2RedBananas - Banana Split Sunday

Good Morning! Today is Banana Split Sunday, 2RedBananas new challenge day :) The challenge today is to make something Spring related. It doesn't feel like Spring here yet, but I'm still hoping that it will be soon :) There is a prize with this week's challenge so be sure to go over to the 2RedBananas blog to read all the details and see the projects that the dt has come up with. They're amazing!


This is my card for the challenge. I love these Spring papers from Imaginisce and this new grosgrain ricrac, it's so cool! The papers already have sparkle on them so I didn't use many embellishments, I let the image and the paper speak for themselves :)

Supplies:
stamps: Just Ducky - 2RedBananas
ink: Versafine Onyx black
paper: Imaginisce - For Peep's Sake line
Other: prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits, Inkssentials white pen, Nestabilities Labels One, May Arts Grosgrain RicRac

I don't have ballgames today, so maybe I'll get some more cards made :)

Our quote for the day: "In the Spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." - Margaret Atwood

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

What I've been up to......

Good Evening! Wow, it's been a while since I posted, sorry about that. I have been busy though :)



First, Sara's birthday is coming up soon and she and a good friend of hers had a party together because her friend's birthday is the beginning of February. They had about 25 people swimming at a hotel and then 7 girls came home with us and spent the night. I was a little bit nervous about having 25 15 year olds all at one time, but they were so well behaved. The hotel wouldn't let us have pizza in the pool area so they had a little lobby area right outside the pool so we had it there. The kids were GREAT!!! You couldn't even tell we ate in there!



Okay, time for the cards I've been making. This one was made for the SCS Limited Supplies Challenge. I just love "the Gift" stamp set. I looked at some of the cards I've been making lately and other than the HM Challenge card, I had no circles. So, I decided to get a circle on this one. I used papers from Sandylion - a line called Lollia (I've had it for a long time!) and again "the Gift" from 2RedBananas. I stitched around the circle and the stitches on the striped paper were already there. I colored with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits and added Angel Wings Shimmerz to the fabric and flocking to the bunnies tails. You can see that in the smaller picture as well as the way I pop-dotted the bunnies :) I also used the celery May Arts grosgrain ribbon. I just love the color of this ribbon!

You can see how the cloth Shimmerz and how the bunny tails are fuzzy and the bunnies are pop-dotted so they are higher than the cross, for dimension.

This card was done for the Color Challenge on SplitCoastStampers. The colors were Olive, Rose Red and More Mustard. I used Jami's "the Value of Joy" set, Co'ordinations paper for the cardbase, some dp that I've had for a long time. I colored the puppy with More Mustard and an H2O pen, the rest of the image was colored with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits. I used Mocha Shimmerz on his bandana.

This third card was made for the Flutter by Wednesday challenge. The challenge was to use purple and blue. What I really love about this card is that I used both lilac Shimmerz and December Sky Blingz on the butterflies and you can really see the difference in the two. The Blingz is a little bit 'chunkier' and by that I mean that the pieces of sparkle are bigger. :) You can see it better in the closeup photo.

See how smooth the Lilac Shimmerz is and how the December Sky Blingz has more 'chunks' :) I know, very technical terms......but you get the idea, right? :)

The 2RedBananas "Week of Peeks" starts tomorrow. Be sure to check it out and see creations using the new stamp sets that will be released Monday, March 2nd.

Our quote for the day: "When lives entwine, hearts are bound together by little gestures of kindness." - unknown

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great evening!

Peeks at Come Home Soon

Good Morning!! Are you ready for another round of blog hopping??? We are having so much fun reading all your comments about the things you like to use in your creations, we're going to do it again!

This stamp set "Come Home Soon" is the 2nd to be released by Jami Bova! She is sooooo talented! The way she thinks through her images so they will be easy to work with and yet she keeps all the detail, WOW!! She amazes me!! This set has the large image and then the circle with "Land of the Free Because of the Brave" written in small print on the perimeter. Then Jami has designed little images to fit inside the circle, very cool!

Okay, for my card I stamped the image in Versafine Onyx black and colored it with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits. The ribbon looks kind of purple in this picture, but it's not, it's navy blue and looks navy blue in real life :)

I stamped the support ribbon in black onto yellow cardstock and cut it out. I adhered it onto the circle and then punched the circle out with my 1 1/2" circle punch (Jami's so smart to make it fit like that :) I matted it on the same dp that I used for my card background and then pop-dotted it over the corner of the image.

This is an awesome set with so many possibilities. I can't wait for you to see all the different ways the dt has used this set. You also have a chance to win this set! Be sure to go to the 2RedBananas blog to get all the details.

Also be sure to check out all of the dt's blogs, cause you know that will be part of the blog hop :)

Jami, Wendy, Maraya, Teresa

The chance to win the set will be open until 9:00am EST tomorrow, January 28, when we will randomly choose a winner and the next blog hop will begin. We hope you're having fun with these blog hops, we sure are!

Our quote of the day: "A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child." - Abraham Lincoln

Have fun on the hop and we'll see you again tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by!

More Fun News and a Card :)

Good Morning!! Still snowing here :) Yesterday, we didn't even get to 0 degrees, it was below 0 the entire day and night!

FUN NEWS!!!!!

