OWH WCMD Blog Hop

Hi there!  Thanks for stopping by today.  Today is World Cardmaking Day and I am participating in the Operation Write Home Blog Hop.
The fine folks at OWH have asked the hop participants to create Thank You cards using one of their fabulous sketches.

I have created one card in two different color combos using sketch #188.

My first card has a bit of a feminine side to it.

This one is for the fellas.

Supplies Used:

Feminine card:  

Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White, GKD In The Navy, Prints-Pebbles

Stamp: Penny Black-Salutations

Embossing Folder:  Stampin Up

Masculine Card:

Cardstock:  Neenah Natural, GKD In The Navy, Prints-Authentique

Stamp:  Hero Arts

Embossing Folder-Stampin Up

Both Cards:

Ink:  Nautical Blue

Adhesives:  Tombow Mono Adhesive Dots, Tombow Foam Tabs

Thank you for stopping by. Be sure to head on over to Operation Write Home for a complete list of blog hoppers.  

BLD Tuesday-Just Saying Hello!

Hello, I can't believe it has been a whole week since my last post.  Crazy, isn't it?

Today I am sharing a card I created with the Charlotte's Flowers digi image from By LORi Designs.  

The print papers for this card are from the Pebbles Family Ties collection.  I just love the pretty spring feel to this card.  We are supposed to have some awesome sunshine here today, that always makes for a happy girl :)

 Be sure to head on over to the BLD blog and check out what the rest of my teamies have created this week.

"to do" notebook

Friday is here again, can you believe how fast this year is going?  It seems like it was just Christmas!  Especially with the snowfall we had last week.  You can keep the snow, I am so ready for sunshine!

This week I am sharing a Spring inspired "To Do" book.  I took a simple store bought notebook and covered it with pretty, springy papers from the Pebbles Family Ties collection.  I love all of the prints in this collection and had a tough time choosing which ones to use.

I started by cutting all the pieces to size (this would be determined by the size of your notebook) and then I applied Tombow Mono Multi onto the front cover and spread it thinly using an old gift card and then applied the papers for the cover.  I also used Mono Multi for the spine, I just held it for about a count of 10 and it was nice and secure.  I stamped the "To Do" and Frame from the Gina K. Designs Organize It! Stamp TV Kit in some Memento Rich Cocoa ink and cut it out with an oval die (a punch would work too!)  I added a yellow scallop behind the To Do panel using some Tombow Mono Adhesive Dots and then popped it up using Tombow Foam Tabs.  For the little blue bird on the top right of the notebook, I  covered her in Tombow Mono Aqua and sprinkled some Warm Highlight glitter from Elizabeth Craft Designs to make her sparkle.  

I used scraps of paper for the pen.  Just a little of the Tombow Mono Adhesive Dots to the back of each of the pieces held it nicely around the pen.  

If you make a notebook, come on back and leave me a comment with a link to your project as I would love to check it out!

February Calendar

Hello and happy Monday Y'all!  Did you know that Our Craft Lounge announced it's 100th challenge last Friday?  The theme for this challenge was to use numbers.  I have to admit, I was stumped at first and didn't know what I was going to do.  I e-mailed my OCL partner in crime, Debbie Fisher, and she came up with a boatload of suggestions for me.  All of a sudden, the light came on and I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

I decided to make a 5 x 7 calendar page for February.  Yeah, I am ahead of the game!  I printed the calendar and then cut it down to the size I wanted.  I stamped the adorable hot air balloon from the OCL Spilling Over Cling Set onto some white cardstock with black ink and then stamped it again onto this adorable light blue paper from Pebbles.  There are the cutest itsy bitzy white stars all over the light blue background.  LOVE!  I paper pieced the balloon, basket and the little heart.  I used a piece of Cranberry Distress Dots cardstock from Memory Box for the little hearts.  The hearts that are spilling out of the basket are pink and sparkly!  I attached the calendar panel to a red layer that was diecut with a Spellbinders die.  The calendar panel is attached to the base with foam tape to give just enough lift to allow the ribbon to slide underneath.

