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,

IC197 The Tranatula

Ahhh, I don't know about you, but I can't stand the look of spiders. When I picked up my boys from school earlier, they both looked at me and said "OMG, what is that?" I said, "What is what?"...they said LOOK! Look at the garage side panel...A HUGE SPIDER! I said, that's a Tarantula. OMG! I immediately said...that thing has to go. I thought my husband was playing a joke on me because sometimes he does things like that. Wrong! It was real, because it moved. Every time my older son tried to move it with the broom stick, we all screamed! It was too funny! Our neighbor ended up picking it up and taking it to the pasture behind his house. Ok, onto the Inspiration Challenge. We were to create a card from the CWDKids website. I chose this ...spider web t-shirt. Well, since I had the experience with dealing with a tarantula earlier in the day, I thought it would be an idea that I do this inspiration. I started out by using the cb spider web emboss folder onto black c/s. Then I took the MS fine glue tip and went over the embossed webs and sprinkled white glitter on it. I did this process for a good 10 minutes. I wanted it to be sparkling. That was time consuming. I created the tarantula to resemble the one that we had at our house, not the photo. It was an orange colored one with orange legs. YUCK! I used 2 size oval punches for the body and the scallop circle punch for the head. I ran the body and part of the head through the cb bubbles folder as well. I made 8 legs with the corner punch and used a smaller corner punch for the orange. I added googlie eyes, small hole punches for the eyes and nose. I even gave the legs a little bit of distressed look to make it look hairy. I used the small cb spider die cut and hand written the sentiment with the white signa pen. I went back over it using the pumpkin pie Mark It Markers. The sentiment, tarantula, and the small spider are held on with pop dots. I had fun creating this card using glitter as my focal point. Thanks for the cute inspiration Stef. Have a wonderful Sat and thanks for dropping by. What do you think? Can you see the white glitter on the web? It dawned on me this morning, that I could of used dp glitter paper instead of going through the hassle of making my own. I like my way better.

Paper: black bazzill, pumpkin pie, white
Ink: black
Accessories: cb emboss spider web folder, cb bubbles emboss folder, cb mini die cut spider, scallop circle punch, oval punches, hole punch, mini circle punch, 2 sizes of corner punches, ms glitter with glue, white signa pen, pumpkin pie Bic Mark It marker, orange color

CC235 SC193 Scary Movies

I've been up for a few hours this morning due to my allergies. So I decided to make a couple of cards. I hardly ever have time to create a card using the color challenges and today was perfect. We were to use "old olive, basic black, and eggplant. Or something similiar. This is an old sketch but I decided to use it again. I got the inspiration from sleepinseattle's gallery which is
this but I changed a few things. I started out by designing the film strip. I stamped the images onto white c/s using black ink. I colored the images with Prismacolor pencils, blending stumps, and mineral spirits. I then attached the black strips. The film strip is glued onto green c/s. I used the ribbon punch for the film strips. I added square brads to the corners. I used dp from Imaginisce for the background. I used the CB mini zig zag folders on the green panels and attached them to black c/s. I also added bat ribbon that I got from Michaels and tied the tag on that reads $1. I added the $1 symbol using the white gel pen. The "1" is a sticker I had in my scrapbooking letters bin, so I put it on the faux tag. I wanted something to read "movies" towards the top of the card, so I went to my husbands tool box, found the label maker, and made the sentiment. The film strip is held on with pop dot squares. I used SU Pastels chalk for the background behind the stamped images and added googlie eyes to the ghost. I also added some MS bats to finish. This was really a fun card to create. Thanks again for the challenge! Does this meet the color requirements? Have a great day!

Stamps: studio g
Paper: Imaginisce, black brazzill, green galore
Ink: versafine black
Accessories: CB zig zag folder, ribbon punch, prismacolor pencils, blending stumps, odorless mineral spirits, mini faux tag, cropodile, pop dot squares, SU Pastels chalk, label maker, tacky tape, bat ribbon from Michaels, sticker, white gel pen, black uniball pen, glue