Make A Wish...Eloise Greengrass!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Happy Sunday everyone!

I had a humungous job at work this week....to design an entire building (2 floors) retrofit with offices, cubes, kitchen and cafeteria, bathrooms and such to suit all the departments that make up our firm. I used to work for architects, but that's it! I'm thrilled to be given this chance to show what I can do though. Hopefully it will lead to more design work!

Besides that, I had a little fun this week. Last month, when I had my two stamping besties, Kadie and Mary over my place, I threw together a little card kit for us to work on. Well, time wasn't on our sides (to work on them) when they were here, so we took them home and agreed to share them with each other and our followers today! So along with you, I'm seeing them for the first time too!


Isn't she the sweetest thing you have ever seen?! Meet Eloise Greengrass from the Chichiboulie Fairie line of stamps from Stamping Bella. In the kit was this funky paper from Basic Grey, called Out Of Print, some paper flowers, a brad, some spotted ribbon (which I ended up not using) and some of this gorgeous lace.

I pulled out my reinkers and aquapainter brush and colored Eloise up in some dainty colors - Tattered Rose and Victorian Velvet from Distress Inks. Then I colored in the background with SU's Cool Caribbean and Old Olive for the grass. The teeny, tiny sentiment is from PTI's Mixed Messages stamp set. I kept the layout pretty simple since the paper was so busy.

Now pop on over to Miss Kadie's and Miss Mary's blog to check out what they did with their kit! I know they're going to knock your socks off!

Thanks so much for stopping by this week! We're spending the day outside cleaning up the yard getting it ready for Spring. I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!


PS. This month's Dirty Dozen gallery is open for viewing and the theme is 'In Stitches'! If you love a laugh or just love stitching on cards, this gallery is a must-see!

Supplies
Stamps: Stamping Bella 'Eloise Greengrass' and PTI's 'Mixed Messages'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', SU's Blushing Bride, Old Olive, Cool Caribbean, Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Distress Inks 'Tattered Rose and Victorian Velvet'

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, Georgia Pacific, PP - Basic Grey 'Out of Print'

Access: Lace, EK Success Corner Punch, Basic Grey Brad, Recollections Paper Flower, Stampendous Crystal Glitter Snow, Machine Stitching, Sponges, Dimensionals

You Go Girl....Card Kit!

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

I think I'm going to unofficially name these card kit posts to 'Random Card Wednesday' because every time my two girlfriends and I do a card kit together, we inevitably post our creations on a Wednesday! It's happened more times than not, so I dub thee....Random Card Wednesday! :)

This month's kit was lovingly put together by my dear friend Kadie. She obviously knew I needed a few cheers sent my way, because the stamped image she sent along is from MFT's A La Mode - All Star set!

I have been on a shopping hiatus ever since The Man restarted his career, so I have been avoiding window shopping in any of the stamp stores online. But I have seen these cuties all over blog land (darn you Blogger!) and I was soooo excited to play with one of them!

For this layout I used last week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #138 because Kadie sent along lots and lots of papers in her kit and I couldn't decide which ones to use! :) That ribbon was also from her kit and I created a little bit more thickness to it by using a edge punch and a little piece of scrap paper. Miss All Star herself was colored with my SU reinkers in Creamy Caramel for her face, Ruby Red for her pants and Not Quite Navy for her blue stripes. The sentiment was from Kraftin Kimmies Everyday Sentiments set.

Now, if you really want to see some FABULOUS cards, pop on over to my other sweet friend Mary as well as Kadie's blogs to see what they did with their kits! I know it's going to knock your socks off!


Thanks so much for popping in today!

Supplies
Stamps: MFT's 'A La Mode - All Star', Kraftin Kimmie Stamps 'Everyday Sentiments'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Ruby Red, Not Quite Navy, Dusty Durango, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen and Black Soot'
Papers: Bazzil Basics, PTI Kraft Cardstock, PP - Ask Kadie!
Access: Ribbon, EK Success Edge Punch, Adhesive Rhinestones, Machine Stitching, Sponges, Dimensionals

Can You Dig It?!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Happy Hump Day everyone!

I'm back with a special card kit that's been month's in the making! My dear friend Mary sent Kadie and I a card kit a long while back and we've been so busy with other things in life that we never got around to creating or posting a card with it...until today!

