Silver Best Wishes

Yay - I got to stamp!  I got a lot accomplished around the house yesterday, so I treated myself to some stamping last night.  First, of course, I had to tidy up a bit:)  But then I stamped.  I only got two cards done, but it was fun.

The silver embossed piece here is more "recycling."  It is a chocolate wrapper.  I love the texture in it.  I adhered it on a piece of cardstock and then used a Tapestry Cuttlebug folder to emboss it.  I mounted it on a piece of navy blue cardstock.  The sentiment is from a set by Stampin' Up! called Take Three.  The card base is from Die Cuts With a View.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Simple Sympathy

 

Gosh, I haven't stamped a card in nearly a week!  I sure hope I can get some stamping time today.  We went to Chicago early Friday morning and got home late Monday night.  We had a wonderful visit with our daughter, son-in-law and grandson.  Next time we see them, our granddaughter will have arrived!  We are supposed to go out of town this weekend, too, but we had to cancel to try to get a few things done around the house.  We are working in our kitchen, and it's moving along VERY slowly, but we are making progress.  Sure will be nice not to have to go into the living room to use the microwave!  And at least we plugged the stove back in and got it out of the middle of the kitchen:)  Baby steps! :)  But, enough about that!

I have photographed this card several times in different lights, and can't seem to get a good picture of it.  So, I'll just go with the best I've got.  The image is stamped on a paint sample from Home Depot.  We need a new backsplash in the kitchen and have decided to go with a paintable wallpaper that looks like a tin ceiling, and we'll paint it a metallic silver.  We got several different color samples and I thought instead of throwing them out, I would incorporate them into cards.  I stamped the flower, stem and leaves using Gina K's Tropical Flowers set.  The sentiment is from Papertrey's Wishing You set.  I used a corner slot punch and then rounded the corners of opposite corners.  The paper is from a large pad from Michael's (The Stack?  The Slab?) from a few years ago and is matted with black.  The pearls were originally white, but I colored them with a black Sharpie marker.

Thanks so much for stoping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Simple Thanks

I haven't had any time for card-making lately, so I'll just share this super-simple thank you card.

While digging through my drawer full of stickers and things, I came across some glittery rub-ons.  I can't tell you the brand, but I'm pretty sure they came from Michael's.  The leaves are one large rub-on.  The lines are embossed with my Scor-Pal.  The "Thanks" sentiment was a single stamp that was a bonus with my Verve order.


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Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone.  I hope you all have someone special to spend the day with.

This is the card I made for our son and daughter-in-law.  The stamps were a gift from a friend a few years ago.  I do believe they came from the dollar spot at Target.  I stamped them with Versamark and embossed them with silver detail embossing powder.  They are mounted on Real Red and then shimmery silver.  The lines are scored with my Scor-Pal and the ribbon is from a Christmas gift.  The image panel is popped up on Pop Dots.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Valentine for Andrew

This valentine is for our grandson.  

The image is from the Cuddly Buddly website.  I colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with Gamsol.  The heart is printed on a separate sheet, cut out, and covered with red Fun Flock.  I used a scalloped square Nestability for the matting.  The background is embossed with a Cuttlebut folder and matted with red.  The ribbon was from a Christmas gift:)

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon! 

Happy Birthday, Dylan!

This card is for my neighbor who turned 12 yesterday.  I babysat for him from the time he was born until he was four.

I stamped the letters with an alphabet set from Inkadinkado and four different colors of Versamagic chalk inks.  I distressed the edges and mounted them on Stampin' Up! cardstocks.  The "brads" are actually from the jewelry department at Michael's and, I believe, are called "studs."  The scoring lines are done with my Scor-Pal.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's set called "Around and About."  the card measures 8.5 x 3.5 inches - to fit into a business size envelope.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

CAS Thinking of You

I haven't had time to stamp for quite a while, so I'll share a quick card I made last week.

I punched the border with a Martha Stewart punch.  I did the scoring with my Scor-Pal, then sponged a little green on the edges.  I used Stampin' Up! markers to color through the holes in the border.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! (All Year Cheer I) and the butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch and have pearls for their bodies.

