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

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

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,

FS131 Seed Shooter

Hmmm, today was a great day! We spent some family time at a Watermelon Festival here in Oklahoma. OMG! I haven't seen so many at a time before, it was amazing. There was some even in the contests weighing in at 132lbs...WOW! Anyhow, I wanted to create a card using some sort of watermelon on it. The Featured Stamper is SleepyinSeattle and what a wonderful gallery she has. It was hard to choose a card, but I picked this one. I started out by making circles with 2 different size circle punches. Adhered! I layered the circles out onto the cream c/s and then trimmed to size. I added 2 more panels for b/g layers and added white dots around the edges onto the black base of the card. I stamped the image with black ink and let it sit for a minute before I started coloring it. I used prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, and blending stumps. I put some 2-way glue onto the watermelon, used clear emboss powder, and the heat gun to add shine. The image I cut out using the cm circle cutting system but I thought it came out a little bigger than I what I wanted. I hope it looks ok. I added 2 brads to complete the look. The circle with the image is held on with foam tape. I had fun making this card because I thought of all the watermelons we saw today. They were delicious! Thanks for dropping by!

Stamps: happy hopper by stampendous
Paper: ctmh polka dot c/s, black bazzill, real red, glorious green, very vanilla
Ink: versafine black
Accessories: cm circle punches, cm circle cutting system, su piercing tool/mat, prismacolor pencils, blending stumps, odorless mineral spirits, white signa pen, foam tape, brads, clear emboss powder, heat tool, 2-way glue, copic marker

IC195 Country Cats

Hmmm, I probably should have named this card a little different than what it is. It should be "BAD CAT". My cat whose name is Oreo has been peeing on the carpet...luckily its in my den. But still. So, out comes the carpet shampoo AGAIN! So, it has got me thinking about whether or not to keep her. She is only 1 years old too. Any suggestions? Anyhow, when I saw the Inspiration Challenge tonight from the store Creative Wall Coverings I knew I had to make my card using the cats from the inspiration I found in the bathroom gallery here.
This is my story: I started out by making the center panel. I hand drew the dotted lines and added the strips with the white signa pen. Let dry. I went back over them using a tan sharpie. Have you tried that before? I cut 2 smaller panels for the sides that have the cats on them. I hand drew the dotted lines and the lines for each of the panels as close as I could to the picture using sharpies. Adhered. I used the small square punch for the diamonds. I hand wrote the sentiment using the white signa pen, let dry, and went back over the words using the sharpie pen as well. Adhered to tan colored c/s...(don't really know what color this is). I added random specs using a black pencil in between the squares. I had gotten this stamp set of 4 cats from a garage sale awhile back but don't know the name of it. I stamped a few cats with black, more mustard, and tea dye inks onto the back of watercolor paper. I colored them using primsacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, and blending stumps. Went back over on a few cats with the white pen. Some of the cats are held on with pop dots as well as another cut out image with a pop dot to get the effect of a 3D look. A couple of cats are just laying flat. The 2 side panels, the cats are on there with pop dots. I enjoyed making this card but at the same time, I kept thinking of my cat...what am I going to do? Thanks for the challenge and have a great Saturday!

Stamps: misc su cats from 1995
Paper: black bazzill, ugly misc tan color, not quite navy, rust, pumpkin pie, watercolor paper
Ink: distress tea dye, more mustard, momento tuxedo black
Accessories: prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, blending stumps, white signa pen, sharpies, pop dots, scissors, mini square punch, sponge

WT234 The Good Life

Well, I thought I was going to have time to play the Ways to Use Challenge today. Instead, I worked at the school and got side tracked later on in the day. Anyhow, I've always wanted to make a shaker card and I thought it would be a great time to do it here. The Ways to Use it Challenge today, was we were to create a card using using any type of sand. Whether we used sand, sand paper, and etc. I chose to do both. I started out by making the shaker part first by following the wonderful instructions by Beate in the Resources. To make the frame, I used a square punch 4 times inside. Instead of the acetate paper, I used the package from the tacky strip. I stamped the snoopy image with black ink onto watercolor paper. I colored the image using prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, and blending stumps. I added a little bit of sand that I took from my son's misc sand pile for sand art. Once I got everything mounted for the part of the shaker scene, I had realized that I forgot to color in the sky. Does it still look ok? Darn it! I also mounted the foam tape on the top part of the frame, which means when I took it off, the paper came off too leaving a thin layer of white showing. I measured kraft c/s, used the cb distress stripes folder, and metered the corners. I used the corduroy distress ink for the frame and also for the b/g of the card. Went over it using the sand paper. I didn't have any mesh for the bottom of the card where the sentiment is, so I used a piece of shelf liner. I stamped the sentiment and colored. I stamped the seashells using different distress inks, cut out, and mounted. I had a fun time making this card, but wished I would of gotten it done this morning. I really think this is where I am suppose to be.

