Glitter Ritz Cards

Here are a couple cards that I taught at the LSS last week.  They are done using Glitter Ritz and Sookwang Tape. This was the last Glitter class until the New Year.  Then I will change things up and hopefully do something a bit more colourful! lol 

 

I have a few things I have been working on, hopefully I can start sharing them tomorrow. 

Thank you for stopping by today, and have a wonderful evening,

:)

And the winner is…

I used a random number generator and the winner of the Quietfire Grab Bag of Rubber is:

Sandi, who said,

Hi Kim ~ Really love this card. The stamp you chose is perfect, the colors are great and the ice sickles on the bottom look so real! Great job Kim. Hugs, Sandi

Congratulations Sandi!  Please contact Suzanne at suzanne@quietfire.com to collect your prize!

Thank you everyone for joining us in our first ever blog hop!  Be sure to stop over at Deborah’s blog to enter today’s draw for more free rubber!

Have a wonderful day!

Quietfire Design Blog Hop!

Good Morning,

My card today is for the Quietfire Design Blog Hop.  If you haven’t heard about it yet, you can read the directions below on how to enter the daily contests and grand prize draw!  You won’t want to miss out!

I used one of Suzanne’s new Christmas stamps, Snowflakes are the fairydust of winter.  Oh, I love it!!!  Of course I had to add a whack of snowflakes.  Even though I love winter, I am glad that we are having such beautiful weather here in Nova Scotia!  The snowflakes will fall soon enough!

Please leave your comments in the comments section to enter to win a grab bag of Quietfire Design Rubber Stamps. A name will be chosen randomly from the list of comments from this blog entry.  The name of the winner will be posted on this blog tomorrow.  Then hop on over to the next blog on the list tomorrow and enter to win more rubber.

The winner must contact Suzanne at suzanne@quietfire.com to claim their prize.


Here is the list of those participating:

Monday, Nov 16th - Yogi Grunwald

Tuesday, Nov 17th - Kristy Christopherson

Wednesday, Nov 18th - Kim Prince

Thursday, Nov 19th - Deborah March

Friday, Nov 20th - Suzanne Cannon

Saturday, Nov 21st - Wanda Hentges

Sunday, Nov 22nd - Becca Feeken

Monday, Nov 23rd - Monica Black

NOTE: You need to take note of all the rubber stamps used on each DT's blog.  At the end of the blog hop, go back to Suzanne’s blog and list all the stamps used this week on everyone’s card and enter to win the GRAND PRIZE!!

Good Luck everyone, and thank you for stopping by today!

Edited to add:  A few people have asked questions about my card.  The large snowflake is done with the Cuttlebug combo, there is a die and an embossing folder.  The icicle border is a Martha Stewart border punch.  The patterned paper is from the Bo Bunny Christmas Line, and I believe it’s the special glitter line.  If you have anymore questions, please feel free to ask, I will answer asap.  Thank you so much for all the kind words!

Quietfire Christmas

I made this card a while back, and I finally get to share it with you.  I recently bought a Silhouette cutter, and have been having so much fun with it.  It’s an amazing machine and you can make your own design files out of vector images, or any .jpg images as well.  I can’t take the credit for this cutting file though, my friend Val’s husband made this cutting file for us.  The Poinsettia is cut on the Silhouette.

 

The beautiful sentiment is from Quietfire Design.  Suzanne has the most gorgeous calligraphy stamps. If you haven’t been to the Quietfire site yet, you really should!  I also used a small snowflake Quietfire stamp on the background, it may be hard to see in the picture though. 

For instructions and supply list, please go here.

Urgh…looking at this now, I see that the saying is a bit lopsided…too late to fix it now!  Try to not notice it, especially now that I have pointed that out to you! LOL

Thank you for stopping by today,

:)

Christmas at Photo Memories

Hello there,

I have been so busy lately designing cards and teaching at one of the LSS.  If you are in Halifax, come join us!  There are tons of classes at Photo Memories, something for everyone.

