You Know You're Old When

Wow! What is going on. Saturday it was in the mid 70s here, Today we have snow-so far it isnot staying, but still!!!!!!!!!!! Snow?????? Oh, well, just another excuse to stay inside and stamp, Right?

So, here is a card I made for one of the gals in my craft group who has a birthday tomorrow.  I will enter it in  Color Throwdown CTD187 , to use Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, So saffron and Lavender lace (I came as close as I could with the colors.) I will also enter it in the Sweet Stop Sweet n' Sassy Sketch challenge #154, which was to use a sketch from past challenges. I choose to use the one listed on the blog-it just suited the card I wanted to make.

The Stamp set I used is from Gina K Designs-'You Know You're Old when'. I stamped it with MementoTuxedo Black Ink on Nenah Classic Solar Crest white and colored it with Copic Markers. The DPs:  Penny Black (yellow) and the purple prints I believe are Paper Pizzaz. (I've had them awhile. When I first started stamping I took all those packs apart and sorted them by color-DUMB! I have learned not to do that) Cardstock is SU chocolate chip, lavender and the bottom mat is also a SU green. The center strip is from my scrap bin. I ran that through the cuttlebug with CB embossing folder 'Birds n Swirls'. I cut the Sentiment out with Spellbinders labels and mounted it with foam dots. The focal image is also mounted with foam dots. I added some silver Smootch to the bumper and tires on the car, and some oval rhinestones for the head lights. The flower I made with a flower punch, punching many flowers from 2 DPs and layering them. I also used some on the inside of the card.  

Fishers of Men-Thinking of You

Hello everyone, Hope your week is going well. Sun is still shining here, but it is cold! Frost covered everthing this morning. Have to keep reminding myself it is only April!
This card I made for the Challenge over at Repeat Impressions, which is a sketch challenge. Here is my card, the sketch is shown below.

I took a little twist on the sketch by using an oval and a circle, and turning the sketch on its side. The image stamp is from Our Daily Bread Designs 'Fishers of Men' set, stamped on Neenah Classic Crest Solor White with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with Copic Markers. The sky is colored with Pebbles Chalks-Pastels.  I cut it out with Spellbinders Petite ovals lg, then cut out a mat of the brown by tracing around the die, and triming it a bit. The DP for the circle is Adorn It-Gone Fishing, and the plaid is from American Traditions Great Outdoors. I matted both on The Paper Company Hunter green cardstock. The sentiment is from OBDO Mini Tags 1, stamped in Rich Cocoa on white, and matted with the Hunter cardstock. I tied a piece of raffia around it.

Enjoy, I'm off to get ready to go to crafting tonight. Have to show off my stamping goodies that my niece gave me. A whole big tote full of stamps, papers and books. Who hoo! new toys!

Birthday wishes

Quick post for this one-want to get it in before the links close. This is for Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge 132. , to use the colors Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery & Chocolate Chip. This is also for My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club MFTWSC67 (below).

and here is my card:  

DP: DCWV Summer Stack, MME Lost and Found-Market Street

Cardstock: SU Celery (?), Chocolate Chip, Wasau Brite White

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo Garden Greetings, HOTP Tiny Words and Images

Spellbinders Mega Deckled Rectangles, Martha Steward Ribbon Loop Border Punch, Copic Markers, Memento Rich Cocoa Ink, Rhinestones, Flower Soft, Paper Piercer, Brown LePlume marker

Hope You like, leave a comment please. I'm going to go have lunch now! (teehee)

Just wanted you to know

Hi all. Hope your Easter Weekend was great. We had a busy time with family here from out of town for my Brother-in-law's Memorial service. He passed away last week. A blessing really, as he had been in poor health for many years. And it has been a busy couple weeks, so have not had much time to post. I have a card here for a couple challenges, tho, as I have had a little bit of time in the evenings to play. 

I will enter this card in the:  Taylored Expressions Sketch challenge #155,

And for the Playdate Cafe-color challenge#126

and for the Flutterby Wednesday challenge-anything goes, just has to have a butterfly, fairy or angel on your project.

 Here is my card:



    Cardstock: Bazzil Gray and Turquoise, white Wasau Brite White, K&Co (green)

DP-K&Co. Poppy Seed

Stamps: SU Apothacary Art, Close to My Heart-Card Chatter, Sympathy

Colored with Copic Markers

Accessories: SU Elegant Lines Embossing folder and Framelits Labels collection, Flower Soft, Martha Stewart Monarch punches small and large, Craft wire, lime green Stickles

Picking Flowers

Wow, winter is back! After a week of extreme temps for March, with highs reaching the 80s, it is back to reality here in Upper Michigan! We had snow on our roofs this morning-none stuck to the ground, but it was there never the less. And temps are back in the 30s. So I really should be working on those inside chores, right? Hmm, will have to consider that :)

This is a card I made for CR84FN50 color challenge-to use pink, orange and yellow. 

The little girl image is from a clear stamp from Stapmavie. I love this little girl, she reminds me of my Meg when she was little! I've had the stamp for some time but had not inked it up. My craft group had a 'Craft Weekend' last week, and this was one of the stamps I brought to work with. I like this stamp so much it sent me on a search for more Stampavie stamps. I found some, but have to wait until next month to order some more-I've spent my allowence for this month :))

I stamped with Memento Rich cocoa and colored with Copic markers. I cut the image out with Spellbinders and matted it wiht a narrow edge mat by tracing around the die and hand cutting it. I added some Stardust Stickles to the flowers and ribbon on her hat. The Cardstock and DP are from this mmonths Gina K. Stamp TV Kit. The corner flourishes are also cut with the Spellbinders. I added 3 teeny tiny butterflies cut with SU Butterfly embosslit. Hope you like!

Spring Crocus

Here I am again with another spring flower card. I have 2 crocus just like these blooming outside on the south side of my house, and it's only the middle of March! I really have to plant some new ones out there this fall.
This card I made using the sketch from The Sweet Stop Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Sketch challenge SSS149 . I am still working with the purple and aqua color scheme. So cheerful.

 

I used the crocus image from Flourishes 'A Year in Flowers 1". Stamped on white cardstock with Memento Black ink and colored with Copic markers. I cut it out with Spellbinders Classic circles. I used Pebbles chalk around the circle while it was still in the die.  I used Scrappyland Spellbinders Fluted Labels and cut it from DCVW white core cardstock for the mat for the flower circle. I distressed the label with a sanding block. All except the white cardstock are DCWV, the DP is from DCWV Summer Dream paper pack. I used the SU Finial Press embossing folder on the back ground piece and sanded it, too. The sentiment is from SU Abundant Hope stamp set, stamped in SU marvelous magenta ink. For the butterflies I used stamps from a Martha Steward set-I no longer have the packaging, so I don't know what the name of the set is. I stamped them in Memento Tuxedo black and colored them with Copic markers. Then I cut them out by hand. I used Versmark ink and clear embossing poweder, layering the embossing powder until I had a thick layer on them. The flower panel is attached with foam dimentionals. I added some Stardust Stickles to the flowers-gotta have the shine!

Second Pansy card

Here is the second card I made with the Taylored Expression Sketch  and the Flourishes Corlor challenge

I loved the colors in the flourishes challenge, and this sketch from Taylored Expressions. So I had to make the second card, cause I couldn't quite decide which design paper to use, so I made a card with both of them!  Here is the second card.

I changed the background paper, used pearls, and used a different colored border on this one. Otherwise everything is the same as the first card. They turned out so pretty.