CRUSHED CURRY HAIRBALL...

This is for today's Color Challenge.. I am so glad to see crushed curry go... I have had this pack of paper and ink for a year, and never really used it... who knew I would actually LOVE today's combo. Alas, I have found the perfect use for crushed curry - hairballs!! Who knew!
Looking forward to the *NEW* colors -yipee!!
This is also for the Monday MOJO Sketch challenge, which I am absolutely addicted to..
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: StudioG by Hampton Arts
Paper: crushed curry, dusy durango, bermuda bay, whisper white
Ink: stazon, crushed curry, dusty durango
Accessories: circle cutter, punches, ribbon, aquapainter, goggle eyes, embossing folder

BIRTHDAY WISHES...

I made this for a friend..
Love this funny image!
tfl!

Additional Info
Stamps: American Art Stamp: The Gals by Emerson Quillin
Paper: early espresso, marina mist, dsp, white
Ink: stazon, marina mist
Accessories: aqua painter, ribbon, punch, coluzzle, oval & scallop oval punches

ICE CREAM FOR THE LUAU!

I made several of these invitations for my daughter's birthday party Luau coming up in a few days.... Everybody knows you have to have ice cream at a birthday party, especially a luau!
This is also for the Fan Club Gallery Central Theme for June: Invitations..
I got the idea for the luau skirt bottom from a card by mwkids. She used raffia, I just used strips of cs...
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: Greeting Farm: Luau Anya
Paper: whisper white, rich razzleberry, dsp
Ink: stazon, rich razzleberry, old oive, soft sky
Accessories: sponges, nestabilities, scallop oval punch, ribbon, aquapainter

MOSSY TREES...

I made this for my father-in-law for Father's Day. I cased an atc by jmasse. The image and verse caught my eye. I changed the stamp and layout, but kept the basic elements. I added some moss to my trees.

Happy Father's Day to all the men in my life!
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: lovely as a tree
Paper: white, old olive, garden green, basic brown
Ink: stazon, kiwi kiss, wild wasabi, basic brown
Accessories: sponges, aquapainter, brads, twine, moss

ARTISTIC ETCHINGS...

We made it back from a fabulous week with my parents! What a great time we had. As promised, I have some new goodies to share with you. While away, part of my SU! pre-order arrived and I have enjoyed looking through the new catalog. I must admit, the upcoming catalog is FABULOUS! Much better than last year's (I'll be happy to keep this one for an entire year!). I loved the new color renovation, excellent move bringing back some of my favorite old colors-thank for listening Shelli ;), I love many of the new dsp's, finally more ribbon choices (almost as in days of old), many of my old favorite stamps made it into the new catty along with some great new sets! Here is one of them. This is part of a new set called Artistic Etchings. I made this for a couple of this past week's challenges.
Inspiration Challenge 237, Sketch Challenge 285, and Ways to Use It 275: Ribbon. I LOVE ribbon. Black and white gingham is my favorite and usually on every card I make, but today I stepped out of my box and used polka dots...
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: Artistic Etchings
Paper: stazon
Ink: white, basic black
Accessories: filigree brads, ribbon, nestabilities

ON THE RIVAH...

I am enjoying some time with my parents. We went out on the 'rivah' to fish on Tuesday, and went to the Air & Space Museum and watched an IMAX movie today. We are having a wonderful time....

I'll have some wonderful crafty goodies to share this weekend!

BLAST FROM THE PAST...

I'm visiting my folk's this week, so enjoy this 'Blast from the Past'...

I made a couple of these cards a while back to have on hand.. I think I probably cased it from the SU catalog. I just love these colors together for Fall B-days! I added the diamond dust glitter (really big glitter similar in consistency to sugar in the raw) with decoupage. I was pleasantly surprised that those big chunks of glitter stuck so well. Yaye! For the orange scallop I punched out small circles and cut them in half then attached with adhesive.

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Birthday Best Eat Cake
Stamps: Birthday Best, Eat Cake
Paper: only orange, purely pomegranate, confetti white, basic black, bashful blue
Ink: pad - basic black , markers - only orange, elegant eggplant, bashful blue, rose red, old olive
Accessories: stampin' dimensionals, decoupage, twinklets diamond dust, circle punch

GERIATRIC FLIGHT......

You can fly on a bike right?!
This is for today's Technique Lover's Challenge: One Layer Wonder.... and the Clean and Simple: Things that Fly. I know it's a strecth, but ....
Thanks for looking...

Additional Info
Stamps: ? Image from a friend
Paper: whisper white
Ink: various SU!
Accessories: aquapainter

THANKS SO MUCH COACH!

I used the MOJO140 sketch to make a thank you card for my daughter's softball coach. It was an excellent season and the girls even made it to the playoffs, coming in second!!
I don't have any sporty stamps, so I headed to AC Moore and bought this softball dsp off the rack and some baseball stickers by Jolee's Boutique. I turned the center square on end to create my baseball diamond using my nestabilities. I then cut strips of green cardstock and fringed them to make it look like grass. Inside is a pocket for a giftcard to Coach Shea's favorite restaurant. The first card is for one of the dads who helped coach.
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: su
Paper: crumb cake, basic black, real red, dsp
Ink: stazon, kiwi kiss
Accessories: sponge, nestablities, ribbon, stickers by Jolee's Boutique"

FLOWER FILLED...

I used the tssc125 sketch for today's free for all challenge..
Today's challenge was called 'jelly-filled'... and just like a jelly-filled donut, we were to fill the insidle of our card with something yummy and create a hole in the front for a peek-a-boo effect. This was a fun challenge!
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: botanical blooms
Paper: tempting turquoise, brilliant blue, dsp, white
Ink: stazon, melon mambo, tangerine tango,
Accessories: ribbon, bling, top note die, nestablitlies"

LONE BUTTERFLY...

For the WT challenge and LLPC049 Sketch Challenge...
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: essence of love
Paper: craft, basic black, watercolor, dsp
Ink: stazon, pink, baja breeze
Accessories: ribbon, punch

FOR TEACHER...

I made this for my daughter to give to her teacher. Isn't the pot super cute. I got the idea from my friend Kelly. Her son was in my class and she made one for me. I used chalkboard paint for the bottom of the pot.

The card is for today's Color Challenge 274 on Split Coast Stampers. Betty asked me if I would make a sample for today's challenge. I hope you can play along also. You can find the details HERE.

Thanks for looking!

Additional Info

Stamps: teachabella, stampendous
Paper: cameo coral, ruby red, tempting turquoise, whisper white, basic black
Ink: stazon
Accessories: ribbon, cb, punch

A HUNDRED MINUS ONE DAY...

I made this for today's CAS Challenge. I used a vellum sentiment from Fresh Verse Vellum Phrases.
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: simply said
Paper: basic black, melon mambo, whisper white, vellum phrase
Ink: stazon, kiwi kiss, melon mambo
Accessories: aquapainter, tiny brads, filigree flower brad, ribbon, punch"

THANKS SO MUCH MEDALLION

I needed a thank you card and decided to use my new medallion stamp. I've had it for quite a while, but never had the chance to ink it up. I used this weeks color challenge and cased a card by Creative Daze..
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: medallion
Paper: craft, garden green, confetti white
Ink: wild wasabi, crushed curry
Accessories: punches, ribbon, brads