I'm not sure how much posting I'll be doing for a while.  Seems we have a lot going on!  But, I'll do my best:)

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

2RedBananas Banana Split Sunday Challenge - Valentine

This week's challenge on the 2RedBananas blog is to make a Valentine.  I got this sweet House Mouse image from 2RedBananas, but I'm not sure if it's still available there or not - sorry!  There are other House Mouse stamps available, though.

I stamped the image on Papertrey Ink's Stamper's Select white cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and blended with Gamsol.  I added tiny pearls for the flower centers and matted it on Real Red cardstock.  The sentiment is from an Inkadinkado set.  I punched the little red hearts and "sprinkled" them on the card.  Then i glued them down wherever and in whatever orientation they landed.  That is so not me! :)  I like it, though.


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Super Simple CAS

This is one of the two cards I made a few days ago when I was doing the SCS Clean and Simple Challenge.  I promised I would share, but I sent one out before I took a picture of it.  Oh well, it was the same as this one except it said "thanks a bunch."

I brayered the embossing folder with So Saffron ink.  I added the flower centers with a stamp from Papertrey Ink.  I scored lines on both sides of the So Saffron.  The sentiment and butterflies are both rub-ons from an older SU! Sale-a-Bration set.  That's it!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

JustRite Stamper Anniversary

I made this card as a special order for a "customer."  (Thanks so much, Nancy!)  I was going to ask if she minded if I posted it, but I forgot, so I'm just going to upload it.  I hope it's all right.:)

The sentiment was done with my JustRite Stamper.  The flower is an Inkadinkado stamp that I colored with Stampin' Up! markers.  I did the cutting with Circle Nestabilities.  The image/sentiment panel is mounted on Pop Dots.  I embossed the background piece with a Swiss Dots folder.  The scoring is done with my Scor-Pal and the border is done with a Martha Stewart punch.  The blue matting is SU!'s Pacific Point.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Paper-Pieced Flowers Birthday

I came across this stamp when I got out the lighthouse stamp for the card I posted yesterday, and thought I should use it.  Paper-piecing seemed like a good idea:)

The stamp is by Whipper Snapper and I stamped the image on patterned paper.  I used all patterned papers, but it's really hard to tell.  Both of the flowers and the flower centers are pieced.  I used a Certainly Celery marker to color the leaves.  The patterned paper is from an old "The Stack" from Michael's.  I matted the image with black and Certainly Celery.  I also used the patterned paper on the card base, matted with black.  The ribbon is Certainly Celery from Stampin' Up!  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink - called Wishing You.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

SCS Featured Stamper Challenge - Masculine Card

This card is for this week's SplitCoastStampers Featured Stamper challenge. The Featured Stamper this week is Nicole, and here is the card I chose to case from her wonderful gallery.

I stamped the image (by Impression Obsession) with Soft Suede on shimmery ivory paper, and then embossed with clear embossing powder. The sentiment (from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics) is done the same way. I matted it with Soft Suede and added the black decorative border, punched with an EK Success fleur-de-lis punch. The background is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder which I had brayered with Soft Suede. It's matted on Basic Black. The ribbon is from Basic Gray. The card base is Very Vanilla.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

SCS Clean and Simple Challenge - Daisies

This card is for Clean and Simple Challenge #52 on SplitCoastStampers, which is a sketch. I had an idea of what to do, and I changed most of it along the way:)  I did make a couple super quick cards with the pieces I didn't use, but I haven't taken pictures of them yet.  Maybe I'll share them with you another day.  I did the embossing with a Cuttlebug border folder. I stamped the flower centers with Stampin' Up!'s So Saffron ink and a stamp from Papertrey Ink's Paper Tray set. I sponged a little bit of Pallette New Leaf ink from PTI on the edge. The ribbon is from JoAnn's. The sentiment is stamped with New Leaf and the stamp is from PTI's set called Wishing You. The daisies are from Martha Stewart. I got them at a Big Lots when we were on vacation in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan last summer. Sure wish I had picked up several more packages! Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

February Calendar Page

Here is February's calendar page.  And the details:)  Can you believe it's February already???  I sure can't!

