Sledding

Our youngest had a birthday party this past weekend for a friend, and they live on an acerage near here.    The party included sledding and being pulled by a quad on a sled....needless  to say he had a fabulous time.  I thought this image from Stampin' Up would be perfect for the birthday boy, using the SFYTT sketch this month, and some fun papers by MME - Merry.    

Very simple use of the elements.  Boys don't like fussy stuff :)  I did add some cut Spellbinders snowflakes along the bottom for a border on the horizontal strip.  Don't you just love his paper pieced shirt?  :) Makes me smile!  

Stamps:  Stampin' Up! - Merry Crittermas, Little Friends;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  Baja Breeze, Flourishes Classic White, MME - Merry;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Spellbinders Snowflake Die, Standard Circles Die, SU - Snowflakes Embossing Folder, SU - Buttons, Dimensionals, Copic Markers

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Sledding

Round Snow Men

I picked up a pack of MME's Merry 6 x 6 paper from Michaels and the cutie little snow men were begging to be made into a card.  I paired it with my old SU set Snow Buddies, and they look like they were made for each other.  I love all the round little snow men and their chubby bellies.  Especially paired with this week's Mojo Sketch with lots of round elements.

The white background snowflakes are embossed to add texture, and I added a little touch of glitter on a 1/8 inch Scor Tape strip along the bottom because I thought it needed another touch of shine, and to ground the images.  Coloring on the little snow men with copics, and Spellbinders Circles and Picot Edge Circles.  Too cute :) And another card for the stash!

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Back to School - Giveaway Week

Happy Labour Day Canadians and and Americans!  OH the day is coming....Tuesday brings school here.  There is both excitement and dreading in our house :)  The older the child, the greater proportion of dread to excitement.  LOL!

I'm back with Day Two of my Giveaway week and today I thought I'd start by pulling out a little school-themed creation I made.  I have many friends who have little ones just starting school, a Kindergartener or 1st Grader.  Such a precious stage.  I talked to one of the beginning First Graders today about what she was excited about, having more recesses, and her own desk and school supplies hit the top two, but leaving Mom at home was a bit sad for her :)  

This is a very cute SU set, Greeting Card Kids, and I've paired it with some Fancy Pants Papers - Off to School, colouring with Copics, a strip embossed with a PTI Impression Plate, and Jen's SFYTT for September!

Close-up of the Colouring...BG11, BG13, BG15, R27, R29, R39, E00, E21, E31, E33, Y11, Y23, W2. W3, W5.  

And now to the giveaway!

If you remember a few weeks ago I talked about taking a few days to organize my "stuff" and I went through all my papers.  When I was a SU demo 4-ish years ago, it made sense to have lots of 12 x 12 paper because I was always using it for classes.  But now, it's just too much paper, and I'll never use all of it, so I've cut down these papers and scraps to 6 x 6 sizes and am ready to give it away!  There is a great selection here....

I have enough for probably 5 or 6 people to have several bunches of papers, like getting several 6 x 6 pads of your own.  I'll try to keep "like papers" together in bunches.  

So...leave a comment telling me:

"What does September bring to you this year?  Anything new, exciting, nerve wracking, difficult or joyous?"

I'll draw 5 or 6 random comments Wednesday at 10 PM MTN time.  You'll have 48 hours to get me your snail mail address.  

One entry per person please.  But please pass the word around, I'm happy to give these lovely papers new homes.  

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Love You Sweetie

Just doing a little Valentine's Day playing :)  I used the Greeting Card Kids and Little Friends sets for the cutie Valentine girl and the sentiment.  I colored with Copics and also paper pieced her dress with these great papers from Basic Grey - Indie Bloom.  This was last week's Sketch Challenge over at SCS. 

A doily heart punch along the bottom and the pretty SU Sizzlit buttons on top, a touch of skinny velvet ribbon and a few tiny rhinestones, make for one sweet little Valentine!

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Love You Sweetie

Wonderful

OOO ignore the post title for just a minute....I'm so mad the Red Team sent Arthur home on the Biggest Loser!!! ARG!    I so hope he wins the at home prize!

