A CAS Challenge for the New Year

Hello!  The first CAS Challenge at SCS this year is titled "Postage Due".  I did not go out of the box on this one, just used a "postage stamp" from last year's Sale-a-Bration, Fresh Vintage.

This is pretty straight forward.  I used the stamp-a-ma-jig for placement of the lacey image.  The "stamps" are popped up on dimensionals.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps-Fresh Vintage, Teeny Tiny Wishes'
Paper-Whisper White
Ink-Pool Party, Basic Grey, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade

Designer Paper Challenge

Happy Friday, Everyone!  It was a wonderfully short work week and here we are again at the weekend!  I have 2 more Creative Crew cards for you today; these cards are for the challenge focusing on the new Designer Series Paper in the Spring Mini and Sale-a-bration catalogs. I have used the Tea for Two dsp for these cards-

For this card I have paired the bird from Everything Eleanor with the bird cage from Nature Walk to create a vintage style card.

  

For this card I have used a sentiment from the Trust God set and made a rolled rose by punching a large scalloped circle, cutting it into a spiral and rolling the spiral, starting from the outside and working your way to the center.  The edges of the rose are sponged with Calypso Coral.  Fan Fair dsp is also used behind the sentiment.
Thanks so much for visiting!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings,
Lee Ann :)

Supplies Used (all Stampin' Up)
Stamps-Everything Eleanor, Trust God, Nature Walk, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper-Basic Black, Basic Gray, Barely Banana, Crumb Cake, Naturals White, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Fan Fair dsp and Tea for Two dsp
Ink-Stazon Black, Calypso Coral, Basic Gray
Other-Window Frames Framelits, Oval Framelits, dimensionals, Little Leaves die, Decorative Labels punch, pearls

Happy Anniversary!

Stampin' Up is celebrating 25 years of being in business, providing beautiful stamps for all of us who love to get inky.  One of the Creative Crew Challenges this month is to create an anniversary card. 
Here is my card-

You can view the entire Creative Crew Gallery at Splitcoaststampers.
For this card, we were given a great sketch to follow.  I used the "25" stamp from the Merry and Type set, embossed it in silver and punched it out with the extra large oval punch.  The flowers are from Elements of Style and are stamped in Always Artichoke and Lucky Limeade.  The image panel is cut using the "out of the box" technique.  Additional flowers were stamped and fussy cut out and either placed behind the image panel or popped up on dimensionals.  To frame the panels, I have scored around the edges of the card base.


Thanks so much for visiting my blog and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up)-
Stamps-Merry and Type, Elements of Style, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper-Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Twitterpated dsp, Lucky Limeade
Ink-Always Artichoke, Lucky Limeade, Stazon Black and Versamark
Other-Simply Scored, Extra Large Oval Punch, Dimensionals

Inspired By Cracked Glass

It is Friday night and surprisingly I am still awake.  I decided to get a jump start on Saturday's Inspiration Challenge at SCS.  This card came together very quickly compared to some of the time consuming, lack of mojo, cards lately. 

I love how this turned out.  Here is my inspiration piece-

I stamped a piece of Whisper White CS in Black Craft ink with the Sanded Background stamp and then clear embossed it.  I sponged Pool Party and then Island indigo at the bottom, So Saffron and More Mustard in the middle and then Cajun Craze at the top.  The panel is mounted on Basic Black CS and has a narrow band of black CS with the sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set stamped in Black craft, clear embossed and then sponged with So Saffron and More Mustard layered on top. 
All products are Stampin Up. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a blessed weekend!

Lee Ann

Wanted: MOJO

I seem to have misplaced my MOJO.  Have you seen it?  And while you are at it, if you see any creative bones out there, let me know because I don't seem to have a creative bone left in my body!
As this is the week of Thanksgiving, it seems a good time to ponder things I am thankful for.  I am thankful for my son and our home-that we even have a home and that I have been blessed with a good job. I am thankful that God loves me even though I do such a lousy job of loving Him.  I am thankful that he has faith in me even though I usually rely on me rather than Him. I am thankful that He has given us the ability to be creative.  And I am thankful for this community of crafters/stampers in blogland and at SCS; who knew we could have so much fun sharing with people hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles away?!
Now on to stamps!  The Shining the Light Challenge at ODBD this week is to use silver or gold on our card.  Sounded easy enough, but without MOJO, not so!!

