Mouse and Chick -- strange combo

This was for the chat and challenge on SUDSOL. I only had 20 minutes from start to finish, you can kind of tell, lol. I do like the card tough. The mouse is holding the balloon from Birthday Whimsy set made to look like a big egg. The little chick is from Nursery Necessities and the words are from the Love and Happiness rub ons. Fun card.

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #7

Can you believe it has already been 7 weeks since I started the Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge! I am so enjoying seeing all the samples that are being made with on sketch. I truly believe that using challenges will help even the most seasoned stampers to think outside of the box while helping new stampers come up with their own style and have a starting point. So no matter where you are in your stamping these sketches are for you! Thanks for all the people that have been playing along each week -- great job. Now on to this weeks sketch.......




My card is a pretty simple one but I am pretty happy with it. The colors are Blue Bayou and Bashful Blue along with Whisper White for accents. The one of a kind strip stamp is from Hero Arts. It is a great set with four different saying done in the same style. I thought it would be a fun way to bring in the strips that are on the sketch. the flower is from the SAB set Friendship Blooms which I was not going to get because it is "another flower" set but I am soooo glad I did, it is a great set--so fun. I cut and embossed the squares with my Nestibillites dies. The flowers are cut out and the white square and flower are popped up. I added a row of paper piercing on both the top and bottom. The burst eyelets have been in my stash for more than a year and have no packaging so I have no idea, sorry.




Here are the other talented artists and their samples for your viewing pleasure.........

Kim at Kim's Basement Stamping


Claudia at Stamping in Columbus GA


Lisa at Splendiferous Creations


Kerry at Three Clovers Designs


Margaret at Fun Stamping with Margaret




As always I encourage you to play along. You can post it anywhere you want, you don't have to have a blog to play. If you post on Splitcoaststampers please use the keyword TSSC7. Don't forget to leave me a comment with the link so I can post it on here too. Can't wait to see what you come up with. And most importantly have fun.

Last ones for sketch 6

Last few for sketch number 6. New sketch is due in 2 1/2 hours, get ready!


Terri at Life with Terri


Amber at Ramblings of a Sassy Stamper


Linda on Splitcoaststampers

Thanks again to everyone who played this week! Great samples for us to google over.

Sketch #6 still coming in...

Here are a couple more for this weeks sketch.

Hetty at Craft Chaos


Jennifer at Glitter in My Hair



Both are wonderful! Thanks for playing ladies.

Coffee and Flowers what could be better?

How brilliant is this? The flowers are from the Simply Said Set and they are being used like steam from the coffee cup in the Pun Fun set! Too cute. This card is actually created for the Featured Stampers challenge on SCS. Here is the card that inspired me. I loved her idea with the flowers coming up from the cup. The only other thing I kept from her card was the strip in the middle with the scallop border. I love how this turned out. The colors are super! I used the East Coast Prep designer papers and the coordinating colors of card stock -- Tempting Turquoise, More Mustard, Wild Wasabi and Real Red. The coffee cup has been clear embossed to make it look more like a real cup. And the half pearls are added to the flowers on the bottom that have been cut with the BoHo Blossoms flower punch. I finished it all off with the wide Real Red grosgrain ribbon.