New Monkey

So, I told myself, "self, you need to use up all that ugly tangerine tango you just purchased!" well as you can see, I barely used it lol. Hopefully it will grow on me, I wasn't a big fan of groovy guava at first but now its one of my favs. The bottom picture is to show how I "peeled" the banana.

Bella Rose

My new SU order FINALLY showed up yesterday-I ordered it on July 1st! I will say that I love pink pirouette and HATE the tangerine color. SU's new DSP, bella rose, is so beautiful. That's the paper I used for this card. I colored Gardenia gardenthumb with copics.

Starry Birthday...

Today is my mom's best friends birthday-HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICK! My grandma is throwing him a party tonight at 6:30, its outdoors so I hope this Texas heat will have calmed down by then (lol). A few weeks ago I found this card on Kristina's blog and thought-hey that would be the perfect card to recreate for Rick! I just changed the embellishment, sentiment and ribbon.

Supplies:

Stamps: sanded, birthday basics (PTI)

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Imaginisce, kraft

Accessories: white embossing powder, George and basic shapes cartridge, corner rounder punch, white taffeta ribbon.

So this Thursday, Friday and Saturday is the Great American Scrapbook convention here in Arlington. Since I still can't drive-thankfully July is just around the corner-Kyle's Aunt Jan SOOO generously volunteered to drive me to the convention center and watch Kylie while I shop. I wanted to make her a thank you card, for being so "absolutely fabulous". The soft sky base is 4x3.5. the ribbon is papertrey's berry sorbet. I colored "kylie" with copics. The certainly celery scallop is made possible by my nesties.

Let the cute begin...

I wanted this card to be fairly simple because I know for sure its going to end up in the trash, so there is no bells and whistles. The striped paper is by Pebbles Inc. The brocade blue card base measures 5x4.25. The rectangle layers are certainly celery, bordering blue and then the striped paper. My main image is layered onto a barley banana long rectangle nestie.

Supplies:
Stamps: Big on spring
Paper: certainly celery, bordering blue, brocade blue, barley banana, striped
Ink: Adirondack pitch black
Markers: Certainly celery, bordering blue, brocade blue, banana

Ice Cream Kylie...

I hope all of ya'll had a great holiday weekend! I'm detoxing so it was a little less fun for me, but I only have 2 days left YIPPY! Its really hard to tell in the picture but I stamped the cool Caribbean square with my stitched background stamp.

Supplies:
Stamps: Dress up Kylie, stitched, birthday basics
Ink: Adirondack pitch black
Paper: chocolate chip, cool Caribbean, berry sorbet

Eloise Greengrass..

I made this card with my mom in mind. Purple is her favorite color and I just love perfect plum, certainly celery and soft sky together! I used SU's retired rub-ons for the sentiment and flower vine. I know the picture is dark but it was the only wayI could get the glitter to show up. I used my spica glitter pen on her dress and flower.

Supplies:
Stamps: Eloise Greengrass
Paper: Basic gray, certainly celery, soft sky, perfect plum, Iridescent white
Ink: Graphite black
Copics: BG10, YG11, YG03, R32, R22, BV00, BV02, V17.

Wooo Hooo..

So I decided that if I wanted Copics I'd have to order them on my own, so I did! I was so happy when brown showed up at my door, I immediately started stamping and coloring images. I colored 7 images I think? Three of which ended up in the trash. Ok, so to my card. I inked up my cakeabella with Adirondack espresso ink (BTW I know a lot of ya'll love brilliance graphite black BUUUT I HATE it; its just too "juicy"and i hate having to heat set it) since I didn't have to heat set my espresso ink I started to color. For her apron I used R37 and R59. I used BG01 and BG03 for the icing on top andYG69 and G85 for bottom icing. Her slacks are colored with E33 and E35.

Supplies:

Stamps: Cakeabella

Ink: Jim Holtz Adirondack espresso
Paper: Solar white, kraft, bali breeze
Copics: R37, R59, BG01, BG03, YG69, G85, E33, E35

Flower Girl..

I recently discovered that my local stamp store now carries the current line of Elzybells, much to my husbands enjoyment lol! The layout for this card is from Beates WSC and the patterned paper is SU's summer picnic. The main image was water colored only because my husband didn't get my numerous hints for COPIC markers as my mothers day gift; oh wait that's right, he said I was out of my mind! For all the mothers out in cyber land that are reading my blog today "HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!"

Flowers for Mom...

This card is for my mom for mothers day. I can't believe MD is next weekend! This card is a 8.5x4.25 sheet of kraft paper folded in half. The blue bayou strip measures 1.5x4.25 and I used my cuttlebug swirls folder to emboss it. After I embossed it I took my blue bayou ink pad and gently ran it over the swirls. I used my nestabilities for the so saffron strip. The main image was water colored and its matted onto kraft and groovy guava squares. The "stitch" wholes on the bottom are actually rub-ons.

Distressed Flowers...

If the layout looks familiar, it's because its from Beate's WSC. These past two weeks have been really hard on me. Why, you ask? I HAVE NO CLUE! I've just been in one of those blah, eh moods. I even let it effect my school work (NOT good at all). A few days ago Kyle and I lost a bid on a house we really wanted :( so it's more time with the in-laws. So enough boohooing and to my card. I really felt like water coloring last night and I wanted to wc flowers so I dug through my closet and found my never touched fun&fast notes set. The bashful blue base is stamped with SU's retired french script bg stamp; that I inked up with bashful blue ink. The DSP is from SU's cutie pie line.

