Hi kids!

Today’s Ways to Use It challenge called for “inchies”.    I’ve heard of inchies before, but had never seen what they are, so i’m winging it here.   My “inchies” are toilet paper rolls!

Maybe it’s ME that’s on a roll, as I can’t stop with the humorous cards lately.   I guess it’s because I feel like I have spent the last few months doing sympathy and get well card.   I NEED a little humor!   So,  I pulled out this Gina K. set that has never seen ink (it hadn’t even been cut! The horror!).   I saw this set when  Jeanne S on Splitcoasters posted a card some months back and I *had* to have it!  Potty humor is big in a house with 5 men! LOL

Here’s the deets!:

Stamps:  Way to Go by Gina K. Designs

Colors: Pumpkin Pie, Bliss Blue, Wild Wasabi, Summer Dps, Gp White

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, copics

Accessories: brads, ribbon, dimensionals, scissors, cuttlebug

TFL!~ and have a humorous day!  Oh and have a blessed day, too!

  Good Wednesday to ya’ll!   Today’s challenge (sketch) looked a bit intimidating at first.  To me, it felt out of balance, so I made mine into a 5 x 5 square card.   I chose this adorable set from Inque Boutique.   The tea cup is paper pieced with Jersey Shore Dp and pumpkin pie, then the image is stippled with a little pumpkin pie ink.  I cuttlebugged 1/2 of the bliss blue layer with swiss dots (positive), then the other side with swiss dots (negative). 

I made this for a new friend that I had coffee/tea with only once and would love to do it again!   You know who you are….. Lisa! LOL

Today’s forecast is for 75 degrees and sunny this morning, so Dh (who is off today) and I are going for a nice walk!  We’ve decided to start a new trend!  Wish me luck! LOL

Here’s the deets on my card:

Stamps:  Tea cup by Inque Boutique, sentiment is handwritten

Colors:  Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Bliss Blue, Jersey Shore Dps

Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black,  blue fine tip marker; pumpkin pie

Accessories: brads, ribbon, dimensionals, cuttlebug, circle punches, designer label punch

TFL!~ and have a blessed day!

  Happy Tuesday!  Today’s color challenge was to use pumpkin pie, soft sky and ruby red… i don’t have any soft sky, so I called in a favor and was allowed to substitute my precious Cool Caribbean!!  How cool are these colors?!

I had alot of fun making this, but here’s what happened.  I told you before, I won the Janome Sew Mini at our gathering.  Well, today I decided I wasn’t going to let it intimidate me…. so I opened the box.. gently pulled it out… only to drool for moments before realizing, I have no thread! LOL  Guess who will be going shopping!!??  Now, someone come teach me how to thread a bobbin, please!

Sew (pun intended), I decided to doodle some instead.  I found this piece of Summer Picnic DP that is Pumpkin pie colored with tiny white dots… so cute and the reverse is a perfect match for these colors!   Score

I pulled out my Hambos.. picked an image and started coloring.  The rest is history…. teehee.

Here’s my deets:

Stamps: Hambo Stamps (www.hambostamps.com)

Colors: Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, Watercolor white, Cool Caribbean, Summer Picnic DPs

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, copics

Accessories: brads, ribbon, dimensionals, black fine tip marker, cuttlebug EF

TFL!~ and have a blessed day!

  Happy Monday!  I trust that all you mothers had a fabulous Mother’s day! 

I didn’t get to stamp all weekend as we spent the time with my MIL in Pennsylvania.   She just got out of the hospital (degenerative disk disease).  When I saw this morning’s challenge (combine embossing with watercoloring) I geeked!  I really have NO experience with watercoloring… don’t even own gamsol.   I know.. that’s a shame, huh?!   Well, I persevered and got the prismas out… used a blending pen and some mineral spirit fixative stuff that i found.  I was pleasantly suprised at how well it came out… even considering I was on the phone the whole time with Ann (SCS’s abmurray)! 

Ok, now for the funny part…. DH comes to me this weekend and he asks if I would make a card with my favorite set and favorite colors….. why?  Our anniversary is coming and he refuses to BUY cards for me..lol.  So…. THiS is MY anniversary card! teehee.

