Cinema Saturday #34-Ocean's 11

I am so very honored to say that I was one of the lucky winners of the Twilight challenge two weeks ago at Cinema Saturday. What fun!!! I get to be a guest designer for this week's challenge. They are doing Ocean's 11 this week. I just love this movie!

Here is what it inspired me to make:

I pulled my inspiration from a variety of different things in the movie. The one requirement for this challenge was to use brads (Brad Pitt) and I chose to use the pearl brads for buttons on the shirt. The suit is very reminiscent of the ones that many of the characters wore throughout the movie. I would have preferred not to use the bow tie, but I couldn't figure out what to put there and wanted to bring some red to the top of the card. The poker chip and cards are obviously because of the casinos, but I also decided to use aces to represent ones (11...get it? lol). Finally, I chose the sentiment "good luck". It can be for gambling or luck on pulling off the biggest heist in Vegas history. All in all, this was a super fun challenge and I want to thank the girls at Cinema Saturday for giving me this honor.

Materials: PAPER: WorldWin STAMPS: Times New Roman Font (JustRite Stampers) INK: Versafine-Onyx Black (Tsukineko), OTHER: Tux pattern (my own), brads (K&Co), poker chip, tiny playing cards

On a side note, I do want to mention that my new job is going well...it is just extremely exhausting. I never realized how complicated it is to deposit and withdraw money from a financial institution. Go easy on your friendly bank tellers, people!! lol

Thanks for stopping by! Have a creatively wonderful day!

Country Roads....

take me home, to the place I belong....

I just love this old truck from Artistic Outpost's Home stamps. I was just playing around with a polished stone background (haven't really played with inks in ages!!) and decided to stamp this truck on it. I loved how it looked embossed in black on this green and gold background. With the aid of my stamp positioner, I was able to add the sentiment under it (from the same plate of stamps). A very simple card, but I really wanted the main image to stand out.

Materials: PAPER: Colormates, Treasures, High Gloss (WorldWin) STAMPS: Home (Artistic Outpost) INK: Versamark (Tsukineko), Adirondack Alcohol Inks (Ranger) OTHER: Diamond border punch (Fiskars), brads, thin foam tape

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IBFS-All Star

Hey everyone!

Here's a card I made the other day using images from I Brake For Stamps. I just love this Baseball Boy image and the other images I used on the card are coming soon to IBFS!! They compliment the boy perfectly.

I stamped and colored the boy with Prismacolor Pencils, cut him out and put him on the card with pop dots. The little baseball is part of the image also, but I cut it out seperately. I had alot of fun making this card.

Materials: PAPER: Colormates (WorldWin) STAMPS:Baseball Boy, Sports sheet (I Brake for Stamps) INK:Versafine-Onyx Black (Tsukineko) Distress Inks (Ranger) OTHER: Prismacolor Pencils/Gamsol, Pop Dots

Thanks for stopping by and have a creatively wonderful week!! I am off to my first day of work tomorrow...wish me luck!!!!

The Pink Elephant Challenge #16

Hey Everyone!!

It's time for another fun challenge at The Pink Elephant! This week is a sketch challenge made by your's truly!! I really love this sketch and hope you all will too! I think it is one that can be used to make a very elaborate card or a simple one.

Here is the card that I made.

It is a pretty simple one, but I think it is really fun!! I finally got a chance to ink one of my Wild Sprout images from The Greeting Farm!! This is Dahlia...isn't she sweet? She has two other sisters that are begging to be inked, so watch this space for them soon! I colored her with Prismacolor Pencils/Gamsol. The rest is pretty straightforward. Background embossed, cut circle with my Fiskars circle cutter and embossed, stamped sentiment on strip and attached to card. I added Dahlia on pop dots. Finally, I punched flowes and added dimension with a stylus, layered them and added a tiny rhinestone to the center of each.

Materials: PAPER: Colormates-Luscious Lime, Turqoise, Perfect Plum (WorldWin) STAMPS: Dahlia Wild Sprout, Hope & Grace Sentiment (The Greeting Farm) INK: Versafine-Onyx Black (Tsukineko), Colorbox Fluid Chalk-Lime, Plum (Clearsnap) OTHER: Embossing Folders-Swiss Dots, Bloom Dots (ProvoCraft), Circle Cutter (Fiskars), Baby Blooms punch (McGill), Rhinestones (Kaisercraft), Pop Dots

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to head over to The Pink Elephant and see what all the other fabulous design team members did this week. Oh...and don't forget to play along!!!

