Stacey's Jewelry Inspiration #35

Stacey always has a wonderful jewelry inspiration (which I don't always get to do), and this week's is no exception.  You can check it out here; the colors are Cameo Coral, Ballet Blue, Kiwi Kiss and Very Vanilla.  I had my Flower Layers #3 die out for another project, so just decided to go with that:

This card also used Fall to Layout #39 from the Clean and Simple Stamping blog:

This was an interesting mixture of colors!  I hope that this card will brighten someone's day!

 

 

• Stamps:  Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Green Thumb, PTI
• Paper:  Very Vanilla, Cameo Coral, Ballet Blue, Bella Rose DP
• Ink:  Ballet Blue, Cameo Coral
• Acc:  Scallop Edge Punch, Flower Layers #3 Die, Old Olive Twill, Bling from Mike's, Sponge Daubers, Dimensionals

Mojo Monday Sympathy

I needed TWO sympathy cards today; I made both very simple as I needed to get them in the mail asap.  The first one used the sketch from Mojo Monday:

I used designer papers from BG's Porcelain and Stella Ruby, and SU's Trendy Trees stamped on watercolor paper for my simple image.  I also used my new Deckle Edge Nestabilities, and the sentiment is from PTI:

 

 

Oops, I forgot the inside photo:

My second one uses my new Stylized Flowers CB folder, embossed on some DCWV textured paper with a white core, then sanded:

Sentiment, ribbon and punches are all from SU!  Thanks for visiting--if you need more details, shoot me an email! 

Spring Violets

A few weeks ago, I won some blog candy from the wonderfully talented Laura Frederickson.  I remember when I first started blogging, she was very helpful to me, and besides being very creative, she is just a very nice person!  She sent ME a lovely thank you card:

Isn't this pretty?  I love the little details.  One of the items I won was the gorgeous set from Flourishes titled "Sweet Violets".  I finally got a chance to play with it, and although this was a rather quick attempt, I thought it came out pretty well.  I began to use the few Copics I had, but ended up finishing it with my reinkers and my aquapainter, using a technique called Drunken Watercoloring!  Instead of using water in your aquapainter, you use alcohol; your reinkers then become sort of like Copics, and although it takes a little experimentation, the colors remain truer than using straight water.  So what do you think?

I popped up a violet and a leaf, and added some dew drops, mounting it on some Mellow Moss & Basic Black, then on an Almost Amethyst card stamped with CHF's Leaves Backgrounder. Since the design is fairly large, I didn't add a lot of extras--this was really just a practice piece!  I added a little violet on the inside as well:

I won another item, and I'll be making something with that in the next few days, so be on the lookout!  Have a great day!

Happy News

Lots of happiness today, as my daughter is out of the hospital and feeling much better.  Thanks to all who prayed for her and extended get-well wishes to her and my dad, who is still on the mend.  Without going into a lot of details, her main issue was migraines; in an effort to determine the source of the pain, she had a spinal tap and had some after-effects.  An epidural blood patch was needed to correct the problem--and it worked!  She is home and on the mend.  Again, thanks so much!

Let the Sun Shine!

I was finally able to stamp a little today and combined a couple of challenges.  My mojo is still in hiding a little, but hopefully by the weekend, it will be back!  I am amazed at how women under pressure can still create such beautiful things---it doesn't happen here!

Sharon's No Time To Stamp challenge was to Let The Sun Shine!  Great, cuz it's not shining here!!!  Her challenge was to use the color yellow on our cards.  There are many shades of yellow and I realized I don't have very many of them!

 

  My first card was for the Mojo Monday challenge,  and I took it pretty literally, as that stampin' mojo was missing:

 

 

Not much stamping; I wanted to highlight the pretty yellow, pink and blue patterns in the BG Lily Kate paper I was using, so instead of stamping, I just CB'd each piece.  Sentiment is from All Holidays and the flower is from Eastern Blooms.  Pearls were from K& Co--their stuff is really nice!  Now for some more "funky" stuff--a little less my style, but as I said, the mojo was MIA:

This uses the butterfly from Flight of the Butterfly, stamped on the opposite side of this yellow BG paper from K&Co called "Berry Sweet".  This just isn't doing anything for me, so that's all I'm saying about it!

 

 

 

 

This final one is just a scrap piece of Summer Sun I had in my paper file; I folded it in half, stamped some images and colored and doodled them in with my markers.  One leaf is popped up.  Images are from My Cute Stamps; sentiment is from Gina K's Whimsical Autumn.  Buttons from Walmart!!!  Thanks for visiting today! 

Tango with a Flourish

Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers you've expressed for my daughter and my dad.  Both are not out of the woods yet; Dana is still in the hospital and is having a procedure today that will hopefully help the severe pain she is in.  She hasn't eaten for two days, either, and that would be enough to make anyone crabby!  So I haven't stamped a bit, but I did these cards a week or so ago and never posted them, so I thought today would be good.  These were for my downline top sellers for March--I am all caught up now and just in time for April! 

I like to make these cards using new images and products so they can display them at their own parties and events, and simple enough that they and their customers could easily duplicate them.  I tend to get in a rut, using the same color combinations, so I thought I would try to think a little outside the box, still using one of my fav sets, Friends 24-7, but by using a combo I don't normally use: Kraft and Tangerine Tango:

This has some Apricot Appeal accents as well, and glitter on the flowers.  I also used the eyelet punch on the envelope as well:

 

 

Cut the flap of the envelope so that it is straight across.

 

 

 

Using the eyelet scallop punch, punch the flap.  Seal with adhesive if necessary.

 

 

 

I also like to stamp on the front of the envelope as well!

 

Thanks for visiting--hopefully I can stamp sometime today!

• Stamps:  Friends 24-7, Oval All
• Paper:  Kraft, Tangerine Tango, Apricot Appeal, WW, Patterns DP
• Ink:  Stazon, Tangerine Tango, Apricot Appeal
• Acc:  Blender Pen, Glitter, Eyelet Scallop Punch, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Dimensionals

Still MIA

Hi everyone! I apologize for no Color Throwdown today....I was "thrown" another challenge this week, as now my daughter is in the hospital due to migraine problems!! I appreciate all your thoughts & prayers regarding my dad, who is hopefully on the mend, so now I am concentrating my efforts on getting her back home. So bear with me a tad bit longer--I am really missing my stamping time but this is most important right now!