These are the cards for the November 13th class.  All Christmas cards, tis the season! lol

This reindeer card is an easel card.  I completely forgot to take a picture of it open to show you.  I really like the simplicity of this card.  After I took the picture I did add a tiny little champagne coloured gem to his nose. 

The tree card is a recessed window card.  Very fun and really quite easy!  I love the look of the recessed window cards, just makes the card a bit more special.  I used glitter embossing powder on the tree, so it really sparkles in real life.

The penguin card is a stair step card.  I really like the nice bright colours on this card, makes me feel cheery!  The snowflakes are covered with Sookwang Tape, then run thru the cuttlebug with the nesties, and then glittered with Glitter Ritz.  Fun fun!

Lastly, we will be making a card using acetate as our base.  I had such a hard time taking a photo of this card…urgh!  And I tried to clean the acetate when I got home, there was dust and fingerprints on it, and I think I only made it worse!  I will make sure we start out with nice clean acetate for sure!  The snowflakes are stamped with White Stazon ink.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

:)

Created Byhand Challenge – Halloween

This week it is my turn to do the challenge card over at the Created Byhand Challenge blog.  The theme is Halloween.  I used some of the Quietfire Design wings as bats, cut out some crows, and used the word tapping from the crow plate.  I tried to get it too look creepy with adding the haunted looking house and graveyard border.  If you have a chance, stop by the Created Byhand blog and try your hand at this weeks challenge!

Here is my card:

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

Card Swap – 5 layers or more

We had our monthly stamping night last week, and our swap cards for this month were to be 5 layers or more.  I like this swap as I love to layer! lol 

All stamps used are from Impression Obsession.  I just love their girly stamps! 

 

I know it seems like I haven’t been doing any stamping lately, but I have been!  Some things I just can’t show you yet, and I have been getting ready for many classes.  It’s been a bit crazy actually!  Hopefully I will be able to post more on my blog soon! 

Thank you so much for stopping by,

:)

Sorry, nothing new but a video that I just saw

I don’t know about you, but when Adam Lambert was voted off American Idol, I was so disappointed.  I was surfing tonight and found his first single on video, and I just love this song.  What a voice this young man has…anyway, here it is the link if you would like to hear the new song!

Adam Lamberts new single

:)

Silent Night

 

I had coloured up this image a while back, but hadn’t put a card together with it.  I coloured it with Copic Markers, then added Flower Soft.  Can I just say how much I love that stuff??  Flower Soft is amazing!  I even added some microfine clear glitter over top and it sparkles so nicely in real life.  The sentiment is a new Christmas stamp from Quietfire Design.  Isn’t it beautiful?  I then added Glossy Accents on top of all the lights and bow, and added a line of crystals on the side.  I certainly had fun putting this card together!

 Thank you so much for stopping by today!
:)

C’est la vie

This card was done using all Quietfire Design stamps.  If you haven’t seen Suzanne’s beautiful calligraphy stamps, go have a look, you are in for a treat!  You can find instructions here, as well as links to all products used!

Oh, have you seen the Fleur de lis cuttlebug embossing folder yet?  That is what I used for my background, and I think it’s one of my favorites out of all of them!  Suzanne has them in stock, and if she is out already, she will be getting more right away!  As well as the Labels 4, and the Fancy tags….oh my…I love my nesties!!

Thank you for stopping by today!

:)

Life’s Simple Pleasures – Embellish-it Online

Sometimes life starts going by so fast that we forget to really enjoy some of life’s simple pleasures.  So I decided to take my time with this card and enjoy colouring.  I find it so relaxing.  The main image is from Stampavie, and the patterned paper is from Basic Grey.  Both of these can be bought at the Embellish-it Online store!  Barb’s selection of goodies is fantastic, drop by if you can!  You won’t be disappointed.  

