saying)

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White, Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Small Hole Punch, Prismacolor Markers, Ice Stickles, Sequins, Ribbon Bow, Glue Dots, Ranger Crystal Accents, SU Oval Punches, Stipple Brush

 

 

Clean And Simple With Hope Plus More NBUS #5

This month's Virginia's View challenge is all about clean and simple, so I pulled out a stamp I haven't used since I bought it years ago from Stampabilities House Mouse line.  After stamping in memento black, I colored everything in prismacolor pencils then stamped the message using a retired My Sentiments Exactly clear set and I was done.  I also made this card for the SCS Hope You Can Cling To 1401B - Shine On challenge for Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Stamps: Stampabilities, My Sentiments Exactly
Ink: Memento Black
Card Stock: White
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils

Hope You Can Cling To Favorites

Hello.  Splitcoaststampers yearly Hope You Can Cling To challenges are now over and I thought I would share some of my favorite cards I made during this last month.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP, Sassy Studio Designs, Digital Two For Tuesday, All Night Media, The Cat's Pajamas

Card Stock: Stampin Up!, MFP

Ink: Memento Black, Tim Holtz

Pink Bobby Socks

Hello.  Today I'm sharing a card I made for one of the Splitcoaststampers Hope You Can Cling To punch/die challenges and for the annual Link Up For Pink blog challenge.  Having lost both my mom and grandmother to breast cancer, I'm definitely a supporter of breast cancer research.

My card was made in memory of my mom whom grew up in the 50's with the bobby socks, Elvis, juke boxes, drive in's, etc.  I started off by printing a Sassy Studio Design bobby sock digi onto white card stock then coloring it with prismacolor markers before die cutting it with a spellbinders oval die.  Then I die cut several music notes before dry embossing a couple of layers of pink card stock using an allegro embossing folder with my big shot and sponging regal rose ink over the embossed musical notes before assembling my card.  The final touch was to add some Heidi Swap photo corners and Recollections music note brads to die everything together.  This sassy girl sure looks like my mom in some of her high school photos.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Sassy Studio Digital Image
Ink: Stampin Up! Regal Rose
Card Stock: White, Regal Rose, Bubblegum, Black
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Spellbinders Oval Die, MFT Music Note Die-Namics, Recollections Music Note Brads, Dimensionals, Heidi Swap Photo Corners, Sponge, Allegro Embossing Folder, Big Shot

Pink Ribbons For Mom

Hello and welcome.  This is a hard post to write.  Today I am sharing a card I made for my mom using Sassy Studio Designs Support A Cause digital image and Think Pink sentiments from last years October Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

After downloading and coloring my image, I layered the image and sentiments using pixie pink card stock before dry embossing a light pink panel then adding a scrap border left over from punching a couple of light mauve borders.  The only embellishments I added were some faux brads, a punched pink ribbon, and a pink marker spritzed over the main image.

Challenges entered:

Sassy Studio - DTBST #174
Link Up For Pink #9
PCP Cuttlebug Challenge #161
Love To Create Challenge #63 - Punches or Dies

Now the reason this post is hard to write, my mom lost her battle with breast cancer 19 years ago next month on May 19th.  She was only 41 - way to young to go.  So I have decided to make cards to help support and encourage others fighting cancer in memory of my mom.  Mom, I hope you like it.  I will be putting this one aside to mail off the MD Anderson Cancer Center during the yearly SCS card drive.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: SSD Support A Cause Digi, Think Pink Sentiments
Card Stock: White, Pixie Pink, Pretty In Pink, Mauve Scrap
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pixie Pink Marker, Color Spritzer Tool, Small Hole Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen, Ribbon Punch, Cuttlebug Textile Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Pop Dots, Glue Dots

Inspired by The Rose

Hello everyone.  I hope you enjoyed the weekend.  Despite another migraine, I was able to get this card made for the Moxie Fab World Trigger Tuesday challenge and Splitcoaststampers HYCCT1212 Spread The News Inspiration challenge - be inspired by a movie or a song from a movie.  For my card I chose Bette Midler's 1979 movie and song entitled "The Rose" and let the Tuesday Trigger photo inspire my color choices.

