Smile

 I have a special card to share today that was made with new Penny Black stamps that are illustrated by my friend Laura Campbell.  I have missed Layers of Color and thrilled that Laura is now designing for Penny Black!!!

This card uses A Flight of Thread #40-139 and the background Flower Flourish #40-136.  The sentiment is from Petal Party.  I stamped the image using Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder.  The image was colored using Distress markers and sponged the image right after I die cut it using the Labels Twenty and Tumbled Glass ink.  For a little extra detail, I stamped the wing of the bird a second time and popped it up on a glue dot to add a bit of dimension and added some Want2Scrap bling to the flowers.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Happy Birthday

 Today is my oldest son's 13th birthday...amazing how the years have flown!  I made this card for him yesterday using some Gina K Designs stamps, including the new Birthday Greetings clear stamp set. Have you tried GKD clear stamps yet???  I used to be a red rubber stamp kinda girl, but this past year have loved the convenience/quality of clear stamps and most impressed with the ones GKD is now offering!  I stamped the star (from Stars) using Memento Nautical Blue ink onto Kraft cardstock and combined it with the dots from Vintage Backgrounds.  I used the Notebook Edge and By the Numbers die-namics from My Favorite Things.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Hello, Dear Friend

 Today I have a card to share using Flower Garden, illustrated by my dear friend Nina for The Craft's Meow.  I combined it with some Simple Stories Fabulous patterned paper and Memento inks.  The flowers were stamped on a die cut piece of ivory cardstock, heavily sponged and then I stamped the flowers a second time on a piece of scrap paper to create a 3-d look.  I used two new Memento colors: Pistachio and Morocco, as well as Rose Bud.  

Speaking of Nina...  She is showcasing some of her newest Spellbinders Licensed dies on her blog, swoon...love them!  Also, be sure to hop each day with the Spellbinders team to have a chance at winning some of these new dies.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

PDCC#136

A simple card to share today using some stamps that I recently purchased.  The kids were outside playing wiffle ball with their daddy and gave me a chance to think about "cleaning" only I got distracted, lol!  For this card I used several Penny Black stamps including: Petal Party for the sentiment/flower, Floral Thread (illustrated by sweet Laura Kirste Campbell) and Puzzle Parts.  I stamped the flower using Versafine black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  Then I sponged distress ink and trimmed layering one flower on top of the other for dimension.  The Floral Thread background was stamped on a scrap piece of Ocean Mist card stock and then die cut, adding a bit more sponging. 

The colors for this card were inspired by the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week:

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

So Blessed

I have a new favorite background stamp....Wall Paper Print #40-134 from Penny Black (illustrated by my dear friend Laura Kirste Campbell).  It has so many possibilities and it pops in red (used the new Memento ink: Love Letter)!  My mind is whirling with some other ideas...just need some time.  I added a bit of bling and layered a sentiment (from So Blessed, illustrated by sweet Nina Brackett) onto some Spellbinders dies. 

We are in the middle of the tournament for oldest son's baseball season.  Jeb finished his T-ball season Tuesday night and it was so sweet....I know some groan at T-ball, but I find it about the cutest thing ever!  Here he is with his "tro-FEE" and some of his teammates (he is center with his hand behind his back):

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

CFC56

 I made this card for the CAS-ual Friday Challenge which was to create a clean and simple project using polka dots.  I used the new stamp set Petal Party (from Penny Black) and stamped the floral image on some polka dot patterned paper from the Fabulous Simple Stories collection.  I added a scalloped epoxy center from Epiphany Crafts to the center of the flower.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Life is Beautiful

When I received the email from Penny Black about the new summer release......I caved.   I ordered on Tuesday (6/5) and received them yesterday (6/7)...talk about a happy mail day!

While my stamp room could use a little attention (ahem...putting things away) I just had to work in a little bit of creative time too.  New stamps deserve that don't you think :) 

This card features the new set Petal Party #30-113 as well as Puzzle Parts  #30-114 (both illustrated by my good friend Nina..LOVE her style!).  I stamped the flower using Memento Black Tuxedo and colored the flower in using Copics.  The side panel using Puzzle Parts was stamped with Memento Bahama Blue and layered onto a Turquoise Sea cardstock panel.  I have some other Penny Black stamps I am so looking forward to getting inky with over the weekend....so many stamps, so little time :)

 The colors for this card are inspired by the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week: 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings, 

Posies

 

I wanted to try embossing the Posies stamp using Versamark and clear embossing powder and thought I had to try it in pink first :)  I love the pop of the flowers after a bit of sponging using Memento Angel Pink and Rose Bud (the latter especially highlighting the flowers) for this fun pink design.  I added the musical score from Vintage Borders stamped with Rose Bud and love the pop it brings.  The sentiment is from Gratitude  and added some pearl Want2Scrap bling to the center of each flower to finish it off.  All in all... quite quick and easy and thinking an assortment of designs with varying colors/sentiments would be nice to create!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Wonderful Day!

 Hello! Finally making it back to stamping a bit and did you see my exciting news???  Check this out!  Oh my stars was that an exciting email to receive from Cath!!!

My card today uses one stamp set, Gratitude from Penny Black.  This clear stamp set has elegant sentiments and some smaller sized images as well.  If you know anything about me, you know I love any damask image and this one I thought would be perfect for creating patterned paper. I used the new Memento Pistachio ink from Tsukineko and isn't it a pretty green, so different from the others!  A small Want2Scrap pearl added to the center of each finished it off nicely.

I am entering this into the Damask and Brocade Challenge in the Moxie Fab World and hope you can play along too!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

Hello, Dear Friend

Hello!  Today I have a card to share that I made for the June sketch challenge over on The Craft's Meow blog.  The sentiment it from Sew Lovely and the butterfly is from a Layers of Color stamp set.  I used Teresa Collins Sweet Afternoon  patterned paper and added a bit of Want2Scrap bling.  
 I know I have something exciting to share pretty soon....but can't just yet, sigh....very soon though!  The parental units (LOVE them) are in town so off to spend a fun day with them until some baseball games for the boys tonight.   Here is a pic I had to share of my little guy sliding into home...keep in mind this is T-Ball and NO ONE is trying to get him out.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,

 

CPS268

 Today I have a card to share that I made for the CPS268 sketch challenge.  I used the Butterfly Sizzix Framelits Die/Stamp Set and some Teresa Collins Spring Fling patterned paper.  These Framelit dies and coordinating stamps are so fun to use!  Hope you can join us for this fun sketch this week.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Blessings,