No stamping time today....busy, busy! So I will share a couple more things from Stampin' Around Philly! These cards were made using Kitchen Sinks stamps, and taught by Julie Masse:
and this cute little set of notecards in a SWEET little box was courtesy of Taylored Expressions, taught by Charmaine Ikach:
Here's the front of the box:
Stop back later when I will share my project for the Thankful for Friends of Faith Blog Hop!
Woohoo, two posts in one day! I love vintage stuff, but still struggle to pull it off. Today's SCS challenge WT 244 was to use a faux finish or texture. One of my favorite techniques is faux tin, so I decided to do a faux tin heart and use it as an embellishment with some Jenni Bowlin papers & Bingo cards I got recently.
This kind of looks like a jumbled mess to me; but maybe someone with a sense of humor will enjoy it as a birthday card! All images are from Sweet Bee by CHF, as is the backgrounder. The crocheted flower is from my sweet friend Kristin and the prima is from my sweet friend Tammy! Here's a closeup of the faux tin heart:
To make the faux tin, simply cut a shape from Really Rust cardstock; dauber it heavily with Really Rust ink, then sponge Chocolate Chip ink over top. I distressed the edges as well. Isn't that flower cute?
Thank for coming by again! Any questions, just holler!
is going on today.....it's raining, gray, dreary....and I only have two little cards to show you. Nothing exciting there, either. But I'll show them to you anyway and maybe this afternoon I can come up with something more fun!
This first card is a hostess thank you:
This card is a get-well card for a church friend who is going though another bout of cancer; this Lovely as a Tree image was left over from my recent watercoloring class. It was hanging out on my table too, along with that BG Indian Summer paper, so I paired them up to make one of these funny-looking cards:
I put the panel to the right because I didn't want to cover up that pretty leaf image! I also wanted to use that nice satin ribbon, but didn't want a bow, so I just laid it across the card. Some dew drops (can ANYONE get them on straight?) finished it off....I hope he doesn't think it's too girly!
Any questions, give me a shout! Thanks for visiting today! Blessings to you all!
Broni is our CTD hostess this week and her colors of Real Red, Only Orange and Crushed Curry, along with a dark neutral, gave me an "eeeek" moment! But I checked out some of the new Indian Summer BG paper I just received, and found some that was perfect for the challenge.
Now I know this is different from my usual style! Monkeys are not high on my stamping priority list, but I thought with this jungle-like paper, a cute little monkey face peeking out from the leaves would fit the challenge perfectly, so I used a cute little Simon Says Stamp set called Silly Monkey. I also used Fall to Layout #67 from the Clean and Simple blog:
and here's the layout:
Feel free to stop by the CTD blog and submit your own creation using these challege colors; you can link your direct post right there to Mr Linky and be in the running for the Featured Stamper or guest designer!!! If you don't have these exact colors, just use something close! Have fun! And be sure to check out the sponsor info--you could win some blog candy, too! And here are the other designers so you can check out their awesome work:
Happy Wednesday to everyone! This week's challenge is a sketch:
There are LOTS of possibilities with this sketch, so why don't you try it out and link it to Mr Linky on the DCBD blog? We'd love to see what you come up with!!! So here's my submission:
I really like this card! It was tempting to want to glitter & bling this up with some Dazzling Diamonds and a few brads, but I purposely left it plain, as I wanted to showcase these colors and images. Night of Navy and Sage Shadow are a great combo, and adding Brushed Silver really kicks it up. I added the ribbon at the bottom because I really love that Sage Shadow grosgrain ribbon!! The sentiment was done by inking the word "Joy" from a Many Merry Messages verse with my Night of Navy marker, then punching it out. I also used Nesties for my circular layers.
Thanks so much for visiting today!
One of the sponsors for Stampin Around Philly was Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, with Korin Sutherland. You know that I have restrictions on linking non-SU companies on my blog, but I am sure you have seen her cute stamps, and she will be a sponsor as well for a blog hop coming up at the end of the week, which you can read about here. So here is the card we made, designed by Korin:
Isn't this sweet? It is several word stamps positioned in a tree shape, embellished with buttons, brads & ribbon, and some red stickles! SO cute, I love it! And here is another candy gift I made for one of my bloggin' buddies (you'll be sick of these by the week's end!):
I said yesterday that these were homemade candies....well, they are homemade at a little candy shop near me.....not homemade BY me!! Sorry! And these are strawberry cheesecake chocolates.....and the clerk at the store actually offered me one of these.....YUM!!!!
Thanks for visiting today...if you have any questions, shoot me an email! Stop back tomorrow for the CTD and Diva challenges!
(Edited to add: I think I must have seen this beautiful card by Donna before I stamped mine....they are so similar, that I must give her credit!! I believe I subconsciously had hers in my head!!!) I need to amp up my supply of Thanksgiving cards, as I do send some to family members that we don't see until Christmas. Today's SCS Clean & Simple challenge was to use white and one color......and I began my card using VANILLA and one color. Go figure. Oh well, I used the JUGS6 sketch:
and a hostess set called Holiday Best, the leaf from Autumn Days and the little text is from PTI, Text Basics I think it is. All images are stamped in Sahara Sand; cardstock is Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla and Bella Bleu. A little twill and Kraft ribbon are accented with a slide from the Hodgepodge Hardware kit. I used a Nestability to cut out my image rather than the circle shown in the sample...I know, I am such a rebel! LOL!
I am still recovering from the weekend....I haven't pulled out all my projects from my bag yet. I was so overwhelmed by all we were doing that I didn't finish everything!!! So as I finish them, I'll share them. But I do have a couple things to show you, items that I made for my girlfriends before I left..... I'll be showing them along this week too. I made these little candy baskets using SU's Box #2 die cut:
(this was Tammy's--she likes ORANGE)
The cardstock is Dusty Durango; DP is all from Basic Grey; sentiments are from CHF. Inside is some yummy homemade orange & chocolate candy. It was all I could do to NOT eat this while assembling this gift!!! Here are some photos of the area around the Glasbern Inn too:
The view from the side of our porch:
The view from our patio...yes, those are goats!! And a pond!! And frost!
And the mural over the fireplace in the dining area. Just amazing! Well, thanks for visiting today....be sure to come back again tomorrow; hopefully I'll have some mojo for some new things!