There is still time to play along with this challenge, head on over the the Our Craft Lounge blog and play along.  You could win a prize and some awesome bragging rights!

Snow Princess

Happy Saturday!  Today is going to be a beautiful day in the Central Valley with temps in the low 80's.  I have a fun day planned as I am going to be taking a class this afternoon from the oh so talented Linda Duke.  Linda will be at The Cat's Meow teaching us to make her beautiful vintage style Christmas tags that she is so famous for.  I am taking her afternoon class, so that will give me time to meet some of my stamping pals for lunch before we head to class.  I can't wait!

The card I am sharing with you today is a sweet little Pure Innocence girl from the My Favorite Things Flurry of Love set.  I have wanted some of these PI stamps for a long time and finally scored a few.  Hooray!  When I saw that the Outlawz Friday Copic/Promarker challenge was to use pink, I new she would be perfect.  I colored her with a variety of Copic markers.  I cut the image panel and pink panel with the new Nesties Labels 23.  I really love the edge on this set.  The base card is white with a layer of aqua and kiwi double dot cardstocks.  The pretty stripe is a varnished paper from the Pebbles Happy Go Lucky line.  The snowflake is a combo of  the new Nesties Create a Flake Three and a MS snowflake punch.  The snowflake is topped off with a giant gem from Hero Arts.  I have added Diamond glitter glue to the snowflakes that are falling around the little pink Snow Princess.

This will be one of three cards that we will be creating in my Winter Kids class on Oct 29.  If you are in the Yosemite area and want to take a class e-mail us at:  catsmeow (at) sti (dot) net

See you soon,

Pretty in Pink

 I can't believe it, October is here already!  So with October comes the Fall, Halloween and of course Breast Cancer Awareness, which means I have a reason to show my pink power this month.  Please be sure to check those Ta Tas girls!  

Most of you know that I work at my local stamp store a couple of days a week and YES, I do know how lucky I am. :) A few weeks ago our wonderful (hi Darcy) rep from American Crafts was by for a visit and she always leaves a sample or two when she leaves.  Darcy always takes notes when she is there also.  Why  did I tell you that you may ask?  I  had mentioned to Darcy that I was sure I could color the white glitter Thickers with my Copics to color match them with my projects.  She looked at me like I was nuts and would ruin the nibs on my markers for sure.  In her notes, she must have written that I wanted to try it, because last week came a package with some white glittery Jewelry Box Thickers.  See the word "hi" down  there, I colored it with a pink Copic marker and it didn't even mess up the nib of the marker at all.  I suppose if you were to color the whole package with the same marker it might be a different story.  Good thing the nibs are replaceable just in case that should happen.  Darcy also left a sheet of paper and coordinating layered embellishments for me to make samples with.  

The paper is Little Miracle from the Pebbles New Addition line and the embellies are from the New Arrival line.  Both of these lines have a "pink" collection and a "blue" collection and have sweet babies in mind.  With that being said, I think both color collections will work for lots and lots of projects not related to babies.  On the card above I used a small strip of the striped side and a wider piece of the brown side.  This paper is embossed so the brown side has a look of corduroy to me.  I likey!  A few of you know that I have an aversion to felt but I think these flowers are ADORABLE!  There are four in the pack and each one is just a wee bit different. 

 On my second card  I used a larger piece of the stripe paper and used a little strip of the brown side for the scalloped edging.  See that sweet little polka dot print?  It is the backside of the 1/2" info strip on the 12 x 12 paper. So smart!  The only stamp used (egads) was the "It's a girl!" sentiment from Memory Box.  I stamped  it in Memento Rich Cocoa ink and it matches perfectly to the brown in the paper.  

Recipe:

Paper:  Little Miracle-Pebbles/American Crafts, White-Neenah Solar White

Stamps:  It's a girl!-Memory Box

Ink:  Rich Cocoa-Memento

Extras:  Felt Flowers-Pebbles/American Crafts, Thickers Glitter Chipboard, EK Scalloped Scallop punch