Happy 4th of July!

To my U.S. readers- Happy 4th of July!

Today is also one of my co-worker's birthday. She loves and owns horses- my sister sent me some of this Penny Black stamp that I knew she would love! (Thank you sis!)

Supplies: Heart to Heart (Penny Black), Happy Everything Greetings (Hero Arts), Scalloped/Rectangle nestabilities (Spellbinders), Inkssentials white gel pen (Ranger), Prima flower, buttons, twine, gems, Copic markers

Enjoy your holiday!

conGRADulations!

A friend of mine is celebrating a momentus time- she's graduating with her MBA!

I had this Penny Black stamp awhile ago- just waiting for some ink!

I used some new alpha letters to create my own message on the inside:

Supplies: Con-graduate (Penny Black), Basic Alphabet, All Occasion Messages (Hero Arts), Script embossing folder (Cuttlebug-Provocraft), Oval & Scalloped oval nestabilities (Spellbinders), Scallop border punch (Stampin' Up!), Prima flowers, Copic markers

Scroll down for my first post today!

Just for Fun!

Hi again! Since I still had everything out from my making the cards from the previous post, I decided to make this card too - for fun! This image from Penny Black is so cute and so much fun to color!


Supplies: Cinnamon (Penny Black), Scallop border punch (Stampin' Up!), Making Memories patterned paper, Copic Markers

Thanks for looking- be sure to scroll down for my first post from today too!

Color Inspiration #49

I had just enough time this morning for one more post this weeked for Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration challenge! These challenges are so much fun- they give me the opportunity to do a color combination that I wouldn't think to put together myself!



Using another Penny Black stamp- they are so cute and fun to color!

Supplies: Nap Time! (Penny Black), Scalloped square diecut (Nestabilities-Spellbinders), Scallop border punch (Stampin' Up!), Copic Markers

Thanks for peeking in- hope you are having a wonderful Easter Sunday!

Shake, Shake, Shake!

Happy Friday!

A few weeks ago, Hero Arts had a windows challenge and featured a video on how to make a shaker card. I knew I wanted to try to make one, but didn't get around to it until the other night. And with a request from my 3 year old niece who wanted a bear card that was pink & green (how am I supposed to say no to that?) it was a perfect opportunity to try it out! I had this cute bear already colored just sitting and waiting to be used too- I added the grass and sky and voila!


Here is a look at the beads inside the window box that make it a shaker card

Supplies: Straw Hat Bear (Penny Black), All Occasion Messages (Hero Arts), Swiss Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug-Provocraft), Scalloped Square diecut (Nestabilities-Spellbinders), Prima flowers, American Crafts ribbon, Copic Markers

Thanks for stopping by!

Color Inspiration #48

I just had to participate in this week's Color Inspiration on Kwerner when I saw the color combination! Its one of my favorites- and looks like many others too! And as much fun I had with last week's one layer challenge, I couldn't wait to get my hands back into my paper stash!


I wanted to use another one of these cute Penny Black stamps from my sister, they are just too cute and so much fun to color! Who doesn't like snuggling up with a good book and a nice frothy cup of hot cocoa???

Supplies: Bibliophile (Penny Black Inc.), Spiral Edger punch (EK Success), Scallop border punch (Stampin' Up!), Liquid Applique (Marvy Uchida), buttons, Swiss Dotted paper (Bazzill Basics), Copic Markers

Thanks for looking!

March Birthdays!

March is a big month for birthdays in my family! Since I was on vacation last weekend and part of the week- it was enough time for me to have the birthdays pass and give enough time before I could post on here!

First, my sister's birthday was exactly week ago today. To celebrate we went to Disneyland! Had a ton of fun and so great to experience it with my 3 year old niece- she got to meet the princesses & Mickey! Anyway, back to the card- I recieved some stamped images from (another) sister and just love this one from Penny Black. I'm loving creating these little scenes lately :)


Supplies: Cinnamon (Penny Black), DesignBlock Outline Flowers (Hero Arts), Rectangle & Scalloped Rectangle diecuts (Nestabilities- Spellbinders), Copic Markers

My sister-in-law also has a birthday this month, and using more from the stash of stamped images my sister swapped with me included this super cute Riley stamp!

Supplies: DesignBlock Outline Flowers, SparkleClear Sweet Moments (Hero Arts), Baking Riley (Hanna Stamps), Scalloped Square diecut (Nestabilities-Spellbinders), Scallop border punch (Stampin' Up!), Prima flowers, Copics

A friend in the family turned the big 3-0 this month too! She's a purse lover and LOVES pink & black. I had the perfect idea when mom asked me to make a card for her!

Supplies: Say Charge (My Favorite Things), It's a Girl Thing (Stampin' Up!), Scalloped Square diecut (Nestabilities- Spellbinders), Copic markers

Keep scrolling for one last post....

Is there a nurse in the house?

