Scraptastic Butterfly

Happy Wednesday!

Whew, it is finally heating up here in Central CA!  We will be in the low 100's all week.  We have been pretty lucky so far this year as we usually reach the higher temps much earlier in the summer season.  Lucky for me, I have lots of fans in my house because when I got in from work last night, the air had been running all day............but the house was hotter than heck.  Yep, the central air seems to be on the fritz and I am waiting for the repairman to show up at anytime.  I am keeping my fingers crossed that it is just the thermostat and it will be an easy fix.  In the meantime, I decided to do a little stamping.

I love the CR84FN color challenges and especially like that they are running two weeks long right now.  I would love it if they stayed that way, as it gives me a bit more time to get the challenge done before the next one comes along.  The current challenge (CR84FN36) is to use the following colors:

At first, I thought these colors were going to be a bit tricky for me to work with as I don't use alot of yellow (especially as a main focus) as a general rule.  I really like this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch 131 so I decided to pair the two up and this is what I came up with.  This card measures 4 3/4" square.  I inked up the adorable Cocoa Bean Butterfly from Memory Box in Scattered Straw Distress ink and stamped it onto a piece of cream cardstock several times and then again onto a scrap which I cut out and layered up with some foam tape.  The Penny Black sentiment (one of my favs) is inked up in Memento Rich Cocoa and stamped over the butterflies.  The kraft base card was embossed with a leafy embossing folder and then edged with a bit of Tea Dye Distress ink.  All of the cardstock used was from my scrap pile. :)

stamping hugs,

Scraptastic Winterberry Wreath

Hi!  I made a little time for stamping on Sunday afternoon and this is one of the cards that I ended up creating.  I took my inspiration from two of the Outlawz challenges from last week.  Tuesday's color challenge was to use: coco or sand, white clouds and aqua.   You were also supposed to use shells or gems so I decided to go with the gems.  I love me some bling!  I actually used a dark teal instead of aqua, but I was completely inspired by the colors and so glad that this challenged help me find the ol' mojo.  I also used the Outlawz Wednesday sketch challenge.   

I stamped the Winterberry Wreath from Memory Box onto white cardstock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and then adorned it with lotsa pretty little gems in the prettiest teal color.  All of the cardstock used on this card was from my ever growing pile of scraps that have been left over from other projects.  I'll be back in a couple of days with another card that was inspired by challenges from the web.

CSS Sketch Blog Hop

Whoo hooo!  Tonight I have joined forces with some of my besties from the GKD Center Stage Design Team to share with you some amazing creations using the sketch you see below.  You should have arrived at my blog from Lori's awesome blog.  If not, you will want to go back to StampTV and start from the beginning. 

 I used the beautiful Whimsical Wishes set that I was lucky enough to win from Theresa Momber.  Just in case you didn't know it, Theresa is the one who illustrated this beautiful set.  That girl has some mad talent!!!  I started with a base card of Fresh Asparagus and then added this beautiful print from Little Yellow Bicycle.  I have had the print paper for quite some time and don't know what collection it is from.  Next, I stamped the sentiment and dragonfly image and then finished off the card with the trio of botanicals that I cut out using my circle nesties.  I am going to send you on your way to Miesje's awesome blog so that you can check out the beauty that she has created.

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (August 16th), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs who will get a stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!

Something old, something new

Hello, remember me?  I know it has been forever since my last blog post.  Although I have been busy, I really haven't had any Mojo for quite some time.  I have several half finished cards and projects on my desk, but just can't seem to bring any one of them to completion.  I created this card a couple a while back.  I think it may have been for a Mojo Monday challenge, but I can't really remember.  What I do know is that everything except for the crepe paper rose was created from scraps that were on my desk.  I created the rose by rolling and twisting some white crepe paper.  The sentiment I used is from Verve. 

I will be back Friday as I will be hopping with some of my pals from the GKD CSS Design Team.  I will see you then.