IC223 Happy Birthday Dallas

I can't believe my son turned 13 on Sat. WOW! Happy Birthday Dallas. I remember the day 13 years ago trying to drive with my husband to the hospital because we were in the middle of a SNOW BLIZZARD in Minnesota. I closed my eyes all the way to the hospital of 15 miles. It was pretty wicked! Like I mentioned in the post earlier for my mom's card that I made yesterday here. I was thrilled to have been asked by Stef on SCS to use the Warm Biscuit kids bedding store here as the Inspiration Challenge. I was browsing fabrics one day and thought it was a great idea to use. I decided to make a card into a gift card holder to hold his Itunes gift card for his Itouch. The inspiration bank is shown here. One thing I like to do to do when I create a card, is try to make it exactly like the object. In this case, to get the realistic look to the football. I made it out of Kraft c/s, Cuttlebug Mesh emboss folder, and used the orange colored marker. Afterwards, I used the versamark ink, clear emboss powder, and heat tool. The doctors used to tease me when my kids were born and people still do. You already have your own football team started. Dallas weighed in at 10lbs and Cody at 11 1/2 pounds when they were born, they both love football. You know that my son is now 5'8 and has a size 11 shoe. I bet this summer he passes me up in height. I am 6ft tall too. Amazing! I really enjoyed making this card for my son. Have a wonderful night!

Stamps: su button bear
Paper: kraft, white
Ink: black, versamark
Accessories: football template pattern from quilt book, sizzix die cuts (#'s), cb mesh emboss folder, clear emboss powder, heat tool, pop dots, kraft knife, scor pal, scissors, jewerly cording, tacky tape, Bic Mark It colored markers, tombo glue

IC223 Happy Birthday Mom

Happy Birthday Mom, This past weekend, my mother turned 85 years old. My twin sister and I had an idea that we mentioned on SCS, is to try to surprise our mom with 85 birhtday cards. I'm not sure how many she has received, but the ones she did receive she loved. The notes, the talent, and the friendships she made really made her birthday a wonderful surprise. Our mom was so touched by all of you who took the time to send her a birthday card, thank you! You are the greatest!
Ohhh, I am so thrilled my suggestion site was nominated for the Inspiration Challenge for this week. I came across this wonderful site called Warm Biscuit found here when I was browsing for fabrics to make my next quilt with. It has some wonderful ideas for kids stuff and mom's too. I chose this inspiration wall art here.
I received this image from a great friend Nancyruth and thought it would work perfect for this. I also used my Cricut for the 1st time ever without help from my son. Have a wonderful night and I can't wait to see what everyone creates.

The back of the card reads "If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I would walk in my garden forever."

Stamps: morning glory from Nancyruth, studio g, CTMH for message
Paper: real red, whisper white
Ink: black stazon, versamark
Accessories: Cricuit, prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, blending stumps, ms fine glitter, ribbon, scor pal, ruler, kraft knife, tweezers, tacky tape, scotch tape, pop dot dimensionals
Techniques: recessed window, coloring with pencils, cricuit

IC196 My Clutch Purse

You know, I look forward to the Inspiration Challenges that come out on Friday nights on SCS. They are my favorite. This is the clutch purse from the Moyna handbags store here. I started out by making the hand made purse by drawing a template. I made 2 extra pieces of the template so I can have a front and a back also. I take one of the extra pieces and used the cb textile emboss folder sideways. I used the saddle brown stazon ink with a sponge, a white colored pencil, and sand paper to distress the look of the folder. I used 3 different scallop circles for the flowers. I was looking through all my ink pads and couldn't find any color that I wanted. So I made some scribbles on watercolor paper with a pumpkin yellow prismacolor pencil. I rolled the tip of the flowers just a little bit and secured all 3 sizes with glue dots. I stitched the centers of the flowers with embroidery floss. I drew the lines for the vine with a pencil. The next part took about 10 minutes to do. I hand stitched the vine with embroidery floss with a needle. There is enough room for an opening that a gift card can fit into. I made an accordian style backing so the card can stand up. Once everything was done. This took a bit of time to make but I had fun doing it. Have a great night!

