Happy New Home!

I'll be sending this card off to my sister who just moved to California ! A generous SC member was giving away some Studio Calico stamps and she graciously sent me this house one. Super cute. I heat embossed it with Mustard Zing. The hearts came from an older Hero Arts clear set. I used a Martha Steward grass border stamp and some letter stickers from American Crafts and Cosmo Cricket. I have to stop hording those stickers! :)

Summer Camp Week 2

I'm in camp right now :). Just participating in a fun summer online card camp. I made this card for week 2 color combo. I got this new Flower Text Hero Arts woodblock stamp. I heat embossed in white, colored in distress inks and cut each flower and leaf. I popped up the flowers and most leaves. I didn't have room for a sentiment, so I'll stamp something on the inside when I am ready to address the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Flourish Flower

Another quick card playing with some new toys! The blue flower is made from felt using the Sizzix 3D Flower Die. I've seen so many beautiful cards with white ink on kraft, so I was trying this combo with a new Hero Arts stamp. However, my Colorbox Pigment Frost White is so juicy - I'm not getting great images with it. Oh well, I will keep trying :)  

Have a great day!

Embellish Challenge - Thank You

I made this card for the the Embellished Background Stamping Color Trends Challenge! I love the color combo - nothing I would think to put together myself since I'm a little color-challenged :) The circle stamps are from an older clear set (I'll have to add the name later) with different border type images. I stamped that image repeatedly to get the background image. The flower is made with PTI felt from the Sizzix 3D Flower die. Love that thing! Thanks for looking!

Hello Friend

Oh it's been too long since I made some cards ! I won this Critters in the Forest set from Lawn Fawn so I inked it up and colored with Copic markers. I forgot how fun it was to color :) The sentiment is also Lawn Fawn, from Hello Friend set. I really like that stamp company - really cute images that are fun to make quick and simple cards with. The background of clouds is from Hero Arts. I can never have enough of Hero Arts stamps! Thanks for stopping by!

Getting Inky

 

2 of my favorite products here - Tim Holtz distress inks and Hero Arts stamps! I watched this great video on Lily Pad blog and was inspired ! I used distress inks and the foam applicator to apply the colors on the tag and butterfly. I think I'll do a tag series - I'd like to make a set of these and give them as a gift. I know someone who loves to give gifts to her friends and this will be perfect for her!

Stamps Used:

S5033 DesignBlock: Silhouette

H5426 Artists Butterfly
CL490 Sending Smiles Message

Mother's Day

Here is the card I made for my Mom. Thought I'd try a vintage-y style for her. I pulled out some old Basic Grey papers (I have an never-ending pile of the 6x6 pads!). I used several stamps from Poppy Stamps: Peony Branch stamp, Bamboo Shoot, background stamp Peach Blossom Poem. I was lucky enough to win a ton of stamps from them a few months ago. Check out their blog - they make a nice variety of stamps - super cute little gnomes (?), gorgeous floral images and Asian themed stamps.

The sentiment is embossed. I used it a lot on my cards this year - need to see who makes it. I will update.

Happy Mother's Day!

 

Wishing all Mothers a wonderful day! This one was sent to my fiance's Mom. Hope she like it! Very simple and quick card. Embossed Hero Art's stamp It's a Parade with Zing embossing powder in Blush. The base pattern paper is some older paper from A Muse Studio. The resin flower is from Michael's. Love it, but will be costly to mail :)

I will upload the one I made for my Mom. I uploaded it to Flickr at work and deleted the image from my camera, so I will upload it on Monday. Thanks for looking!

She's Having a Baby

I've not been making cards and stamping too much lately. Skiing almost every weekend this winter. The conditions have been great in the Northeast this winter with all the snow. Well, spring is here and I'll be back creating more.

In the meanwhile, I've started scrapbooking! I created a scrapbook page to frame for a friend and sort of got hooked. I've been subscribing to Studio Calico for awhile now so I've been playing with those kits a lot. Honestly I have no idea what I'm doing, but it's fun.

Here is a page I just made - my sister is having a baby! I'm so excited for her and her husband. And for me and my parents as well. :) I came across a fun new sketch challenge blog that focuses on journalling the story behind the pictures. I like that! I played along on the 4/1/11 challenge.  Here is the link if you want to play as well!

Edited to add: Page made from Studio Calico Feb 2011 kit called Candy Shoppe. Additional supplies include Marvy heart punch, MM fabric tape, Martha Stewart butterfly punches, EK Success border punch, Recollections fabric flower, Autumn Leaves Journalling Stamp.

Studio G stamps

Noticed these new mini sets and larger sets of Studio G stamps in my local Michael's. Thought people might be interested - there are some cute sets! You can click on each pic to view a larger pic. Sorry about the quality - taken with my phone.