Hello friends!

I hope you’ve had a good week and a great start for the week coming up!  This past week my mom was in the hospital.  She is doing much better but I’d still appreciate prayers.  Thanks! 

So I’ve been a bit absent as the summer winds down but I do have a card to share with you today using one of Christine’s new Kiki La Rue images.  This one is called Coffee Kiki La Rue and I think she is so cute…even if I don’t like coffee!  ;0)

I just had to color her curlers pink.  They remind me of the ones I used to use when I was a little girl.  It’s funny how little things like that bring back memories.  The Prima flowers were placed so they go off the top of the card just a bit.  This creates some added interest and it will still fit in a regular envelope since the card base is a 4 1/4″ square.

Be sure to check back this week as we will be previewing the new sets that will be available Monday, September 7 at ATS!

stamps- Coffee Kiki La Rue by C.C. Designs, AmyR Friend Sentiments; paper- Mauve Mist, Black, White, DCWV Spring Stack; ink- Memento black; accessories- Copic markers, Prima flowers, ribbon, pop dots, mini square brads.

Hi all!  It’s time once again for…

Today Jay Jay issued a color challenge.  We were to use the colors yellow, orange and red.

With the approaching fall season, I immediately thought of the beautiful fall leaves that we will soon see on the trees here in PA.  So I found this cute Tina Wenke image called Opossum Pals and decided to turn it into an autumn tree. 

I cut and embossed the accent leaves with some Spellbinders dies and then sponged them with ink while they were still in the die.  Your fingers tend to get a bit messy this way but it is so worth it, I think!  I was wishing later that I had spritzed some color on as well…maybe next time!

As I was creating this card, I thought that it might make a nice sketch to share.  So I made one up quick….I’d love to have you play along!  If you use my sketch, post a link back here and I’ll pick a winner on Sunday to send a little somethin’!  :0)

Here you go…don’t feel limited by the leaves!  They are only meant to be an accent….you can use flowers, buttons, etc. …whatever you imagine!

Don’t forget to check out the Stampavie challenge here and enter to win a great prize! 

I’m off to enjoy the day…today is our anniversary!  But we will be spending it with a bunch of teenagers having a pool party here.  LOL.  Good times!

stamps- Tina Wenke Opossum Pals by Stampavie, AmyR Thank You Sentiments; paper- Saffron, Red, Pumpkin, Summer Sun, My Minds Eye Magnolia; ink- Memento Black, Pumpkin, Saffron; accessories- Creative Memories Deco Trimmer, Rectangle Nestabilities, Spellbinders Assorted Leaves, Copics, ribbon, sponge, pop dots, SU! Oval punches, red Stickles.

Hello friends! 

Today I just wanted to share some SU! cards that I recently made.  My good friend Jeannette is now also my SU! demo and she made a card like this at my workshop last month.  I just changed the ribbon a bit and added the butterflies.  This card uses the new in-colors and I think I’ll really like them!

Everything here is SU! except for the button I added.  I don’t have this butterfly set yet (I used my friend’s here) but I think I need to add it to my list.  Oh, and the butterfly punch too.  ;0)

Have a happy Saturday!

stamps- SU! Flight of the Butterfly and Circle Circus; paper- Melon Mambo, Choc. Chip, White; ink- Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Old Olive; accessories- ribbon, button, Butterfly punch, pop dots.

Today’s the 20th and that means….

it’s time once again for the Dirty Dozen and Alumni challenge at Splitcoast!

This month Valerie (11Valerie11) challenged us with the theme of The Dog Days of Summer.  Here’s the rules we were given:

Required Element: Dog images or sentiments and heat of summer color scheme (so think orange, red, mustard, etc.)

Restricted Element: Flock, or any fuzzy type embellishment

I couldn’t decide on which dog image to use…I am really loving the new Helz Cuppleditch images from Stampavie!  But I settled on my own puppy from my Get Well Critters set.  :0)

I decided this time to make a shaped card and cut it out with my scalloped circle Nestabilities.  After I had my image in place though, I didn’t have room for the sentiment.  So I added it on with a little flag.  This will still fit into a regular A2 envelope.