I decided to colour the Stampavie image with Copic Markers.  They have been sadly neglected lately.  Barb also carries these in her store.  Ahhh…a little retail therapy! lol

Thank you for stopping by today!
:)

Stamps for Sale

Hi there,

I just wanted to let people that live locally know that I have hundreds of stamps for sale!  Please email me if you are interested and would like to come and have a look.  There is an email button at the top of my blog and in the sidebar as well.

Some of the companies stamps that I have for sale are:

Hero Arts
Stampin Up
Stampers Anonymous
Peddlers Pack
Stampington
Inkadinkado
My Favourite Things
Stamp Barn
Art Declassified
Stampendous
Artful Stamper
PSX
Stampa Rosa
Hampton Art Stamps
Impression Obsession
Paper Inspirations

I also have a ton of ink pads for sale.  As well as reinkers, papers, UTEE, some prima flowers, and more!

Thanks for stopping by tonight!
:)

Created Byhand Weekly Challenge - Play

 

This week is my turn to post the card for the Created Byhand weekly challenge.  This weeks theme is play.  I was feeling adventurous and used colours that I never use, orange and yellow, with a bit of brown and pink thrown in.  Not sure about this card, but it’s probably because I am outside my little box with these colours! lol

The main image is from Paperbag Studios, and all other stamps are from Quietfire Design, and can be found here.

 

If you have a chance, stop by the Created Byhand Blog and join in on the challenge!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

:)

Embellish-it Online Tricks and Tips for Treats Blog Hop

If you have just popped by today, you can read all about the Blog Hop here!  There you will also find instructions on how you could win some awesome treats!

Well, just one more blog to go to after mine!  I think the team did a beautiful job on all their projects, I hope you have been inspired so far!

My project today is a Christmas Card.  I have used the new Basic Grey Line Eskimo Kisses and the Acrylic Stamps from Imaginisce.  If you click on the products you will be taken directly to where you can purchase these items! 

Now onto the card…

I coloured the scarf, paw, and nose with Copic Markers, also available at Embellish-it Online.  I used Nestibilities for the matting and frame.  The snowflakes are done with a punch. 

My trick today is this:

When stamping and embossing on white paper, to avoid little stray bits of powder, stamp with black ink, then emboss with clear embossing powder!  No more stray bits, and if there is, you can’t see them!

Now onto Michelle’s blog.

Thank you so much for joining us today!

:)

Something to Crow about…

Evening Everyone,

Our stamping group got together last night and we had a blast!  We did a technique with the beautiful Ecoline inks.  I will show you when I decide what I want to stamp and make it into a card.  It was also my turn to do a project, I haven’t taken a picture of what I did yet though, so I will add that tomorrow…it’s a Halloween themed project…CREEPY!It was on of the ladies birthday, so we all made her a card.  She loves Crows, so everyone did a crow themed card.  Here is what I came up with.

The paper is from last years Cosmo Cricket Halloween line.  I just love it, but this is my last piece…wish I could find more.

Have a great evening, and I will post a picture of my project tomorrow.  Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by!

:)

Christmas is coming…

And it’s coming fast!  Every year I tell myself I will get a head start on my Christmas cards, and every year it never happens!  This is the first year I actually have some made, but I am sure that doesn’t mean they will all be done early…I seem to be the Queen of Procrastination lately..errr…ok, all the time!

Both of these projects were inspired by the talented Becca Feeken.  There is a wonderful picture and video tutorial at Splitcoast for the ornament project.  Thank you so much Becca for sharing your talent with us!

 

This card was done with the Renaissance Spellbinders Pendant, the In Spades borders, and the Fancy Tags.  The sentiment is from a new Hero Arts Christmas set.  I have to say, I have a really hard time figuring out how these things are done.  I wasted more paper than you want to know! lol  I know some think outside the box and figure it all out so fast…wish I was one of them! lol  I do like how it turned out so I guess it was worth all the frustration! LOL

This is the ornament made with the Fleur de Lis pendant set.  As I said the video tutorial done by Becca is on Splitcoast Stampers.  Stop by and have a look, and if you decide to give it a try, I would LOVE to see your ornament, so leave me a link!  Becca makes it so easy, she explains everything so well! 

