Wish Big

This week over at Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge the theme is anything goes.  I got this set My Guy a few weeks ago and wanted to use it to make some masculine/boy cards to put in my birthday stash.

I colored my car with copic markers and added some gelly roll pen to the headlights and taillights of the card.  I kept this pretty simple keeping in mind most of my boy cards go to younger kids.

I used the SC525 sketch from Splitcoast Stampers for this card.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting today!

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Card details:

Stamps: My Guy from Paper Smooches

Cardstock: Soft Sky, Night of Navy, Glitz Unchartered Waters

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Rich Cocoa, copic markers

Embellishments: twine and gelly roll pen

This calls for...

This is the last in my birthday card swap (although I'm posting them out of order).

Trying to utilize some of that patterned paper I've got stashed in my drawers and thought this SCS Sketch would work well with using some of it.  

I pulled out a favorite of mine, Zara's cupcake from Stampotique Originals for this cute birthday card.

Hard to tell in the photo but I applied some Crystal Lacquer on the cupcake frosting to make it look glazed a bit.

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Card details:

Stamps: 7307 Zara's cupcake from Stampotique Originals, Birthday Messages from Simon Says Stamp

Cardstock: Marina Mis, Whisper White, My Mind's Eye Life of the Party

Inks: Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black

Embellishments: Basic Grey Candy Buttons

Happy Birthday Bunny!

Over at Stampotique Designer's Challenge we are celebrating Birthdays!

I pulled out the a little Zara bunny to create my birthday card with.  I hadn't inked her up yet and thought this challenge was the perfect one to put her to paper.

She's colored with copic markers and I used the current SC431 sketch at SCS for this card along with some of my neglected washi tape.

Hope you will join us over at Stampotique Designer's Challenge and show us your Birthday creation for a chance to win a $30 gift certificate for stamps at Stampotique.

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Card details:

Stamps: Lots of Gifts 7317, Happy Birthday 5255 from Stampotique Originals

Cardstock: Basic Black, Simple Stories Baby Steps, Gina K. Luxury White

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics

Embellishments: washi tape and Michael's rhinestone and pearl gems

No "Butts" About It...

I had so much fun creating this card!  I love this set and knew as soon as I saw this challenge what I would use.

For my card I used the SCS Sketch #406 and the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge from Patricia to use humor with stitching.  I turned the layout and I also moved where the circle was to be.

I stamped my image first on white and the decided on this patterned paper, so it's a little stark in comparison but am thrilled with the outcome.  His/Her little butt is mounted on some dimensionals which is hard to tell on this.

Hope you are having a great weekend, I'm writing this up ahead of time, but hopefully as you are reading this I'm enjoying a stamp show and spending some time with some friends.

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Card details:

Stamps: Ba Donkey Donk from There She Goes

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Gina K. Luxury White, Authentique Carefree

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics

Embellishments: Janome Sewing, Amuse pearls, Botanical Beauty Die-namics from My Favorite Things

GGSC112: Boy Power

Today over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations we are leaving behind the girls from last week and moving on to BOY power.  

I pulled out a few stamped images I had from the Huck Finn set from Artistic Outpost and colored them with my watercolor pen-don't forget that Artistic Outpost also has a referral program each month-this month's theme is TRAVEL.  The sketch is the current SCS Sketch #382 .

Hoping this a masculine looking card and I might be able to use it as a birthday card in the near future.

Want to join us this week at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations?  Just link up directly to your post for BOY power here.

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Card details:

Stamps: Huck Finn from Artistic Outpost

Cardstock: My Mind's Eye Be Happy, Sahara Sand, Perfect Little Black Dress, Watercolor Paper

Inks: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Sahara Sand, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip 

Embellishments: Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware from SU

You are Incredible!

Wow, the weekend sure did go by fast didn't it?  I enjoyed some alone time with the two little ones while the hubby & oldest were at a baseball tournament.  I had high aspirations of stamping after I got the kids to bed...but then I thought-maybe I should just go to bed...and I did.

This card was one of my most favorite that I created for The {Stamps}of Life release.  The tinytitles2stamp has some fun sentiments in and I thought all 3 worked well together.

I combined this card with the SC379 sketch over at SCS.

Card details:

Stamps: tinytitles2stamp and all4stars from The {Stamps}of Life

Cardstock: Basic Black, Going Grey, Paint the Town Pink

Ink: Paint the Town Pink, Going Gray, Perfect Little Black Dress

Embellishments: Janome sewing machine, circle punches

BC258: For the Birds

Creating just under the wire last night I was able to get my blogger's challenge card done.  "For the Birds"-and I have a ton of these stamps too, most very cutesy looking birds so I went with something a little different this go round.

I created my card using the SC378 sketch and the current color challenge over at The Playdate Cafe Challenge. The color challenge wasn't an easy one, the black, white and splash of BROWN???  Well, hoping that it worked out alright looking on this card although it does look like there's a little bit of a reddish tint, it truly is brown.