Edit-11/18/12-5:50pm
I have been having a rough time getting good pictures of cards lately, so I was playing with the settings on my camera to see if I could brighten up the photos.  Here is a retake of the one above-it may be too bright!  At this point my eyes are so blurry from looking at pictures I don't know what looks good and what does not!

 I wanted to make an easily mailable card, so that meant it would be flat.  I seem to be gravitating to nature lately, enjoying all of the beauty that God has for us, so I chose pine branches to frame my scripture verse.  My background is embossed in silver and my pine branches are glittered with silver Stickles, but it really is not showing up in the photo.  The scripture verse is stamped in Bravo Burgundy craft and clear embossed.  Though simple, I still like how his turned out.   

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Enjoy this week of Thanksgiving and the official start of the Christmas Season!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies Used-
Stamps-ODBD Worship the Lord, Stampin' Up Watercolor Winter and Sanded
Ink-Versamark, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Bravo Burgandy
Paper-Whisper, White, Bravo Burgandy, True Thyme
Other-silver ep, clear ep, silver stickles

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This card is for the Featured Stamper challenge at SCS.

  I just LOVE the dsp that comes in the Holiday Mini Scrapbook kit!  Gray and cream are sooo pretty together. I scored around the edges of the white card base and highlighted the edges of the Pool Party panel by heat embossing it with silver ep. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies used (all Stampin' Up)-
Stamps- Teeny Tiny Wishes, Serene Silhouettes
Paper-Basic Gray, Whisper White, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, dsp
Ink-Versamark, Basic Gray
Other-white and silver dsp, Window Framelits, Simply Scored, Polka dot ef     

Dynamic Day

It is a Dynamic Day today, and not just because it is Election Day!  I decided to play along with Dynamic Duos Challenge, using only 2 colors on a card.  Today's colors are-

And here is my card-

Hope you like it!  It is hard to see in the pictures, but I have added a dab of Dazzling Details to the center of each of the circle patterns on the ornament image.  It has such a pretty shimmer irl!  Thanks for looking, gotta go run and vote!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann:)

Products used include-

Stamps-Everything Eleanor, Keepsake Ornaments, Watercolor Winter, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper-Whisper White, Gumball Green

Ink-Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple, Versamark

Other-Keepsake Ornament die, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Polka Dot and Houndstooth ef, gold ep, dimensionals, Dazzling Details, white Baker's Twine

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Hello Ladies!  I hope this of you in the U. S. got a chance to vote today.  What a privlege!  

I wanted to do more with my Ornament Keepsakes, but wanted to try something other than formal, so went for a whimsical look.  

This is very easy to make when you use the Ornament Keepsake Framelits to die cut each ornament.  I may have to make more of these!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lee Ann :)

Products used include

Stamps-Watercolor Winter and Ornament Keepsakes-Stampin Up

Paper-Gumball Green, Whisper White, Regal Rose, Crumb Cake

Ink-Brilliant Blue, Regal Rose, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Eggplant, Versamark

Other-gold ep, Polka Dot ef, Scalloped Edge punch, Ornament Keepsake Framelits, faceted button, ribbon, linen thread     

A Featured Stamper Sunday

Hope this Sunday finds everyone well, particularly those on the East Coast.  I am grateful that friends of mine weathered the storm well, with only power outage to be concerned with.
Today's Featured Stamper at SCS has a wonderful cas gallery.  You can see the card I chose to case here.  Here is my version of this great card and great layout-

Sorry for the poor picture; I had a tough time with this card, probably because I was trying to get the sparkles to photograph.  I used Stampin' Up's wonderful set, Water Color Winter.  And yes, I did fussy cut the pine branches and pine cones!  Truly, I find fussy cutting relaxing.  No laughing now!
The background panel and the sentiment panel are both dry embossed and the sentiment is heat embossed.  The very edges of the sentiment panel are scored with the Simply Scored tool.  I've added Dazzling Details to the pine cones.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful and blessed Sunday!

Lee Ann

Supplies include-
Stamps-Watercolor Winter, Greetings of the Season
Paper-Whisper White
Ink- Ruby Red, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, Early Espresso and Versamark
Other-polka dot ef, Argyle ef, Simply Scored, clear ep, Dazzling Details

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 Hello again!  I am back with another cas card, this time for a new challenge I am trying, CAS-ual Fridays.  They asked that we make a masculine card.  I don't do that too often;  they really are no where near as fun to make as cards for women!  
Here is my masculine CAS card-

 
 Now you know they saying-diamonds are a girl's best friend.  In this case, they are a man's.  These diamonds are perfect for a masculine card.  I wanted my card to have the feel of Grandpa's sweater vest, so there is some sponging on the diamonds.  Hope that is still CAS!  I gave the card some dimension with scoring around the edge and with popping the diamonds up on dimensionals.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful week!  

