Stampin' in Your Sleep

I had a little stamp party tonight, just sort of a "last hurrah" for the retiring sets.  We only had four stampers, plus a guest daughter stamper, but we had lots of fun!  I don't even have photos of the cards to show, but I did something that I don't normally do at my clubs or workshops, and that is play games!  I got a list of games from SCS and one they suggested was "Stampin' In Your Sleep".  You form teams and help a blindfolded stamper "stamp" something--supposedly just by talking her through it!!!  It was really fun and I am sure we broke the rules, but everybody ended up with a card that wasn't half bad:

Brave Lorraine was the first to go....here Anna and daughter Brooke are "guiding" her with the punch!

It looks like she is peeking at the card through her blindfold, doesn't it?  But she was just "feeling" her way around! 

Here's her finished card!  And then my camera batteries died.......

but DH found some by the time everyone was finished!!!  Then we stamped some more and ate some yummy desserts!  A great Friday night!

Cooling Off

Just a quick post today--the Limited Supply challenge today at SCS was to make a card with colors of water and sand!  So I pulled out my favorite Beautiful Beach and a new-t0-me Crafty Secrets set, Seaside.  I mixed up some Baja Breeze, Cool Caribbean and PTI's Aqua Mist with Kraft for my creation:

Thanks for visiting today!

• Stamps:  Beautiful Beach (ret), Seaside, CS
• Paper:  Naturals White, Kraft, Baja Breeze, Cool Caribbean, Aqua Mist (PTI)
• Ink:  Versamark, Creamy Caramel, Baja Breeze
• Acc:  Twine, 1/4" square punch, brads, paper piercer, daubers

Some Nice Blog Candy!

Check out Mudmaven's blog for some nice blog candy! You can see it here.

Just Bee-cause

I had a lovely evening, spent with my daughter watching The Secret Life of Bees.  I really do love bees--I love their sound, their function, I love beehives, honey, but not when they begin to make their home in MY home....but that's another story.  And although I liked the movie, I liked the book much better!  Anyway, I thought it was quite funny that we watched this movie right after I had made THIS card:

This is a new stamp called The Bee List from Cornish Heritage Farms, designed by Julia Stainton, and I loved it from the minute I saw her sample, so I treated myself to it (and a few others).  I couldn't wait to match it up with some lovely BG Porcelain paper.  I gulped and added that big lovely satin bow and a few little sweet buttons from my stash, and honestly, this was one of the fastest cards I ever made!!!  All the images were watercolored and the shading is from a sponge dauber.

And just a little braggin' on my DD and her pup Chase:

 

Did you ever see such ears?  He is such a cutie! 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

• Stamps:  The Bee List, CHF
• Paper:  Naturals White, Porcelain, BG
• Ink:  Stazon, Cert Celery, Pirouette Pink, So Saffron
• Acc:  Aquapainter, Sponge Dauber, Ribbon, Glue Dots

A Little of This and That

I have a little variety of stuff here, so sit tight and hang on!  First, ya like those two little owls?  Aren't they cute?  Here's the whole CAS shebang:

New Dusty Durango and Soft Suede In Colors, Animal Stories and Teeny Tiny Wishes.  Brad. Large oval punch. Done.  Next!   My stamp clubs this month learned how to make a spinner card; the directions can be found at SCS in the resources section--they are fun and easy now that we have the Word Window punch at our disposal.  I also wanted to showcase retiring products, so we used some In Colors and Seeing Spots for this card:

We stuck a little glue dot on the center of the flower and covered it with some Cosmo fine glitter--easy & fun! 

Finally, as one of my gifts for my hostess, I found the directions for this cute "animal cracker" box on Inky Doodles' blog.  She has great instructions, check it out!  Again, I used retiring  Riding Hood Red cardstock and Patterns DP, and the Curly Label Bundle for a tag:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instead of using a large brad, I sewed a button on and slid the lid behind it.  I used some SU acetate behind the oval that I cut with my Cuttlebug.  It had all kinds of neat goodies in there!  I think she liked it! :D  Thanks for visiting today!  If you have any questions, just shoot me an email!