Anyone who knows me, knows I love a good laugh, so when I opened Mary's card kit and saw this guy for the first time, I busted out laughing in my craft room! And anyone who knows Mary, knows that she loves a good play on words! What a riot this guy is!

His name is Zed and he's from the set of Creatures II stamps from Starving Artistamps - one of mine and Mary's favorite stamp companies! As usual, I colored him up with my reinkers and aqupainter brush using SU's Cool Caribbean. Then I cut him out popped him on dimensionals. The base of the card was created using the papers from Mary's card kit. She said the papers were from Prima and I think I might have to use them again on another card soon, because they're so funky! The buttons and ribbon were from Mary's kit too. If the black cardstock looks like it has a bit of sparkle to it; it's because it does. I haven't replenished my cardstock stash in a while, so the only black paper I could find was the black glitter paper I had left over from all my Halloween cards! Waste not, want not! :) If the layout looks familiar, it's because I borrowed the sketch from Jen's i{heart}2stamp April challenge.

I hope you enjoyed my card today! I'm off to check out what Mary and Kadie have created using the same supplies! You should too!

Thank SO MUCH for stopping by today!


Supplies
Stamps: Starving Artistamps 'Creatures II'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Cool Caribbean, Baha Breeze, Distress Inks 'Vintage Photo and Peeled Paint'
Papers: Georgia Pacific, Bazzil Bling, PP - Not sure, ask Mary! :D
Access: Ribbon, Buttons, Thread, Sponges, Machine Stitching, Dimensionals

Card Kit TIme!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Good morning sweet peeps!

I have a fun card to show you today! It was created with the card kit I sent (actually, I hand delivered it this month!) to my two girlfriends, Mary and Kadie, to see what we all come up with using the same supplies. It's just fun to see what each of us create when our styles are so different!

In the kit, I put a few stamped images of the adorable Emma Puddle Jumper from Claudia & Company (so cute!) as well as a few sheets of BoBunnies Love Bandit collection of papers, some ribbon, a few buttons, a couple of heart trinket pins and some candy dots (which I can't believe I never used!).

Even though I hand delivered this kit to the girls while we were in Maryland, I only got as far as coloring up little Emma while I was there. (Actually, I colored up a few images while I was there! haha) So this is the first time the girls have seen the image put together on a card.

A lot of the BoBunny paper was double sided, but I stuck to the purple and green hues to let the Baja Breeze blue in Emma's dress pop. It's a really simple layout but it lets the image and sentiment shine, I think. I added one of the buttons and the heart pins to the bow, but that's about all the embellishments I used from the kit. I really am embellie-challenged!

Since I was at Mary's when I colored this, I got to use her SU colors, and man - I NEED more colors! lol Time to invest in some more reinkers I think! I used Baha Breeze and Pretty in Pink on her dress, Antique Linen and Tea Dye on her hair and Soft Suede for her shoes. Mr Bunny was colored with a tiny bit of Going Gray and Pretty In Pink (with a teensy bit of Regal Rose) for his nose. The grass was colored with Old Olive and the sky was Cool Caribbean.

I'm dying to see what Kadie and Mary came up with using their kits, so hop like a bunny with me over to their blogs to check out what they've created! Thanks SO much for popping in today! :)

EDITED:
When you get a group of girls together, you do some funny things and we were no different! We didn't realise until we had our shoes off that we all had the same nail polish color on, so we decided to document it and play a little game with all of you! If you can guess who's red toes belong to which girlfriend, Mary has graciously offered up a little candy up for a winner from each of our blogs! Love that girl!

Prize 1

Prize 2

Prize 3


You have until Sunday July 25th at 9pm EST to make your guess and leave a comment!
GOOD LUCK!! :)

Supplies

Stamps: Claudia & Company 'Emma Puddle Jumper' and 'Tea Party Set'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Pretty In Pink, Cool Caribbean, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Going Gray, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye'

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - BoBunny 'Love Bandit Collection'

Access: Ribbon, Button, Heart Trinket Pins, Machine Stitching, Sponges, Dimensionals

Card Kit Time!

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Good Morning!

It's Thursday and the work week is almost done! Woohooo! Don't really have any plans for the weekend but I'm sure we'll find something to do; we usually do. Hopefully it doesn't rain as much as it did last weekend and we can actually play outside instead of inside. Some sun would be nice: is that so much to ask?

