Cherries!

I love this stamp. Of course I have to ink it with my markers, but that still doesn't make much difference to me. I like the cuteness. I did this card for the last stamping session I had at my house. It was one of the two or three cards we made in addition to some projects. (My kids loved the projects more b/c they were FUN and some included CANDY.)

Congrats Hannah!

My youngest sister is graduating from High School. She finished her courses last week. So I have two cards here to give to her. One will be from me, the DH and the kiddos. The other one will be from Maw-Maw. I love the way both of them went together. Plus I love the Sweet Pea felt flowers. I hope, hope, hope Stamping Up will keep them around for their IBC for 2010-2011. :D

SSC 141

I used this week's sketch from Stamping 411 for the inspiration for my card. I love the colors I used. I don't know that I have ever tried Ruby Red and Regal Rose together. However, since I was using the paper (Candy Shop, I think?) I tried to get what went together the best and obviously that was Ruby Red and Regal Rose. I also like the rounded diagonal corners. It is a technique that I occassionally employ on my own, but haven't in a while, so I was thrilled when I noticed that aspect of this week's sketch. I also stretched myself a little bit when I used cut the combo of coaster and paper for my card. I don't think I have ever managed to incorporate that technique into any of my cards to where I actually liked the way it looked. BUT I like it today. :D I think this will be a birthday card for one of my aunts. I am trying to make cards for the entire year ahead so that I will be able to send cards out with out having to frantically make cards at the last moment. (I reallly DON'T like doing that)

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Soft and Lovely Card

I had fun creating this card for a lady I heard of through the homeschool play group. I wanted something fun with soft colors to help cheer her up as she is healing from (I believe) surgery. Love the beautiful DP ...

Mojo Butterflies

I used the mojo monday challenge for this week as my inspiration for this card. I love the way it turned out. I turned the circles into butterflies and I LOVE the way it turned out.

Saturday Sketch Challenge # 137

I LOVE this sketch. Stamping 411 had an awesome challenge this weekend. I made two cards that I have taken pictures of and I have another one on my stamp table awaiting assembly. Thanks for the awesome sketch!

I inked the tree with old olive and soft suede markers and decided to use a second generation stamping of it on the inside of the card. I like how not re-inking the stamp leaves a much softer look. I also stamped a phrase in soft suede. This card is a sympathy card for the family of a high school friend. He recently died of cancer and I found out Friday night so this sketch got used as my sympathy card mojo.

My second card using this sketch I took Saturday to my demo. She was having a class at her house and I thought she would enjoy a card to thank her for being such a great demo (I have known her for probably 10 years she is SO awesome). I wanted to decorate the inside of the card so i used the same stamp as I had on the front, but instead of inking it white, I inked it bermuda bay and I stamped it off so the inside image would be softer.I also like how rich razzelberry and bermuda bay go together. I also made this card into an easel style card. I must say I have figured out for myself why so many of the people making these style cards make them square...so that the front will stand up more (a very DUH! moment).

Mojo Monday Challenge 124 card.

I combined two challenges. I did the sketch challenge over at Mojo Monday (#124)http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2010/02/mojo-monday-125-contest.html as well as a color challenge to use the colors: old olive, not quite navy, bordering blue, certainly celery, and soft suede. I had to scratch my head a few times as I puzzled out this card, but I like the end result pretty well.

Will's Birthday Card 2010

Josiah loved helping me make this card that I got the base idea from www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjE4q7l63Ug. We cut out two extra top notes and he helped me stamp them. We used creamy caramel cardstock for the base, very vanilla and chocolate chip for the front top notes. We stamped in creamy caramel, close to cocoa and chocolate chip. Josiah had tons of fun just stamping this. As a matter of fact it touched off a new phase in my house. It is now a great treat for my kids to get to stamp and make cards during their break times from homeschooling. LOL. I hadn't thought of trying that before, but we are getting more school done now than I had hoped to in one day. :D Yay us!

Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge 136

Long title for (probably) a pretty short post. This is my first time to play at this challenge and I am so totally excited to be posting a card for a challenge. I used Stampin' Up! stuff on it and am excited about that, too. I also LOVE the colors on this card. Let me know what YOU think. :D

cards 1/20/2010

The inspiration for these two cards came from some blogs I follow. I can't remember the name of the first one, but the second one is Diva Coffee Break Designs. I like how the second design is so simple. I am thinking about trying another card with that sketch, but that will have to happen later. :D

Card again!

This is another card I have made a kit to take to Alaska. This one I 'tweaked' the kit after I put this card together. I changed which dark pink I used and I textured the Bermuda Bay strip. I really like how this card has bright colors (espically on the flower). fun, fun, fun!

Another Card!

I have made some card kits to take with me to Alaska. I am looking forward to getting to make some cards with Rachel and Hannah. I want to post one of the cards that I am working on the kit for now.

I inked the SU! Manhattan Flower embosing folder with Dusty Durango ink. I used a 3 3/4" x5" piece of Blush Blossom cardstock. I used a half sheet of Very Vanilla for the card base. I layered a 2"x4.25" piece of Dusty Durango under the embossed flower and then I adhered three pearls on the flower. Inside I have a phrase stamped on Very Vanilla with Dusty Durango with DD daubed on the edge and then layered on Dusty Durango also.

New In Color Card

I made a new card today and am so excited about it that I wanted to post it on the internet.

Supplies:

SU! Melon Mambo, Taken with Teal and Bermuda Bay cardstock

Basic Grey's Lemonade DP

SU! Stamp

SU! Markers in Bermuda Bay, Taken with Teal, Certainly Celery and Mellow Moss

Spellbinders Nestabilites: Circle and Scalloped Circle

The base is a 5 1/4" square. I adhered a 1 1/2 x 5 1/4 strip of Bermuda Bay cardstock on the bottom of the card. Then I adhered a 1"x 5 1/4" strip of Melon Mambo directly above the Bermuda Bay. I then scalloped one edge of the 2" x 5 1/4" strip of DP then I adhered it over the Melon Mambo and the Bermda Bay. I cut a circle out of white cardstock. The scalloped circle is cut out of taken with teal. I stamped the flower with stazon and colored it with the markers. I daubed the edge of the white cardstock with Melon Mambo. Then I adhered it to the Taken with Teal scalloped circle and adhered both to the front of the card. :D

White on White

These are my white on white cards for a swap on Splitcoast stampers. I have loved this swap. I hope to do at least one more. When (if) I do I will post it, too. :D

Swap cards

These are some cards I have made from my christian card kit swap. I love some of these kits. I have had a great time going through my stuff and adding a few things to make more than one card from most of the kits.

White on White 1

This is my first white on white card. I was a little dubious of my ability to make one. I hope you enjoy looking at this.

Simple Cards

I took some quick pix of these cards in the back of Hannah's Tahoe so I could remember what I had given to Aunt Lisa. :D

Bird Cards

More cards. I used my new sizzix Big Shot (an awesome scrapbooking/ card making tool for those of you who have no clue what it is) to emboss the background on the "Thinking of You" card and to cut the cute scalloped background on the blue, cream and pink card. :)

Abbi's cards

Yesterday I bought a die cut that will cut out flowers. I had foam sheets that I had bought at the Dollar Tree, so today we cut out flowers and Abbi used them to make cards. I helped with cutting the paper for the front and adhering it to the card. I also put sticky on the back, but Abbi INSISTED on placing to flowers herself.

More Cards II

These are the cards I made using a card kit I put together.