MOJO82 and A Fish Story

This is my submission for Monday's MOJO Sketch - MOJO82. I used a new stamp set that I got from Archiver's and it's from Hero Arts. Isn't it a cute image?

I started with a Tempting Turquoise card base and used Pink Flamingo for my designer paper. The coordinating colors are Real Red, Summer Sun, and Cameo Coral. I stamped the giraffe and the butterfly with Black Brilliance, embossed them with Clear Embossing Powder and colored them with Copic Markers. I stamped the butterfly again and colored it with Copics, cut it out and mounted it with Dimensionals on the main panel. I then pierced the outside edge of the main panel with SU's Mat Pack and a Paper Piercer. The bottom edge of the background designer paper was punched with a Martha Stewart Border Punch. The sentiment (which is hard to see, unfortunately) was stamped with Black Brilliance ink and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. It is finished off with Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon.

I want to show you another picture. It's of my son Garrett with a fish he caught while on a fishing trip last week with his Dad. He was so proud of himself and so were his Dad and I. He's going to be a great fisherman just like his Dad.

Thanks for coming by to check me out today. I hope you have a wonderful week. Talk to you soon.

SC223 - Urban Floral

This is for today's SCS Sketch Challenge SC223. I used the SU sets Fifth Avenue Floral and Elegant Thank You. The designer paper is Urban Oasis and the coordinating colors are Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze and Basic Gray. I started with a Whisper White card base. I stamped the flower on Kiwi for the main image mat in Black Brilliance. It was stamped again on White, colored with Copic Markers, embossed with Clear Embossing Powder and cut out and popped with Dimensionals. The sentiment was stamped with Black Brilliance Ink and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. It's finished off with Kaiser Rhinestones.

That's all for today. Thanks for coming by to check me out. Make sure and tune in tomorrow for another sketch from Stamps and Smiles. Have a great week and talk to you soon.

MOJO81 - Always in My Thoughts

This is for Monday's Mojo Sketch Challenge MOJO81. This was a sketch that was way out of my box but I'm glad that I didn't let it get the best of me. Thanks Julee for a great sketch!!

I started with a Kiwi Kiss card base and used A Walk in the Park for the Designer Paper. The coordinating color is Cameo Coral. The stamp set is Always in My Thoughts by SU, except for the butterfly which is from the SU set Kind Thoughts. All three of the panels on this card were matted with Nestabilities but three different Nestie sets. I used the Circle, the Rectangle, and the Long Rectangle. The butterfly was stamped on the panel and stamped again and cut out and mounted with dimensionals. The butterfly stamp was first inked with VersaMark and then put in the Kiwi pad so I could emboss it with Clear Embossing Powder to make it shiny. It has a Clear Kaiser Rhinestone on its back. The flower pot image was colored with Copic Markers. The bottom has three Green Kaiser Rhinestones. It's finished off with some Coral Grosgrain Ribbon.

Thanks for taking the time to check me out today. Hope you are having a great week. Talk to you soon.

Congratulations

I started out with a Whisper White card base and used Walk in the Park for my designer paper. The coordinating colors I used are Cameo Coral and Basic Gray. I used the Cake Topper set from The Greeting Farm as my focal image. I stamped the main image (and the Wedding Bells) with Black Brilliance ink, embossed them with Clear Embossing Powder and colored them with Copic Markers. She has a Sakura Glaze Gel Pen on her Dress and on her Pink Eyeshadow. The sentiment is cut out with the Word Window Punch but shortened to fit the word better. The bottom is punched with a Martha Stewart Border Punch and it's finished off with Clear Kaiser Rhinestones.

Thanks so much for coming by to check me out today. I hope you have a wonderful week. Talk to you soon.

AMYRS64 - Meet Suzette

This is for Amy Rysavy's Friday Sketch AMYRS64. This is the first time I have played along with one of Amy's sketches but it was a lot of fun.