Paper: sandy cream, watercolor
Ink: saddle brown stazon
Accessories: cb textile emboss folder, prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, blending stumps, 3 sizes of scallop circle punches, office max brads, ms glitter, ms leaf punch, embroidery floss, needle, scissors, pierce tool, gray marker, tacky strip, sand paper

FS135 Family Memories

Our family is patriot and we really get into July 4th every year to celebrate the birthday. We either all wear Old Navy shirts representing the year or the kids and I will make our shirts. But we always wear our Americana hats. We go all out with the foods and American soda cans too. The Featured Stamper is Lori known as "LmcAree" and she has a wonderful gallery. I chose this card here. I decided to use a Family Photo from July 4th. I used white c/s through the printer/computer, sized to a wallet, and trimmed. I added star brads to the corners with my pierce tool. The photo image is mounted onto white/navy blue c/s and with foam tape for added dimension and same goes for the sentiment. The words are from my stash of stickers that are foil and mounted using foam dots. I really enjoyed making this card because it will go into our family scrapbook. Of course, I'm going to make more of these for my boys scrapbooks too. Happy Stamping!

Stamps: star spangled day
Paper: night quite navy, real red, whisper white,
Ink: night quite navy, real red, color ink from computer
Accessories: computer, photo, sticker, white signa pen, ribbon, foam tape, star brads, square punch, su pierce tool/mat

TLC237 Fabric Yo-Yo Flowers

Well, the technique challenge took a bit longer than I anticipated today. My husband's idea didn't work, so I came up with one instead. The Technique Challenge today was to use Fun Foam and create your own stamp. I didn't have any, so I had some left over rubber from stamps. I took a back of a wood block and put the rubber pieces on it. When I trimmed the rubber, I sliced my finger using my kraft knife too. My poor finger was bleeding forever. Anyways, I have these yo yo flowers out of fabric in a bag so I thought it would be a great idea to use them as a stamp. It worked. I tried it a few times to get the look I was after. It always helps me out to look around my stash to see what I can substitute to play in the challenges. Have a great day!

Stamps: paint prints, watercolor gardens, garden greetings
Paper: taken with teal, purple, white
Ink: taken with teal, purple, old olive, versafine black
Accessories: wood block, fabric yo yo's, ribbon, stamp-a-jig, scissors, glue dots, buttons, embroidery floss, misc rubber scraps, kraft knife

TLC254 Windmill Baby Card and Doll Quilt

I made this doll quilt from a tutorial I've seen by Crazy Mom Quilts back in December for our Pastor at church to play Santa Claus to a little girl who asked for a doll for Christmas. So, I thought I would make her doll quilt for them to give to her as well. My Pastor and his wife thought it was a great idea. They were surprised at the matching pillow to go with the quilt too.

I love doing the Technique Challenes on SCS when I have the time. We were to use paper quilting in our cards, it was perfect timing. I created a card from the Windmill doll quilt shown in the picture using coordinating dp's. I needed a baby card and it worked out perfectly. I used a 1 inch square punch to punch out 12 flowered and 12 yellow blocks. To make it easier I thought was to punch out some green and pink blocks, glue them, and trim the access off. These were mounted onto a white piece of c/s. Once glued all in place. This took a bit longer than what I expected but I like the outcome! Thanks for coming by Bonnie's Corner.

Stamps su that's nice
Paper: bo bunny, misc dp's, pretty in pink, white
Accessories: cb swirl emboss folder, square punch, scissors, tombo glue, felt ribbon, foam tape, colored marker

FS156 Stained Glass Angel

You know, I made this card after a full day of sledding back in December. I wanted to play in the FS challenge so I stayed awake. The Featured Stamper Nicole known as Butterflyears has such a wonderful gallery it was hard to choose which one to case. We were to change at least 3 things from her card to make our card. This is the card I cased here. When I saw this stamp at HL, I knew I wanted to make it into a stained glass card. I followed Beate's instructions in the Resources. The only thing I didn't have was the embossing buddy in the tutorial. I looked online to see what I can substitute for it. It said to use Corn Starch with a sock). Then I patted the vellum with it to make the ink hold. I stamped this image with black ink onto vellum paper. Let dry. Then I used the clear emboss powder, heat set. I loved doing the next part. I flipped the image over and colored the image using the Bic Mark It markers and a white gel pen. Let dry. I attached the completed image onto vanilla c/s the same piece of vellum with a tiny strip of tacky tape. I added gold foil paper to the back and left 1/8 of an inch to fold back over the front (this hides the tacky tape inside the vellum). The corners were used as part of the WT191 challenge for using my corner rounder. I really enjoyed making this card. Thanks for the challenge and dropping by. Have a wonderful night!

