I did it!!! I stamped something!!!

I have been working on these cute little tins for my nieces and thought I would show them to you today! I have been super busy lately...I'm sure most of you have with the holidays and extra kids at home and all, but I have also been packing...we're movig to Greece in a couple of moths and I am super excited...the mover come on Monday and then I move in with my paresn't...should be interesting...until we move in March! But I did get something done that I want to show you! I will have even more tomorrow...crazy I know...me showing you something 2 days in a row after being MIA for so long!

Anywho, you wanna see what I made? Of course you do!!!

This actually went along with todays LSC201 challenge over at www.splitcoaststampers.com to use some of your favorite things...I almost took it literally and used a stamp set by My Favorite Things and used the Isabelle Paper Doll set...I just LOVE this set... the girl is just too cute and the other images are soooo much fun to color!!! I stamped the girls with stazon black ink and colored them with water color pencils and then used a blender pen to get them nice and smooth...I then cut out the pretty papers and letters (using the Olivia Alphabet from Cuttlebug with my Big Shot machine) and added 2 coats of Modge Podge over everything to make sure it stuck super well...the girls are only almost 4 and 5...so they needed to be sturty and not too many layers or embelishments.I also used some old retire SU! papers...come of my faves that I have been hoarding...New Year New me...no more Hoarding! Here is the inside, you can see that I cut out all the little pieces after I colored them and then added Untra Thick embossing enamel to the front and back of each piece, be sure to just put one coat as the UTEE will start to crack if too many coats are added! I then attached a little piece of magnet to the back of each (I used a piece from a self adhesive buisness card I had laying around) and Voila!

Here is a look at the inside. I used more pretty paper on the left and adhered the girl and the dresser right to the paper with another coat of Modge Podge. Stamped the shoes and hangers directly on the "wall" and "floor" of the room. Thats about it! I kow my nieces will love playing with it as much as I have enjoyed making it!

Supplies:

Stamps: Fashion Statements (SU!) Isabelle Paperdoll (My Favorite Things)

Ink: Stazon Back

Paper: Whisper white, retired SU! designer papers, pretty in pink, pumpkin pie and chocolate chip

Accessories: Big Shot, cuttlebug alpha, modge podge, scallop boarder punch, water color pencils, blender pen

Thanks for stopping by!

May God bless you today and always!

Happy New Year!

Silvia

P.S. Sorry for the bad pics...I was having a time trying to take them!

Stamps in Disguise

Today's Limites supplies challenge 192 is a doosey! At least is was for me! I was pretty much stumped until I remember that I had to make a guyih card for my sister FIL...he let me go to the Redskins football game with them FREE of charge...that deserves at least a thank you card! So I thought today's challenge was perfect!

So what did I come up with and what set did I use? I know the set is probably not even recognizable, but it's called Lifes a Breeze by Stampin' Up! and the sentiment is from a retired set called much appreciated. This card was super easy to make...the sketch was from a sketch challenge over at Angelosity (she's celebrating her 18 days of Angelosity and trust me you don't want to miss the chance for the AWESOME prize at the end!!!) and I simply embossed the main pannel and then tied some ribbon, stamped the sentiment and worked on the focal image...I wanted this card to not be too froo froo cuz it is a guy card...hints the minimal layers!

I choose these colors because they are the colors of our beloved Skins! For the main image I stamped the water tube on shimmery vanilla cardstock using craft ink...immediately after stamping it you use an aqua painter or brush and color the whole thing...covering the hole. I then inked my stamp again and rock and rooled the stamp to give it more texture...added the laced and did some sponging and called it a day!

Supplies:

Stamp: Life's a Breeze, Much Appreciated

Ink: Craft Chocolate chip

Paper: Bravo burgundy, more mustard, shimmery vanilla

Accessories: More mustard ribbon, big shot, tree branches cuttlebug embossing folder

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you like my stamp in disguise!

Happy Stampin'

May God Bless you today and Always!

Silvia

One Leafy Kiss

So todays Limited Supplies Challenge 191, being hosted today by Wendybell, was to make a card using a leaf image...any leaf image and since this week is pink week in honor of Breast Cancer awarness month over at all the SCS challenges todays challenge card also had to incorporate some pink.

