Bloomin Boots

This is a card I made for Splitcoast Stampers Saturday Inspiration Challenge. Ya, that's right... it took me a whole day to complete.  I think I've mention that I have the concentration of a gnat. I've been working on a large paper project and several other cards.  I'll drop a project and pick up another if I turn my head.  I guess after years of deadlines and stress, I've gone completely bonkers. And if you are old enough 😊you don't care how you get there or even if you get there.

Here is the link to my inspiration piece:  John Flevog - Montaigne-Blue

I thought this would be good practice coloring black.  Need more practice!

This Just Inklined digital image was colored with Copics and cut with the Silhouette Cameo. The sentiment is Verve Stamps and the die is Wonky-Stitched Rectangles from MFT.

This post took an hour, because I got distracted a couple of times.

 

QKR Stampede Challenge #196 -Quilting/Stitching - Real or Faux

Now isn't that the truth?  You should see the mess these gals made.

Time again for another fun QKR Stampede Challenge.  This week 's theme is quilting and or stitching.  Look at me.. I did both.  I used QKR's Girl Talk and aren't they sweet?  I was thinking they were patriotic sisters and used various red, white and blue Copics to color them up. 

You can get all this weeks QKR Stampede challenge details here.

Products:

Stamps - QKR Stampede #8804 Girl Talk & Verve (Sentiments)

Color medium - Copics

Dies - Memory Box Stitched Scalloped Circles & Paper Smooches Stitched 

Accessories - Brads 

Hope You Can Cling To

I made this card for - Hope You Can Cling To - a month long card drive benefiting breast cancer patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center.  And this gallery HYCCT1101A Pink Critters.

I had already colored him when I ran across this challenge, so I tried to touch him up and make him a little more pink. The hearts in his mane were already pink.  He is so sweet, but I have no idea what company is is from, so if anyone knows, please let me know.   The stripped paper is S.E.I.  I used Pencil to color him, but blended some RV14 Copic to make him a little more pink. The sentiment "So Proud of You" is from Verve Stamps.


Follow the ink in this post and join in this worthy cause.

It's Coming!

Yup! We can stop it.  Soon we'll be getting out the winter coat and that white stuff will be upon us. And under us, around us and on us. I guess it's best to accept it and know that every day is a gift from God.

So I'm becoming a little addicted to the Simply Less is More Challenge Blog.  Chrissie and Mandi are increadable designers and so inspiring.

This week's challenge was the color of your eyes.

I was really stumped until I ran accross this digi in my files. Both the sentiment and the mittens were freebies from Verve Stamps. I colored the mittens with Copics and added Stickles to pompoms, then mounted on DP from My Minds Eye. How simlple is that?

The Wild

I have this box.  It is full of stamps and related stuff, that I have not used or never used in a couple of years. Stuff which I intend to sell in a rummage someday.  The problem is I keep going back to the box to bring back one thing and several come back to the craft room.  This giraffe is one of the things that made it back to my craft jungle.

I bought this several years ago. It is a large stamp, about 4-1/2 x 3-1/2. There is absolutely no company name anywhere on it.  The "You amaze me" sentiment is from Verve Stamps. I stamped my giraffe with Momento Rich Cocoa and glittered him up with Martha Stewart glitter.  The ribbon is from my stash.

Let me know if anyone knows the company name for this stamp.

Delight in Life

Happy Sunday!  I have a card today that I am entering in The Verve Sentimental About Paper Challenge. The challenge is to use DP that you have been saving and use only a stamped sentiment, no images.  I have had this gorgeous paper from My Mind's Eye for a long time.  The dragonfly is actually imprinted on the paper.  I could never figure out how to incorporate it on one of my cards.  Isn't it (the dragonfly) spectacular?

The paper is very glittery. I took my photo outside, but it still isn't showing.  I used a Verve sentiment. They have the best sentiments.  I used a Martha Stewart punch, some ribbon and perils to finish it off.

Too Much Fussing!

Okay, I fussed with this flower for 3 days.  It is so beautiful, I just couldn't decide how to display it. It has been on black paper, pink paper, yellow paper. It's been by itself, with other flowers, mounted unmounted and curled.
So tonight I just said ENOUGH. Good grief, it isn't like I can never use it again on another card in a different way.  So done, finished, completed. Here it is.

This is one of my most favorite flowers by Stampendous. I colored it up with Copics, then used it as a background is black. I used a Martha Stewart punch to mount it and pop it up. I used some Stickles on the center of the flower and put a jewel on each corner.  The lovely sentiment is from Verve Stamps.

I am entering this in Paper Sundaes #70 Challenge - Pop it Up.

Did you noticed I posted 2 days in a row??

The storm.

