Hello! My dear friend Cindy sent me this sweet lacy background stamp from ODBD so I thought it best that I at least make a card with it right. It is a beautiful stamp and after I stamped it, I noticed it didn't stamp completely but then I liked it that way- make it a bit more vintage and shabby. Don't you think? Anyways- just a simple card with a beautiful background. Thanks Cindy!
Hello! I know right? It is bright? As summer is coming to an end- it is getting cooler here I wanted to get a few more summer cheerful cards in before I start on the fall cards. The image is gorjus girl which I have not used in some time. I colored her with the copics, something else I have not used in awhile! This sketch is for the Sugar Bowl Challenge. I am soooo wanting to get my hands on that little Pip! 
Hello and welcome this fine Saturday. I hope that all of you are just hangin out, having a cup of joe and surfin the net. I just love a Saturday morning like that. So- have you seen the new Verve stamps that Julee released this month? Well this coffee set is fabulous, I am not a coffee drinker and I had to buy it. It has some cute sentiments and then some stamps that you can use to make backgrounds- and the color possibilities are endless! I am off to do a little work, housekeeping and then I gotta find something fun to do! Off I go- have a good day! 
Hello and Happy Monday! Just a really quick card for today. I have been very busy at work and so not getting alot done in the evenings. I tried to catch a few challenges that would be simple and clean without a lot of fuss. And this card is one that I chose from last week. 
This week over at Kaboodle Challenge they asked us to make a tag or a bag! Well I get these cute little brown bags in the deli where I work and I have been saving them up (so are some of the girls) to decorate. I am going to put some handmade cards in this one for a friend as a thank you (Stamp Something Challenge). Nothing like a handmade bag with a little treat inside (handmade too!). That is it for today- thanks for stopping over!
Ok, I just had to show this photo. When we were in Mexico in June we found this quaint little hacienda and spent the afternoon at their private beach, swimming and relaxing. They also had this pool and when you sat in it and looked over the water it was spectacular. This is a picture of my oldest son and I in the pool that my husband took- isn't it awesome? I love how we look like silouhettes against that beatiful cloud filled blue sky- it was such a great day it made you wish for summer forever. I used the doily background stamp from ODBD stamps as it reminded me of the hacienda with all their linens and doilies. It also lends to a girly page for my "ME" album.
Bring out those liquid pearls girls! Have you used them? I had not but then I got a couple colors and started dropping the pearls and just love the look of them. At first I had a hard time getting the droplets to form correctly but after a few practices I was happy. This card I used the white pearl and the ruby red pearls. 
Next is the background on the nesties embossed sentiment: this is made with the same Verve set. The pink was fun but I had to add some elegance and to do that I thought it would work with the black ribbon and the little bling.
That cute paper is DCWV, opposite sides of one another. The border was already on the paper and what a perfect match for the challenge. You should check it out HERE! 
I started with vanilla cardstock- I stamped the old car with versamark and heat embossed with clear powerder and then did some ink resist with honey and shabby shutter. I then stamped som
e random images. Now for the fun technique of etched glass. I took one of the clear fragments and sanded one side. I then stamped the arrow on it with versamark, covered with clear embossing powder and then heat embossed. Be careful, the fragments will melt (wink). When done- it appears to be etched glass! It was fun, it was simple and I can't wait to experiment more with some other stamps! Give it a try! 
I thought it would be fun to do a little notepad and backpack box. Tuck it in that little someone specials real backpack filled with a treat: make their day on that first day back to school. And of course, who doesn't need that little notepad to write notes to friends (during class!). :) Come on.. show us what you can do! 
The paper is October Afternoon, the stamp is one from SU (tiny wishes?), Flower: sizzix. 
So that is what I did- painted it pink (worn lipstick) and then started to work. I tend to still use DSP and after I got this done I wondered if I should have left it painted. I think that it is sweet but maybe the next one- just crackled pink.
The paper is Bo bunny, the stamp: Verve.
Hello everyone! Thursday bring CropStop Challenge time! This week it is a sketch challenge and I hope that you will join us HERE. My son is heading back to college in the aviation program and I was so excited to get this plane set from Tim Holtz. I think that my son will definately enjoy this card and while it is not real fancy he has made it clear that he doesn't want anything fancy and crafty. LOL- so I really wanted to masculinize this card and craft it "down" :) 
I wanted to give the card a little bit of depth and so I added some liquid pearls for the lights. Product used: Stampers Anonymous, Liquid Pearls, Distress Ink, Proglyder, TH distress tool.
Today's card is a Sugar Nellie colored with copics- how long has it been since I pulled these out? A long time I dare say. The Cheery Lynn dies were used for the swirl and the doily. That is how I originally found Cheery Lynn- in search of a doily die and I soooo love it. I mean now I can make a doily out of any color- who would have thought? :) The tag is Verve, the flowers sizzix. 