Have a wonderful day and thank you for stopping by,

:)

Fleur de Lis Pendant Card

 

I bought the Fleur de Lis pendant from Spellbinders awhile back, but hadn’t had a chance to play with it yet.  So, yesterday I decided I had best do something with the set.  I remembered an awesome card I had seen and decided to make one like it.  The card was made by Becca over at Amazing Paper Grace.  If you haven’t been to her blog  yet, you really should….Becca is so talented and offers up so much inspiration!

I think I achieved what I wanted, and that was to have a bit of a snowflake look for this card.  The Fleur de lis is so lacy and delicate, perfect for snowflakes!

I wanted to show a bit of a side view, as the card is very dimensional.  This card also uses the new Spellbinders Fancy Tags, isn’t this one gorgeous?  The sentiment is from Cornish Heritage Farms.  Paper is My Mind’s Eye, and Bazzill.  Center pearl is K and Co., bling is from Kaisercraft.

On another note, the weather here has cooled off!!  YEAH!!  It was so hot and humid here for a couple weeks, made it unbearable to do most anything.  I am just loving this drop in temperature, as I am sure most everyone is!  I hope the weather is beautiful wherever you are today!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

:)

‘Tis the season…

Urgh…ok, who am I fooling?  It’s hard to make Christmas cards when it’s so hot and humid outside!  My mind is definitely not on anything related to Christmas!  However, I did have fun playing with Glitter Ritz and Peel Offs.  This is another card for my class at Photo Memories.  The sentiment stamp is from Cornish Heritage Farms.  It was stamped with the glue pad and then glittered. 

In the pictures, the glitter doesn’t look to match the paper, but irl the glitter is teal just like the paper.  I need to learn more about taking pictures!  lol

Thank you so much for stopping by tonight,

:)

Glitter Ritz Cards

I am going to be teaching a class at Photo Memories in Halifax the 3rd week of September.  This is a bit of a sneak peek.  I already dropped one card off but forgot to take a picture! lol  Anyway, the class will be all about using a fantastic product called Glitter Ritz with Sookwang Double Sided Adhesive.  I love bling and these cards sparkle and shine like you wouldn’t believe in real life. 

 The main image is from Inkadinkado, sentiment is from Cornish Heritage Farms.  I will be showing how to do the border on the side as well as using glitter with the glue pad.

The sentiment on this card is from Cornish Heritage Farms.  This second card uses Nestibilites and the glue pad with the glitters.  This should be a fun class…messy though.  I am covered with glitter this morning as well as my table and room!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

:)

Circle of Friends Award

 

I received a wonderful award from a very special blogging friend Sheila.  Thank you so much! 

I am now to pass the award along to 5 other bloggers!  I would like to send this off to:

Jennifer

Julie

Paula

Bev

Val

All 5 of these ladies are amazingly talented and I love checking out their blogs everyday.  Thank you for the inspiration and friendship ladies!

Have a wonderful evening,

:)

Created Byhand Challenge – Animals or Pets

 

This weeks challenge at Created Byhand is to create a piece using an animal or pet.  I decided to use a new stamp from a clear set made by Inkadinkado.  The sentiment is made by Quietfire Design.  I kept it fairly simple this time.  Basic stamping and a bit of distressing.  I added some natural hemp and some dew drops for a bit of interest. 

If you have time you should join in on the weekly challenges!  It is so interesting to see everyone’s interpretation of the theme.

Thank you for including me in your day,

:)

Playing with my Silhouette

 

I have had so much fun playing with my Silhoette.  I thought it was time to share a couple cards I have made with it.  I tend to get carried away just cutting different things and putting them in a box to use one day…lol  It’s great seeing what this machine can do!

This card was made for a friend, I thought she would probably get a chuckle out of it!  Everything was cut with the Silhouette and the words are from Amuse, the alphabet is from a set from M’s. 

