Friendship Flowers

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my February Christmas Card Challenge, please scroll down one post.

For this week's My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern challenge, I decided to go with a spring theme to match the Stamp Something Spring Challenge and pulled out my Bold Botanicals set and stamped the flowers in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring with prismacolor markers.  I had allowed my color design to be decided by some Basic Grey Infuse designer paper I had planned on using as a background.  Once everything was stamped and colored, I layered the flowers on Stampin Up! basic black card stock to help make the images pop a bit more and added some baby brads.  It was at this point I decided to be a bit of a rebel and omit one layer from the sketch because it wouldn't work with what I had planned.  Since I'm too lazy to tie a bow (yes, I admit it), I cut a piece of real red scrap card stock to act as a border under the images, stamping it in memento ladybug ink, before pulling out a pre-made rose ribbon and adding it with glue dots. 

Since the card still seemed a bit plain, I then added some red gem stickers to the flower centers and then a vintage brad saying to the left hand side of the card to fill in all of the empty space there since I changed my card around a couple of times while assembling it.  Here's a close up of the details.

If you haven't tried any of the My Time Made Easy challenges, you really should since they're a lot of fun.  Thanks for stopping by, have a great day.


Stamps: My Time Made Easy Bold Botanicals
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Ladybug Red
Card Stock: Stampin Up! Real Red, Basic Black, White, Basic Grey Infuse Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Making Memories Baby Brads, Vintage Brad Sentiment, Silk Ribbon Rose Bow, Glue Dots

Mince Pie Oops! March CCC2011

I found this cute free digital image at Birds Cards and just had to use it for this month's cards for the Christmas Card Challenge at Splitcoaststampers. 

Once I downloaded, and printed the image, I colored it with prismacolor markers before stippling Stampin Up! night of navy ink around the edges for a "night sky".  For the card itself, I pulled out a Tim Holtz embossing folder and embossed just the front half of the card before beginning my layering and adding some ribbon.  I had wanted to keep things simple not only for mass production, but because the image is just too darn cute!  I definitely wanted Santa's oops to be showcased.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps:  Birds Cards Digital Image
Ink: Stampin Up! Night Of Navy
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Riding Hood Red, Wild Wasabi, Real Red
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Tim Holtz Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Brads, Ribbon

Little Sailor Days

Remember, long ago, kids dressed up in little sailor outfits?  I don't remember if I did this to my kids or not.  Oh, that's making me old!!  I found this really cool free digital image at Digital Two For Tuesday a while back.  I finally got around to coloring and making a card with the image. 

After printing the image on white card stock, I let the ink dry for 20 minutes or so, then colored with prismacolor markers before stippling Stampin Up! creamy caramel ink around the edges.  (Now why did Stampin Up! retire this color?  Personally, I use it all of the time for beach, lighthouse, ocean, and especially vintage cards.  Now I have to find a new color to use - what a drag!)  However, I digress.

Once my image was layered, I die cut some wave borders in navy card stock using MFT's Wave Die-Namic.  After adding the wave borders over some Costco designer paper, I popped up my "kids" over the waves using dimensionals.  Here, I decided to be a bit different.  Instead of tying my twine horizontally like normal, I cut a small slit in the top of the card and threaded my twine through the top before tying it into a knot.  After adding a punched starfish to the center of the twine knot, I finished the card off by stippling caramel ink around the edges of the card to age it a bit more.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!

Stamps: Digital Image Digital Two For Tuesday
Ink: Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Night Of Navy, Creamy Caramel, Kraft Scrap, Costco Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Computer, Printer, Twine, Dimensionals, Brads, Stipple Brush, Martha Stewart Starfish Punch, Glue Dot

March Blast From The Past!!!

Hi there.  Can you believe it's March already?  Wow!!  Where has this year gone to already?  It's that time of the month again - Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog hop!!  This month our challenge is all about spring.  My idea of spring is blossoms on the trees with new green leaves.  So with that in mind, along with another migraine, I pulled out my Branching Out and Branching Out Coordinates sets.

I started by stamping my images on white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink and then coloring with prismacolor markers.  Once my animal images & birdhouse were colored, I set them aside for cutting out and popping up later.  I then ran some Stampin Up! pacific pointe and green galore card stock through my big shot with a leaves cuttlebug embossing folder.  Once my dry embossing was done, with the layers added, I took my main image, layered it then stippled some Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges for the sky. 

I then added a butterfly brad I had found at Michael's in the top left corner, while adding some Making Memories white baby brads in the remaining corners.  After cutting out my extra images and popping them up on  mini pop dots, I then added some small green primas to look like blossoms with a Stampendous bling sticker center.  Another prima flower with a brad center, and a Martha Stewart green grossgrain bow finished the card off.