A good friend of my sister's is starting nursing school soon and she asked me to make a card to commemorate the occassion & wish her good luck. I don't have any nurse related stamps in my stash, so I decided to find a cute nurse cap image online and manipulate it to use with a stamp I did have and came up with this...

Supplies: Yours to take! (Penny Black); All Occasion Messages (Hero Arts), Scallop circle diecut (Nestabilities-Spellbinders)

Thanks for catching up with me!

Whimsy Design Team Call

I came across a posting for a design team call for Whimsy Stamps, I knew that it was an opportunity that I just couldn't pass up!

Whimsical animals are definitely my cup of tea! But since I don't have any Whimsy brand stamps (yet) I immediately turned to this adorable teddy bear stamp from Penny Black!

(You can click each of the pictures to see them bigger)

Supplies: Straw-hat Bear (Penny Black), All Occasion Messages (Hero Arts), Scalloped Square Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Scallop Border punch (Stampin' Up!), Copics, Stickles (Ranger Industries), buttons (La Mode), ribbon (Unknown- from Michaels)

Thanks for stopping by!

Let's be friends!

It was friendship week this week over on the Hero Arts blog, I couldn't help but to play along! I am just loving my Copic markers and have been using them on everything I've been making lately- still trying to get the hang of them!

What's a friendship cards with out the cute dolls? I couldn't resist using these two on a card together:

Supplies: Four Dolls; Thoughtful Messages (Hero Arts), Floral Screen & Bloom Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug-Provocraft), Making Memories patterned paper, gems, Copics

I also wanted to do something along the "pretty" line instead of just cutesy ones, here I used my markers to color directly on the stamp, then without re-coloring, offset the stamp just a slight bit to create the shadow look- you can see it in the close up picture.

Supplies: CardArt Happy Wishes; Tree, Bird & Messages (Hero Arts), Textile embossing folder (Cuttlebug-Provocraft), Making Memories patterned paper, gems, Copics

Another one using some pretty flowers! I wanted to incorporate the embossing folder as more than just the background on this one. I gave the flowers some extra dimension with pop-dots and also rolled some glue dots up under the wings of the butterfly to give them a rounded look too:

Supplies: Thoughtful Messages (Hero Arts), Square scallop nestabilities (Spellbinders), Stylized Flowers embossing folder (Cuttlebug-Provocraft), pearls, Copics, Stickles

And finally, this isn't for any challenge- I was just digging around in my ever-growing stash of stamps where I more often-than-not forget I have certain ones! I'm sure I picked this one up on sale at some point- these 2 bunnies were just dying to be inked! So going along with the friendship theme, I made this!

Supplies: Daisy Bunnies (Penny Black), Whoo Loves You? (Hero Arts), Stickles, buttons, Copics

Thanks for stopping by & hope you are having a fabulous weekend!

Penny Black Saturday Challenge!

Another new challenge for me tonight! My sister convinced me to participate in the Penny Black Saturday Challenge :) It was a sketch challenge, and quite a challenge since I don't normally use many layers of paper on my cards. But I am really pleased with the way it turned out!

This was the sketch we had to work with:


And here is the card I came up with- I just love all their hedgehogs, they are just so SUPER cute!



Here's another picture so you can get an idea of the 3-dimensional rose & balloon

Supplies: Long Kiss! (Penny Black), Perfectly Paisly embossing folder (Cuttlebug-Provocraft), Making Memories patterned paper, Copics, Prisma flowers

I've got a few more cards up my sleeve, but that will have to wait until I can get a better picture during the daylight!

Until next time- Happy Stamping!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Ok- so I'm a day late but better late than never right?

Here are a couple of Valentine's that I made this year.
This one for my sister- (Gave my other 2 sisters the MFT cards previously posted)

Supplies: Skippin Bee, Sprinklin' Luv (Stampendous), Swiss Dots embosssing folder (Cuttlebug-Provocraft), Stickles, buttons, string, ribbon, Copics

This one for my husband:

Supplies: Whoo Loves You? (Hero Arts), Oval & Scallop Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Heart gems (A Muse), ribbon, Copics

Treats for my co-workers, I found this box pattern on Splitcoast and just had to try it, it was SUPER-easy which made the mass production a breeze! They are the perfect size to fit yummy Ghiradelli squares (3 filled or 4 plain):

Supplies: Whoo Loves You? (Hero Arts), Square Scallop Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Scallop border punch (Stampin' Up!), Stickles

A co-worker had also ordered some special valentine's for her husband and her son's teachers.

Supplies: You're a Treasure, Don't Break it! (Penny Black), Just for you (Inkadinkado), Speech bubble from Jolly Christmas (Hero Arts), Little Valentine's Day (Hero Arts), Swiss Dots & Floral Fantasy embossing folders (Cuttlebug-Provocraft), buttons, string, Copics

This pattern for this box was also found on Splitcoast under "Gable box"

Supplies: Friendship Blooms (Stampin' Up!), Little Valentine's Day (Hero Arts), Prima flowers, Stickles, gems, ribbon, Copics

Thanks for stopping by- I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's day & weekend!