It's A Man's World....

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Not really, but I let The Man have his dream once in a while! *grin*

Check out these fun 'man' cards! I was totally cracking up while coloring them in this past weekend.

Meet Caveman Gorf. He's very hairy; check out that uni brow! LOL! I used this week's TESC82 for this card. Tweaked it a little bit by straightening the angular background paper, but kept everything else the same. The sentiment is also from Starving Artistamps/DoodleFactory. Those sentiments really have me cracking up laughing; love the sarcasm!

It's an age-old question; why DO kids draw on walls?! There's perfectly good paper next to them, and yet the temptation to scribble on the walls is too great. My Syd have been even more creative than this of late. I've been told by her preschool teacher that she'll sometimes draw with her saliva on the tables! I just about died when she told me. *roll eyes* This is definitely not something she has learnt in our home! Lord give me the strength. :)

The smaller stick figure stamps in the background are also included in the Prehistoric set, so you can create your own 'wall art'. :) I used this week's Weekend Sketch Challenge (WSC97) for the layout of this card. I think it worked out great! The images from both cards were colored with reinkers on Strathmore Bristol Vellum paper. It's not as forgiving as watercolor paper, but it's smooth and I like the finish it gives the images. It is a little time consuming to cut the images out, but it gives me something to occupy my hands while I watch a movie or tv. :) The paper used is from Basic Grey's Archaic Collection and some from We R Memory Keepers.

Thank you for the well wishes for Syd. She had a much better night's sleep last night, so hopefully she's back to her old self today. See you all tomorrow. :)

Supplies

Card 1

Stamps: Starving Artistamps 'Prehistoric and Sentiments'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Distress Inks 'Frayed Burlap'

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - We R Memory Keepers 'Urban Window Collection - Boho Chic Funky Fix', Basic Grey 'Archaic Collection - 6x6 Paper Pad'

Access: Ribbon (unknown), EK Success Circle Punches, Dimensionals, Sponges

Card 2

Stamps: Starving Artistamps 'Prehistoric' & Sentiments'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo'

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzi Basics, PP - Basic Grey 'Archaic Collection - 6x6 Paper Pad'

Access: Making Memories Square Bronze Brads, Paper Piercer, EK Success Corner Punch, Circle Nestibilities, EK Success Edge Punch, Sponges

The Love Of Friends

Monday, September 14, 2009

Good Morning!!

So again this weekend flew by wayyy too fast. It rained here all Saturday so we couldn't do much, then Sunday was gorgeous, but way too short. We managed to tackle some more cleaning and organizing of our teeny apartment. We burnt all our old CD's onto an external hard drive and into iTunes so we could pack away the CD's and reduce the clutter and I hemmed and put up the new curtains in Syd's bedroom and our living room. Looks like a home now rather than just an apartment. :)

I also managed to create a few cards too. Love productive weekends! I was recently given this beautiful Whiff of Joy stamp by my sweet friend Amy (thanks girl!) and I immediately had to color her up and put her on a card!

Isn't she sweet?! I used Distress Inks for her clothes and hair and some Soft Sky from SU for the background and Sahara Sand for the ground. Then I added some glitter with a Quickie glue pen to her wings and on some of the hearts. After coloring Melinda up, I automatically reached for my K&Company vintage paper stacks because that's what I usually go to and use. But then I had a change of heart since I always use that paper, and went for some old My Mind's Eye paper instead. It was much more colorful and pretty - just like this guardian angel!

Here's a close up of the detail in the image. The little charm was something I found at a CKC Convention a couple of years ago. Came in handy today! LOL

My little girl is home from daycare today. She developed a sore throat over the weekend and her voice has gotten really husky. Poor baby. :( Hopefully it's nothing a bit of rest and medicine can't fix. Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies
Stamps: Whiff Of Joy 'Guardian Angel Collection - Melinda Blowing Kisses'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Pretty In Pink, Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics and Bling, PP - My Mind's Eye .Wild Asparagus "Sweet Little One" Paisley/Pink Paper and Plaid/Blue Paper
Access: Ribbons, Little Davis Heart Charm, Jump Ring, Kaiser Adhesive Pearls, Machine Stitching, Dimensionals, Stampendous Crystal Snow Glitter

Love Is In The Air

Friday, September 11, 2009

A very happy Friday to everyone!


Personally, I'm VERY glad it's Friday because I need to catch some Zzz's and be with my family. How about you?? Got any plans for the weekend? Stella has plans... ;) hubba hubba!

Stella has some BIG plans for the weekend! Love is definitely in the air for her. It's Bellarific Friday again and there was really no excuse to play along this week because Em had the sketch posted for over a week! (She came down with something and subsequently there was no BF last week.)

