Annie

The extended weekend over the 4th allowed Sherri and I to get together and make cards Saturday and Monday. Great fun. We have our own little DT consisting of Sherri, her cat and me.  Sherri made 3 and I made one. The woman is fast and talented. Here is what I made.

This is Annie. She is one of the front and back series from Art Impressions.  She was colored with Copics. Since her clothes were suggested sailing, I thought I would have her looking from a port hole.  One I had her colored, I traced a Spellbinders die to make the port hole and colored it with grays. I also used a Spellbinders die to cut her out and mount her on DP from My Mind's Eye.  Sherri had given me those fabulous die cut corners a long time ago, so I can't tell you which Company. I did have to scold her, because I could only find 3, so this was my solution. The sentiments are as follows:  "Miss You" and "sending you smiles across the miles" are Paper Trey Ink and "Happy Birthday" is Stampabilities. The flowers on the inside are Penny Black.  


Check out Sherri's blog here to see what the other half of our two person DT made.

The Rocket's Red Glare

I looked and looked for a challenge to enter this card. Same old story. I find the perfect challenge for a card I posted before the challenge. That's why I hardly ever enter challenges. I just not in sync with the rest of the world.  I'm having fun anyway.

I did see a challenge for a tall skinny card, but I don't remember where (it's that old thing) and it's probably over with anyway.

This is an Inkadinado stamp that I colored with Tombow markers. I cut it out with a Spellbinders die then mounted it on some blue metallic. The sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink. I placed a red ribbon under punches.
Also used on this card: Stickles, jewels, Cuttlebug die, Martha Stewart punch and some stars and stripes
ribbon.

PS. Just found a challenge with Diane's help - Sentimental Sundays challenge-61-patriotic-use-colors.
Hugs!

Patriotic Daisies.

I am entering this one in Flourishes Flourishes Star Spangled Banner Challenge.  I also used the keyword FLLCJUNE11 at Splitcoast. So if i link it back to my blog, is that entering twice?  So much to learn about blogging.   

I started out using pencil on the daisies, then switched to Twinkling H2O's.  I did some not so straight stitching and mounted on some deep blue card stock. I know as a rule (okay maybe never) flowers don't have red centers, but they were just too pretty to color over the red.


The sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink.

Fluttering By to Say Hi.

I had a wonderful day.  I took a vacation day, went to lunch and a movie with my daughter and played with my toys the rest of the day.  I thought I'd do something a little cheery.

My little ladybug turned out rather chubby. I saw something similar a couple years ago, but I don't remember where.  I used my Spellbinder dies to cut and piece lady together, then dressed her up with some white and black perils. The little white flowers were torn from and boarder strip I purchased eons ago.  For the antennas, I used the letter "C" from an Accucut die.

After I finished her, I used a Martha Steward Punch and placed a black rickrack for a under it to make it pop a little. I also put a couple of black pop dots under her wings. The sentiment, "Just Fluttering By to Say Hi!" is from My Sentiments Exactly. The pretty red DP is from Paper Trey Ink.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Forced to Embellish

A while back I was commenting on how I had bought all these embellishments, but hadn't used any. Well this is a baby step and I was forced to do it.  Those little flowers in the upper left hand corner are covering up a boo boo.  Stamping 101 -- don't add a sentiment after the card is finished and know when to call it.

Some would not even count this as an embellishment, but you may have noticed, ribbon and Stickles have been my limit.

Gee! Do you suppose I am ready to do a different layout?  You may have also noticed almost all my cards have nearly everything centered.  Sometimes, I do get really wild and tie a bow off to the side. 

Here's the scoop.  Stamp is Stampin Up colored with Copics and pencil. The Sentiment is PTI. Paper is Cosmo Cricket. I used Spellbinders dies and I don't know who belongs to these cute little flowers.

DPDC5

Finally! I have a card to post.  I downloaded this digi from Doodle Pantry before Christmas.  I've been really frustrated with my PC, my printer and my lack of inspiration.  Well, this image is just the "pick me up" I needed and I entering him in the Doodle Pantry Challenge DPDC5.

I colored this little Doodle Pantry image with Copics and cut it out with a Spellbinder's label die.  the paper is Cosmo Cricket. I punched out a couple of the butterflies from the paper and put them under these clear domes that I purchased from Paper Trey Ink. 

Storm Warning: Two feet of snow

They warned us Friday that there was a storm coming.  So, I am prepared. I went to the store and bought all my comfort foods. Then I downloaded a bunch of images from Mo's Digital Pencil.  I'm ready!

For those of you who don't live in Iowa.. Burrrr!  Our first storm of the season.  Although we aren't expected to get much snow, the winds are around 40 MPR and the temp is steadily declining.  We are expected to have wind chills way below zero and the blowing snow makes for white-out conditions.

Funny!

So I'm calling this card "These Boots Are Made For Walking"

My BFF gave me this stamp a while back.  I've had him colored for a couple of weeks. I've been trying to tweak the faux ribbon boarder that I did with a Paper Trey Ink stamp and die cut from the Friendship Jar set.

Funny?

I've had this argument with my BFF. I said I've never seen a snowman with boots, she says she has.

(I think she been drinking).  

The stamp is Snowman Winter Greeting Card Set by Peach Keen Stamps. I colored him with Copics and added a little Stickles to the tree.  I also used stamps and die from Paper Trey Inc, Spellbinder's die and the paper is from K&Company.