A Second Post for Today :)

Hi - It's me again, can you believe it? Well, this morning's card was not my favorite.....there I said it, out loud :) I like it okay, but to me it needed some more colors. If it would have been an elegant card, I would have liked the fewer colors, but this is whimsical and to me that means COLOR! :)

So, I tried again. This one uses navy blue background with some patterned papers that I picked up at Archiver's the other day. I was in the Hot Spot, where everything is $1.99 and they had these Me&MyBigIdeas paper stacks. They are 5" X 7" pieces of patterned papers. This set is called "Modern Milan". I think they're fun :)

Anyway, I stamped Louie in Versafine Onyx black and colored him with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits. Then I added Gold Glimmer Blingz to the gold as well as on his hat. He is pop-dotted onto the green dp. I used this really cool ribbon to tie the bow and photo corners to help attach the green dp. Then I put Dew Drops from the Water collection in the corners.

I even decorated the inside of this one. I strip of the cardstock, a strip of the dp and I stamped the shamrock in Versafine onyx black and cut it out and adhered it to the strip.

I hope you liked this second rendition of the Louie and Louie Too sets that will be released Monday, March 2nd. :) I hope you're having a great day!

Louie & Louie Too :)

Good Morning! We have snow on the ground this morning, not alot, but snow just the same :( But I will continue to make spring cards to tell myself that spring will SOON be here :)

This morning we are introducing you to two new sets that are just in time for St. Patrick's Day, Louie and Louie Too. These leprechauns are having so much fun, they just make you smile!!!

For my card I used the "March" sentiment from the March Journaling Spot set and created my own background with it just by stamping it in rows over the base of the card. Then I used some pieces are green shimmery paper from Reminisce (leftovers from my stash). I stamped Louie and the Shamrock in Memento Tuxedo black ink and then colored them with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits. I added Inkssentials White pen to the hightlight on Louie. I also added Shimmerz in Celery to the shamrock and to Louie's suit so it all shines so nicely :) I cut each of them out and pop-dotted them onto the card for dimension. The ribbon I used is one of our brand new ribbons and it is fabulous!! I love how it coordinates with this card. You can see it here.

See the Shimmerz?? :)

You should jump on over to the 2RedBananas blog to see anther project and to read about the Inspiration Challenge that will be open until Monday, March 2nd at 4pm EST. It's an easy and fun challenge and right now your chances of winning your choice of one of the newly released sets are excellent!

Also, go visit Maraya's blog, Deb's blog and Jami's blog for more fun projects using these stamps!!

Our quote for the day: "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards." - Soren Kierkgaard

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your blog hop today!

Just Ducky :)

Good Morning - Spring is in the Air, oh wait I'm dreaming again :) It's supposed to rain/snow here today, so I don't think spring is quite here, but I'm going to make spring cards anyway!

Today's sneak peeks are using Abbey Westemeyer's "Just Ducky" set. I LOVE these little guys! So cute! I also love how bright they want to be :) I stamped my images in Memento black and colored them with Copics and highlighted with the Inkssentials white pen.

The paper I used is from Imaginisce's Twitterpated line. I also used Wrinkle ribbon from May Arts and dew drops (can't forget those :) I almost forgot, I pop-dotted the duck to give him some dimension and keep him from fading into the background.

This close up picture shows the sentiment a little better. I stamped it directly onto the dp. I love this saying with this image :)

Other dt members peeking this set today are:

Wendy

Deb

and remember to go to the 2RedBananas blog to enter to win one of the new releases, right now you chances are really good to win :)

Our quote for the day: "A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline." - Harvey Mackay

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

Happy Birthday Sara & Gunther's Greetings

Happy 15th Birthday Sara!!!
Yes, our baby girl is 15 today, I just can't believe it! I can remember this day 15 years ago like it was yesterday. I can truly say that I have enjoyed every 'stage' that she has gone through....so far anyway :)

We are so proud of you Sara - the young lady you are and the young woman you are becoming! We hope you have a wonderful birthday!

Now to the awesome set we are sneak peeking today. It's called "Gunther's Greetings" and was designed for a specific puppy, Gunther. You can see Gunther on Curt's blog. You can also see projects Curt created with this set! His blog has a ton of inspiration for you and I promise you will leave there smiling, Curt's happiness is contagious :) If you want to ready the story behind Gunther becoming a stamp just jump on over to the 2RedBananas blog and you can read about it, see more samples with the set and enter to win one of our new releases by playing in our Inspiration Challenge.



