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

It's TCP Tuesday Time!

Hello and welcome.  Today I am sharing a few cards I've made for this month's TCP Tuesday paper piecing challenge.  Although it's a very simple technique with beautiful results, it's also one I don't do very often.

My first card uses one of my favorite TCP sets, Coffee, Tea, Meow along with some scrap designer paper for the tablecloth, heart pearl brads, ribbon, and a pearl dew drop.  Miss Sprinkle is also colored using prismacolor markers and a blender marker.

My second card features Oh Chute on a one layer scrap card, scrap designer paper for the parachute, a die cut cloud border I cut apart, popped up, then stippled ink on and some hand drawn birds.  I also stippled some of my own clouds using a scalloped oval punch scrap along with Tim Holtz tumbled glass ink.

There's still time for you to enter into the challenge so what are you waiting for?  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: TCP Coffee, Tea, Meow, Oh Chute
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: Stampin Up!, Designer Paper Scraps
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Marvy Scallop Oval Punch, TCP Cloud Border, Dimensionals, Black Marker, Dew Drop, Glue Dots, Pearl Heart Brads, Ribbon

Tailgate Party - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 4

Sept. Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured Sept 10 - Koi Fish
Featured Sept 11 - Primitive Farm

 Featured Sept 12 - What a Scream

 Featured Sept 13 - Tailgate Party

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on Sept. 14, 2013 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 10 PM EST on Friday Sept. 13, 2013.

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Holiday Tag"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is:

"Nature's Brushstrokes"
                                                      

Here's the Design Team:

Patty
Lois
Jane C
Debbie
Pam
Pat G
Thrfity Stamper
Marilynn

Karen K

Bonnie

Kathy
Angela
Cathy C
Toni
Sue W
Janine
An'Jenic
Kate Z
Shirley Q
Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Today's featured set is perfect for invitations for those backyard parties, arm chair viewing parties, scrapbooking, or encouragement for your local schools.

For my project, I went with the Keep It Simple Stamper method since my migraines were getting out of control again.  Instead of stamping my main image, I chose to use a BBQ die cut that was sent to me by a friend and paired it with the pennant banner stamp at the top of the card along with the GO TEAM saying.  After pulling each of the banners up a bit for added dimension, I stamped the football onto scrap white card stock, colored then cut it out before adhering with glue dots.  Presto!!  My card was finished.  So now I have one question for you:  Are you ready for some football??????  :)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs to leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set.

Stamps: Tailgate Party
Ink: Memento Black
Card Stock: Spring Leaf, Colorbook Designer Paper
Accessories: BBQ Die Cut, Glue Dots

Classic Dad - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 4

June Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

 Featured June 11th - Need a Vacation
Featured June 12th - Fire Fighter

 Featured June 13th - Be Proud

 Featured June 14th - Classic Dad

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on June 15, 2013 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday June 14, 2013.

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

"You Are an Angel"

 The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Wings"
                                                      

Patty P.

Lois

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 

Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

I love vintage stamp sets so today I have two cards to share with you again.  My first card incorporates a Tim Holtz die, umbrella man, I've been dying to use since buying it almost a year ago along with the gadget gears die.  Since the umbrella man is a Sizzix bigz die, I used the smaller gadget gears for this card even though I have both sizes.

Once my card stock was die cut, I pulled out some DCWV Timeless Collection designer paper and covered a mahogany card before stamping my image onto a piece of scrap corn husk then colored with prismacolor markers.  After coloring the image, I pulled out my Background Fun set and stamped the cracked image over the colored car and the die cut gears for added texture before layering and adding to my card.  I kept the embellishments pretty simple with just some faux brads around the classic car and dew drops between the gears using micro glue dots.

My second card uses scrap pieces of the DCWV Timeless Collection designer paper and same colored card stock as the first since everything was still sitting on my desk.  After stamping my image in memento black and coloring with prismacolor markers then layering, I stamped the saying then added some vintage brads before adhering to the card.  The only additional embellishment is some antique Tim Holtz metal gears I picked up on clearance last year.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs to leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set.