So I went ahead and used some of the other challenges from this week as well. I used the color challenge, CC189, to use Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette and Chocolate Kiss. I also used Thursday's challenge, WT189, to use just one word as the focal sentiment. This card turned out very simple, but I really like it! I used the rock androll technique where you ink up your stamp in the lightest shade of ink fisrt and then you roll the edges in the other colors and I think it turned out pretty neat! Love that pink in the center!

I love this wonderful words set and seldom use it...Shame on me! So since it was still on my stamp table from yesterday I went ahead and used it again, this time I used the Celebrate sentiment and I'm going to send it to my friend who was cleared of breast cancer last year! Praise the Lord!!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Auntum Leaf Prints, Wonderful Words

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, whisper white

Accessories: sponge, soft subtles buttons, linnen thread

***All Supplies are from Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated***

If you are interested in this set it is retired, but I am willing to pat with it for $15 so leave me a comment or e-mail me with the subject Autumns set at mabieme1999@yahoo.com

Thanks for stoping by!

Happy Stampin'

May God Bless you today and Always,

Silvia

Sketchy Book

This little book was made using today's sketch challenge 199 on Splitcoaststampers. I love the sketch but was int he mood to make a little book. I had gotten these little baggies with the intentions of making something with them and just hadn't gotten around to it...so today was the day!

The front cover uses the sketch. I love these papers eventhough they are retired! and so is the alpha set that I used for the title and stars. It's very simple really! The book measures 4x3 and the layers are all very small, so this really didn't take many supplies at all! I stamped the snowflakes using old olive classic ink on shimmery white cardstock and then stamped the stars with black stazon ink along with the title.

For the main bags I actually cut the little flap off and made a notch...using scissors of all things! I then cut a piece of cardstock to fit the inside and stamped a snowflake on each bag using white stazon ink...I think it adds a perfect little touch! Each little page actually fits a wallte photo perfectly! Too Cute!

And this is the pic of the front page...just the sentiment from the Snow Swirled set and a bunch of the snowflakes! a great place to write a little note to the recipient or leave as is!

Supplies:

Stamps: Snow swirled, straight up alpha and numbers

Ink: black stazon, white stazon, old olive

Paper: shimmery white, old olive, real red, retired designer series paper

Accessories: eyelets, crop-a-dial, prima flowers, glassine bags

I'll be making another one of our sumemr vacation to give as gifts this year so be sure to check back soon! If you would like some of these bags I have 3 sets of 50 left. they cost $5.50 and that includes shipping to you! Please e-mail me at mabieme1999@yahoo.com if interested

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

May God bless you today and always!

Silvia

Technique, Color and Mud

So I'll start by sharing a bible verse with you today!

"Let love be without hypocrisy, Abhor what is evil, Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another;" Romans 12:9-10

I just had to share this verse with you today because I've been thinking about how we share God's love with one another lately. Let's see where do I start? I guess I've been thinking about this when one of my BFF's told me that her neighbor came to her house and told her that her and her family moving into the neighborhood was one of the worst things that could have possibly happened to this particular neighborhood...can you imagine having one of your neighbors come to your house and tell you this!!! I was shocked that anyone would have the audacity to step on your property and tell you such horrible things! (Don't worry Dana I think they are just jealous of you and your 5K kids!) How can someone treat another human being with such carelessness? It's just wrong...no matter who you are!

The other thing I've been thinking about is the way we treat our own family, especially the little ones. I sometimes wonder if I'm disciplining the kids properly, I know I'm their parent and I need to teach them to behave, but I sometimes wonder if I am too easily frustrated or angered. Am I treating them as I would treat say a friend or co-worker? In essence they are my co-workers...since I'm a stay at home mom! I think it's my responsibility to teach them how to treat others the way Jesus would want us to treat them and I need to start with me. I need to examine myself a bit more and see how I react in different situations and see if there is room for improvement (there's always room for improvement!) Anyways that's anough of my blubbering, just thought I would share with you the Bible verse that I have been pondering lately!