Stamps: fish frolics, snoopy-at the beach by stampabilities, studio g
Paper: watercolor, kraft
Ink: corduroy, fire brick, denim distress inks, momento tuxedo black
Accessories: prismacolor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, blending stumps, sand, sand paper, square punch, foam tape, tacky tape, plastic, mono adhesive, cb distress stripes emboss folder, shelf liner, glue dots

WT241 My Friends Mom's Blouses

OMG! Is it me really doing a challenge? I'm impressed...just been so busy here lately. My mom was up here visitng for a for awhile, kids sports, and quilting.
When I saw the challenge today, I had to play. I have been working on a friend of mines quilted wall hanging. As we moved to Oklahoma 3 years ago, my friend in Missouri asked me if I would make a wall hanging out of her mothers silk blouses in her mothers memory. Long story short. The movers packed the bag of the quilt squares in a box that I just found in the attic last night...something told me to look in this particular box. I thought I would finish it for her. I will send it off tomorrow. So, I decided to go with the extra squares of fabric from the fabric used in the quilt. The quilt itself gave me lots of heck though because it is silk, and silk seems to move alot when you sew with it...at least with me anyways. I added the buttons from the blouses and tied them onto the quilt with embroidery floss. Do you think she'll like the quilt? I still have a few blocks left over, so I thought about making a pillow. The Ways To Use It challenge was to create a card using fabric pieces. Worked out well for me. I cut the squares and adhered to c/s with a light batting. Stitched together! Attached using tacky strip to a piece of c/s and to the base of the card. Added buttons to the squares with glue dots.

Paper: vanilla c/s
Accessories: silk blouses (3 designs), sewing machine, scissors, buttons, tacky strip,

IC207 Smiling Cherries

Well, its been really really busy with my quilting projects and I was having a rough night. I hate it when I don't get enough of the fabric for what I am working with, grrr!...but good thing that my storage room is filled with fabric to substitute some pieces to go with what I am making. Anyhow, I took a break from sewing and decided to check out the inspiration challenge. Right up my alley. My son Dallas also wanted to play too. The Inspiration Challenge was from a wonderful gallery of fabric buttons from Aimoobaroo Etsy shop. Here is the button that inspired me http://www.etsy.com
view_listing.php...ng_id=33526540. It had to be an easy one so I can get back to my sewing. I started out by stamping the cherries and leaves with colored markers and using the huffing technique right onto the tan c/s. I went back over the image using the markers to make them appear darker. The base of the card is tan also. After the image was colored and I handmade the face on the cherries, I used the cb bubbles folder (flipped it, so the flat part is the wrong side up for this look) through it. Adhered to base of the card. Easy peasy! Thanks for having this challenge and letting me ease my mind. Have a great weekend!

Stamps: ctmh fruits, misc su leaves
Paper: tan
Accessories: cb emboss bubbles folder, colored markers

FS130 Flowers say Hello

WOW! 2 challenges for me in a weekend. I am impressed with myself. I was just about to go to bed when I saw the FS challenge post early. I am very tired after cleaning and going through stuff in the attic. So, I thought I would create a card to relax my mind. It was a really hard choice to pick a card for the Featured Stamper known as V.A. Sunshine...wow, quite the gallery. I decided to go somewhat simple so I chose this card. I liked the simplicity it gave. I started out by cutting my c/s that was needed for the base and b/g panels. I used the cb flower strip on the red c/s and added black hole punch centers to the flowers. I added the ribbon and tied a knot/bow. I stamped the phrase with black ink onto white c/s, trimmed, and mounted with foam tape to the red panel. I adhered all panels to the card. I really liked the way this card came out. I had to use the scanner because I wanted the red to be red unlike the camera would make it look orange. I really need to go to bed, it's 1:40am. Shh! Don't tell my dh! I hope you like it. Thanks for dropping by!

Stamps: hero arts, pocket fun (stamped one flower on inside bottom corner)
Paper: black bazzill, real red, whisper white
Ink: versafine black
Accessories: cuttlebug flower strips, hole punch, ribbon, foam tape,