This next card was so easy to make, but it looked hard at first.  I bought the pattern online from a store in the UK I believe.  I then cut out all the pieces and assembled.  The hardest part of making this card was deciding which papers to use.  I think next time I will use bolder colours so you can see the carriage better.  I was so anxious to make it that I didn’t put too much thought into what colours I should use.  It’s so cool, it folds down flat so it can be mailed!  I took this picture at a weird angle, as you can’t see the white on the right hand side when you look at the card straight on.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

:)

Enjoy the Journey

 

Today is my husbands birthday, and I always struggle to make a manly card.  This time for some reason it came together so fast and easily?  Not sure what is up with that, but I like it!  All stamps used on this card are from Stampers Anonymous, the Tim Holtz line that sells at Michaels.  I used 2 different brown ancient page inks, as well as their black, and did basic stamping.  The background paper is from Creative Imaginations.  I distressed the edges when I finished stamping.

I think I am going to stamp for awhile longer!  Thank you for stopping by today, I really appreciate it.  Have a wonderful evening.

:)

My husband never reads my blog, but just in case, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Shapeabilities Pendant Card

 

I was to make a Christmas card for our stamping get together this evening, and I was looking at Becca’s Blog (Amazing Paper Grace).  Becca’s blog is incredible and I decided to make one of her pendant cards.  I used the Renaissance Hearts Pendant and one of the smaller pieces, then used the Borderabilities In Spades for the borders on the sides.  Click on Becca’s name to see the card that really inspired me.  Have a look around her blog as well, you will be inspired for sure!

There is hardly any stamping on this card, just the sentiment from Cornish Heritage Farms.  It took me forever to make, and I wasted many pieces of paper! lol  But I think I finally got it in the end.  Thank you so much for the inspiration Becca!

Thank you so much for stopping by!
:)

Keeping Life in Perspective

I was blog hopping this morning, and came across this music video.  I was really moved and thought you may like to watch it as well.  It’s very touching…

I am busy today making a card for tonight stamping ladies get together, and it’s my DH birthday tomorrow!  Will share in awhile.

Have a wonderful day everyone and thank you for stopping by!
:)

New Look, New Start

 

Good Morning!

I have been in a bit of a stamping slump the past few weeks, so I decided to give my blog a face lift, and now I am actually feeling inspired.  Funny how certain things can energize you.  Anyway, I am in my stamping room, and plan on staying in here for the better part of the day and create!  I sure hope I have something to share with you a bit later, as I have projects that are overdue and I really need to catch up!  Thank you for being so patient with me.

Have a wonderful day,

Life is a piece of cake…

I made another piece of cake box!  I am loving these boxes, they are just so pretty.  Kim from The Cutting Garden asked me to make one for her store, and she gave me all the supplies to use.  I just love the glittery paper, it’s from Doodle Bug!  What can I say, I love BLING!  All product used on this project can be found at Kim’s store.

The next card is also for Kim’s store.  She liked an owl card I had made previously, and asked if I would mind making one for her.  The inside of the card was fun to do!  I used my Silhouette to cut out the tree branch, leaves, and words.  I am finally using all my pieces on cards!  I have to say I have had a blast learning how to use this machine!  Now to use it all the time is another matter! lol

I was away last week as we were getting new flooring in our place.  I had made these before I left, but I couldn’t get to my camera to take pics!  I have lots more to share over the next few days.  Thank you so much for stopping by.

:)

Oh no, not another pair of shoes?

I really do make many other things!  But, I keep getting asked to make Baby Shoes!  I am going to be making cards for another local store called The Cutting Garden, and this is the first thing I was asked to make.  I will write more about The Cutting Garden this afternoon! 

 

The flourishes used on the card and shoes are from Quietfire Design.  The dots on the inside of the shoes are done with the Polka Dots background from SU.  Sweet Pea is from Paperbag Studios.  Baby is from Cornish Heritage Farms.  I used Basic Grey Paper and tons of Distress Inks. 

Thank you for stopping by today, I really appreciate you including me in your day!

