Pink and Black challenge

This one is for my SBS 10 sisters! Lastel, I know I didn't heat emboss, please forgive me! But, Hey!! I got the challenge done! I love this elephant! This card was made for my daughter. Her favorite animal is an elephant. She loved it!

The recipe:

• Bazzill pink CS
• SU W White, B Black, Pixie Pink CS
• Copics
• Whipper Snapper Elephant stamp
• nestabilities
• cuttlebug embossing folder
• word window punch
• Paper Trey's Paper Tray set
• LI brads
• unknown ribbon
  

Ruff Day

Okay, so the picture didn't turn out so great!!! I guess I really need a photo/light box. Anyway, I thought this one turned out cute. I used my SU punches.. haven't used them in a LONG time! I need to make this quick because I have to leave for work so the recipe is below. The recipe:

• Bazzill CS
• SU Blue Bayou, W White CS
• Stamps by Whipper Snapper, Cloud nine, and Penny Black
• SU tag punches--large and small
• antique copper brads
• SU Choc Chip, B Black inks
• Prismacolor pencils and gamsol
• Stamp-a-ma-jig
• May Arts ribbon

You're Sweet

I played around with my Cricut again today! I bought this new cartridge "Doodlecharms". This watermelon was calling to me! I thought it turned out pretty cute. The card size is 6 x 5.5. I used 8.5 x 11 CS and cut it longways down to 6 inches. I also used my Cuttlebug for the tags.

Here's the recipe:

• Cricut Doodlecharms cartridge
• SU B Black, Rose Red, W Wasabi, W White CS
• SU retired Mini Mates
• SU Wild Wasabi double stitched ribbon
• Irridescent cording
• Cuttlebug tag die
• Stickles
• Lasting Impressions paper

Big happy birthday

I made this sweet little card for my daughter. She absolutely loves elephants. This adorable ((BIG)) stamp is from Whipper Snapper. It is colored in with Copics. I love the richness of the colors, but I definitely need some practice with these! Things have been slowing down just a bit for me so hopefully I will get more of a chance to stamp today and tomorrow. Have a great weekend and hopefully no one gets more snow! We have record late snow this year. I have NEVER seen snow this late in the year here in the NW. It is not sticking by any means, but it's still snow!! I hear Hawaii calling my name! I need some sunshine! Enjoy!!

The recipe:

• SU Pixie Pink and the old Marvelous Magenta, W White CS
• Bazzill turquoise CS
• Cuttlebug dies
• Photo corner punch
• Piercing tools
• Whipper Snapper Elephant Birthday stamp
• Paper Trey's Faux Ribbon set
• May arts ribbon, and unknown irridescent cord

Better late than never...

I finally got around to making my chipboard/coaster calendar! How pathetic is that?! It's already April, and I'm just getting around to it! The calendar is from Vippies. This was super easy to make. I used Basic Gray CS, SU Rose Red CS, W White CS, May arts ribbon, SU Pretty in Pink ink, Stickles, Paper Trey's Butterfly set...

Don't Blink -- Kenny Chesney

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This song is so true! It gives me chills every time I hear it! Kenny is the best!!

pocket card

I guess I forgot to put top and bottom lines on this! If you have any questions about the directions please post!

Something different...

This is something totally different for me. I have had a Cricut for a while now and I have not used it much. The Cricut cartridges have been on sale at Michael's this week and I bought a few of them. We have a birthday party to go to for my twin niece and nephew this afternoon and this is what I came up with. They are really cute. The only thing I do not like about these is they are very time consuming. But they are fun to put together! The color on the Mickey card is Brilliant Blue, although it doesn't look like it. All of the paper is Stampin Up except for the turquoise blue and the pink for the base of the Minnie card, which is Bazzill. The cartridges I used are Mickey and Friends, and ZooBalloo.

Double pocket cards

AHHH! I finally have some time to post something!! I just spent the last 48 hours trying to find my camera... there's nothing more irritating than trying to find something someone else hid! Things have been going so fast for me lately. I hardly have time to do anything!!! Here's a couple of double pocket cards that I came up with. The teal one is made from Heidi Grace papers and rub-ons. The peach one is made with Paper Trey's On a Limb set, and Chatterbox cardstock.