The background is shimmery light pink paper embossed with a heart Cuttlebug folder.  The hearts stamp is from Michael's from the dollar area, stamped with Real Red from Stampin' Up!  The heart frame is cut with a Sizzix die.  The sentiment stamp is from Inkadinkado.

If you would like a copy of the Excel file I created for the blank months, just send me an email at LJNeus@hotmail.com.  For those of you who have already received it from me, I would love to hear from you and see if it printed out correctly for you.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

2RedBananas Banana Split Sunday Challenge - Hearts

This card is for today's 2RedBananas' Banana Split Sunday challenge.  The challenge today is an inspiration challenge, and the inspiration is Hearts.  This time of year I guess that should mean valentines:)  However, I wanted to do something other than a valentine.  Won't you join us?  Please link your card to the 2RedBananas blog with Mr. Linky.

The set I used for this card is called "Wrapped In His Love."  I stamped the image with copper ink and embossed it with glittery copper embossing powder.  I had to take the picture at night, so I apologize for the quality of it.  I colored the ribbon with one of my three Copic markers:)  I cut and embossed the image with a rectangle Nestability and matted it on black.  The sentiment is stamped with Versafine black ink and embossed with black detail embossing powder.  I embossed the background, which is shimmery copper paper, with a Fiskars texture plate.  That layer is also matted with black.  The image layer is mounted on Pop Dots for a little more dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Birthday Flowers

Another flowery birthday card from me - imagine that!  I love flowers.  What can I say:)

The flower stamp is from Gina K's set called Lovely Shelf.  I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol.  But, instead of leaving the flowers soft and shading them, I colored them dark.  I did them light at first, but didn't like them very well.  I like them much better this way.  The sentiment is from Papertrey's Birthday Basics set.  All the pink is Pink Pirouette from Stampin' Up!  (It's now retired.)  I also used black for matting the main image panel and I used Pop Dots to mount the sentiment.  Two unusual things about this card.  One is that I didn't use white for the base:)  The other is the bottom sheerish-black layer.  We got a new netbook computer at Christmas, and this is the fibrous, papery thing that was protecting the keyboard.  I was going to toss it, but then I realized it would work somehow on a card!  I like the looks of it - being able to see the pink through it.  A couple pearls for the flower centers and the card is complete.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Tropical Flowers Thank You

 

Another quick post for today.  I only have one more card made up, and then I'm going to have to do some stamping!  I've been spending time re-making cards to sell.  That's been kind of fun, too:)

This card uses the same stamp from Gina K's Tropical Flowers set and the same technique that I used a few days ago.  This time I used Always Artichoke, Rose Romance and Rose Red Stampin' Up! markers.  First I stamped the stamp in Rose Romance, then colored the stems with Always Artichoke, then "thumped" with the Rose Red.  I did this three times.  The Thank You sentiment is from 2RedBananas. The patterned paper is from Debbie Mumm's Baby Girl matstack.  All the panels are mounted on Always Artichoke.  I often try placing my panels at an angle, and then I end up putting them straight.  I went with angled for this card!  (EDITED TO ADD:  Here is a link to the "thumping" technique from SCS.  Gina K has also done a video tutorial on it on Stamp TV.)

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon! 

House Mouse Birthday Wishes

Another simple card to share with you today.  One of these days I'm going to get some stamping time!

This House Mouse stamp is called "Just Dandy" (and is available from 2RedBananas.)  I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and blended with Gamsol.  I matted the image on black and added a couple brads and some Stickles on the dandelion.  The sentiment is from Gina K's Elegant Post set.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

House Mouse Anniversary

A "cutesy" card for you today:)  I haven't had time to stamp the last few days, so I had to look through my card stash and see what I hadn't shared yet.

