Pink Paislee Spotlight

Hi! Today is another Product Spotlight at 2RedBananas. The spotlight is on Pink Paislee, specifically the Fascinating Collection. Each of the dt member's were given paper and chipboard from the Fascinating collection along with some black grosgrain ribbon and created projects with them.

Here are mine:
Supplies:
Stamps: More Quotes - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Onyx black
Paper: Pink Paislee Fascinating collection
Other: Fascinating Chipboard, Nesties, dew drops - soil, black grosgrain ribbon

Supplies:
Stamps: Quotes - 2RedBananas
Ink: Staz-on black
Paper: Pink Paislee Fascinating collection
Other: Fascinating Chipboard, Nesties Labels three, black grosgrain ribbon

Be sure to hop over to the 2RedBananas blog to see the other projects and you can go to the blogs of the other dt member's from there too!

Our quote for the day: "Happiness is the experience of living every minute with LOVE, GRACE & GRATITUDE."

Have a fabulous day!

An Inspiration Challenge on Banana Split Sunday

Good Morning!

It's time for another round of the Banana Split Sunday challenge. :) This week we have an inspiration challenge. My son took this picture while he was in Paris. I LOVE it! I think there are so many things to draw inspiration from here.


So, this is what I created based on the picture. I used scraps of the MME Bella Bella papers that I still had on my desk. I love these papers and once again, they are double sided, which makes me so happy :)

Supplies:

Stamps: More Quotes - 2RedBananas

Paper: MME Bella Bella Collection

Ink: Rich Cocoa - Memento

Other: May Arts ribbon, Dew Drops - Winter Retreat, machine stitching

Be sure to check out the 2RedBananas Blog to see the other projects made for this challenge and to play along!

Our quote for the day: "Don't look to become a person of success, look instead to
become a person of value." - Albert Einstein

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

Bella Bella from MME

Good Morning -

Today is another Product Spotlight on the 2RedBananas blog. Today we used papers from the Bella Bella collection of MME, along with some YUMMY satin ribbon, a ribbon slide and my favorites....dew drops :)

This is the card I came up with using these products. The Bella Bella line is so beautiful and lends itself to elegant yet still fun projects. I love the colors and the fact that the papers are double sided :) I also used a stamp from the Quotes set. I find myself reaching for these quite often.

Supplies:

Stamps: Quotes - 2RedBananas

Paper: Bella Bella collection - MME

Ink: Rich Cocoa - Memento

Other: Rust satin/grosgrain edge ribbon, ribbon slide, winter retreat dew drops, nesties

Our quote for the day: "Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride over all obstacles, and win the race!" - Charles Dickens

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

Banana Split Sunday - A Sketch Challenge

Good Morning!

It's time for another challenge at 2RedBananas. This week's challenge is a sketch challenge. It seems like this is a favorite for many. It definitely gives you a starting point for your card. For me, it also helps me decide what stamps to use, because of the size and shapes of the elements.

We have a new grandson that is due in January along with twin great nieces also due in January and a great nephew who was born just last week!! It's been a very blessed time for babies in our family!! So, I chose to make a baby card (actually I've made a few of them lately :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Precious Bundles - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Onxy Black, Chalk Ink - Creamy Brown
Paper: Imaginisce - Baby Powder Collection
Other: Pink Velvet ribbon - May Arts, Dew Drops - Island Blossom, Shimmerz - Candlelight, Nesties, Copics, white Inkssentials pen


Be sure to check out the design team's creations!

Cassie~Dawn~Deb~Teresa~Wendy

Our quote for the day: "Bricks and Mortar make a HOUSE, but the laughter of children makes a HOME." - Irish Proverb

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

Imaginisce/Fantasy Fiber Challenge

Good Morning!

It's a fun day today. 2RedBananas has posed a product challenge to the design team. We were each given a 'card kit' containing the same products and today we are revealing what we made with them. It was really fun and cool to see how everyone used the products.

Here is what I made. The kit contained papers from Imaginisce - A Shore Thing Collection. We also had Fantasy Fiber - mine was cotton white, and we had yellow and blue sheer twinkle ribbon.

I really enjoy playing with the Fantasy Fiber. On this card I used it for the penguin girl's grass skirt. I ironed just the 'waistband' so I would have something to adhere to the image, but then I left the bottom part unironed so it's loose and flowy :) I paper pieced their swimsuits with the same papers from Imaginisce, since the papers are double sided, it's kind of like getting 6 designs, you know how I love that!!


Other supplies:
Imaginisce stamps, Hawaiian Chicken stamp set, very small prima flower, gem, white inkssentials pen.

With this card, I focused mainly on the papers. The papers have some glitter on them, so they make a great focus. I ironed the Fantasy Fiber and punched a small flower to use on the turned up corner. I put a button in the center of that one.
Other supplies used: Wrapped in His Love stamp set

Be sure to hop over to the 2RedBananas blog to see more of the projects made by the design team.

