I made two more cards with my Whipper Snapper stamps. The first one is with Anna Wight’s Twigs. I love this snowy face! He has been sitting on my desk for months and I finally made a card with him! I thought the patterned paper was perfect for Mr. Twigs, so I drew my colors from there. I finished him just in time- we are getting more snow tonight!

stamps- Twigs by Whipper Snapper
paper- watercolor paper, Cranberry, Buckaroo, Chatterbox dp
ink- Black, Caramel, Cranberry, Buckaroo, Pumpkin
accessories- button, linen thread

The second card was made with Anna’s Posies For You set and alcohol inks. I also used the Swiss Dots embossing folder again. Since I had a whole sheet of glossy white and the alcohol inks out, I decided to make more than one of this card. You can see in the thumbnail picture that I started by stamping the roses several times on the glossy white cardstock. Then I applied drops of 3 different colors of ink & the solution onto the felt applicator. The whole sheet was randomly covered with ink and the roses were highlighted with markers.

After the ink from the markers dried well, the roses were cut out with the Coluzzle oval shape. Then I glued them to the gray cardstock and cut them out with scallop scissors. Dots were applied with a white gel pen and it was attached over the ribbon with pop dots. Extra flowers were punched from the left-over cardstock and Stickles was added to the centers.

stamps- Posies For You by Whipper Snapper
paper- glossy white, Basic Gray, white
ink- Black, Ruby, Olive, Adirondack Alcohol- Red Pepper, Raisin, Meadow
accessories- Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, flower punches, pop dots, Stickles, ribbon, gel pen, Fiskars scallop scissors, Coluzzle

I know what you’re thinking….why did she put a baby on a “friendship” card? Well….I asked myself that question too but then I thought…why not? LOL. If we can send each other cards with animals & bugs & what-not, then babies should be fine too, right? (besides….I have no one to make a baby card for and these little ones are too cute to NOT be used!)
When I saw these adorable baby images on Leigh O’Brien’s blog I just loved them! They are so darn cute! I have not been a fan of clear stamps (the older ones) so I was hesitant on trying them. So many stampers are loving the newer clear stamps, though, so I decided to give it a whirl and ordered them from Eclectic Paperie. Wow- they stamped great! I was pleasantly surprised! And can I also say that I love, love, LOVE the new Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder! It’s my new favorite!
I picked up the sentiment at ACMoore and thought it would be great to use with any chick or girl images. It was inked with markers before stamping. To finish the card, I pierced some holes with the SU mat pack.

stamps- Peek-A-Boo Baby by Stampendous, words by Inkadinkado
paper- Banana, White, Orange, Bo Bunny- Shabby Princess
ink- Black
accessories- Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, piercing tools

I received this stamped image as a RAK and I thought it would be great for a masculine birthday card. I have a harder time with masculine cards and tend to put off making them until they are needed. It is just easier to make cards with ribbons and flowers but men in general usually don’t appreciate the froo-froo. LOL.
I used two of the new Cuttlebug embossing folders here….the Diamonds in the Rough and Distressed Stripes. The strip of blue was placed in the stripes folder diagonally.

This stamp can be found here at Eclectic Paperie.

stamps- Changito B-day by Stampendous, Big Bold Birthday
paper- Kraft, Garden Green, Bliss Blue, Black, White
ink- Chocolate Chip, Black
accessories- watercolor pencils & blender pen, Cuttlebug embossing folders- Distressed Stripes and Diamonds in the Rough, paper piercing tools, eyelets

I pulled out Anna Wight’s “Spring Has Sprung” stamp set last night and this time I used the basket and tulips for the main image. The corners of the pink patterned paper were punched with a trumpet flower corner punch and I inserted a photo corner in the top left to bring out the design a bit. The tulips were highlighted with a glitter pen.

stamps- Spring Has Sprung
paper- Banana, Red, White, Slumber Party dp
ink- Black
accessories- watercolor crayons, EKSuccess Trumpet Flower punch, Photo Corners punch, glitter pen