Here’s my deets:

Stamps: Stipple Rose (retired SU!); sentiment by Verve Visual

Colors: Watercolor white, Purely Pomegranate

Ink: Versamark, Brilliance Graphite Black, prismas

Accessories: brads, ribbon, xacto knife, dimensionals, paper piercing tools

TFL!~ and have a blessed day!

  Oy!  What a way to start my day… first,  I wanted to share my niece’s graduation card.  Sami is my youngest neice and is graduating with her degree in arts.  She is a very gifted photographer.   We are heading down to her graduation party on Sunday and will be celebrating Mother’s Day as well.  

Why oy?  Well, Wednesday I got a call that my mil is in the hospital.   Nothing life threatening, but at age 82, most trips to the hospital are a huge deal.   We’re praying she is released in time for Sami’s party.

Ok, back to the card.  Sami is artsy person, so I went a little non traditional on this card.  Since yesterday’s challenge was to use chipboard and i don’t have much, I chose to monogram her card with a great big S.  I covered the S in basic grey blush paper and roughed up the edges a bit. 

Here’s the deets on this one:

Stamps:  Birdie and Branch by Verve Visual; Sentiment by My Favorite Things

Colors: (I’m using up scraps here!)  Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral and Basic Grey Blush DPs

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black

Accessories: brads, ribbon, chipboard, scissors, nail file, slit punch, scissors, paper piercing tools

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    Now on to today’s sketch challenge!   I went with one that will work well as a tall card, square card or regular card.  Simple layout, but lots of possibilities!

here’s THSC12’s layout:

   As always, remember, there is no wrong or right card.  This is just a jumping off point for whatever you can create!  I encourage you to use keyword THSC12 in your SCS upload or link back here so we can see what you’ve done!

Here’s my deets on this one:

Stamps:  Sunflower, Pot and Sentiment by Hambo Stamps (www.hambostamps.com)

Colors: Chocolate Chip, Mello Moss, Really Rust, GP White, MME Dps

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Copics

Accessories:  Brads, ribbon, dimensionals, circle punches, scissors, cuttlebug birds and swirls EF

TFL!~  and have a blessed day!

  Good Thursday morning to ya ;)  

I’m posting a couple cards I made yesterday for the My Favorite Things’ new release party.   It was a crazy night in chat and I got so tired, I forgot to update my blog! 

These new sets by My Favorite Things (www.mftstamps.com) are awesome as usual :).  Friends Furever (set used in above pic) is a mini set but is packed with fun and possibilities.   This big old dog reminds me of Clifford! 

Here’s the deets on this one:

Stamps: Friends Furever by My Favorite Things

Colors: Chocolate Chip, Old olive, River Rock, Gp White, MME Dps

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Copics, white gel pen

Accessories: brads, ribbon, dimensionals, scissors (some cutting), cuttlebug

  This is from the Gone to the Dogs set.  This is a large set containing dogs of every size and shape!  I used the hat from the Can You dig It? set for this one.  Her skirt and hat are paper pieced with the Basic Grey Blush paper.  Isn’t that paper yummy???!!!

Here’s the deets on this one:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things’ Gone to the Dogs

Colors: Chocolate Chip, Gp White, Basic Grey Blush DP

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, copics, white gel pen

Accessories: ribbon, circle punch, scissors, dimensionals

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TFL!~ and have a blessed day!

  This is a three-fer today!  Not only did I get the challenge done, I used my new My Favorite Things’ stamps (Going Places) and I used up scraps to make it!  Woohoo!! 

This is a diorama card.  The tutorial can be found here.   When I first read the instructions, I thought “no way”.  But I read them again and boy is this ever an easy little cutie to make!  It only took me about 10 minutes to put together once I had my idea and images stamped.   The hardest part was getting that pesky red liner off the sticky tape! LOL

This new set (Going Places) is so adorable.  It’s a big set packed with travelling fun!  You gotta check it out, but you can’t see the rest until Wednesday’s release! Ha!  Sorry :D.   There will be a release party on Wednesday evening in the member forums.   I’ll be giving more deets on that later.