:)

Dimensional Card Swap

We have a group of ladies locally that get together once and month to stamp.  We have a card swap each month as well, and the theme for June was dimension.  This had me stumped, although I have no idea why! lol  Anyway, I just bought a new machine, a Silhouette die cutting machine, and decided to use it.  The butterfly on this card is a free file from Quickutz.  It cuts out 2 butterflies, one for the base and one with the detail cut out.  I just added some stickles to give it a bit of bling.  The flourish stamp is from Inkadinkado, the sentiment is from Impression Obsession, and both are stamed with Vivid Dye ink in Coffee Brown. 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today,

:)

Live the Life you’ve Imagined

Good Morning,

Last night I was playing around in my stamp room and decided to pull out my alcohol inks and new Tim Holtz stamps.  I had forgotten how much fun it is to play with the alcohol inks! 

Here are the results of playtime! lol

Thank you so much for stopping by, have a wonderful day!

:)

Sweet Summer Days

Well, I don’t know about you, but I am really looking forward to the summer.  Even though I am not a big fan of the heat, I love spending the evenings outside, walking on the boardwalk, the outside entertainment, the musis…ahhh…and we can’t forget the BBQ’s!

I decided to get the summer theme going and created 2 cards using Impression Obsession stamps.

Now doesn’t this watermelon drink look delicious?  Yummm!  I used Copic Markers to colour the image, cut out a couple of the hearts, and popped them up on glue dots.  I used the Spica glitter pen on the umbrella, and added Basic Grey rhinestones for the little berries.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

 

One of my favorite summer fruits is Strawberries.  I used a bigger stamp and cut out 3 strawberries.  Coloured them with Copic markers and then put Glossy Accents on them to make them look more real.  When that was dry I put more Glossy Accents on the bottoms of the strawberries and dipped them in glitter, trying to achieve the look of sugar, it looks better in person! lol  I can’t take any credit for the card though, as I saw it on Penny’s blog and pretty much cased it, of course with a few little changes.  Thank you for the inspiration Penny.

I hope you are all having a wonderful day, and thank you for stopping by!

:)

Wow, it’s been awhile!

I can’t believe it’s been that long since I last posted!  I am not even going to make any excuses, I just took a little break from stamping, my muse took off on my for a while.  Anyway, I am back now.

This is the birthday card I made for my great friend Val!  It was Val’s party this evening, I stopped out long enough to say Happy Birthday and give her this card! lol…I am not much into crowds, I get right freaked out!

The main image is from Stampsmith.  Marilyn is stamped with Ancient Page Chocolate Brown, then coloured in using a water colouring brush and tombow markers.  I then used Tim Holtz Distress inks to make it look older.  The beautiful flourish is from Inkadinkado.  The sentiment is from SU.  The crochet flower is from April, who is making them for me!  They are just adorable, thank you April!  Pearls are from Kaiser Craft.

Thank you for stopping by tonight.  I hope you are all having a beautiful weekend!

Live, Laugh, Love

Good Morning,

I have had this image stamped and coloured for a couple weeks, but I couldn’t decide what to do with it until late last night!  I found this beautiful background paper at M’s a few weeks ago, and decided it was time to cut into it!  I didn’t want to cover it up too much, and look, NO distressing! lol  I mounted the Audrey stamp (from The Stampsmith) with pink Bazzill Bling and light brown  Bazzill, then layered that all onto the background paper.  I then used my new die cut from Quickutz (Flourish), one in brown, one in pink, then added those, and put on some lovely little crocheted flowers!  I actually traded some stamping supplies that I was selling, for the crocheted flowers!  I love the barter system!  I then stamped the saying, Live, Laugh, Love from Inkadinkado twice with Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink.  This was all layered on pink Bazzill bling paper, then the light brown again.

The Stampsmith photo stamped image was stamped with Ancient Page Chocolate brown, the very lightly coloured in with Tombows and a water colour paint brush.  I wanted to keep it light.  Isn’t Audrey just beautiful?

