Birthday Wishes

I know my titles are not that creative, I will work on that! But I made this card for a friends little boy who turns two. We are going to the birthday party tomorrow. My kids should love that, and my friends have friends who have b/g twins as well and they are about 6 months older so that is always fun. Let's hope it doesn't rain too bad like they say.

I started with SU River Rock and used CB embossing folder Swiss Dots. Has anyone seen the new folders coming out in June? I forget where but I saw them online. I hope that some of my local stores get them in! The patterned papers are from the DCWV stack pack called Nana's Kids and they are glitter papers which I love! I layered them with Close to Cocoa and Certainly Celery. The layered papers on the left are raised using pop dots as is the scalloped sentiment. I used the SU set "So Many Scallops". I've been finding I love this cute little set and it's so perfect because it works well with the SU scallop punch (which I think is the point!) but I do love that scalloped punch. The chipboard number I had in my stash and I think it was from a pack I got at Walmart a long time ago.

I have some cool things coming my way. I placed an order with Unity Stamps which I'm psyched about. I heard alot of good things about them. I will soon have some samples with the great new sets by Clear and Simple Stamps, coming June 1. And you will want to check out Mothers & Daughters Creations as they have added some fantastic new clear stamps by Imaginisce and they now carry the super cool papers by Core'dinations. Just as soon as I get the stamps in I will be sure to have samples posted.

Soon I will also post some blog candy!! I have to say I have some SU sets that I haven't used much if at all. What do you guys think, is it rude to offer blog candy on slightly used sets? (but in great condition!) I thought that might be better than trying to sell them, it would be nice to give them to someone who would like to have them. What do you think, you can be honest!

That's it for now!

Till later....

Fluttering Butterflies

Happy Thursday! I didn't get time to stamp today and tonight the season finale of LOST is on so no time then. However I had this card saved from when I first got my Score Pal. OK that wasn't too long ago just a few weeks. But this grid technique was on SCS right about the time so I decided to take a stab at it. I do have to say it's much nicer in person. I added glitter to all the butterflies and it looks great. I used my brayer for the background in Blue Breeze by Kaleidacolor. The images are by Stampin Up and the Essence of Love set. I like the simplicity of this card.

Sorry to be short I think naptime is coming to an end soon. Have you seen the new Unity Stamps yet? They look really cool and the stamps are supposed to be pretty large. Today until midnight they are having a "random" sale where there are 5 sets grouped together and you get them all and free shipping for a special price. I am not affliated but thought I'd share. I might have to take a dive into the pool on this one to check it out.

Also June 1 is the release date for some new sets by Clear and Simple Stamps. There will be wedding themed ones and travel themed ones, you will want to check it out!

Thanks for stopping by.

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Lauren's Sketch Challenge

Hey I'm catching up with some challenges how awesome is that? This sketch is for Lauren's sketch challenge for this past week. She had two challenges one was using the squares and another one using circles. I don't know why but I don't love using circles yet. So I picked the squares and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

Check out the awesome patterned paper I used for the squares! It's by Daisy Bucket and is called Under the Boardwalk and can be found here at Mothers & Daughters Creations. The base of this card is SU Close to Cocoa and the green is Certainly Celery. Can you see the awesome bling in the upper right flower? It's a glitter dot from Gina K.
Isn't' that awesome bling?? My sentiment is from the SU set Essence of Love. Finally the ribbon is by American Craft. I have to tell you awhile back I picked up some of this ribbon at AC Moore in the clearance bin. They had these little American Craft ribbon sets that normally sell for about $6.00 for $1.00! And I love it, it's fantastic quality! I wish when I had gone back that they had more.

That's it for now. Thanks for stopping by.

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Little Trucks

This card I created for my little boy's birthday. Actually my Grandma asked me to make cards for my twins who turn 2 this month.

This card is using Stampin Up's Little Trucks set and Button Bear for the sentiment. I'm finding I am lacking sentiments and have to go back to some old stamps to find some.

I colored in the truck using my Copic markers. I added some google eyes for cuteness. The blue is Ballet Blue, yellow is Yo Yo Yellow and the patterned paper is from a DCWV stack pack. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the background. The black ribbon is from my $1.00 ribbon finds at A.C. Moore. Finally I don't know if you can see it well but I actually scored criss cross lines on the yellow paper.