Groovy Giraffe

My MIL asked me if I would make a quick (but cute) baby card for her. Since I live with the woman I couldn't say no :) j/k she actually was going to buy one of the VERY first baby girl cards I had made, this was before stamping, cricut, etc. So of course I said "NO, NO I will make you a "fresh" one." I really am on the fence with this card, I "like" it but at the same time I really don't. I wasn't even going to post it but I figured someone out there might find inspiration from it-that's what I'm telling myself so...I used my nestablitlies to make a 4x3.75 Kraft scalloped base square card. I then layered a 3.5x 3.5 square of groovy guava DSP. I then cut a 1.25x3.25 strip of certainly celery. I inked up the swirls and stars stamp with certainly celery craft ink. After stamping it onto my cc strip I added clear embossing powder (then heated it up). The main image is clear embossed too, and then water colored.

It's That Time of Year..

tis the season for baby showers! I found this onesie card on Lauren Meader's blog, and had to make one for myself! I used SU's Lovely Lilac, whisper white, and so saffron papers. This card is soooo EASY to make, I highly recommend checking out her tutorial.

New Baby Boy..(coming soon)

I think my sister must have started a trend because my cousin Haley just found out that she is going to have a boy too! BTW does this card look familiar? It's for Beate's WSC, not to mention it looks almost exactly like her example-does she EVER make ugly cards?!?! I sure haven't seen one. Now, for the card...The card base is a 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 piece of Basic grey cardstock folded in half. The horizontal strip of certainly celery dsp measures 3 x 4 and was matted onto a 3 1/8 x 4 1/8 strip of whisper white cardstock. I stamped a whole sheet of bashful blue card stock with SU's sweet stars wheel. I then cut a vertical strip of bashful blue to 1 3/4 x 4 1/8 . For the main image I stamped the hippo from Pun Fun onto a 2" square of watercolor paper. After I watercolored him, I added a bashful blue bow.

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: sweet stars, pun fun Paper: basic grey, bashful blue, whisper white, certainly celery dsp Ink: basic grey, bashful blue, certainly celery, soft sky (used as a shadow) Accessories: nesties, bashful blue grosgrain.

Double Challenge..

My bff and fellow SBS-6 sister, Bree, posted a challenge last week to make a card in 15 minutes or less. Now usually it takes me that long just to cut all the paper but I happened to stumble across the perfect 15 min sketch by Jen Del Muro.

Supplies: Stamps: pun fun Paper: close to cocoa, pretty in pink, whisper white, berry bliss, purely pomegranate Ink: archival black Accessories: nestablities, prismacolors.

Live Your Dream..

My order from SU finally showed up!! I think it got caught up in Colorado or something? Anywho their new afternoon tea dsp line is absolutely fabulous! I'll probably end up buying a few more packets before its all said and done :) The card was supposed to be a 5.5 square but somehow I cut it to 5.5x5.25 (oops). I used my nestie's for all the squares and all the dsp is from afternoon tea. I will admit that the flower was a bugger to ink since su doesn't produce markers for all their in colors.

Supplies: Stamps: Live your dream Paper: soft sky, chocolate chip, afternoon tea Ink: soft sky, groovy guava, chocolate chip, blue bayou Accessories: nestabilities.

Pretty Ballarina

My SBS-6 Sister, Toni, had this too cute set on her blog a few days ago. When I saw it I fell in love and had to order it from her! The card base is regal rose followed by whisper white and cranberry crisp. The main image is matted onto certainly celery and close to cocoa.

SUPPLIES: Stamps: Twinkle toes (TAC), Tres chic (SU) Paper: regal rose, ww, certainly celery, close to cocoa, cranberry crisp Ink: regal rose, cranberry, pixi pink, certainly celery, creamy caramel, close to cocoa, blush blossom Accessories: white grosgrain, nestabilities, ticket corner punch.

Kyle's Valentine..

First and foremost I want to say that I cased this punch ensemble from SCS. For reasons unknown to me I FORGOT to add that card to my favorites. If this punch ensemble is your original work PLEASE let me know so that I can give you the credit. The card base is a 10x5 sheet of groovy guava that I folded in half. I cut the river rock polka dot paper to 3 x 4.75. The punches are, in order from bottom to top: key tag; designer label, large oval, and word window. I watercolored the main image using groovy guava for the first flower and rose red and regal rose for the second.

Embracing Birthday...

ah, you've got to love uplines that have EVERY set SU has ever sold!! I borrowed her embrace life set to make this card. I watercolored the main image again; I know you can't tell in the picture but there's a soft sky "shadow" around the flower. The designer paper is SU's ginger blossom. Even though it looks like the base of my card is a lime color its actually river rock. The next layer is groovy guava.

For Kylie..

I decided to make Kylie's valentines card a little early. The main image is from SU's new Happy Heart Day set. If I were to re-do this card I would change the ribbon from white taffeta to white grosgrain! The princess sentiment is from Studio G and the teal DSP is from SU's petals and paisley line.