SSCB#21 Paper Piecing

This is my 100 hour card.  To start with, it was paper pieced and I kept loosing the little leaves. I got it all together and messed it all up when I stamped the sentiment. (Will I ever learn?) Then I went to trim the card before gluing it together when I cut on the fold. Well that won't work. It went downhill from there, but I stuck with it.

I made this card for Serendipity Challenge #21, Paper Piecing.

Stamps:  Serendipity, Paper Trey Ink (Sentiment)
Martha Stewart Punch
Spellbinder Die
Lil' Inkers design die (bow)
The paper is from my scrap bin.

Whew!

SSCB#20 Watercolor

Grab your brushes! Serendipity's water color challenge is nearing the end.  I haven't water colored in a very long time. This stamp made it so easy. I decided to keep it monochromatic in blue. I just love how it turned out.  I used water color paper and cut out the image. Then I did a little water color wash on the embossed background.

This is for Serendipity's Challenge #20.

Stamp:  Serendipity
Medium:  Water Color Pencil\
Embossing:  Sizzix Folder
Embellished with Pearls

Peace be with you!

Dressing Up The Front Door

Happy Fall!  Don't you just love how God give nature beautiful jewels in the fall?

This card too me all day. This door originally had Christmas wreaths and small Christmas trees in the small pots on each side of the door.  I first tried to color the door on craft paper, but I wasn't getting those deep rich colors I wanted, so I started over and I am really happy how it turned out.

I did this for the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge IC405.  And this is what inspired me:
http://pinterest.com/pin/387591111651608810/



Stamps:                The Stampin Place, Paper Trey Ink (small pumpkins) & Unknown (large punkins)
Step Card             Silhouette Cameo
Embellishments:  Stickles & Liquid Pearls, Sizzix Embossing Folders, Marianne Die.

Gingham and Polk a Dots

Serendipity has a challenge going on right now.  Use at least (1) Serendipity stamp, add gingham and/or polk a dots. I guess I did all three.

Stamps:      Serendipity, Paper Trey Ink (Sentiment)
Dies:          Marianne, DieNamics (tag), Lil' Inkers Designs (bow)
EF:             Embossalicious
Punch:        Martha Stewart (Pine sprigs)

Colored with Copis & added Stickles and 3D paint.

Yes, I took the picture in the Bathroom!

Flourishes Christmas in July

I have not been feeling very creative lately, but challenge me to make a Christmas card and I'm in all the way.  Love, love to make Christmas cards.

The stamp did not indicate what type of birds these are and there wasn't anything in the Flourishes gallery, so I decided they should be Robins, although you'll never see one in Iowa during the Winter season.

I've colored the image with Copics and touched it up with some Prisma pencils.  I needed to lengthen the Marianne die to fit the image, so I covered up the cut with a Martha Stewart pine leaf punch.  The center step card was made with my Silhouette Cameo and the side panels were embossed with a Fiskers folder.

I am entering this in the Flouishes Christmas in July card (FTTC230).

Furry Fairies

Aren't these guys the cutest ever!

This is one of A Day For Daisies newest digi's.  I colored my kitties with Copics, cut them out and mounted them using Spellbinder dies. The sentiment is computer generated.

I am entering my furry fairs in:
A Day For Daisies July club kit take 2 challenge #74 - Use a die cut!

Wish me luck. I really want all of the new releases.

Fall in a Window

I've recently rediscovered my Silhouette Cameo.  Step cards are now sooo easy.

I colored this Flourishes Autumn Blossoms stamp with a combo of Copic and Prisma markers. I cut the image out, which left some of the details a little frail, so I reinforced it from the back using some Diamond Glaze.  The corner dies were snipped from a larger Cheery Lynn die and the little butterfly in the corner is a Fiskers punch.

Two post in 2 days!  I'm on a roll!

Great Day!

Today I am the guest designer for Great Impressions Stamps .  What an honor.  I am so pumped that Jenny has asked me to be a guest designer.  Great Impressions Stamps has something for everyone from cute little mice to elegant flowers. For my card, I have chosen the beautiful Wildfire Silhouette.

The first thing I did was to print my computer generated sentiment.  Using my Stamp-a-ma-jug I stamped it once then again ever so softly for a shadow effect. I then added a little color with my Copics then topped it off with Stickles and a little sponging.  Using my new Spellbinders Floral Ovals, I cut it out and layered it on some pastel card stock.  The pretty butterfly die is from Cheery Lynn Designs. 

Have a wonderfully creative day!

Father's Day

Our American Bulldog, Lulu, is now 1 year old.  There were many times we wondered if we would survive the puppy stage and this bread is known for being stubborn.  So it was a matter of wills between one stubborn man verses one stubborn bulldog.  You be the judge of who won out.

This was a new chair before Lulu. Notice the handle.

When the kids were growing up, they knew when Dad came into the room, they were to get up from Dads chair when he entered the room.

Lulu's owns this!

Dad's Chair

Happy Father's Day. Love Lulu!!

Lulu has been the best dog since taking possession of the chair.

Stamps: Flourishes

Ebossing folder: Cuttlebug

Die:  Spellbinders

Colored with Copics and Primsa pencils. 