After finding the lyrics to the "The Rose" online, then copying and pasting into MS Word and arranging onto an entire sheet of card stock to use as designer paper, I stamped my images from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company set Love Remains in memento tuxedo black onto MFP snow storm and colored with prismacolor markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I cut one of the roses out, stippled Tim Holtz broken china and milled lavender inks around the edges of the main image before layering and adding some faux brads.

 

After adding the lyrics layer to my lavender card, I added the cut out rose to the image panel, then adhered the entire panel to the upper left corner of the card.  My saying was stamped in memento black onto scrap snow storm and also layered onto scraps before being placed in the lower right hand corner of the card.  The only embellishments added were some fruit punch and yellow ice stickles to the roses and lavender organdy ribbon from the Michael's $1 spot.

 

Challenges entered:

Moxie Fab World Trigger Tuesday

Splitcoaststampers HYCCT1212 - Spread The News Movie Inspiration

Link Up For Pink

 

I will be adding this card to the package I am sending to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX this month for patients and their families.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

 

Stamps: MFP Love Remains

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Broken China, Milled Lavender

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm, Lavender, Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Small Hole Punch, MS 2-Way Glue Pen, Ice Stickles, Computer, Printer, MS Word, Ribbon

Teacup Roses

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my Sassy Studio Designs card, please scroll down one post.  Thanks.

This week's Play Date Cafe challenge has some really soft subtle colors to the inspiration piece.  Prior to the actual colors being posted on Friday, I had already started my card using some substitute Stampin Up! colors and a template I had downloaded years ago from House Of Stir Fry.  Once I had printed out my template, and taped it to my folded card, I cut out the shaped teacup, and then stamped my background images from Love Remains by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company directly onto the card in Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink. 

Then after stamping my image from Relax a Bit, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and colored the teacup to match the inspiration picture.  Finally, taking some die cuts, punches and pearl stickers, I added the final elements to my card using glue dots, pop up glues, or Ranger Glossy Accents as needed.

Challenges entered into:
Link Up For Pink 2012
The Play Date Cafe #153
Splitcoaststampers HYCCT1210 Ship Shape

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFP Love Remains, Relax A Bit
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tattered Rose
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm, Stampin Up! Blushing Bride, Scraps
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Glue Dots, Pop Up Glue Dots, EK Success Ribbon Punch, MFT Die-Namics, TCP Heart Border, Pearl Stickers

Little Mermaid

Hello everyone and welcome to the weekend.  I recently came across the Link Up For Pink blog for Breast Cancer Awareness and decided to enter some of the challenges as well.  Knowing that sometimes kids have to unfortunately fight cancer, I made another card for one of the Splitcoast challenges with kids in mind using Sassy Studio Designs mermaid image.

After printing off my image onto white card stock and coloring with koh-i-noor pencils then blending with a prismacolor marker, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz broken china and then Stampin Up! blushing bride around the image before layering and adding some brads.  Then I layered my image onto some digital music designer paper before adding some silk flowers from Michael's I bought a couple of years back.  I'll be adding this card to the box I'm sending to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Sassy Studio Designs Mermaid

Ink: Tim Holtz Broken China, Stampin Up! Blushing Bride

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink

Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Silk Flowers, Brads, Stipple Brushes, Glue Dots, Pop Up Glue Dots

Fight Like A Girl

Second post for me today.  At the moment, the migraine meds are working, just making me sleepy.  If you're looking for my CHF post, please scroll down one.

This week's CAS-ual Friday CFC73 is for the girls - celebrate the women in your life.  Well, I chose to make a clean and simple card in memory of my mother and grandmother who both lost their battles with breast cancer, plus I've already had a suspicious lump removed years ago, and since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, how could I not go with a pink theme.

