Verve Valentine

This card is one that I will giving to my wonderful hubby for Valentine's Day!  The Winne The Pooh saying from Verve is one of my favorites!  This card uses a sketch challenge from Verve.  This is more paper crafting than stamping as the only stamp on the card is the sentiment.  I used Spellbinder Label Nesties and Corner Flourishes, patterned paper from Basic Gray, solid colors are SU Chocolate Chip and Cranberry Crisp, self adhesive rhinestones, SU Cranberry Crisp stiched grosgrain ribbon, paper piercing tool, heart punches and the layers are pop up to add demension. Thanks for stopping by, have a blessed day! 

Lockhart Adirondak chair

 Just a quick post for today.  Pretty straight forward card.

Stamp: Lockhart Adirondak chair
Ink: copic markers
Cardstock: SU DSP, Bashful Blue & Close to Cocoa
Accessories:  Nestie Labels, SU grosgrain ribbon

Thanks for stopping by

Rose of Sharon for Sandy

It's my Step-Mom's birthday this week and I made this card for her.  She and my Dad are down in the Texas Gulf enjoying warm weather while we are cold here in Oklahoma. 

This image is Rose of Sharon from Lockhart that I got as a Wish RAK from bottompish.  After using it, I loved it so much that I ordered it for myself.  I tried to be good really I did.  This card uses:

Stamps: Lockhart, Rose of Sharon & SU Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Copics: R32, R36, R37, YG95, YG13, E33, E36, W00 & W1

Cardstock: SU Whisper White, Regal Rose, Rose Red & DSP Raspberry Tart (I  LOVE it)

Accessories: Nesties, Oval , Scallop Oval, Fancy Tags; SU Word Window punch, Rose Red brads and Ribbion Originals stiched ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by.

Favorite card of 2010 so far!

Okay, if you haven't figured out that I am an animal lover, I will just let you know it here and now. I love love love animals! I love it when I can incorporate something that I love into a card for someone else that might not be as crazy about animals and it works. This is my favorite card I’ve made for 2010 so far. I used Splitcoast’s sketch challenge SC262 and an adorable RAK image that I got from cyber buddy SuperJen. This little pig image just made me smile when I saw it, but I didn’t know what I would use it for. I realized that I needed a birthday card, the day before a birthday and knew that it would not be received on time. I thought the little pig butt would just fit the bill as I am always just a little behind. Don’t know if anyone else thinks it’s funny but it made me and hubby both smile, so there.


Stamp: RAK image from SuperJen
Sentiment: printed from my computer
Ink: SU Pink Pirouette sponged around edges and Copic markers, N0, N2, RV00, RV02 & R20
Cardstock: SU Chocolate Chip and Pink Pirouette patterns
Accessories: Ribbon, SU Pink Pirouette; Felt Flowers, SU; Self adhesive rhinestones, Kaiser; Spellbinders Nestibilities Labels 8 and pop dots.

I am on a mission to start collecting animal backsides and come up with sentiments to go with them. I would love to hear any ideas or suggestions that you have!

Branching Out

Stamp Sets: SU Branching Out & Finest Flourishes

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Handsome Hunter and Pretty in Pink

Cardstock: Patterned Basic Gray, SU Handome Hunter, Taken with Teal, Whisper White

Accessories: Label nestie, grosgrain ribbon, filagree corner punch, dew drops and sponge

Thank for looking!

Kitty Sabre's Christmas card

This is the baby, Sabre. She came from an animal rescue in Arkansas.  She is also an odd eyed cat, with one blue and one amber colored eye.  She is not a year old yet, but seems like she is the middle child as her personality is the perfect mix of both of the other cats.  She is very playful, yet snuggly.  Not vocal and talkative, but has the loudest purr. Not shy, but not fearless either. Not into everything, but not perfect.  She gets along well with both other cats and loves hubby and me both.