Stamps: Angelica by Stampendous
Paper: Not Quite Navy, Celery, Gray, Vanilla, vellum, gold foil paper, scrap of yellow
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: CB Swirl folder, 2 star punches, (corn starch & sock for embossing buddy), white gel pen, Bic Mark It Markers, gold metallic pen, clear emboss powder, heat gun, CTMH sheer ribbon, gold cording, tacky tape, pop dots, corner rounder

IC218 One Touch of Nature

WOW! Am I finally doing an Inspiration Challenge. I don't know how I managed to do that with my sore back that's been bothering me. Anyhow, my boys were finishing up their quilt while I made a card. I love it when Stef posts these Inspiration Challenges early and today's inspiration came from a gallery of paintings from the Erte shop. I knew that I had to try to make a card using this photo here because I just took a picture that was similar to this. As we were driving home one day last week from sledding, I noticed there was a hawk swooping down to get his prey (which was a mouse on the side of the road, once he picked up his prey, he flew away and I got 4 pictures after that flying into the wooded snowy trees. Well, luckily I had my Nikon D80 with my high telephoto lens ready for the photos because that is what you see in the picture with the color. So, I decided to create a card tonight using this photo. I started out by taking the photo from the camera and printing it on white c/s. I printed the photo twice onto white c/s. Cut out image. I used clear emboss powder, and heat tool. Set aside. I traced a pattern that I made to make a window frame on the black c/s. I used the scor-pal on the sides but its hard to see in the photo. I also used the white gel pen along the sides, but didn't like it. Went back over the dots using a black sharpie. Set the main image inside using tacky tape. Used pop dots to set the hawk to make it pop out. I chalked the white c/s using grey chalk with a sponge. I stamped the phrase from The Touch of Nature stamp set and it is raised on a pop dot too. I wished I had the color ink, but I thought it would be ok for the inspiration since the main photo had a fish and that's what gave me the idea. Thank you Stef for the early post. But here it is, 2:!8am...hmmm! Have a great weekend.

Stamps: one touch of nature
Paper: black and white
Ink: versafine, versamark
Accessories: scor-pal, clear emboss powder, heat tool, pop dots, tacky tape, chalk, sponge, white gel pen, black sharpie, kraft knife, scissors

FS147 Patchwork Card and Tote Bag

I made the Rag Quilt tote bag that is pictured here in the photo for my Secret Sister for Christmas. I belong to a group on SCS and we call ourselves Kota Kids. We draw names at Christmas and play Santa Claus. I thought making the tote bag would make it more interesting and that way I was able to fill it up with all this stamping stuff At the time, back in December the Featured Stamper was Mrs. Broz and I browsed her wonderful gallery and found a quilt card to case. Here is her card here. My secret sister loves "PINK". I was trying to get the card to look like the tote bag, so I decided to put faux stitching in between the lattice of the squares and also the dotted lines on the blocks. Adhered to black c/s as my base. Do you think I spoiled my SS? She loved everything that I put inside the bag, but loved the tote bag the best! Thanks for dropping by Bonnie's Corner!








Supplies for card:
Paper: black, hot pink, white
Accessories: square and hole punch, black uniball pen, colored marker, sticker, glue dots

Supplies for Tote Bag:
Rag scissors (snip)
100% cotton fabrics
100% warm and natural batting
sewing machine

