ColourQ 123

Happy Tuesday!  Arielle has some happy, happy colors for us today over at the ColourQ:

Aren’t these adorable?  Yum yum yummy!  I just had to use a little Valentine set from PTI for my card today:

I did a CAS design, just matting my little owl image with some Nesties and adding a couple simple hearts!  I used a sketch from my friend Lesley for the Scrapbook Essentials BC challenge:

A nice fun sketch that allowed me to use some In Color DPs that had been sitting around!!!  And the inside:

I hope you have time before Valentine’s Day to use these sugar sweet colors for your creation!  And fly on over to the CQC blog to see the other designers’ take on this inspiration as well!

Totin’ around a box o’books is hard work!

Have a great day!

Paper Players 81 & US144

Hi everyone!  It’s time for another Paper Players challenge!  This time Nance is our wonderful hostess and she has a theme challenge:

Flowers!!!  That should be an easy challenge---but I have so many floral images, which one to choose?!  I ended up just making some diecut flowers, very simple, and pairing them with some bright fun papers.  First, I used the Unscripted Sketches sketch 144:

And here we go:

Although it is difficult to see, I stamped each flower with a polka dot image, and the Very Vanilla one has been embossed with white embossing powder to make it stand out:

I wanted to put buttons in the centers of my flowers, but I am striving to make my cards less bulky to mail, so I opted for some little hearts punched with the Owl Builder punch.  Stitching and a shabby bow finish it off.  I hope you can find some flowers---any kind---to embellish your stamped creation this week!  And be sure to visit the Paper Players blog to see all the other fabulous floral finds!  Again, if you have any questions about my card, shoot me an email---but please be sure to give me your email address so I can reply!

John gave Cassidy a piece of celery to try; she took a lick and gave it right back to him!

 

I guess celery is an acquired taste!!!  Enjoy your day!

TSSC206 Baby Congrats

Happy Saturday!  Just a quick little card for a family at church who just had their fifth baby!!  Three boys and a girl, and now three boys and two girls!!  I am welcoming little Gabriella Paige with this:

I combined Nursery Nest paper and Baby Bundle stamp set, Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz cardstock and Mary Jo’s Techno Stamper sketch:

A fun, easy sketch!  Thanks for dropping by today!

Be sure to stop back tomorrow for the Paper Players challenge!!!

Monkey Challenge 94

Hey there! The fun, happy girls over at a la Card Monkey asked me to be their guest designer this week!  Here is their sketch & challenge:

My nephew’s birthday is coming up next week, so this was a perfect opportunity to use the sketch!  He is a senior in high school and is a super neat kid…he’s into physics, math, and mechanical stuff, so I thought these images would be great for him:

I am going to bet that he has NO IDEA what that little embellishment is at the bottom right of the image panel…..but he’s smart enough, he can probably figure it out!

The colored images are stamped in Memento black and colored with Copics….the numbers are stamped in Pacific Point.  I just love this vintage look and I know he’ll probably just want to see what’s inside!

If you have any questions about the card or supplies, give me a shout!  (Make sure you include your email address so I can return your answer!)  I hope you’ll have some time to play with the Monkey sketch this week---we all need birthday cards, and this is a fun, simple sketch!  Be sure to join us and share your creation!

This was taken last week, after recuperating from teething and a bad cold…..red cheeks and runny nose, but check out the curls!  Amazing! And raisins always help!  Thankfully, the teeth have broken through:

Merry Monday #5

It’s Merry Monday Friday!  It has taken me all week to get to my Christmas card using Lesley’s lovely sketch from Merry Monday:

And here it is, in all its 5x7” glory!

I tried making this a standard A2 size, but my Frosty was just a tad bit too big, so I kicked it up a notch!  DP is from Sweet Shop; Mr Frosty is  stamped in Stazon and very simply colored with a Pool Party marker as well as shaded with a blender pen and Pool Party ink:

He’s also got a bit o’glitter too!  Have a lovely day!

Learning to eat at the big table is a tad bit messy:

Mojo 226 & Sugar Creek Hollow

I’ve got a sweet little vintage card for you today; it uses the square Mojo Monday sketch for this week:

as well as the challenge colors of Cream, Blue and Brown from the Sugar Creek Hollow blog:

Sugar Creek Hollow features shabby chic creations, so I used some Beau Chateau papers with several sewing-themed images:

Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip and Marina Mist were used for the theme colors.  Thank for visiting today!

“Reading” in bed---doesn’t everyone?

SSC240 Valentine-Style

Here’s a  little Valentine card using the Stamping 411 sketch from this week:

And here we go:

(In real life, the doily paper does NOT look so orange—it all coordinates nicely!)  I created the tag with some Crumb Cake cardstock and the Two Tags die, then ran it through again part-way to make it shorter:

I added some embellishments and a big crinkly bow, glimmer brad and velveteen ribbon tag:

Thanks for visiting today!!