This is Sabre's Christmas card to Daddy.  I was worried about all three cats (well two of them at least) getting into the Christmas tree this year since they are still young, 2+, 1+ and 9 months, but they did great.  They were much more interested with the tree than the ornaments.  Just keep a spray bottle by the tree and after a few times getting sprayed, they stayed out.  Not one single ornament knocked off! What good girls!  Thanks for stopping by.

Stamp set: Clear Dollar Stamp, Meowy Christmas

Ink: Memento Tuzedo Black, Copic Markers

Cardstock: SU Really Red & Glorious Green, Gina K. Pure Luxury white and patterned paper is about a decade old from my stash.

Accessories:  SU grosgrain ribbon, Nestie scallop ovals 

            

Kitty Pezz's Christmas card to Daddy

The kitties all gave Daddy special cat Christmas cards this year. I thought it was time to introduce my girls to everyone! This is our oldest kitty, Pezz. She was a ferral kitty that hubby found near the office when she was only a few weeks old. She was very tiny, but a fighter. She has the biggest personality and is fearless. She also does not act like a cat. Her first year, she was raised with our dog, a potbellied pig and a racoon. It wasn't until she was over a year old, she actually ever met another cat. She's a pretty lazy cat and a big daddy's girl!

Her card uses an image from a Clear Dollar Stamps set called Meowy Christmas. It has 3 different cat images so it was perfect for me as I have 3 cats. The cat in the stocking is perfect for Pezz becasue she loves to get into everything. Any bag, box, purse, drawer or etc. that she can squeeze into, she does! This particular image is so Pezz! This is first time that I had ordered from CDS and it was the week of Christmas, they got the order to me the same week the day before! WOW, I was really impressed. I also really love their stamps, especially all of the Patchpal Animals.

Thanks so much for looking!

Stamp Set: CDS, Meowy Christmas (unmounted clear)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black & Copic Markers
Cardstock: Gina K Pure Luxury White, SU Old Olive, Cranberry Crisp & DSP

Accessories: SU Cranberry Crisp ribbon, wavy edge scissors, oval Nesties

Summer time is such a busy time I've been remiss updating my blog. I hatve to admit, these are cards that I stamped a while back. DH and I have spent every weekend the past few months fixing up a house, painting and laying tiles, you name it. It has left little time to stamp.

Here are 2 versions of the same card that I submitted to Inkadinkado to use in their gallery. Very clean and simple cards. I used blue for the dog image as I had a boy dog and pink for the cat as I have girl kitties. Love the ribbon that I got from Hobby Lobby for 1/2 off. Just wished I had gotten more as I am such a ribbon hoarder, I hate to use it unless I know that I can get more.

Stamps: Inkadinkado clear sets Dogs & Cattitude

Ink: SU Pixie Pink & Tempting Turquoise

Cardstock: SU Pixie Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black & Whisper White

Accessories: Oval & Scallop Oval Nestibilities and paw print ribbon from Hobby Lobby

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day.

Sweet Peas in pink

I had so much fun coloring in my new Lockhart Sweet Pea stamp in purple that I wanted to use pink (my favorite color) as well. Thank you for stoping by to look.

Stamp set: Lockhart, Sweet Peas & SU Baroque Motifs (swirl)

Cardstock: Su, Pink Pirouette, Pink Passion, Pink Passion DSP, Pixie Pink with Gina K white

Ink: Memento, Tuxedo Black

Copics: B000, G12, G14, RV13 & RV17

Other: Dew Drops, Nesties Labels 3, SU Pink Pirouette ribbon

Lockhart Sweet Peas

Stamps: Lockhart Sweet Peas

Cardstock: SU Lovely Lilac & Almost Amethyst DSP & Gina K white

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Copics: B000, G12, G14, BV13 & BV17

Other: Nesties Labels 3, Crystal Effects, buttons and thread from my stash

I recently got Copic markers (love them, by the way) and needed more images to practice coloring. I bought some great flower stamps from Lockhart and couldn't wait to ink them up.

Thank you for stopping by and looking.