| Stamps: None |
| Paper: Purley Pomegranate, Basic Black and Bali Breeze dp |
| Ink: None |
| Accessories: sewing machine and Anchored rub ons |
I am really having a hard time photographing my cards lately. It has been kind of gloomy around here. I think I need to break down and create photo box?? Anyway, this was a fun layout for me. It is the first time I am using the Berry Bliss dp and I love it. The base of the first card is Pretty in Pink followed by a layer of Purely Pomegranate that has the swirls from Baroque Motifs embossed with iridescent ice embossing powder to add a little bling. The large circle is a quarter of an eight inch circle cut from the dp. I added scallops around the edge in Pretty in Pink. Next I added some stitching marks with a Chocolate Chip marker. The focal image is from Fun and Fast Notes. I stamped it on Shimmery White card stock and embossed it in Chocolate Chip. It is colored in using markers and a silver glitter gel pen. It is layered on two scallops circles and finally on a 3 by 3 square of Chocolate Chip. The Forever and Always sentiment is from a Studio G set and is stamped in Chocolate Chip on Close to Cocoa. I added the stitch marks here too. As a finishing touch I added the doubled up Prima flowers with the Pretty in Pink brad. The second card also fits the try a new technique challenge on SCS which can be found here. I wanted to use up the other half of the half circle I cut and I was so excited that this fit perfect with my sketch this week. The base of this card is Close to Cocoa followed by Pretty in pink. The sentiment is from Visual Verve. I drew the lines to add a little interest to the pink, I did not want too much with all the other stuff going on. I added those stitching lines on the quarter circle again too. Hope you like it. Here are the other talented stampers links to what they were able to create with the same sketch! They are beyond wonderful so check them out.
Boy do I feel better today! Thank you Lord. I am happy to say that I had fun stampin this morning and it seems my MoJo was just playing a little game of hide and seek. Well I am very good at the game, ask my son, so I found it! This card is for todays Limited Supply challenge on SCS. The challenge was to use scraps. Unfortunately I could do this every day for weeks on end all day long with no breaks and still not put a dent into my scrap pile! This is also a sneak peek at one of my future sketchs for my Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge. (this sketch will be way down the road -- since I could not seem to stamp last night I created a few more sketches) The little flowers are popped up and the saying is a rub on! The squares are one inch.| Stamps: NONE! |
| Paper: Cutie Pie dp, Basic Black, Bashful Blue and So Saffron |
| Ink: NONE |
| Accessories: three in one punch, black marker, sewing machine |
| Stamps: Baroque Motifs, On Gossamer's Wings |
| Paper: Regal Rose, Purely Pomegranate |
| Accessories: acetate, brads, embossing powder, paint |
| Stamps: Totally Cool |
| Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White, Bali Breeze |
| Ink: Taken with Teal, Basic Black |
| Accessories: Ribbon, three for your punch, scallop punch, scallop blade, brads, markers, watercolor crayons, paper piercer, mat pack |
| Stamps: Toy Box, Canvas, Simple Sayings !! |
| Paper: Blue Bayou and Soft Sky dp, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Real Red, Basic Black and Whisper White card stock |
| Ink: Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, |
| Accessories: brads, circle punches, scallop square and circle punch, ticket corner punch |
| Stamps: Polka Dots & Paisley, Paisley bg, Noteworthy |
| Paper: Rose Red, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou textured, Whisper White, |
| Ink: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky |
| Accessories: ribbon, markers, circle punch, photo corners punch |
| Techniques: Faux tile |
And my card for the challenge....
| Stamps: Carte Postale |
| Paper: Le Jardin dp, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla, River Rock |
| Ink: River Rock, So Saffron, Always Artichoke |
| Accessories: paper piercer, mat pack, scallop blade, markers |
| Stamps: So Many Scallops, Small Script, Little Pieces, Noteworthy |
| Paper: River Rock, Real Red, Bayou Blue, Whisper White |
| Ink: Real Red, Blue Bayou, Glorious Green |
| Accessories: Hodge Podge Hardware, Build a Brad, ribbon, white gel pen, markers, ruler |
A really simple Valentine! I wish it would have been as simple to get a good picture of it. Sorry. There are six different strips on the white base. The textures really look cool in real life. I love the chocolate chip and regal rose together. Hope you had a great day. See you tomorrow with my Blogger's Challenge card! TTFN!
This is for the Sketch challenge at SCS. I think it turned out pretty cute. I may even use it for my son for his 8th birthday????? I really had fun with this set. The cake and the candle tips are clear embossed. Hope you enjoy.| Stamps: Birthday Whimsy, All in a Row |
| Paper: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla |
| Ink: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Apricot Appeal, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip |
| Accessories: CB, VersaMarker, clear embossing powder. ribbon, Word Window Punch. |
| Stamps: So Many Scallops, Just Like You, Little Pieces, Time Well Spent |
| Paper: Rose Red, Sage Shadow, Aprocit Appeal, Whisper White, Cutie Pie dp |
| Ink: Rose Red, Sage Shadow, Aprocit Appeal |
| Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, ribbon, mini crystals |
| Stamps: So Many Scallops |
| Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White and Bali Breeze dp |
| Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive |
| Accessories: ribbon, Scallop Circle punch, mini faux brads, build a brad |
This was my first try with the rub ons on glass. Not too bad, although I did waste one when I messed it up by not rubbing enough and then could not get it re-set. There is one on the back too. I thought these little jars were so adorable. I got them at AC Moore for $1. I am not sure I am happy enough with it to go get more jars, but it was pretty darn easy. I was thinking teacher gifts for Valentine's. The flower on the top is the new SAB set -- I have more to show you but I am working on 3 hours sleep from last night and I am tired.
