Thurs. June 30, 2011 STVMONTG2

The card I want to share with you today, is for the Mix It Up Monday challenge at Stamp TV.  Tina gave us three colors: pink, grey and ivory.

 

I used the Nestablities Lotus die as a backdrop for the circle die cut.  I stamped Melanie's circle stamp from her "Branching Out" set.  The sentiment is from Tami's "Dreams" set.  I whipped up a rose, added some ivory pearls and a seam binding ribbon, I dyed to match.  Thank you Becca Feekan, for sharing the video on how to do it!!!

Thank you for visiting!

Wed. June 29, 2011 Three challenges, one card

I have often wondered how some cardmakers combine one card into something like 12 challenges.  I think 3 challenges for 1 card is going to be the limit for me-LOL.
First off, this is for F4A70 (Free for All- Stripes) on SCS.

Then I entered it into the Sweet'nSassy challenge J4F3- a square card, and a square card sketch #197 at Mojo Mondays.

I made the strips by attaching strips of quilling paper to a piece of cs, before I die cut the stars.  The sentiment is from "Floating Along" from Mark's Finest Papers. I used an embossing folder for the white layer, and also a Nestie die for the numbers..

Tues. June 28, 2011 CAS-ual Fridays Challenge # CFC8

I am enjoying the CAS-ual Fridays challenges, so I wanted to play along once again, with the one this week-called Getting Edgy!  I used Gina K's "Quite a Catch" stamp set , some sponging for the waves and voila'-done.  I named this card HUH?

Want to win?

Check out Tami's blog for details-comment and you could win her new stamp set.

Mon. June 27,2011 STVMONJM1 #2

Happy Monday!  I had some time yesterday, so I decided to paper piece another image, for Jimmi's challenge STVMONJM1 at Stamp TV.

The image and the sentiment are from Gina's "The Funny Farm" stamp set.

As I was making this, I giggled as I looked for a piece of dp for the 'ewe'.  Looks like she ate so many of the flowers, she now looks like them! LOL

Sun. June 26, 2011 Time to make a CASE

My card to share with you today is for Challenge STVFRICT3.  Cat picked AJ's gallery and we were to pick a card to CASE.  

The card I chose from AJ's gallery is this one. I loved the simplicity of her design.

I changed the color of the card base, and instead of using the striped piece, I chose a solid. I chose a single image for the focal point as well, but I colored mine with Memento markers. My die cut is a different shape too. I snuck that little bow on the focal image- because I thought it looked cute!

 Thank you for visiting!

Sat. June 25, 2011 Speedy Challenge #61 Sparkle

Good Morning blog friends!  My card today is for Speedy's Challenge # 61- to make it sparkle.

I I stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with Gold Fine Detail EP.  I colored the champagne with Copics and a Clear Star pen.

Thanks for stopping by!

Fri. June 24, 2011 CSS Alumni HOP

Boy, have we got another fun hop for you this time! If you arrived here from KAY's blog, you are in the right place.  If you'd like to start at the beginning, click HERE.

The details are:

Let's get wordy! Gina K. Designs is known for including some of the best quotes and sentiments in their sets. For this challenge use a sentiment or quote as the main focal point.

****** Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (June 28th), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs, and the commenter will get a GKD stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!

My sentiment is from Tami's "Dreams" stamp set, which I framed with the oval from Melanie's "Branching Out" set. The rose is one that Cheri Weston sent to me- Thanks Cheri!

Now, it's time for you to visit JOY's BLOG and be amazed! She always has a beautiful creation to share!
Thanks for stopping by!

Fri. June 24, 2011

I really liked Jennie's challenge, so decided to make another sketch card with trees.

I used Gina's "Smile" stamp set! Thanks for visiting!

Thurs. June 23, 2011 STVMONJM1 challenge

I enjoy paper piecing, so when I saw Jimmi's challenge over at STV, I knew I'd be playing along.

Once again, I decided to use Theresa Momber's "Vogue Vases" stamp set. Love these stamps!!!!

So glad you stopped by!

Wed. June 22, 2011 Just 4 Fun challenge

I have never played in Jessica Fick's Just 4 Fun challenge at  Sweet 'n Sassy Connection before, but this sounded well-just for fun!!!!

I don't have any of their images, but they said that is okay! I have two cards to enter in this challenge.

This is also entered for a challenge at CAS-ual Fridays #CFC7.-Color Blocks, and for the CR*4FN challenge to use yellow, aqua and green..

The main pennant is from Tami Mayberry's "Perfect Pennants"

stamp set. The sentiment was written by hand!

