Baseball

I made this card for my son who is in the middle of his Little League Baseball season...just a few more games and the season will be over :o((  We enjoy it all, but my goodness it goes by fast!   He is all boy and has wanted to play baseball since he was a little guy... now he is almost 10 and enjoys every minute of the season.  I used the new stamp set Sporty Accessories and it is the perfect sports themed stamp set and has images for about every sport there is!   I used the new Rocket Red Luxury cardstock and matched it up with some baseball themed paper I purchased from Hobby Lobby.

It is going to be a busy day here...the perfect day to head to the pool!
Have a great day!

Late Night Butterfly

I made this card late into the wee hours of the morning over the weekend..., hence the title Late Night Butterfly.  I had in my mind what I wanted to do for the longest time, and just had to see if it turned out the way I envisioned it, and it did!  I finally got the perfect large dauber sponges that to me are much easier to use and can achieve an even coloring without being all splotchy (if you know what I mean). I stamped the butterfly from Take Flight on a scrap piece of white and colored it with Copics, embossed it with Versamark and clear EP.  I cut it out and paper pieced it on top of the one in the main focal panel.  I am so pleased with how it turned out...  It turned out just as I pictured it! *~* (don't you love it when that happens!!!)

I created another one similar with a slightly different color scheme, but it is postal and hasn't landed yet :o)  I had a sweet stamper in mind and hope she gets it soon!

Friends for Life

Creative Vision has their first challenge on their blog A Fairy Creative Place to create something layered with Red, White and Blue. Everyone is welcomed to join in on this challenge and create something to win a stamp set. The last day to enter is Friday, June 12 so you still have several days! :o)

I created this card using the stamp set Friendship.   My sweet Secret Sister sent me some star brads in a package recently and one worked perfectly for this card. The background paper is a patriotic designer paper I found recently at AC Moore. The sentiment was stamped with Vivid Brick ink on Whisper White cardstock and layered on red and navy cardstock. I am tickled with how it turned out :o)

Have a great day!

Uh-Oh!

There is a new blog having challenges each Saturday called Scrap and Stamp.   This week the challenge was a scrapbook sketch and I wanted to give it a try as soon as time allowed. While our other two kids were off fishing one afternoon, I came upon this scene in my kitchen...our youngest son had gotten into my cabinet and somehow removed the lid off of my Tupperware container of All Purpose Flour. He was having just a grand time playing!  Instead of getting upset...I realized for one so little it did look like fun, so quickly ran to fetch the camera.

I used a retired scrapbook kit from SU as well as the stamp set Wee Tees designed by Melanie for Gina K. Designs.   "Uh-oh!" is pieces of chipboard I found at a Dollar Store in our area and matched up with the dp nicely.  I stamped the onesie with Wild Wasabi ink onto Soft Sky cardstock and trimmed the edges of the oneise with Copic G21.  Little Stinker was stamped on the onesie since I thought that was most appropriate sentiment! :o)

I now need to clean my table.  I have made quite a mess myself!

Have a great day!

If Nothing Ever Changed

This past Wednesday Gina K. had a new technique challenge on StampTV called Pullin' Pastels. I wasn't too sure about it at first, but my goodness is it easy and a WOW technique.  

I took a piece of In the Navy cardstock and with a cotton ball rubbed various shades of green, blue and yellow pastels to completely cover the cardstock.  Then I inked my butterfly image from the Eclectic Summer StampTV Kit in Versamark and stamped it the center of the In the Navy panel.  To set the chalk, I lightly misted the panel with aerosol hairspray.  I finished the card by using Basic Grey Lime Rickey designer paper, ribbon, and added the quote from the stamp set Take Flight.  A nice simple card with a WOW effect! 

Have a great day!

Home is Where...Your Honey Is!

Mother Bear is the other stamp set I have to design with for Creative Vision this month and it is quite an assortment of clear acrylic stamps. The bears are just so cute and the sentiments are just precious! 

There is a little honeycomb stamp that can be added to about anything and I thought the little honey jar he was holding needed a little extra texture.  After I stamped it with So Saffron ink, I paper pieced it so he was actually holding his honey.   The honeycomb stamp would make a nice background and because it is clear, would be so easy to line up.

Creative Vision is having a sale on the stamp sets each Design Team member is working with this month and my two are Friendship and Mother Bear. They are both just $10 each through this Sunday, June 7th, and all orders in June have free shipping!  That is a good deal ...I am one that hates paying shipping and will get around it any way I can! :o) 

Have a great day!

Quite a Catch!

On Monday I received the new StampTV Kit and as soon as I finished cutting the new sets out I just had to get a few of them inky right away! I made this card for my husband who is very supportive of my "habit!" :o)  Honestly, he doesn't fuss about my messy craft table in the family room and knows I *need* supplies quite often.

For this card, I stamped the image with Versamark ink onto the Pure Luxury White cardstock and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  Then I sponged both Brocade Blue and Night of Navy around it.  A simple buffing with a tissue and the image pops!  I layered it on Pure Luxury White and In the Navy cardstock, added some ribbon from the Kit, and stamped the cute sentiment with the new Vivid Inky Blue dye based ink.   A very simple card to put together.

I hope you have a fabulous day!

CV Friendship SCR

I have really been bitten by the scrapbooking bug!  I have found that now I look for stamp sets that will work for both cards and scrapbooking.  When I received the set Friendship, from Creative Vision I just knew it was the perfect set for these pictures from my daughter's piano recital last year.   I like the varying fonts included in the set and they all work together so nicely!  

Nothing is sweeter than having a best friend and I am so thankful for the friends my daughter has.  She truly has been blessed with friendships that will last a lifetime and bring about many happy memories.

I hope you have a great day!

Exciting Announcement!!!

Guess what....Gina K from Gina K. Designs and StampTV selected me and 5 others for her June Center Stage Spotlight Design Team!! You can find information and the others chosen HERE. I am so excited....Cat asked me if I squealed when I saw the news...and yes, I did!

Here was the project that got chosen:


I think my youngest made it easy though...he is just so cute :o))) and I don't think I am biased, LOL! haha!
Hope you have a great day! I know I am :o))) I can't stop smiling....

Friendship

Today marks my first official day designing for Creative Vision and I am excited to share some projects that I have created with these wonderful clear stamps. Just so you know, I am a picky person when it comes to clear stamps and I am beyond thrilled with the quality of these clear acrylic stamps. It gives me clear crisp impression every time. My card today uses the stamp set Friendship which includes some beautiful phrases and sentiments for those in your life that mean a great deal to you.  I used some dp I found recently at Hobby Lobby and do believe I will be heading back for some more.  It goes perfectly with the retired SU color Soft Sky (a favorite of mine and I have stockpiled quite a bit!)  I colored the paper flowers with SU markers to match the dp.  

A Fairy Creative Place is the blog for Creative Vision and the first challenge has been posted...you should check it out! The winner will receive a free stamp set of their choice and there is no better incentive then FREE STAMPS! :o)

  
SALE Alert!!!
I just saw on the Creative Vision blog that their is a special and a BONUS for the month of June...  Here are the deets:
To celebrate the design team's arrival, the sets they were assigned to work with are only $10.00 EACH! This will be for a very limited time, and only while supplies last. The BONUS is FREE SHIPPING on ANY ORDER for the whole month of JUNE!

Have a great day!