| Stamps: Big Deal Alphabet, Figures of Speech, It's Your Birthday |
| Paper: Le Jardin, Bashful Blue, River Rock, Always Artichoke, Whisper White |
| Ink: Bashful Blue, Always Artichoke, |
| Accessories: markers, scallop circle, circle punch, ribbon. non SU wheel, markers, dimentionals |
| Stamps: Godspeed, So Many Sayings |
| Paper: River Rock, So Saffron, Always Artichoke, Whisper White |
| Ink: Basic Black |
| Accessories: markers, water pen, ruler |
| Stamps: Be Happy |
| Paper: Cutie Pie dp, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Rose Red and Whisper White |
| Ink: Rose Red, So Saffron |
| Accessories: Circle Punch, Scallop Punch, Fun Foam, Mini flower punch, markers, acetate |
For today's featured stamper challenge on SCS. Here is the card I cased. I kept the basic layout and even the stamps but changed the colors and a few other minor details. Hope you enjoy. I think we will do this at All Occasion tomorrow! | Stamps: Garden Silhouettes |
| Paper: textured Groovy Guava, Soft Sky dp, Soft Sky, Old Olive and Whisper White card stocks |
| Ink: Old Olive |
| Accessories: scallop blade for carl cutter, ribbon, markers |
| Stamps: Be Happy, Just Like You, Time Well Spent |
| Paper: Bali Breeze dp, Purely Pomegranate, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, River Rock and Taken with Teal |
| Ink: Taken with Teal, Purely Pomegranate |
| Accessories: markers, scallop circle punch, circle punch, prima, Sizzix embossing board |
The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary.
My confession:
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.
It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, "Merry Christmas" to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a creche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.
I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.
Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship Nick and Jessica and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where Nick and Jessica came from and where the America we knew went to.
In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.
Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding Katrina) Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?"
;the following was added by someone else but still rings true!
In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.
Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Are you laughing?
Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.
Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.
Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... No one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in. My Best Regards.
Honestly and respectfully,
Ben Stein
Aren't these the cutest little things. I am thinking about giving these to my son's teachers for Valentines day filled with some kind of candy! They are from the dollar spot at Target. I actually used some retired designer paper on it and I am loving them. I did not want to do the whole "love" theme -- not that I don't love my son's teachers, but you know! Anyway this is going to be one of the club projects for tonight. I am letting them use the new rub ons on the front bottom. They are so easy to add that little extra with little effort. The colors used are Taken With Teal, Certainly Celery and Real Red. I also used the Garden Whimsy and Time Well Spent stamp sets.
| Stamps: Time Well Spent, Season of Joy |
| Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black |
| Ink: Real Red and Basic Black |
| Accessories: ribbon, cuttlebug hearts and swirls folders. brads, flower punch, sponge daubers, gel pens, marker |
Isn't this card just too cute? It is for today's featured stamper challenge on SCS. I love the colors and the simple design. Great for boys. Mine wants me to save it for his birthday, lol! Hope you enjoy.| Stamps: Bugs and Kisses |
| Paper: River Rock, So Saffron, Vanilla, Bashful Blue, Always Artichoke and Le Jardin dp |
| Ink: River Rock, black |
| Accessories: mini black dots, sizzix slide mount die. |
| Stamps: Doodle That, Nursery Necessities |
| Paper: Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Cameo Coral, Close to Cocoa |
| Ink: Close to Cocoa, Basic Black |
| Accessories: markers, watercolor pencils, blender pen, circle punch, square punch, stitched square cuttlebug mini folder, ribbon, Eastern Elegance Rub Ons, paper piercer, mat pack, sewing machine |
I brayed Pretty in Pink over the Au Chocolate paper to have it match with the pretty in pink on the top half of the card. The heart is paper pieced and the middle strip is crimped (been a while since I used that tool).| Stamps: Happy Heart Day, Background Basics |
| Paper: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Purely Pomegranate, Au Chocolate, Whisper White |
| Ink: Chocolate Chip, Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink |
| Accessories: Pomegranate Satin Ribbon, heart pin, crimper, water color pencils, water brush, primas, brads, markers |
| Stamps: Petals Jumbo Wheel, Canvas BG |
| Paper: Blue Bayou, More Mustard, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla |
| Ink: So Saffron, Soft Sky |
| Accessories: Primas and misc flowers, brads, mat pack, paper piercer, markers, fiskers border punch |
| Stamps: Happy Heart Day, Whimsy Wheel, So Many Sayings |
| Paper: Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Whisper White |
| Ink: Purely Pomegranate, Basic Black, Pretty in Pink |
| Accessories: scallop cutting blade, grosgrain ribbon, satin ribbon, water color pencils, markers, blender pen, Eastern Elegance rub ons, sewing machine |
| Stamps: Nursery Necessities, Warm Words |
| Paper: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Rose Red, So Saffron, Whisper White, Cuttie Pie dp |
| Ink: So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Rose Red, Basic Black |
| Accessories: paper piercer, mat pack, markers, ribbon, ticket corner punch, Label punch, circle punch, small oval punch, misc buttons |
OK, my hubby says this card does NOT work! He says that no sail boater is "Gone Fishing" What do you think? The challenge to my self was to create a male card with a baby set. I had no idea where I was going with it but pretty much new the elephant wasn't gonna work, lol! So this is what it ended up with. I think it is one of those cards that has just a bit too much yet needs something! I would love to hear what you think.
| Stamps: Doodle That |
| Paper: Certainly Celery, Taken With Teal, Real Red, Whisper White, dp from old SAB kit |
| Ink: Certainly Celery, Taken With Teal, Real Red |
| Accessories: sewing machine, circle punches, scallop cutting blade, gel pen, Eastern Elegance Rub Ons, Paper piercer and mat pack |