It's hard to see, but there's a small rhinestone in the flower behind the girl's ear, as well as the pearl accents. I could not find any paper that coordinated with my main dp, so I used some small swirl stamps and some Versamagic ink and created the two small pieces of "dp" behind the main image.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Whiff of Midnight (?!)
Today's card is a combination of challenges, hence the silly blog post title. :-) It combines the Whiff of Joy challenge #45 ("bling") and sketch #16 from Priscilla Styles' Midnight Madness sketch challenge blog.
It's hard to see, but there's a small rhinestone in the flower behind the girl's ear, as well as the pearl accents. I could not find any paper that coordinated with my main dp, so I used some small swirl stamps and some Versamagic ink and created the two small pieces of "dp" behind the main image.
It's hard to see, but there's a small rhinestone in the flower behind the girl's ear, as well as the pearl accents. I could not find any paper that coordinated with my main dp, so I used some small swirl stamps and some Versamagic ink and created the two small pieces of "dp" behind the main image.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Thank you Irina!
I recently won some blog candy from Irina of Everything Paper Crafts. (Psst! Irina is giving away some more candy here.) The package arrived one Friday after a long and hectic day at work and was very , very much appreciated! One of the goodies was a stamp from Irina's new store, La-La Land Crafts. It's from the Rosie collection, Rosie with Teddy Bear. Isn't she sweet? The layout for this card came from last week's sketch on Amy R's Prairie Paper & Ink blog.
On a more somber note, this weekend marked the passing of our longest serving senator, Ted Kennedy. While he certainly was not a perfect person, he did a lot of good for a lot of people as well. Part of the Kennedy creed is to make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate. So, dear readers, I ask that you join me in doing something for someone less fortunate this week. If you're a Kennedy supporter, do it in his memory. If you're not, do it in support of all the people in this world who devote their lives to making a difference. For me, I am sending some old swap cards to a fellow demonstrator to send to her son & his fellow soldiers to send home. I am also sending this card to a little girl named Haven, whom I found through the Make a Child Smile site. I hope my card brings a smile to her face! :)
On a more somber note, this weekend marked the passing of our longest serving senator, Ted Kennedy. While he certainly was not a perfect person, he did a lot of good for a lot of people as well. Part of the Kennedy creed is to make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate. So, dear readers, I ask that you join me in doing something for someone less fortunate this week. If you're a Kennedy supporter, do it in his memory. If you're not, do it in support of all the people in this world who devote their lives to making a difference. For me, I am sending some old swap cards to a fellow demonstrator to send to her son & his fellow soldiers to send home. I am also sending this card to a little girl named Haven, whom I found through the Make a Child Smile site. I hope my card brings a smile to her face! :)
Free Downloads
If you haven't visited The Angel Company site lately, you are missing out on some great free downloads! Visit the download page here.
Look for some Christmas cards featuring stamps from The Angel Company beginning this week. Christmas is only 116 days away! ;-) (Yeah, it seems far away now. Check back with me in another month or two and see how close it seems! lol)
Look for some Christmas cards featuring stamps from The Angel Company beginning this week. Christmas is only 116 days away! ;-) (Yeah, it seems far away now. Check back with me in another month or two and see how close it seems! lol)
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Magnolia-licious Tricks-n-Treats Blog Hop
The Magnolia-licious Highlites blog is having a "Tricks-n-Treats" blog hop and invited blog readers to submit an entry. The requirements were (of course) to use a Magnolia stamp, use a Fall or Halloween theme and include a matching treat box with your card. I combined this challenge with the current sketch on the Magnolia-icious site.
Here's a close up of the card:
The image is "Standing Fall Tilda". I used two large orange Prima flowers in place of the circles on the original sketch. I don't think I would've used such bright, large flowers on too many of my cards, but they seemed to work really well on this card. The pumpkins are leftovers from an old "Done with One" from Creative Memories. I loved those little die cut sets and was bummed when they discontinued them!
Here's my matching candy holder. (No candy in there yet - sorry!) I used this tutorial from the Scor-Pal site. I can attest to the fact that this is an easy little project to make. I almost always screw this sort of thing up, but my treat holder actually came out right on the first try. Wow!
I think I'm going to make a bunch of these to give as little holiday gifts, using a Christmas/winter theme, of course. It was really fun to make!