Color Throwdown #46

Mmm, some sweet colors this week from our stampin' diva Barbara! Brocade Blue, Bashful Blue, So Saffron and Certainly Celery--lovely colors together!

I can't wait to see what you talented, creative stampers can come up with using this wonderful color combo! Post your creation to your blog or an online gallery (use the keyword CTD46) and then link it back to Mr Linky on the CTD blog. Remember, only post the exact link, we don't want you to get deleted! And your card may be chosen as our Featured Stamper, so give it your best shot!

All of Barbara's colors are favs of mine, but I really had a hard time finding some DP that suited....blues just are not that popular in the SU world for some reason! I did find a piece of Parisian Summer So Saffron plaid, so I went from there. I had seen some cute cards using stars on Deb's blog and then again on Michelle's blog, and I loved that look. But since these colors weren't really in that Western theme, I had to adapt a little. So here we go:

I stamped Tres Chic on the DP in So Saffron and antiqued the edges; the top of the panel went through the Big Shot using the Top Note die; I just put it through until the first cut was made, then backed it out again. My image is from Cornish Heritage Farms Shoe Boutique, stamped in Brocade Blue on Very Vanilla. I had piece of Swiss-Dots-embossed Certainly Celery left over from yesterday's card, so I punched some circles from that as a background for my Brocade Blue and Bashful Blue stars. A couple ribbon and brad embellishments and I have a baby card all ready for a stamping friend from church whose DIL is having a baby very soon. They already have two boys; her other daughter has three boys; she herself has another two sons.....I am hoping if I have made a boy card, she'll have a GIRL!!!! Then I can start all over again! LOL!

Now let's see what the other stampers have to show us this week:

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

Thanks for visiting today, and have fun with these colors!

• Stamps: Tres Chic, The Shoe Boutique, CHF
• Paper: Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue, Very Vanilla, Parisian Summer
• Ink: So Saffron, Brocade Blue, Certainly Celery
• Acc: Nesties, Top Note & Big Shot, Small Star Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Swiss Dots CB Folder, lotsa daubers, So Saffron wide and narrow grosgrains, Brocade Blue narrow grosgrain, Blue gingham, 1/16" punch, RR brads, dimensionals

Distracted Card

No, the card is not distracted....I was distracted while making it!  Let's see.....five phone calls, someone at my door, I stuck an un-cleaned stamp inked in Garden Green onto a Pretty in Pink stamp pad,  and I spilled a whole container of microbeads on my desk, all while making this card!  I think microbeads are actually alive....they jump all over the place when you are trying to corral them back into their container!  LOL!

Anyway, this card uses Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch and the jewelry inspiration #40 from Stacey's Stamping Stage:

We were to use Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, and Garden Green....my DP is actually retired Wild Wasabi, but I did use a layer of GG on my panel.  I left it sentiment-less for future use!

For the SCS Color Challenge today, we were to make a single layer white card with any color ink.  I chose to highlight a couple new In Colors, Bermuda Bay and Mango Mambo...still getting used to those names!  I used a retiring Hostess set that I am REALLY going to miss, Darling Dots to make a CAS card:

The sentiment is from an upcoming Level 3 Hostess Set, The More the Merrier....a great set!  I added some Bermuda Bay polka dot ribbon and DD glitter as a little accent!  TFL!
Be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Color Throwdown Challenge!!!

• Card 1 Stamps:  Eastern Blooms
• Paper:  WW, Prints Hostess Pack, Pink Pirouette, Garden Green, Certainly Celery
• Ink:  Pretty in Pink, Garden Green
• Acc:  Swiss Dots CB folder, Swirls Scribbles die, Gingham ribbon, Pearl, Microbeads, Crystal Effects

• Card 2 Stamps:  Darling Dots, The More the Merrier
• Paper:  WW
• Ink:  Bermuda Bay, Mango Mambo
• Acc:  Polka Dot Ribbon, DD Glitter