ColourQ 81

Today’s happy colors from Arielle are as springy and Eastery as you can get:

Aren’t these little bunnies adorable?  I want them.  Alas, I had to make do with creating a really simple card:

I spent all afternoon making a card and once again, realized I used the wrong neutral.  More on that later.  I regrouped and remembered that I had just gotten this MFT stamp set (that I had wanted for a looong time), so I thought it would be a good fit for the challenge….stamped the bunny on some acetate in white Stazon, layered it over a Pink Pirouette panel and matted it with a Soft Sky scalloped square.  Some Patterns DP in So Saffron and a little Old Olive border, and my card was done!  Here’s a little closer look:

We hope that you’ll hop on over to the CQC blog and play along with us this week!  And here is my original creation; a shabby chic vintage Easter card using an image from The Vintage Workshop and some PTI sets:

It’s difficult to tell but the rose and the doily both have chunky glitter; the egg is covered with Stickles, although from this angle, it looks a bit spotty!  The music is from an old hymnal; both it and the doily were colored either by brayering or directly to paper.  The button is one I have been hoarding from my stash!  I just love this little dutch girl image!!!  And here’s another little girl I love:

 

If you have any questions about products or techniques, please feel free to email me!  Have a marvelous day!

Embedded Embossing

I had a fun workshop on Saturday with a great group of girls who are very crafty and many of them sew and quilt, so I thought the embedded embossing technique would be a fun one to demonstrate!  You can find all the details of how to do it here on SCS.

I made this sample for the F4A59 challenge on SCS:

I punched out 3/4” squares of Sew Suite DP for my “quilt” and adhered it to a scallop diecut from the Scallop Squares Duo, then ran it through my Square Lattice embossing folder.  I stamped the deacon’s bench from Have a Seat and overstamped the sentiment from Three Little Words.  Here’s a closer look at the quilt:

This is the card that we made at the party:

I realize as I photographed this, that a better match for the sentiment would have been Baja Breeze!  That and Marina Mist always get confused in my mind.  Anyway, everyone seemed to enjoy it; the papers we used for this quilt were Elegant Soiree and Soft Suede.  Everyone got to assemble their own little “quilt” and I used this awesome new-to-me product that SU sells called Big Shot Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets.  I just cut a piece 2 1/4” square, peeled off the waxy paper and we stuck the little squares to the sticky side.  We then adhered that piece to our scalloped square, adhered that to the Soft Suede and ran it through the embossing folder.  Easier than trying to glue or put Snail on those little pieces! 

Thanks for visiting today, if you have any questions, let me know!

BLOG CANDY WINNER!

Thank you so much to all who participated in the blog candy giveaway.  I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed reading about your favorite memories.  Not only did it help me get to know my readers better, but it was FUN!  Many of you remembered spending time with your grandparents, which makes me even more glad to be babysitting my own grandchild!  I hope she has pleasant memories when she gets older!  Lots of you mentioned camping, playing outside, being with family, reading, cooking, eating, and going to the beach. Here are a few of my favorites:

• Marissa remembers going to the beach in a Cessna plane, but having to scare the cows away from the field before they could land!
• jaymack remembers when her sister ran after a rabbit she thought was the Easter bunny, ran into a fence and knocked herself out!
• Linda’s mom wrapped little goodies like a coin or a thimble in waxed paper and baked them inside a cake – what a joy to find that little treasure!
• Gina remembers the Easter bunny bringing her sand toys, and now he brings them to her son!
• Carol L remembers getting a dime from her Pop Pop for every A on her report card!
• and Deb Buckminster remembers getting a Chatty Cathy doll for Christmas! (Something I always wanted!!!)

What great memories!  But I guess you’d like to know who won, right?  Out of a hat, my husband chose America!  Here is her memory:

“Some favorite Childhood memories are of how I loved staying back to spend my time around home with my two wonderful Great Grandmas while the rest of the kids were busy going places. As an adult, I loved spending time with my beautiful Grandparents who raised me. Sadly, they are not around anymore, but I hold on tightly to their loving memories and all the special moments. Thank you for asking. :)”

America has a wonderful blog, too….lots of beautiful House Mouse images on her cards!  America, please get in touch with me and I’ll get your goodies out ASAP!  Thanks again to all of you faithful followers and for your kind comments!