My card was made with a brown cardbase, and some of the new My Mind's Eye French Flea Market paper. When I looked at the stripes I saw a rug for Gunther to lay on :) so that's what I created. I stamped on of the sentiments directly on the dp too. I colored Gunther with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits and added December Sky blingz to his bandana. The heart stamp is part of the set as well. I stamped it onto red cardstock, cut it out and added royal red Shimmerz to make is sparkle as well! I also used the brown wrinkle ribbon (again).

Our quote for the day: "With a stop light, green means 'go' and yellow means 'slow down'. With a banana, however, it is quite the opposite. Yellow means 'go', green means 'whoa, slow down', and red means 'where the heck did you get that banana?'" - Mitch Hedberg

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

Quotes & March Journaling Spot

Good Morning! Today is the second day of the 2RedBananas "Week of Peeks". Today we are showcasing the stamp sets "Quotes" and "March Journaling Spot". Both of these sets are very versatile and can be used on cards, layouts and altered treasures. When you visit the 2RedBananas dt blogs you will see what I mean :) Also visit the 2RedBananas blog to get the details of our Inspiration Challenge so you can have a chance at winning your choice of one of the newly released stamp set.

This first card I made uses the "Quotes" set along with Imaginisce paper. I was just looking at the "So Happy Together" paper with it's curved lines and this card popped into my head (that doesn't happen often :) I started with the Co'ordinations paper as my cardbase and then cut the Imaginisce paper so the hearts were still hanging down. I stamped the quote in Versafine Onyx black and then added the celery grosgrain ribbon and the new metallic dew drops. At the end I covered the hearts with Glossy Accents, you can see this in the closeup picture.

See the glossy accents :)

This second card was CASE'd from the Joy of Card Making - A Second Helping, Wendy Johnson's card - pg 119 if you have the book. I love both of these books. I used the "Quotes" stamp set, Imaginisce Flower Trails paper from the Twitterpated line and some of the new satin ribbon that's in the store :) The clip and the brads are from my stash.

This 3rd card uses the "March Journaling Spot" which I stamped onto the card and then onto the Imaginisce - Twitterpated, Mushroom Fancy paper (the back side). I cut out the inside of the kite and stamped Happy Birthday on it and then pop-dotted it onto the original image. The other papers I used on this card are also from the Imaginisce Twitterpated line. I also used dew drops, wrinkled ribbon, and the new stardust glitter pen in red.

The week is just beginning so be sure to stop by again tomorrow to see more sneak peeks! :)

Our quote for the day: "Joy is the feeling of grinning inside." - unknown

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

Wrapped in His Love

Good Morning! The Week of Peeks at 2RedBananas has officially started! Yes, I'm the slow one and the last to post, but I'm here :)

The set we are sneak peeking today is "Wrapped in His Love" by Sgt Stamper. Once again Jami is AMAZING! I love how versatile this set is! You don't need many embellishments when you use her sets.

I started with a prism cardstock base and added layers of the new My Mind's Eye Bella Bella "French Flea Market" collection. Once again these are double sided papers (my favorite). I stamped in Versafine - Vintage Sepia

You can see here how much the Angel Wings Shimmerz adds sparkle to the card. You can also see the Cat's Eye chestnut roan chalk ink I used to edge the papers. I love that stuff :)

I added May Arts brown wrinkled ribbon and Dew Drops in the water collection.

Can I tell you again how much I love this set! You can go to Jami's blog and Deb's blog to see more creations with this set.

Tomorrow will be sneak peek of another set and different dt members will be showcasing that one.

We are also doing the blog hop a little differently this month. Here are the details:

Our blog hop this month involves a challenge for you. We would love for you to play along for chance to win your choice of one of the new releases! It’s an inspiration challenge. Here’s what you do… during the week, you stop by our blogs and check out the sneak peeks. Then you choose any three things from any three projects and create your own. It can be a card, a layout, an altered item…whatever. For example, you may use a layout from one persons card, colors from another, and a certain embellishment from another.

Just post your project to your blog or SCS and tell us in your description where you pulled your three inspirations from. For instance, Jami's layout from her Wrapped in His Love card, Maraya's color combo from "Gunther's Greetings" (wondering what that one is yet :) and the ribbon treatment that Deb used on her "Just Ducky" ( just another name to tease you :) card. Then go to the 2RedBananas blog and give us a link to your project. (If you upload to SCS, be sure to add 2RedBananas as a keyword)You can enter as many times as you like!!

On Monday March 2nd at 4:00 pm EST/3pm CST the challenge will close and we will choose 2 winners. Both winners can take their pick from the new releases. If there are lots of entries, we just may have to choose more than 2 winners, so be sure to tell your friends to come play along too.

Be sure to play along and stop back tomorrow to see what's new!

Our quote for the day: "Don’t worry about mistakes. Making things out of mistakes, that’s creativity." — Peter Max

Thanks 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!