Road trip. Good food. Good shopping.

I love these little road trips Sherri and I take.  Internet shopping is great, but once in a while it's just so nice to get away and share the things you love.  We shop, we eat a a nice restaurant and solve world problems while driving to and from.  Here is what I made with one of my finds.

This is the first stamp I've ever purchased from Northwood Rubber Stamps. They have some beautiful scenery stamps.  I colored this beauty with Copics and used some Stickles.  This is a large stamp, and I wish the DP from K&Company showed better.

I hope to be back again soon with some more of my road trip finds.   Creativeness has been on a road trip too.

Lhasa Apso

This Mo's Digital Pencil image is so cute, I could have printed on a old wrinkled up brown paper sack and it would still be cute.  I posted this card on Splitcoast Stampers and it got a moderate response, which makes me think it's not as spectacular as I think it is.  I am humbled.

So I went to Minnesota to visit my sister and along the way I stopped at my favorite craft store A Walk Down Memory Lane. (Okay, maybe it was a little out of my way.) Anyway, I purchased these fabulous dies, Spring Border by Memory Box and the Leafy Flourish is by Die-namics. Aren't they gorgeous?

I printed Lhasa apso on some pink cards stock (also purchased at AWML) and used just a little grey pencil on him.  The butterfly is from Flourishes.  After I made the card, I Googled Lhasa apso and they are actually white with golden highlights.

AWML has an on line store if you are interested in purchasing any of these dies. They have a wonderful selection of paper craft items.

My First Fall 2011 Card?

I just came back from a mini vacation visiting my sister in Minnesota. We had a really good time and I miss her already. Everyone should have at least one sister.

This is suppose to be a fall card, but the leaf said "I must be red" and now it looks more like Christmas.

The Stamp is from Studio 112 which I colored with Copics.  the embossed leaves were done with a Cuttle Bug die and embossing folder. The "Thankful" sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Enjoy the reset of the weekend.

Sleepless in Sioux City

If you're going to be up all night, you might as well post, right?  I finished this card late last night with intentions of photoing and posting the next day.  Problem is, I went to bed but never went to sleep.  And of course I still have to go to work.  This is an on going problem I've had since I was a young girl.

This is a digi from Cuddly Buddly.  I colored this up with bold colors the first time, but it was just uninteresting. So I decided  on a softer approach, and I rather like the look and it went so well with this gorgeous DP from DCWV.  It's actually nursery design pad. The punch along the side is new Fiskers punch that Sherri gave me as a Saturday present (what a sweetie).  The butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch.  The sentiment " Happiness held is the seed. Happiness shared is the flower" has no company name on it.  I added perils around the sentiment and to the butterflies.  This is my first use of the Grand Nestabilitie's dies. I am entering this in Cuddly Buddly's challenge-7-anything-goes.

It's 3:56 AM and I don't dare go to sleep now.  Yawn!

Hello My Friends

Life has once again gotten in the way of my card making. I've been super busy.  I thought things were suppose to start slowing down when you get older.  I'd retire, but I like to shop. But then if I keep working, I don't have as much time for card making. (And it takes me a long time to make one card).  So this is what I fussed over most of the afternoon.  Then I take the picture and it shows all my imperfections.

I probably should have gone back and blended her face a little, but that's about the time something horrible would go wrong. Sometimes it's that last touch up will get you.

This stamp is from Penny Black, and the "Merry & Bright " is from Paper Trey Ink.  I colored her with Copics and shaded with Prisma pencil and Gamsol.  I used an oval Spellbinders die, and a Martha Stewart punch for the back. The little snowflakes are from an AccuCut die.

I hope it isn't another whole week before I post again.

Quick Post for a Short Weekend.

The title says it all. I worked Saturday morning and from home Sunday.  Our youngest granddaughter spent the night Saturday and today we are having a birthday dinner for our daughter and youngest son. Whew!

This is High Hopes stamp, I paired with a Hampton Art sentiment.  I colored the cat and bird with Copics.
the sentiment cut with a Paper Trey Ink die. and mounted with a Die-namics die. I don't know the DP company as it's from my scrap stash.  The boarders were done with a Martha Stewart Punch.