Birthday Bear

Today was a very relaxing Easter. We didn't do much. The kids are sick with another bug... So we didn't go anywhere. I had a little time to make this little box. The stamp is a new stamp by Whipper Snapper... Birthday Bear... He's sooo cute! The box was a pattern that I have had for AGES! The template is made by Darcie's Country Folk. The measurements are 4.25" x 5.5" x .75"... I think I bought this template about 7-8 years ago at a rubber stamp convention. For my SBS10 sistahs, this is one of a few samples I have up my sleeve for our challenge. The challenge is to use something you haven't used since you bought it, or something you haven't used in a long time! This one, even though my pattern is old, is not the one I had intended for this challenge--just FYI!

On the corners of the transparency sheet, I used my scallop circle punch cut into quarters using SU Pixie Pink CS, and glued to the inside of the box..

The recipe:

• SU Bashful Blue, Pixie Pink,W White CS
• Transparency sheet
• Whipper Snapper Birthday Bear
• Stampin Up retired It's Your Birthday set
• Copic markers
• Stickles
• SU Ballet Blue ink
• SU Black marker
• Scallop Circle Punch
  

Thinking of you...

I've had this image colored and sitting on my table for the longest time! I finally finished it... I love the new Swiss Dot embossing folder for the Cuttlebug. I thought it went perfect with this stamp! The image is by Whipper Snapper... I bought it because my daughter loves turtles--and this one is just too cute!

Here's the recipe:

• SU Wasabi, Pretty in Pink, W White CS
• Bazzill lime CS
• Whipper Snapper Turtle and Frog stamp
• Paper Trey's Faux Ribbon sentiment
• SU White Grosgrain ribbon
• Cuttlebug die and embossing folder
• Prima flowers
• Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol
• Corner rounder
• MM pastel brads
• Stickles

San Juans

Here are a few pics from our trip to the San Juan Islands... The days were cloudy, but still beautiful! The picture of the Olympic Mountains is through the clouds... It was very majestic looking! The picture doesn't do justice!

Out on a limb

Groovy Guava does it again! I just love this color! Here I used Paper Trey's Out on A Limb set. I've been wanting to stamp with this set for forever! I just got my new Cuttlebug folders too!! So excited to use those! Anyway, my mini stamping sprees are few and far in between, which really stinks... I miss my therapy!








The recipe:

• SU Groovy Guava, C Caramel, W White CS
• SU Ginger Blossom DP
• Paper Trey's Out on a Limb set
• SU Guava, P in Pink, Celery, Artichoke,and Close to Cocoa inks
• Gold brads
• Frame punch ( cannot remember what it's called!!)
• May Arts gold ribbon
• Cuttlebug Swiss Dot folder
• Stickles
  
  

Back in a bit..

I just got back from a wonderful weekend in the San Juan Islands in WA state. My husband and I had a very relaxing time! The weather was great and we got some awesome views of the Olympic mountains on the peninsula. We had a good time, and got back just in time for my birthday... The bummer is that I caught some sort of bug while we were there so today I have the blahs. And to top it off I got one less hour of sleep--ick! Hopefully this week I can muster up enough energy to make a card or two. I'm really missing it! I just got some new toys that I'm itching to try out, so I'll be back later to share!

Dirty Dog!

I had a little time to play today... I just bought this cute little dirty dog stamp from Whipper Snapper.. He's so stinkin cute! It took me a while to come up with a saying that would fit this. I thought it turned out pretty good. The card is 5.5 x 5.5.. I swear, it takes me forever to find the right papers, stamps, supplies, etc just to do ONE CARD!! I get going with an idea and for whatever reason the whole thing goes in a different direction! Anyone else feel like that? anyway, here's what I came up with.

The doggone recipe:

• SU Creamy Caramel, Choc Chip, Brilliant Blue, W White CS
• SU Jersey Shore DP, KI memories striped paper
• Whipper Snapper stamp
• Quickutz Sunshine alpha
• American Crafts ribbon
• Prismacolor and gamsol
• Circle punch and paw print punch (Paper Shapers)

Another TAG!