Have a creatively wonderful week!!

IBFS-Tulips!

Exciting news for me!! Actually, I have two exciting things to share!!

First, I am honored to announce that I am on the design team for I Brake For Stamps! I am so excited because I just LOVE Della's stamps!

Do go check out her stamps. There are a TON to choose from and something to suit everyone's style!!! I just had to play today when my new stamps arrived. I made an ATC with these BEAUTIFUL tulips. I fell in love with this stamp, so expect to see it often. lol I painted them with Twinkling H2Os. The sentiment is also from IBFS and I thought it went perfectly with the image. I just wish you could see the shimmer....it makes all the difference with this ATC!

My other exciting news is that I GOT A JOB. I haven't worked in 12 yrs since my oldest was 1. So, this is extremely scary for me. But, I really need to work and am lucky that I was able to find a job that I think I will love. I will be working at a credit union and I am a nervous wreck just thinking about it. I start next Wednesday. It is just part time, but I will be working almost every day filling in for the others that are on vacation. But....dont' worry...I will still be creating and posting on my blog. I will work ahead and schedule my posts so you won't even notice that I am gone.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit. Have a creatively wonderful day!

Cinema Saturday #32-Twilight

I found Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge last week through my friend Lori. I immediately got excited. I love movies and to find a challenge blog that uses films as the themes for their challenges is just FUN!!! I started following them so I could watch for movies that interest me.

How cool that the very first one after I discover them is TWILIGHT?!?!? Okay, I'll admit that I am not a HUGE fan of the movie, but of the books, YES!!! So, I just had to play along this week.

The rules were to use black and red and something that sparkles. Well....when I heard the word SPARKLE....I got an idea instantly for it. I just love boys that sparkle!!! So, here is what I came up with:

In real life, this is SUPER sparkly. I had a terrible time getting a clear picture that really captured the glitter on this card. I brayered Versamark on the Textile embossing folder and ran it through my CB. Immediately, I sprinkled glitter embossing powder on it. The debossed areas are all glitter and the raised parts are normal. I also stamped the words using the Brayton Font and a JustRite Stamper and embossed them with glitter ep. I covered the chipboard hearts with embossed cardstock and rubbed over the raised areas with Versamark and embossed. Finally, I added Stickles (Black Diamond) to the black Dew Drops to make them sparkle too. I am going to give this to my dh as a 'just because' card!!

Materials: PAPER: Treasures-red, black, Colormates-Heritage White (WorldWin), STAMPS: Brayton Font and Rectangle Stamper (JustRite Stampers) INK: Versamark, Versafine-Onyx Black (Tsukineko) OTHER: Embossing Folders-Textile, Swiss Dots, Mesh (ProvoCraft), Glitter Ep, Stickles-Black Diamond (Ranger), Chipboard Hearts (Cosmo Cricket), Dew Drops-Black (Robin's Nest)

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The Pink Elephant Challenge #15

Hey Everyone!!

Did ya miss me on The Pink Elephant last week? I really hated not playing along, but for personal reasons, I sat it out. But, I am back this week! I wish I could say that I am back with some really great work, but alas, I missed the mark on this challenge! lol The challenge this week is to create something with a monogram. Normally, I would make a wedding themed item or stationary, but I wanted to try something different.....big mistake.

I created this card with good intentions.

But, I just wasn't happy with the colors. I printed off the sentiment and then stamped the B on a circle cut from Nesties. I will say that it looks better in person because the deeper tones on the embossed areas are actually glittery and so is the monogram piece. I brayered Versamark on the inside of the folder and then sprinkled glitter ep over the entire panel. But, I just wasn't overly happy with this.
So, I decided to try one more card....

UGH!! This one looked so much better in my head too!! I thought this could be such a cute card, but it just is not cute at all. I decided it was safest to surrender and not try another card.

Oh well...I hope you all play along over at TPE and come up with some fun monogram creations!! I can't wait to see them.

Thanks for stopping by....have a creatively wonderful day!

