MIM0109 & IC165 - She's So Sweet Sneak Peek!!

I made this card for both IC165, which you can see here...I was inspired by the one in the top left corner...and MIM0109. As you can see the card on the left is the *more* card and the card on the right is the *less* card. This month's *dirty girls* theme was Making a House a Home. Well, I will tell you one of the major things that makes my house a home, is my family. This little girl image is just so sweet, it reminds me of my little 5 yo DD. While we don't have much in the line of flowers in our back yard (since we live in the desert), we do visit Northern AZ A LOT! During the summertime they have the most wonderful wild sunflower growing all over the place in the white mountain area, and true to form, every year, my DD always comments on how beautiful they are! Such wonderful memories!!

Let's start with the *less* card. I am very excited to show you a sneak peek of this adorable new image from Innovative Stamp Creations, which will be available starting February 9th! I stamped her in Palette Noir Black and then colored her with re-inkers and my blender pen, along with a few copic markers for accents. The background stamp called Little Specks is also a new image coming out from ISC this February 9th. I stamped it in more mustard on the so saffron card base.

I then finished off the card with some Baja Breeze ribbon tied with a simple knot, the cute little sentiment and some antique gold brads in the top corner.

For the *more* card, I kept the image and layout the same...only for this image I sponged both a ground and some clouds in the background. All the edges of the card is distressed with a Tim Holtz distressing tool, and then sponged it with more mustard.

I added some additional embellishments to this card also. Instead of the simple knot, I actually tied the ribbon in a knot, and added a Tim Holtz trinket pin (which actually says *moments* but you can not tell that from the picture). I also layered the ribbon with an additional piece of more mustard card stock. I then added some Tim Holtz washers under the brads in the upper right corner and then dented them a bit with a hammer.

Card Details:

Images: She's So Sweet and Little Specks Background

Paper: More Mustard, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, White

Ink: Palette Noir Black, Baja Breeze, More Mustard, So Saffron, Creamy Caramel, Copics

Accessories: Baja Breeze Ribbon, Tim Holtz distressing tool, Tim Holtz Trinket Pin, Tim Holtz brads and washers

LSC205 & SSnotime72 - CAS Rose

I made this card for LSC205 - where we were to make a clean and simple (CAS) card. Love CAS cards, but I rarely make them! It is hard for my mind to wrap around CAS, but I knew that if I pulled out a kitchen sink stamp set, I would be able to do it...thier images are just so amazing they can totally hold thier own without a lot of embellishments! I also made this card for ssnotime72 - where we were to make a love themed card.

I decided to do a simple valentines card today. Love this single rose from KSS. I stamped it with regal rose, rose red, ruby red and riding hood red. The leaves were stamped with mellow moss, old olive, and always artichoke.

I then finished this card off by stamping the sentiment in basic black, and using the SU scalloped edge punch for the left edge and adding a strip of riding hood red paper.

One layer cards are pretty foreign to me and my style, but I do love them...I am thinking I should start making more of them!!

Card Details:

Images: 3 step heart and roses - KSS

Paper: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red

Inks: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Ruby Red, Riding Hood Red, Mellow Moss, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Basic Black

Accessories: SU Scalloped edge punch

ISC Blog Challenge #22!

Today's blog challenge over on the Innovative Stamp Creation's Blog - It's all in the Suitcase!! I made a valentines card for my DH along with a matching tag for this totally adorable suitcase!

For the card, I used the Assemblage stamp set. I stamped the background stamp with some walnut stain distress ink on some pink pirouette paper. I then distressed the background with some sponged walnut stain ink and a Tim Holtz distressing tool.

For the heart, I used a grungeboard heart from the elements package. I covered the heart with some tattered rose crackle paint. Once that dried, I used the heart image from the Assemblage stamp set and stamped in with walnut stain distress ink. I placed the heart on top of a piece of chocolate chip DP and tore and sponged the edges. Then I added a Tim Holtz word key (with the word "heart" on it) over the top of the grungeboard heart.

I then finished off the card with the sentiment (also from Assemblage) which is also distressed and sponged with walnut stain distress ink. Oh! How could I forget the corner embellishments! I used some Tim Holtz brads and washers, and then hammered them a bit to dent them.

For the totally ADORABLE suitcase (which you can also get from ISC), I made a matching tag with the same background stamp with walnut stain distress ink on some more pink pirouette paper. I then added a Tim Holtz key hole backed by some DP, and the sentiment.

Now for the fun part! This adorable suitcase is just the perfect size for a gift card (as you can see here, my DH is getting one from Home Depot...not sure if the gift card is more for him or me since he will probably be buying stuff for the "honey-do" list I have for him, LOL!!) I also added some caramel filled treasure candies for instant gratification! :)

Project Details:
Images: Assemblage - ISC

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, Bella Rose DSP
Inks: Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Accessories: Tattered Rose Distress Crackle Paint, Chocolate Chip Twill, Grungeboard, Tim Holtz Word Key and Key Hole. Small Suitcase

SC213 & TSG03 - Butterfly Happiness with Dimension!