Most porcelain tubs are white but that's really hard to portray when you color. You can either use gray tones or pale blue hues. I went with the latter this time. I'm not 100% happy with it but I do like how it looks against the pale pink background wash. For some sparkle, I added a bit of glitter to a few of the hearts and Stella's wand with a quickie glue pen. The rest of the card came together pretty easily. Nothing too fancy going on here. :)

The first time around I really enjoyed coloring this Stella doing a Balancing Act in. Second time; not so much. The third time was painful. What you see below is what happens when you decide to spray Glimmer Mist to an image that was colored 6 days ago and you try to fix the bleeding by scrapping away at it with a blade. Mental note to self: don't apply glimmer mist to any red ink...WHAT SO EVER!! I almost cried when I had to redo the image, but then I tried rushing it and had too much water on my brush, all the colors ran into each other and what you see on the card now is my third attempt! LOL What a morning that was!


I hope you all have a lovely weekend what ever it is you're doing. Remember a few weeks back how I said I needed to clean out my car?? That's on my list of projects this weekend...we'll see if I get to it! LOL

Supplies

Stamps: Stamping Bella 'Stella Doing A Balancing Act' & 'Love Is In The Air'

Inks: Creamy Caramel, Cool Caribbean, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Ruby Red, Sahara Sand, Distress Inks ' Tattered Rose and Frayed Burlap'

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Basic Grey 'Pink Lemonade Collection -

Access: Ribbon, Doodlebug Brads, Stampendous Glitter, Large Oval Nestibilties, EK Success Hole Punch, Decorative Scissors, Machine Stitching, Taylor's Tiny Twinkles, Dimensionals

Give Me The Candy...

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Good morning!!

I hope your Wednesday flies by and the weekend is here before you know it! (Unless of course you have to get something done before then. Then I hope it drags! LOL)

I have some really exciting news to share with you all today! I was asked by Tracey from Starving Artistamps to be her guest designer for this month!! :D Woohooo!! This is incredibly exciting for me because I have LOVED the DoodleFactory line ever since I laid eyes on the Creatures set. The characters just crack me up every time I see them! And a lot of the sentiments are so sarcastic, they make for great cards. So you'll be seeing a bunch of cards over the coming weeks with the kooky characters that is the DoodleFactory!!

If you're not laughing at this first card, something might be wrong with you! This is the new Costume Party set recently released and the characters in this set are so great for cards for the little trick or treaters in our families. The sentiment is from the a Halloween set that Starving Artistamps released last year and it works perfectly with this hairy little monster. In fact, all of the sentiments from those sets work so well with this new set! The candy bags stamped on the purple dp are accessories stamps from the set. I used this week's 2 Sketches 4 You sketch for this layout.

This next card is my favorite! How adorable are these two?!? They remind me of my daughter and her cousin in their Halloween outfits last year. So cute! I stamped them on some Strathmore Bristol Vellum and colored them with reinkers and an aquapainter. The paper is from a Recollections Halloween 8x8 stack from Michaels. The sentiment is actually from the Witch's Trio set (which can be bought separately). Loving that Martha Stewart rickety fence punch!!

Hope these made you laugh. :) Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies

Card 1
Stamps: Starving Artistamps 'Costume Party', 'Witches Brew Sentiments'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Really Rust, Close To Cocoa, Old Olive, Distress Inks 'Frayed Burlap and Black Soot'

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Recollections 'Halloween' 8x8 Stack

Access: Decorative Scissors, We R Memory Keepers 'Glitter Brads', Sponges, Dimensionals

Card 2

Stamps: Starving Artistamps/DoodleFactory 'Costume Party', Trick or Treat sentiment

Inks: Creamy Caramel, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, Morning Marigold, Buckaroo Blue, Cool Caribbean, Pretty in Pink, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Frayed Burlap'

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Recollections 'Halloween' 8x8 Stack

Access: BasicBasic Ribbon, Martha Stewart Edge Punch, Decorative Scissors, Sponges, Dimensionals

Whimsical Wednesdays: The Diedrich Dare!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Good morning and welcome to the first ever Whimsical Wednesday: The Diedrich Dare!

If you remember, a couple of months back, the Twinkling Tuesday girls decided to take the summer off. Well, we're back! It's the same group of talented girls and the same challenging sketches from the Diedrich kids, but we have a new name and a new blog! And to kick of this week, we have an awesome sponsor!!

This week's sketch is a nice symmetrical one! My favorite! LOL I *love* the fact that Jessica's kids draw these sketches for us to play with. They're so unlike other sketches out there and they're not always easy, but remember, sketches a just guides and you can tweak it here and there to make it work for you.

