todays cards

the Hero Arts take time collage tag was stamped with Memento cocoa ink on one of those tags i dyed in the paas Easter egg dye... then over colored with copic markers, the "take time" was done twice so the top one is up on popdots. the flower in the tag hole is metal, the brads are unknown. the polkadot ribbon is from Basic Grey and the orange-ish/brown one is May Arts. the linen (or canvas i forget and mix them up all the time) background is stamped with versafine sepia on hammermill110 and cut out with pinking shears, machine sewn to the close to cocoa mat. Prima flowers, the su sentiments stamped in memento cocoa also. this is 5X7 in real life. Lee has a bling challenge for VSN Vegas at splitcoast right now and the challenge was to cover the entire image with glitter no bits and dabs of bling thank you very much, this really was an challenge for me since its not something i like to clean up... the Gina K. Butterfly is from the take flight set and colored with prisma pencils, the Whippersnapper sentiment is stamped on the same scrap of pale blue cardstock as the labels 4 die cut mat under the butterfly (but the cardstock is unknown) Printed papers are from Basic Grey (surprise surprise eh?)

an angled crop view of the BLING...

This is another Gina K set images (MyCuppaJoe) that came to me via the pif swap threads from Stampermom23boys ( Thanks Carrie!) its colored with primsa pencils and die cut with nesties, sentiments up on pop dots and there's a bit of diamond glaze on the beans... ric-rac's unknown. this ones a-6 in real life. the pink is Paper trey inks sweet blush, the stripe pp is from My Minds Eye. the green texture cs is bazzill.

cool beans view

Hero Arts potted plant stamped with memento bamboo leaves ink on hammermill 110 and then colored over bits and parts with copic, bic and sharpie markers with some gelly roll glaze pens over the top. there is some distress ink along the edges. the sentiment's from Hampton Arts, pp is from Basic grey, the big brads are from Joann's fabrics, the darker green cs is true thyme the cardbase is bazzill this is 6 inches square in real life.

Inside peek of this card, the leave shapes are su, done in distress ink the friendship quote is from A Muse and the crabby apology is from Rubber soul. tfl.

Happy Mail Catch-up

From Stampin Meg.

an return rak card from BonnieRose at splitcoast.

an textured thank-you note card from LindainNC

an thanks for wishrak from Ronnicole2001

also an wishrak thanks card from C-Mouse. Thanks so much ladies!

this weekends cards

tried to edit this post from Tim's computer and he's done something to his settings again *sigh* so i no longer can do anything that needs an password cookie. This is why they call them personal computers lol... This ones for Tim's dad's fathers day. the Art Impressions Pierre is colored with prisma pencils, the wine bottle opener charm was found in the bead isle in an asst. package at walmart (years ago) cant remember who makes the sentiment its a newer one (and not a company i have bought from before is probably why i forget before i try to type it) haven't added it to the stamp blog yet for the same reasons.

Just messing around, got this SU branch out set from Alice's party and added some stampscapes grass and birds, stampendous sentiments up on pop dots with a bit of diamond glaze on the tire swing. its 5X7 in real life.

another one, but not sure i like this one, tried to do the sky with all the pale colors of blue copic's i have but, seems like a waste of ink to do so much space that way. this ones A-6.

there is a bit of pale green flower soft on this tree, and the first part i did with the flower soft glue and later as i was adding the diamond glaze to the tire swing i thought oh add some more floofy... well i used the diamond glaze glue. ( DON'T DO THIS) it peeks through the flower soft all shiny and bright when its dry lol so that could be another reason why its not going into the favorites thing...

If you could make a card for yourself what would it say? this one was going to have my hand writing scrawled on the lined paper backgrounder proclaiming you are more then just a number (which i know) but, still something that as i age and the pounds just seem to be migrating along my body rather then jumping ship when I'm abusing it on my bike that i wish i was seeing that number become smaller...

(don't we all?)

been trying to make some room in my colored images tin, because its full. the su background (soft swirls) is heat embossed in seafoam white on colormates mauve cs. (its more like thick paper then cardstock though so works well for layers) the insides of the hearts were colored with an copic marker. cat was done in pencils of course. its 5X7 also.

This dog always makes me laugh when i see it but the sentiments that come to mind are not out in rubber (as far as i can tell) lol $hit happens would work well with it too eh? Or Freeze! or cut it out off the grass and stand it up on its feet and say something like this is a stick-um up! (cut off the bee) at any rate i have a few of these colored and have a hard time thinking of which sentiment to add and came across this rubber romance one and thought hmmm maybe...

the my minds eye printed paper came in a slab type pad from craft warehouse and its thin. paper thin like printer paper thin, not at all like what they sell by the sheet loose.

so even though i don't like the stitching color thread on that ribbon its too late to change it because the papers so thin among other reasons.

just another simple one

The manila shipping tag on this card is one i dyed in the left over Easter paas dye. the pink button (a gift from stuffy! thanks chick!) is an BRAD which is kinda funny because, i did not read the package and pulled it right off the metal thingy that made it a brad so its held together with glue dots (Note to self: one of these days i gotta buy stock in that co.) and its large enough to cover the yellow part of the tag that did not absorb dye.