Now for my card!

So this is my card! It covers two challenges on Splitcoaststampers...yesterdays Technique lovers challenge 190 Stair Step Card and todays Color Chalenge 188 to use Pink Pirouette, basic Black and whisper white. I also took the oppertunity to make a card for my dear friend Danielle (hey Girl!) that had a birthday yesterday! Shame on me for not mailing her a birthday card! So I made her this one...I hope she likes it!

Here is a close up... can you see all that glitter? I love how sparkly it is! I don't know that the images coordinate the best, but I think it's cute! I like that they are both wearinf similar hats and they are color coordinated! LOL

Supplies

Stamps: Older and Widser (retired SU!), Living Large (retired SU!)

Paper: Basic Black, shimmery white, retired designer paper

Ink: Stazon black, pink pirouette

Accessories: Aqua painter, re-inker, 1/16th hole punch, glitter, marvy scallop punch, ribbon, rectangle hole punch, scor-pal

And now...Let's get muddy!!!

Okay maybe not is...just my kids! So today was about 85 degrees and Davis has been begging me to make mud...so I decided that today was the day and boy oh boy did they make some mud! But Look how happy they are! I would let them do it all over again!!!

And Look at Mela all covered in Orange clay mud...isn't this the cutest picture? I just love the look on her fac and they way she was walking! She kept getting stuck to the gravel because she had so much mud on her shoes!

Ohh my sweet little Bella, no she didn't get muddy! I knew she would end up with mud in her mouth in a matter of seconds and I just wasn't prepared to handle that just yet! So we went down the slide many many many times over while the big kids got muddy!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

May God Bless you today!

Silvia

Featured Stamper!

Sundays is Featured Stamper Challenge days...it's a challenge where we are to go and look at a certain stampers gallery and then make a card using the inspiration found there!

Todays Featured Stamper is Terrore3, you can find her SCS gallery Here and her personal blog here. She has some amazing cards and projects and I was just very excited to be able to make a card today...again not a challenge I usually get to do!

This is the card that Inspired me today... I love the simplicity of it. I also like that I didn't have much time to stamp and was able to get a card done and have it look so cute so quickly!

This is my take on the card! I opted for a colored background instead of the white she used and then I used a different stamp set and different designer paper, I also choose to add a ribbon to the designer paper section and I also did some embossing using my Scor-pal and then added little dots using my chocolate chip marker! So that's about it! Here is my list of what you'll need!

Supplies:

Stamps: Older and Wiser (retired SU! set)

Ink: stazon timber brown

paper: Tangerine Tango, Papaya designer series paper

accessories: chocolate chip twill ribbon

Thats about it! I hope you like my card!

Thanks for stopping by and what a great challenge this was!

Happy Stampin'

Silvia

More than coffee!

So I wanted to play long in my own challenge on SCS...LSC184 Orange Roasters, but I also wanted to play in the MFGD10 challenge...sassy cards...so here is my card! A coffee card with a sassy sentiment!
For this card I used pumpkin pie...one of my fav things...the paper and the real thing! YUMMM. I also used Pink pirouette and chocolate chip...I stated by stamping the flannel palid backgroun on the chocolate chip cardstock with chocolate chip ink. I then created my cby colding in at a diagonal a piece of pink pirouette cardstock and clipping the top straight accross.

I next took a piece of kraft paper and stamped the coffee beand on it and then ran it through my ever so neglected paper crimper. Once I finished attaching that I needed a top to my to go cup...I just free hand cut that out of close to cocoa cardstock and sponged it with chocolate chip craft ink and used an old SU! retired alpha stamp set for the *caution hot coffee* then it all came togeher pretty easy, mounted the finished cup on sponged pumpkin pie, cut and sponged the *steam* and stamped and cut the heart.

The sentiment was computer generated and it reads *I love you more that coffee, what more do you want?*

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a great day...hopefully it's not raining where you are!

Happy Stmpin'

I'm a challenge hostess!!!

So today is my turn to host the challenge on SCS and I have choosen to do Orange Roasters...make a card using the color orange and a coffee image! Any shade of orange is just right!

