Best Wishes to you

Monday, February 16, 2009

Good Morning sweet friends!!

I hope you all had a great weekend. I got alot accomplished this weekend; a handful of cards, some Whipper Snapper and Doggone Stamp images got colored up and I got to play with my new reinkers in the process. I can't wait to show you them!

Remember when I told you I had some horseshoe ribbon I needed to get out and use for another Good Luck Riley card? Well, I found it!


It works great doesn't it? I picked out two patterned papers that matched the ribbon and sketched out the layout in my sketch book. Riley was colored with my Copic markers in the Riley colors (see the Hanna Stamps! store for the set) on Georgia Pacific cs and cut out. Then I stamped Riley onto the kraft cardstock and then sponged around the edges of the image with Distress Inks 'Vintage Photo' to ground him. Popped the cutout Riley on dimensionals and then stuck him to the kraft cardstock. A simple layout but I think it showcases Riley really well. Actually, it would showcase any Riley really well. :D

Guess what?? Apparently you guys really did cross your fingers last Friday because....I won the Club Anya competition!! Seriously! Who'd have thunk it?! I certainly didn't! I even stayed up until 1am to place my order! Hehehe I couldn't believe it when I when I saw my name on the Club Anya blog on Saturday morning. It was such a nice surprise. I can't wait to play with the Miss Anyas when they arrive! :D

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I have a fun sketch challenge from Madelynn for you tomorrow.

Supplies

Stamps: Hanna Stamps! 'Good Luck Riley', sentiment by PTI
Inks: Distress Inks 'Black Soot', Copic Markers Riley set by Hanna Stamps
Papers: Georgia Pacific cs, Kraft cs, Bazzil cs, PP - Creative Imaginations 'Art Warehouse' and Daisy D's 'Fall Cords - Rust'
Access: Ribbon, dimensionals

Sweethearts!

Friday, February 13, 2009

A happy Friday to you all! If you're at work today, I hope it flies by, and if you're at home like me today, I hope it is nice and relaxing for you.

I have one last Valentines day card to show you. It might actually be my favorite out of the bunch....although the Twilight card does make my heart flutter! LOL

Club Anya threw out a sketch challenge this past week and I couldn't resist having a go at it. The sketch was fun but the prize was just too good to resist! The winner will receive the Miss Anya set being released tomorrow! (I plan on getting her one way or another, but free is better! haha)

I didn't stray from the sketch at all (why mess with a good thing). The patterned paper is My Mind's Eye valentine release last year. Most of you know by now that I don't own nesties, so I cut my circle out with my Fskars circle cutter then cut the circle in half. Then I got out my trusty and loyal decorative scissors and trimmed the curved edges of my half circles to create the scalloped edges. Like I told my friend Kadie, when you don't have stuff, you get creative! LOL

I sponged the edges of the patterned papers and sewed the pieces to the cardstock. Anya and Ian make such a cute couple don't they? I watercolored them in and added stickles to the heart. I stamped out Anya's bow again and popped that up on dimensionals and added a little flower gen to the center. Then it was just a matter of piecing it all together! Jess will announce the winner tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed everyone!

I have some happy mail coming at the end of the day today. It's my very first order from Whipper Snapper! Eeek! I am very tempted to intercept the delivery at the UPS warehouse so I can play with the stamps this morning, but I have a few other projects to work on and really need to get them done, so that will be my motivation today! *grin*

Have a great Valentines Day and a relaxing weekend!

Supplies
Stamps: The Greeting Farms '50's Sweethearts DS'
Inks: Real Red, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Cool Caribbean, Distress Inks 'Black Soot'
Paper: Georgia Pacific cs, Bazzil cs, PP - My Minds Eye 'Kiss and Tell Collection (2008) - I Love You and Adore?'
Access: Ribbon, Stickles, Heidi Swapp flower bling, sewing machine, decorative scissors, dimensionals, sponges

Giraffe Boghart?!

Thursday, February 12, 2009

I told you I had a smoldering giraffe didn't I?!? Does he not have that 'come hither' look on his face?! I REALLY enjoyed coloring this guy in! The details on him are amazing!

He's from Doggone Stamps and you may have already seen some cards on SCS made with him from the other design team members, like this one by Mitzi or this one by Nancy, AKA Pound Master! LOL

I didn't have to do a lot of coloring to Mr Boghart to bring him to life. I used Morning Marigold first then Creamy Caramel on any shadow areas. Cool Caribbean is in the background to ground him.

Got my sewing machine out yet again! I'm trying to find a happy setting on my machine to prevent the corners from pulling towards the center. I think it's a tension thing. If anyone has any suggestions - I'm all ears! :D

It's Friday tomorrow and it's also my day off work!! Waahoooo! I soooo need the break!

Supplies
Stamps: Doggone Stamps 'Giraffe', sentiment by Studio G mini alphabet sets
Inks: StazOn 'Timber Brown', Morning Marigold, Creamy Caramel, Real Red, Certain Celery, True Thyme, Cool Caribbean
Paper: Georgia Pacific cs, Bazzil cs, PP - Basic Grey 'Aged and Confused Sublime Collection - Vintage Floral'
Access: Ribbon, sewing machine, dimensionals

Steal a kiss!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

So last night Mr Brown delivered some new supplies to my house and now I can let you in on my little secret: This past year I've been coloring with just 14 SU colors. Fourteen!? I guessing most of you have more than that! They have served me VERY well, but with all the overtime I did, I decided it was time to add some new colors (and new life) to my overused stash. I now have 19 new colors to choose from!! Yippeee!

