Polka Dot Pieces

Hey there!  Rain, rain.......go away!!  Is it raining on you?!  There is rain in our forecast for the next four days!  Ugh!!  I really do love the rain, but so much of it lately is kind of harshing my vibe! LOL   So I wanted to make a bright, happy card today and  this is what I did:

I used the awesome new Polka Dot Pieces set for my main image.  I colored each of the pieces with a different color marker and then punched them out with the coordinating 2 Step Bird punch.  The background is embossed and stamped.  The added flower is also from the same set and the beautiful bright, happy pink piece is embossed as well.

Little bit of faux stitching and it was done!

Happy card....yes, yes, yes!! 

Details: 

Stamps: Polka Dot Pieces and Pennant Parade

Paper: Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink, Strawberry Slush and Very Vanilla

Ink: Primrose Petals, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green and Crumb Cake

Punches and Dies: 1 1/4" Scallop Circle punch,  2 Step Bird Punch, Mosaics EF and Stripes EF

Extras: Pearl and Dimensionals

I hope that your day is happy even if the rain is falling where you are!

ABC Challenge!

Hello!  Monday means it is time for another ABC Challenge!  Today's fun challenge is to make a Summer card!  I wound up poking through some of my retired stamps looking for something Summer-y and then grabbed some summer colored paper and set to work.  Here is my card for the Summer challenge:

I must admit that putting this card together really, really, really left me wanting to go to the beach!!!  I absolutely love the beach!! We spent some time there recently and I miss it.......A LOT!

Details:

Stamps: Tropical Party and Ciao, Baby (both retired)

Paper: Summer Starfruit, Marina Mist and Very Vanilla

Ink: Summer Starfruit, Chocolate Chip and Garden Green

Punches and Dies: Small Label, 1 1/4" Circle, 1 3/8" circle, Scallop Circle and Scallop Ribbon Border

Extras: Rhinestones

Hope that you will play along with us for this week's challenge!  We would love to have you!  Head on over to ABC Challenges and check it out!

Have a wonderful day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!

Christmas card Sunday #24

Hello!  Phew!  Busy weekend around here! Seems like I was just making last week's Christmas card yesterday! LOL  I used another one of my new to me stamp sets for today's card.  It has been retired for a while, but I just love it.  Here is my Christmas card for this week:

I added the glow from the street lamp with some Summer Starfruit ink and an aqua painter.  I also added Dazzling Diamonds to the falling snowflakes to give them a little shimmer!

The details:

Stamps: Christmas Carolers (retired)

Paper: Crumb Cake, Real Red and Very Vanilla

Ink: Soft Suede and Summer Starfruit

Punches and Dies: None

Extras: Dazzling Diamonds and Aqua painter

Enjoy your weekend and Happy Father's day to all you dads out there!

Father's day tools!

Hello!  So happy that the weekend is here!!  Woooohoooooo!  I have a card to share with you that we made at my punch art class last night!  I saw a similar card on Pinterest and thought these little wrenches would be a great addition to the class.

The details:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Basic Gray, Garden Green and Whisper White

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Punches and Dies: Word Window, 3/4" Circle, Modern Decorative Label, Itty Bitty Punch and Stripes EF

Extras: White gel pen, Mini Silver brads and Sponges

We are going to be working on our addition today!  So, I am off to get busy!!  Hope you have a wonderful day! I will be back soonest with more to share!

Thank you!

Hellooooooo!  Happy Friday to you and you and you and y.......I have a quick post to share with you today!  My day is full, full, full, but I wanted to be sure to stop by and spend some time with you before the chaos set in! :)  I made a little thank you card this morning.  I say little because it is only 3x3, but is very big on the thank you part! ;)  See:

I used all white card stock, but sponged with the beautiful new Smoky Slate!

Two different textures and a tiny little pink rhinestone colored with a sharpie give this little guy a big personality!

Details:

Stamps: Pretty Postage (retired)

Paper: Whisper White

Ink: Smoky  Slate

Punches and Dies: Blossoms punch, 1" Circle punch, Mosaic Madness EF and  Stripes EF 

Extras: Rhinestone and sponges

I hope that you have a great day! 

Thanks so much!

Hello!  I needed to make a thank you card for a dear friend and so I sat down at my messy scrap table and went to work!  I grabbed a couple of sets that are quickly becoming favorites and this is what I came up with:

I used the Wildflower Meadow stamp, but after I inked it up in Crumb Cake I took  a Melon Mambo marker and made several swipes back and fourth over it.   I really like the effect this has!  Little bit of brown and little bit of pink!  Score! :)

I added a few hand stitched banners and a tiny little sentiment to top it all off! I stamped a larger sentiment on the top corner and tore the paper on my main image. Finally, I did a little sponging to grunge things up a bit.

