School's out... Scream and Shout...

... and I'm ready to get my stamp on!  Here is a little something that I made for SCS Inspiration Challenge.

I love how it turned out!  Thanks for looking. 

Additional Info

Stamps: SU: Organic Grace

Paper: white, MME Blush Paper Pad, K & Co. assorted tags

Ink: SU: Bermuda Bay, Black Stazon

Accessories: Sakura Jelly Roll glitter pen, Charmalong "Faith" charm, ribbon, half pearls

Techniques: layering

Come to Bethlehem

HOPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

I made this for today's Inspiration Challenge. This card was inspired by the colors in THESE  gorgeous pillows.

For the image I used Spring Bunnies by Hambo. I popped the two in the front up with pop dots and added some cotton from some q-tips to their tummies.

This is also for the Catered Crop Recipe Swap - In Stitches.  I pulled out my sewing machine and stitched around all of my mats with white thread.
Thanks for looking!!
Additional Info
Stamps: HAMBO: Spring Bunnies
Paper: Recollections, MME, SU!
Ink: Ranger
Accessories: ribbon, bling, punches, nestabilities, stitching, crystal effects, q-tip

INSPIRED BUTTERFLY...

This card fits the Inspiration Challenge for today.  What a fantastic site filled with inspiring pieces.  I loved these canisters.  Thanks for stopping by.

Pixellated Inspiration....

I used today's Inspiration Challenge to get me moving in the right direction for the F4A.
I thought that this piece:http://www.etsy.com/listing/78779851...-and-dragonfly was similar to the paper I used.
Thanks for looking.

Additional Info
Stamps: Fresh Cuts
Paper: white, early espresso, Recollections: Charming
Ink: early espresso
Accessories: ribbon, dragonfly charms

INSPIRATION ANYONE?

Lately, I haven't had any desire to stamp or create or clean or well, just about anything.  This is pretty indicative of this time of year.  The end of summer always makes me want to drag my feet, cross my arms and pout.  I don't want it to be over.  I love being home everyday with my kids.  I love corn on the cob.  I love stamping the day away.  I love swimming... you catch my drift.  So, when my sweet and super-talented friend Anne asked me to join her in making sample for today's Inspiration Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers, I was ecstatic.  I took one look at the Patina website and loved it.  I had a hard time picking just one piece - so I made two!
The first thing I made was this card.  I was inspired by this Teal Botanical Pillow.

Next, I made a mixed media frame.I was inspired by this Green Tube Vase. Everytime I saw it I thought of some crayon art that I saw on Pinterest. I decided to combine the  two to create this mixed media frame.
I melted the crayons with an embossing gun, added some orange, silk poppies, bling and stamped that cute little bee.

Thanks for looking. I hope you can join us today with this challenge!! 

BUY THE MATCHING PURSE!
I was inspired by all of the fabulous shoes and bags from the Inspiration Challenge featured website. I pulled out a stamp set by GinaK.
I used the Viva La Verve Week 1 sketch for the layout.
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: Gina K
Paper: white and dp
Ink: stazon
Accessories: ribbon, nestabilities, silver twine, silver shoe & purse charms, embossing folder
Techniques: paper piecing

Happy Birthday Sarah!

Today is my daughter's birthday. She is 9 going on 21! I love that we have a summer birthday in our family. My stickers are Jolee's.
Thanks for looking... see ya at the pool!

Additional Info
Stamps: Occasional Quotes
Paper: bazzil
Ink: stazon
Accessories: Stickers by Jolee's, ribbon, punches

OOMPA GET WHALE for DANTE!

I used today's IC to make a Get Well card for the son of a fellow stamper who has cancer and is getting ready for a bone marrow transplant. Dante is 7 years old and is recieving the bone marrow from his younger sister Julia. (I made the hedgie for her)...
I don't ask for favors often, but I would love if all of my stampy friends would make a card or two to send to these precious children. Here is the address:
Dante Erk, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit RM 430, 4th floor East Tower, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington DC 20010

Additional Info: Whale Card
Stamps: Animal Stories, Circle Circus
Paper: not quite navy, kraft, whisper white, dp
Ink: baja breeze, not quite navy
Accessories: nestie, ribbon, punch, crystal effects, brads, sakura glitter pen

Additional Info: Hedgehog card
Stamps: Fun & Fast Notes
Paper: chocolate chip, melon mambo, dp, white
Ink: stazon, soft sky
Accessories: sponge, nestie, ribbon, punch, sakura glitter pen,

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

SORROWFUL SEASIDE....

Apparently I am on a roll.. I've made a couple of more cards for today's IC challenge... using up the scraps from my first project.. and wanted to share these with you... I needed a sympathy and a thank you. I also love this past weeks color challenge...blues and greens are my fave!
I love the way the image sparkles from the stardust embossing powder, and I'm so happy I was able to capture it in the photo...
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: Essence of Love, Thoughts and Prayers
Paper: handsome hunter, bermuda bay, whisper white
Ink: craft black, kiwi kiss, bermuda bay, melon mambo, stazon
Accessories: sponges, top note die, stardust embossing powder, ribbon, oval punch, scalloped oval punch
Techniques: embossing, sponging

HOPE for 2010...

I made this 6x6 scrapbook page using several challenges from this past week: DDC (grid technique - on the image block), Color Challenge (handsome hunter, certainly celery, bermuda bay, with a touch of pink), Sketch Challenge, and today's Inspiration Challenge (I chose the Beefees picture). This is also the first challenge word for Patter Cross' 2010 Scripture Challenge II. A challenge word is issued every other Sunday, so that at the end of the year, I will have a 6x6 scrapbook full of scripture to treasure and share with my family.

