Rock and Roll

Today's CAS challenge at SCS was to do the rock and roll technique.  Can I say that, for as many stamp sets that I have, I could not find any that really "rocked" this technique?  Very frustrating.  I ended up using Bojo Backgrounds for this very lame card, which used Fall to Layout #30 from Clean and Simple Stamping's blog:

The only redeeming quality is the pretty bling and the lovely DP, which is from K&Co's Hannah cardstock pad.  The image was stamped first with Baja Breeze, then "rocked" with Not Quite Navy, then punched out & layered on some Baja Breeze ribbon.  Sentiment is from Trendy Trees, stamped crookedly also in NQN.

This card is a little better.  It actually makes me smile!  It uses Fall to Layout #41 and some new-to-me K&Co DP, Berry Sweet:

The top panel is the reverse side of the main panel; I already had the Baja ribbon and ink on my desk, and it matched so well, I went with it!  The little flower is from PTI's Green Thumb and sentiment from Paper Tray; flower brads are Chloe's Closet and button is SU's Button Latte.  The panel is matted on Apricot Appeal; card is Kiwi Kiss.  I can't wait to send this to someone special!

A CASE for Piercing

Two cards today---both shameless CASEs and both have piercing!  This card from Juanita was my inspiration for the three hearts, since I don't have the 3-flower punch:

I added the little punched heart at the bottom because I SMUDGED the sentiment....none of you do that, do you?  Sentiment is from MFT, Essential Sentiments, stamped in Regal Rose.  The hearts of Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette were all punched with SU's 3-Hearts punch, then daubered.

This was cased from Lisa Henke's card here (go to last card).

My embossing and piercing are terrible, but you know how it is.....you've spent so much time stamping & coloring, you're not about to chuck it.  I used ink and blender pens instead of pastels.  I love this layout and look, so maybe I'll do another!  Image is SU's Sweet Stems, stamped in Stazon on Kraft CS.  Sentiment is (again) Essential Sentiments from MFT.

To all you moms out there, I hope you are having an enjoyable Mother's Day!  Thanks for visiting!

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Lazy, Crazy Days of.....

May! Okay, I know those are not the right words, but that's how I feel today! I delivered floral arrangements for Mother's Day today and yesterday....my mom's family has been in the floral business for years and now my cousin has taken over the business. My daughter inherited the flower-arranging gene as she is also a floral designer. Me--I just know how to drive and deliver!!! So I have nothing to post today, EXCEPT some awards that have been given to me and, lazy me, I never passed them on! Shame, shame!

This little fun one was from Andrea and Carol.

And this one was from Beth!

Thanks to all of you! I am so blessed by your thoughtfulness!

Okay, now to pass these on to a few creative gals! I will let them decide which one they want! Here ya go:

• Deb, who cracks me up at Paper, Ink, Scissors & Stamps
• Juanita, who is one of the most encouraging stampers I know and who has really amped up her creativity lately at Rubber Side Down
• Wendy, who ALWAYS has lovely, crisp, clean, beautifully-colored cards at WeeBee Stampin'
• Sandi, who has rocked the card world with her lovely rose cards on Sandi MacIver
• Jen, whose blog I just discovered and have enjoyed so much, at Simple & Sincere
• and Liza, whose vintage CAS card blew my socks off, at The Card Kitchen (you can see that card here)

So you know what to do---pass them along!!! Have a lovely Saturday and hopefully I can have some stamping time on Mother's Day!

CAS Marrakesh Style

Just a quick post today as I am helping my friend move--in the rain!  I LOVED the CAS sketch at SCS this week--so many possibilities.  My "guy" birthday card stash was getting low, so I pulled out my BG Marrakesh paper and punched out some coordinating circles:

There's actually ONE Boxer paper in there too! Added a simple sentiment and it's good to go.  Paper is Bordering Blue, ink is Night of Navy.  I tried it with some NON circles behind the DP circles, but didn't like it quite as much:

Not quite as "CAS" to me.  Thanks for visiting & have a great day!