SC256 happily Ever After

Good morning...the night owl is at it again! When my husband came upstairs at 3am, he asked me to open my mouth to see if I was a vampire...LOL! He also wanted to know how I function on 3 hours sleep. I actually took a nap yesterday afternoon. My son Dallas was waiting for the sketch challenge with me tonight while we were working on a jigsaw puzzle. By the time it came out, he was too tired to create but he did suggest making a road out of the curvy template. Great idea! The sketch challenge SC256 today was to use the template provided by Roxy. I cut it out twice once I printed it. Then the idea of using the road came really easy on what I wanted to do. I started out using some vaseline on white cs with a cotton ball. Did these for the blue and green. I used sponges with the blue and green inks and smeared onto the c/s until I got the look I wanted. (I rather do this type of sponging because it gives it a more softer look and no streaks of where the sponge has been). I cut the curvy template on white c/s and used the same technique as with the vaseline and black ink. I used several coats of the black with added pressure to get the road like this. Set aside. I used the circle punches to create the sun and part of the green grass, also with vaseline. Adhered with foam tape. I stamped the flowers along the edge of card with the circle in place. Colored the using color pencils and glitter. I stamped the only car I could find that would fit nicely on the road twice onto red c/s, colored with sharpies, added brads, and cut out. I cut the windows out of one, added presents and hand drew the peoples' faces. Adhered with pop dots. I used foam tape with tacky tape for the road and flipped it. I added the road lines using a white galaxy pen. I stamped the sentiment, trimmed around it, added embroidery floss from the car, and held it on using pop dots as well. I felt like it needed something else, so I added mini butterflies. I also was working with a separate piece of c/s to work with then after completed, I adhered to the base of the card. I had fun creating this challenge today Roxy and Peggy. Maybe later my son will create one too. Have a wonderful day and thanks for dropping by.

Stamps: Imaginisce, su smorgasbord, loads of love accessories, studio g
Paper: white, red
Ink: real read, yoyo yellow, pumpkin pie, brilliant blue, old olive, distress brushed cordory
Accessories: vaseline, sponges, cotton balls, ms glitter, prismacolor pencils, embroidery floss, kraft knife, tacky tape, foam tape, pop dots, white galaxy pen, circle punch, mini butterfly punch, tomo glue, scissors

SC245 Sunflower for You!

Good morning! It's the night owl again. I had just finished making a baby quilt when the sketch challenge came out. Well actually I just made the top portion of the quilt, still need the borders, and etc. I will finish the rest of it tomorrow. I decided to play the sketch challenge since I was up. I started out with a premade window card for the black base of the card that I had in my envelope drawer. I think I got them at a garage sale. The window part has a backing to it, along with the actual back, so when you open the card...the window is hidden. I received the sunflower image from Nancyruth awhile ago and I wanted to play with it tonight. I cut 3 panels from old olive. I also cut a piece of dp and a little scrap of yellow and used the cb emboss swiss dots folder. Distress, sponged in black, and adhered to green panels. I then used the piercing tool along the edges, except for the 2 sides on the sunflower. I colored the sunflower using prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, and blending stumps. My eyes were starting to get tired by this point, hopefully it looks ok. Adhered. I added ms ribbon, used a cb mini die cut tag, and stamped the sentiment. added eyelet and tied on with embroidery floss through the ribbon. Attached the panels. I used 2 different corner punches, pop dots, and dew drops to the corners. I also added sandalwood glitter on the cb swiss dots panel and the sunflower. I had fun making this card but honestly I didn't know where I was going with it. Thanks for the sketch Roxy! Have a wonderful day!

Stamps: misc sunflower from Nancyruth, mini mates
Paper: black, old olive, lemon yellow textured, heavy duty white, paper studio dp
Ink: black
Accessories: prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, blending stumps, ms glue, ms glitter, ms ribbon, cb emboss swiss dots folder, cb mini die cut tags, embroidery floss, su pierce tool/mat, corner punches, dew drops, pop dots, glue dots, tacky strip, scissors

WT235 SC244 Happy Birthday Erin!

The Ways to Use it Challenge today was we were to create a card using RED. I love RED. I actually just made this card a couple of days but not the day the sketch came out. I couldn't figure it out, I must of been tired. So, I walked away from it and did it Tuesday. This works out perfect since I have to work at the schools today. My nieces turned 5 this week, so I thought it would be a good idea to make a card for her. She is my twin sister's daughter. I received the Sugar Nellie image from one of my penpals but I can't remember who it was...help me out Connie (kk) or Khara. I started out by using the cb textile emboss folder on the bliss blue c/s. Adhered to the base of card. I used glitter dp for the 2nd layer, and white for the top layer. I colored the image using my favorite technique which is prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, and blending stumps. I added glitter to the tiny flowers. I sponged lightly around the image with blue ink. I added white brads and the famous Faith dots around the edges of the panels. I hand wrote the sentiments and used file tabs to mount. I also added 2 prima flowers and buttons to finish this card. I enjoyed making this card and I hope she likes it. Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamps: sugar nelli (received from penpal)
Paper: real red, bliss blue, whisper white, dcwv glitter dp
Ink: black stazon, bliss blue
Accessories: cb textile emboss folder, prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, blending stumps, brads, white signa pen, prima flowers, buttons, file tabs, black ink pen, ticket corner punch, ms glitter, 2-way glue

FS136 Welcome Baby!