OK....back to the post.

Lots happening here....our little nephew is HOME from the hospital which I'm so grateful for.  Our daughter is in the search for a High School and it's Open House Central here.  It's really a big decision!  So many elements to consider to find the right fit for her.  We've found 3 really good schools that are in the running so far.  We need to decide by early next month :)  I'll have a High Schooler soon!

And I had a little time to create tonight and was delighted to be able to play in the SCS Sketch Challenge.

I love the simple clean lines of this pretty SU Set - Every Moment!  It was great for this clean design in the sketch.  I colored the bird and bull-rushes with Copics and added some simple sewing and accents.    Do you see the tiny sentiment tab on the top?  It reads wonderful - from the sentiment.... I didn't want to distract from the design.  

Papers are old SU, Parisian Breeze, which has such pretty texture.

Does my blog feel a little naked to you?  Me too.  I was messing around with some things in the design today and was so proud of myself because I figured out something that's been bugging me in the HTML code, but in the process messed up my sidebars!  Hopefully I can figure out how to get it back!  LOL!

Have a wonderful Wednesday ahead!

Stamps: SU - Every Moment;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Flourishes Classic White, SU - Parisian Breeze DSP;  Accessories:  Copic Markers, Circle Punches, Kraft Seam Binding, Twine, Corduroy Brad.  Dimensionals, Sewing Machine. 

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Cottage Garden

Happy Hello Everyone!

I visited Michael's last week and found some SWEET paper from K & Company that I picked up.  This one is called Cottage Garden....and oh is it pretty...here's a little sample of one of the pages I played with...

Isn't the pattern and coloring of the hydrangeas beautiful?  I paired it with the SU! set Because I Care, coloring the image with Copic Markers to match the paper.    I have a few pictures because I just couldn't seem to get the angle quite right to show it off well enough with the right amount of detail on the flowers.  

I used my beautiful new Grand Nestabilities in the Scalloped Circles and Grand Circles to create the pretty round shape to the card, adding the Lacey Circles inside to mat the pretty Hydrangea.  As you've probably heard me say before, this is my favourite color of Hydrangea :)  

Another detail that I added was to take a few of the blooms and stamp a second time coloring them, cutting them out and popping them up.  I love the realism it gives.  

You can also see that I punched a border with the designer paper and my Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch.  The ribbon is Cotton Linen from Flourishes, and I've also added some pretty rhinestones in a straight and circular fashion to mirror the image. 

Oh I can't wait for some real flowers to start blooming up here!  

Stamps:  SU! Hostess - Because I Care;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  Bashful Blue, Pear Pizzazz, Flourishes Classic White, K & Co Cottage Garden DP;  Accessories:  Grand Calibur, Grand Circle Nesties, Grand Scalloped Circles, Lacey Circles Nesties, Cotton Linen Ribbon in blue, Copic Markers, Piercer, Dimensionals, Martha Stewart Hydrangea Punch.  

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Cottage Garden

Christmas Cutie

I have had this gorgeous little girl colored up for at least a month...and just no time to put her together in a card, so when I saw this week's Mojo Sketch I thought, that would work great for her.

These Vintage Kids are probably one of my favourites from the SU! Catalogue this year, the set really captures sweet vintage, and has nice lines for coloring.  I colored her up with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS and cut her out and popped her up.  Then I lightly colored in the background softly with the pencil too, almost the look of Northern Lights. 

It's a great sketch to work with, so it's super simple otherwise!   Pretty ribbon, pretty papers (Memory Box Tinsel and Basic Grey Jovial).  

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back late Tuesday night with the NEW Release Sneak Peeks from Flourishes!  Woo Hoo!

Stamps: SU! Greeting Card Kids, Merry Crittermas;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  Textured Bermuda Bay, Flourishes  - Classic White, Memory Box Tinsel, Basic Grey Jovial;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Rectangles Nesties, Scalloped Rectangles Nesties, Square Nesties, Scalloped Squares Nesties, Bermuda Bay Dotted Ribbon, Scor Tape, Dimensionals, Prismacolor Pencils, OMS, Piercer, Rhinestones. 