Lately I've haven't had too much time to play with any stamps outside of my DT duties, but when sweet Miss Kadie sent Mary and I our June card kits, I was so happy! Finally a card I can create with no (self-applied) pressure involved! :)

Everything in this kit SCREAMED summer! From the paper, to the embellishments to the sweet image itself - now if only the sun would give in to the peer pressure! ;)

I think I've only colored up one other gorjuss girl and I don't own any in my collection either. What's up with that?! I think this needs to be rectified soon! They're SO sweet and I've seen some amazing cards made with them out there in blogland!

For my card kit, I decided the best way to get the most out of all the papers Kadie sent us, was to heap on the layers! So I went straight to my favorite challenge site that I knew had a sketch with LOTS of layers and this week they didn't fail me! I used the Friday Sketchers #105 sketch and distressed all the layers to play up the 'beachy' look. Miss Little Ducky was colored up, as usual, with my reinkers and aquapainter brush. I added just a touch of Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist over the main panel and machine stitched it to a layer of white glitter paper for a bit more sparkle - just like the way the sun makes the water sparkle! The sentiment is from the recently released By The Sea set from There She Goes.

So that's what I did with the set. I'm off to check out what Kadie and Mary did with the kits now - you might want to do the same! :) Thanks so much for stopping by today - it's always appreciated!

Supplies
Stamps: Sugar Nellie 'Gorjuss Girl - Little Ducky', There She Goes 'By The Sea'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Pretty In Pink, Taken With Teal, Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain'
Papers: Bazzil Basics, PP - Unknown
Access: Ribbon, Flowers - unknown, Spellbinders Labels Eight Nestibilities, Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist, Machine Stitching, Sponges, Dimensionals

Relax....This Won't Hurt A Bit!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Good Morning All!

I have been looking forward to showing you all this card since I made it last week. My friends Mary and Kadie have started the monthly card kit back up again. We took a bit of a break over the holidays and now we're back and ready to roll!

Mary was kind enough to cover for me this month and I was so excited when I opened her package because it had some images I've been LONGING to color! Those kooky girls from Kraftin Kimmies Stamps! :D

I think I love these images because they remind me of the characters in Tim Burton's movies; slightly twisted and demented yet as sweet as can be! LOL Mary gave us tons of double sided paper and it was hard to choose which side to use, but I eventually settled on the reds and oranges with a splash of blue and green. I didn't have the perfect sentiment to go along with this image and my printer was packed away, so I settled on this one since it was a bit 'tongue in cheek'. ;)

Drucilla's hair was really hard to do with the reinkers, but I eventually decided to leave highlights where their were rises in her hair and shadows in low areas. It turned out ok, I think. I bet Copics would have done a better job, so I'm eager to see how the girls colored their images in!

Here's a close up of the image for you to see where I put the shadows and highlights. Still need to work on leaving highlights though. Reinkers are hard because you can't use a blender pen to remove any color. Once it's on, it's on for good!

I'm off to check out Mary and Kadie's cards, so thanks for dropping by again today! Tomorrow is another Farm Fresh Friday challenge and maybe an Etsy post too! ;)

Supplies

Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie Stamps 'Drucilla', The Greeting Farm 'Light Up - retired'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Ruby Red, Cranberry Crisp, Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap, Black Soot

Papers: Watercolor paper, Bazzil Basics, PP - unknown

Access: Prima Flowers, Button, DMC Thread, Spellbinders Labels Nesties, Kaisercrafts 'Adhesive Rhinestones, Machine Stitching, Sponges, Dimensionals

Little Red Riding Hood

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Good Morning!


For the past few months, my friends Kadie and Mary have been taking turns swapping card kits with each other. It's been so much fun opening those packages and checking out what yummy things we get to work with each month! And this month was no different! Kadie sent me and Mary the super cute Red Riding Hood image from The Greeting Farm and various Christmas papers!


I have to admit; at first, I was really thrown as to how to make Red Riding Hood into a Christmas card, but then I thought that little Red Riding Hood could be carrying some Christmas presents in her basket so it could pass as a Christmas card! I start out slow, but catch on quick! ;)

I used almost all of the paper Kadie supplied and this week's Weekend Sketch Challenge (WSC#105) was the perfect layout to showcase them all! That red thread is from Kadie's kit too, and even though Kadie supplied some yummy ribbon, I borrowed some from my own stash just because I made this card 5"x7" so that the image could fit comfortably on the card and show off all that great paper and I wouldn't have had enough ribbon to tie a bow.