You can check out all of the DD submissions here.  Have a great day!

stamps- Get Well Critters by Cookie Crumbs (available at All That Scraps); paper- Apricot, Pumpkin, Red, white, DCWV Summer Glitter Stack; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copic markers, ribbon, Circle and Labels 3 Nestabilities.

Today the ATS DT challenge is a sketch challenge.  I made a sketch for Lesa this time and here it is.  Sorry I’m a bit late getting it posted today!

And here is the card I created using this sketch and some of Amy’s images:

We’d love to have you play along with this sketch!  If you do, be sure to upload to the ATS gallery.  Don’t forget that the monthly guest designers are often chosen from the challenge submissions!

stamps- AmyR Fresh Flowers; paper- Lav. Lace, Saffron, white, glossy white, green; ink- Lav. Lace, Lilac, Moss, Olive, Saffron, Memento Black; accessories- SU! Manhattan Flower embossing folder, Oval and Labels 4 Nestabilities, Primas, gel pen, cell phone bling.

Happy Sunday all!

I made this card last night for my friend, Diane617’s VSN challenge on the Splitcoast site.  We had a picnic today (in this heat- yikes!) so I am just now getting around to posting it. 

Diane’s challenge was called Foil Dinner and it was inspired by her Girl Scout activities.  You can read all about it and participate here. 

Basically, we were supposed to use a metallic embossing powder.  I chose to use silver and I pulled out my long neglected (but fun to use!) SU! Chicken Wire background stamp.  It is still one of my favorites.  I paired it with an image from my Create A Recipe set and words from my Get Well Critters set to make a get well card.

I have to say this truly was a challenge because you are on a time limit (going on the honor system) and my embossing was just not cooperating!  LOL.  I guess I was so tired from having company for dinner and canning peaches last night.  Maybe that was the problem…but I kept dropping the cardstock back onto the stamp inked with Versamark and therefore getting stray marks of EP where I didn’t want them.  Ugh.  I finally gave up and decided to cover up the worst spots with some tiny Prima flowers!  Do they look like they were put there on purpose?  LOL.

Thanks for a fun challenge, TOD!  (we call her TOD for The Other Diane)  :0)  I did enjoy it…even if my clumsy hands were not cooperating!

Stamps- Create A Recipe and Get Well Critters (words) by Cookie Crumbs (at All That Scraps), SU! Chicken Wire; paper- Caribbean, Celery, Black, White, Saffron; ink-  Memento Black, Versamark; accessories- Circle punch, Scalloped Circle punch, Copics, Silver embossing powder, Primas, Liquid Pearls, gel pen.

Hello everyone!  Another week of summer has slipped by again, hasn’t it?!

I just returned from vacation at the beach and now I’m trying to catch up on everything.  It’s nice to get away but it always feels good to be back home! 

While we were away, our puppy Riley went to stay at grandma and grandpa’s house.  So I wanted to make a simple thank-you card for taking care of her.  I was so busy packing and preparing before we left though, that I didn’t get a chance to stamp one.  No problem, I thought…I’ll just take a few things and make one there.  So I cut a few pieces of cardstock, some ribbon, stamped some puppy images and grabbed my Copics, glue and scissors. 

I colored the images while I was there and laid the layers of cardstock together with the ribbon on my blue card base.  yuck!  This was so plain.  I had to think of a way to add some interest.  I decided to add an extra fold to the front and make a Z-fold card.  Then I tore some of the layers of cardstock.  I didn’t realize how much I’ve relied on my designer papers, die cuts, etc. lately until I didn’t have them available!  I also realized when I was finished that I forgot to take a sentiment…oops!

I used the Ruffles Party image for the front panel.  Since I didn’t want the balloons on this card, I cut around the image and left those off.  I also used the Ruffles Birdwatching image on the inside of the card.  This image was cut apart as well so that the row of chicks would show when the card is closed.   And the Ruffles in the flowers was placed so that it would not show through to the front.

