shot from Last thursday? ( Ive lost track of the days) Tim was sick last week so guess who he has shared his germs with??)

anyways a few days ago all i did was push around some of the scraps of crate paper on my desk to kinda become card fronts, i intended to sew these up and make cards with them yesterday, but yesterday i did not even set foot in my space. ( went from the sofa to bed, to the computer and back again after i got home from work)

this was just taken a few minutes ago, today i am feeling better. ( whew )

so far I have turned some of these scraps into cards and one fits a SOF challenge at peas...

This is an Old PSX image G-2239 from 1997 that i found on eBay recently and it worked out to be cheaper to buy this one stamp then to buy the retired su set ( which i do have wished images to play with) so, i bought it. Its stamped with Versafine Vintage sepia ink on Papertrey white cardstock. Its colored with Tombo Markers # 076,& 946 and an SU marker bordering blue. The scrap pp's are from Crate Paper, and the blue shimmery cardstock i believe is Bazzill ( but not positive).

This is my SOF un-Christmas challenge card, the lab puppy is also an older PSX image F-2569 and its stamped with versafine vintage sepia also on paper trey white, the puppy is colored with tombo 990. the basket is ruby red, and the blankie is brocade blue markers. the Sentiment is from the SU set "peaceful wishes" and is stamped with the vintage sepia on the shimmery blue. the ribbon is one i bought a few yards of a few years ago at Joann's when they had it cheap because they re-did there cut ribbon section and i have no idea who makes it, its stiffer then my roll of su organdy that's about the same size in width.that's mostly it for today, if i can get peas to cooperate ( IE it keeps closing my browser when i am there says its an adobe flash problem for which there is no cure yet) I will be drawing a name for the Time Lapse challenge players rak too! I also have some Happy Mail to shoot too, received a few more birthday cards, and Tami's fall round robin has arrived back to me too... :)

No time to post...

This was done with an wish rak image from Pinkstampergirl ( Kerry) thanks so much, for my mother in law whose birthday is coming up this next saturday. I am planning to give all the images of this cruisabella that were raked to me to her also. ( its OK to post it we had to give her her things today since we wont be seeing her on the actual day) I have colored her with prisma pencils, the pp is from CratePaper, the ribbon is from May Arts, and there's a bit of machine sewing thread. the gold cardstocks from Bazzill and the sentiment is from the SU set called all holidays and stamped in Versafine Vintage sepia. this is 5X7 in real life.

This one is kinda a scraplift of the welcoming card i received to the rak group, the ruffled blooms are stamped on really rust card stock with versafine ink then i added some black stickles to the dots of the flower. the pp is from Basic Grey, the sentiments from Hero Arts and the copper organdy is a generic ( no name brand) spool from Craft wear house. all they say on the spools are like 25 yards and made in china... ( cheap stuff )like less then 3.00 for the spool.

This one all i did was add a loop of ribbon around the dots and Daisy's background on this card from Saturday.

So this is what my table looked like at the end of Sunday afternoon. I haven't been up stairs since so, hopefully i can go now... :)

some things from yesterday

This card was done for Flexie's Card sketch challenge in the sunroom yesterday morning, the dots and Daisy's was stamped in barely banana, the petals were colored with so saffron then there is copper stickles glitter glue in the centers. this is on GP110 cardstock and then the Sisters ( Catslife Press) are stamped with Cognac Hybrid pallet ink on Paper trey white, there is some vintage photo distress ink on the edges of this and the sentiment ( hero arts ) which is stamped with really rust dye ink. the base cardstock is also really rust ink. I'm thinking i may tinker with this a bit and add a ribbon along the left side. its a little naked looking to me. but, i mostly like the colors. there is tea dye distress stippled across every white cardstock on this one.

this was done for Deloris shadow stamps challenge. the bonus to it was if you used only Hero Arts stamps you got an extra ticket for doing it... the HA row of Jubilee dots is stamped in memories dye ink soft sage on PaperTrey white cardstock, the Dec 25th, HO HO HO, and love from all of us are stamped with Tombow markers # 845 & # 192. the green ribbon was salvaged from a christmas package to me last year so (unknown) the Real red (SU) cardstock had been spray painted with Krylon gold webbing spray and there is krylon gold paint pen on the edges of the cardstock also. after i went along the edges randomly with an Eucalyptus Stickles glitter glue. remember most the challenges posted for SOF at two peas you have all week to work on them and the ones with RAKS are being drawn next saturday.