Now for the following card, I used one of the medallion stamps from Gina K's Elegant Elements set.  Using a polka dot embossing folder as my bg, I stamped and cut out 6 different color elements. I then added a drop of Glossy Accents and glitter in the center of each. This is also entered for a challenge at CAS-ual Fridays #CFC7.-Color Blocks.

Tues. June 21, 2011 STVFRIJH2

Happy 1st Day of Summer!  WOO-HOO!!!!!

My card today is for the Free for All Friday challenge at StampTV.  Jennie gave us a sketch with trees as the theme.

  I used some trees from Theresa's "Life is Good" stamp set. I colored the stamp with Memento markers. The image's bg  was sponged with Distress inks. The frame is from Tami's "Dreams" stamp set.

I'm so glad you stopped by!

Mon. June 20, 2011 SCS Challenge

Good morning blog friends!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend-the weather here was fantastic, and after the cold wet spring we've had, it's a thrill!

My card today is for a challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers, WT327-to use vellum.  For my bg, I used a piece of vellum and alcohol inks. My daisies are from Mark's Finest Papers set called "Start the Day with Gerber".  I colored them with Copic markers and added Stickles to the centers.

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Sun. June 19, 2011 Image inside a punch

Good Morning!

I just recently bought one of Martha's anywhere on the page pinches-this one is the Rose. I liked the way the punch does what it is supposed to do.  This is the first time I've used it, but I will be using it again for some fun designs.

Here is a close up to show you what I did with the space this time. I used another punch to make the flower petals, which I colored and attached to try and recreate Theresa's flower in my focal image. 

  Theresa's Vogue Vases is a fabulous set and I can see my inking them up quite frequently! Glad you stopped by!

Sat. June 18, 2011 Speedy Challenge #60

Speedy's Challenge this week is to use buttons on your card.  My focal image is from the Poppies, poppies, poppies stamp set, which was colored with Copic markers.

Thanks for visiting!

Fri. June 17, 2011 OLW 58

I made this card for the One Layer Wednesday Challenge #58.  We were to use yellow, orange and aqua.

I decided to use the water lily image from Mark's Finest Papers "Floating Along" stamp set. and lots of sponging with distress inks.

Thank you for visiting!

Thurs. June 16, 2011 MFP Poppies

I love these Poppies from Mark's Finest Papers- a lot of fun to color with Copics!

The background dp was run through the Cuttlebug's Swiss Dot folder and then I just added some twine.

Thank you for stopping by!

Wed. June 15, 2011 Floral Lattice

Today's card was a fun one for me to put together! The oval is from Melanie's "Branching Out" set and the sentiment is from Nina's "Fanciful Tags" set. Both of these are available HERE.  I stamped them and heat embossed on pale pink vellum.

The frame is a Nestie and the lattice was made using strips of white cs. Thanks for letting me share this with you!

Tues. June 14, 2011 Bling and Balloons

I have been wanting to ink up this image since I received my new StampTV kit, and after I watched Gina's last video, I was inspired to get moving on this creation!  I love the bright colors and the Clear Star pen I used to highlight parts of this image.  I thank you for stopping by!

Mon. June 13- second post - 3 challenge cards!!!!

I finished three challenge cards this morning, so thought I'd go ahead and write a post, so I can get them entered.

First up is a card for the One Layer Wednesday challenge # 57. It was to be a sand, surf or beach theme.

 I used the shell image from Mark's Finest Papers "Sand, Surf and Relax" stamp set. I stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with white EP.  I then colored in the shell with just a Versamark pen.  I love the way it slightly darkens the kraft cs.

My next card is for last Friday's challenge at StampTV. (STVFRILM1)  Lee challenged us with a recipe to follow:

2 embellishments-     I used fiber and brads.

3 images-     I used images from Theresa's "Vogue Vases" set.

4 colors-     everything counts except white.  I used Soft Sand, Kraft, Black, Peach and patterned dp.

5 layers-    I lost count, but I think there are way more than 5-LOL.

My last challenge card for today is for Cat's StampTV challenge "Wear your White"  STVMONCT2. She said we could use a little color, but the card should be predominantly white. Once again I used Theresa's "Vogue Vases" set. I colored the stamp with Memento markers and huffed.  I colored the inside of the flowers with Copic markers. I cut the vase out, added distress ink to my embossing folder. I really like all the texture on this card!

Well, that's it for now!  I am waiting for my son to get here for a visit- super excited! Thanks for stopping by!