I made this card for SC213 and TSG03 where we were to use one of the lovely There She Goes stamp sets and add dimension for our card with...what else - dimensionals!

I chose TSG's Butterfly Happiness for my card today. Love this set...so very versatile! I first stamped the leaves image on the main image panel in kiwi kiss. Then I stamped the sentiment in Riding Rood Red. I stamped the butterfly in Riding Hood Red on Pink Pirouette paper. The leaf panel, sentiment and butterfly are all popped up on dimensionals.

To embellish, I added some red gems on the butterfly's body, and some Pink Pirouette ribbon behind the sentiment panel.

This was really a great sketch today, and I LOVE adding dimension to any card...very fun!!

Card Details:

Images: Butterfly Happiness - TSG

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Bella Rose DSP, Whisper White

Inks: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss

Accessories: Pink Pirouette Ribbon, Red Gems

CC203 - Home Tweet Home

I made this card for CC203 - Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, and Garden Green. Such a cool and calming color combo! I also thought it would be perfect for the new Home Tweet Home set from Flourishes. Such a fun little set!

I stamped the branch image with basic black and colored the branch with a creamy caramel maker, and the leaves with my blender pen and garden green re-inkers. I then stamped the two little birds on the branches and colored them with my blender pen and baja breeze/pacific point re-inkers. Next, I sponged some clouds in the sky with baja breeze. I then stamped the bird house on a different piece of paper, colored it, cut it out and popped it up on the branch picture with some dimensionals.

To embellish the card, I added the sentiment with the large oval punch and designer label punch, and placed three green gem brads in the corner. I was also VERY excited that I finally got to use some of the pacific point ribbon that my Upliine gave me! Very fun!!

Card Details:

Images: Home Tweet Home - Flourishes

Paper: Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Garden Green and Whisper White

Inks: Same as above plus Creamy Caramel and Basic Black

Accessories: Gem Brads, Pacific Point Ribbon, Large oval punch, Designer label punch

TLC205 - Pleated Sea Shells

I made this card for TLC205 - To use pleated paper on your card. I also checked out the Monday Kitchen Sink Challenge and the challenge there was to use one of Kitchen Sinks's non flower stamps. I just got these sea shells in the mail last week, so this was just perfect!

For the paper pleats I used some close to cocoa Candy lane DSP and tried to mimic the sandy beach (but it looks more like a fence...oh well, LOL!). The shells are stamped in creamy caramel, close to cocoa, and chocolate chip on very vanilla paper and then cut out. I then placed them all on a piece of close to cocoa sponged very vanilla and use a spellbinders label #2 nestabilities.

I finished off the card by sponging the blue card stock "sky", adding some small rope across the bottom, and the sentiment from Ready 4 Any Holiday set from Kitchen Sink.

Card Details:

Images: 3 step Sea Shells, Ready 4 Any Holiday - KSS

Paper: Very Vanilla, Bordering Blue, Close to Cocoa, Candy Lane DSP

Inks: Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Bordering Blue

Accessories: Rope, Label #2 Nestabilities, Scor-Pal

FS103 - A GOuLD Star Stamper!!

I made this card for FS103 - Vicky Gould is this week's FS and boy oh boy does she have a fantastic gallery...I think I was lost in it for over an hour today while finding a card to CASE. I finally decided on this bold butterfly card.
I chose this butterfly card because I really wanted to use my new Simple Friendship stamp set from SU!! Love this butterfly sooooo much, and thought this layout Vicky did would be perfect for it, and to show off some of the new Candy Lane DSP from SU also!

I started off by stamping the butterfly image with riding hood red on very vanilla paper and then cut it out. I stamped the En Francais background stamp on my close to cocoa base. I then cut three 1 1/4" strips of different Candy Land DSP, and distressed the edges. I then stamped the sentiment on more DSP, layered and distressed the edges.

To embellish I added some pale pink crimped ribbon with a large flower brad (I did not have a charm like Vicky did), and as with Vicky's card, I added three silver brads at the bottom of the card.

It was so very much fun CASEing Vicky today! Vicky you are one fabulous papercrafter!!

Card Details:
Images: Simple Friendship, En Francais
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Candy Lane DSP
Inks: Riding Hood Red, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Pink Crimped Ribbon, Flower Brad, Silver Brads

WT202 - Pattern Pizzazz

Boy that is just a fun word...Pizzazz!! :) Well the challenge today was to jazz up some regular DSP. I chose to sponge and mask over some Parisian Summer DSP with a Tim Holtz flourish mask. I placed the mask over a piece of DSP and then sponged it with some pink pirouette ink, and voila you have just given an already pretty piece of DSP some more pizzazz!