Stamps: Classic Dad, Background Fun
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Dark Chocolate, Tim Holtz Tea Dye
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Mahogany, DCWV Timeless Collection
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dew Drops, Glue Dots, Brads, Tim Holtz Dies and Metal Gears

Geronimo!

Hello and welcome to Sunday.  The weekend is almost over.  Today I am sharing a card I've made for a couple of different challenges using a stamp set and digital paper I've had in my stash for some time.

I started out by using a freshly dusted off TCP set called Oh Chute and stamped the main image in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers then stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around it for the sky.  Then I die cut a cloud border, cut apart the clouds, and popped them up over various parts of the card after layering my image onto some MFT digital cloud designer paper.  (Note to self: don't ever lose digital file since cloud paper is now long retired).  The final touches was sponging the same tumbled glass ink around the edges of the card before adding a pre-made bow sticker then hand drawing some birds around my rabbit and adding my saying.

Challenges entered:
Loves Rubberstamps #46 - Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges #180 - Movement
Paper Playtime #7 - Use A Pun
Challenge Chicks April Spring Cleaning - CHXAPRI13

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: TCP Oh Chute
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, MFT Digital Cloud Designer Paper (retired)
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Sponge, Pop Dots, TCP Cloud Border, Big Shot, Ribbon Sticker, Computer, Printer

Hello Buttons And Butterflies

Second post for me today.  If you are looking for my 4Crafty Chicks post, please scroll down one.

I recently discovered a new challenge blog, well new for me, called Drunken Stampers.  This week's Napoleon's Buttons challenge is to use buttons and brads.  I also decided it would be perfect paired up with Splitcoast's HYCCT1220 challenge.

I started out by stamping Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company soon to be released set called Cracked Hello onto snow storm smooth card stock with Tim Holtz brushed corduroy distress ink before stippling wild honey distress ink around the cracked image before stamping several butterflies on scrap white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink and coloring with prismacolor markers then cutting out.

After cutting out the butterflies, I added some die cut flowers and leaves from my stash, then the butterflies using glue dots, and finally some silk flowers and button bees/ladybugs before highlighting everything with bling and ice stickles.

Challenges entered:
Drunken Stampers #102 - Napoleon's Buttons
Splitcoaststampers HYCCT1220 - Hope Is In The Air

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Cracked Hello
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy, Wild Honey
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm, Stampin Up! Rose Red
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Glue Dots, Buttons, Die Cuts, Bling, Ice Stickles, Silk Flowers, Stipple Brush

Love Bunny

Hello and welcome to Friday!!  Today I'm sharing a card I made for the Moxie Fab World Die Cut Challenge.  Now I usually have problems working with any die cuts that are not your basic "cut and glue" types.  However, I wanted to participate in the challenge, so I pulled out my TCP Heart Rosette and Queen of Hearts border dies. 

After stamping my Feelin' Cupidy image twice on white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and colored both of them before cutting my card stock with my dies.

Once I had two of the rosettes out, and cutting one section to the center, I began the folding process overlapping both of the end pieces.  Well whadda ya know!!!  It works!!  At least for me it finally does!!  Now it was time for the border to be die cut and after punching out the hearts, I pulled some of them aside to use as embellishments later.  After adding a sparkling dew drop to the center of my rosette and some primas to the top, I popped up the second rabbit image, added those extra hearts I kept aside and was done.  Fairly quick and easy AND painless even with a migraine.  Thank you Alma for making a rosette die that I can actually make work right!!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend and there's still time to participate in the Moxie Fab World Cool Tools: Die Cutting challenge over on Cath's blog.  There is also still plenty of time to making a card for the Cat's Pajamas Valentine Blog Hop.


Stamps:  TCP Feelin' Cupidy
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Close To Cocoa, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, K&Company Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, TCP Heart Rosette Die, TCP Queen Of Hearts Die, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Dew Drop, Pop Up Glue Dots, Primas, Small Glue Dots, Martha Stewart 2-Way Glue Pen