New Release from Artistic Outpost - Day 4

Welcome back to the 4th day of She-roes samples! If you have been visiting over the past few days, you know that Artistic Outpost has just released two gorgeous new plates this week!

She-roes and Cracker Jack

For my final day of samples using the beautiful She-roes plate, I made a really fun card using Crafty Creations bag style cards from WorldWin Papers. I just love these cards that look like paper bags and all the work is done for you! You just need to decorate them. I thought this fantastic image of the young girl saluting our flag would look great on one of these cards.

Adding some stickers, rub-ons, punched stars and jute twine, makes this a very fun card to send to the patriotic girl in your life!

Inside, I added the paper that I punched the star from along with the fantastic Maya Angelou quote that comes on the She-roes set.

This concludes my 4 day release party for Artistic Outpost. Now, run, don't walk to get your own new She-roes or Cracker Jack stamps!

AO is offering 20% off both the unmounted and mounted versions of Cracker Jack and She-roes. Please enter the following coupon code at check-out: cj-sr-20off

For a limited time, you can also save 20% off on the purchase of both She-roes and Hero unmounted sets. This is a special item located here in the Artistic Outpost Store. (Please note you can not combine coupon codes with this set. However, you can purchase this bundle at 20% off and use the coupon code to purchase Cracker Jack.). Note these offers expire 5/31/09

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a creatively wonderful weekend!!

Etsy announcement

I just wanted to let you all know that I greatly reduced the prices of my puzzle and game piece magnets that are for sale on Etsy. I am a terrible pricer and seller of anything, so I think I overpriced them. At first, I thought I did good because some crazy lady went through and placed a large order....only to act as if she didn't know what I was talking about when I contacted her for payment. ♥grin♥

So, if you were at all interested in any of the items that I have for sale, but thought I was pricing too high, prices have been slashed by 50% or more on everything!!

If you didn't want to buy anything anyways, that's great too!!! Not begging for sales, just wanted to give a head's up to anyone who liked my fun magnets.

Have a creatively wonderful day!!!!!!

New Release from Artistic Outpost - Day 3

Hey Everyone!

It's time for another peek at a sample made using one of the NEW plates from Artistic Outpost!

Remember, they released two new plates this week, She-roes and Cracker Jack!

Here's another sample using the She-roes plate:

I also love making ATCs, so I thought I would make a couple using this gorgeous plate. I am truly in love with these stamps and am so happy that I can finally be sharing their beauty with all of you. I am sure you are going to see LOTS of artwork using these stamps! And I can just imagine that they would work wonderfully with the Hero plate, don't you think? I think that plate might be my next AO purchase actually!!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check back tomorrow for another fun sample using the She-roes plate from Artistic Outpost!

AO is offering 20% off both the unmounted and mounted versions of Cracker Jack and She-roes. Please enter the following coupon code at check-out: cj-sr-20off

For a limited time, you can also save 20% off on the purchase of both She-roes and Hero unmounted sets. This is a special item located here in the Artistic Outpost Store. (Please note you can not combine coupon codes with this set. However, you can purchase this bundle at 20% off and use the coupon code to purchase Cracker Jack.). Note these offers expire 5/31/09

New Release from Artistic Outpost - Day 2

If you stopped by yesterday, you know that Artistic Outpost released two amazing new plates this week!

She-roes and Cracker Jack!!!

I had the priviledge of working with the gorgeous She-roes plate. Here is what I created to honor the brave women of the armed forces:

Well, anyone who knows me, knows that I LOVE to make puzzle piece magnets. As matter of fact, there are many of these up for sale in my Etsy shop (shameless plug lol).

Okay, seriously....I just HAD to make a She-roes puzzle piece magnet to honor the brave women who have fought so hard to ensure I am free. I also want to say that the button in the upper right corner is directly off one of my dh's old dress blues from the Air Force. I just had to add one to this puzzle piece since the girl looks like she is wearing dress blues!

Now, I hope this inspires you to run to Artistic Outpost and order this plate!! It really is beautiful. If this didn't persuade you, maybe tomorrow's creation using She-roes will!!