OMG! What was I thinking trying to stamp when I am so tired. I was busy today checking out a stamping garage sale at the scrapbook store called Trade Days. Then I taught a few techniques later on in the day. I did manage to sneak in a short nap too. My sister had called me about 11:00pm and asked me if I was going to do the Featured Stamper tonight. Well, since she woke me up, I decided to play. Oh, I did get some great deals today at the sale too. The Featured Stamper is Steuber known as Shannon and we were to create a card like hers but change a few things. She has a wonderful gallery and there was quite a few cards I wanted to case. I wanted something that looked a little simple. I chose this one. I started out by stamping the image onto watercolor paper on the back side (didn't want the lines to appear when I colored) I colored the image using primsacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, and blending stumps. But this was my 3rd attempt, so hopefully it looks presentable. For the ground, I used a brown colored pencil and free hand the line. I used the same technique on the ground with the pencils, but used the pastels chalk for the sky with a sponge using a mask over the elephant. I mounted the image onto a rose red layer and added white dots around the border. I then colored the dots on the elephant gray, but I didn't like it. I went over them with a white galaxy pen too. I didn't like it. So I ended up putting self adhesive pearls on the dots. I used a separate piece of white c/s to use the cb swiss dots emboss folder and added ribbon. The image is raised with 3D dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment with black ink right on top of the swiss dots. For what I went through, does this look ok? Thanks for dropping by and a have a wonderful Sunday!

Stamps: Penny Black, mini mates
Paper: whisper white, rose red, watercolor paper (120 lb)
Ink: memento tuxedo black
Accessories: cb swiss dots emboss folder, prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, blending stumps, ribbon, white signa pen, galaxy pen, white peals, ms black fine ink, dimensionals, stamp-a-gig, sponge

LSC236 It's A Bookmark!

Well, since I was up anyways making a birthday card for my niece, I decided when I was done I would play the Limited Supplies challenge. I'm impressed at myself tonight...I did 3 challenges, whoo who! The Limited Supply challenge was to create a card from the leftover c/s when making a square card. It was to measure 4x 1.5 inches. This size reminds me of small versions of bookmarks. While making mine, I thought this would be a great idea for lunch box notes. In my case, tonight...this is for my husband. I started out with the size of the card being 4x1.5 out of navy blue c/s. I distressed the edges using the distress tool and sponged around with brown ink. I cut a smaller piece of kraft c/s and used the cb distress emboss folder as my stripes. I used the small cb star die cut on the navy blue c/s as well. Placed a small piece of kraft c/s behind the cut out star. Sponged. I covered the stripes the best I could to just ink the red part of the stripes using red ink. I distressed all edges and sponged with brown ink around the edges. I stamped the sentiment, distressed, and sponged. Adhered to card. I got lots of other ideas using this idea...thanks for the great and fun challenge. Have a great Friday!

The inside of the card, I cut a piece of kraft c/s and stamped 2 tiny stars on it. Sponged. And it says
"for all you do!".

Stamps: misc small sentiments from su
Paper: bazzill-navy blue, kraft
Ink: memnto tuxedo black, brushed corduroy distress, fire brick distress inks
Accessories: cb distress stripes emboss folder, cb star die cut, sponges, glue dots, distress tool

FS133 My Own Weeds

Last Spring, we took the boys tent camping. It was a lot of fun. While on our hike, we came across a field of these flowers, well I thought they were flowers until my sister told me they were weeds. When I saw the FS Stamper Jojot known as Joanne and her wonderful gallery, I chose this card here. She had an actual photo. What a great idea I thought. I think my mom will like it anyways. Do you?