Details:

Stamps: Wildflower Meadow, Simply Sketched and Postage Collections

Paper: Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper  White, Melon Mambo, Certainly celery and Basic Black

Ink: Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip

Punches and Dies: Small Oval

Is there someone you should take a minute to say thank you to today?!  Do it!  You will be glad that you did!

Have a great day!

His and Her's Sketched Birthday!

Hi there! :)  I have a set of his and her's birthday cards to share with you today! I used the Sketch Birthday stamp set to make these!  They are going to a couple of my favorite folks who have birthday's just days apart so I thought it would be kind of fun if they had the same feel to them!

Her's!

I also stamped the cute little star shape from Pennant Parade in the background. I stamped it in green to match the other card!

His!

The cake is pink to match the other card!

Here they are together!

The details:

Stamps: Sketched Birthday and Pennant Parade

Paper: Certainly Celery, Melon Mambo and Whisper White

Ink: Certainly Celery and Melon Mambo

Punches and Dies: Scallop Circle and Ribbon Border punch

Extras: Rhinestones and Dazzling Diamonds

  I have a loooong craft to do list today so I am off to spend more time in my stamp room!

Have a wonderful day!

Diorama card!

Hiya!  Happy Tuesday to you!  I have a fun, fun, fun little project to show you today!!  I met with my wonderful demo group over the weekend and we all participated in a swap called New, new, new!  We had to use new product from the new cattie!  I decided I wanted to do something other than a card so I went with a diorama box card!!  Take a look:

I used lots and lots of goodies from the new catalog!

It is three layers deep and has lots of fun little details!

View from the top!

This is layer number one.  I made the flowers using the new Simply pressed clay and molds.  Once they dried I colored them using an aqua painter and then heat embossed them with Iridescent Ice  EP. The butterflies are punched from the Bitty Butterfly punch and have pearl bodies.  I punched the circles out using the 1 3/8" Circle punch.

Everything got sponged to grunge-y it all up!

The middle layer is stamped with an image from Simply Sketched and the humming bird is from Wildflower Meadow.  I stamped him twice and fussy cut him, Then I added him with two layers of dimensionals.

Layer number three is stamped with Wildflower Meadow and then run through the coordinating EF Wildflower Meadow. I made the little flowers using the Itty Bitty punch pack and the sentiment is from Lovely Labels and punched out with the coordinating Artisan label punch.

This butterfly is punched in Crisp Cantaloupe and double layered.

Here are all 10 that I made for the swap!

The details:

Stamps: Simply Sketched, Sketched Birthdays and Wildflower Meadow

Paper: Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush, Baked Brown Sugar and Crisp Cantaloupe

Ink: Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar and Soft Suede

Punches and Dies: 1 1/4" Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, Bitty Butterfly, Itty Bitty Punch pack ,Wildflower Meadow EF and Bitty Banners  Framelits

Extras: Pearls, Simply Pressed Clay, Buttons and Blossoms clay molds, Iridescent Ice EP, Aqua Painter, dimensionals and sponges

These were really fun to make!  Would you like to make one too?!!   There is an excellent tutorial on SplitCoast here.  Have fun!! :)

Have a great day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!

ABC Challenge!

Hi there!  Time to get a new week rolling which means time for another ABC Challenge!  Today's challenge is called I {HEART} animals and you guessed it........it is to use an animal somewhere on your card!  I love animals!!  Over the years we have had the pleasure of sharing our space with dogs, cats, horses, cows, goats, mice, birds,  lizards, turtles, chickens, giant fish and even a snake!  My 14 year old daughter currently has a ball python named Lucy!  I personally have had 2 pet cows.  Animals have a way of sneaking into your heart and embedding themselves there!  They are really very special!  I considered lots of different options for today's challenge, but kept coming back to this one:

The same 14 year old kiddo mentioned above has decided to take on the adventure of raising chickens!  She   has spent her own money, found her own blueprints to build a chicken coop and spends lots of time caring for baby chicks right now!  She ordered them last week and they arrived in the mail!!  Anyhow, chickens are on my mind this week so today's card features a cute baby chick!

Peep, peep, peep!!!!

The details: 

Stamps: Oh, Hello

Paper: Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight, Only Orange, Basic Black, Whisper White and Strawberry Slush

Punches:

Body: Top Note

Beak: Large Heart

Eyes: 1 " Circle and 3/4" Circle 

Hair tuft: Five Star Flower (Retired)

Wings: Scallop Circle

Feet: Snowflake (Retired)

Hair bow: 1 1/4" Circle

Here is a picture of the 2 day old chicks that arrived in the mail!