Our quote for the day: "The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible." - Richard M. DeVos

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

My Love of Flowers

Hi! I was looking at my last post, a card with a focal flower, and the one I'm posting today, with a focal flower, and the one I made today, with a focal flower. I guess you can say I love flowers. I have fresh flowers on my kitchen table as often as possible. I grow flowers just so I can cut them an put them in a vase inside. And I love to garden. Well, flowers just make the world more beautiful :)

I made this card for the SCS challenge yesterday. They feature a particular stamper and then you use their card for inspiration, or CASE it. This flower is made with a dahlia fold and the instructions are here. I used Fancy Pants dp and cardstock. I spritzed the focal panel with Gold Glimmer Mist. My square scalloped nesties weren't big enough for this so I used the Beads Quickutz 12" die and made my own scalloped square.

I love this dahlia fold and can see myself using it more in the future.

Our quote for the day: "Most people search high and wide for the keys to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within. " — George Washington Carver

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

Banana Split Sunday - Cardstock Only

Hi! It's Banana Split Sunday again! :)

This week's challenge is called "Cardstock Only" and is to use only cardstock and one other embellishment. I seem to have an addiction to patterned paper, so when I was thinking about what to use on this card, I kept picking up patterned paper!!

But in the end, this is what I came up with and I have to say, it was pretty fun to make!

Supplies:

Stamps: April Journaling Spot - 2RedBananas

Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia

Paper: Cardstock

Other: Dahlia Nestabilities (on sale now), Dew Drops - soil, EKSuccess border punch, Cuttlebug embossing folder

We would love for you to play along too! Just hop on over to the 2RedBananas blog. You will be able to see more samples from the dt and link your creation to the post.

Our quote for the day: "I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary." - Lou Holtz

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

An Anniversary card

Good Morning!

Another Splitcoast challenge card for today. This was a color challenge and I don't think I would have reached for these colors, but I sure do like them together. Very soft and kind of vintagy. The colors are SU Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery and Blush Blossom (but the only real SU color I used was Close to Cocoa, the others are just a close match to Certainly Celery and Blush Blossom.

I've been beading a bit too and these little charms are from my fascination with making jewelry. Yep, I'm a Jack of all Crafts and a Master of None :) The dp is from MME, the stamps are from VerveVisual and the other stuff is from my stash.

Our quote for the day: "Opportunities are like sunrises - if you wait too long, you miss them. " - William Arthur Ward

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

More Seashells

Here I go with the July Journaling set again. I LOVE the seashells, I guess you can tell that right :)

I made these two cards for sketch challenges. This first one uses the SCS Sketch for this week. It's really a clean and simple card. I used a border punch on the bottom that kind of mimics the water as it comes in on the beach and I used soft green and sand colors, they make me happy :)

This one uses a sketch from the Just Christmas and Birthdays blog, but mine isn't for Christmas or a birthday, I just really liked the sketch and I love this paper with the beachy text on it.

Our quote for the day: "Experience is not what happens to a man.
It is what a man does with what happens to him. " - Aldous Huxley

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

All White....Almost

Good Morning!

I made this card for the House Mouse Challenge this week. The challenge is to use all white except for the image. This is what I came up with. I had fun making it, which kind of surprised me because I LOVE patterned papers! I guess that is what challenges are for, right?

I used the House Mouse August Stamp of the Month called In A Pinch and the sentiment is from Stamping Bella. I added lots of texture for interest, that was fun too :)

Our quote of the day: "To love someone means to see him as God intended him." - Feodor Dostoevsky

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Aloha

Good Morning...well really good afternoon :)



Today's card was really fun to make. Fun colored papers from Bo-Bunny, the piece with the palm tree is theirs too, it's one of the 12X12 sheets with lots of journaling pieces on it. I just chose to use mine as a background instead of journaling on it. I did stamp 'Aloha' :) Hawaiian Chicken was colored with Copics and paper pieced. I added the ribbon and the flowers all on a brown Bazzill background and voila, it's finished :)





That's it for now :)



Our quote for the day: "The thing about trains...it doesn't matter where they're going. What matters is deciding to get on." - The Conductor, The Polar Express

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

Banana Split Sunday - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Good Morning! It's Banana Split Sunday and today's challenge is "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle ". There are many ways to interpret this theme and this card is mine:

I started with the paper (which already had this cute little skunk on it :) It's from DCWV and it's their Green Stack which is 70% recycled paper :) My colors are kind of off in this picture - sorry about that. But I added some green gingham ribbon and a little heart gem on the skunk. The quote is from one of the older 2RedBananas stamp sets "Quotes" so I am reusing it :) I don't even want to count how many stamps I have that I have either never used or have only used once, sad really. I used to do a challenge on my blog called "Love an Unloved Stamp" and it didn't have anything to do with not loving the stamp, it had to do with not USING the stamp. I think I might have to start that again. It was fun :)

ANYWAY.....check out the design team members blogs to see some more Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Then go to the 2RedBananas blog to play along.

