Halloween Costumes :)

Good Morning! Well, it doesn't look like a Halloween card, now does it? Well, it's not, but the bunnies are dressed up like bees, so I figured that counts :)

I love this stamp, it's from Stampabilities and it's called Buzzy Friends - Hop-it Bumble (I'm not sure which part is the real name so......). The sentiment I used is from Whipper Snapper. This card is based on the sketch challenge at SCS for this week. I used K&Co Wild Saffron paper. Jen Ofiana got me hooked on this stuff. She kept using it on her cards and I LOVE her style so I decided to get some of this cool paper myself. It really is fun to use. I colored the images with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits and then added ribbon to the card. I adhered the image onto the card with photo corners and added dew drops to the corner. Oh, you can't tell very well from the picture, but the bee wings are glittered and sparkle just enough. If you enlarge the picture you can see it better.

Thanks everyone for your concern about my family in Louisiana and Hurricane Gustav. I really appreciate it! Everyone is fine. My parents didn't have any damage at all. My brother had minimal damage although many people in Baton Rouge, are still without power. It's a scary thing, but thank goodness this one wasn't anything like Katrina.

Our quote for the day: "Wherever you go, go with all your heart. " — Confucius

The All That Scraps new release sneak peeks start tomorrow. Be sure to stop by tomorrow because there are some GREAT new sets coming. The release will be Tuesday, Sept 9th. Until then, we will be doing some sneak peeks with all the new sets! It's gonna be a GREAT release! Also be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the design team, they will be having sneak peeks as well. They are listed on the right side of my blog :)

Have a fabulous day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Lots of Pink

Hi! I missed a day I know, but it's not because I'm not making things, it just because I'm making some things that I just can't share yet......but I will eventually :)






This one though was fun! Caardvarks is a blog that puts challenges on all the time and this challenge is to use pink because the sponsor is a new stamp company called Pink Persimmon. You can see more about the challenge here: http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/. Anyway, this is the card I made for the pink challenge. I was telling a friend of mine today about Caardvarks and about how challenges get me to do things I wasn't planning on doing right then. For instance, the punch I used on this card is a Fiskars punch that I bought about, oh, 6 months ago maybe. I just took it out of the packaging to do this card! I did make another card with it while I had it out :)




Okay, the details about the card. I started with a bazzill card base and I put it inside out so you can see the texture on the inside. I punched the slots into the back of the card and then cut the front so the back would be visible when I put the ribbon through. The plaid paper is an old paper from Daisy D's and the paper I punched the circles with on the sides is an old paper from Magenta. The stamps are both from Whipper Snapper and I stamped them both in Versafine Vintage Sepia. I colored with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits. I mounted the puppy image on sugar coated paper from Doodlebug and then I added a prima flower and a glittered brad. I threaded the ribbon through the slots and tied a bow in the front. Fun!




Our quote for the day: "No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things. " - Channing Pollock

Thanks for stopping by and have a great evening!

Penny :)

Good Morning! I'm so excited about sharing this card with you because I just LOVE both of these stamps! They are both from Whipper Snapper and as soon as they came in the mail, I immediately made this card! It even made my 16 year old son laugh :) It's just a fun card! I used chatterbox papers and embossed the bottom one with my cuttlebug embossing folder, and then distressed it just a bit. Penny is colored with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits and then the water is made with diamond glaze. Penny is matted on bazzill bling cardstock although you can't see the shine in the picture, sorry about that. The ribbon is from Offray and is just a grosgrain ribbon I got from Joann's. I have admitted that I am a ribbon fanatic :)

Our quote of the day: "The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one." - Mark Twain

Boy, do I need that quote :) Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!!

Good afternoon! Hope everyone is doing well today and getting lots of stamping and scrapbooking done. Yesterday I got alot of cards made, some that I get to show in the next couple of days and some that have to wait for CC Designs release countdown. The new stamps are SOOOOOOOO cute, you're going to love them!!! I also got my new Whipper Snapper stamps that I ordered. Oh my gosh, I love them. They are so cute! I've already made a card with some of them too. And actually the saying on this card is from them.

Okay, to the card. The background is a brayering technique with Kaleidocolor ink from Tsukineko and the color I used is Caribbean Sea. You do this technique on glossy paper and it is so cool. I've done a few cards like this so you will probably see a couple more in the next few days :) The stamp I used is CC Designs Bitzy Bugz Umbrelli. I made this focal image some time ago when I made a different one for another card but I loved this one too so I held on to it until I found the perfect card for it to go onto. I love umbrellas, I guess it goes along with my love of rain :) Anyway, when I saw this sentiment stamp on the Whipper Snapper site, I knew I had to have it! It's perfect for my umbrella stamps don't you think? I colored the bug with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits and paper pieced the umbrella with patterned paper that I can't find my scrap from to tell you who made it, sorry :) I paper pieced her boots with bazzill and added some bling. Then of course I had to add some dew drops and a ribbon to make it complete :)

I'm excited about how many cards I complete so be sure to check in each day for a few days, I just might surprise you with new posts everyday :)

Our quote for the day: "I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down." — Allen H. Neuharth
I need to remember this quote often, right now with submitting, just remember, just keep trying.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!