Stamps: fantastic foliage, su misc clouds
Paper: black bazzill, yoyo yellow, white, old olive, bliss blue
Ink: bliss blue, old olive, printer ink
Accessories: printer, own photo from my camera, cb emboss folder, polka dot ribbon, white signa pen, brads, sponge, su piercing tool/mat,

IC192 With Love

Well, I am finally done with my card but I am not happy with it. It's only my 3rd attempt at creating. I think I was tired tonight after rearranging my boys rooms. Tomorrow, we are going to the watermelon festival so I knew I wouldn't have time to create a card. The inspiration challenge for today was to create a card from the Bellacor Vases store. I chose this vase. I didn't have the poppy flowers so I used roses instead. I started off by rubbing a little bit of vaseline onto the bottom portion of the white c/s with a sponge. (I find the vaseline helps set the ink with a smoother effect). Next I used old olive ink with a sponge into the vaseline. Let sit for a minute. I handmade the stems with a mustard colored marker right onto the c/s. I colored the roses with a brush pen and used the huffing technique to stamp them. I used a tiny dab of a black colored pencil for the center of the roses. I made a boo boo on the right hand corner on the bottom, so I stamped the sentiment with black ink, sponged, and punched out a square. Adhered. I just noticed that it is smeared. I tied a ribbon to the top to complete this card. (I had already used the ribbon punch on the card, and I didn't want to start over). Adhered to the base of the card. (I also work with a separate piece of c/s instead of right on the card base itself). What a trouble this was for me. I would probably use this for an example for the next card. It's not one of my best IC challenges but I wanted to play. Thanks Stef! Have a wonderful weekend! What do you think?

Stamps: watercolor gardens, hero arts
Paper: white
Ink: versafine black, old olive
Accessories: vaseline, sponges, marvy brush markers, square punch, silk ribbon, black colored pencil, paint brush, ribbon punch

IC190 Button Flowers

I decided that I was going to do a challenge tonight which happens to be my favorite. I haven't had much time lately to make much cards because my kids have kept me pretty busy. Plus, I have been volunteering at church for the Clothes Closet. The inspiration challenge was to create a card from the Better Homes and Gardens Living Room gallery. I chose this button pillow here. It worked out great for me tonight because I am really tired. I wanted something simple. This card is a small thank you card and it is 4x4. I started out by using the small square punch on the corners of the card to make it look like the pillow. I cut the inner panel to fit to the edge of the inside corners. I used a white galaxy pen to make the stripes on the outer edge of the card. I attached the ribbon using glue dots and also the 2 sizes of the buttons. I stamped the sentiment because I felt like it needed something there in the lower right hand corner. Does this look ok? I adhered the ruby red c/s panel to the olive c/s with tacky strip because of the weight with the buttons. Thanks for the challenge and letting me relax. Have a wonderful night!

Stamps: teeny tinies
Paper: old olive, ruby red
Ink: black stazon
Accessories: buttons, glue dots, mini square punch, white galaxy pen, tacky strip

FS116 Get Well Soon Dallas

Well, I decided to stay up and do the Featured Stamper. I wanted to make a get well card for my older son Dallas. He has been in a cast for a few weeks now and is unable to do a few things, like play his trombone. He also loves turtles too. Hopefully this card will cheer him up. The Featured Stamper is known for Wattle and we are to case a card and change at least 3 things from her card. I chose this card to case. I started out by using the cb allegro emboss folder on the mustard c/s and mounted it onto vanilla. I cut a piece of music dp and ran it through the cb swiss dots emboss folder. Adhered to black c/s. The music panel is held on with foam tape. I used the a square punch to add the sticker as my image onto vanilla c/s. (I had to trim the turtle from the sticker sheet so no white was showing and adhered to vanilla c/s) Cut out using the kraft knife. The turtle is held on with foam tape. Adhered to the scallop square c/s. The turtle image is also held on with tacky tape. I used the pierce tool and the signa pen for all edges of the panels. I used the cb mini die cut tag and handwritten the sentiment with the signa pen. Added an eyelet to the tag. I added 2 stickers as my fake brads to the top right hand corner. This was fun to make for my son. I hope he likes it. Thanks for dropping by.