I started out with a Tempting Turquoise Card base and used Rainbow Sherbet again for my Designer Paper. The coordinating colors for this designer paper are Apricot Appeal, Green Galore and Tempting Turquoise. I used another one of my new KETTO stamps from StampingBella for the main image. Her name is Suzette. Another cutie, huh? She was stamped with Black Brilliance ink, embossed with Clear Embossing Powder, colored with Copic Markers, and cut out and popped with Dimensionals. I used three designer brads in the upper left corner and some Turquoise Grosgrain Ribbon. It's finished off with a Martha Stewart border punch on the bottom.

Thanks for checking me out and have a wonderful weekend. Talk to you soon.

TECC62 - Bright Butterfly

Good Saturday afternoon!! It is BEE-UTIFUL here today in sunny NorthWest GA. It's supposed to be 70 degrees today. Woohoo! Hello Spring! For those of you that don't know me very well, this is the first Spring I have seen in 5 years. I worked in public accounting for the last 5 years of my life so Spring was pretty much not existent in my life. As of this past January I am a SAHM again and loving every minute of it. Wow, God made such a beautiful place for us to live in, didn't he?

Now on to the card. This is for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge TECC62 from yesterday. I used SU's Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and a new Designer Paper Pack I got this week called Rainbow Sherbet. I also got a new Martha Stewart border punch yesterday while I was out on a shopping excursion with my great friend Mercy Kerin. I know most of you know this wild and crazy girl. Well, I just want you to know that anything you have heard about her is true. LOL!! I cut the main panel image out with Circle Nesties and sponged the background with Tempting Turquoise and Green Galore while it was still in the circle frame. My first time doing this after seeing lots of people do it and I love the technique. I stamped the butterfly outline first in Basic Black ink on the main panel along with the sentiment. I stamped the butterfly again on a piece of Apricot Appeal and filled it in with the flower background stamp from the set in Tempting Turquoise. I then cut it out and popped it with dimensionals on the main image panel. It is finished off with White Organdy Ribbon and three Silver Brads.

Thanks for coming by to check me out today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Talk to you soon.

SU - Fifth Avenue Floral

I received some new Oval Nesties today and couldn't wait to play with them. I just got this stamp set, Fifth Avenue Floral, in this week too. Don't you just love the flowers in this set?

I started out with a Pink Pirouette card base and used Bordering Blue as my mat color. The designer paper is also new and it's the Bella Bird pack. I stamped several of the flowers with the Pink and Blue ink and then stamped another one in Black Brilliance ink, embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder, colored it with Copic Markers and cut it out and popped it with Dimensionals. The main image is cut with the Oval Nesties. I stamped the sentiment also in Black Brilliance ink and embossed it. My bling is three Dew Drops and it's finished off with some Pink Pirouette Grosgrain Ribbon.

Thanks for coming by to check me out on this Friday morning. Do you have any big plans this weekend? I'll probably just stay at home stamping, Saturday night anyway. Hope your weekend is wonderful. Talk to you soon.

MOJO80 & CC212 - Easter Anya

This is for Monday's Mojo Sketch Challenge MOJO80 and for SCS's Color Challenge CC212. I thought it was time to print off my new "Digi" Easter Anya from The Greeting Farm and get that pretty girl on a card. Isn't she a cutie?

I started out with a Riding Hood Red card base and used designer paper from 2 different packs, Riding Hood Red Designer and Bella Birds Designer. The colors for yesterday's Color Challenge at SCS were Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, and Chocolate Chip. I printed Anya on to Whisper White cardstock on my printer and colored her with Copic Markers. I'm trying to work on getting a more watercolored look with my markers. Please let me know how I am doing? Suggestions are very welcome. Double click on the picture for a closer look. Anya is cut out and mounted with Rectangle Nestibilities. The upper left panel has 3 Kaiser Rhinestones and the ribbon is Riding Hood Red Grosgrain. I stamped the sentiment from one of my Easter sets from Stamps and Smiles that says "Hoppy Easter", perfect fit for this bunny image, don't you think? It was cut out with the Large Oval Punch and matted with SU's new Scallop Oval Punch. Piercing was added around the outside with a Mat Pack and Paper Piercer.

It's time tomorrow for another Sketch Challenge from Stamps and Smiles so check back and find out what you could win by playing along with the sketch.

Thanks for coming by to check me out. Have a great week and I'll talk to you soon.