Ribbon Shop on Ebay--Check it out!!

Brandi has this great Little Ribbon Shop on Ebay and she asked if I would design some cards for her to show case some of her ribbon. Yesterday my packet of ribbon arrived--I was so excited. I started making some cards right away. Below you will see some of them:

This card was made f0r SCS CAS08 sketch!! I love a clean and simple card!! How about that awesome wide ribbon!!??!!

Of course the ribbon was just too fun!! I loved the big dots!! I made two very different styles of cards to showcase this ribbon.

This ribbon has such a rich look to it!! I love all the stripes!! It looks so good with Choc. Chip!!

Stop by Brandi's Little Ribbon Shop and check out all the great options that can be delivered right to your door!!

Mojo Monday Sketch #80

It is Mojo Monday time again! YEAH!! Julee gives such great sketches!! Come on over to the Mojo Monday blog and play along!! For today's card I used my new Basic Gray corduroy buttons, and Walk in the Park DP. The sentiment is from a retired Stampin'Up! sympathy set and the flowers in my main panel is from Pocket Silhouttes by Stampin'Up! as well. I hope everyone is off to a great start of a new week!!

Wow, it has been a full week!! I am still enjoying my mother-in-law's visit, my mother flew to Florida to visit my sister, my husband flew to Chicago to attend a seminar, my son has had several soccer games (during one of which he got benched because they thought he had a concussion), my dad had surgery........okay think I will just stop at that!! Needless to say I have not got alot of card making done!! I did enjoy making one today!! My daughter made one too, you can see it here. We both used the VivaLaVerve sketch challenge to create our cards. I used Choc. Chip and Pretty in Pink along with some left over DP. I love this polka-dotted ribbon!! You can't see it very well but the ribbon is fed through button holes of a clear square button and then tied in a bow!! I am very pleased with how it turned out, and I am pretty proud of my 12 year old!!

Wax paper resist with alittle twist.....

Wax paper resist with alittle twist....I made a ryhmn!! My daughter is the one who is into poetry not me but I did make alittle ryhmn this morning. So how does it work: take your wax paper and run it through your cuttlebug and then iron it with a hot iron--just layer a piece of typing paper,cardstock,wax paper, and then another sheet of typing paper--slowing iron over the paper--when you pull out your cardstock it will have an awesome pattern. Another technique I used on this card was coloring the stamp with markers--this give the two colors to the stamp image, but what do you do when there is no marker for Riding Hood Red??? Well simply, dip you aqua painter into a pool of ink from a reinker and color on the stamp just like you would with a maker--it works perfect!! So even when you do not have a marker to match you can still do this technique. My color combo today is Riding Hood Red, Always Artichoke, and Very Vanilla. Have a great day--Happy Stampin!!!

Color Throwdown challeng and SCS sketch challeng

I made this card for today's sketch challeng over at SCS and for this weeks Color Throw Down challenge. I had to really hunt and dig to find any Purely Pomegranate--since this color has been retired I was not sure if I had any!! Alas, I had just enough to create this card!! I used my new leaves die and scribbles die--what fun!! I stamped my Inspired by Nature set in Kiwi Kiss and a second time in Tangerine Tango kissed with Purely Pomegrante. Next I cut out the TT/PP flowers and layered them on the Kiwi Kiss image. I sponged the background with Tangerine Tango and Purely Pomegrante. The sentiment is from the Art of Life stamp set and is stamped in Purely Pomegrante. The square and rectangle images in the background at stamped with the tall grass from Inspired by Nature in Kiwi Kiss and then layered on Kiwi Kiss. Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great week--we are half way through it!

Color Combo from SCS/2sketch4you challenge

Today I combined the SCS color challenge with the 2sketch4you sketch challenge. The colors for today were: Kiwi Kiss, Pretty in Pink, and Baja Breeze. My card today is basic stamping with alittle extras added--the ribbon tab, scalloped edges, sentiment with brads. I have a busy day planned with my mother-in-law who is still visiting us so I am keeping it short--just had to squeeze in my stamping before we headed off for a fun packed day!!









You can find Laura's sketch information on the 2sketch4you blog!

Mojo Monday Sketch #79

Here is the sketch for today's Mojo Monday sketch challenge: Here is my card to today's Mojo Monday sketch: I used Elegant Eggplant paper with match DP--cuttlebugged my background--used a rub-on for my sentiment--layered each panel with Elegant Eggplant and scalloped the bottom edge with my Stampin'Up! scallop punch--watercolored my main image panel using Stampin'Up! markers and my aqua painter--the ribbon and hat pin were added as embellishments to my card. Thanks for stopping by I hope you are having a great start to the week!