Punny Valentine

Hello Peeps!  What a busy week it has been!  The weather has finally started to feel like winter and we got SNOW!.  Not much, but I will take what I can get.  With the New Year upon us, why not look ahead to Valentine's Day and Valentine's cards?  That is exactly what I did with today's Featured Stamper Challenge at SCS.  Sabrina is being featured today and she has a full gallery of fun, quirky diverse cards.  The card I chose for inspiration has a dog on it and lots of polka dots.  This is my interpretation of her card-

I paper pieced this dog image from Unity and stamped my banner with dots.  I fussy cut the red chevrons out of an embossed panel.  I really must get some chevron dies!  The sentiment is computer generated.  I used Crystal Effects to give this pooch a wet nose!  The ears, dog tag, and tail are popped up on dimensionals. This will be a Valentine card for my son-notice there is no pink and no hearts on this card? ;) 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and have a wonderful and Blessed New Year!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-dog-Unity; Darling Dots-MFT
Paper-Sweet Tooth-MFT; Real Red, Basic Black, Crumb Cake and Designer dsp from Stampin' Up
Ink-Stazon Black, Craft Black
Other-Crystal Effects, MFT Fishtail Flag Stax, SU Chevron EF, dimensionals

Merry Christmas!

Luke 2:8-12- And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night.  An angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were afraid.  But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid.  I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people.  Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.  This will be a sign to you:  You will find a baby wrapped in clothes and lying in a manger."

Wishing you a Blessed Christmas!

Lee Ann

This card is being entered in Our Daily Bread Designs weekly challenge

Supplies used-
Stamps-Verve-Joy to the World, ODBD Baby Jesus
Paper-Early Espresso, Very Vanilla (SU), dsp-MME 
Ink-Stazon Brown, distress ink, Versamark
Other-Stampin' Up Oval Framelits, gold ep, Fishtail Flag Stax (MFT), burlap

Simple Thanks

Wahoo!  It is Christmas break!  Time to enjoy the holidays and recharge for the new year.  We had snow flurries yesterday, but nothing stuck.  I am hoping for snow.  I know many of you would rather the weather stay warm and precipitation free!  Which category do you fall into?  Either way, today is the first day of winter and the official start to the Christmas holiday for me.  To celebrate, I played in the Free for All challenge at SCS and got my card done early for a change. 
Today's challenge is to make a simple Thank You card-one we would be willing to reproduce.  Well, I don't like to reproduce any cards-I like the creative process.  This card had to be really easy to want to reproduce it.

This was easy peasy; I stamped the Everything Eleanor image on Naturals Ivory in Craft Black ink.  I punched the circular image from the Festival of Prints dsp Stack and adhered it (with a dimensional) to the center of the stamped image.  The Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment is stamped in black.  I scored around the Naturals Ivory panel and then layered on another dsp from the Festival of Prints pack.  The card base is Naturals Ivory. 
This card was so easy I may actually reproduce it! I need several cards for students who gave me Christmas gifts.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Blessings,

Lee Ann  :)

A Snowy Sketch

Hello All!  I had more time to play this evening, so I was able to participate in the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and the Paper Players challenge.

This is my cas snowflake card using the FMS sketch-

 This came together fairly easily, once I decided on the stamp to use.  The image is stamped in Early Espresso and then stamped again in Versamark and embossed in pewter ep.  I then die cut the embossed snowflake out and popped it up on a dimensional and layered it on the original image.

My new favorite color combo is Whisper White and Very Vanilla.  I have always used one or the other until recently, and now love the look of the two together.

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

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used-

Stamps-So Many Scallops (SU)

Paper-Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Soft Sky, Snow Festival and Candlelight Christmas dsp (SU)

Ink-Early Espresso, Versamark

Other-Pewter ep, dimensional, MFT Fishtail Flag Stax and Circle Stax

 

A Bluebird CASE

Hello Everyone and a Happy Sunday to you!  Can you believe it is less than 2 weeks 'til Christmas?  I know I have not completed all that I need to.  I will be at the stores this afternoon finding that elusive perfect gift. 
Today's SCS Featured Stamper is Gail, and she has a beautiful gallery and does some beautiful coloring.  I cased one of her lovely cards in white with a bird image on it.  Here is my take on her card. 

This was supposed to be a quick card for me, but I seemed to have to fight everything this morning-the Spellbinders, the pearls, the photography...so it took alot longer than I anticipated. I do like the end product.  This is the first time inking up this wonderful Stampendous image, Bluebirds.  I stamped it in Stazon Brown and colored it with Stampin' Up inks and a blender pen.  The card base is 5x5 and matted with Soft Sky cs embossed with the Tweets and twigs mbossibility folder.  The bird image is cut with an oval Spellbinder and sponged around the edge while still in the frame with Soft Sky ink.  The image is mounted on a Labels One die cut.  I embellished with a flourish from Venetian Motifs and flowers made from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack from SU.
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and have a blessed week before Christmas!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-Bluebirds by Stampendous
Paper-SU Soft Sky and Whisper White; MFT Sweet Tooth
Ink-Stazon Brown, SU Ballet Blue, Basic Gray, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Blush Blossom, Crumb Cake, Soft Sky
Other-Blender pen (SU), Itty Bitty Punch Pack (SU), Pearls, Spellbinders Label One, Ovals, and Venetian Motifs Dies and Tweets and Twigs ef

A Sketch and Pastels

Hello Everyone!  I hurried home from work today to squeeze in some stamping time.  The sketch at SCS is a nice basic sketch today-

Here is my take on this sketch-

I got it in my brain that  I wanted to do a soft, pastel Christmas card, but with a bit of whimsy.  I chose this adorable reindeer image and watercolored him.  The background mat is embossed with white holly leaves and pink berries.  I forgot to cut my image panel down to size before I glued everything down (Oops!), so I had to trim the corners off after the card was completed (including the wet stickles!). Thus, the panel overlaps the blue card base, which is not what I had intended to do.
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog; you are a blessing!

Lee Ann :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-Holly and Berries (PTI), sentiment (PTI), reindeer-Special Delivery by Stampendous
Paper-all SU-Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Pink Pirouette, Naturals White, Whisper White
Ink-Stazon black, Bashful Blue, Basic Gray, various browns, various greens, Pretty in Pink, Versamark
Other-white ep, Aquapainter, silver Stickles, Silver pen (CM), Vintage oval die (Verve), Flourish (MFT), Shimmer Mist

Another Go at CAS Cards

 Please excuse the mess!  Blog under construction. 

Today's CAS challenge at SCS was based on a piece of fabric-a lovely floral in grays, mustard yellow, white and red.  Here is my take on that challenge-

I feel I am still working out some "kinks" with the cas (clean and simple) style.  The more I look at this card though, the more it grows on me.  I stamped the flowers on Whisper White CS and fussy cut them.  The Swirl is stamped in Basic Gray and the florals adhered to the panel, with one of them popped up on dimensionals. The flower centers were watercolored with Cherry Cobbler ink; I added pearls colored with a Copic marker to one flower center.  The panel was machine stitched and popped up on dimensionals. 
Thanks so much for stopping by my corner of blogland.
Blessings to you!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-SU Everything Eleanor, Tiny Tags
Paper-More Mustard, Whisper White, Naturals White
Ink-Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler
Other-pearls, dimensionals, sewing (machine)