 So I have to tell you about Saturday's storms.  The tornado that went through Mapleton, Iowa was about 30 miles from here. The pictures look devastating, but luckily no one was seriously injured.
Here's how it went down at our house. I was in my new studio (doesn't that sound fancy) when the sirens went off.  On my way to the basement, I go to the four season's room, to see if DH heard them (I knew he did).  He said he wasn't going because he had the weather channel on and he'd be just fine in his room with nothing but windows. After 40 years, I don't argue. I went to the basement and turned on the the weather channel. After a while it looked as if it was going to miss us, I went back up to check on him and guess what?? He's now standing with the door open watching the wind and rain.  I swear I don't know how any man would survive a tornado.

Now the card.  I was visiting Mary J. and she had this fabulous card using a Some Odd Girl digi. She mentioned there was a challenge. Well, any excuse to to shopping, right? So this is what I made with my purchase. I can see me using this digi a lot.

I didn't get the lighting just right on the inside. Mary J always decorates the inside, and I think that so nice.
I am entering my card in the Some Odd Girl's CAS challenge.

So here is what I used for the card.  Sunflowers digi is from Some Odd Girl, the sentiment is Verve. I used Copics and some Martha Steward glitter around the faces. The paper is Basic Grey.

Happy Tuesday!

Say if with flowers

So finally I have a challenge to enter.. Penny Black Saturday Challenge is "Say It With Flowers". Well that's not hard at all and I knew right away what stamp I wanted to use.

Can you see the Martha Stewart glitter I used on the flower and wings? This stamp is Penny Black Bee Costume. (As if this cat could really disguise himself.) The sentiment is from Verve Stamps. I did some paper piecing and matted him on black with some saddle stitch ribbon. The paper is from my scrap bin.

Here's wishing everyone a fabulous week. 

So Jazzed for you, Diane!

One a my very first and loyal members has just joined the design team at Digi Doodle Shop's Best. Diane is making her day-bu next Thursday the 14th, but don't wait till then to see some of her awesome cards here.
We both started our blogs about the same time and I couldn't be for happier for her. So this card is for you, Diane...

This is just one of the digi's I chose from DDSB along with about 3 others. The sentiment "So jazzed for you" is from Verve Stamps.  I used Copics, cut it out with a Spellbinders die and added some ribbon from Michael's then touched it off with some Martha Stewart glitter on the mushrooms. The paper is from that same paper pack that I lost the cover to so again I can't tell you who makes it. Sorry.

I'll probably have to go back and edit this.  The storm sirens just went off.

Happy Birthday Sister

I have the sweetest Sister.  Sadly we are all that is of our family.  When I was very little she took care of me a lot. She is an amazing Mother, Grandmother, wife and sister.  She is also a Breast Cancer Survivor.  She called me Sunday. She lives in Minnesota and they were having a blizzard.  Saturday, she had baked 5  cakes (all different and most likely from scratch) for her church which was canceled due to the storm.  I haven't baked 5 cakes in the last 5 years.

When I saw this stamp, I just knew I would have to use it for her birthday card.  She loves all things Victorian and she has a little area just outside her kitchen, that this image fits perfectly.

This Impression Obsession stamp is large, so there wasn't much room for DP, but I did manage to use some from my scrap bin for matting. This was colored with Copics, Prisma Pencils and Gamsol then did a little sponging with green an blue. The "Sister" stamp is from Vere Stamps. And look, I did a little embellishing with flowers by Sandylion Essentials.

For the inside, I used the same DP and used a Martha Stewart boarder punch. Then I cut an oval with my Spellbinder die for my inside.  This sentiment is one I got from a neat little book I bought, Ultimate Guide to the Perfect Card by Linda LaTourelle. A must have.

My stash

When I decided to start this blog in November, I started with a couple of Thanksgiving cards. After that, I was on a roll with Christmas. I love making Christmas cards, so posting was easy.  Now I'm just waiting for my creative juices to kick in.  Lucky for me, I had a stash that I taken photos. Here is one from that stash.

The stamps front and inside are Verve.  On the inside there is a cloud behind the verse which didn't show up too well in the photo.  I don't remember the paper (maybe Basic Grey), but I used every bit of it. The only coloring was a little shading around the balloon. That's kind of unlike me.

Many Thanks!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I received so many great gifts. This will be just one of my "Thank You" cards.

Paper:  The Paper Studio

Ink: Memonto

Copics, pencil and Gamsol

Spellbinder Dies

Stamps:

 "Thanks", Verve Stamps

Bear, Stampin Up (2002)

"Your the Best", Hero Arts

Warm Winter Wishes

I'm blond!  I saw this challenge over at the Pickled Paper Design.  I knew right away what I wanted to do.
I downloaded these images from Verve Stamps last year. I love the simplicity of the mittens.  Now my dilemma is I can't figure out how to enter the challenge.  I think it's pretty challenge or not.

This card is loaded with bling, with the jewels on the mittens and the "i" in Winter, all done up on glittery

My Mind's Eye DP.  These are two images from Verve Stamps that I had downloaded and put together.

I colored the mittens with Copic BG13. Also used Hobby Lobby ribbon, a Spellbinders die and a Martha Stewart puch for those tiny snowflakes.