So here is my card ... Did I do okay on the challenge? Who doesn't love a good cup of coffee?

For this card I wanted to do the emboss resist technique...SomI fisrt stamped the coffee cup with Craft Chocolate Chip ink and covered it in clear embossing powder and heat set...then I stamped the steam in Versamark and topped that with clear embossing powder and heat set. The final step to this process is to use a brayer and ink it well then go over the whole sheet of paper...be sure to wipe the excess ink off the embossed images with a tissue! (doesn't the steam look just perfect?

I mounted the now Tangerine Tango (I say now because it used to be vanilla when we fisrt started!) cardstock and mounted it onto chocolate chip cardstock. Added a piece of hardware from my new pack of clips assortment and some chocolate chip tafetta ribbon to the main image.

For the base of the card I wheel the Swirly stars (retired) wheel across the top using tangerine tango classic ink and then added a portion of the top note die that I made using the exclusive SU! die's. Once I cut out the die using my die cut machine, I inked the edges with chocolate chip ink and a sponge. Added ribbon all the way around the card, adhered the main image and added the sentiment with chocolate chip craft ink and the card is done! What do you think?

What You'll Need!

All supplies by Stampin' Up! Unless otherwise stated.
Stamps: Like it a latte, star swirls wheel (both retired)
Paper: Chocolate chip, tangerine Tango, very vanilla
Ink: Tangerine Tango (classic), Chocolate Chip (craft), Versamark
Accessories: Clear embossing powder, brayer, taffeta ribbon, Big shot die Top Note, Clips assortment, sponge, wheel handle

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you get to play the challenges today!

Don't forget about my ribbon share in this post here

Happy Stampin'

We leave for the beach today!!!

I am soooo excited! We will be enjoying the glorious beach for an entire week! The waves crashing into the sand, the salty sea air, swimming, sleeping, eating reading! AHHHH A sigh of relief!



Because I didn't want to boast too much I have planned on leaving you with a whole week of new things to view...I hope you don't mind! So while I'm away I do hope you'll come back and see what I've been up to!

Verve Sketch #3

Here is another sketc for you to see...don't worry tomorrow I won't have a verve sketch! ;) This one I like alright, I think the horse looks cool! This set is called Wanted and the sentiment is from the set older and wiser. The colors are pretty in pink and close to cocoa.

Verve Sketch #4

For this card I started out with a Kraft base, added some tempting turquoise designer paper and then a scrap of cameo coral and certainly celery. Finished it off with a piece of the new silver hodgepodge and ribbon and called it a day!

Thanks for stoppin' by!

Happy Stampin'

Pacific Dreams

Don't foeget about the Blog Candy in this Post...good until Monday when I do the drawing!!!

So I didn't hav much time to work on a card today and I wanted to use Pacific Point (one of the new in colors 08) and so here she is! Not too much detail and stuff, but I really like the bling...the adhesive isn't that impossibly bright in real life...you can hardly see it actually, but you know how it is when you're in a hurry!



This card was made for several challenges...cuz you know that's how I roll! It was made for the WT176 Challenge Negative Thoughts. It was also made for a couple Dare to get Dirty 08 challenges. First the Sihlouette Challenge hosted by Joan and also the Stitching challenge Hosted by Julia S

I started with a piece of pacific point cardstock knowing that I really wanted to use this new color...and when I cut it I happen to lay it upon some Sahara sand and I though...hey this isn't so bad! So I went with it. I used that very piece and punched a 3 inch scallop circle out of it and used the negative (or left over) of the punch and stamped the sihlouette image on the inside and went from there. I then stamped the print pattern background stamp (which is only available until Aug 10th!) in Sahara sand on sahara sand...tied the ribbon, stamped the sentiment and did some sewing! And there you have it...a simple, cute and blingy card! Ohhh I also sponged the inside of the scallop circle as well as all the way arount he outside!