AO is offering 20% off both the unmounted and mounted versions of Cracker Jack and She-roes. Please enter the following coupon code at check-out: cj-sr-20off

For a limited time, you can also save 20% off on the purchase of both She-roes and Hero unmounted sets. This is a special item located here in the Artistic Outpost Store. (Please note you can not combine coupon codes with this set. However, you can purchase this bundle at 20% off and use the coupon code to purchase Cracker Jack.). Note these offers expire 5/31/09.

Thanks for stopping by and have a creatively wonderful day!

TPE-Inspirational Play Along

Hey Everyone!!

We started something fun over on The Pink Elephant this week. The second Thursday of each month is going to be Inspirational Play Along.

A TPE design team member will choose a random photo from the internet to inspire. Some of the dt will play along and share our interpretations and we hope that you will play along too. It's just for fun....this one doesn't have any prizes attached to it.

Here is the inspiration photo for May:

And here are my projects based on it:

This one pulls the diamond pattern with the Diamonds in the Rough embossing folder, the flowers, the hourglass shaped design on the left side of the plate and some of the colors. It is a pretty simple card. I cut the hourglass shapes freehand, punched the flowers and gave them dimension and layered it all together.

This one was inspired by the scallop-y flower on the bottom right, the flowers and some colors.

I had fun making this one. It isn't really an appealing card, but I am sharing it anyways! lol The turqoise and yellow cardstock started out as a pearlescent heavy weight cardstock. I cut out all of my Nestabilities scalloped circles and then colored them with Luminarte's Radiant Rain Daubers. I wanted a shimmery cardstock and didn't have the right colors, so I made my own. The pink is just plain cardstock. I created a pink card and attached the Nesties to it, stamped the sentiment in the center, added the punched flowers and can send this little card to a friend.

I hope you will stop by The Pink Elephant and play along with us!

New Releases from Artistic Outpost - Day 1

Hey Everyone!!

I am so excited to announce that Artistic Outpost has two new plates of gorgeous stamps out. I got to play with the She-roes plate and let me tell you it is GORGEOUS!! The images on this are so beautiful and definitely honor the woman who have served our country to protect our freedom! Here is a card I created to honor those women:

The woman, USA and the wings are all part of this set. They worked beautifully with the K&Co paper I had in my stash.

Here is the info about the two new stamp plates that are available from Artistic Outpost:

Our two brand new releases for the season are sure to become some of your new favorites celebrating heroes of different kinds, the boys of summer and our armed forces. We are pleased to release Cracker Jack & She-roes.

Enjoy Cracker Jack...
Our love of baseball runs deep. Childhoods were spent at the ballpark either playing ourselves or watching our brothers. At the turn of the century, when baseball became an American passion, gentleman wore hats and ties to the game, the players rode the subway to Ebbets field in Brooklyn, and there was no such thing as the "replay".We hope you enjoy this collection, inspired by the great players, and the original ball clubs that inspired a nation.

A little about She-roes...
Women have always carried half the sky. During WWII, women began carrying their half in the armed forces as well. Whether they were nursing the sick or flying in the Women's Air Corp, this collection celebrates our "she-roes".

Both collection are available in unmounted sheets or pre-cut on EZ Mount cling foam.

As we celebrate both our new summer releases as well as our new website, we're offering 20% off both the unmounted and mounted versions of Cracker Jack and She-roes.

Please enter the following coupon code at check-out: cj-sr-20off . Hurry...this offer expires on May 31st!

We are also offering 20% the purchase of both She-roes and Hero unmounted sets. This is a special item in our store located here. (Please note you can not combine the coupon code with this set. However, you can purchase this bundle at 20% off and use the coupon code to purchase Cracker Jack.)

Be sure to check out what the all of the other AO designers did with the fantastic

She-roes and Cracker Jack plates!!

· Lisa Somerville
· Gerrie Johnnic
· Kelly Burton
· Michelle Murphy
· Cathy Edgar
· Debby Boltman
· Debi Wind
· Judy Hayes
· Lynn Stevens
· Rachel Hope Baird
· Robin Willis
· Sharon Briss
· Susan Conrad
· Toni Tessler

Also, stop back for more samples using the She-roes plate. From now through Saturday, I will be sharing some pieces with you that I made using this gorgeous set of stamps!

Thanks for stopping by and have a creatively wonderful day!

Project Tuesday-Paper Clip Bookmark

Hey Everyone!