Paper Players CAS Challenge 43

Happy Palm Sunday!  I am spending today with family, so this will be short & sweet, which is perfect for Jaydee’s Clean and Simple sketch:

and here’s my creation:

I chose the lovely Blueberry Crisp for my background focal print, and the sentiment from the hostess set Afterthoughts.  I never even noticed that sweet little flower in the set, so I used it to decorate my horizontal panel.  A layer of scallops (the flip side of my paper) decorates the bottom.  I added a birthday sentiment from Bring on the Cake on the inside, so I’ve got a bright birthday card for my stash.  I hope you can find some time to play along with this quick easy sketch.  Show us your stuff over at the Paper Players blog and you may become a Cut Above or even a Headliner!!

• Stamps:  Sanded, Afterthoughts
• Paper:  VV, Pacific Point, Blueberry Crisp
• Ink:  Pacific Point
• Acc:  Scallop Border Punch, Wide Oval Punch, Dimensionals

Blog Candy

Just a quick note--I will be drawing the blog candy winner later today and will announce it tomorrow! So be sure to stop back!

A La Card Monkey Challenge 52

Happy Saturday, peeps!  My sweet friend Shirley asked me to be the guest designer today for her new challenge blog, A La Card Monkey!   Can you tell she has a great sense of humor!?  She gave me this sketch/theme as the challenge:

So you can use the sketch; or the theme; or both!  I chose both, and pulled out my Every Little Bit set to ink up that little cuppa’ somethin’ image---it could be coffee, hot chocolate, tea—whatever your heart and taste buds desire:

I realized I had never used any of this plaid and herringbone from Pawsitively Prints DP, and the colors were so sweet, I just had to incorporate it into my card!  My little tags are from Tiny Tags; the Tempting Turquoise scallop mat was made with the 3x3” scallop from the Scallop Squares duo die; I spliced it and repositioned it to fit my image---if you look very closely at the lower right hand side, you can see where it was reglued together.  Poppy Parade Patterns DP was also used, and my images were stamped with Stazon and colored with ink and a blender pen!  I hope you will monkey on over to the A La Card Monkey blog to play along!  Meanwhile, here’s another little monkey for you:

 

• Stamps: Every Little Bit, Tiny Tags
• Paper:  VV, Tempting Turquoise, Poppy Parade Patterns & Pawsitively Prints DP
• Ink:  Stazon, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise
• Acc:  Scallop Squares Duo Die, Tiny Tag Punch, Narrow & Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Brads, Dimensionals, Blender Pen, Jelly Roll pen, EKSuccess Wide Scallop Border Punch

ALCM Funny Card Challenge

I wasn’t going to play the A La Card Monkey challenge this week, which was to make a humorous card!  I just couldn’t think of anything to stamp---too busy, too many other things on my mind.  But I did remember, (just before the deadline), that I had a cute stamp from CHF that I thought would be perfect for my weight-watching, Curves-going friends.  It’s a big image so I made a monochromatic card, keeping it easy:

Unfortunately, I did not realize it was a SKETCH CHALLENGE also, as I used Taylor’s sketch #136

What an idiot I am!  So sorry! 

It takes a few seconds for the “story” of this image to sink in……but I just think the expression on this lady’s face is priceless—what must she be thinking as she is stepping on the scale!  Her purse is flying, her hands are up in the air and the dog just thinks he’s having a great time! 

Here’s the inside sentiment:

So that’s the extent of my humorous stamps!!!  Thanks for visiting!

• Stamps:  Weighty Matters, CHF
• Paper:  VV, Bravo Burgundy, Botanical Gazette DP
• Ink:  Bravo Burgundy
• Acc:  Twill, Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, Small, Large & Scallop Oval Punches

And a photo from my DD:  kids start using technology earlier & earlier these days!!