What you will need:
Stamps: Happy Harmony, print pattern
Paper: Pacific Point, sahara sand
Ink: Pacific Pount, Sahara sand, stazon Timber Brown
Accessories: Bling by Heidi swapp, Wide Vanilla Grosgrain ribbon (su!), Linnen thread, paper piercer, 3inch scallop circle punch

Thanks for stopping by!
I'm working on a journal with Taylors challenge to use a cupcake...maybe tomorrow!

Happy Stampin'



P.S. Don't forget about the Blog Candy Here...there are only a few more days to get in on the action!

Good bye my friends...

No no no I'm not leaving my beloved blogging world...I'm just saying goodbye to some of my favorite stamp sets! Can you believe many of these sets won't be around in less than a month! I know I know I'm shocked too! Here are some samples to inspire you. let me know if you would like to order any or all or these sets, i can have them shipped directly to you (if you live in the good ol' U S of A that is)!

Touch of Nature
This is such a pretty card in real life! I super love how this turned out! Now as far as stamping this is really the basics of this crazy hobby/passion of mine!

I started by stamping the fern image with soft sky on soft sky for the card base. I then mounted a piece of the soft sky on top after I scallop punched it of course! Then I stamped the flower image in soft sky and the butterfly and sentiment in bayou blue, mounted the whole thing in bayou blue and added the ribbon and the card is done...simple, quick and cute! Now remember all these colors and stamps are retiring ....you won't be able to order them after the 10th of August!!!

What do you need?
Stamps: Touch of Nature
Ink: bayou blue, soft sky
paper: soft sky, bayou blue, river rock
accessories: scallop border punch, 1/16 circle punch, ribbon


Eat Cake

Here is another super simple card... I was looking for a lot of "white space" and I think I found it! To start I got a pice of wild wasabi out and stamped the confetti background using wasabi ink...set that aside and cut my black square. I then stamped the cake and base on shimmery white cardstock and then added the candles and glitter. I next added it to the black, used my rectagle punch and threaded and tied the wasabi stiped ribbon (also only available until August 10th) added the "eat cake" and on the inside Happy Birthday...super cute and super easy! The oval was cut using rhe coluzzle cutting system.

What do you need?
Stamps: Eat cake
ink: wild wasabi, pretty in pink, pink passion
paper: wild wasabi, basic black, shimmery white
accessories: dazzling diamonds glitter, rectangle hand held punch, stipped wild wasabi ribbon, coluzzle cutting system

Thanks for stoppin by! I hope you like these cards! Now go and make some for yourself!

Happy Stampin'

Tuesday's Teacher & Sneak Peek #5

Here is today's bible verse...one I am really partial to, I really feel the love of God through this verse. He created the heavens and the earth in 7 days and thought it was good and he loves us even more...how awesome is that?

"Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is life not more than food and the body more than clothing?" Matthew 6:25

So today was an awesome day (hubby was home and most of those days are pretty awesome...the kids always seem to behave a little better when he's home...ODD!) Anyways we had a blast and in the evening we went and picked blackberries on the way up to the mail box and I started to think about how awesome God is....first he gave me this perfect day, that and actually had me ME of all people comfort someone that wasn't having as good of a day, then he also has provided tons and tons of blackberries for our family. I mean tons, this year I have picked over 35 cups of blackberries and there are still more waiting to ripen...how awesome is that! With gas prices so high and generally all prices are going up, how cool is it that God has provided this yummy treat for us for FREE, well I guess we do have to deal with the thorns and ticks, but hey I'm game, I don't mind picking a few ticks off of me and getting prickled a few (okay maybe more than a few) times to get some berries!

The other cool thing is that Bella now say Blackberries, maybe not as clear as that, but i know what she's saying! Really if you look closely in your everyday life you will find blessings from the Lord wherever you are...some people like to call it coincidence, but i don't believe in that, I know EVERYTHING good happens for a reason and our creator is at the center of it all.

So look closely in your life and see what blessings God is giving you. Did someone open a door for you when your arms were full? Did a neighbor offer to have a play date when you are frazzled? Did someone smile and wave at you just when you thought no one cared? Look closely, God is everywhere!