It's Tuesday, which means another challenge for Project Tuesday. This is my last project for PT. I have too many other things going on and need to step down from the design team. I wish the rest of the dt the best of luck and can't wait to see their projects each week!

This week's project was to create a paper clip bookmark. I personally didn't go check out the tutorial for this project since I have done a ton of these over the past couple of years. I just did some 'Robin' style!! lol
Mine were super simple to make. I just pulled out my Nestabilites rectangles and circles for these. The first one uses a JustRite Stamper for the monogram. The center one used the digi image Red Riding Hood Anya from The Greeting Farm. I made her SUPER tiny and colored her with Prisma pencils/gamsol. Then I cut her out and mounted her on pop dots. Finally the last one uses the SUPER cute new papers from The Greeting Farm called "Sunny Glen". I love these papers. They are the perfect weight and double sided! The pink paper and the striped paper are one sheet. That sweet little deer is another sheet from the set. Don't you just LOVE The Greeting Farm. I am so addicted!!!
Materials: PAPER: Colormates cardstock-berry red, awesome aqua, lovely lilac, spring green, heritage black (WorldWin Papers), Sunny Glen PP (The Greeting Farm) STAMPS: Brayton Font (JustRite Stampers) INKS: Versafine - Onyx Black (Tsukineko) OTHER: Nestabilities-Rectangles, Scalloped Rectangles, Circles, Scalloped Circles (Spellbinders), Embossing Folders-D'Vine Swirls, Swiss Dots (ProvoCraft), Prismacolor Pencils/Gamsol, Paper Clips, Pop Dots

Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a creatively wonderful day!

OCC challenge - Sketch

Hey everyone! This month, the challenges are Our Creative Corner are being hosted by yours truly. This week, I am challenging you to create something based on this sketch I made:

And here is my card for this challenge:
I decided to use it to make my nephew's 16th birthday card. I don't usually do masculine cards well and to be honest, for the past few years, I have purchased my older nephews' birthday cards! GASP! I had an easy time when they were younger boys, but now that they are older, it is difficult for me. But, since Curtis is turning 16, I thought I would use this fabulous old antique truck image from Artistic Outpost on his card and give a more vintage feel. I hope he will like this card.
Materials: PAPER Crafty Creations, Deep Spring Green, Brown Colormates (WorldWin Papers) STAMPS Home (Artistic Outpost), Alphabet Set (unknown) INK Versafine-Vintage Sepia (Tsukineko), Palette Hybrid-Jardin Moss (Stewart Superior) OTHER Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Edge distresser (Tonic), Dew Drops colored with brown Sharpie (Robin's Nest)

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to drop by OCC and check out what all the other fabulous design team members created for this challenge!

Have a creatively wonderful weekend!

Artistic Outpost - Greetings from Home

It's Wednesday...that means I get to post a creation for Artistic Outpost! I am so loving the Home plate lately. There are so many fabulous stamps on that plate!

For this card, I stamped the main image and colored it with chalks and added details with a white pen. Then I stamped the trees twice, cut out and colored with chalk. I then distressed the edges of the main image and layered in onto a panel of kraft colored cardstock that was embossed, edges distressed and inked. I added the trees on different levels with pop dots. Then, I wrapped lengths of jute twine around the card panel, intertwinging around the tree trunks and securing at the back. I unraveled loose ends for texture. I stamped "Home", inked, distressed and layered onto black and added it to the card on pop dots. Finally, I mounted the whole panel onto a black card with pop dots and added black Dew Drops to the top corner.

Materials: PAPER Colormates-Heritage White/Black, Crafty Creations cardstock (WorldWin papers) STAMPS Home plate (Artistic Outpost), alpha stamp set (Studio G) INK Versafine-Onyx Black (Tsukineko), Distress Ink-Antique Linen (Ranger) OTHER Decorator Chalks, Paper Distresser (Tonic), White gel pen, Embossing Folder-Distressed Stripes (ProvoCraft), Dew Drops-black (Robin's Nest), Jute twine, Pop Dots

Thanks for stopping by! Have a creatively wonderful day!

Flower Pot for Mom

I have seen these all over and just had to make one for my MIL this year. They are suprisingly small (fit into a standard card envelope), but pack a super cute punch!!