More Violets, Please

Just one more quick post for the day; this is for two challenges:  Wacky Wednesday at Rubbernecker's blog, which was to use your favorite technique; and the Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday, which was to use beads.  Deb Olsen made a beautiful card recently where the image had been stamped on Kraft paper and colored in, so since I love to watercolor, I decided to use the smaller version of the Sweet Violets:

While I am not thrilled with my background "haze" behind my image, I do love how this card turned out.  I used the retired Floral background stamp on panels of Baja Breeze, Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive, and the retired Linen on the Eggplant Labels One panel.  The absolutely-scrumptious-why-didn't-I-open-the-package-sooner ribbon is a RAK from Ellen Hutson with my last order.....this is the nicest ribbon!  It matches perfectly with my card, although it doesn't appear that way in the photo.  Finally, I added some beads to a yard-sale stickpin I found and did a couple little piercings on the corners.  I am leaving it sentiment-less so that I can use it for whatever occasion arises! 

Top Note Mini Photo Album

I made this little photo album a few weeks ago but just now had the chance to post it. It also qualifies for the DCBD challenge #126 this week, to use your Big Shot:

I used the Top Note die and cut two pieces of cardboard from a package of DP, and four coordinating pieces of DP and glued them all together. Then I die cut some pieces of Confetti White for the inside pages. I decorated the front and punched a hole through all the pages and used two buttons threaded front & back (I'll show you later) and then added some photos to the album:

These photos are from a party my sister had for my nephew when he went to Montana to live/work for a big game lodge thingy (not sure what they call it). And being in Pennsylvania, that's a long, long way from home! So they really don't "fit" the title of the album (at least to my sister, they are not "Happy Days"!), but they were the most recent ones I had! Journaling can be done on the backs of the pages. Here are some pix of how it is fastened together:

More pages can be added just by untying the string. Thanks for looking today!

• Stamps: Happy Everything
• Paper: Urban Garden DP, Confetti White, Chocolate Chip
• Ink: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip
• Acc: Cropadile, Buttons Latte, Cordoroy Buttons, Top Note & Big Shot, Felt Fusion Two, Valet Ribbon, String

Color Throwdown #41

Well, after missing last week's throwdown, I was itching to play again!  However, Danielle's colors of Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze and Riding Hood Red were a real challenge for me! 

So I went "breezing" through my folder of card favorites and came upon this one from Becky Carafa posted on Clean & Simple Stamping.  I don't usually case things exactly, but for this one, it was pretty darn close.  I needed some serious mojo help!  Thanks, Becky!  So here we go:

The image from Cute & Curly is stamped in Riding Hood Red, but I took some artistic license and used Real Red for the other embellishments.  I used my Big Shot to cut the red felt flower from the Flower Layers #3 die, and added a Felt Fusion Two flower on top; the brad is from Chloe's Closet.   The sentiment is from Flourishes' Sweet Violets--I actually cut apart the phrase that said "Hello Friend" and just used the "friend".  The great thing about clear stamps is that you can do that easily and it doesn't mess up a thing!   It fit so perfectly in that little oval!  To continue with the "friend" theme, I wheeled Friendly Words across the top panel in Certainly Celery.  I did round the corners for a little different effect.

 

 

So what can you come up with using this color combo?  We'd all love to see--maybe you'll be our Featured Stamper!  Post your creation on your blog or on an online gallery using the keyword "CTD41", then go over to the CTD blog and link it to Mr Linky (make sure you use the exact address of your post, not just your blog address!).  And remember, if you don't have these exact colors, use something close!  Now let's see what the other designers have created this week:

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

Ooooh, I almost forgot--our very own Barbara is still in the running for the MFT Idol!  You have to see what she has created for this week.  Absolutely incredible!  You can see her creations here, then vote here!  Woohoo!