hello... baby...

Happy weekend!!   Lisa and I are back at it with our little CASology challenge.  This week's cue is 'cute' and that is not something I'm good at when it comes to card making.  Lisa on the other hand is the master of super cute cards so I know her card will totally rock the challenge.   I do have a couple of stamp sets that could be considered cute and one of them is the Lawn Fawn Hello Baby set.  I mean... come on... what is cuter than a bunny or a baby???  I stamped the two bunnies from the set in VersaFine Smoky Gray and then colored them with ZIG clean color markers in a light brown/gray and a light gray and clean water.  Once the bunnies were colored up I added a little touch of pink for their noses and some light brown to the bigger bunny's ear.  I flicked on ZIGs in two shades of green and then blended the two colors out with clean water.  Once the panel was dry I trimmed it down slightly and adhered it to a light gray cardstock base.   I added some light gray enamel dots, as well.  My layout is based on the new layout from CAS(E) this Sketch and so I will be adding it to that line up as well as the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.

Hope you have a wonderful day... please head over to Lisa's blog and check out her card I know it is beyond cute!!


Supplies:  Cardstock: SSS fog, Ranger watercolor; Stamps:  Lawn Fawn; Ink:  VersaFine Smoky Gray; ZIG clean color markers; light gray enamel dots

tis the season in pink & grey...

Hello!!   Popping in with a card for the September Reverse Confetti Sketch For You To Try that closes shortly.  I always try to play along and I kept thinking all month that I had plenty of time and then... YIKES!!!  I only had a few days left!!  I paired it up with the current Merry Monday Christmas challenge.  I used the Reverse Confetti Seasonal Sentiments stamp set, the Branch Out, Class Act, Tag Me and Mini Circle Garland Pretty Panel Confetti Cuts for my card.  The Merry Monday Christmas challenge is to use light pink, dark pink and silver or grey.  I used both silver and grey for my card.  I die cut the Mini Circle Garland Pretty Panel from silver glitter cardstock and then adhered it to some light pink gingham patterned paper that was die cut using the Class Act panel die.  To give the panel a bit more stability I adhered a second panel that was die cut from some pink cardstock.  The trees were die cut from dark pink gingham patterned paper and the tree trunks from light grey.  The little scalloped piece that was adhered to the larger tree from silver glitter cardstock, as well.  The sentiment was stamped on a banner die cut using the Tag Me Confetti Cut die set.  I cut additional pieces of the patterned papers per the SFYTT layout and then layered up everything.  I finished by adding the dark pink enamel dots.   I'm also going to add this to the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.

Hope you have a wonderful day...


Supplies:  Cardstock:  MFT silver glitter, white and SSS fog; Patterned Paper:  MFT; Stamps and Dies:  Reverse Confetti; Ink:  VersaFine Onyx Black; My Mind's Eye enamel dots

wednesday with a jillian vance design...

Happy Wednesday everyone!!! Popping in to let you know that my usual Wednesday post is up on the AJVD blog.  Here is a little peek of my card:

Hope you have a wonderful day... please head over to the AJVD blog for a look and to let me know what you think.

pti september blog hop...

Hello!!  Can't believe September is almost over and that it is time for PTI's monthly blog hop.  This month Nichole provided a clean and simple photo as inspiration for our projects.   When I saw the photo I knew immediately that I was going to use my Rustic Wreath stamps and the matching die.  I was finally able to get Rustic Wreath earlier this year.  It was so popular that every time I went to purchase it I couldn't because it was sold out!!  I started out by die cutting the wreath from kraft and green cardstock.  I then stamped the wreaths with the matching wreath stamp.  Once that was done I matched them up with my light grey cardstock to see which I liked better.  In the end I decided to go with the green wreath.  I used a tiny kraft tag that was die cut using the Tiny Tags die, masked off the Joyeux in the Joyeux Noel sentiment, inked up the noel with the same espresso ink I used to stamp the wreath and then stamped it on the tag.  The wreath was adhered to my light grey cardstock panel and then I added the tag and a simple bow tied from off white hemp twine.   I added a bit of sparkle with some Diamond Stickles.  Clean and simple and I absolutely love it!!

Hope you have a wonderful day... happy hopping!!


Supplies:  Cardstock:  SSS fog, SU! Old Olive, PTI kraft, white; Stamps:  PTI Rustic Wreath; Dies:  PTI Rustic Wreath, AJVD Stitched Dot Rectangles; Inks:  SU! Early Espress; Diamond Stickles; Hemp twine

hello...fall...

Hello!! Yes... fall is officially here and with our weather being so lovely making fall inspired cards is not hard to do!!  As some of you might know my sweet friend Lisa and I have been doing a little personal challenge involving CASology.  I didn't participate last week because I just couldn't come up with a good idea for their cue word, but this week was totally different.  When I saw the cue word I immediately hit upon an idea and thankfully it worked!!  I don't know about you, but I have had a ton of "great" ideas that do not turn out great, lol!!  I will be posting this to ColourQ as I used that color palette (it is very fall inspired) and since I used Simon Says Stamp products for my card I will be adding it to this to the SSS flickr challenge.  As my starting point I die cut a frame from Ruby Red cardstock using two Spellbinders plain square dies.  I then stamped the leaves from the SSS set Apple of My Pie using the Hello Honey and Pumpkin Pie inks.  The outline leaf was stamped using Hero Arts Latte ink.  The glasses from the SSS set I See You were also stamped in the Latte ink and then die cut with the matching die.  The sentiment (also from I See You) was stamped in the lens.  I die cut the panel with the leaves stamped on it and then added the frame and the glasses.  I finished up by adding the sentiment "fall" (from a Hero Arts set) using Ruby Red ink.  So... I have some "frames" (glasses) within a frame! 

 Hope you have a wonderful... please let me know what you think and make sure that you head over to Lisa's blog for a look at her project... I know it is super clever!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  SSS fog, white; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp and Hero Arts; Dies:  Simon Says Stamp, A Jillian Vance Design, Spellbinders; Inks:  SU! Ruby Red, Hello Honey, Pumpkin Pie, Hero Arts Latte, VersaFine Onyx Black

flower hugs...

Hello!!  Popping in with my card for the current Essentials by Ellen Pin-Sights challenge, as well as the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge.  Last week Ellen Hutson had a sale on all stamps on the website so I took advantage of the sale and purchased the Essentials by Ellen Mondo Peony.  I don't live too far from where Ellen Hutson is located and since they give you the option of picking up locally I decided that I would use that option.  So Monday morning I head up north to Issaquah, Washington and saw the place where everything happens at Ellen Hutson!  And the other day I got the chance to use one of those gorgeous peony images from Mondo Peony!  I stamped it in VersaFine Smoky Gray and then colored it with a light blue ZIG clean color marker.  I added a shadow around the bottom of the flower using ZIG markers in two shades of gray.  Once the image was completely dry I trimmed it down and adhered it to my card base.  The sentiment (from the Essentials by Ellen Lovely stamp set) was stamped on a strip of white cardstock and then some silver glitter cardstock was added.   I added a few loops of silver thread to the panel and adhered it down with the sentiment strip.  Simple, but I love how it turned out! 

Hope you have a wonderful day...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  SSS fog, Ranger watercolor, white, silver glitter; Stamps:  Essentials by Ellen; Coates & Clark silver thread; ZIG clean color markers