I punched out the flowers with a McGill punch. I embossed the lower half of of the flower pot with D'Vine Swirls, the salmon and blue flowers with Swiss Dots and the tan flowers with window screening!! I punched the 'rim' of the pot with the lace doily border punch. The centers of the flowers are cut from a button die. The flowers are then layered in different levels with pop dots. The text is all computer generated.
Materials: PAPER Colormates-Creamy Cocoa, Cascata-Salmon, Coffee, Blue (WorldWin Papers) OTHER Embossing Folders-Swiss Dots, D'Vine Swirls (ProvoCraft), Buttons Sizzlets Die (Sizzix), Flower Punch (McGill), Lace Doily Border punch (Martha Stewart), Window Screening, Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by! Have a creatively wonderful day!

Project Tuesday-Genie Bag

Hey everyone!! Thought I would share a fun project I did for Stamps and Smiles' Project Tuesday this week. We were asked to make genie bags from a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers. This was a super fun and easy project!

This week, Stamps and Smiles is celebrating the release of some NEW stamps. All of the actual design team members are using the newly released stamps that will be available to the public on Friday. I thought I should use a Stamps and Smiles stamp too this week, so I used Cuppy Love from the original released sets back in February. I added Ranger's Liquid Pearls to her frosting to make it shimmery and dimensional. It looks beige in the photo, but it is really a pearly white. I colored the rest of the image with Prismas and Gamsol.

One thing I thought I would mention about making this bag....I didn't have an appropriate gift bag to use as the base. But, I did find a clear bag shaped just like a gift bag in my daughters' bathroom. It was one that contained a gift set of hair care products. It had a flap that came over the top, but I just cut that off with my paper trimmer. It is a super thick, sturdy bag and worked great for this. I thought the clear bag made it a bit more unique than just copying a tutorial exactly. Here's a shot of the side so you can see the clear bag. Cool, huh??

Materials: PAPER Colormates-Teriffic Teal, Berry Red, Heritage White (WorldWin Papers), STAMPS Cuppy Love (Stamps&Smiles), INK Versafine-Onyx Black (Tsukineko), OTHER Prismacolor Pencils/Gamsol, Nestabilities-Rectangle, Scalloped Rectangle (Spellbinders), Embossing Folder-Swiss Dots (ProvoCraft), Grograin Ribbon, Scissors, Spray Adhesive, Tape N Roller Plus (Kokuyo), Paper Trimmer/Scissors (Tonic)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a creatively wonderful day!

The Pink Elephant Challenge #13

Hey everyone!! I just LOVE Mondays....why???? Because that means that we have a brand new challenge over at The Pink Elephant! This week is a recipe challenge and we are asking you to use circles and scallops on your project. This one was so super easy for me because I love circles and scallops.
I hope you all don't mind that I did two samples this week. First, I wanted to make a stationary set.

I asked my friend Lori Boyd if she minded me printing off the ADORABLE image she drew of me and she said I could!! YIPPEE!!! I know you will all agree with me that Lori needs to get busy making her drawings into stamps or digi stamps!!!! I colored my little 'me' with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol. She screamed for a purse, so I drew that, cut it out and attached the main purse with a pop dot, but glued the handles directly so they wouldn't be floating above her hand. Not really much need for instructions. This is pretty straightforward. I also covered a pen and large bulldog clip to coordinate with the journal.
Materials: PAPER Colormates-Heritage Black/White, Cascata-Blue (WorldWin Papers) STAMPS Friendship Blooms (Stampin' Up!), Alphabet (Studio G) INK Versafine-Onyx Black, Versamagic-blue (Tsukineko) OTHER Prismacolor Pencils/Gamsol, Nestabilities-Circle, Scalloped Circle (Spellbinders), Chocolate 4x8 alphabet (Quickutz), Threading Water Punch (Fiskars), Ribbon, Foam tape, Notebook, CropADile, Bulldog clip, pen

Okay, now remember how I told you that I love scallops and circles? Well, not as much as I love Lori's drawings. After doing the stationary set, I wanted to make a magnet out of circles and scallops. So, I called Lori and asked if I could use one of her drawings of her too and she said YES!!