I bought reinkers instead of the stamp pads this time because 99.9% of the time I watercolor an image and very rarely stamp in an actual color other than black or brown, so reinkers made more sense. It's going to be so exciting to work with some fresh colors again! This makes me VERY happy! :D

How fabulous is this stamp?!? I was having a slow moment when I first saw it on Victoria Case's website because I held off buying it. But I must have been reading a really good part of the Twilight series of books because a light bulb went on and I had a 'Duh!!' moment! They look just like Bella and Edward!!! Don't they?!

Did ya notice Edward's eye color? hehe I couldn't resist! I could have probably darkened Bella's hair a bit but then it might have been too dark to notice the detail in her hair. Doesn't Victoria have MAD SKILLS?! I love her characters.

The layout uses this week's Mojo Sketch Challenge, MOJO73, and the color combo is from this week's CCEE challenge, which is to use pink, kraft and white! I used my favorite embellishment on this card, ribbon, and that fit the requirements of the OCC's inspiration challenge for this week too! Three challenges in one! A very rare trifecta for me indeed!! I think that deserves a celebratory glass of wine when I get home tonight. haha

Tomorrow I have a smoldering giraffe for you. Trust me.... :D


Supplies
Stamps: Victoria Case Stamps 'Steal A Kiss', sentiment by Studio G
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Cool Caribbean, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Distress Inks 'Black Soot'
Papers: Georgia Pacific cs, Bazzil cs, PP - Imaginisce 'All Kinds Of Happy Collection - Pink Frosting with Sprinkles'
Access: Ribbon, brad, dimensionals

What a sketch!

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Happy Tuesday morning to you all!

I have a doozer of a sketch for you all today! This sketch comes from our first Twinkling Guest Sketch Designer and can you believe she is only SIX years old?!? It's just crazy that a 6 year old can draw this well! And not only that, but to come up with a difficult sketch to boot!! Nuts I tell ya!
Piper is the amazing 6 six year old who came up with this weeks Twinkling sketch and she is the daughter of proud DT member Heather. Piper might give me the buzzer on this card since I didn't follow the sketch to a T!

I left off the cross pieces and heart embellies, but I have to get points for following the corner rounders on each layer right?! :D

The stamp I used, isn't of the rubber kind. It's a digital stamp! This is my first time branching out and using the digital stamps and I have to say that they work really well if using the right equipment. From what I've read, digital stamps work best if printed with a laser printer and not an inkjet printer because the ink doesn't run. I printed my Geisha stamp on Georgia Pacific cs with the laser printer at work (shhh! Don't tell anyone!) and it worked perfectly!

My sewing machine was still out from the last time I used it, so I added some sewing to each layer for some extra detail. Note how hard it was to follow the edge when I got to the rounded corners! Haha I'm still learning! I sponged the edges of the pink cardstock and the polka dotted patterned paper. Lots of dimensionals on this card!

The other DT gals had fun with this sketch too, so if you want to play long and need some ideas, hop on over to their blogs! If you are game enough this week and want to play along, use the key word MTTSC9 when uploading to SCS or PCP so we can leave some love!

I have a twilight-ish card for you tomorrow. *grin* Bet that brings you back tomorrow! LOL

Supplies
Stamps: The Greeting Farm's 'Geisha Anya DS'
Inks: Pretty in Pink, Creamy Caramel, Certain Celery, Distress Inks 'Black Soot'
Papers: Georgia Pacific cs, Bazzil cs, PP - Making Memories 'Black Small Dots' & Basic Grey 'Eva Collection - Extravagance'
Access: Ribbon, sewing machine, dimensionals

Bear Hugs!

Monday, February 9, 2009

Good Morning! I hope you all had a great weekend. I puttered around the house for most of it. It was nice to just be home and not have any out of town obligations.

Last Friday The Man came home with something I haven't had in the house in over two years - TIM TAMS!! Tim Tams are an Australian chocolate cookie/sandwich that I have not found easily in the US. The last time I had them was Christmas 2006 when The Man bought me a whole supply of Australian food from an importer here in the US. He found these at a somewhat local (1hr away) unique gift shop in Vermont. I was so excited to have a little taste of home this weekend that I got a little carried away and.....well, lets just say that no one else in the house got a taste! LOL

From all the blog surfing I've been doing, I know I'm WAYYY behind in showing you some Valentines Day cards, but then again, I don't want to get all 'department storie' on you and show you things three months ahead of schedule! All week I have some fun and sweet cards to show you that celebrate this heart warming holiday.

Today's card uses a stamp from Doggone Stamps, called 'Bear With Pillow'. He's a cute little thing and looks a little sad hugging his pillow. If he's anything like my little girl, he's getting some comfort from hugging it. The layout is a sketch challenge that Jana Mays put to the rest of the Doggone Stamps design team and is open to anyone who wants to play along with us. I didn't tweak it much at all since the layout is right up my alley.

If you pop over to the thread on PCP that the girls started for this sketch challenge, you can find some other fabulous cards, like Lauri Ingram's!

Tomorrow I have another Twinkling sketch challenge for you all tomorrow (it's a doozer!). Thanks for stopping by today!


Supplies
Stamps: Doggone Stamps 'Bear with pillow', sentiment by Studio G
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Pretty In Pink, Real Red, Vintage Violet
Paper: Georgia Pacific cs, Cranberry Crisp, Bazzil cs, PP - K & Company 'Sweet Talk Die Cut Mat'
Access: Ribbon, K&Company 'Sweet Talk Acetate Die Cuts', heart button, dimensionals

Doggone Stamps has new stamps!

Friday, February 6, 2009

Since I posted my usual Friday post late last night, I just wanted to make a quick post and announcement today.

Doggone Stamps has posted some new stamps in their shop and you need to go and check them out! They have a bunch of dog stamps available and I think I may have to order a couple for myself! I love the look of THIS one and THIS one!

I'll have some new cards for you next week using some of their images. I can't wait for you to see them!

See you next week! Toodles!