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!

March Christmas Card Commitments

I'm almost never late for anything, but I am kind of a last minute gal.  So I surprised myself and finished before the 31st with this challenge.

This one is a High Hopes stamp. The DP paper is from K&Company. I colored this with Copics and Prisma pencils. The embellishments are a Wilton doily and buttons.

Isn't this Bo-Bunny paper fabulous? The horse is from Serendipity and the sentiment is Paper Trey Ink. This was done with Prisma Pencils and touched up a bit with Copics.

The silver paper has really pretty embossing, which didn't photo well.  The paper is My Minds Eye. The stamp is Stampendous. The itsy-bitsy poinsettias are a digi from A Day For Daisies. The deer was cut from my Silhouette Cameo. I also used Spellbinder's dies with this.

Whew! I am really tired.  Best hit the pillow, it's going to be a long week.  Have a good one. 

Favorite 2011 Mo Project

I posted this on my Splitcoast Gallery awhile back. I just forgot to post it here. It was one of my favorites, so I'm blaming it holiday overload.  I only remembered it when I ran across this Mo DP2 Challenge which is "Favorite 2011 Mo Project."

This is defiantly one of My favorite Mo images.  I colored her with Copics and shaded with Prisma pencils. The little poinsettia is a PSX stamp and the sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink.  I added some 3D paint for the snow. Then I stitched it to some blue/gray and used cream card stock as the base.

I thought it turned out pretty, but after view what the DT created.. OMG!

Just one more

In my previous post, I said that I "probably" would not be posting until after Christmas. That was before I went to the Simply Less is More blog and saw this week's challenge theme is music . So it got me to thinking about the Mo's Digital Pencil image that I got last year. Then I started looking for it. Since I upgraded last year, some things got moved and apparently some didn't get backed up, because I just couldn't find it. Then I became obsessed and ended up purchasing this digi again. It's so cute I really didn't mind that it was a second purchase.

I colored Singin so Beautiful with Copics and added some 3D paint on hats. The sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink.

Peace and Goodwill

Just a quick post to let everyone know, I still make cards.

The holly is a free digi from Cuddly Buddly.  I thought it need something else.  I found this ornament at the back of to drawer. I have no idea where I bought it but it had a clearance sticker for $.79, so I'm thinking Michael's.  It says it's a Brother Sister Design??   I also found this perfect color and size ribbon from which I hung the ornament. The sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink.

Have a great Monday everyone.

The staff

Let me start by saying, there is a lot of effort that goes into making a card.  And talent has it's price. Maybe I should replace the word "price" with.... you decide.  This is a picture I took of my desk after creating my latest masterpiece.  Note the little 4 x 4 inch square left for my poor little card.

And this is how I left it this morning

As I have mentioned before, I have a VERY tidy husband.  And he takes "tidy" to a new dimension. 

Hubby is retired and takes very good care of me.  So when I returned from work this is what I found.

Notice the neat rows he made of my stamps.  I'm sure it concerned him that the bottom row did not come out to the same length as the others.

Also note the 3 cut-outs a lined up as well as my glue which is all facing the same direction.  I'm really not poking fun.  But really, is it not just a little funny?  Yes, ladies he does laundry, vacuuming and yard work.

If he ever reads this the gig up.

Now to my card which I am entering in the Simply Less is More Challenge which is the colour green.

 I was really stumped with this challenge, so I started look through my inventory when I ran across this Serendipity stamp. 

I took very little coloring with my green Prisma pencil.  I suppose there isn't one of you who's seen a green dove, but I think he turned out pretty.

The sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink. I added green pearls as holly berries and matted it on this pretty embossed green card stock.

By the way Hubby has a good sense of humor.  He lives with me.

Nature's Beauty

I bought some water color paper last week and have been itching to use it.  I haven't use watercolor pencils since I became addicted to Copics.  I use to water color all the time but just on plane card stock.  The fawn was a little difficult to color. But I am my biggest critic.

This stamp is from Stampabilities and the sentiment is Paper Trey Ink.  I misplaced the package that the gorgeous die came in @#$%.  The white leave is a Martha Stewart punch.  I cut the oval and label with Spellbinders dies.  The paper is a company I've never heard of before, Me and My Big Ideas. 

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.