I stamped the House Mouse stamp with Versafine Onyx Black ink and colored it with Prismacolor pencils and blended with Gamsol.  I cut the image out with a Deckled Rectangle Nestability (available at 2RedBananas) then trimmed the left edge.  It's matted with a textured green that came in a scrap pack from Target a while back.  The sentiment is from Gina K's Elegant Post set.  The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punching using SU! cardstock.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Cards for Sale

Just a short post to say that I have decided to offer my cards for sale.  I have started a new blog called "Cards by LynniePoo."  On that blog is a link to a special album I created which only has cards which are totally ready to be shipped out.  There is also another album which has many more cards in it, most of which I would be able to recreate. If you're interested, check it out! :)

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

2RedBananas Banana Split Sunday

Today’s card is for this week’s 2RedBanana’s Banana Split Sunday challenge. The challenge is to stamp your background.

All three of the stamps I used for this card are from the “Wrapped In His Love” set from 2RedBananas.  The card base is Kraft from Papertrey Ink.  I stamped the background flowers with white ink.  I stamped the branch with flowers on a separate piece of Kraft.  I inked up the stamp with white, then used a Close to Cocoa marker to color the branches.  I pierced the border.  I matted the image panel on Pop Dots, then on textured white and Close to Cocoa.  We’d love to have you join our challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

SCS Ways to Use It Challenge

I made this card for this week’s SplitCoastStampers Ways to Use It challenge #254 - to cut out something for your card.

I used Gina K's “Lovely Shelf” stamp set. I stamped the shelf on white cardstock with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink. I stamped the cloth with Elegant Eggplant on vanilla and cut it out. I stamped the vase on Elegant Eggplant with the sepia ink and cut it out, also. I mounted the vase on Pop Dots. I rounded the corners on the image panel and matting, which is Elegant Eggplant, and also the card base. The strip behind is from my card parts pile, and was already scored with my Scor-Pal. I added the ribbon. The image panel is mounted on Pop Dots. The card base is Kraft from PaperTrey Ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

Edited to add:  Oops - I preposted and forgot to upload the photo!  So sorry, for those of you who only get the email and don't actually visit the site!

Lavender Birthday Wishes

I made this card using my new Gina K “Tropical Flowers” set.

I first inked up the flower stamp with Stampin’ Up!’s Lavender Lace. Then I used a Garden Green marker to ink the stem and a Lovely Lilac marker to 'thump' the flowers. I cut the image out with a Petite Oval Nestability and matted it with a scalloped oval cut from Always Artichoke cardstock. The top part of the card is embossed with a Sizzix folder. Then I scored a double line with my Scor-Pal and stamped the sentiment (from Gina K's “Elegant Post") with Lovely Lilac. Oh, I also sponged the edge of the flower piece with Lavender Lace and the bottom panel with Lovely Lilac.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you’ll come back and visit again soon!

"Two-Fer" Day

I actually have eight cards made that I have not shared on my blog - amazing!  It's been fun having time to get some cards made.  Because I have several to share, I think I'll give you two today:)

This first one was made for the Clean and Simple (CAS) challenge for this week on SplitCoastStampers.  The challenge was to use teal, white, and one other color.  My "other color" was black.  I got some Sizzix texture plates a while ago at a local paper store and hadn't used them yet.  I finally used the heart one (see below) and still had it out on my table, so I used the reverse side for these flowers.  The paper I used is textured paper I got in a scrap pack quite a while ago from Target.  I matted it with Basic Black from Stampin' Up!  The flowers are from a bottle of Primas from Michael's and I used a black brad for the center.  The sentiment is from Gina K's Elegant Post set and is stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.

Just a simple Valentine's Day card for this second one.  As I said above, the embossing is done with a Sizzix texture plate.  I used Real Red cardstock.  The ribbon is Christmas ribbon from Martha Stewart.  Works for me!  The sentiment is from Inkadinkado, and the card base is from a box of textured cards from Die Cuts With a View.

Thanks so much for stoppping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Elegant Post - Part Two

This is the card I promised you last week - it's finally here.  It's the other card I made with Gina K's Elegant Post stamp set.