Paper: bazzill black & mustard, very vanilla, provo craft dp
Accessories: cb allegro and swiss dots emboss folders, cb mini tag die cut, signa pen, suzy's stickers, pierce tool with mat, scallop and square punches, foam and tacky tape, eyelet, kraft knife

IC177 Get Well Soon Cody

Well, I have been busy with my son's baseball and not being able to stay up all night to do these challenges. I seen that my sister (stamp300) stayed up though. I have been too tired to do that lately. Now, my son has strep throat and has been out of school for a few days. I thought I would make him a card using today's challenge which happens to be the perfect inspiration. Thanks Stef! The Inspiration challenge for today was from the Kleenex website. I chose the Holiday Kleenex with the musical penguins. My son loves music, penguins, and is using a lot of kleenex for his running nose. I started with printing the template onto the blue c/s. Cut out. I made another piece of the template for the back of the card to use like an actual card, so it would open. Here is the template. I used the cb allegro emboss folder just on the front of the cup. I colored the embossed parts with a white and blue pencil chalk. Rubbed my finger over the chalked embossed parts to make to give it a dull look. I tried to do the rims of the cup the best I could using part of the cm oval cutters (just on the top of the rims) to cut out and adhered. I did the same for the inside of the cup too. I used tacky tape for the edge along the bottom and the side where the handle is to keep is closed. I left an opening for a tea bag to fit inside. The inside of the mug has ice blue c/s with the rims attached. I hand wrote "get well soon" with the signo pen. I also hand wrote his name on the bottom of the cup. I stamped 2 penguins with black ink. I colored them using the black brush pen to make them darker. Cut out. I made the penguins beaks out of orange c/s. I stamped the snow hat with red ink and went back over it using a red marker. Cut out. I hand made the instruments that the penguin is holder with the red hat. The instruments are held on with pop dots. For the other penguin I made 2 slits, one on each side of the neck so I can insert the ribbon for the scarf. Used glue dots to secure. I used a sticker for the trumpet. It is held on with pop dots. I put tea as the insert and maybe he'll drink it, but I thought this would cheer him up a little bit. I had fun making this card. Hopefully, my son will get well really soon. Thanks Stef for this perfect inspiration challenge. Have a wonderful weekend!

Stamps: su bundle up, studio g
Paper: brilliant blue, ice blue, gold
Ink: real red, versafine black
Accessories: mug template, white signo pen, cm oval cutter, cb allegro emboss folder, ribbon, glue dots, pop dots, pencil chalks, scissors, sticker, brush markers, tacky tape

WT219 FS119 Just Bee Cause

WOW! It's been awhile since I last made a card and I involved this card with 2 challenges. I decided I that I would take a break from stamping for the month of May due to the sickness in our family. All is well now. Today's, Ways to Use it Challenge was to create a card using the same stamp several times. I also didn't get to play in the FS for Joan Ervin on Sunday, so I played last night and here is the card I cased. Here is my story: Our theme for our local card swap that I am in was called Just Because. When I first thought of that...bees came to my mind. I started out by sponging with yellow ink onto the top note c/s. Next, I stamped several tiny bees with masking for the background dots as well with black ink. I went over the dotted lines with a black pen. I used the cb swiss dots emboss folder onto the yellow c/s and used the corner rounder. I also colored the bees with fine point markers. I added the ribbon before adhering the top note to the card with foam tape. I stamped the bigger bee onto a scallop circle onto white c/s and sponged with yellow ink as well and mounted it onto a black scallop circle. I added white dots around the edges of the black scallop circle and the base of the card with the white signa pen. I stamped the bigger bee again with black ink and colored just the yellow lines of the bee/face. I used clear emboss powder and cut out. I kept cutting the antennas, so I just left them off once I mounted it onto the stamped bee on the scallop. Does it still look ok? I added ms fine white glitter to the wings and added googlie eyes. The bee is held on with foam tape. The sentiment is from the computer, trimmed, and place underneath the bottom part of the bee. I made 5 of these, but I made these the last minute when I should of made them earlier in the month. They were due today. But I couldn't stamp being sick. Thanks for the challenges and have a Bee-tiful day!

Stamps: stufio g, background basics, misc su bee (tiny)
Paper: black bazzill, yoyo yellow textured, whisper white
Ink: versafine black, yoyo yellow, versamark
Accessories: big shot top note, cb swiss dots emboss folder, scallop circle punches, ms fine glitter, cm corner rounder, white and black signa pens, foam tape, tacky tape, googlie eyes, computer for sentiment, scissors, bic mark it markers, ribbon,