To kick off this week's Diedrich Dare, I decided it would be very fitting to use a Greeting Farm image. Bree is just adorable! I love her little braids and that satchel! I think I omitted one of the layers and the dots embellishments along the bottom and top from my card, but it still keeps the majority of the sketch intact.

If you'd like to play along this week, just create a card using the sketch, upload it either to your blog, SCS or PCP and leave a link to it on this week's WWDD blog post. If you upload it to SCS or PCP, remember to use the keyword DDSC1 so the Diedrich Dare girls can find your cards and leave you some love! :) The best part is one lucky (and random) participant will win the awesome Butterfly Wishes set just by playing along! :) Woohooo!!

Need some more inspiration?! Check out what the other Diedrich Daredevils have created with the sketch!

Jessica Diedrich

Jacquie Peifer

Cassie Larson

Darla Wilson

Debbie Lee

Heather Schlatter

Kim Ross

Lisa Slusser

Rebecca Ednie

Sandra Maclean

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Supplies
Stamps: The Greeting Farm 'Wild Sprout - Bree', PaperTrey Ink 'PaperTray'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Pretty In Pink, Close To Cocoa, Regal Rose, Ruby Red, Cool Caribbean, Distress Inks 'Frayed Burlap'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Cosmo Cricket 'Girl Friday - Friday'
Access: Ribbon, Dimensionals, Sponges

Bippity...Bopitty...Cluck!

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

A happy Tuesday to you all!

I hope everyone had a fabulous long weekend. I ate far too much food yesterday and was definitely paying the price for it last night! My belly hurt for a few hours! Where was the Pepto when I needed it?! LOL

I colored this Chicken Witch a couple of weekends ago and finally gave him a card to adorn this past weekend. Poor guy was getting a bit lonely sitting on my desk with no one to scare!


I picked Chicken Witch up on my last Whipper Snapper order along with Anna Wight's Spooky Expressions cling set because it has some really great sentiments in it and I am sorely lacking in that department in my stamp collection! I don't know about you, but I'm always taken aback by how big the Whipper Snapper images are! I should expect this by now, but my jaw always drops when I see them in real life! LOL Mr Chicken was colored with a mix of yellows and rust colors for his body and the edges of the paper were sponged with Frayed Burlap and a teensy bit of Black Soot. Kept the sentiment small so it wouldn't cover up that yummy paper!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and every day for that matter! :D


Supplies
Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs 'Chicken Witch' and 'Spooky Expressions' Cling Set
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', So Saffron, Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Close To Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Sahara Sand, Distress Inks 'Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo and Black Soot'
Papers: Canson Watercolor, Bazzil Basics, PP - My Mind's Eye 'Nightlight Collection - Candy Time' and I'm not sure who made that black patterned paper, sorry!
Access: Button, PTI Rustic Button Twine, Paper Piercer, Sponges, Decorative Scissors

Happy Goth Birthday To You!

Monday, September 7, 2009

Good Morning Everyone!

It's Labor Day here in the USA and we'll be spending it with my in-laws having a bit of a BBQ...yum!! Hope you are enjoying your long weekend in some lazy form or fashion. :)

Last night the Hanna Stamps DT girls held our first ever Hanna Stamps new release blog hop. If you would like to play along, you still have time to be entered into the draw for a $20 gift certificate to the Hanna Stamps store. All you have to do is leave a comment on all the blogs and the winner will be announced at the release party. You can find the list of blogs and direct links to the blog hop posts....HERE!

A lot of the girls used Goth Hanna and it's not hard to see why - she makes quite the statement!

While I was looking through my paper stash I found this piece of KI Memories Love Elsie scribble paper. It looks just like she had doodled all over a piece of paper! It was just so cool I had to have it for my stash, but I have never had a use for it...until now! :) Goth Hanna and Elsie go so well together! Definitely a card that is outside the 'norm' for me, but sometimes I just like to play and step outside my safe zone. :)

Don't forget: The Hanna Stamps release party is tomorrow night at 9pm EST in the Hanna Stamps SCS forum instead of tonight! Hope you have enjoyed the cards the girls have been showing you over the past few days. :)

A short post from me today....I need to go eat some ribs now! ;) Have a good one!

Supplies
Stamps: Hanna Stamps 'Goth Hanna'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Pink Passion, Regal Rose, Ruby Red, Distress Inks 'Black Soot'
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - KI Memories 'Love Elsie Collection - Roxie Math Class' and 'Scenic Route Loveland Collection - Ruby Ave'
Access: Ribbon, American Crafts 'Thickers - Jewelry Box', Tim Holtz Edge Distresser, Machine Stitching, Sponges, Dimensionals