Here's a close up of the card:
The image is "Standing Fall Tilda". I used two large orange Prima flowers in place of the circles on the original sketch. I don't think I would've used such bright, large flowers on too many of my cards, but they seemed to work really well on this card. The pumpkins are leftovers from an old "Done with One" from Creative Memories. I loved those little die cut sets and was bummed when they discontinued them!
Here's my matching candy holder. (No candy in there yet - sorry!) I used this tutorial from the Scor-Pal site. I can attest to the fact that this is an easy little project to make. I almost always screw this sort of thing up, but my treat holder actually came out right on the first try. Wow!
I think I'm going to make a bunch of these to give as little holiday gifts, using a Christmas/winter theme, of course. It was really fun to make!
A Slightly Different Take
OK, this is what happens when you rush and do NOT pay attention to what you're doing... This was my original card for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch #12:
Cute card... wrong colors! Oops! When there is a COLOR challenge, it helps to use the correct colors, doesn't it? {blush}
I still wanted to share this card with you. A) because, if you look at yesterday's "official" sketch #12 card - you can compare how different the same sketch can look if you use different colors. And B) because I just *love* Arthur from DigiStamp Boutique and I used my absolute FAVORITE Basic Grey paper (the swirly hearts) on the card. (In fact, I love this paper so much, I bought 4 more sheets when I was at an Archiver's on our Chicago trip!)
Cute card... wrong colors! Oops! When there is a COLOR challenge, it helps to use the correct colors, doesn't it? {blush}
I still wanted to share this card with you. A) because, if you look at yesterday's "official" sketch #12 card - you can compare how different the same sketch can look if you use different colors. And B) because I just *love* Arthur from DigiStamp Boutique and I used my absolute FAVORITE Basic Grey paper (the swirly hearts) on the card. (In fact, I love this paper so much, I bought 4 more sheets when I was at an Archiver's on our Chicago trip!)
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Sweet Sketch #12
This week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge has an additional twist - a color challenge!
Here's my take on this double challenge!
I'm the first to admit these colors were a little outside my norm. However, I knew that somewhere in my Basic Grey Urban Prairie paper stack, I would find papers with the right colors! :) The yellow paper has a butterfly print, so this butterfly image from The Angel Company (TAC) seemed like the perfect fit. The "Thank You" stamp is also from TAC. The main image is colored in with Prismacolor watercolor pencils and a Dove blender pen. The buttons are from a Paper Studio bag of buttons and the Lime Scrapper's Floss is from TAC.
Here's my take on this double challenge!
I'm the first to admit these colors were a little outside my norm. However, I knew that somewhere in my Basic Grey Urban Prairie paper stack, I would find papers with the right colors! :) The yellow paper has a butterfly print, so this butterfly image from The Angel Company (TAC) seemed like the perfect fit. The "Thank You" stamp is also from TAC. The main image is colored in with Prismacolor watercolor pencils and a Dove blender pen. The buttons are from a Paper Studio bag of buttons and the Lime Scrapper's Floss is from TAC.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Happy Birthday, Tilda!
I'm trying to get my challenge mojo back, so I decided to join in Stamp Something's birthday challenge. You can always use more birthday cards, right? In fact, I think I'll save this for my friend Pam's birthday next May. Since we were kids, Pam's favorite color has always been purple. I think she'll like this card! :)
The DP is from a stack I bought from Cindy at StampingScrapping.com. The card base is made from SU! River Rock cardstock, which I won in a blog candy package from Irina of LaLaLandCrafts. [Check out her new stamps -they're pretty cute! :)] The image is an adorable Tilda from Magnolia that I got in a great image swap over on SplitCoastStampers. The flower is from Making Memories and the leaf is an Emagination punch. (They have the BEST punches. They never, ever stick and always punch cleanly!) Tilda is a colored in with Copic markers.
The DP is from a stack I bought from Cindy at StampingScrapping.com. The card base is made from SU! River Rock cardstock, which I won in a blog candy package from Irina of LaLaLandCrafts. [Check out her new stamps -they're pretty cute! :)] The image is an adorable Tilda from Magnolia that I got in a great image swap over on SplitCoastStampers. The flower is from Making Memories and the leaf is an Emagination punch. (They have the BEST punches. They never, ever stick and always punch cleanly!) Tilda is a colored in with Copic markers.
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