Cassie~Dawn~Deb~Teresa~Wendy

Our quote for the day: "It's not what the world hold for you. It's what you bring to it." - Anne Shirley, Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

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

Tree Swingin' Penny

Good Morning! I finally got some pictures taken so I can share some of the things I've been working on :)

This one I made for the Caardvarks challenge, but I was too slow getting it uploaded, oh well. I love this little Tree Swingin' Penny :)

This is a pretty big card, it's about 5" X 7". I used a pre-made card from the Paper Company. It's shimmery as is the teal scalloped piece. You can see the shimmer in the top right hand corner of the picture. Then I added a piece of paper from Fancy Pants. I cut out and embossed my image layer with nesties, sponged some sky and then added the ribbon and the primas. Very easy.

Our quote for the day: "Blessed are the happiness makers." - Henry Ward Beecher

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

Faux Grid Technique

Hi! Every Monday on SCS there is a technique challenge, I LOVE them! This week's challenge is to create a faux grid. When I first read the post, I wasn't sure about how it was going to work, but then I looked at a couple samples and knew exactly what I wanted to do. I love this month's Journaling set. I think partly because I love the beach and the colors associated with it. :)


So, here is my card. I will edit this post to put a link to the challenge, but right now I think SCS must be having some issues because I can't get onto it. Anyway, I stamped my images on the background first and then created the grid. Then I colored in a few of the squares and then added the suede ribbon and button tied with twine. I cut the sentiment out with nesties and pop dotted it over the ribbon. That's it! It's ALMOST a one layer card. Really fun!

Supplies:
Stamps: July Journaling Spot - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia, Sahara Sand Versamagic, chocolate Zig writer
Paper: reg white cardstock, Bazzill
Other: prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits, pop dots, May Arts suede ribbon, button, twine, nesties

Our quote for the day: "Every achiever that I have ever met says, "My life turned around when I began to believe in me."" - Dr. Robert Schuller

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

Sneak Peeks from 2RedBananas

It's time for the 2RedBananas sneak peeks to begin. The release will be next Wednesday, July 15th.

This is a fun month. We have a new illustrator, Mindy Baxter. She has designed 3 of the 5 sets we are releasing this month. They are ADORABLE!!

This first card uses 2 of the new sets. Penny's Mushroom (which is one of the ones designed by Mindy) and More Quotes. I just love quotes, always have :) I also used Basic Grey Lemonade paper on this one.


All the images on this card are from the July Journaling Spot. It's a fun one too. This card was made for the SCS Sketch Challenge this week.

Be sure to keep checking the 2RedBananas blog as well as the blogs of the design team members as you will be seeing sneak peeks all week :)

Cassie~Dawn~Deb~Teresa~Wendy

Our quote for the day: "Please understand my friend, that where you find yourself tomorrow is a function of the positive decisions and actions you take today." -
Akin A. Awolaja

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

the August 2009 House Mouse stamp

Hi!

Softball finished today. The girls won their last 4 games. It was a great season and they were so much fun to watch!

The card I'm showing you today is one I made for this week's House Mouse Challenge. The challenge is to create something for a season. My season is winter, not because winter is my favorite, but because my favorite time to think about cold weather and snow is during the hot summer :)

This image is the August 2009 Stamp of the Month and it just came out. I love little Amanda mouse in the sock !!

The background I created by using my glue pad and dragging it over the dp and then pouring glitter over the top. Fun way to create a snowy background.

Supplies:
Stamps: In a Pinch - Stampabilites, Snowman Love - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, SU Bliss Blue (sponging)
Paper: let it snow words - Heidi Grace, Bazzill
Other: May Arts ribbon, nesties, prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits, gems, glitter, Essential Glue Pad

It's a fun challenge, you should check it out.

Our quote for the day: "When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail." - Abraham Maslow

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

Banana Split Sunday on 2RedBananas

Good Morning! It's Banana Split Sunday :) This week's challenge is an inspiration challenge using the picture you see here. There are so many different ways to get inspired by this. I made two cards based on two different ways of inspiration.

There is a prize this week too so pop over to the 2RedBananas blog to read all the details.




