Hi there! Tonight my fellow friends from the StampTV Center Stage Alumni were challenged to create a card using a sketch created by me! You can see the sketch below. Hopefully you have arrived at my blog from my pal Lori McAree's blog. If not, you can go back to StampTV and start from the beginning.
Friday, January 28, 2011
CSS Alumni Blog Hop
Monday, January 24, 2011
Friends
Sunday, January 23, 2011
CHA Sneak Peek....Feeling Lucky?
Ah ha, I bet you thought I was going to have a St. Paddy's card to share with you. Nope! What I am sharing is a couple of different ways to win some goodies.
First, I am giving away the Kind Words set from Verve........you can read all about it and enter to win on THIS post. You have until Tuesday January 25th to enter.
Second is this:
I'll be back in a bit with a card to share.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Oldies But Goodies Blog Hop
Monday, January 17, 2011
A card, confession and confections!
Amanda R said...
Just found your blog (you can thank Dorcas and her photo of your crocheted flowers) but I am lovin your cards too! My favorite color lately is red. Such a bright happy color!
Thanks Amanda! I will be contacting you for your snail mail addy. Thanks again to everyone who commented. This was fun and I will do it again soon.
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Labels: Cards, Challenges, Confections, Verve
Happy Birthday
Friday, January 14, 2011
CSS Color Challenge Blog Hop
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Come Sail Away
Pretty Purple Heart
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
In my Thoughts
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Sunday, January 9, 2011
THUD!
Did you hear that? That is the sound it made when I smacked myself on the forehead this morning when I saw THIS adorable card created by the ever so talented Laurie Schmidlin! You should have seen me, running down the hallway in my jammies and slippers....coffee in one hand and laptop in the other heading for my studio. You see, my hubby is what I like to call a rough, tough cream puff. You know the kind, a little crusty on the outside and sweet as can be on the inside and it is always hard for me to come up with the perfect valentine card for him. He is not the kind I would make a sugary sweet, foofy card for at all. So when I saw Laurie's card, I knew exactly what I was going to do. His favorite color is blue, so that was my starting point. Here is what I came up with:
Recipe:
Stamps: Text Objects-Verve
Paper: All from my stash...a little of this and a little of that!
Ink: Adirondack Denim Blue
Extras: Twine, Glossy Accents, CB EF, Copics
Hugs,
Friday, January 7, 2011
Love Life
Lucky for me we have had sunshine for the last couple of days and I sat down and created this little beauty for the Mojo Monday 172 sketch. Can you believe there have been 172 of these awesome sketches so far? Love them! This card also qualifies for the Crazy 4 Challenges (C4C69) color inspiration for this week. The beautiful pinks/browns in the photo are amazing.
For my card I used the Verve Text Objects set. This set has an assortment of cute, whimsical images and beautiful sentiments. The papers used are from Basic Grey, Memory Box and Worldwin. The sentiment was stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa ink and the heart was stamped in Pink Colorbox ink. To create the little heart, I stamped it on the reverse side of the dot paper (so I could see the lines) and cut it out and attached it to a scrap of ivory cardstock. I sponged the edges with a bit more of the pink ink to ink to tie it all in together. I finished off the little heart with a button and some twine.
I hope that whatever you do this weekend, make it a good one!
Hugs,
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Labels: Cards, Challenges, Mojo Monday, Verve
Love and Hope
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Labels: 3D, Cards, Copics, Gina K Designs
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Simple but elegant
Can you believe, Christmas and New Years have passed and now we are looking forward to Valentine's Day. Before long we will be making St. Patty's, Easter and Spring cards, its no wonder the years always seem to go by so fast. :)
Today, I am sharing a Valentine I made using this beautiful heart from Penny Black. I inked the heart with Versacolor Sage ink and embossed with clear powder. The base card is Prism cardstock and they print is from my stash. A little bling and some ribbon and I called it done.
I'll be back in a few days to share some special projects I have been working on. See ya then!
Hugs,