I wanted to say thank you to my blog followers who have been sticking around through my sporadic posts.  This is a busy time of the year for sports for us and this weekend we wrap up one sport which will free me up a few nights a week to get back to some stamping.  

Hope you will join us with your bird creations-link directly up to your creation here at Lisa's blog.

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Card details:

Stamps: Bluebird from Artistic Outpost

Cardstock: Perfect Little Black Dress, Brown Leather Satchel, Neenah White

Inks: Dish All the Dirt Brown, Perfect Little Black Dress

Embellishments: distresser, sponge, flower from Webster's Pages Bloomers

Using Your Favorite Papers with Gingersnap Creations

Another challenge going on over at Gingersnap Creations sponsored by Stampotique.  This challenge is one after my own heart, so I kept it relatively simple.  Use your FAVORITE papers.  I'm addicted to papers so I have a lot of favorites but right now one of my most favorite paper packs is by My Mind's Eye, the Lost & Found Blush pack.

I combined the sketch over at SCS this week with this challenge.  I wanted a simple card and since these papers are so fabulous I stamped the abstract foilage stamp directly onto my card base and stamped the sentiment over it.

Want a chance to win some Stampotique stamps?  You have three chances this week with our current Stampotique Designer's Challenge (stampotique stamps only), Gingersnap Creations and Macabre Monday.  Play along with us for your chance to win.

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Card details:

Stamps: Living...8957 and Abstract Foilage 3031 from Stampotique Originals

Cardstock: Confetti Cream, My Mind's Eye Lost & Found-Blush

Inks: I'm a Princess Pink, Dish All the Dirt Brown

Embellishments: dyed seam binding

Hope you can Cling To Challenges

 

 Card details:

Stamps: Taste of Christmas from Clear & Simple Stamps (retired)

Cardstock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Confetti Cream, Dish All the Dirt Brown

Inks: Dish All the Dirt Brown, copics

Embellishments: Paint the Town Pink Ribbon, circle Spellbinders Nestabilities, Doodlebug Designs jewels

Going to post a few cards I've done over the last few weeks for the Hope You Can Cling to Challenges over at SCS.  If you haven't done any, it's a great opportunity to send some cards to a great cause and at a chance to win some great prizes.

This first one was for the HYCCT1128 hosted by Jami to make a Holiday card with pink.  I combined it with the CAS-ual Friday challenge which was a sketch.

Card details:

Stamps: Butterfly Dreams and Handwritten Notes from PTI

Cardstock: Neenah White

Inks: Color Box by Stephanie Barnard-Bubble Gum, Perfect Little Black Dress

Embellishments: Butterfly die from PTI

I made a set of these cards for my friend who just got done crewing the Susan G Komen 3 Day walk and will also be walking in another 2 weeks in San Diego.  She has been awesome, walking my dog when I travel and I knew she could use some thank you cards for those who have donated.  This was an extra one I kept to send for challenge which was Butterfly Thanks hosted by wendybell using the FTL163 sketch.

 

Card details:

Stamps: Just Chicken in on you and Bold Birds from Stampotique, Borders4me from The {Stamps}of Life

Cardstock: Kraft Like a Rockstar

Inks: Dish all the Dirt Brown, copics

I love this little chicken, it always cracks me up with the sentiment.  This card was for the Pickled Tink challenge sponsored by lisalara to make a Humorous CAS card with a splash of pink and I used the SCS353 sketch for this card.

These cards are a little hard for me as they were one layer cards which are a little out of my comfort zone, but I wanted to participate in as many of the challenges as I could.  There are still a few more days to upload, so I may squeeze in a few more and I have a lot more to share.

Have a Swinging Good Day!

This is set from Clear & Simple Stamps is one of my favorite ones for a masculine card, so I was kind of disappointed that it is being retired :-(  Almost all the golf sets I have are on the retired list so I'm going to anxiously await what new wonderful masculine sets they will be coming out with.

The challenge over at SCS  for the HYCCT1103  is Real Men Wear Pink hosted by Dini.  I chose to also use the SC153 Sketch Challenge on this card, it was nice and simple and worked well with this larger image.

Short and sweet today, trying to get some blog posts pre-posted while they are fresh in my mind :-)

Card details:

Stamps: Golf Gent from Clear & Simple Stamps

Cardstock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, A Blanc Check, Paint the Town Pink

Inks: Dish All the Dirt Brown, copic markers

Embellishments: A Blanc Check Twine

Butterfly Kisses

I had a blast with this card, it's a little out of my comfort zone, but I enjoyed creating it and really like how it turned out.

This is the current The Play Date Cafe Challenge and I love the colors this week!!!  Very cool color combination and one I think I would use again-it's a great masculine combination.  I also hadn't played in the SCS Sketch Challenge lately and loved it this week.

I knew right away I wanted to use this new set I got a few weeks ago from Our Craft Lounge called Butterfly Kisses, love all the stamps in this set and how easily they work together.

I know my ribbon is hiding the little strip a bit, but it's got the text stamp stamped on it.  

Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend.  We'll be spending today at the lake for a birthday party and hopefully I'll get some energy for some stamping tonight.

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Card details:

Stamps: Butterfly Kisses from Our Craft Lounge

Cardstock: Party Teal Dawn, Bronze Spotlight, Dish All the Dirt Brown, Rustic White

Inks: Party Teal Dawn, Bronze Spotlight, Dish All the Dirt Brown, Copic Markers

Embellishments: Spellbinder's Nestabilities Circle Die, Webster's Pages Bloomers

Animal Cracker

I absolutely loved this set upon first seeing it in the catalog. I saw so many cute cards using this set and know that I finally have it, I'm using it up. Mary Jo made this phenomenal card this week and this image was perfect for the sketch challenge/designer paper challenge I needed to complete for a few of my other groups.

I bought the Parisian Breeze paper after seeing all of Lisa's AWESOME cards using this paper. The color combination just blows me away and thought it work well with the giraffe image.

For my first challenge I needed to use designer paper (Parisian Breeze) and the 2nd challenge was to use Sketch Challenge #204 from SCS. I love the way this card turned out and really I wish I had made several extras but only had one. Oh well!

I stepped this card up a bit for a swap that I was doing, the other one I eliminated the button part as I didn't have enough for the swap but I still used the smaller chocolate ribbon tied in a bow and I still think it looked great.

I think this would be an adorable baby boy card!

Happy Valentine's Day/Birthday Honey!

I went crazy the other night, stayed up until after midnight AND stamped some Valentine's cards. My girlfriend had given me a few Valentine's kits that she had from when she worked at at stamp/scrapbook store and I decided to put them to use. I make about 5-6 cards with some leftover scra
ps. I'll just share a few.

This one is one of my favorites using Eastern Blooms. I was so frusterated with my sewing and screwed up, hence the flowers covering my screw up on the right hand side of the card. I used the SCS SC215 for this card, although I made it longer that it's supposed to be. Lots of layers and vibrant colors with some liquid pearls on the inside of the flower.

Here's another I like a lot, using Julee's Mojo Monday Sketch#73. I used the Bodacious Bouquet set with So Many Sayings. The charm in the right was sewn on by hand and I put a piece of red cardstock behind it instead of leaving it open.

A few more pretty simple ones I created, easy to put together.

Have to give a big SHOUT OUT to my hubby. Today is his birthday!!!

Enjoy the cards and hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Cards use Bo Bunny Heart Throb strop, Heart Throb, Sweet Nothings, Forget me Knots, Heart Attack and Bazzill Raven, White and Black.

Whiff of Joy/Mystery Image

This is the stamp that our wonderful host Stefanie Summerersent us this month. I'm not big into holiday stamps as I never seem to use them, but I did like this image from Whiff of Joy.

I used SCS SC194 for this card. The patterned paper and cardstock is from Close to My Heart's Just Chillin' Paper pack. I also used some retired cranberry crisp paper from Stampin'Up!

I chose to coordinate Charlotte's clothes with the patterned paper I chose, which I love! I topped off her had and her scarf and a little of her skirt with some Ice Stickles.

I LOVE doing these mystery images as I get a feel for some other stamp companies and what images they offer.

Hope the recipients like their card!

Mystery Image Swap: Host Janet Rains

On one of my yahoo groups we have been doing mystery image swaps. One of us has been hosting, picking a stamp set and sending a few of the images to each participant. We then create and send to a partner.

Janet Rains was our gracious host this month and sent us an image by Impression-Obsession
It is a gorgeous image but I was really at a loss of how to use it. I watercolored the image using some blues and purples with the middle being yellow. The background paper was Basic Grey and the general layout was inspired by one I saw on Misti's website which was an old SCS sketch (#21).

I also added a few pieces of ribbon on the side and adhered it under the flower image with dimensionals. In the corner it looked bare so I added some decorative mauve pearls by Joy Crafts.

My partner was Leigh O'Brien who is beyond talented and has an awesome stamping studio in here house. I was so intimidated as she is such an awesome stamper and so creative, but I finally just had to throw caution to the wind and go for it. Glad she liked it and had as difficult a time with the image as I did.

Have a great day!

Sketch Challenge 152 & Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge

Some of my girlfriends are in Cape Cod this weekend and I didn't get to go this year with the baby...but am already planning for next year. They had some virtual challenges this weekend so I figured I'd plop my butt in the chair and do some stamping (or as much as I could squeeze in with the kids sleeping). This is a card for someone who had a baby (I had posted the previous card I was going to send but didn't like it). This image is SU! but I don't remember the name, my friend stamped some images for me to use so I had a few colored up today.

This was for the SCS152 sketch challenge and also for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge. I really liked the colors that were chosen for this!

Card details: Stamp set from SU! but retired and not sure of name (sorry), Bundled in Love (Welcome baby), Alphabits
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise, Gable Green
Inks: Various inks to color in characters, black staz-on
Accessories: Various circle punches, paper piercer, turquoise grosgrain ribbon, brads