So it was a good weekend, pretty much had time to play off and on both days, Boys took me to the movies on Saturday. we've been talking about going and trying it ever since we went to Portland last for the dr. visit and so it went well there were maybe only a few words i didn't get (the girl who plays wolverines love interest who dies in the end don't know her name couldn't get every word she said must have been her voice) and but i knew this would be you know less conversations to follow seeing an marvel comic movie rather then an big drama. Alice wants to go see star trek some time (so does Tim) hopefully its nearly the same more action less talk. which is not how i like my books but for movies 'specially movies that are not close captioned i think that will be the thing for the next little while. and a really cool thing, Tim dragged me to radio shack yesterday and bought things to make my ipod cords that go from the sound processors be able to plug in at waist length now instead of me being able to plug them in and set the ipod on the floor... (and I'm 5'9"!) so, that is a lot less weight pulling on them too. which is freeing.

thursdays cards

This whippersnapper birthday bear came to me from CalBearStamper (Thanks Thao!) as one of the very first PIF images i ever snagged, i colored this a long time ago and fished it out of the tin this evening to pair with this Penny Black sentiment (up on pop dots) that just makes me smile. the pp is unknown, black cardstock is textured, the cardbase is pale plum and this ones 5X7 in real life.

Picked up these dahlia nesties when we were in Portland last time and finally got around to running them through the bug, ran some perfect plum and pale plum scraps through an swiss dots folder then die cut them into the flower shapes. the buttons from MM, dmc embroidery thread, unknown ribbon. sentiments from A Muse. this is A-6 in real life.

Birthday girl

This is Stuffy's birthday card (which she does not have yet its still in the mail) but, this Sugar Nellie's "Daisy" my absolute most favoritest SN stamp, is one that Stuffy gave me for Easter so it seemed appropriate to use it for her birthday card shes colored with prisma pencils with a bit of stardust gelly roll glaze pen and then die cut with the nesties label 1 die. the sentiment on the front is an dawn houser (maybe uptown ?) I've had it forever and can't remember ever using it, the inside has an regular happy b-day sentiment inside. the printed papers are basic grey, the tiny ric-rak is from Wrights.

some from today

Been playing with the flower soft, (heather) this is an Penny Black fresh fields stamped in versafine Spanish moss on cream cardstock the petals were over colored with an bic-mark it marker, then the flower soft is in the centers...

Sentiments from Penny Black also. this is 5X7 in real life. the mulberry is from an old old mat stack and the stripe pp is from Chatterbox. the distressing on the edges of the stripe pp has some old linen distress ink on it also.

The only thing different about this is the pp layer is from provo craft i believe. ( have had this paper forever)

This Image came to me inside my Easter exchange gift from BasketBrains Thanks Stuffy! (best guess is she is an Elizabeth Bell design but not sure if shes an whiff of joy or an sugar nellies one...) shes colored with prisma pencils, the dew drops are also from Stuffy and the Sentiments from SU (not sure which set the rubbers lavender and Ive had it forever though) the printed papers are all Basic Grey except the stripe is a scrap of chatterbox, the ribbons from a left over project and originally came from the cutting dept at Joann's Fabrics. ( no idea on the mfg anymore) The edges of the main panel were punched with an EK success scalloped scallop border punch and the sentiment was die cut with petite ovals, (it's up on pop dots) this card is 5 1/2 inches in real life.

This one is an Wishrak Image from Collette (Thanks hon!) he's (Oakley in the tub) from whiff of joy colored with prisma pencils and die cut with labels 1 nesties, the texture under that is an a-2 plastic folder from Quickutz called dots and diamonds. the cardstock its embossed on was an sheet of gp110 sprayed with glimmermist, a tiny bit of the edges have been swiped with an dewdrops pad (same as the Oakley panel) the dots and stripe pp are from My Minds Eye. The Cardbase is Bazzill and this one is 6 inches square in real life.

Penny Black Fantasy tree stamped with versafine toffee on cream cardstock, the "blooms" were over colored with a couple of pink copic markers, the sentiments from the SU set (bloomin beautiful) the mat under this is creamy carmel, the background is an alcohol ink and the cardbase is Blush Blossom. this one is A-6 in real life.

I am always in need of welcome cards for the RAK group or new wishrak peeps and so this is something that as soon as i received some images from Leigh Anne i bought this one when i came across it on sale ( Inkadinkado reproduction psx image) (think they call these fine line classics off the top of my head) Stamped with Versafine vintage sepia on cream cardstock colored with prisma pencils and die cut with Curved rectangle nesties. these are A-4 in real life. the pp is from Basic Grey, card base is bazzill. the ribbons May Arts.