I finally made it back!!

Okay so here it is 10:20 and I am just getting back to give the details on this card. Can you say long day?? Let me just say that it has definately been one of those!! Anyway....I love the way my card turned out today. It was for the Sketch Challenge given by Roxie at SCS. I was in the mood for something Asian and this is what came together for me. I ran my background through my CB--Layered my main panel on Choc. Chip--used my Bamboo (Stampin'Up!)background stamp--stamped my Stipple Butterfly (Stampin'Up!) in Basic Brown and colored him with with my watercolor pencils and blender pen--I then cut him out and sponges the edges with Basic Brown--I also stamped the butterfly on the white panel so that the antennes would show without me having to cut them out--I used a Choc. Chip double stitched ribbon as my #3 layer and finished it off with a sentiment punch out with my oval punches. I hope you like it!! On the inside of the card I used the Harmony stamp out of Kanji by Stampin Up!

Valentine's Treat Baggies

Last week we had a challenge to make Valentine's Day card that were not CHEESEY!! That was fun--how about some goodies bags that are CHEESEY as well. I made these to show off the new Top Note Die from Stampin'Up! My club liked them and I hope you will too. The red and white goodie bag is made with 2 Top Note Dies cut out of Whisper White paper. After you stamp and decorate one of them, glue them onto the mini paper lunch sack (one on the front and one on the back) that you have shorten (should be just below the edge of the Top Note Die). Punch a hole close to the top (I think mine is alittle to close) through both layers. Fill with goodies and tie with a matching ribbon. How easy is that!! The brown and pink goodie bag is even easier--cut out one Top Note Die fold in half and decorate the side that is facing you. Fill mini candy bag and glue inside the fold. Wha-La!! There you have--supper dupper easy!!

Kiwi Kiss, Regal Rose, and Bravo Burgunday

Wow!! What a color challenge!! Emily over at SCS made me really work for my card today! That Regal Rose part really threw me!! I had a hard time getting that color to look right--I started over several times. In the end, I was pleased with how it turned out. I am alittle disappointed that my Thank You charm does not show up any better--I had a hard time photographing this card. Tried that a couple times as well.....anyway here are the details about my card. My base is Whisper White, the background layer is Kiwi Kiss embossed with the Cuttlebug using Swiss Dots. My circle was cut out using my Nessties. My main panel was stamped using Regal Rose and Bravo Burgundy--the stamp set I chose was Pocket Silhouettes by Stampin'Up! I added dragonflies, a ribbon and a Thank You charm as embellishments to my card. So there you have it after many tries I have it stamped, assembled, and photographed for you!! Happy Stampin!!

Mojo Sketch Challenge #70

Well it is Mojo Monday again!! I love sketch challenges!!

I decided to use Seaside Sketches from Stampin'Up! I used my Cuttlebug for the bottom layer--the Circle piece was cut using my Nessties for both the DP and Riding Hood Red cardstock--the main panel is layerd with Riding Hood Red as well--I water colored the image and paper pieced the dress--I used a dimensional on the bottom of the skirt so that it looks like it is blowing in the breeze. I used the square in the middle to be my sentimnet. Choc. Chip ribbon run across the top to fulfill that part of the sketch. Get you Mojo on and give this sketch a try!!

Faux Mosaic Tile

Here is my card for today's technique challenge given by Lynn on SCS. We were to use the Faux Mosaic technique. I have never done this technique before so this was a great challenge for me. I used copper embossing powder to fill in the "grout". I also used coppuer hardware as embellishments. My flowers are stamped in Riding Hood Red and then punched out. The stamped flowers and flourishes are from the Stampin'Up! set called, Exoctic Stitched. The sentiment is also from Stampin'Up!--Small Script. My layers are: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive and then DP for my mosaic tiles. I tied some copper ribbon and Always Artichoke ribbon onto my hardware. Happy Monday to all--hope this week is a great one for you!!

Fresh Cuts--Embossed Resist

Good Evening to all of friends in blog land. I hope everyone had a great weekend. I have had a very relaxing weekend. I am refreshed and ready for a new week to begin. I was not going to stamp today but my hubby was watching the game, my daughter had a friend over, and my son was at a friends so I decided I would stamp!! The Our Creative Corner challenge was frist on my list of things to work on, so here you have it. This weeks challenge was to use the Emboss Resist technique. I stared with my image (Fresh Cuts from Stampin'Up!) embossed with Pretty Pearls and then instead of spongeing my color on I used my aqua painter and watercolored over my embossed image. I used More Mustard, Old Olive, Ruby Red, and Creamy Carmel to give my image its color. I layered my image on More Mustard and Old Olive cardstock. Next is took the vine stamp from this set and stamped it on the background layer once. I tied a felt ribbon around this layer. That layer was then attached to Choc. Chip cardstock with 3D glue dots, and to balance off the ribbon I punched out two flowers that I stamped with Choc. Chip ink on Choc. Chip paper and attached them with ultra mini brads. Thanks for stopping by and having a look--I hope you each have a great week!! Can you believe it is the middle of Jan already??!!??

Jazzy Inspiration Challenge

Here is my card for #3 in the Jazzy Inspiration Challenge.

I used Baja Breeze and Night of Navy for my "Blues". That is what this inspiration called for. I layed down a circle shaped mask and sponges the Baja Breeze all around it. The flowers were stamped in Night of Navy and the reeds were stamped in Night of Navy that had been stamped off one time. The Night of Navy panel was run through the Cuttlebug. My sentiment was punched out and layered under the silver hardware--I attched the hardware with a ribbon for something different. I hope you like it. I have also pictured the album cover that we were to pull our inspiration from.