This card turned out rather plain but I like it just as well!  Sometimes it is good to go back to the basics and create something simple, yet stretching yourself to make it a bit fun.

Aren’t these new Helz Cuppleditch images just adorable?  I love them!  You can check out the entire collection that will be coming soon to Stampavie right here.

stamps- Ruffles Party and Ruffles Birdwatching by Stampavie; paper- I think it was white, Bashful, Artichoke? and Celery; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copic markers, ribbon.

TGIF!  :0)

Just a quickie post…I’m on my 5th load of laundry today and I have 1 or 2 more to do!  (I even baked some peanutbutter chocolate chip cookies- yum!)

Here’s a card I made for the bridal shower I missed.  I had fun getting out Christine’s Tweet-ies set again…I love those birds!

I broke out some of my cherished Cool Caribbean paper for this card.  I SO wish they’d bring that color back!  But I don’t mind using it for someone who I know will not throw it in the trash.  LOL.  And I thought this pattern of paper from the DCWV Spring Stack would be perfect.

You can’t tell in the first photo, but the close-up below shows the umbrella and eyes that were popped up.

Have a great weekend!

stamps- Tweet-ies by C.C. Designs, SU! A Little Birdie Told Me; paper- Cool Caribbean, Black, DCWV Spring Stack; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Oval Nesties, pop dots, Stickles, buttons, gel pen.

Happy Monday! 

Tonight’s the night that All That Scraps will release the new sets for August!  Once again there will be a chat starting at 8 pm in the message board, followed by the release at 10 pm.  I hope you can join us!

Today I wanted to share a card that I made with my Create A Recipe set.  But this one is not a recipe card.  I wanted to show the versatility of the images and how they can be used for lots of other occasions.  For example…the cake could be used for a birthday, the chicken soup image can be used for a get well card, the snowman would make cute Christmas tags, etc.  You could even use the house image to announce your new address. 

Here I decided to choose a few country images to make a general “hello” card.  I wanted to include a few non-food related images in this set because sometimes I like to have recipes with just a country image. 

Have a great day….I’m off to do more laundry. 

stamps- Create A Recipe by Cookie Crumbs, Sugarplum Sentiment set by C.C. Designs; paper- Patterns Pack, So Saffron, Red, Sand, Black; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copic markers, gel pen, button.

When I first saw the new Helz Cuppleditch images by Stampavie, I was immediately in LOVE!  They are so darling!

I love them all….especially the puppies!  But this image in particular somehow stood out for me.  It is charming, heartwarming and just a “feel good” image, isn’t it?  I used to have a very similar heart satchet that hung from my dresser knob like this one.  Maybe that is what caught my eye?

When I was finished with this card, I felt that it just needed a little something extra in the corner by the words.  As I was thinking about what to put there, an extra stamped piece of this image was laying in front of me and I had an idea.  Once in a while I like to try a different type of “out of the box” technique where you use an image to make something different out of it.  Does the flower pot look familiar?  Here I colored and cut out an extra lamp and turned it upside down.  My original thought was to make a topiary but instead I settled for a flowerpot.  :0)

In this photo, you can see the dimension this card has. 

I stamped the image 3 times and popped up several pieces of it.  The bear’s bandaged arm and the flowers were popped up a third time for even more dimension!

You can check out the Stampavie DT blog for more samples of these fabulous images.  And while you are there check out who the new DT members are.  Stuart & Heidi had a hard time picking just 1, so there are 3 new members!  Welcome, ladies!

And if you haven’t signed up yet for the Stampavie newsletter, you can check that out too.  It’s free!  A new issue went out today and it has some fun projects and an interview with Rachelle Anne Miller.  These will only be viewed in the newsletter.

Have a great evening!

stamps- Helz Cuppleditch Teddy Get Well Soon by Stampavie, words from AmyR Butterfly by C.C. Designs; paper- White, Buckaroo Blue, Groovy Guava, Making Memories Chloe’s Closet; ink- Memento Black; accessories- Copics, Circle and Labels 3 Nestabilities, pop dots, Liquid Pearls, Prima flowers.