Mojo Hello

I still have my Kim Hughes' Sweet Spring on my desk, so I am still playing with that!  I thought I should do the Mojo Monday challenge this week, because they have prizes!!!  Here's the sketch:

 

 

 

 

 

and here's my card:

Card is Pink Pirouette; DP is BG's Two Scoops.  The images are watercolored and mounted on Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose, and the scallop is Wild Wasabi (never thought I would use that again!).  I used some new Dewdrops from Ellen's store as well, and SU's taffeta ribbon.  Not a lot of frou-frou, but I did do a little Gelly Roll pen on some ears and feathers!  Thanks for visiting!

Easter at Full Speed

I finally sat down today and had a couple hours to stamp some Easter cards.  Luckily, Kim Hughes came to my rescue!  I just got her adorable Sweet Spring set from Ellen Hutson's store; the images are big and bold enough to stand on their own, and I managed to make 14 cards--they varied from CAS to a little more stepped-up, all in just a short time!

My first batch of six used the egg image, stamped on SU's Prints DP.  The bow looks paper-pieced, but it is actually colored in with markers!  I added a simple scalloped border with my MS punch.

My next batch was a set of no-layer cards (no pun intended!!).  If you could see these close up, you would realize that I am terrible at coloring in images and am desperately wanting some Copics---soon, perhaps!  But aren't these little chickies cute? 

Finally, my stepped-up version was the final batch:

I am just in love with this little lamb!  A little hill of retired Holiday Treasures DP, some ribbon and a button, and it is complete! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also made a little bag topper with my new Nestie label die:

This will go into a big box of goodies I am sending to my niece and nephew.  Hopefully, my sister will restrain herself before the kids get home from school!  I sent plenty, so they all should have enough sugar to last them for quite a while.  And while we're talking candy here, I have to share with you what my friend Mary Anne made:

Yes, it looks like a deviled egg......but it's CANDY!!!!

Isn't that amazing?!  I wish I could see the look on their faces when they open these up!

Thanks for visiting, if you have any questions, shoot me an email.  I apologize for being lazy and taking pix on my messy desk, but next week will be a little less hectic! 

Pretty Colors

Let's face it...one of the reasons we stamp is because we love all those colors--mmm!!!  Dawn McVey's color challenge this week is a fun one:

Again, she uses mostly PTI colors, which I don't have, but I think my choices were fairly close:

I used markers to ink up the sentiment in different colors; you can barely see the Rose Red panel, but it is there!  The Raspberry Tart DP makes a lovely background, don't you think!  Well, I'm off--a busy week this week and I don't have ONE Easter card made!!

• All products SU unless noted
• Stamps:  All Holidays
• Paper:  Kraft, Pink Pirouette, Cameo Coral, Rose Red, Very Vanilla
• Ink:  Creamy Caramel
• Acc:  Markers, Taffeta Ribbon, Grosgrain Ribbon, Twill (Taylored Expressions), Butterfly Punch (Martha Stewart), bling (Michaels), dimensionals

A Little Bit of Everything

No challenges today, just a mish-mash of things I've been working on. My stamp club met last night:

MaryAnne and Linda

Sandy and Robyn

Athena

Don't they look like they're having fun!?

Anyway, here are a couple projects we worked on:

A peppermint patty bunny, using Flowerbug Inkspot's punch bunny. I have made a tutorial on this little guy, if you need it, let me know. Very easy & fun!

Isn't this cute!

I demo'ed this basket; you can find the directions here.

And this was my hostess gift; you can find the directions here:

Don't you just love those corduroy buttons?!

I have more to share, but I'll save it for later! Remember, if you need any info, just shoot me an email!!