I started out by stamping the t-shirt from GinaK Designs Little Tees onto some scrap pink MAMBI Breast Cancer Awareness designer paper before cutting it out and stamping a solid pink ribbon from Paper Smooches Hope set in Stampin Up! regal rose dye ink directly onto the t-shirt.  After adhering my shirt over a border strip of scrap designer paper, I stamped the word HOPE from the Paper Smooches Hope set in regal rose ink before adding my saying just under it in memento black.  The only embellishment added was some soft pink twill ribbon tied into a knot.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: GinaK Little Tees, Paper Smooches Hope
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Regal Rose
Card Stock: Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink, MAMBI Breast Cancer Awareness Designer Paper Scraps
Accessories: Soft Pink Twill Ribbon

Hope You Can Cling To Courage - WCMD

Second WCMD post for me today.  If you're looking for my Paper Smooches clean and simple card, please scroll down one.

I have two cards I made today for SCS's Hope You Can Cling To courage challenge.  Both of the cards use Paper Smooches Hope set. 

The first card is a clean and simple style using Hope paired with some MAMBI designer paper and Stampin Up! card stock, ribbon, baby brads and mini roses.

The second card also uses Hope, however, I have paired it with one of my favorite sentiments from My Time Made Easy's Keep Strong digital set.  Again I paired the images with some MAMBI designer paper, Stampin Up! card stock, baby brads, ribbon, and also a pink ribbon brad.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Paper Smooches Hope, MTME Keep Strong
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tattered Rose
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Stampin Up! Blushing Bride, Pretty In Pink, MAMBI Breast Cancer Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Baby Brads, Glue Dots, Ribbon, Mini Roses, Pink Ribbon Brad

The Journey - My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch #30

Hello and happy Thursday.  It's time for another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch challenge.  For this week's sketch, I decided to do a Breast Cancer theme since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. 

I started out by downloading the Keep Strong digital images and after breaking the set apart, I printed off "The Journey" sentiment and cut it out using my Spellbinders labels fourteen. 

After stamping my background using the Take Time acrylic stamp set, I punched out some butterflies using a Martha Stewart butterfly trio punch before sponging Stampin Up! regal rose ink around the edges of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MTME Keep Strong Digital Stamps, Take Time Acrylic Stamps

Ink: Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Black, Designer Paper

Accessories: Martha Stewart Butterfly Trio Punch, EK Success Ribbon Punch, Spellbinders Labels Fourteen, Pop Dots, Bling, Sponges

Flowers, Hummingbirds and Teapots - MMTPT162

Hello everyone.  Happy Tuesday!!!  This week's Mothermark Teapot Tuesday challenge is to make something that is beautiful to us.  We are sending our cards to Eula for her 109th birthday.  That's right - 109 years young!!  If I even make half that age, I'll be doing good.

I love flowers, especially daffodils, and birds, especially hummingbirds.  I think it's just so funny to watch these little bodies dart in and out of everywhere between flowers and the hanging bird feeders I remember my grandma having while growing up.  Grandma Cynda and I would just sit at the kitchen table for hours watching the hummingbirds that came to her feeders whenever I could visit Southern California while growing up. 

So when Mark's Finest Papers released the Daffodil and Anise stamp set, I just had to get it.  Not just because of the hummingbird that was included, but also for the daffodil stamp in the set as well.  You see, daffodils are used by the American Cancer Society during their Daffodil Days fundraiser every spring to support cancer research.  This research is really important to me since I've lost three members of my family to cancer.  Also, both my daughter and myself are high risk for breast cancer since both my mother and her mother died from breast cancer.

Taking my stamp set out, I stamped my images twice onto white card stock with memento tuxedo black ink and then colored with prismacolor markers, shading as necessary.  Once I was done with my coloring, I cut out part of one daffodil, both hummingbirds, and part of one anise for popping up later and began layering.  Once the layering was done, and my additional images were popped up, I turned my attention to the inside of the card.

Normally I don't decorate the inside, however, lately it seems I've been doing so and for a 109th birthday, the inside definitely needed to be decorated.  I took the leftover digital designer paper from My Time Made Easy's new Trendy Forest and adhered it to the bottom of the card.  Once that was done, I took the extra cut out images and adhered the anise over the designer paper.  Taking the butterfly, I placed that in the upper right hand corner before stamping the birthday saying from Mark's Finest Papers new Birthday Mini set in memento tuxedo black.