I sat down to start this card with Amy's weekly sketch. It's a great sketch and my creation was going that way. However, the image I used, the strips I cut it all didn't work well with her wonderful sketch and took a mind of it's own. But I did want to give inspiration credit where credit is due. Thanks Amy for the inspiration, sorry it didn't end up as your sketch. I will try again using another image.

Till later....

Monkey in the Grass

I love this little guy by Autumn Leaves. It's a small clear stamp. It seems like so many companies are going to clear stamps. I think for some the biggest issue with clear stamps is the quality of the images. I always said I prefer rubber to clear. However, I am not a "stamp snob" (can I say that? pls no offense to anyone) so I am very open to trying all stamps. Have you checked out Clear Dollar Stamps? Awesome images there!

This sketch is from Lauren's Saturday sketch challenge. It's a great layout, I did this pretty simple though. Very basic but I think it came out cute. I used Stampin Up Barely Banana as a base and the patterned paper is DCWV as is the blue scallop. The green is SU Mellow Moss. The sentiment is Stampin Up as well.

Chalkboard Butterfly

Here is one more using Beates Chalkboard technique from Wednesday. I used Stampin Up's Garden Whimsy for this one. The background is Regal Rose and I used Eggplant Envy to mount the butterfly on. I added purple eyelets to the corners and stickles on the butterfly. The purple ribbon is from my AC Moore $1.00 ribbon stash, the black ribbon from Michael's and purple bling bling from K & Company.

Sorry to be so quick but I think the kids are about to wake up from nap time and we are going to try and get some WII accessories today! I have a few challenges I look forward to working on. Lauren's Saturday Sketch, Beate's Weekend Sketch just to name a few. Lynda just posted a great card using chipboard to make shaker boxes using Laura's instructions. There is just too much out there! I love it though! Now to find time to play!

Till Later....

An Award for Me?

I couldn't belive it, but I have received the excellent blogging award from Lynda! I was so surprised and honored. And to be among the wonderful stampers she awarded makes it even more special.

Now it's my turn to present this honor to some excellent bloggers:

Jennifer - Glitter In My Hair
Meridith - Little Treasures
Becky - Hemidemisemiquaver

Now I must get back to working on all the challenges for Mothers and Daughters. I am really hoping I can get them all in on time! Part of one challenge is to make a box! It's not the design of the box that scares me it's the folding! LOLOL Without a Score Pal that will be challenging I think. YES I KNOW I haven't purchased a Score Pal yet what is wrong with me??? I have a scoring tool that works ok but does not measure so I hand measure and then score. In the age of cool gadgets I feel like I'm in the stone ages! Anyhow I will post the projects I get done for this challenge once they are all complete. Did I mention these challenges are for a chance at being a guest designer in March, pretty cool huh?

I'm going to leave you with a very simple but cheerful card I made using Stampin Up's Hedgehog Happiness. I like the layout but I could have used better colors, the Barely Banana on the Vanilla didn't quite work well. The green is Mellow Moss and the ribbon is from Michaels. I colored him in using markers. And of course the background is my handy dandy embossing folders for the Cuttlebug, gotta love the bug!

SU Oldie - CPS Sketch Challenge

This is a simple card I made using the sketch challenge over at CPS. If you love the sketch challenges like I do this is a great site to check out. I did a few more of their challenges which I will post soon as well. Check out this week's sketch here.

Here is my creation for the challenge.... I used an old Stampin Up set called Natural Beauty. I haven't used many of my SU sets recently and lord knows I have many so I pulled this one out today. I can't remember but I think this set I received as a freebie when I attended the Providence Demo Regional a few years ago. Unfortunately, I am no longer a demo or hobby demo :-( Maybe one day I will join again! I used rose romance for the base color. The great patterned paper is from the DCWV Mat Stack "Once Upon a Time". This pack has great fairy tale papers which have glitter already on them!! (Sorry if the photo does not pick that up well) I stamped the flower on Vanilla cardstock and mounted it on Mellow Moss. It was colored in with markers (not Copics yet). I added some bling in the middle of a flower, it's part of the blings I picked up at Michael's dollar spot.

This is definitely a super simple card but in the end I really liked it. Nothing too fancy but the paper and flower are fancy enough I thought. Sometimes simple is better.