Decorating an Egg

I don't mean in the usual way!  Sharon's No Time to Stamp challenge today was to use an egg in your creation!  I have my stamp club girls meeting tonight, so I wanted to do something QUICK this morning!  I bought these Dollar Store eggs last year:

They sit on my piano with my little vintage bunny and my mom's Easter tree.  I thought they could use a little  "dressing up", so used some of my little clear Easter stamps (thanks again, Georgette!) and some Michael's ribbon and made some very simple decorations for them:

It's a dreary day and it was hard to get the lighting quite right--the colors look a little washed out, so here is a photo from my desk:

The ribbons are attached with a mini glue dot and the images themselves with a dimensional.  Very easily removed to change for next year!  TFL and have a great day!

• Stamps:  Studio G Easter stamps
• Paper:  WW, Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst
• Ink:  Palette Noir, Versachalk
• Acc:  Markers, Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Circle Punch, ribbon from Michaels, Dimensionals, mini glue dots 

In Sympathy

Too many sympathy cards I've had to make lately....I guess I should have a bigger supply on hand.  These were quick and no-fuss since I needed them to go out in the mail right away:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had these two images already inked on my desk for another project so I went ahead and colored them with markers and a blender pen.  I used some scraps for my backgrounds.  The next one I just let the Urban Garden DP be the main focus, and added a small sentiment centered in the HPH and a subtle gray ribbon in a matching slide:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While I was making these cards, I heard a sound under my table.  I have my cutter on the edge of the table with a little basket underneath to catch the scraps (as you can see, sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't!):

Look what was in my basket:

What a look--as if to say, "How dare you disturb me!"  Her furry bum barely fits in there!  Ah, it didn't last long, soon my little Pumpkin was off to find another spot to curl up in! 

Not much time today, if anyone needs info on the supplies, shoot me an email!

Color Throwdown #36

This week's challenge is extra-special!  Or should I say "eggs-tra special"!  No April foolin' either!  Because we have reached 100 followers,  Our Craft Lounge has donated two Easter stamp sets to give away courtesy of our resident banner babe, Kisa!  Check these out:

Aren't they cute?!!  And you could win them!  And in honor of OCL, we are using their banner colors as our challenge today:

So pick up those stamps, rev up those ink pads and get creative!  Feel free to use any colors as long as they are close to these, and if you have some OCL stamps and want to use them, even better!  Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery and link it to Mr. Linky on the CTD blog!  Be sure to use the keyword CTD36 if you post to a gallery, and please be sure to link your specific CTD post to Mr Linky, not your general blog address!!  That's a no-n0!!!

So for my card today, I decided to do something a little fun, since these are such fun, cute images!  I haven't done a spinner card in a long, long time, and the little bug from Just Bugz seemed to be the perfect little critter!  You can find the directions to make a spinner card on SCS here.

If you've never seen a spinner card, the little image "spins" along the channel, making it an interactive, fun card--kids (and adults!) love them.  Just tilt the card a little and the image spins along, back and forth:

  If I was really clever, I'd have a video here, but I'm not, so you'll have to use your imagination!!! 

My card base is Pink Passion; I used some retired Summer Picnic DP as my card front, and I stamped the little flower from Enjoy Every Moment in Pink Passion ink randomly over the paper.  A white gel pen highlights the centers of each, as well as the scallop of Tempting Turquoise on which my little bug is mounted.  The "smile" from Anna Mae was colored with markers and cut out and mounted on another circle along with a flower from SU's retired 3-flower punch.  A cool trick was to use my Word Window punch to make the channel--this really speeds up the process to make this card, which doesn't take that long at all!

Now let's see what the others have come up with:

• Broni - Splashes of Watercolor
• Tammy - Stamp Happy
• Cathy - Crafty Thoughts
• Barbara - Paper Pursuits
• Danielle – Wild Dragonfly Designs

• Stamps:  Enjoy Every Moment, IBBG, SU; Just Bugz and Anna Mae, Our Craft Lounge
• Paper:  Pink Passion, White, Tempting Turquoise, Summer Picnic (ret SU)
• Ink:  Pink Passion, Palette Noir, Tempting Turquoise
• Acc:  Markers, Word Window Punch, Scallop Punch, Circle Punches, Turquoise Grosgrain ribbon, 3-Flower Punch, White Gel Pen, lots of dimensionals, pennies