Easter 2011 for Syd & Chandler

We had a beautiful Saturday and Sunday after several days of rain. My hubby got to mow the lawn for just the second time so far this year. It was a wonderful hint of the Spring that we've been looking for.

I made these Easter cards for Syd & Chandler. Syd's was made with The Painter and the Bee, a Penny Black stamp that I bought from Simon Says Stamp.

For the inside, I used two stamps. The stamp on top is Peeking Bunny from High Hopes (purchased from Stamp & Create) and the Happy Easter is from PSX:

My card for Chandler uses a stamp from High Hopes, Bunny Masterpiece.

The inside again uses the stamp Peeking Bunny from High Hopes and the Some Bunny stamp is from Northwoods Rubber Stamps.

That's all for today. I hope you saw the sun in your neck of the woods today.

GKD Design Sketch Spotlight Challenge

I made this card to enter Monday's Gina K Designs Sketch Spotlight Challenge. The whale and the sentiment are both from GKD.

Here's the sketch:

Fishy Friends Take Two

I have so much fun with these guys. The stamps are from Stamp'n Up! I bought them on E-Bay. Since I live by the ocean, I'm always looking for sea-related stamps and designer papers (and there are a zillion of them out there!).

In addition to the fun dp (bottom) and the Cuttlebugged ef (top cardstock bubbles), I added some Robin's Nest dew drops (the blue bubbles rising from each fishy friend) and lots of crystal Stickles on the cardstock bubbles.

Little Girls Story Time

I made two cards using this new Lili of the Valley (LOTV) stamp called Little Girls Story Time:

And here's my second one:

More Grey Hares!

I saw the idea for this card here, and thought it was so clever. When I found this stamp, Bunny Love, from High Hopes I thought it would be perfect. PLUS, I got to use some of my Polar White Flowersoft on their little fluffy bunny tails.

And this is the inside:

Framed Greeting

I got this stamp set on a "Free with three" purchase from Gina K Designs:

Dance as if no one is watching.

The silhouette stamps used on this card are from A Stamp In The Hand and the sentiment is from Make an Impression:

And here is the inside:

Spring Basket with Ribbon

Here are two more cards using my new Spring Basket stamp set from Gina K Designs. I thought it was interesting how the hue of the designer paper changed when I layered it over semi-light yellow on the first card and then a more golden yellow on the second card.

And here is the second one with some variations in color:

Wart's Up?

I know, I know - another frog card! You might as well get used to it as my collection grows. This funny guy is another High Hopes stamp.

And here's the inside:

Frog in Underpants

I love this stamp from High Hopes! It's called Frog in Boxers 2.:

Here's the inside:

Can you tell I love frogs?!!

This next card is another Gina K Designs stamp set called Little Critters by Theresa Momber. I think Theresa is the Queen of blending and I've been trying to follow her tutorial steps to achieve that look. This is the best one that I've done (based on this tutorial):

And this is the inside:

Spring Basket

This card was made with a Stamp Set by Melanie Muenchinger called Spring Basket from Gina K Designs:

I stamped the flowers on white cardstock and the basket on red cardstock with Color Box black pigment ink, then cut them out. The flowers were colored with Tombow markers. The dp background paper was cut into three rectangles and adhered to the cardbase. The circle and scalloped circle (Spellbinders Nesties) were then layered over the dp and the basket and flowers were mounted on the circle with dimensionals for depth. The label and sentiment (computer generated) oval (Spellbinders) were adhered using brads.

Just Swinging By to Say Hi!

This cute guy is a LOTV stamp, Boys Hanging Around.

I colored the stamped image with Tombow markers, cut it out and mounted it over the background paper with dimensional foam squares. The fence is a Picket Fence Border Die from Taylored Expressions. For the grass, I cut and layered light & dark green cardstock that was cut with a Martha Stewart edge punch. The little flowers in the grass are from an old Emagination punch. The branch die is a QuicKutz. The label is from Spellbinders and the sentiment is computer generated.

Chandler's and Sydney's Valentines 2011

I made this Valentine's Day card for my grandson Chandler.

Here's the inside:

And this is the one I made for my granddaughter, Sydney:

And this is the inside:

With Gratitude

This is a very simple card. The background stamp is Woodgrain Pattern from Hero Arts. The sentiment is computer generated, cut out with a Classic Ovals Nestie, and edged with scattered straw & milled lavender Distress Ink (Ranger). The butterfly is a Cuttlebug Butterfly die, CB EF'd with Swiss Dots, mounted on black cardstock (I then cut around the butterfly to create a mat layer). 5 black pearls were attached to the butterfly's back. The leaves were cut using a Sizzix Sizzlits die. Three light purple Rhinestones (Basics) were attached to the upper right top.

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Merry Chris Moose

I made this card before Christmas, but so much going on, I didn't get it posted. I hope I can do better in 2011 - but no promises at this point.

The stamp used on this card is Chris Moose from Stampington. The holly punch is M.S. and the star is a Rusty Tin-Tiques Star.

Happy New Year. I hope you'll visit again soon.

Season's Greetings 2010!

I made this card a couple of weeks ago - but I'm just getting around to photographing it & uploading it today. I've promised myself that I will spend some time each day on this year's Christmas cards. I need to put on some of those great Christmas movies and some Christmas music and get in the mood. It just doesn't seem to be happening this year. This is my first attempt at paper piecing (Rodney). I'm sure I'll get better as I go along!

Stamps: Rodney Reindeer - Digi Stamp (Pink Gem Designs), Season's Greetings (Hero Arts)

Paper: DP: Christmas Reindeer, (Karen Folster Design), CS: white, red, brown
Ink:Green dye ink, (Memories), and computer-generated
Accessories: Glossy Accents, glitter glue, pop dots, circle punches and scalloped circle punch, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Fiskars Paper Cutter, Scor-Pal, Glue Glider Pro
Size: 4-1/4 x 5 1/2 (A2)

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What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday - #1

Okay, I admit it, I'm hopeless! I can clear off my desk, and within a VERY short period of time, my desk is swamped with stash that I'm using and my clear area for working is down to the size of a postage stamp! I hold on to every little scrap of paper, string, ribbon - all that ephemera that is left over from a project. I'm trying to figure out a way to deal with that stuff. Any ideas?

I'm back to clearing this out-of-control surface so that I can get back to creating! Hopefully, I'll have an actual card to post before too long.

Gobble Gobble

I've had such a hard time getting my act together lately. So much to do, so little time. I finally created two cards to upload.

The first one is this cute turkey from Great Impressions. He looks so dapper & so happy (and unaware of what could be in store - unless the President gives him a last minute reprieve, eh?). He was fun to color - and I used lots of glitter.

Here's my second Fall card:

Preview of what's in store for us this winter. First snow fall here at the beach:

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Asian Inspiration

Today's card uses another beautiful example of Yuzen-shi paper. Beneath the focal paper is a black cs layer over a gold cs layer, which is mounted on a white card base. I attached a round "woodsie" that I covered with black paint and stamped an image with gold pigment ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. The flower center dots were created with a gold Pilot marker. I added a black gem. The sentiment is computer generated.

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