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!

Favorites & some cakes!

Had to squeeze in just one more post before the night/weekend was over! This week over at Hero Arts- we were to use our favorites, even before I owned this Four Dolls set it became an immediate favorite! I just can't get enough of them- they are just so SUPER cute!

I had this idea of making them more 3-dimensional last night (as I was drifting off to sleep- can we say I'm addicted?) I had some time this afternoon to actually play with the idea and this is was my result:

Supplies: Four Dolls, Asian Elements, Thoughtful Messages (all Hero Arts), Floral Screen embossing folder (Cuttlebug-Provocraft), Sakura flower punch, Stickles, Copics

A few weeks back was the birthday challenge- I didn't have the chance til tonight to post the few I made for that one here, so I'm doing it now! Also wanted to add a big WOOHOO to my sister for winning the "Fresh Face" in that challenge with this card! (Check out her blog here too!)

Again, the first one is using one of the adorable dolls set :)

Supplies: Four Dolls, DesignBlock Birthday, Sweet Moments (Hero Arts), Circle punch, Scallop circle nestabilities (Spellbinders), gems, Copics

Using another one of the stamped images I borrowed from my sister, I made this card with a row of yummy cakes!

Supplies: Sweet Moments (Hero Arts); Simply Sweet (Stampin' Up!), Liquid Applique, Stickles, Gems, Buttons, Ribbon

Keep scrolling down for my Valentine's projects!

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!

Random cards

Some miscellaneous cards I've done recently- not for any challenges, just for fun and for occassions that just came up.

This card was totally for fun- I remembered that my sister had stamped out some of these adorable hedgehogs from her collection for me and it was just calling out to be colored!

Supplies: Butterfly Wishes, Salutations (Penny Black); Swiss Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug-Provocraft), Prima flowers

This card is for a good friend's husband. He works for Home Depot and had ordered cards from me in the past-always using this little guy, thought he looked so much like the Home Depot mascot/logo "Homer".


Supplies: Little Trucks (Stampin' Up!), Wavy Good Thoughts (Hero Arts); Scallop border punch (Stampin' Up!), Scallop circle diecut- (Nestabilities-Spellbinders)

And finally, last week was my boss's birthday and this was the card I made for him!

Supplies: Fun & Fast Notes (Stampin' Up!), Scallop border punch (Stampin' Up!), Scallop Square diecut (Nestabilities-Spellbinders) Gridlines on the cardbase was done using Scorpal.

Hopefully I'll be posting a few more things I have in the works (in my head) before the weekend is over!

Thanks for stopping in!

My Favorite Things...

Two posts tonight so please be sure to scroll down to see my entry to TECC #53 too!

I got fun surprise in the mail the other day when my sister (Maylee's Creative Corner) sent me a card with this My Favorite Things stamp set in it- I just had to make something with it right away! Here is the first card I created with it.


Supplies: How Sweet It is (My Favorite Things), Prima flowers, stickles

I couldn't stop at just one, so I decided to get my feet wet and participate in a new challenge for me on the Splitcoast Stampers website, a sketch challenge specifically for MFT stamps.

Here was the sketch:


And the card I made:

Supplies: How Sweet It Is (My Favorite Things), Guava dots patterned paper (Lasting Impressions), Swiss Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug- Provocraft), Glossy Accents (Inkssentials-Ranger Industries)

A good friend of another one of my sisters recently found out that she is expecting! My sister wanted a congrats card to give her and this is what I came up with!


Supplies: She's Expecting! (Studio G- Hampton Arts), Spring Blossoms (Inkadinkado), Thoughtful Messages (Hero Arts)

TECC53

When I saw this weekend's sketch on Taylored Expressions, I knew I had to find time to participate! It didn't hurt either that I made a trip to my LSS and found some new Changito monkeys to add to my stash!

Here is the sketch,


And here is my card:

Supplies: Changito Cake (Stampendous); Liquid Applique (Marvy Uchida), Glossy Accents (Ranger Industries)

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend, thanks for stopping by!