I have a small stack of Christmas cards piling up now! If I keep going at this pace, I might have enough to give to everyone on my list! Sweet! Ok, I'm off to check out what Kadie and Mary have done with their kits now. You might want to do the same!

See you tomorrow with a few posts from me!

Supplies

Stamps: The Greeting Farm 'Signature', Papertrey Ink 'Mixed Messages'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Ruby Red, Pretty In Pink, Morning Marigold, More Mustard, Cool Caribbean, Distress Inks 'Frayed Burlap and Tea Dye'

Papers: Watercolor paper, Very Vanilla, Bazzil Basics, PP - Supplied by Kadie

Access: Ribbon, Thread, Brads, Button, Martha Stewart Tag Punch, Fiskars Decorative Scissors, Sponges, Dimensionals

Cuddly MacBeth Card Kit

Monday, October 12, 2009

Good Morning!

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Ours was jam packed. Friday night started with a 4 year old sleep over party which was fun for Syd and us. She had her BFF from preschool stay overnight and they had a blast playing dress up, watching a Barbie movie in their pj's and eating popcorn, putting on a show starring a cheerleader and a singing Santa baby and eating Mickey Mouse pancakes for breakfast! I'm not sure who had more fun - the kids or me! :D

Then Saturday we had gymnastics and apple picking which I'm so glad we made a second trip because the Gala apples were ready for picking and they were so crisp and delicious! Then yesterday we went out for breakfast, tooled around Target for a bit, brought out the winter clothes and packed up the summer ones, then spent the afternoon and evening with our family in Massachusetts. A perfect fall weekend really!

In between all that I managed to make today's card but that's about all I did! Some weekends are just about spending time with family, right? Anyway, today's card is made up some yummy, yummy stuff I got in the mail from my dear friend Mary! It was her turn for this month's card kit and she sent Kadie and I this adorable bunny from Sugar Nellie and these equally scrumptious papers!

Mary has a very good eye for paper and embellishments and normally she goes bold and bright, but this month's kit was full of soft, sweet colors and textures. I didn't know which paper to go with so I used them all! :D

MacBeth reminded me of a well loved stuffed toy that brings comfort and a well used heirloom quilt brings that same feeling of comfort and content. So I used the papers to create a quilt like background to the image. I cut the papers into 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" squares, sponged the edges of them and then stuck them to a scrap piece of cardstock. Then I distressed the edges of the piece with my Tim Holtz edge distresser, sponged the edges again to hide the white paper and ran the sewing machine around the squares. Then I adhered it to some brown cardstock and layered it to some Bazzil Bling cardstock base.

MacBeth was colored with reinkers and a aquapainter, then cut out with a large circle nestie and matted with Bazzil Basics. After adhering it to the base, I spritzed the whole card with some Tattered Angel's Glimmer Mist for some soft, pretty sparkle. (None of the colors bled! Phew!) Then I finished off the card by adding some of the buttons, ribbon and the gorgeous corduroy brad Mary sent. The tag was created with the little Mixed Messages sentiment and Martha Stewart's tag punch.

I'm dying to see what Mary and Kadie have done with their kits!! Please go check their's out when you get a chance. There's something fun about seeing what someone else does with the same supplies! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! See you tomorrow with another There She Goes challenge.


Supplies
Stamps: Sugar Nellie 'MacBeth', PTI 'Mixed Messages'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Sahara Sand, Cool Caribbean, So Saffron, More Mustard, Really Rust, Pretty In Pink, Old Olive, Distress Inks 'Tea Dye, Vintage Photo'
Papers: Neenah Classic, Bazzil Basics, Bazzil Bling, PP - Unknown
Access: Spellbinders Large Circle Nesties, Ribbon, Button, Corduroy Brad, PTI Rustic Button Twine, Martha Stewart Tag Punch, Tim Holtz Edge Distresser, Machine Stitching, Dimensionals

My Favorite Mummy Challenge

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Good Morning!

I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who stopped by yesterday to congratulate me on the news! There's definitely a spring in my step today! :) Can't wait to get started!

Ok, onto today's card! For the past few months me, Kadie and Mary have been sending each other card kits to play with to see what kinds of cards we'll come up with using the same supplies. This month was my turn and as I was thinking about what to do, a rather large package arrived at my doorstep - my Whipper Snapper order!! So to celebrate my favorite holiday, I put together some fun Halloween supplies and today we get to see what we girls made with them!

