Hello Magnolia's - May Just One Swap

Hello and welcome to the weekend!!  Last night I decided to try a new technique called cascading images even though my migraine was giving me fits and the pain meds were not working.  So I figured it was either stamp or cry....stamping won out! ;)

I started out by stamping my main magnolia image from Mother's Magnolias by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company in memento tuxedo black onto snow storm smooth card stock and then again onto plain photocopy paper to cut out and use as a mask for my cascading images.  Once my mask was cut out, I added some removable tape to the back, and then stamped the remaining two images before coloring with prismacolor markers.

Once my coloring was finished, I stamped the saying from Hello Butterflies and then the small butterfly from the new Scenic Selections being released on May 15th.  I kept everything pretty simple by adding pearl heart brads as the only embellishments for my card.

I also decided to enter my card into a couple of new challenge blogs I just discovered last night.

DYSU #71 - Flowers

Card Making Mammas #45 - May Flowers

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Hello Butterflies, Mother's Magnolias, Scenic Selections

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: All MFP

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Photocopy Paper, Removable Tape, Pearl Heart Brads

One Of A Kind

Hello and TGI Friday!!!  Today I am sharing a card I made for both the Crafty Friends Inspration Challenge and for the Ways To Use It #374 challenge on SCS.

I started out by stamping my main image from Pussy Willows in memento tuxedo black onto Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company snow storm smooth and colored with prismacolor markers before stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass before layering and adding some orange brads from my stash.  I then stamped my pussy willow background on the card using Tim Holtz spiced marmalade before adding some ribbon gifted to me by my friend KelliJo and then popping up the layered image over it.  My final embellishments are a small gold clip, some primas and gold pearl stickers before stamping my saying.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend.

Stamps:  MFP Pussy Willows

Card Stock: All MFP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade, Tumbled Glass

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Brads, Ribbon, Stipple Brush, Primas, Glue Dots, Gold Clip

Whoo's Birthday? - My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch #60

Hello and welcome to another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch challenge. Since I'm dealing with another migraine, I decided to go with the "keep it simple stamper" technique.

My card this week uses MTME's digital Critters With Heart owl image combined with MTME's Color Infusion digital paper.  Once I had my owl downloaded and the birthday saying added underneath, I printed it out onto some white Georgia Pacific card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers with Stampin Up! rich razzleberry stippled around the edges of the image.  After adding a couple of strips of card stock, faux brads, dew drop and some primas, my card was finished in about 20 minutes.  My card also fits the WT374 challenge on SCS.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to check out the rest of the design teams samples and play along this week at My Time Made Easy. 

Stamps: MTME Digital Critters With Heart

Ink: Stampin Up! Rich Razzleberry

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Rich Razzleberry, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip, MTME Digital Color Infusion

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Small Hole Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen, Primas, Glue Dots, Dew Drops 

Daisies, Gingham & Butterflies

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my Friends of SpeedyTV post, please scroll down one.

Today I have a sneak peek of two sets due to be released by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company on May 15th called Oopsy Daisy and Scenic Selections.  This card was inspired by several challenges including the Moxie Fab Card Creations Gingham challenge.

I started out by stamping my main images from Oopsy Daisy twice in memento tuxedo black onto MFP snow storm smooth card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers and cutting one of my daisies out for popping up later.  I then lightly stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the daisies before layering.  For my background, I used a Tim Holtz ornamental die before stamping and stippling it with wild honey distress ink.  The card is also stamped and stippled with tattered rose distress ink before adding some MFP strawberry freeze gingham ribbon.  My final touches were some Making Memories pearl heart brads and butterflies from the soon to be released Scenic Selections with black ice stickles antenna.

Challenges card is submitted in:

Moxie Fab Card Creations Gingham

Crazy 4 Challenges Fresh Air

SCS Inspiration IC335

SCS Queen For The Day QFTD111

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Oopsie Daisy, Scenic Selections

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Tattered Rose, Wild Honey, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: All Mark's Finest Papers

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Making Memories Pearl Heart Brads, Stipple Brushes, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, MFP Gingham Ribbon, Tim Holtz Ornamental Die, Big Shot, Black Ice Stickles

Mother's Day Paws - Friends Of SpeedyTV #19

Welcome to Monday and another Friends of SpeedyTV challenge by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company.  With Mother's Day fast approaching, we are challenging you this week to make a card appropriate for a mom in your life.  I went with a slightly different approach with my card since I know several mom's whose kids are their fur children, so why shouldn't they also receive a card from their babies.

I started out by stamping my main image twice in memento tuxedo black onto snow storm smooth card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers before cutting one image out to pop up later and then stippling the other with various Tim Holtz distress inks and layering.  Once my layering was done, I die cut a couple of ric rack borders from a Die Cuts With A View Pet Shoppe matte stack designer paper before popping up my saying and image over the borders.  I kept the embellishments pretty simple with just some paw print ribbon, brads, and primas for the outside.

