My Little Guy!

I took this picture of George last week and I just love the expression on his face. Don't you just wonder what he's thinking...one must wonder, mustn't one?! I love using that phrase because it was one of my late Grandma Ione's famous sayings.

About the card: I decided since Father's Day is less than a week away, I'd better get going on a card for DH, so I pulled out my new Cornish Heritage Farms set, For The Men and paired it up with Crate Paper's Zoom collection. The word *guy* is spelled out using SU!'s Typeset Lower Alphabet and punched out with the smaller of SU!'s two tag punches. I need to use those punches more, they are neglected!

I'm hoping to get a few more Father's Day cards made this week as well as a baby girl card and two sympathy cards...there, now that I put it in *ink* I'm more likely to get them made!

Quick & Cute!

These quick and cute notes were made as a birthday gift for one of my favorite-est teacher friends for her recent birthday. She receives many special year-end gifts from students, so I thought these thank you notes would come in handy. I again used a Kim Hughes set from Cornish Heritage Farm, Making the Grade. I'm really liking her schutff!




Supplies: SU! Whisper White notecards, Designer Series Paper Certainly Celery, Provo Craft Holiday Slab V, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip cardstock; CHF Making the Grade stamp set; circle and scallop punches, Real Red brads.

whoot whoot!

I made two of these *whoot whoot* graduation cards last weekend using Kim Hughes' URA Hoot set from Cornish Heritage Farms. Keeping it simple is my game plan as of late, and this card is no exception!

Supplies--Stamps: CHF URA Hoot, SU! Office Accoutrement; Paper: River Rock, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant; Ink: River Rock, Craft White, Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant; Accessories: Round Tab punch, black brad.

A Color Challenge and O-Inspiration!

Yesterday, while waiting for my color to be processed, thereby temporarily eliminating the gray from my hair follicles (I suppose that technically it's not really my hair follicles, but the hair shaft or something, but I just thought *follicles* sounded good!), I was flipping through the summer issue of O at Home magazine. That's Oprah's magazine for y'all. Anywhoo, there was a two page spread featuring the new nautical and how to incorporate that theme subtly into your home decor. I noticed a neat set of napkins or notecards (now my memory is failing me--ugh, I tell ya, it's tough to turn 39!) that were very plain and simple (that's why I noticed them) with a row of 3 large eyelets at the bottom of each, supposedly representing portholes in my estimation. Of course, that got my stamping brain fully engaged and was the inspiration for the jumbo eyelets featured on today's card. Then, what-do-ya-know...the Color Challenge 169 over at SCS (Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Real Red) fit nicely with the nautical theme as well...a match made in heaven! So, I think this card should be aptly named *Nautical O*, don't you think?!

ETA: I found my inspiration piece...nautical *hand towels*, not notecards! Click here to view them.


Supplies:

Paper: Cerise dp, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou; Stamps: All Holidays; Ink: Soft Sky, Real Red, Blue Bayou; Accessories: May Arts ribbon, SU! jumbo eyelets, blender pen.

Happy Birthday, Sis!

Today is my sister's birthday...I won't say *which one*, only that she's OLDER than me! She's my one and only sister, and although I have no reference point, she is the bestest sister. She's always been supportive of me, even when she probably knows I'm headin' down the wrong road, or have said something really stupid (happens to me quite frequently)...unconditional love, that's what it is, baby!


Here's the birthday card I made for her, using the same layout as the birthday card I made for myself --I promise to find a new sketch soon! The card starts with a 3 1/4" x 6 1/2" base in Kraft, layered with a strip of Soft Sky scalloped designer paper from K&Co. Classic K Margo pad. The central image is SU!'s Mixed Bouquet stamped in Palette Noir Black ink and watercolored with Wild Wasabi, Taken with Teal and Blue Bayou reinkers. Sentiment is from The Angel Company. I stamped and colored the rose twice, cut one out and popped it on top of the first rose with Dimensionals. The card still *needed* something to pull it together, so I added a layer of vellum cardstock under the central image layer, a bit of May Arts striped grosgrain and 3 black brads.

Happy Birthday, Lisa!

Merci

I've created two totally different *thank you* notes using the same paper from K&Co.'s Classic K Margo 12x12 designer paper pad. Of course, I have to give credit where credit is due, and that would be to my good friend, Val! She's always coming up with the greatest creations from which I benefit! The first set of thank you's are one sided notes inspired by this post on Val's blog. The second set of notes was inspired by this post using SU!'s scalloped notecards and a thank you stamp from Kim Hughes' Making The Grade set available from Cornish Heritage Farms.

Supplies:

Stamps: CHF Making the Grade; SU! Carte Postale; Paper: SU! scalloped notecards, Soft Sky, River Rock, Vanilla, K&Co. Classic K Margo designer paper pad; Ink: Palette Noir Black, SU! River Rock, Blue Bayou; Accessories: Scallop and circle punches, American Crafts brads.

Featured Stamper Sunday

Today's Featured Stamper #69 is Maren, aka MMBC over at Splitcoaststampers. Maren has a wonderful gallery, making the decision on which card to use for the challenge a tough decision! This is the card of Maren's that I cased with changes in ribbon treatment, color and paper as well some stamp changes. I stuck with Maren's original *boot* on the first of my cards, but chose that cute little PaperTrey Ink strawberry for my second.



Supplies:
Paper: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, designer paper Scrapworks Breeze--Allison Stripe; Stamps: PTI Green Thumb, CTMH Say It With Style; Ink: Regal Rose, River Rock, Chocolate Chip; Accessories: 5/8" Chocolate grosgrain, no-set eyelets Hot Off The Press, slit punch.