I love to color

It's a good thing I don't make a cards for a living.  Not that the card takes so long to make. It just takes me forever to make up my mind on how to bring it all together.  

This image is a free digi from Beccy's place. I just loved coloring this with my Copics.

Stamp:           Beccy's Place & Hampton Art (Sentiment)
Paper:            K&Company
Accessories:   Sizzix Embossing Folder, Marianne Die, Pearls

A New Look. A new commitment.

If your new to my blog, Welcome.  If you follow my blog, you may have thought that I'm not making cards.  Well, I've been hanging out at Splitcoast Stampers.  But now I am ready to recommit to my blog, and to visiting you, who have supported me.  Big thanks to everyone of you gifted and wonderful friends.  

So here is my Tah Dah!

Isn't this Hambo stamp and sentiment a hoot?  I used a Spellbinders die to mount it and then added a grass die.  (My friend gave me the grass).  

I paper pieced her shirt and pants from scraps I have and colored the rest with Copics and Prisma pencils.

Have a glorious week everyone!

More cards.

These are some card I made using A Day For Daisies digital stamps.  You can find all the details on Splitcoast.

Daisies

Okay, it's April 17th and it snowing!  We are suppose to get between 7 and 8 inches of snow tomorrow!  Hello, has anyone told Mother Nature it's Spring?  Last week it was 74 deg. then snowed 3 inches the next day.

Well, these are the only daisies popping up in Iowa.  I just love this Flourishes set.  This was made for a Splitcoast color challenge.

The colors for cc422

elegant eggplant
melon mambo
river rock

 

Read more: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/color-combinations-f43/cc422-elegant-mambo-river-t571670.html#ixzz2QlbWK4Oz

 

I've done acetate before, I had a lot of trouble with this one, but it photographed beautifully.

I have however dismantled it and put it on cardstock. It just wouldn't stand up right or open all the way. 

 

I colored this Gerber Daisies set with Prisma Pencils then I used my Copic BV08 to darken the purple. The Marianne die cut is just a corner die that I used to make a square.

 

Happy Spring everyone!!

 

 

Splitcoast Review

I am determined to get back up to speed here.  These are some of my favorites that I have at Splitcoast.
Normally I would list all the products, but since there are so many in this post please click on any  link next to the card to view details at my Splitcoast gallery for all the details.  I am GailNM if you wish to take a look at my entire gallery.



Funny Face

 

Rainbow Peeps

 

Glamorous

 My Sister

 

 

Butterfly Friend

 

I Bring You Flowers Inside

 

 

 

 

 

 You've Got Style

 

Well Behaved

 

 



I've retired!

I retired March 15th.  You would think I would have tons of time to make cards and post to my blog.
Let me tell you, retirement is exhausting.  I've been getting my physical (loads of fun there), going to the dentist (more fun) and looking for insurance.  I have perfect health except for that over weight thing.  Words of advise... Loose weight. Turns out it's a big red flag when applying for insurance.
I did get some, but it cost me about $75.00 more a month than I had planned. 

I've also been cleaning drawers, washing windows and shredding papers. We have our very first joint tax returns from 1971. Do the math.

This is kind of a long post.  But I wanted you to see the fabulous office that I left behind.

March 14th - Notice the typical mess!

March 15th - All cleared out except for the cake.

I thought I would throw this in for fun. Lulu is sitting on the end table so she can get a better look at Dad blowing the snow. (Notice the rounded corner on the table. Grrrr!)

Interpretation

I had a difficult time with this digi determining what has hair and what was ribbon. I searched the web just before posting and it turns out there isn't any ribbon in her hair. It's all in the interpretation, right? She does have pearls in her hair.

 

Stamps - A Day For Daisies - Pearls In My Hair

I think the sentiment is a Verve Stamp.

 

Colored with Prisma Pencils and Gamsol.

 

 

 

Swinging on a Star

This weeks LIM Change is up in the air.  I really love this digi, so I made him an angel and I gave him wings. How else would he have landed on a star?  I know this may look more like a baby card, but the sentiment was so inspiring and relevant.

I colored the digi with pencils. I used a butterfly die and placed the wings behind him.

Stamps - Cuddly Buddly (digi) Cornish Heritage Farm (sentiment)
Die Cuts - Spellbinder, Cheery Lynn (butterfly wings) - Little Inkers (bow)

I hope he made you smile a little.




 

Hello it's me!

Sorry it's been so long.  I have not started the year in a good way.  I was involved in a horriable accident on January 2nd.  I am better now and with this blog post, I hope to start my journey back to happiness and a new appreciation for all that matters.  Thanks for the prayers my friends.

 

Stamp - Art Gone Wild

Paper - Baby Blue Card Stock

Spellbinders Die

Cuttlebug embossing follder (Quilt)

Colored with Copics

 

 

Stamp - Elizabeth Bell & Recollections (purse)

Paper - My Minds Eye

Colored with Copics

Pop Dots

 

 

Stamp - Recollections

Paper - Red and White Card Stock

Spellbinders dies

Martha Stewart Punch

Jewel

 

 

 

 

I need prayers.