Lee Ann

Products used for this card-
Stamps-Happy Harlequin set from Papertrey Ink; Stampin' Up Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink-SU Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Soft Suede
Paper-SU River Rock, Whisper White
Other-Simply Scored, dimensionals
   

Winter Pinks

I tried a lovely color combo that was for the color challenge at SCS today-Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink and Primrose Petals.  These colors make a beautiful winter card!

 

Winter Pinks

Supplies used-

Paper-Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Primrose Petals, Brushed Gold, dsp

Ink-Stazon Black, Pretty in Pink, distress ink

Stamps-Teeny Tiny Wishes, Happy Harlequin from PTI, flourish from La Blanche

Other-Little Leaves die SU, Roses die MFT, Mistletoe die PTI, tulle, quilling tool, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by,

Lee Ann

A Quick CAS Card for Baby

I really should be out hiking on this gorgeous fall day, but after chores and errands this morning, I find myself at my craft area making cards.  What a surprise! This card is a combination of SCS 's Inspiration Challenge, which is to be inspired by something at The Corner Stork Baby Gifts and the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge this week.
Here is the inspiration-

And here is the sketch-

And here is my take on both of the above-

 I  suppose this could be a little simpler than it is, but I think it still qualifies for CAS.  I got to play with my new MFT dies and used the large scallop die on this card.  Supplies used include:

CS-Barely Banana, Naturals White, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso

Stamps-Coronado Island (giraffe), Teeny Tiny Wishes and All Year Cheer II (SU)

Ink-Early Espresso

Thanks so much for stopping on by!  

Lee Ann :)

Sunshine and Weddings

What a glorious day today!  Even though I wanted to stay in and stamp, I grabbed my son, the camera, and the dog and headed to the park for a walk.  I started taking pictures and then, horrors of horrors, I realized I had left the photo card in the computer!  Oh well, plenty more fall days to come; unfortunately I have no pictures to share of today though!

Today's Featured Stamper over at Splitcoast Stampers has an amazing gallery.  This is my take of her gorgeous card (my first attempt did not turn out like I had envisioned it-I hate it when that happens!).  I embossed the Whisper White paper with the Vintage Wallpaper ef.  The label is from the Everything Eleanor stamp set and the sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set. 
The label is stamped in basic gray and fussy cut.  The sentiment is stamped in Stazon black, punched out with the large oval punch and matted with a scallop oval punch in black. 
Both the embossed panel and the label are popped up on dimensionals. 
Simple, easy and elegant!

  Your feedback is so appreciated!  Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann

Trying a Little Primrose

Happy Wednesday to all!  Are you thinking Christmas cards already?  I am, for about a month now as I had no time for them last year since I procrastinated.  Today I combined new and old to come up with a nontraditional Christmas card.

To make this card I used-

Stamps- Everything Eleanor (new) and Word Play (old)

Paper-Whisper White, Early Espresso, Brushed Gold

Ink-Early Espresso, Versamark and Primrose Pink (new)

Other- Holiday Frame ef (new), Apothecary Framelits die ( sort of new), extra large oval punch, gold ep, dimensionals

Most of these items are very versatile and can be used in multiple ways. Everything Eleanor is not a Christmas set but this label stamp works very well on a Christmas card.  And  even though the embossing frame is a Christmas item, it can be used on non-Christmas cards.  Hope you like my design!

  

Thanks for stopping by my blog and have a blessed day!

Lee Ann

Wednesday, 2:20pm
Back again with the second Christmas card of the day, and again using a stamp  that is not designated "Christmas".  This card is also for the MOJO Monday sketch challenge.

This card uses the new Quint-essentials Flower stamp from Stampin' Up and their new Christmas paper, Snow Festival.  I have also used Gumball green paper and ink, Whisper White paper, Cherry Cobbler ink, Baja Breeze ink, Soft Suede ink, Baja Breeze seam binding, Cherry Cobbler Baker's twine, circle punches, both of Stampin' Up's scalloped circle punches, and Stampin' Up's new faceted buttons.
Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann

Happy 4th of July!

