more fun stuff

New stickles on my flip flop stamp...also some fun crystal flowers from Heidi Swapp. So pretty...can I have a pair?

And this fun card used up some of my Basic Grey from a recent layout...heck, the above card is using up some BG from an older layout. Yay! I love to use from my stash...unfortunately that pile only seems to be growing :)

tickled pink

I *love* this sentiment & the dress is adorable! Both stamps are from A Muse, and both caught my eye as I was searching for some inspiration (aka, shopping!) for a baby girl card for my friend Laurel.

Anyhow, it didn't come out exactly as I envisioned it. Not that I'm not happy, but....I didn't have enough paper! Ha! Well, not in the right colors. I couldn't justify putting "tickled" pink on green or purple, so I did this. I even "made" my own patterned paper (a first?) with a stamp from Polka Dots & Paisley. Maybe my next attempt will have some green or purple, but for now it's pink!

Pretty Princess birthday

Alexis is going to be one next Saturday, but her party is this afternoon, so last night at my parent's I made this.

Stamp is Pretty Princess.

Happy Happy Birthday

For a friend's 2nd birthday party this afternoon.

How to: barely banana, old olive, & whisper white cs; SEI ptn paper & epoxy stickers; MM number stamp; All Year Cheer II (SU) sentiment

a few more cards

I have been stampin' up a storm today (ha, pun not intended but perfect!). I made three cards this afternoon, & could've done more if my son had cooperated & napped. But, he's 2 so it's not like he's got "cooperate" in his vocabulary!

The first card I made I posted earlier for Beate's challenge (my #3 for her #4).

Then I saw some leftover paper I got to do Olivia's first birthday scrapbook pages with (but didn't). I thought it would work with certainly celery, which it did. And not much else! But I got a card done with scraps & a little ribbon. So I can't really complain. I used my Fun Filled stamp set, which I haven't used except for Olivia's birthday invitations.

This next card I used more of the "birthday" paper. This time the polka-dot. I mounted it on white & then on a celery card (that is a scrap itself; I punched a flower out of it for something else but it's covered up now...at least on the outside!). Then I stamped from Baby Talk in cameo coral on white, mounted it on cameo coral, added a bit of celery grosgrain, and voila. Not my favorite, but it came out okay. And I leared that some paper just doesn't go with anything but the paper it came with, so I tossed the rest of the "birthday" paper. Hey, I got a 2-page layout & 2 cards out of it. So not too bad.

#3 for Beate's challenge #4

I had some more fun! This card I made with "my" Blooming with Happiness set (I used my sister's before). Colored the dress in w/ rose red (I love this color), and punched it out with my mom's 3" circle punch (do I have to give it back?). Then I carefully cut around it with rose red...I must say, cutting a circle around a circle is much easier than just cutting a circle! I got to use more of my striped paper stash, and I layered that on barely banana. The flowers are prima & have rhinestone brad centers. The card itself is old olive.

**ETA: looking at this post, I think I like my cards better when I scan them, at least so far. I'll have to see if I can find some info somewhere on how to photograph the cards better.**

Father's Day

I used Beate's sketch challenge...again! Thank you so much for your wonderful sketches! Perfect for when I'm having stamper's block...and I need to get some cards done for Father's Day. Now that I'm making cards, I really try to get them out as early as possible so people can enjoy them for a bit.

I was planning on using my "Happy Father's Day" stamp from AYC II, but Kathy has that. I'll probaly stamp that inside. And I wasn't sure that it would work with this sketch anyhow.
I went ahead & used the hanging monkey & "love ya bunches" from Monkey Business. I *love* this set! The monkey is choc chip & I colored him w/ close to cocoa. I stamped him on confetti white & used my mom's 3" circle punch to cut him out. He's mounted on caribbean cool (so glad I have more of that! I love this color.) on a choc chip card. The first one I made has 1/2" old olive circle details on the left. Originally I punched 1/8" in the center but I didn't like that. And after I made the first one I realized I had a strip of barely banana on my desk waiting to be used...I got 9 circles punched out of it (barely!). And I think I like the yellow on the card better anyways

Polka Dots & Paisley

Take one. I saw something similar to this on SCS, so of couse I had to copy it! I'm still learning in the creativity dept--although, is it learning if I've been scrapping for 8+ years & still lift ideas?