Here’s today’s DEETS!:

Stamps:  Going Places by My Favorite Things’  (www.mftstamps.com)

Colors: Chocolate Chip, GP White, Cameo Coral and Cosmo Cricket DPs

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, Craft White, copics

Accessories: brads, ribbon, dimensionals, scissors, 1 3/8″ circle punch and 1 1/2″ circle punch.

TFL!~ and have a blessed day!

  Good Sunday morning, to you!   When I saw the Featured Stamper this morning on Splitcoaster, I was really excited!  I’ve been introduced to another great stamper….  NUTSYMUHL (Kim Muhl).  You gotta check out her gallery here or her blog here.   This girl rocks!  Thanks, Kim, for letting us CASE your beautiful work :).

I chose this card by Kim.   Layout usually catches my eye first, and this being no exception,  but the colors were fab, too.  Unfortunately, I am fresh out of soft sky cardstock, so I opted to change it up a little bit.  Here’s what I did:

 1) Kept the same basic layout

2) Stayed close to her colors

3) added layers

4) omitted one corner adornment

Here’s my deets:

Stamps:  Tank and sentiment by Hambo Stamps (www.hambostamps.com)

Colors: Chocolate Chip, GP White, River Rock, Close to Cocoa Designer DP

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, copics

Accessories: brads, ribbon, dimensionals, scallop punches, corner punch, slit punch, scissors

TFL!~ and have a blessed day!

  Oh happy day!   I received new Hambo Stamps in my mailbox yesterday (Thanks Monica!!!!!).  I wanted so bad to ink up right away, but the boys went to bed early last night and it’s a no-no to turn on those big flourescent lights while they’re trying to sleep.  So I dreamed on it :)   Is this pig the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?! 

Speaking of pigs…. if you haven’t checked out Monica’s blog (Talk to the Ham),  you must!  I lurk around her blog all the time and do quite a bit of giggling.  Her DH Tim makes cards, too and he’s a hoot! 

Today is all about creating.  I’m taking the boys to ACMoore and JoAnn’s.   They have to come up with a craft project to do.  Since it’s going to be a stormy day,  I want to keep them busy and out of my way ;)..

Here’s my deets:

Stamps:  Sale Piggie and sentiment by Hambo Stamps (www.hambostamps.com)

Colors: Chocolate Chip,  Cameo Coral  and Cosmo Cricket DPs

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, copics

Accessories: velvet scalloped ribbon, brads, dimensionals, scalloped oval punches, ticket corner punch, slit punch, designer label punch, circle punch

TFL!~ and have a blessed day!

 Good Friday, to ya!!  

I came home to happy mail yesterday…. I received my very first Verve Visual order.   My order was placed on Monday and it was in my hot little hands by Thursday!  They were packaged neatly and they are soooooo awesome!  Color me impressed!

Since I’ve been having a mojo problem, I went with an easy sketch for today’s THSC (one of my favorites).  Here’s today’s sketch:

   Please use THSC11 in your keywords and remember to post back here so I can take a peek!  Also, remember there is no wrong or right card….. have fun with it!

I’m working on new designs for both My Favorite Things (new releases coming May 7th!) and for Hambo Stamps.  I will be posting some *MFTeasers* starting on Monday…… keep your eyes peeled

Here’s my deets:

Stamps:  Polka Stars and Starlight Starbright Remixed by Verve Visual (www.vervevisual.com)

Colors: Night of Navy, Yo Yo Yellow, GP White

Ink: Night of Navy and Yo Yo Yellow

Accessories: brads, ribbon, dimensionals, scissors (lots of cutting!), scallop punch, oval punches, swiss dots EF

In retrospect, I think I would have liked this better if I had embossed the stars to make them shine, but 20/20 hindsight being what it is, I’m still liking it!   The background was made with the tiny stamps from the Starlight Starbright Remixed set.

TFL!~ and have a blessed day!!