On the inside of my card, I added a border of scrap Pet Shoppe designer paper before stamping my saying and another image of the puppy.  Pulling out a couple of koh-i-noor pencils, I colored the magnolia with the saying and my card is finished. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Make sure to participate in the challenge this week for a chance to win this week's featured set - Mother's Magnolia's.

Stamps:  MFP Fabulous Dogs, Mother's Magnolias

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy, Fired Brick

Card Stock: MFP, DCWV Pet Shoppe Matte Stack Designer Paper

Accessories: Stipple Brushes, Prismacolor Markers, Ribbon, Primas, Glue Dots, Die-namic, Brads

Am I Fat? - PDCC130 & 4CC88

Hello and welcome to the weekend!!  Curious about the title to my post?  I just had to write it up that way especially with the sentiment I used on my card from a new set being released by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company on May 15th.  When I saw the challenge for the Play Date Cafe, I just knew I had to sneak peek this set a little early even though I still have another migraine.  This week's PDCC130 challenge colors just screamed flamingos and vacation to me!!  Here's the colors:

For my card, I pulled out some Martha Stewart pre-made guava cards I had been gifted by a friend as well as some A Muse designer paper, then got to stamping.  I started out by stamping my Flamingos On Vacation in memento tuxedo black in twice onto Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company snow storm smooth card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers.  Once my coloring was finished, I cut out the second palm tree to pop up later and stippled Adirondack aqua ink and sunshine yellow ink around the top before stippling caramel ink on the bottom for sand and then stamping some birds from the soon to be released Scenic Selections as seagulls for the background.

Once all of my layering was finished, I pulled out some of my favorite embellishments to use, brads!  Gotta have some sort of brads on a card .... faux or real...they have to be there before popping up the layered image over a sponged die cut ric rack border.  Once my saying was stamped, stippled and more brads added, I popped up the layered flamingos over the sponged border before adding the popped up palm branches.  Here's a close up of the layered images. 

For the final touches, I added some Michael's $1 bin ribbon and clips from my stash along with some clear dew drops. 

Challenges my card is submitted in:

Speedy Fox & Friends #106 - Use 3 of something

4 Crafty Chicks - Favorite Embellishment

The Play Date Cafe - PDCC130

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Why not visit one of the above challenges and participate.  They're a lot of fun and definitely get the mojo flowing.

Stamps: MFP Flamingos On Vacation, Scenic Selections

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Adirondack Aqua, Caramel, Sunshine Yellow

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, A Muse Designer Paper, Stampin Up! Soft Sky, Going Grey, Pretty In Pink, Martha Stewart Pre-Made Guava Card

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, MFT Die-Namic, Stipple Brushes, Making Memories Brads, Michael's $1 Ribbon, Clips, Dew Drops, Glue Dots, Sponges, Pop Dots, Dimensionals

You're A Hit - My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch #59

Hello and welcome to another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch. For my card this week, I chose to use some of our newly released products to showcase.

I started out by downloading the digital stamp set A Vintage Day for Dad and the Pretty Impressions paper called Bold Boys.  Once my images were downloaded and printed out, I pulled out some koh-i-noor pencils and colored the golf image, cut it out, and then layered over matching Stampin Up! card stock.  Once that was done, I added some scrap burgundy card stock below the layered image and then adhered the whole thing to the card before sponging some more mustard ink around the edges.  Simple!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to play along this week at My Time Made Easy.


Stamps: MTME Digital A Vintage Day for Dad
Ink: Stampin Up! More Mustard
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! More Mustard, Bravo Burgundy, Chocolate Chip, MTME Bold Boys Pretty Impressions Digital Paper
Accessories: Pewter Baby Brads, Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Sponge

Faith Hope Courage Strength - My Time Made Easy Pretty Patter Sketch #58

Hello and welcome to another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch Challenge.  I have been so sick from my migraines that I haven't been able to participate in the weekly challenge.  This week, however, I made sure I participated no matter what.

For my card, I combined several sets to get the completed look.  First, I took the Harriet Hop Along Basket single image, printed it off onto white card stock and colored with prismacolor markers.  Then, I stippled both bashful blue and garden green inks around the edges.  Then, I randomly stamped on my scrap layers using images from my Tending The Garden acrylic set before stamping onto the card itself using Tending The Garden and the saying from Bold Botanicals cut up so it would be centered just right before adding a knotted scrap of pink ribbon for my only embellishment.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and stop by the My Time Made Easy blog for this week's challenge.

Stamps: MTME Harriet Hop Along Digital, Bold Botanicals & Tending The Garden Acrylic Stamps

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Pink Pirouette, Bashful Blue, Garden Green, Adirondack Caramel, Sunshine Yellow, Tim Holtz Tattered Rose

Card Stock: White, MFP Old World Gold, Scraps

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Computer, Printer, Ribbon Scrap, Glue Dots