One Sheet Box

Supplies:

Scor-pal or scoring tool

one sheet of 8.5 x10.5 card stock

strong adhesive

pretty paper and embellishments

stamp set of your choice

First: You will want to start your scoring on the 10.5 inch side and score at 1.5 , 4.5, 6 and 9 inches
Second: you will want to rotate your paper 90degrees so that it's on the 8.5 inch side. You will now want to score the card stock at 2 and 6.5 inches
Third: On the long side, you will want to cut the card stock on both sides to the 2 inch score line and from the other side to the 6.5 inch score mark...your paper should look like this when done!
Fourth: you will now want to fold the smaller flaps in (the 1st, 3rd and 5Th flap) and cut off half an inch on the 2 remaining (wider) middle flaps. Do this to both sides
Fifth: For this step you will just want to score at all the score marks and then add adhesive. Here is the order that I added adhesive. I first started with the 2 flaps closest to me, I folded them in and added adhesive on top. Next I kept the wider flaps open and added adhesive to he open side up. and last I closed the 3rd flaps and added adhesive just like the firsts (clear as mud right?)
Sixth: once you adhere the flaps this is what your box will look like!

Seventh: you will want to add adhesive only to the small top flaps...I used lots and you will want to use lots too...these little guys need to be strong since you want to open and close the box (do this to both top flaps and fold them to the inside of the box.) Your box is now finished! How cute is that! Now for embellishing...you can go as crazy or as simple as you want...I guess it depends on who you're giving it to!
Okay this is where the sneak peek and saying good bye comes in! I have used the NEW Bella Rose designer paper (isn't it just gorgeous!) and I have also used the Wild rose stamp set...this unfortunately is retiring and I just coordinates with the papers so well! I'm very bummed that it's going away!

I also used the new cool buttons that will be available August 11Th and the sentiment is from the Sock Monkey set (shame on me for not sharing more with that set!)
For the top of this box I used the Pink Pirouette 2008-09 In colors, shimmery white card stock (love the stuff) and some Hodge podge...which we will also be saying goodbye to soon! Some ribbon and some decorative scissors, inked the edges and stamped, cut out some flowers and called it a day! (I was sure hoping for some oval Nestabilities when I was cutting that oval out though!)
Thought you might want to see a close up of this pretty rose! Doesn't the Hodge Podge just look great? Hurry orders yours today! (mabieme1999@yahoo.com)

And here is look at the front of the box. I used the NEW SU! border punch to make the cool lip of the box and to add a little more detail I added little white dots with my Signo Gel Pen. The button is also new and I took some white grosgrain ribbon tied it in a knot and threaded it through the button holes to create a pull. I then punched a 1/4 inch hole through the box, threaded the ribbon and adhered it to the inside with strong adhesive.

And this is another look at the box...what do you think? Leave me a comment and let me know if you make one of these little guys, I would LOVE to check yours out!

Supplies:

Paper: Kiwi Kiss, pink pirouette, shimmery white, Bella rose designer paper

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Ridding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Black Staz On

Stamps: Wild Rose, Sock Monkey

Embelishments: ribbon, Hodge Podge Hardware, buttons, scallop boarder punch, white gel pen

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stampin'

Sneak Peek#4

Hey thanks for stopping by for another sneak peek...I just LOVE the new sets and this layout!!! Can you tell? Sorry to show the same layout, but I think this Heard from the heart set is just perfect for one layer cards! And thelittle pieces set is retiring, so I have a 2 for the price of 1!

If you want to make these cards for your Christmas cards, you need to go ahead and e-mail me (at mabieme1999@yahoo.com) and order the little pieces set...you won't be able to get it after August 10th! Then you will just have to ge the Heard from the heart and a different (sprkly new) designer paper for your Christmas cards! Thanks for stopping by, tomorrow I'll show you a card with the super cute sock monkey I have been working on!

Aren't you just lovin the scallop boarder punch? Don't worry, once you try it you will LOVE IT! Want to try it at my catalog Kick off party? There are 2 locations...one here in Orange and one in the Bristow/Manassas area They will be on Friday August 22 and Saturday August 23...the cost is $15, but we are making some amazing projects and I have some fantastic door prizes!!!

