Basic Gray Happiness

This is a quick post of a little photo coaster I made for my niece and her friend. I got the coaster at a local eatery, can't remember--maybe Chili's? There is no stamping at all! Covered it with Basic Gray cardstock, added some rubons, then colored the rubons with markers. Added the photo, some pink grosgrain and a little easel stand for the back. I hope she likes it! Paper: Basic Gray
Acc: Ribbon, Cherished Memories Rub-ons (SU), White Gel Pen

Valentine Bundle Samples

I finally had a chance to sit down and make some samples from the Valentine Bundle that SU has put together. I have a Stamp Camp on Saturday and I wanted to have some other things besides the projects (which I'll share later!!) for my ladies to peruse! I have lots of ideas roaming around in my head but I am sure my DH would like to have his dinner sometime! The box of pretzels is a shameless case from Melanie Muenchinger's blog--hers is MUCH cuter, but I had to adapt, so hopefully it will give you some ideas for you to use on your own. I also CASE'd the elephant with the cupcake from someone on SCS, can't remember who, but thank you for the idea--so sweet! Enjoy!
Stamps: Happy Heart Day, Short & Sweet, EFP
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Lavender Lace, Whisper White, Shimmery White, Flowers for You DP, Textured Rose Red
Ink: Rose Red, Stazon Black, Cert. Celery
Acc: Aquapainters, WC Crayons, Markers, Punches, Tool Kit, White Gel Pen, Ribbon, Non SU Rhinestone, DD Glitter, Dimensionals, Plastic Box from Papertrey

Chicken up on You!

Just a quick post today....I needed a little girl's get well card and decided to do the color challenge at SCS. Not colors I would choose, but it was fun, and that's why they call it a challenge. The stamps are from My Favorite Things, the set is called Punny Farm, and it is too cute! The image was just colored in with markers; the background is a new jumbo wheel from SU called Spunky Spots! I love it! I didn't have any yellow ribbon, so I used YoYo Yellow ink and a dauber to color it. Thanks for looking and enjoy your day! Stamps: Punny Farm, Spunky Spots
Paper: WW, Basic Gray, Going Gray, YoYo Yellow
Ink: Black, YoYo Yellow
Acc: Ribbon, Markers

Sharon's Scallop Challenge

This sweet little card is a challenge for Sharon's Scallop Challenge. We had to make a card using some sort of scalloped edge. I made my scallop with my corner rounder. I took off the guard and held the punch against the edge of my DP. I started in the center and made the first punch, continuing on to the right, because I am right-handed. Then I flipped my paper over and continued from the center punch, again working to the right. It makes a nice wide scallop; I could have used scalloped scissors, but I liked the effect of the punch. I got some really cute ribbon at Michael's yesterday while visiting my dad in Rehoboth....I couldn't wait to use it with the Flowers For You DP from SU! The colors are so nice & springy! With these gray skies, I needed something cheerful today! I stamped the sentiment right on the ribbon with Stazon ink. The Dazzling Diamonds glitter really made the little flower stand out, too!
Stamps: Time Well Spent, Short & Sweet
Paper: Flowers for You DP, Regal Rose Ink: Black Stazon, Tempt Turquoise
Acc: Non-SU ribbon, Cert Celery marker, Aquapainter, DD Glitter, Corner Rounder Punch

Cute Pix

I haven't been home much, so I haven't stamped anything to show, but I did get some cute pictures I thought I would share with you. You know how you get those animal photos passed around via emails, but I hadn't seen these. Can't give credit because I don't know where they came from; hope you enjoy them!

Dollar Store Discoveries

I visited my local Dollar Store very quickly yesterday--I was in a time crunch, so I couldn't browse too much! But I found some really cute DP and just had to get it---it was only a dollar, right? So these are two really quick cards I came up with--no challenge here, just off the top of my head. I didn't want to cover up the pretty paper too much, so I stamped the "friends" sentiment in vellum cardstock, colored it with markers and added some of SU's Fire Circle brads. They are both mounted on Soft Sky cardstock--all pretty basic. I did heat emboss the butterfly so that I could freely watercolor the design without the outline getting all blurry, that's about the most challenging thing on either of them! I left the sentiments off the inside because I like to add them as I need them. These could be birthday, get well, or just an uplifting card! Hope they bring some cheerfulness to your day!
Stamps: Time Well Spent
Paper: Dollar Store DP, WW, Soft Sky, Summer Sun, Vellum Cardstock
Ink: Regal Rose Craft, Basic Black, Green Galore, Summer Sun, Rose Romance
Acc: Nestabilities, Fire Circle rhinestones, Dimensionals, White Taffeta Ribbon, Markers, Clear EP

A Happy Hello from a Special Friend

I had a nice surprise in the mail today--a hand-stamped card from my friend Beth! Isn't this a beautiful classic card? I love how she framed her image in black--not once, but twice! I have been using a lot of black accents myself lately, so this really appealed to me. Thanks so much, Beth. She cased it from someone on SCS, so whoever you are, thanks also!
Stamps: AYCI, IBBG, Spring Garden (ret)
Paper: Kraft, Basic Black, VV
Ink: Old Olive, More Mustard, Basic Black
Acc: Brads