We have set the date for the very first release of exclusive stamps on 2RedBananas!! The first release is Monday, February 2nd and we will have 8 exclusive sets including THREE sets from Jami Bova!!! How exciting is that!!!! We will be doing a "Week of Peeks" starting on January 26th so be sure to check out the 2RedBananas blog each day that week. The dt is working on their samples as I write this, so I know there will be some amazing things to look at!

Okay, now to my card. I did this one for the Limited Supplies Challenge on SCS. I love this little Bee stamp from Stampendous. I have already used it for 3 or 4 cards. The base is kraft cardstock, the dp is from BoBunny. The From My Heart to Yours stamp is from House Mouse. I colored the bee with Copics and with 2 colors of Shimmerz, Royal Red and Bubblegum. I punched them out with scalloped circle punches then I added the red hearts ribbon and the dew drops. This was a really fun challenge.

Remember the ribbon challenge on the 2RedBananas blog. You have until Sunday, January 18th at midnight CST to participate. There is still plenty of time to get something made and have a chance to win some fun Valentine-ish products from 2RedBananas :)

Our quote for the day: "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you." - Winnie the Pooh

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Another Valentine's Day card :)

Good Morning! It's cold here again. We're supposed to get 2-4" of snow before 3pm and then blizzard conditions this evening!!! Just remember, I grew up a Southern girl and this snow, although very beautiful, is COLD! So, I'll focus on the warmth of hearts today :)



This card was made for a SCS challenge (are you surprised :) For this one, you are given a featured scrapper and you look through her gallery and use one of her cards as inspiration for yours. Here is the link. And this card is my inspiration. Yes, it's supposed to look similar, you have to change at least a couple of things. My changes were the theme, the placement and the embellishments.

I started with white cardstock that I trimmed about 1 1/2" from the fold line of the front panel. Then I used a Martha Stewart border punch to get the scallops. I attached the Imaginisce Wild Hearts paper. I stamped the Love Bug from Stampendous on white and colored him with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits, glitter pens and souffle pens so he really sparkles :) I cut him and the red Bazzill Bling out with Quickutz Cookie Cutters flowers dies and the paper pierced the scallops. Of course I added dew drops - Island Blossoms in the corners. The Be Mine stamp is from Studio G. The ribbon is May Arts Red Hearts/ white ribbon and is only $.40 a yard!

Another fun challenge. I'm off to see what the challenge for today is.

Our quote for the day: "You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, she is beautiful because you love her" - Anonymous

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful and warm day!!!

Good Morning! We were supposed to get about 2" of snow Friday night, but we actually ended up with about 5". It was really pretty and light, though. We were supposed to get freezing rain, so I would MUCH rather have the snow. But it did make me chose supplies for a card that have nothing to do with snow :)

This is for the SCS Inspiration Challenge. For this challenge you are given a link to something that has nothing to do with scrapbooking or stamping, it just has cool designs. You are to use that as your inspiration for your project. For instance, this was my inspiration. And this is my card!

I loved the flowers and I thought of this stamp when I started making it. I used Bazzill cardstock, Maya Road Cherry Blossoms and Birds Chipboard set, which I painted and then added some chestnut road chalk ink to the branch and Inkssentials white pen and pearl gems to the flowers. The stamps are from Hero Arts stamped in Rose Coral chalk ink and Versafine Vintage Sepia. Then I tied some May Arts brown wrinkled ribbon on the sides and pop-dotted the sentiment up. I also put some stardust glitter pen on the swirls of the frame stamp, but you can't see them so well in the picture. They add some bling to the card though :)

I'm telling you these challenges are fun and you get to stock up on some cards so you'll have them when you need them :)

Our quote for the day: "Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out if they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you." - William James

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

So Tweet.....New Imaginisce stuff :)

Good Afternoon! Well, it's cold here and snowing, but that's actually kind of good, because I'm cleaning up a little bit, doing laundry and playing in my studio :) Okay, maybe not in that order......


We have a bunch of new Imaginisce stuff in the 2RedBananas store. So I decided to use that for the Sketch Challenge on SCS. To make this card I used the Imaginisce Twitterpated line. The papers are Flower Trails and Lady Bug Ball. The stamps are So Tweet and Birdie. These stamps are only $.99 each!! I used Memento tuxedo black and Versafine Onyx black inks. I colored the images with Copics and used the Inkssentials white pen for highlights. I also used Shimmerz Candlelight for the inside of the So tweet stamp so it sparkles :) I put buttons inside the Imaginisce flowers and I stamped the music notes which are from All That Scraps Olivia's Birdies stamp set. I also stitched around the image rectangles and the red polka dot rectangle. (When I cleaned my studio I made it so I could get to my sewing machine again :)

This is a great sketch to work with so if you have a few minutes, go over there and check it out.

Our quote for the day: "Where there is the greatest love, there are always miracles." - Willa Cather

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great afternoon!

A 2RedBananas Challenge

Hi!! I hope everyone had a great Christmas, we sure did! It's snowing again here, but since I'm inside, I sure do like watching it :)

We have posted a challenge over on the 2RedBananas blog and we would love for you to go check it out and participate, blog candy is involved :)

This is the card I made for the challenge and I won't ask you to read the details twice as they are already on the 2RedBananas blog.

It's a fun one so we hope you have a few minutes to jump on over there and give it a whirl!

Our quote for the day: "The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. " — Pierre Corneille

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!