Today we celebrate America's birthday and I am so grateful to call America my home.  I am thankful for our founding fathers who understood freedom and fought for it.  I am also grateful for those today who continue to fight for our freedom, which we often take for granted.
Very often America is associated with baseball, hotdogs, and apple pie.  When I think of America I think back to earlier times in our history when life was much less complicated- technology was limited to the radio and black and white T.V.  People actually still cooked meals!  My card today reminds me of that era- when grandmother baked in her kitchen or shelled peas on the porch.  So my card is titled "Grandma's Kitchen"-

This card is for the sketch challenge at Mojo Monday this week.

As you can see, I flipped the sketch to accommodate my image.

What I used to create this card include-

Stamps-Button Buddies, Teeny Tiny Tags

Paper- Real Red, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Grandma's Attic dsp, Beau Chateau dsp

Ink- Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, Stazon Black

Other- Apothocary Framelits, Paper Piercing templates, Daffodil Delight ribbon, Bright Buttons, Scalloped edge punch, Jewelry tag punch, white baker's twine

All supplies are Stampin' Up.  

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog.  Have a blessed day!

Lee Ann :)

Coral Flakes

Well, I didn't think I was going to squeeze in any stamping today, but Woo Hoo!  Lucky me, I tried the Color Challenge at Splitcoast today.  The colors are Calypso Coral, Whisper White, and Crumb Cake.  Super color combo! However, I was lacking in craft mojo today, so I took the easy way out and went with a basic layout- a random, all over snowflake pattern.

I used a Verve set, Glad Tidings, and the matching snowflake dies for this card.  The large flakes are stamped in Versamark and embossed in white on the Crumb Cake cardstock.  Smaller flakes are stamped in Versamark and  Cameo Coral(instead of Calypso Coral) on Whispering White and then clear embossed. The Cameo Coral flakes were die cut and adhered to the panel with dimensionals.  The panel is popped up on dimensionals on the Crumb Cake card base.  I added a sentiment from Stampin' Up's Teeny Tiny Wishes, an organza ribbon and pearls to finish the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful, patriotic 4th!

Lee Ann

Christmas, and it's Almost July!

Hello, Everybody!  We are having record breaking temperatures here in St Louis- 107 for the high-so staying in is definitely preferred today!  I made a quick card for today's Ways to Use It Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers.  The challenge was to make something with a child on it, for a child or, inspired by a child.  I had this great image from Stampin' Up's Greeting Card Kids set already colored so I decided to use that for this Christmas card.

I am really happy with how this turned out.  The card base is Pink Pirouette, the dsp is retired.  The image is stamped on Naturals White and colored with the Aquapainter using Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, and Pool Party reinkers.  The Curly Cute sentiment is stamped in Stazon black.  Snowflakes from the retired "Snowflakes" set is stamped in Versamark and embossed with clear ep.  The image panel is mounted on Raspberry Ripple and an edgelit was used.  Tiny pearls are placed between each scallop.  A white Baker's Twine bow finishes it off with a retired Rose Red button in the center of it.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you stay cool and have a blessed day!

Lee Ann

June 28, 2012- 8:44pm
I was able to sneak in a little more crafting this evening and decided to try the sketch at The Paper Players this week.  

Here is my interpretation-

It was difficult getting a good picture of this card as I wanted to be able to get the shiny clear embossing on the Naturals White panels while still having good lighting for the card as a whole.  This was a fun card to make and I tried a new technique as well, emboss resist with a twist.  I sponged a piece of Naturals White with Pool Party and Wisteria Wonder and then stamped the snowflake in Versamark and used clear embossing powder on it.  I then sponged Concord Crush over the entire image/inked area.  This I then cut in a circle and paper pierced along the inside of the circle, around the snowflake.  The two Naturals White panels were dry embossed; I then rubbed a Versamark pad over it and used clear embossing powder on it to give the panels a shiny/icy look.

To make this card I used-

Stamps-Snowflakes, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper-Concord Crush, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Naturals White

Ink-Versamark, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Concord Crush, Basic Gray

Other-Dimensionals, clear embossing powder, scallpp edge punch, polka dots embossing folder, spellbinder

I really wanted this to be an "all Stampin' Up" card, but could not resist using the spellbinder behind the snowflake image.  

Thanks for stopping by!  

Lee Ann

P.S.  Apparently, it hit at least 110 degrees here in St Louis today!

Happy Hibiscus

Happy Friday all!  Seemed like a good day to work with the set, Happy Hour, although instead of working on a Christmas card, I ended up going a little tropical!  Oh well, it was quite fun to make.

The flowers are handmade; see the close up below.

