Let's try this again, wiped out my last 2 posts and sent them to LaLa Land I guess.

Made 2 bookmarks for the Try a New Technique Challenge at Splitcoaststampers.com.  Easy Peasy.  Cut a strip 2" x 11".  Fold in half, glue or sew the top 1/2 inch so that the bookmark doesn't open too much, then decorate.  Love it!

Wedding Card Challenge

Good afternoon!!!  It is HOT and no sign of it cooling down.  My husband was out cleaning the inside of the car but finally gave up and came inside.  Way too uncomfortable! 

I finally found the time to work on the Wedding Card Challenge.  This is different for me.  I usually make all white or fru fru wedding cards.  I found this stencil when I was clening up my desk so I decided to use that as a base.

Stamps:  SU Happy Harmony

Ink:  Yoyo Yellow, Orange, Black

Paper:  White, Black

Accessories:  Ribbon (Joann's) Stencil (Club Scrap) Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

I made this card for the SCS Inspiration Challenge.  I am not enamored of it but at least I tried.  Here is where I got the inspiration. http://www.etsy.com/listing/72684014/spellbound-woods-handmade-vegan-artisan

This week's challenge

This week, because it has been sooooo hot everywhere, the weekly challenge was to make a card that is "cool".  I have had this stamp on my desk for a long time and thought I had better use it because I was tired of looking at it.  I do so love the little mouse and can just hear him saying " ahhhhhhhh!"  The sentiment is computer generated.  Thanks for looking! Oh, and Lisa, I figured out (I think) how to take of the word verification,  Let me know if it worked.

Card #3!  This was actually the 1st card I attempted to make and it just wouldn't come together.  I am not happy with the result, I should not have put the black ribbon on there and I should have stamped the sentiment in black.  Look Lisabella, PINK!!! LOL.

Card number 2 of my stash.   I was making this card for SCS color challenge which was to use Navy, Olive and White, but then I couldn't resist adding the yellow flower to make it really pop.  No stamps were used in the making of this card, alas.  I have got to get back to stamping not just cardmaking (big sigh).  Maybe tomorrow.

Yellow and Black!

Woohoo!  another stamping day.  What fun!  I bought 3 Tag stacks the other day at Michaels because they were in the clearance aisle. I didn't know what I was going to do with so many but they were on SALE!  What was I to do?  So here is the 1st of the 3 cards made.

My sister Janie came over one day and wanted to make some Christmas cards.  She reminded me that I wanted to start making Christmas cards early, so we agreed to spend an hour or so each month.  I only made 2 cards both more or less the same, but I guess that is better than nothing right?

I drew this little mouse quite some time ago and finally ran across this background DP to use with it.  The sentiment is cut out using my Cricut.

Card #3 of my Saturday day of stamping.  I used another piece I had sitting around forever, took all of ten minutes and that's the way it should be right?

This is card #2 of my day of stamping, this one was also an Easy Peasy card as I already had the pieces cut out and all I had to do was stamp the sentiment and sponge some color onto the medallion. Love how it all fell into place!

TA DAH!  My very first challenge card Lisa & Julie! I tried using the sketch you used Julie and this is what emerged.  I used the latest stack of DP that I got at Joanns, an old SU stamp set, some Tim Holtz distress ink for the edges, buttons and twine.  Easy Peasy.  TFL!

This is a "masculine" card.  Honest.  I love the bright colors and I get tired of doing earth tones (although I did do a brown one today, oh well!)



I am proud to say that Julie and Lisa inspired me to stamp, I completed 3 cards today and started on a fourth, I just have to glue the pieces together.  Whoopee!!!!! 

I discovered that I never posted this particular card to this blog so here goes.  It went to my Mom for Mother's Day.  I used the Nesties that Bill gave me for Christmas.  Love that Rose Creations Die set.  I also used the new SU Die and Embossing set for the inside to tuck a check in...  I used the die to cut out the front for another card and had a little piece left over, so I used it for this card.  The leaves are cut by hand, the ferns using my Cricut, the small flowers using a MS flower punch. 

So it has been a very long time since my last post.  I have been inspired by my friends Lisa & Julie to start doing some challenges. This is not a card I made LOL!  I will work on that tomorrow.  My sweetheart and I just celebrated our 32nd Anniversary and our neighbor Mary surprised us with a cake to celebrate the occasion, how sweet was that? 

The challenge for this week is to do a Masculine card.  I remembered after I signed off with the girls that I had done 2 masculine cards the other day.  Tomorrows task will be to photograph and upload them, and maybe make another one.  You can never have too many guy cards right?