They are doing great and growing very quickly!!  

Be sure to head on over to the ABC Challenge blog and check out all of the other fun cards!

I hope that you have a wonderful day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!

Christmas card Sunday #23

Hello there! :)  Remember a few days ago when I told you that I had purchased some retired stamps from some good friends of mine?!  Weeeeeeeell, I could barely stand waiting until today to show this fun card I made using one of the sets!!!!!   Take a look at these sweet faces (and their oh so stylish boot-ies!!)

Are these not the cutest carol-ers that you have ever seen?!!  My mom (HIYA MOM!!!) lives in Alaska and tells me all the time about the moose that come and visit in her yard so when I saw this set I scooped it right up!!  Guess who this Christ-moose card will be going to this year?! 

I kept the card very simple because I really did not want to detract from the cute image!  I did slip in a little bit of paper piecing though!!  Their boots are stamped on the matching red and green from the card base for just a tiny little bit of pop!  

This stamp set goes waaaaaaay back to 2000!!  That is well before I became a demonstrator so  I am giddy that I was able to add it to my collection!!

Details:

Stamps: Merry Christmoose (Retired 2000)

Paper: Garden Green, Real Red, Baked Brown Sugar and Very Vanilla

Ink: Soft Suede

Punches and Dies: Northern Flurries Big Shot die (retired)

Extras: Rhinestone (colored with a Sharpie)

Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,la, laaaaaaaaa....

Have a good day!  I will be back soonest with more to share! 

Creative Elements!

Hi there!  Saturday being good to you?! :)  I have had a crazy busy day and still have oodles to do but I wanted to stop by and share the card with you that I made this morning!  I challenged myself to use all scraps and only one stamp set and this is what I came up with:

I went poking through my scrap box and found a piece of Calypso Coral just waiting to be turned into card! I chose the stamp set Creative Elements and tried to use as many of the stamps in the set as I could!

After I did all of my stamping I ran the bottom half of the card through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice EF. I stamped the flower on the card base and then three additional times.  I fussy cut the extra flowers and layered them on dimensionals and added a strip of Pear Pizzazz to the center.  I added some faux stitching with a white gel pen.

Details:

Stamps: Creative Elements

Paper: Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz and Very Vanilla

Ink: Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede

Punches and Dies: Square Lattice EF and Word Window punch

Extras: White Gel pen and Dimensionals

I hope you have a great day!  I will be back soonest with more to share!

Wildflower Meadow bag-a-lope!

Hello there!  Ever wake up thinking about a project and wondering if your idea will translate successfully to paper?!  I do that all the time and couldn't wait to get to my stamp room to try this out!  I wanted to use the new Wildflower Meadow stamp set and coordinating EF, but I wanted to try them on a Bag-a-lope!!  I also wanted to do something a little different with stamp!  Here is what I made:

I must confess that this stamp didn't scream at me when I first laid eyes on it.  I bought it anyways because I felt like it had lots of potential!  After using it several times though I absolutely LOVE it!!  It is just so pretty!!  It stamps beautifully!  It has flowers and polka dots and that sweet, sweet humming bird!!  The coolest thing about it though is that after you stamp it you can floof (technical term!) it up with the coordinating EF!!  

To make my bag-a-lope I used the ever handy tried and true recipe on SplitCoast which you can find here.  I used a larger envelope and scored three of my sides at 1". After I did my scoring I folded all three sides under and stamped the image.  The different thing I wanted to try was that I used 4 different stamp pads to get a blended  color look! I started on top with the lightest color and ran it across the top of the stamp and then did the same lower down with a darker shade of ink and so on until I used all four colors and had covered the whole stamp. It is had to see in the pictures, but after I stamped it I ran it through the Wildflower EF to raise the image.

I stamped the hummingbird two additional times and fussy cut him and layered him over the original using dimensionals.

I also added some punched flowers from the Itty Bitty punch pack and some pearls to add some dimension and interest!

Another angle!

This cute little bag is great for gift giving!  It would hold lots of fun things!  It is also the perfect size to fill with chocolate goodies.....which in my opinion is the best sort of gift to give (or receive!! *BIG grin!)

Details:

Stamps: Wildflower Meadow

Paper: Strawberry Slush

Ink: Blushing Bride, Pretty in Pink, Primrose Petals, Chocolate Chip and Soft Suede

Punches and Dies: Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Scallop Border punch and Wildflower Meadow EF 

Extras: 3/8" Primrose Petals Stitched Ribbon (retired), Pearls, White Gel pen, Dimensionals and an envelope

Hope that you have a wonderful day! :)  I will be back soonest with more crafty goodness to share!