Fabulous!

As you may have read here on my blog, I'm pleased to be involved in a three month designing stint for American Art Stamp Company. I decided to combine Jen's Saturday Sketch For You To Try (July 5th) with one of my AAS stamps, Writing by Karen Stolper. I'm in a *pink* mood today because I have we have a new baby girl in our family--Brea. Obviously, this card isn't a baby card for my new niece, but it got me thinking in pinks! The designer paper is retired SU!: Petals and Paisleys combined with coordinating paper and inks in Certainly Celery, Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose and Old Olive. I used reinkers and a blender pen to color the main image and stamped the sentiment from Absolutely Fabulous in Palette Noir Black. I chose this sentiment set because I thought the handwritten look of these sentiments fit the squiggly line of her pencil.

Speaking of that pink pencil, I sure wish I had a big pink pencil like that one! Remember when you were a kid, and you might get one of those giant pencils while on a family vacation from some fun little gift shop?! Drop me a line today and let me know if you ever had one of those giant pencils, and you just might find something *real nice* in your mailbox! BTW, I don't think I ever got one, but I remember one of my friends having a giant pencil and being a wee bit envious!

Also, remember to check out Jen's Saturday Sketch and see what the rest of her team has done with this little ditty!

*sparkle*

I'm in the holiday mood today--this is my second patriotic themed creation for the day! This one uses Karen Stolper's Stars stamp paired with SU!'s *sparkle* sentiment from their Warm Words set. I added Xmas Red Stickles to her outfit, the red star and the red *sparkle* banner for a little firecracker action! The white and blue stars are covered in Crystal Effects for added shine.

Independence Day Celebration!

Happy (belated) Independence Day! We hosted a get-to-gether at our home yesterday, and with all the preparations, I didn't get a chance to sneak into my stamping (em, therapy) room for even a minute, except to occasionally pull pieces of ribbon or paper from George's mouth as he strolled through! I did, however, get a few minutes this morning to scrap (a rare thing for me!) a 6x6 page with one of my favorite photos from yesterday's party. The photo features both of my sons--Hank and George, along with their cousins, Jens and Anders...aren't they a handsome bunch?! I'm also sharing a few other photos from the day just in case any of my rellies stop by my blog.

Thanks for stopping by and have a relaxing weekend!

Supplies
Stamps: CHF For The Men
Ink: Night of Navy
Paper: Kraft, Night of Navy, Real Red, Whisper White
Accessories: star punch, ribbon, silver pen

Two cards--Two ways!

Here are two cards that I made using the same sketch with the designer paper flipped either vertically or horizontally for a little variety. The designer paper is retired SU!, card base is PaperTrey Ink (PTI) White cardstock and stamps are also by PTI: Faux Ribbon and Butterfly Kisses.

Thanks for stopping by...

Certainly Wild Sweet Pea!

For today's Color Challenge 173 over at Splitcoaststampers: Purely Wild Celery, which translates to Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi & Certainly Celery. If you've never played before, click here to get yourself in the game. Playing along with the SCS daily challenges is a great way to grow yourself as a stamper, if that's where you'd like to go. I know that I have improved my stamping, made lots of new cyber-friends and kept abreast of new and fun technics and products that I may not have dared to try out.

This sweet little baby card is going out to my cousin and friend for the birth of her third girl--Aubrey (isn't that the sweetest name?!). I started with a 4.25" square base in Pomegranate and added a strip of Wasabi designer paper from the Hostess Level 1 paper pad. I knew I wanted to stamp the pea pod in Celery and the baby peas in Wasabi and I just love the contrast of the two greens--perfect! Sentiment was stamped in Pomegranate from the same set by PaperTrey Ink, Green Thumb. A length of Wasabi ribbon and two buttons finished this baby card off. Oops, almost forgot to say something about the layer of Wasabi beneath the stamped image, layered atop a scalloped square of Celery. I just love the softness the scalloped square gives to this card.

Thanks for stopping by, and like I said--go, stamp & play the CC173 today!

Good Gossip!

Let's face it, a few cocktails and our tongues loosin' up...which usually leads to some good gossip now and again, snort!

I've had this Rubber Stampede Cocktail Border stamp in my possession for some time now and have never inked it up...so sad. I decided to give my Cocktail Border some shine with Crystal Effects dabbed here and there as you can see in the closeup shot. Sentiment is by My Favorite Things' Twisted Sentiments set.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your happy hour tonight!

Supplies

Stamps: Rubber Stampede Cocktail Border; MFT Twisted Sentiments

Ink: Palette Noir Black; reinkers Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Pomegranate, Saffron, Blue Bayou, Pumpkin

Paper: SU! Spring Silhouettes dsp; Wild Wasabi, Whisper White

Accessories: Crystal Effects, brads, blender pen

Featured Stamper Sunday!

For today's Featured Stamper Challenge #73~Chelemom. Here is her adorable Summer Girl! card that I chose to case, changing stamps and color scheme. I stayed with the beach theme, handcut sun rays and starfish. Just for fun, I added Ranger Xmas Red Stickles to Bikini Sophie G's Hibiscus, Crystal Effects to the sun and starfish, and yellow buttons to the sun as well. The starfish stamp is from SU!'s Crab & Co. set and the sentiment is from PaperTrey Ink's Mixed Messages. Designer paper is DaisyD's and SU!'s Cerise DSP. Card base and layers are a mix of Blue Bayou, Wild Wasabi and SU!'s watercolor paper. I used a combination of aquapainter and blender pen to paint Sophie and her scene with reinkers.

One funny note and I didn't do it on purpose: see that yellowish area directly under Sophie? While attemping to incorporate the yellow stripe inthe dp, I picked up a bit of yellow ink with my aquapainter to add color to the sandy beach below her feet...em, ah sorry Sophie, it looks like you've pee-ed your bikini! Oops! I got a good giggle over it and hope you do too!

Happy Sunday Ü