Anyhow, I *love* the POP paper from SU & can't wait to see what colors it comes in! I've already used a couple of sheets & although I like solid cardstock, I *love* this!

Details: certainly celery ink & paper, rose red ink & POP, celery grosgrain, staple, & distresser.

carte postale

Kathy just called to get the info on this card, so I thought I better upload it write it all down before I do use it!

The card is sage shadow (I believe), and we used choc chip ink (as well as white craft w/ white embossing powder). We didn't have any choc chip paper, so we just inked some white. The border at the bottom is 1" of sage (stamped w/ white) on top of 1 1/4" "choc chip".

I loved making this card. It took a while, but Kathy, mom & I had a fun afternoon doing it. I love being able to stamp w/ other people!

wedding cards 2

Inspiration finally struck! I spotted this card by yvette on splitcoast. Woo-hoo! I even have the POP paper too!

I changed the color to almost amethyst, just because I prefered to use "purple". And I made the stripes vertical. But overall I'm very pleased with my CASE!

wedding cards

I have three weddings to go to this summer, so three wedding cards to make. Not sure what I want yet, but wedding #1 is this Saturday. All my shower cards are done, & were done with Blooming with Happiness. This set is Fairy Tale Wedding, & I plan on using it, just not sure how! I have the stuff so I can do the sample in the 06-07 idea book, or I can be creative. This is attempt #1. And it's not bad. Just not exactly what I want. At least I have another 2 shots this summer!

Beate's challenge (& thank you for Brandon's Sunday School Teachers)

I made these two cards for Brandon's Sunday School teachers. Tomorrow is his last day in the 18-24 month class (they move everyone up as a class). We love Miss Destiny & his other teacher (I wish I could remember her name!), so we'll all be sad.

I used a sketch Beate posted on her blog, so I'm also submitting them to her blog candy contest. Yee-hah!

More cards

I just realized I have a couple of cards that I made & scanned, but never posted. So here we go:

I made this card as a thank you for Olivia's birthday. I copied an idea from one of the card sets in the SU spring mini.

stamps used: Very Punny & All Year Cheer II

I made this one for Beate's challenge over a week ago:

Stamps used: Paris in the Spring & Delight in Life

Living Large flowers

I made this for a challenge from Beate's blog, but I didn't like the flowers in the upper left (as per the sketch), so I moved them to the bottom right & I'm much happier.

1st birthday!

These are the invitations I made for Olivia's birthday party. The papers are regal rose & barely banana with white grosgrain. Ink is regal rose as well. The "poem" is from http://www.verseit.com

baby talk

Finally some baby girl cards.

1) Barely banana & regal rose cardstock, plus a flower & button from my MM stash.


2) Certainly celerycardstock, rose grosgrain, plus SEI paper from my stash.

Bloomin' with Happiness

More from this set...love it!

This I think will be the invite to Holly's shower. I had a couple of other ideas, but I really like this one. I just have to find more of the floral paper first!

This card is for Kathy's birthday...with her stamps :)

This was a thought for Holly's shower invites, but...I used "Thinking of You" because I don't like it as much as the one above. So I'll just use this for something else.

more stash used!
And I got some practice for my upcoming wedding shower invites for Holly.

I Like it a Latte

I used up some of my stash! Yay!

Love this new stamp set from SU!, and I was able to use up this pink polka dot paper I got for Olivia's album (over a year ago). And the pink ribbom I used is even older than that!

I did also use my Delight in Life stamp, and some of my new rose grosgrain, but I was able to coordinate some Prima flowers too.

Happy Harmony

Big Blossom