What I used:

Stamps-Happy Hour, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper-Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight and Lucky Limeade; dsp

Ink-Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral

Other-Scallop Edge Punch, Word Window Punch, Blossom Punch, flower soft

 

More to come later!

Later-

I made the flowers with Stampin' Up's Blossom Punch.  To make the Hibiscus, cut out one petal from each flower.  Then  work the paper so that it is somewhat pliable and glue/adhere the flower petals together to fill in the gap from the removed petal.  This creates a somewhat cone shaped flower naturally.   Next use your stylus from the Simply Scored tool and burnish the inside center of the flower to round it out and make the paper still more pliable.
To make the stamen, simply cut a narrow piece of card stock about 3 inches long and moisten it with water to make it pliable.  then start rolling the edge of the paper lengthwise.  This takes a little patience, but once you get going it goes pretty easily.  You will end up being able to roll it smoothly in your fingers, tightening the roll.  It will be maybe the size of a toothpick.  Let it dry; it does not take long.
While you wait for the stamen to dry, gently roll each petal outward, using a pencil, pen or similar item to wrap it around.  Poke a hole through the center bottom of the flower, making sure it is big enough for the stamen to fit through. Once the stamen is dry, insert it through the hole from the underside of the flower.  Initially, allow more than you want to come through. For the next part, I used Flower Soft that I happened to pick up recently at a Scrapbook Convention.  I applied glue to the end of the stamen and rolled it in the flower soft.  I let this dry and then pulled the stamen back to the length I wanted it.  Trim the stamens on the underneath side and, using glue dots, adhere the flowers to your card!
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Sunny Stork

I just love this stork stamp, Bringing Baby, from Stampin' Up.  I think it is just the cutest baby stamp going!  Today's featured stamper over at Splitcoast has an amazing gallery and I chose an adorable card to CASE.  This is the result:

Have I mentioned that I think this is just an adorable stamp??  To make this card, I used Lucky Limeade CS for the base and used Twitterpated dsp for my mat.  I brayered So Saffron and Barely Banana onto my Whisper White circle.  I cut 2 blossoms with my blossom punch and then cut the blossom petals apart, laid them out around the circle and then gently lifted the circle, added adhesive around the edges and laid it back down on the petals.  I water colored stork and baby and fussy cut them out.  They are on dimensionals.  The tags are made with the jewelry tag punch and stamped with words from Tiny Tags. 
Thanks so much for stopping by and, as always, comments are very much appreciated!
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Well, after having lost my MOJO for most of this weekend, I seem to have found at least some of it this evening.  The sketch challenge this week over at OWH is a fun one.  It is not something I would have normally done, but I really like the results.

 I also discovered a wonderful site that gives you color palette suggestions.  It is where I found this palette.  I would never have even thought to put these colors together, but here they are!  I really like them.  The site is caller Design Seeds.  Check it out if you have lost your color mojo.

As always, thanks so much for stopping by my blog and thank you for your comments.
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 I was totally inspired by the color combo above, so decided to make another card.  I was disappointed in the card I made for the Stampin' Queen's Sketch Challenge this week (it looked better in my head) so I decided to give this difficult sketch another try. 

This is what I ended up with- 
not perfect, but far better than the first attempt.  I used Stampin' Up's Fresh Vintage set and handcut the floral components.  I used a 1 inch square punch on the stamps. The Pink Passion panel is scored with the Simply Scored tool from Stampin' Up.  Paper used is River Rock, Pink Passion, Whisper White,  and Patterns dsp. Ink used is Pink Passion, River Rock, Concord Grape and Tempting Turquoise.  The tag is stamped with a stamp from Tiny Tags and punched with the jewelry tag punch.
Thanks so much for looking!  I hope the sketch challenge is not quite so tough next week!

Thinking Outside the Box with Circles

This week's sketch at The Stampin' Queen's Sketch Challenge is all about circles.  This one  kind of threw me off and I am really not sure whether I like what I came up with or not.

Here is the sketch-

and here is the card.

Ingredients for this card include:

Stamps- Nature Walk, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Inspired by Nature

Paper- So Saffron, Only Orange, Naturals White, Twitterpated dp

Ink- Lucky Limeade, Pumpkin Pie, True Thyme, Basic Grey, Regal Rose, Cranberry Crisp, Stazon Black

The aqua painter was used to color the bee and the butterfly.  The circles were popped up on dimensionals.

Thank you for stopping by and, as always, your comments are greatly appreciated!