I was tagged by Heather one of my SBS10 sistahs!

1. Stamping Style: Fun and experimental -I am always dreaming of things to do with a card..
2. Inspiration: Reading my favorite blogs, reading crafty books, working with color combos.
3. Color: Gem tones are my favorite--blues, greens, purples
4. Work Space: Unfortunately for now it is on the kitchen table... but in the very near future it will be in my own craft room--then I will be in heaven!!
5. Perfect day: A day when I can do anything I want with NOOOO interruptions. My biggest pet peeve is being interrupted--especially if I'm crafting...
6. First Job: Albertson's grocery store--I went from bagging groceries to preparing deli meals. I think I was about 17.
7. Wildest dream: To live somewhere in the Carribean on a beach soaking up rays all day long in the tropics!!
8. Ink: Stampin Up inks--all of them.
9. Family: My husband and 2 wonderful kids Avery 14, and Emily 12.
10. Bevarage: Diet Pepsi
11. Biggest Challenge: Balancing family life with a nursing career.. Shift work stinks!

I'm tagging all of my SBS10 sistahs! You know who you are! *wink*

Hang In There

I had a little time to play this morning. I had to play with this new stamp from Whipper Snapper... This one was fairly easy and quick to make. I used Quickutz leaf die. I had a heck of a time with my Quickutz handheld Squeeze tool... It kept cutting only half of the die. I have several of the die cutting machines/tools.. And I gotta say that the one I use the most is my Cuttlebug. Its compact, and for the most part its the right size for most of the projects I use. I also have a Big Shot that I use for other large projects, but it doesn't get near the use my Cuttlebug does. It's the best!

Here is the recipe:

• SU Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Chocolate, W White , Creamy Caramel, Wasabi CS
• Whipper Snapper Monkey stamp
• SU retired Mini Mates set
• MM brads
• Quickutz leaf die
• Prismacolor pencils and gamsol
• Distressor
• SU Close to Cocoa ink
• Cuttlebug embossing folder
• corner rounder
• dimensionals
  

St Patty's Day box

Ok, this is a first for me! I never EVER make anything for St Patrick's Day... But I found these adorable little body art jewels and thought they would be really fun to play with. I also wanted to do a special fold of some sort so I decided to make this flip lid box... The stamp is another fun Whipper Snapper stamp I just got. I cannot help it! They are the cutest stamps ever! The box is also adorned with stamps from Paper Trey and Studio G. I tried to get a closer look at these sweet little shamrock jewels.. They are very pretty in person. Hope you like!!

Here is the recipe:

• SU Wasabi, W White CS
• DCWV CS
• Whipper Snapper bear
• Prismacolor and Gamsol
• Studio G "kiss me" stamp
• Paper Trey Limitless Labels
• Stickles
• SU ribbon
• Cuttlebug dies
• LI brads
• Shamrock body art jewels found at Joann's
• SU Dimensionals

Bella Bling

Here is another card using the Glittered Cuttlebug Technique. This is a b-day card.. The inside says "just driving by with a birthday hi"... This one is really pretty in person.

Here's the recipe:

• SU Mint Melody, Barely Banana, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White CS
• Prismacolor pencils and gamsol
• Stamp by Stamping Bella
• Stickles--lots of stickles!!
• SU retired glitter pack
• Photo corner punch
• prima flowers
• Lasting Impressions brads
• Cuttlebug embossing folder
• Tsukineko glue pad
  

Tagged again!

My SBS 10 Sistah Amber tagged me with this "Excellent Blogger Award"! Thank you! Thank You! I'm honored to accept this award!


Here are a few other bloggers I have picked!

Rochelle at Impressions by Rochelle. Love this blog! She is the best!

Kristine Reynolds at Stamping and Scrapping In California

Trudi at Made By Me

Amber's The Stamping Scrapbooker (back at ya!)

Samantha Jensen at A Scrap Addicts Blog