I needed a last minute “sweet 16″ birthday card and since I had my Pick A Petal stamp set out, I decided to use that. I also recently received my new Cuttlebug embossing folders. I ran some pieces of white cardstock through to try a few out and when I looked at the Number Collage embossing folder, it had a number 1 beside the 6! How conveniently perfect! I just dotted the numbers I wanted to highlight with my brown journaling marker. A little bit of Stickles was added to the flower center to give a little sparkle.

stamps- Pick A petal, So Very
paper- Choc. Chip, Soft Sky, White, Soft Sky dp
ink- Choc. Chip, Soft Sky
accessories- Cuttlebug Number Collage folder, oval punches, circle punches, Stickles

A few ladies came over today to make cards with the Pick A Petal stamp set. This set has so many possibilies! We only made 5 cards but I made some more samples to give them lots of ideas. I cannot take credit for these great ideas…they were shared by some wonderful ladies over on Splitcoast. I’ll try to give credits below. But first here’s a quick little treat that I made for each one of them. The directions for this envelope pouch can be found here. I wanted to use the solid petal for a carrot, but I’m glad I saw Susan Jenne’s sample on SCS because I loved how she used the Baroque Motifs flourish for the top! The flower is from one of the SAB sets and the little rabbit is a Martha Stewart punch.

The first picture below is the set of 5 cards that we made. The second two pics are the extra samples I had.

Many thanks to all the ladies who shared their ideas! My cards were either cased or semi-cased by the following people. If I missed anyone please let me know. They may or may not have had the orignial idea, but these are the ladies who inspired me.
carrot- susanjenne, deer- pa stamper, flower- Laurie Schmidlin, balloons- lacyquilter, heart- s1itcher46, dog- Bugga66 & deniseinpa, snowman angel- Sara Frawley, dragonfly- baweinstein 2004, trees- bethinoel & hwright, Easter eggs- illustamper, turkey- gulfcoaststamper, ladybug- Doodledop, tulip- mwohlers, surfboards- jmasse and Jennifer Einolf, and candles- JanTink.

EDIT: I didn’t realize that the snowman was a case of Anna Wight’s Fairy Snowman. If you want to make the snowman, it will be much easier to hop on over to Whipper Snapper….you can find the stamp here and won’t have to try to draw the extra parts needed! (Anna’s looks WAY better than mine anyway)

It’s time again for Jami’s DD/DDA challenge and the rules for this month are the following:
Challenge Focus: Stamps Designed by Fellow Dirty Girls. -OR- alternate option - use any fellow Dirty Girl’s gallery creation as an inspiration to semi-CASE something of your own.

Required Element: Spring Color Combo

Restricted Element: NO CuttleBug/Big Shot/Wizard or similar diecut/embossing machines.

OK, so when I sat down last night to make my card (yes, I waited till the last minute…heehee) this was just torture because I had just received my new Cuttlebug embossing folders in the mail! Waaahhhh! That’s my luck! I knew that I wanted to use this stamp of Anna’s….it is one of my favorites! I just love this girl looking up at the humongous flower! And I decided that I also wanted to case a DD. Well………this post should really have been titled “A Bad Case of Zindorf”! LOL. Her creations are just gorgeous! And I failed miserably. I tried to case her layout and the gorgeous pink sky that she created here. Isn’t that card just awesome? First I stamped the image and then I stamped it again on 3 post-it notes. Wow- this image is huge! I was pleasantly surprized at the size when I received it! I cut out and masked the girl, flower and leaves. Then I brayered the sky with Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose. Let’s just say I need a LOT more practice! I don’t know if you can see it, but I stamped a small flower from Anna’s Spring Has Sprung set along the left side of the card base. It matches the main image perfectly!
You can check out all of this month’s challenge cards here.
The sun is trying to come out this morning. Let’s hope it is sunny today! I’m ready for Spring! Have a great day!

stamps- My Favorite Flower and Spring Has Sprung by Whipper Snapper
paper- Whisper White, Apricot, Cocoa
ink- Black, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Garden Green, Celery, Rose Red, Mustard, Cocoa, Pumpkin, Bayou, Blush
accessories- brads, brayer, ribbon