The post is stamped with Versafine Black Onyx ink and embossed with detail black embossing powder.  The hanging basket of flowers is from the same set (as is the sentiment) and I stamped it using my Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement.  I colored it with Stampin' Up! markers.  Then I decided to paper-piece the basket with the same paper I used for the background and just colored the heart.  The punching on the sentiment panel was done with a Stampin' Up! punch.  The patterned paper is all the same - a sheet of Die Cuts With a View that I purchased at JoAnn's, and I matted everything with black.

I'm not sure that I've mentioned that our daughter is expecting baby number two in early April?  We're so excited!  They are having a girl this time - how sweet!  They will be 18 months apart.  She had the 3D/4D Ultrasound again.  Last time we were with them in person, but this time was really cool, too.  We were able to watch it "live" via the Internet even though we were six hours away!  That was very fun.

Anyway, enough rambling!  Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Another Christmas Card???

I just got the Snowflakes Impressabilities from 2RedBananas and had to use it.  It turned into a Christmas card, so I now have another one done for next year.  I think I have about a third of them done.

I embossed with the Impressabilities and then used my brayer to go over it with Soft Silver ink.  I matted that piece with shimmery silver.  I took a white cardstock strip and embossed it with my Scor-Pal and added some Martha Stewart ribbon.  Then I matted that strip with shimmery silver, also.  That is all there is to it!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

2RedBananas Banana Split Sunday - Color Challenge

Today's card is for this week's 2RedBananas' Banana Split Sunday.  The challenge for this week is a color challenge - blue, white and silver.

The main image is a House Mouse image (Just Dandy) available from 2RedBananas. I stamped it on light blue cardstock with Versamark and embossed it with detail silver embossing powder.  I matted it with silver and dark blue.  The fence is punched with a Martha Stewart punch and scored with my Scor-Pal.  The sentiment is from Gina K's set Elegant Post and is also embossed with silver embossing powder.  Why not join us in this fun challenge!  Just link your card to the challenge post on the 2RedBananas blog. :)

EDITED TO ADD:  I had also done this card for the challenge. I could just as well post it here, too:)  Different orientation - same materials, except I used a textured light blue paper and the sentiment is from a Penny Black set.

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Love Birds Anniversary

Yesterday I woke up really early and made two cards. I didn't get a chance to photograph both of them, so I'll just share one of them with you. Turns out the theme for the SplitCoastStampers Ways to Use It Challenge yesterday was birds, so I used it for the challenge:)

I used my new Gina K set called Elegant Post. I paper-pieced the heart. The background paper is from a pad of black and white patterned paper from The Paper Studio. I rubbed the edge of the image panel in black ink. I did the stamping with Versafine Onyx Black, as usual. The sentiment panel is mounted on Pop Dots. I matted both layers with black.

No stamping today. We are having six couples over tonight, and I still have to clean the house and buy the snacks that we need! Oh, and bake cookies! Nothing like waiting until the last minute! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

"Card Parts" Birthday

Another “card parts pile” card for today. I made this card a couple days ago. I made another card the same day, but I’m actually thinking about submitting it for publication. We’ll see what I decide! At any rate, you’ll be seeing that one later. I made two cards already this morning (it’s 6:00 a.m. as I’m writing this) and will be posting them in the next day or two.

The “card part” on this card is the green embossed image. I think it was done with a brass stencil and a BIGkick, but I’m not 100% positive. I did it while in Des Moines in June with my Yahoo! group. I added white dots with a gel pen. The matting is shimmery black and I used a Cuttlebug border embossing folder and my Scor-Pal to embellish it. The background paper is from a free pad from Archiver’s from a couple years ago. The sentiment is from a Gina K set called Elegant Post. (The two cards I made this morning are also using that set.)

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Three Simple Cards

I got a few new Stampin' Up! sets back in September on my last order as a demo, and hadn't used a couple of them. So, here are just three simple cards I made with one of them. The set is called "Of the Earth."