Nature Walk and a Baby

I love nature and I love hiking, so I do not know why it took me soooo long to get this set.  The set has been around for several years, but it is new to me.  Maybe it is new to you, too.  Here is my first card with the set.

It seems fairly basic, but good for a workshop, I think.  I am not a very good judge of these things- hopefully it is not too easy!

Here are the supplies (all Stampin' Up unless noted):
CS- Crumb Cake, Bordering Blue, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Old Olive
Ink-Bordering Blue, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Basic Gray, Versamark, Van Dyke Brown Distress ink
Other-embossing folder (Sizzix), gold EP, adhesive pearl
Stamp sets- Elementary Elegance, Nature Walk
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I worked on a card for a coworker, who is having her first baby next month and combined that with the Clean and Simple challenge over at SCS this week.  The challenge is to sew or use "faux" sewing on your card.

 Boy ( I mean girl!), I just love this stmap from Stampin' Up.  I used Calypso Coral  and Naturals White Cardstock and tried to stipple the background, like in quilting.  A quilter I am NOT!  Anyway, background done, I stamped the image in Stazon black and then watercolored, using Cameo Coral, Basic Gray, Blush Blossom and More Mustard.
Stamps used are Bringing Baby and Teeny Tiny Wishes.  A button was added- not sure I should have or not, but there it is.

Thanks for stopping by!

Go Team OWH!

While most of the country is watching football( I think it is the superbowl!?), I am working on Mother's Day cards for OWH.  I do not know what is taking me so long to fill a box, so today was the day to "light the fire" so to speak.

First up, the sweet bird from SU's Nature's Nest.  I stamped a Lablanche stamp in Old Olive across the bottom of the K and Co dp I have had in my stash forever and then used Old Olive and stamped the Serene Silhouettes from Sweet N Sassy Stamps above the Lablanche stamp.  The bird is mounted on Certainly Celery and that is the card base as well.  The Sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes from SU and is stamped on a Very Vanilla tag and tied to the beautiful dark green satin bow with embroidery floss.
 

Next is this sweet SU set, A Flower for All Seasons, stamped with Memento black and colored with copics. 

Sorry for the wonky photo, thought it looked OK when I took the picture...The card base is SU So Saffron and the layer is Ruby Red stamped with SU's Hello Doily in Real Red.  The red paper was then embossed with a CB ef.  the image was cut out with a Spellbinder and the edges were inked with So Saffron while the paper was still in the die.  This is layered on paper from Cosmo Cricket.  It is finished off with yellow satin ribbon, red gingham ribbon and a button tied with blue baker's twine.

Next up,  Sketch Challenge 107!  Tried to keep this simple and went for REALLY bright!  

The card bases are SU's Pool Party layered with Lucky Limeade.  The sentiment is stamped on Whisper White, which was pre-stamped with a Tim Holtz background stamp in So Saffron.  A few Lucky Limeade and Pixie Pink flourishes and flowers were added to the sentiment panel but are kind of covered up by the organza ribbon.  Sentiment is from SU and is in Pixie Pink.  The dp is K and Co. and is mounted on So Saffron.
Lastly, another card using the sweet A Flower for All Seasons set.

 The card base is Bashful blue and dp is Echo Park's, For the Record.  The image is stamped on white and colored with copics.  It is cut with a circle cutter and mounted on the beautiful die cut from Memory Box, Quinn.  That is mounted on whisper white, cut with a Spellbinder Die and stitched with white thread around the edges.  A wide yellow ribbon is sewn to the top edge.  The sentiment is SU's Teeny Tiny Wishes.  A dimensional to "pop" the image and 3 eyelets finish this card. 
Whew!  Done!  Sorry for the length, but I have been busy, Sandy!!!  Thanks for stopping by and as always, thanks for your comments.

A Little Spring in Winter

So, it is a very dreary day here in St. Louis- seemed like a great time to "Think Spring" and participate in the OWH challenge, making a spring or Easter card. I started to go with a floral card, but then I remembered these adorable chicks from Stampin Up- Best of Cluck!  This is on of my favorite all time sets, so this is what got the ink for today's challenge.  I also took the challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches and used the current sketch, #18.
 

Ingredients for the card include:

• SU paper- Pool Party, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana and Whisper White
• Teeny Tiny Wishes,Best of Cluck SU stamps
• Stampin Up's latest and greatest edgelits and embosslits
• Copics
• ribbon
• CB embossing folder
• adhesive pearls

It is so hard to get a good picture with true colors and all on an overcast, gray day.  Sorry for the poor picture quality!  Thanks for stopping by!