This first card I made based very loosely on the colors, but more on the layout of the picture.
Supplies:
Stamps: June Journaling Spot - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia, VersaMagic - Sahara Sand (sponging)
Paper: Making Memories
Other: Nestabilities - Labels Three, primas, Dew Drops - Winter Retreat , May Arts Grosgrain Ric Rac

This card was based on the colors, such happy colors. :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Party Bees - 2RedBananas
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Smooch - siren
Paper: Bazzill
Other: Cuttlebug embossing folders, pop dots, Quickutz die, glitter, Copics, gems

Be sure to check out the design team members creations:

Cassie~Deb~Denise~Jami~Silke~Teresa~Wendy

Then go to the 2RedBananas blog and play along :)

Our quote for the day: "What being at leisure means is more easily felt then defined." — Vernon Lee

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

Have a Beautiful Day

Hi -

I hope your weekend is great! Our weather is kind of weird lately. Today the sun was shining and it was hot and then about 15 minutes later it was raining. Now the sun is out again and it's HOT! :) Since I love both the sunshine and the rain, that makes a happy me.

I made this card for the SCS Color challenge last week. These are not my normal colors, but I really like them together. I found this glittery dp from MyMindsEye that worked with them too. I love this stamp by Sarah Kay. I colored her with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits.

The yellow and orange pieces are embossed with cuttlebug folders and then I added the daisy trim that I got from my grandmother. I really love it and I have a pretty long piece of it, so I will be able to use it on quite a few projects :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Picnics of Daisies - Sarah Kay (2RedBananas), sentiment - AMuse
Ink: Versafine Onyx black, SU Bliss Blue (sponging)
Paper: SU Pacific Point, Summer Sun, Tangerine Tango, dp - MyMindsEye
Other: ribbon, daisy trim, gems, nesties, pop dots

Our quote for the day: "Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. " — Gloria Steinem

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

Two Challenge cards for today

Hi -

I played today :) I finished two challenge cards (and I'm a pretty slow card maker). AND one of my cards is a two-fer (I completed two challenges with one card :) That doesn't happen very often for me!

This first card is for the House-Mouse challenge of making an Anniversary or Wedding card. This one is for some friends of ours who are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary this weekend. I also used the Weekend Sketch Challenge sketch.

Supplies:
Stamps: Sunflower Smooch - Stampabilites, Anniversary Birds - VerveVisual
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Vintage Sepia, Chalk inks - creamy brown, chestnut roan
Paper: Chatterbox
Other: Dew Drops - sunflower, ribbon, glitter, charm, prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits


This next card was made for the MOJO89 challenge. I love sketch challenges. I love all challenges, but the sketch ones just draw me in. I love seeing all the different interpretations of the sketches too. This is my take on this fun sketch.


Supplies:
Stamps: Beautiful You - VerveVisual, Clear Butterflies - MS
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia, chalk ink - creamy brown
Paper: Basic Grey - wisteria
Other: Nesties - Labels One, pop dots, primas, pearls, glitter, May Arts ribbon, prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits

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 I hope to 'see' you again tomorrow :)

Lots of Birthdays

Hi - I have been slacking big time in posting, sorry about that. Our kids are still in school so we are doing lots of end of the year stuff. Sara is in softball everyday and Ben has his first sand volleyball game tonight too. I'm excited about those things.

We also have lots of birthdays in April and May. Ben's was just a couple days ago and this is the card I made for him :) I LOVE House-Mouse stamps, that includes the Happy Hoppers and Gruffies too :) They are just SO CUTE!!

I also used some Blue Skies Glimmer Mist on this one. I really like this stuff and can't wait to play with it some more.

Supplies:
Stamps: Hammock Hibernation -Stampabilities, sentiment - Stampendous
Ink: Glimmer Mist - Blue Skies, Versafine Onyx black, prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits
Paper: Making Memories, Bazzill
Other: Pixee Stix glitter - chocolate


This one is for our grandson, Tyler. He is turning 3 :) His older brother, Case, plays baseball, so Tyler also loves baseball. I was thinking about whether I like to make cards just because, or if I would rather have a specific card I need to make. I've decided that I'm glad I get to do both! How's that for being indecisive??? :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Great Catch - Stampabilities, AmyR Stamps - Birthday Sentiments - CC Designs
Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black, SU bliss blue (sponging) VersaMagic - Sahara Sand (sponging) , chalk ink - warm red
Paper: Basic Grey, plain cardstock, baseball - unknown
Other: EK Success punch, circle cutter

This card is for Case. When one child has a birthday, the siblings get a little something as well. It's my Mom's fault :) I love this Making Memories paper. I love the colors, the stars, they way the metallic stars shine. It's just fun!

Supplies :
Stamps: Riley - Hanna Stamps, Hero Arts - sentiment
Ink: Versafine Onyx black, SU Bliss Blue, Glorious Green (sponging) Paper Salon - Pear (sponging
Paper: Making Memories, plain cardstock, Bazzill
Other: Nesties - Labels Two, May Arts ribbon, Inkssentials white pen

Our quote for the day: "As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given." - Mary Lou Retton

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