For this first one, I colored the stamp with SU! markers, stamped, and cut and embossed with an Oval Nestability. I put the Nestability back on and used Versamark on it, then used clear, thick embossing powder on it. I heated it, then put on another layer. It's matted with Stampin' Up!'s Always Artichoke. The sentiments for all three cards are from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics set, stamped in Versafine Onyx Black.

The second card uses the same stamp for the main image. I cut it out with a Labels One Nestability. It's matted on Mauve Mist and black. I used a corner rounder and my Scor-Pal. The background is from an older SU! patterned paper in Almost Amethyst. I scored a couple lines on that, also, and used Certainly Celery ribbon.For this third card, I stamped the image on some blue cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black and cut it out with a Square Nestability. The black scalloped piece is also cut with a Nestability. I embossed the square on the card base with a larger die. I really love the sentiments in this Papertrey set!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

SCS Clean and Simple Challenge - Birthday

This card is for SplitCoastStampers Clean and Simple Challenge #49 - to cut out an element and use on your card.

The flower (and leaves and stem) are from a Gina K set called "A Year of Flowers." I stamped them when my friend Harriet was here last summer. I colored them with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol and cut them out. The flower and leaves are mounted on Pop Dots. The layer that the flower is mounted on is cut with a Labels One Nestability and embossed with a Swiss Dots folder. I rounded the corners on the black square behind that layer. The black square is mounted on Pop Dots, also. The sentiment is from Papertrey's Birthday Basics set and is cut with a Spellbinder's tag die set. It's hard to tell in the picture, but I scored a square grid on the card base,and the ribbon is sheer light purple with white dots.

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How I Spent My Birthday

OK. Today is the day I share what we did for my birthday. No, Mary – I didn’t get a new stamping room! LOL! Our son and daughter-in-law came over and we worked on a jigsaw puzzle. Then we all STAMPED!!! And then they made chicken enchiladas for dinner and we watched the Vikings football game. It was an awesome day.

Here are a couple pictures of them deep in thought and hard at work, along with the finished projects. My son made a “Happy First Card to Me” card. My husband made a Mother’s Day card for his mom. My daughter-in-law actually got several cards done, but I didn’t get a picture of them – so sorry! I managed to get one card done (I took the colored image from my “card parts” pile – thanks so much Annie for the cute image!) so I’ll share that one, too. My husband and son both made cards with something on the inside that popped up. So clever they are. If you have any questions on what was used for any of the cards, please let me know and I’ll answer them. (On my son's card - he stamped the sentiment (to himself!) and then hand-wrote the two smaller ones. I think he did that fabulously! My husband used Prismacolor pencils and added Diamond Glaze on top of the flowers.)

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Banana Split Sunday - "Think Round"

2RedBananas' Banana Split Sunday Challenges have started up again for the new year! This week's challenge is to "Think Round" and use some curves.

The stamps I used for today's cards are both from the 2RedBananas set called Precious Bundles. Such a sweet set! I did a lot of paper piecing on it. The moon, the blanket and the jammies and hat are all pieced. I colored the face, hands and the stars. The patterned papers are all from a pad from Deja Views that I got at Archiver's. The main image and the matting are cut with Circle Nestabilities. The star buttons and the circle panel are mounted on Pop Dots. How about joining in on the fun and doing your own challenge card?

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Two More Cards

Here are two more cards I started a couple nights ago and finished up last night. Nothing special, but I'm pleased enough with them:)

The first one is done using a Stampendous set and paper piecing. The papers are all from a Die Cuts With a View Winter Collection Holiday Matstock. Looks kind of "springy" to me! The pink flowers are colored - the rest (including the centers) are paper pieced. The second one is just very Clean and Simple. Used a Cuttlebug border folder, my Scor-Pal and a sentiment from Papertrey Ink. The matting is Bermuda Bay from Stampin' Up!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Two "Hello" Cards

I got to do some more stamping last night, and this is the first chance I've had to upload the cards. I got these two cards finished, and two more started. I'm still waiting for my husband to finish up what he started on my birthday so I can share that with you!