Just having some more fun with Anna’s BoPeep’s Sheep set! I wanted to make a sampler and I originally thought of using a variety of cardstock colors for each square. Well….I guess I got carried away when I was stamping the images onto the white cardstock and never pulled out those other colors. But I think I like it just as well this way if not better. I started out by cutting up my stamped images and arranging / re-arranging them to fit the cardstock base. It really isn’t very difficult. There was a little space left which I decided to just fill in with some eyelets. I have been on a watercolor crayon kick lately and I tried to keep my watercolors in the earth tones but still make it “Springy”. When the coloring was all finished and the pieces were glued in place, I debated on adding some glitter but I think I will leave it as it is.

stamps- BoPeep’s Sheep
paper- Celery, non SU!
ink- Black
accessories- Watercolor crayons, eyelets

Woohoo! I received the Spring issue of the Take Ten magazine today and I have a 2 page spread on pages 68-69. Check it out! It has been a few years since I submitted anything to a magazine, so this was a bit exciting. I was contacted about 6 months ago and asked to make some of my coaster clipboards. What an honor! Now that I am permitted to share, here’s a pic of the clipboards I made. The clips have magnets on the back and I thought they would be great hanging on a frig with some favorite pics!
Edit to answer some questions: I found the magnetic clips at my local Dollar Tree.

stamps- It’s All Good, EFP, Whimsy Jumbo wheel
paper- Celery, Choc. Chip, Sahara Sand, Bashful, Olive, Lilac, Saffron, Glossy White, dp by EKSuccess
ink- Choc. Chip, Celery, Saffron, Craft White
accessories- chipboard coasters, magnetic clips, Photo Corners punch, Three For You flower punch, silver brads, Crop-A-Dile, 1 1/4 circle & 1 1/8 square punches, ribbon

Yay! Today Whipper Snapper released 2 new sets of Anna Wight’s designs! And they are cute, cute, cute! The titles are Spring Has Sprung and BoPeep’s Sheep and they’re just in time for spring stamping.

This first card was made with the Spring Has Sprung set. Isn’t the bunny just TOO CUTE? I thought he looked like he needed a snack, and it looks like he wants to share. I stamped one carrot in his left hand and then I stamped a second carrot on scrap paper and cut it out. Then I carefully cut around his right hand and arm with a craft knife and tucked the carrot underneath. I added a tiny bit of shimmer to the carrots and the flower with a glitter pen.

stamps- Spring Has Sprung
paper- Moss, non-SU!, Making Memories dp
ink- Black, Olive
accessories- Watercolor crayons, buttons, glitter pen

The second card I made with the BoPeep’s Sheep set. I originally planned to use BoPeep but then I decided that her sheep would make a cute baby card!

I started with the normal 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 piece of cardstock. Then I scalloped one end with a corner rounder. I wanted this to be the back of the card so I made the scallops before I scored the card’s fold. Then I placed the scallops against the left side of my Scor-Pal and scored my 4 1/4″ mark. After I had my fold, I trimmed the cardfront down a little more so the scallops would show when closed.
If you look closely, you can see the texture on the sheep’s body. I applied some white liquid applique in a circular motion and then heated it with a heat embossing tool. If you watch it closely while heating, you can overheat it just slightly and it will start to turn brown. I think the sheep looks good when he’s just a tiny bit “dirty”! I stamped one of the chicks on the bottom and added some buttons and satin stars. I found the stars in a little package at Jo-Ann’s. And to finish it off, I punched some holes in the scallops and added some doodling.

stamps- BoPeep’s Sheep
paper- Bashful, Orange, non-Su!, dp by Frances Meyer
ink- Black
accessories- Watercolor crayons, Liquid applique, satin stars trim, gel pen, buttons, corner rounder, hole punch

You can check out some more great samples of Anna’s new sets here:
Leigh O’Brien
Tracy Harp
Jeanne Streiff
Cheryl Rowley
and of course, Anna!