 

It is a beautiful morning here in Halifax!  The sun is shining, and the birds are singing.  I think I may just spend the day stamping with all the windows open!  Sunshine always makes the day!

Enjoy your day!

Baby Shower Invites

One of my girlfriends at work asked me to make some baby shower invitations for her daughters baby shower.  I played around with a few ideas, and this is the one that was picked.  They were so simple to make.  I used The Slice to cut out the little tiaras, put some Stickles on the tips and used foam dots to pop them up.  The little feet are from Hero Arts, and the words are done using a CTMH alphabet set.  I had to get them done in a hurry, so it was nice to do something simple!

I printed out the insides, I went with a very light pink shimmer cardstock.  She wanted The Princess is coming…and then all the info.  That is why I went with the tiara! lol

Anyway, here are the cards….I made 26 of them.  In one night…urgh!! lol

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you all had a wonderful Mother’s Day!

:)

Dare to be Fabulous

 

Sorry for my lack of posts of late.  I have been busy getting back to work, and really just into the swing of things again.

I have a couple Stampsmith cards to share with you tonight.  Both are stamped with Ancient Page ink, then coloured in with Phototwin markers and watercolour brush.  The Marilyn card was distressed with Tim Holtz Distress inks.  The Audrey card used many of the cuttlebug and Nestibilities dies. 

 

Thank you for stopping by tonight!

:)

Little Miracle

 

Our store manager and his wife are expecting their first child, she is due any day now!  So I made them a card to go with a gift my g/f and I picked up for them.  I got the template for this card from Stampington, in the Tempting Templates section.  To me it’s amazing that they know what sex the baby is before they have it.  I don’t believe we had that option when I had my children!  I think it may take some of the excitement away, but maybe not?  However, it sure does make gift buying so much easier! lol

I used the Boho Background stamps to decorate the dress, and tons of distress ink, and some pink SU ink, because the inside of the card is white.  The Little Miracle stamp is from Hampton Arts.  The ribbon is velvet from M’s and I can’t remember who made the ribbon charm.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I have been in a stamping funk, and trying to get myself out of it!  Tonight I am really hoping to get some stamping done!

Have a wonderful evening,

:)

 

The Key to Failure

 

Tonight I went over to a friends for our stamping night.  We get together once a month, and take turns showing different techniques or just teaching a project.  We also do a card exchange and set a theme.  This months theme was chipboard/grundge board.  I felt instant panic!  I don’t usually work with either of these products, but I did buy hmmm…a bit of it! lol  Anyway, once I got over my panic, I set about trying to figure out what to do.

I went with a very simple card, using cream cardstock, and basic stamping and sponging.  I used a grundge board key, and painted it with Tim Holtz crackle paint.  I bought a couple bottles a while back and had never tried it.  I LIKE IT! lol  I stamped the background and sponged distress inks over it, and went over a few parts with the Tim Holtz essentials white pen.  I then did the same with the sentiment, and ran it through the cuttlebug using the Labels 4 from Spellbinders.  I did a bit of sponging with the die still on, took it off and did the edges a different colour, then went around the edges with the white gel pen.  I guess over all I am ok with this card! lol

Have a wonderful day!

Challenge card and Mary Jane Shoes

 

My friend Flower and I decided to challenge each other with a sketch.  We got it off Sketch Saturday.  Anyway, this is my take on the sketch!  I did add the flower on the left hand side, as the card didn’t really look balanced to me.  Hope you forgive me Flower! lol

 

I posted the 2 pictures because I wanted to show how I stamped the backs of the shoes this time.  This set is going to a very special couple.  The Mom to be has cervical cancer, and has had 3 surgeries, and they weren’t sure that they could even get pregnant.  BUT, she did!  I think it’s so awesome, and that is why I stamped Believe in Miracles on this card, instead of the usual congratulations. 

The baby booties stamp is from Stampendous, and the sentiment is from M’s.  The baby sentiment and flourish on the front of the shoe is from Heidi Grace. 

Thank you so much for stopping by,

:)