Aren't these papers YUMMY?! I think they're from Creative Imaginations and Making Memories, but I threw out the tags last weekend when I cleaned up my desk, so I can't be sure now. (See?! It doesn't pay to clean up!)

I sent the girls images of the recently released for Fall 2009 'My Favorite Mummy' rubber stamp. I just couldn't resist him for my collection! He's a good size too. I used the ribbon, twine and buttons from the kit to. My Mummy was colored up with just a few colors. Some Antique Linen for his body, Tea Dye for the shadows and of course some Pumpkin Pie for his candy holder, then some Black Soot for the background. Backgrounds are hard to do with a dark color such as black, so I tend to apply it sparingly. The layout is from a new sketch challenge blog which has my girl Amy on their DT. :) Get Sketchy #3 was this week's sketch. I really didn't want to cover up that glitter paper so this sketch was perfect!

Can't wait to check out what Kadie and Mary did with their supplies! I'm heading to their blogs now....you should too! :)

Tomorrow I'll have some Hanna Stamps sneak peeks to show you! So I'll see you then!

Supplies

Stamps: Whipper Snapper 'My Favorite Mummy' and 'Happy Halloween'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye and Black Soot'

Papers: Georgia Pacific, Bazzil Basics, PP - I think they were Creative Imaginations and Making Memories

Access: Ribbon, Buttons, PTI Rustic Button Twine, Decorative Scissors, Corner Punch, Dimensionals

Sending You Love

Monday, August 3, 2009

Hello again!

A few months ago a couple of my SCS sistah's and I decided we would send each other the same card kit to see what kind of card we'd make using the same stuff. This month we played with Kadie's kit and I am in loooooove with these little pixies and that Cosmo Cricket paper!!

Her name is Heidi and she's just a doll!! I had loads of fun coloring in her hair. I used So Saffron (SU reinker) as a base and Distress Inks (Tea Dye and Vintage Photo) for lowlights. She turned out really cute don't you think?

I used my decorative scissors to cut a scalloped edge around the base layer, then machine stitched them for some added detail. Since I don't own the scalloped nesties, I used my Marvy square scalloped punch to create the frame around the image by cutting the punched out shapes down to size. Added some Stickles to her wings and ribbon for I used this week's CPS #127 sketch for this layout.

Now go check out what Kadie and Mary have done with their card kits! You won't be disappointed! I have to work hard to keep up with these girls! :)

Have a great day!

Supplies

Stamps: All That Scraps 'Swiss Pixies - Heidi', Studio G $1 Stamps

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, So Saffron, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Distress Inks 'Tea Dye and Vintage Photo'

Papers: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics, PP - Cosmo Cricket 'Early Bird Collection - Sunrise' and 'Girl Friday Collection - Sunday'

Access: Ribbon, Decorative Scissors, Marvy Scalloped Punch, Machine Stitching, Stickles, Dimensionals, Jump Ring, Spellbinders Tag Trio

If Wishes Were Fishes

Monday, July 6, 2009

Hello! Me again!

A few weeks ago, I had a three way PM going with a couple of my SCS sisters and we decided impromptu, that we would take turns at playing with a card kit we would send each other just to see how different, or the same, our cards would turn out using the same supplies.

Mary was first up and she sent Kadie and I a fishing themed kit with lots of great paper and little embellishment goodies in it. And the image she sent was Mr Fishing Chicken! :) I was a little bit more than happy since I had Anna's 'Hooked On Fishing' cling set with all it's fun fishing sentiments sitting front and center on my craft desk! :)

And this is what I came up with! I used this week's Sketch For You To Try for the layout and used the brads, paper and twine that Mary sent. Mr Chicken was colored up with SU reinkers and an aquapainter. The tags were made with MS tag punch that I picked up at Michaels.

Love Mr Chicken don't you?? Thanks for the challenge Mary - I hope I did you proud! Kadie has her card up and Mary's is posting hers later today. Can't wait to see it! I have got to start thinking about the kit I'll be sending them. Hmmmm....might need to lie by the pool today and think about it some more. ;)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies

Stamps: Whipper Snapper 'Fishing Chicken' and 'Hooked On Fishing'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', So Saffron, More Mustard, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Old Olive, True Thyme. Going Gray, Sahara Sand

Papers: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics, PP - Ask Mary!

Access: Prima Flowers, SU Brads, Twine, Martha Steward Tag Punch