I offered to do a misc. rak for SOF this time around since i was doing some tutorials for the sunroom and so my own challenge on the board there is SOF time lapse. ( take mug shots of your space this week as you wreck or clean your room or even get one of your self in there) and add them to the thread in the stamp gallery. its possible to edit your own posts so, if you put in one photo now you can add another in a day or two by changing the number on how many photos part during the edit, after you change the number then hit update and more uploading boxes will appear at the bottom of the page.

this was just for me at the end of what felt like the LONGEST day. :) I had this stamp out for one of the wish rak's i did and i had done them in some fallish colors for fun, this particular one i colored all the petals with an Gelly roll gold pen. was trying for an angle shot to catch the bling bling. the orange is not quite so bright in real life.

this one the colors are more realistic. the sentiment is stamped with Versafine ink ( cant remember the color name but, its kinda an olive limeish green) the dots and Daisy's background is stamped with Cognac Palette hybrid ink on Pumpkin Pie cardstock, the white cardstock is from Paper Trey and the green textured card base is bazzill. the sentiments from A Muse Artstamps and punched with the (blue size) scalloped oval then i did an Pink scallop oval from the green club scrap paper i have but it was too much trim to suit me so i took some scissors and trimmed it down to about 1/16 of an inch i guess.the flowers growing and the sentiment are up on pop dots and the ribbon (trim) is from May Arts.

World Cardmaking Day greetings!

Good Morning! yep its here the challenges are UP and running at two peas now for stamptoberfest! Link takes you to the main thread on the stamping board.

The doors are also open for the Stamp Shacks Open House...

and starting in about 3 1/2 more hours the first class will open on the Sunroom Library's storage site... CARDTOBERFEST turn your MSN Live on to ask Questions you may have...

Happy Stamping Saturday People!

It SNOWED!

I spent some time this am sipping coffee watching snow fall... BRRR! :) Its stopped now though ( Whew! ) I have lots of flower pots and things to empty and put away in the garden shed before it gets serious about this whole turn into winter now that its fall thing... ran up stairs intending to put together some wishes this am. Today's a late start day at schools here, and ended up tossing together this card real quick. the white cardstock is from PaperTrey and the flower image is from the SU set called art of life, its stamped with Earth Elements SU watercolor crayons direct to rubber. ( sprayed misted water on the rubber then colored the crayons on the rubber damp ) The sentiment is from A Muse and it (teeny tiny even for an amuse stamp) but, it reads, " May your house always be too small to hold all your friends" ~ IRISH Proverb its stamped in Cognac Pallet Hybrid ink. ( I picked up two of these pads to play with and am liking what i see soo far. :) ) There is Shabby Shutters distress ink on the edges of the white cardstock and Worn Lipstick distress on the edges of the Fancy Pants PP. the ribbons from May Arts. and the whole card is 5X7 in real life. Keep warm! and get your space ready for this weekend, there is so much going on around the net for cardmakers starting saturday. :)

Mounted my Bellas {& other random thoughts}

ha you ever have an UGLY card day? that turns it self around and you end up with some really cool cards you LOVE but, you cant share them yet because they are for an assignment, so you keep going and end up the day with MORE Ugly cards?!?! lol so, how was your day dear?

This was done with some scraps of things i do love that you'll just have to check in next week if you want to see them... this is the one that made me decide it was time to call it a day.

Now this i just a little something from yesterday. the image and sentiment are stamped on cream hammermil cardstock from staples. ( before i stamped on it) i patted and rubbed some Vatican Wine Chalk finish ink from Fresco on it... so the image is from Inkadinkado, and the sentiments from SU. they are stamped in Versafine Onyx black. the edges have gold paint pen on them then the whole thing is A-2 in size in real life. as simple as this is i really like this one, the color's yummy to me and its ah maybe even will work for a guy card, or a grown up card anyways... seems to me the people i give cards to are not quite as impressed with the cards i make with 50 layers and the latest embellishments on them. so simple is good.

this is something fun i found last Saturday at linen's & Things, its a drawer organizer bin thing... but the cards inside it the largest one is 3X3 in real life. so, as i cut up these odd strips of cardstock i have started scoring them and trimming them up to be Square little gift tag size things... left them on the table so i wouldn't forget about them either.

Yep, its true all my Bella's and fellas have become wood mounted stamps.

this is like such a "thing of beauty" for me. I have also mounted all the rubber i own that was unmounted, the TAC sets, the POD flowers, the MaVincis's Alphabets and number sets, all of them, every last rubber has a block and an index sticker now...

so today i ordered a whole pile more of these iris project cases from staples and they are supposed to arrive tomorrow.

Life is good :)