My scripture reads: "May the God of HOPE fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with HOPE by the power of the Holy Spirit." ~ Romans 15:13
Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Additional Info
Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers
Paper: whisper white, handsome hunter, certaily celery, bermuda bay
Ink: craft black, kiwi kiss, bermuda bay
Accessories: MM mini blossoms, mini silver circle brads, ctmh black gingham ribbon, SU! top note die, sizzlits die cut letters, stardust ep
Techniques: grid, embossing"

BIRTHDAY BOT...

This is for Saturday's IC challenge. I browsed the boy section and came upon a robot short john set. Super cute! I needed a boy birthday card for today and viola here is the card.

Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: Lots of Bots
Paper: chocolate chip, whisper white, kraft, dsp by basicgrey
Ink: stazon
Accessories: SU! markers, twine, piercer
Techniques: paper piecing

INSPIRATION CHALLENGE...

My wonderful friend, Anne Harada aka Itsapassion on SCS, is hostessing the Inspiration Challenge over on Splitcoast Stampers. She has found a wonderful website full of incredible images that will certainly inspire you in your creativity. You can read more about the challenge HERE.

I was inspired by the Fairy Hairbrush Mirror. I love the bright, fun colors... and fairies.. This image is a free online coloring page. Too cute!

Additional Info
Stamps: Coloring Page by E. Dublemba
Paper: white, melon mambo, green galore, bermuda bay
Ink: SU!
Accessories: aquapainter, ribbon, flower brad, scallop punch, dew drops
Techniques: tearing

OOPS, WRONG SPELL...

I made this for my BIL John. We got together with family last night for a cookout to celebrate John's birthday. He got a laugh out of this one. Thanks to my good friends Edith and Mary, who came up with the idea and had these adorable images. Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: witch doctor
Paper: whisper white,chocolate chip, garden green, hawaiian papaya dsp
Ink: stazon, kiwi kiss, tangerine tango
Accessories: wide grosgrain ribbon, twine, brads

SIMPLE SPUNKY FREIND

I made this for today's Inspiration Challenge and the Verve Release Sketch Challenge... I am addicted to sketches. I also enjoyed getting to play with my new goodies.. and can you believe I made a card using pastels...ick! I think it turned out nice, I'm just not a big fan of the soft subtles..

Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: simple friendship
Paper: whisper white, mellow moss, barely banana, bashful blue, sab dsp
Ink: mellow moss, bashful blue
Accessories: sab ribbon bundle, markers, brads

INSPIRATION CHALLENGE ...

I made this for the Inspiration Challenge. Thanks Anne, aka Itsapassion, for asking me to make a sample for today's challenge.At first I was having a loss of mojo, then I decided to go with the journal in the upper right hand corner seen here. I was inspired by the flower and the bands of color. I think the Hawaiian Papaya dsp matches the colors perfectly along with the Botanical Dreams by Asela Hopkins for GinaK Designs.Come on along and play, I'd love to see what these journals inspire you to create!

Additional Info
Stamps: Botanical Dreams by GinaK Designs
Paper: chocolate chip, whisper white, Hawaiian Papaya dsp
Ink: jet black stazon; for watercoloring: old olive, tangerine tango
Accessories: HPH, ribbon, oval punch, scallop punch, black maker

LANG INSPIRED CATTY CASE

I made this for a couple of challenges (lately, it seems the only way I can keep up *rolling eyes*).. Anyway, I just LOVE Lang Calendars and have the Coffee calendar by Dan Di Paolo hanging in my kitchen. I used the colors to inspire me for the Doubledog Dare Challenge given by Michelle (sf9erfan) to case a card from the catty. I couldn't find my old catty, so I chose to case a card found on pg 111 of the new catty (I've had my nose buried in it since it came in the mail last week.) This is also for Friday's LSC given by Dawn, to use a black base. I love using black on cards, so I just couldn't pass it up! Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: boho backgrounds
Paper: basic black, real red, brown, whisper white, robinhood red dsp
Ink: basic brown, stazon
Accessories: buttons, ribbon, brads, paper piercer
Techniques: paper piercing

SATURDAY...

My friend Linda came over today and we stamped, stamped, stamped. We decided to give the Stationary Box a try that I had seen over on Dannie Graves blog. She has a fabulous video tutorial and print out. You can see it here. It was so easy to follow! Now I just have to make some matching cards to go inside!Thanks for looking....

Additional Info
Stamps: none
Paper: DCWV glitterstack
Ink: none
Accessories: none

I made this for today's IC. What a bunch of cool looking glass pendants. WOW! Of course, I loooooved the bee one, and it is the one I chose for my inspiration. You can see it here, it has 3 little bees on it, just like my siggy that I put on my cardbacks. Anyway, I used the colors and came up with this birthday card. Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: party hearty
Paper: gpwhite, basic black, HL1 print pack
Ink: read red, ballet blue
Accessories: silver bling, black marker

HAPPY HOWLIDAYS

deck the halls with bones and kibble.... bow-wow-wow.. wow-wow.. yippy yo yippy yay..

This is for today's Inspiration Challenge. Thank you Anne for picking the groovy paper from Whimsy Press to inspire us! I just love ALL of it. I kept going back to this paper. It is so unusual and fun. I just the the bone-tree - LOL!
Thanks for looking!

Additional Info
Stamps: Studio G clear stamps
Paper: GP white, kraft, eggplant envy, chocolate chip, bashful blue, dsp HL1 printpack
Ink: old olive, stazon
Accessories: ribbon, slot punch, oval punches, SU! markers