Thanks for stopping by! As always, Happy Stampin'

Box, Bag and Card

So I have been working on some gifts for hostesses lately and this is one of the things I came up with...and when I say came up with I mean I say someone make some and decided to make some baggies too...aren't they the cutest? I was blog hopping and totally don't remember when I found the directions to these cute little bags, but if it was you or someone you know please let me a comment and I will give proper credit!

Anyhow I just think these bags are adorable and can totally see making a note pad and matching pens to go in there...great teachers gifts or anyone really!

This little card is for Sketch challenge 182 and I also used the color challenge for the week again... and Mondays challenge too! WOW 3 challenges in one...I mist be rockin'...too bad I didn't do today's challenge! bummer, missed a day!

For this card I used"

Stamps: Pun Fun, label classics

paper: shimmery white, taken with teal, hostess level one DS paper pack

ink: taken with teal, stazon black

accessories: aqua painter, refill bottle, water color wonder crayons, pretty ribbon from Sara!, square punches and rain dots by cloud nine

Thanks for stoppin by!

Happy Stampin'

Sketch 181 and some belated father's day cards!

So today's sketch challenge was a super fun sketch found here. I really enjoyed the sketch and had just gotten some Hambly screenprints yesterday at an LSS and so I combined the two! The screen print is printed in a chocolate brown and it's called brocade...to die for! I also wand to keep it kind of simple as I was making this for a man...so you know...not too much fru fru...I don't know that he'll appreciate the coral, but hey...at least he's getting a card! LOL Just kidding.


Here are the supplies used
Stamps: Much appreciated
Ink: Basic Brown
paper: Shimmery white, cameo coral, chocolate chip, tempting turquoise, brocade screen print by Hambly
accessories: ribbon, silver brads
All supplies by SU! unless otherwise specified
This card was hubby's Father's Day card... I didn't want to post it because I didn't ant him to see it...and I have been super busy since Father's Day so no time to post...Don't worry, Tuesday's Teacher WILL be back next week! I don't actually own this stamp, my friend Sara over at Sara's Stamping Sanctuary sent it to me a while back and I just thought it was perfect for the occasion! What are the supplies for this little beauty you ask? Well wait no more!
Supplies:
Stamps: Riley Moose by Hannah stamps, All year cheer I
paper: tempting turquoise, chocolate chip, Designer series paper tempting turquoise
accessories: SU! markers Twill tape ribbon

This next card was easy peasy! Really 2 stamps and I was done...the nice thing about this card is that you can change the sentiment and have it be for any occasion. All I did was stamp the frame in stazon timber brown ink and then stamped the sentiment on the inside with blue bayou ink (which will not be available after Aug 10th!) and then used an aqua painter to spread the color a little...no need to add ink to the aqua painter, the water based ink will run and spread a little with just adding water!

Then I used my little craft knife and cut around the stamped arches at the top and bottom, threaded the ribbon through and added a brad...now it looks like it's hanging, Neat huh?

Supplies:

Stamps:Label Classics, All year cheer (both retired)

Ink: blue bayou, stazon timber brown

Paper: shimmery white

Accessories: vintage brads, brown ribbon

This last card was for both Father's day and for the Featured stamper challenge on SCS this last Sunday. The Featured stamper was Dinidill. So the idea behind the featured stamper is that you go into their gallery, find a card that you like and kinda copy it...but you have to change some of the things so that it's NOT an exact replica of the card...what's the point then right? Then you upload your card to SCS and link it to the challenge thread...it's actually quite fun to see what everyone comes us with!

I only used her layout and I changed just about everything else. I love how this card came out and so did the recipient! (I made 2...different colors though and gave one to my FIL and one to my BIL)

Supplies:

Stamps: Loads of Love, All year cheer, lovely as a tree

ink: stazon timber brown, soft sky, blue bayou, old olive SU! markers

paper: really rust, old olive, whisper white, unknown DS paper

accessories: vintage brads, aqua painter, scallop punch as a mask, piece of paper to mask the truck

That's all I have for ya! I hope you liked it and I'm sorry I have been so spacey lately!

Thanks for stopping by!

happy Stampin'