Not bad, even on the freakin migraine meds again.  Now make sure you stop by the rest of the hop participants (listed below) for some more eye candy and please leave some love on their blogs as well.









Have a great day!!

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Branching Out & Branching Out Coordinates
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue
Card Stock: White, Stamping Up! Pacific Pointe, Green Galore, Kraft
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Martha Stewart Ribbon Bow, Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Primas, Stampendous Bling Stickers, Making Memories Baby Brads, Michael's Recollections Butterfly Brad, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Leaves Embossing Folder

Good Fortune & A My Time Made Easy Sketch

Hello everyone!  Second post for me today.  To see my Teapot Tuesday card, please scroll down one post.

Have you heard the great news!?  My Time Made Easy has a new blog AND new challenges!!  Yahoo!  For the first Pretty Patterns (sketch) challenge, I decided to be a rebel and flipped the sketch.  Pulling out my So Fortunate set, I stamped my images in memento tuxedo black ink on white card stock; making sure to stamp the girl twice to pop up later.  After coloring everything with prismacolor markers, I stippled some Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges of the main image panel before popping up on dimensionals as well as the saying.  Since I was not real sure about what to do with the bows in the sketch, I just decided to pull out a couple of pre-made ribbon bows from Michael's and added those to the top.

Here's a close up of all of the dimension. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great week!



Stamps: My Time Made Easy So Fortunate
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Pretty In Pink, Memento Versamark Tea Leaves, Memento Versamark Pink
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink, Blush Blossom, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery Scraps, My Time Made Easy Fun & Fortune Digital Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Dimensionals, Making Memories White Baby Brads, Ribbon Bows, Glue Dots

What A Hot Ride!!

Hello again!  This week's Teapot Challenge is to make a masculine card (cars, trucks, cooks, sports, etc) for our Destination Station recipient.  For that, I decided to pull out my long retired, but well loved Stampin Up! set Classic Pickups.

I started out by stamping the pickup on white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink and coloring with prismacolor markers.  Since I was making the flames stand out a bit, I decided to sponge Stampin Up! summer sun ink around the edges before layering.  For the background, I pulled out the matching retired tire track wheel and inked it in Stampin Up! real red, only orange, & summer sun dye inks for the corresponding layers.  After adding some Making Memories white baby brads, I pulled out some Colorbook metal sticker dots to fill in some of the extra space on the card front. 

If you haven't joined in on the Teapot Tuesday challenges, you really should try sometime.  They're a lot of fun.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!!



Stamps: Stampin Up! Classic Pickups, Tire Track Wheel, Close To My Heart Saying
Ink: Stampin Up! Real Red, Only Orange, Summer Sun, Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Real Red, Only Orange, Yoyo Yellow
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Sponge, Colorbook Metal Sticker Dots, Making Memories White Baby Brads

Sing Praises To God

Hello again.  Today I'm sharing the last of my VSN weekend stamping session cards.  I had found this digital image from DeeDee's Digis and thought it would be great for the Read The Music challenge - using sheet music on a card.

After printing off my digital sheet music and the images, I colored the image with koh-i-noor pencils and a blender marker before lightly stippling Stampin Up! basic black ink around the edges.  Taking a 1/4 inch circle punch, I punched out a "moon" from some scrap paper and added glitter to the edges so it would look like the coyote was howling at the moon from the desert. 

Once I started my layering, I decided to keep everything else in a simple black/white theme, including the primas, brads, and ribbon.  Not bad, huh?

Thanks for stopping by today.  The week is almost over folks.


Stamps: Digital Image From DeeDee's Digis
Card Stock: Black, White, Digital Sheet Music
Ink: Stampin Up! Basic Black
Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Prismacolor Blender Marker, Primas, Making Memories Baby Brads, Circle Punch, Glitter, Ribbon

Pretty As A Peacock

Happy Wednesday!!!  The week is half over already.  Now where is this month going??  February just seemed to fly by and now March is doing the same thing. 

I just love this image from The Stamping Bug.  Ironically, I found it during a VSN stamping weekend a few years back.  Another stamper had used the image and I just had to know who made it and where to get it.  Ever have one of those moments?  I haven't regretted it since.

I inked up an long retired Stampin Up! background first in turquoise ink and stamped that on the card.  Then, inking up my peacock, I started in on coloring it with my prismacolor markers.  I know most people use copics now, but I'm in love with my prismacolor's.  Once the coloring was done, I stippled some turquoise ink around the edges before layering and adding matching brads.  Once that was done, I popped it up over some Stampin Up! apricot ribbon and added a silver paper clip saying & bling to the feathers to finish everything off.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of the week.



Stamps: Stampin Up! Filigree (retired), The Stamping Bug (peacock)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Tempting Turquoise
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Tempting Turquoise, Apricot Appeal
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Ribbon, Clip, Brads, Dimensionals