Very quickly, here are a couple details on these cards. The first one uses the birds stamp from Stampin' Up!'s set called "Happy Together." The row of dots and the sentiment are by Hero Arts. The card base is Papertrey Ink's Kraft and the ink is white pigment. The second one uses Stampin' Up's set called "Hello Again." All three stamps are from that set. I used my SU! markers to color the images. The butterfly is cut from a piece of scrap cardstock and mounted on Pop Dots. (It is stamped directly on the background, too.) I used DMC floss on the button. The border is punched with an EK Success border punch. I also used my Scor-Pal.

Thanks so much for looking, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

A Valentine

I am having a hard time getting back into stamping. Seems like it's been a long time and I have too many new things! So, back to my scrap pile. :)

The ribbon for this card was "re-purposed" from a Christmas gift. (Heaven knows it wasn't from me - my presents rarely even get bows!) Isn't it beautiful? The stamp and the chipboard hearts were from a very fun gift I got (bought it myself!) from Tuesday Morning. It was a tote and it was filled with things. I think one day I'll post about it. It had stamps, chipboard, ghost shapes, etc. I may not use many of them, but it will be fun to try. (The tote and everything in it was only $20.) I used Versamark and silver embossing powder for the stamp. I rubbed the heart in Versamark and used the same silver embossing powder. For the other heart, I used red ink and thick clear embossing powder.

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Coppery Birthday

Finally - a chance to stamp! First the Christmas celebration with my mom and dad and a few of their grandchildren, then the quiet Christmas with just Jim and me, then my birthday, then four days of our daughter, son-in-law and grandson being here, then out of town overnight. All great times, but it's great to be back to "normal!" The Christmas things are not quite put away, but good enough. I took some time last night to stamp, but my "mojo" hasn't quite returned.

A few weeks ago I went to a store called Tuesday Morning. They have some good prices on things. I got a three-pack of embossing powders for $4.99. Of course, I have to check everything out when I get it! At the time, I still had Stampin' Up!'s Thoughts and Prayers stamp set on my table, so I stamped the tree with Versamark and embossed it with the sparkly copper embossing powder. Wasn't sure what to do with it. Cut around it. Put it in my "card parts" pile. When I couldn't figure out what to do last night, I reached for the tree. Several years ago when I bought something on eBay, the seller also sent me three copper cards and envelopes. That was so sweet of her, but I still hadn't used them. I thought of them when I had the copper tree in my hand, though. Perfect!! Hmmm ... what next? Needs some black. So went my thought process:) This card is what I ended up with. The tree is mounted on Pop Dots. I used a Nestability and a black glaze pen to draw the rectangle on my background piece - leaving space for the the tree to be "out of the box." The sentiment is from one of my new GinaK sets - called Elegant Post.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon. Hopefully I'll have more to share with you than in the past couple weeks! (I do hope to have a few pictures of an "activity" from my birthday soon - after my husband finishes up something!)

A Christmas-y Thank You

I received a "surprise" Christmas gift this year - a wonderful pair of hand-knitted mittens from our daughter's mother-in-law. I made this card for her. (I also had made one extra calendar this year, and I gave that to her, as well.)

It's pretty self-explanatory, but here is what I used. The "THANKS" is done with a border punch by Martha Stewart on Real Red. I scored double lines with my Scor-Pal. I embossed with a Cuttlebug border folder - snowflakes. I decided it wasn't good enough, so I used white ink on the embossing folder and ran it through my BIGkick again. The white layers are embossed with Cuttlebug folders - Swiss Dots and Snowflakes and the matting is all Real Red by Stampin' Up!

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Happy New Year!!!

I would like to wish everyone who reads this a very Happy 2010!

This is the January page for my new calendar. In case you are new to my calendar, it is 3.5 x 5 inches and fits in a stand-up acrylic frame. I post the page on the First of each month - or at least I TRY to remember! If anyone would like the file I print from, just send me an email. I'm always willing to share:) (It is an Excel file.)

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