I was so excited to put both of our images on the magnet. I computer generated the sentiment on the main circle. Printed it off and colored the girls with Prismas and Gamsol. I stamped the "you" and "me" and cut everything with Nesties. I assembled it, added a scalloped circle cut from chipboard to the back of the large circle for stability.
Materials: PAPER Pink, Turqoise, Green, White cardstock, Crafty Board(WorldWin Paper) STAMPS Alphabet set (PSX) INK Colorbox Fluid Chalk-Pink, Turqoise, Moss (Clearsnap), Versafine - Onyx Black (Tsukineko) OTHER Prismacolor Pencils/Gamsol, Nestabilities-Circle Scalloped Circle (Spellbinders), Magnet

A huge thank you goes out to Lori Boyd for allowing me to work with her images! I had so much fun coloring these sweet girls!!
Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to checkout out what the rest of the TPE design team has done for this challenge. And don't forget to enter yourself!!
Have a creatively wonderful day!

The drawn images in the above designs are copyrighted by Lori Boyd and are not to be reproduced in any way without written consent by her, the artist. ©ByLoriDesigns 2009

OCC Challenge - Mother's Day

Hey everyone!! It is Saturday and that means time for another fabulous challenge from Our Creative Corner!

I am honored to be hosting May's challenges at OCC. I hope you enjoy playing along with us using the themes that I have chosen. Jennifer Meyer at Stamps and Smiles is going to give away one of her newly released stamp sets to one lucky participant each week in May also! How cool is that?!?! Now I KNOW you all want to play along with us!

Okay, on to the challenge. Let's do Mother's Day. Anything for your mom, mother in law, any mom that you know!! The day is quickly approaching so if you haven't already got cards or gifts made for those special moms, here is a reason to get them done now!

I already have my MIL's card done, so I decided to make a grandma one for my girls to give her.

These new Hope and Grace stamps from The Greeting Farm remind me so much of my little girls. One tomboy, one diva. lol!! I used the little diva looking one for this card. I colored her with a combination of Prismacolor pencils/Gamsol and Twinkling H2Os. I prefer the softness of the pencils for skin tones, but for this sparkly card, I wanted the twinks for the rest. I used a piece of cardstock from DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies Mat Stack to decide my color scheme. I used this paper because my MIL loves butterflies. They have a very significant meaning to her. So, I try to always use a butterfly somewhere on her cards. Sometimes it is subtle (like this card) other times, the focal point of the card. I stamped the sentiment on white and stamped the sun on yellow cardstock (both are from the same set) and painted some details with twinks. Finally, I stamped "Grandma" with a JustRite Stamper and 25 pt. Brayton Font. Put it all together with a large bow to match the one on Hope's shirt.

Materials: PAPER: Colormates-MeriGold, Heritage White, Cascata-Blue (WorldWin Papers), Blossoms and Butterflies (DCWV) STAMPS: Hope and Grace (The Greeting Farm), Rectangle Stamper, Brayton Font (JustRite Stampers), INK: Versafine-Onyx Black (Tsukineko), OTHER: Twinkling H2Os-Pink Azalea, Fern, Gold Dust, Sky Blue (Luminarte, Inc), Prismacolor Pencils/Gamsol, Satin Ribbon, Pop Dots, Corner Rounder, Paper Trimmer/Scissors (Fiskars), Tape N Roller Plus (Kokuyo)

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check out what all of the other OCC designers created this week!! Have a creatively wonderful weekened!

Karma Award

I am a bit behind on thanking Libby and Jeanne for this fabulous award they gave me. I feel honored to have you both think of me and my blog when handing out this award!
Libby is a friend that I have known for many, many years. She is such a kind and considerate person who creates amazing things with her Cuttlebug. You must check out her blog.
Jeanne is another dear friend of mine. She is such a hoot and creates fabulous work!! Please take a few minutes to check out her blog too!
Thank you to both of you for thinking of me!!!

The wording for this award is as follows:
The Karma Award: These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind of bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

It is always so hard to give this award to 8 people. There are dozens and dozens of blogs that I read each day and I hate singling anyone out as a favorite.

1. LORi Boyd
2. Cindy Haffner
3. Frances Byrne
4. Trudi Wilbur
5. Wendy Pettifer
6. Michi
7. Wanda Hentges
8. Vickie Garrett

Have a great weekend everyone!!