Remember, next spring when the cancer society has their Daffodil Days fundraiser, consider buying some.  Your donation to cancer research will help more people have an extra birthday, and more families avoid losing someone to cancer.  Maybe together, we can get rid of this ugly disease.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Daffodils and Anise, Birthday Mini

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Wild Wasabi, Summer Sun, Black, MTME Trendy Forest DP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Pop Dots, Computer, Printer

Howdy!

Welcome again!  I had time to stamp something again for The Cats Pajamas think pink challenge.

This time I pulled out two of my favorite sets Having A Powwow and It's A Western Thing.  After stamping my images on MFT Perfect Panels in memento tuxedo black and coloring with prismacolor markers then cut some of the images out.  After layering both panels, I added some MFT


baby brads and popped the main image up on Stampin Up! dimensionals. 



Stamps: It's A Western Thing, Having A Pow Wow
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock: Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Bashful Blue, Rose Red
Accessories: Stampin Up! Regal Rose Marker, Prismacolor Markers, Glue Dots, MFT Baby Brads

Cold Nose, Warm Hearts

If you're looking for my Wednesday Stamp Club post, please scroll down.

I happened to come across a challenge at Splitcoaststampers hosted by The Cats Pajamas and since my TCP stamps were a bit dusty, I decided to join in.  Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, the challenge was to use pink.

Since most of my TCP stamps are either western or Christmas type, this challenge was really going to be a challenge for me. 

Pulling out my Deck The Hall set, I stamped the images in memento tuxedo black on MFT's Perfect Panels and colored with prismacolor markers making sure the candy cane stripes were also in pink.  After layering, I pulled out some $1 ribbon from Michael's I've had in my stash for who knows how long to separate the image panel from the card itself so it didn't get lost in all of the pink.  I also found some frosted Primas, MFT baby brads and an EK Success ribbon awareness punch as embellies. 

Once the front side was done, it was time to get to the inside.  Keeping it simple, I just re-stamped my main image in Stampin Up! Regal Rose ink, stamped my saying from MFT in black and added the pink ribbon again.

Thanks for stopping by.


Stamps: TCP Deck The Hall, MFT Essential Sentiments
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, MFT Perfect Panels
Cardstock: DCWV Linen Matt Stack, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Pixie Pink, Pretty In Pink scrap
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ribbon, MFT Chocolate Kiss Baby Brads, Primas, EK Success Ribbon Awareness Punch, Pop Dots, Glue Dots

Think Pink Sketching!

I finally have a MFT challenge done in a timely manner while dealing with my migraines at the same time.  Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, I decided to make my sketch card dedicated to the cause.

I started out by taking MFT's set Chick Flick set and stamp it in memento tuxedo black in on MFT's White Perfect Panels and then color with prismacolor markers; making sure the clothing was done in different shades of pink.  After layering, I added some retired Chocolate Kiss baby brads and then stamped the tickets in memento black on white perfect panels again after sponging pixie pink ink around the edges. 

Instead of leaving the tickets alone after coloring, I took another retired MFT set "Think Pink", took one of the phrases, cut it up, and stamped it repeatedly on the tickets for a different look.  Although the "Think Pink" set is retired, you can still get the digital image here and then match it to your own phrases.

Using MFT's Jumbo Ric Rac Die-Namic, I cut out some chocolate chip scrap cardstock to set off the difference between the background paper I had found at Michael's last year, and the Chick Flick image.

For the inside of my card, I again combined the two sets (cutting apart one saying) to create my greeting; then stamped the ribbons on the side. 

Stamps: MFT Think Pink, Chick Flick

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up  Pixie Pink

Cardstock: MFT Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink, Chocolate Chip, Designer Paper

Accessories: Ribbon Punch, MFT Jumbo Ric Rac Die-namic, Gems, Sponge, Prismacolor Markers