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Christmas Cutie

Song of Spring Flip

A bit of a late post for me today.  It was the first day in probably a month where I didn't HAVE to do something in the day.  And my sweet husband got the kids ready for school and let me sleep in!  I've got a cold that's getting to me, so the sleep was so welcome.

Holly had a cool technique challenge over at SCS that I've seen by hadn't tried yet, so I played around with it.  It's called a Flip Card and the tutorial by Beate is HERE.  The center panel is loose so it flips around from open to closed.  Very fun.  And not that hard to do, if you follow the directions :)  Next time I'll know what I'm doing better so my cuts will be a little sharper.  I'll show you a progression of photos from closed to open.

I used the SU set Spring Song and colored it with Copic Markers.  The outside flower is carefully cut out and popped up. 

Above is a little more open so you can see the inner panel better.

Here is the inner panel flipped in the open side.  Lots of sponging to warm up the scene. 

Above a closeup of the coloring. Isnt' that hummingbird pretty?

And above what it would look like closed - laying down.  Neat hey?  It makes for such pretty presentation!

Below are the Copics I used.  All from Flourishes. 

Recipe:  Stamps:  SU - Spring Song;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  Kiwi Kiss, Bermuda Bay, Thoroughly Modern DSP, Gina K Pure Luxury White;  Accessories;  Oval Punch, Copic Markers, Dimensionals, Large Brads, Bermuda Bay Ribbon. 

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Song of Spring Flip

A Dirty Girl Challenge

Wow, I can't believe how long it's been since I could play in the Dirty Dozen current and alumni challenge.  But today is finally the day!  Kelly challenged us to an Earth Day creation, since it's Earth Day in just 2 days. 
Requirement - use something recycled on your creation, Restriction - no buttons.

This is my second recycled creation in a week!  It's really making my brain work!  I used a bit of a similar theme....cardboard, but this time I took it apart a little differently.

We just finished using a box and had it in the recycling, I took it out and peeled off both the outer and inner layer of the box to reveal the corrugated cardboard in between.  Then I ran this corrugated layer through my new SU Bird and Branch punch.  It's a little fragile with just being the core of the box, but I carefully sponged the bird and then adhered them down adding some pearls as accent.  Then to match the cardboard, I added some Kraft run through the crimper around the center of the card. 

Happy early Earth Day!  You can find all the other Dirty Girls' creations at Splitcoastampers by using the keyword:  DCED410

Recipe:  Stamps:  Bella Toile Background;  Ink:  Not Quite Navy;  Paper:  Kraft, Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy, Bella Bleu DSP, Cardboard;  Accessories;  Big Shot, Labels 11, Deckled Ovals Nestie, SU Bird and Branch large punch, Crimper, Kaiser pearls, Dimensionals, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Sponge, Bow Easy. 

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Flowers to You

Just popping in to show you an almost SU only card....I did this for today's Color Challenge at SCS.  Ruby Red, Soft Suede, Bashful Blue.

I pulled out my Fifth Avenue Floral set and watercolored the flowers with reinkers in Ruby Red.  2 are popped up and I masked and added a light touch of Bashful Blue to sponge the background, then a heavy sponging of Soft Suede. 

The Sentiment is from Best Yet and I sponged the Ruby Red layer with Soft Suede to give it a bit of depth.  The background layer is textured and overstamped with the flower in Soft Suede, with some pretty piercing and ribbon to accent the layers.  I added the brads in the top corner to "weight" the card better and help your eye travel down to the different parts of the card.

Sweet and simple...off to do some errands :)

Recipe:  Stamps:  SU  - Fifth Avenue Floral, Best Yet;  Ink:  Brown Stazon, Soft Suede, Bashful Blue;  Paper:  Ruby Red, Soft Suede Textured, Bashful Blue, Bashful Blue Prints, Soft Suede Patterns,Watercolor paper;  Accessories: Big Shot, Deckled Rectangles Nestabilities, Circle Punches, Piercer, Striped Bashful blue Ribbon, Dimensionals, Vintage Brads, Piercer, Reinkers, Aqua Painter.

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Flowers to You