Fishy Friends

SO I didnt get back to this post yesterday...I made this cute card for my nieces Birthday. I had fun pulling out this old set to use...I used the new InColors of Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Pointe, Baja Breeze. I used my Bubbles cuttlebug love it withthe fishes and D'vine swirl. Used my watercolor wonder Crayons to paint and a few crystal gem stones for bubbles....
Hope you like it...as well as my niece.

My DD is getting married in Dec. so I have been very busy with phone calls since she is out of state it has interferred withmy Crafting a bit in the last few days but the routine should settle back in soon...
Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

UGH...Ways Not to Use It

SO have you made a card and tried so hard to make it work and everystep it just went down hill...Thats what I did today...I wasnt even going to post it but figured even our failures cant get the best of us and we all have them...so Ugh here goes....

I used Pacific Point and GP White Cardstock I fully inteneded to only use these two colors..but I wanted to do Ways to Uses it Challenge"Charmed, for sure I went to add the little teardropcharm, but it wouldnt lay flat so I added the blue and raspberry Ribbon to add the charm to get a better lay withthe charm. I think I should have used white. I had to add the Pink scallopped edge since I neeeded more pink couldnt leave the ribbon on with out it..Quickly went down hill from this point...I used 2 scalloped Circles andTwo Circle to concoct the sentiment panel, then decided the Blue needed something so I added the Heros Arts gem stones in Pink and a Brenda something Pink gemstome to i in wishes...

then decided after it was all together the Sentiment panel needed sponging withthe Moonlight White also...Well you can see the results...Oh I used cuttle bug folders for the border and background and Sincersalutations for a sentiment...

Until later ...Happy Stamping

Kiwi Flower Kisses

I really like how this card turned out. I made it for a friend. I used the triple flower stamp from One of a kind with Kiwi Kiss Ink, and the sentiment from Upsy Daisy in Basic Black. The cardstock colors SU Kiwi Kiss and Black(Mike's assorted Nuetrals pack) , mounted on a Very Vanilla base. I am loving this Black 1/4" piq. ribbon I got at Walmart. I need to get more... I bought it for some halloween cards! I trimmed the Black cardstock to about 1 3/4" and then used my SU Scalloped Border Punch. I used my hand held Flower punch( metal old and dont know the brand Similar to Fiskars) and punched out the little flowers to glue to the Scallops with my Sakura glue pen. I could have just punched the black but I wanted the dimension. I used a paper piercer to adjust them to center.
What Do you think?

Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

SC 195, Berry Happy Birthday

I made this card for SC195. I had made these strawberries a few weeks ago and then didnt use them on a card I have another one in Different colors. I chose the card colors because of the Strawberry, Ridinghood Red, Kiwi, Kiss, Black and GP white. I was really thrown by the challenge because of the big panels I felt DP would make a great card but I wanted to use the In Colors and I don't have any to go with it yet...I usedmy Divine Swirl, Dotted Swiss and Floral Screen Cuttle Bug Embossign Folders on the panels. I matted withthe KK and then added the stitching with my Basic Black SU markers. I stamped the image in Basic Grey and then colored with my colored pencils and then dotted the BG dots with my signo gel pen in white. I used my Su various sized circle and Scalloped punches to mat it and then adherred it with EK Success 1/16" dimensionals..Love the thickness keeps the card thin for mailing. The Sentiment is from Upsy Daisy.

Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

Birthday Dots

I wanted to use my new Upsy Daisy stamp set for a friends Birthday Card..I used Baja breeze because its one of her favorite new colors..Not sure what I think of it, maybe I tried too many new things. I used My new Scalloped Square Punch also...I used Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip also...I tried repeatingthe sponging tech nique the other day, using Pacific Point I wanted to make a mono Chromatic card, but the flowers never looked right so I switched to Chocolate Chip after finding this old ribbon in my stash...It's dots made me dot the scallops that I added becasue the space needed something and I couldnt find a DP that I had on hand to go withthe colors so I Punched the squares and cut them on the diagonal...I added dots with a Signo Gel Pen, and a Chocolate Chip marker...

I think it turned out cute not my best work but I hope my friend Likes it!

Until Later ...Happy Stamping!

Baja Bird Song

The color Challenge this week is Very Vanilla, Kiwi Kiss and Baja Breeze...I managed to have all the colors Yeah!!! I managed to make a card tonight..I am not quite certain what I think of it(tell you why later)...its growing on me a bit...I used my new Stamp Set from ,"There She Goes" to stamp the birds in flight...they worked really nice!....I was going to stamp flowers on the card panel opposite the bird , but when I looked at my stamps the birds in flight looked like they would work wonderfully and they did.
I really need to make some sympathy cards and use more of the set ,but I am catching up on some welcome cards for the RAK group I am involved with that somehow I omitted doing...I used my Cuttlebug and "Bird Song" EF to make the baja panel, I cut the panel and punched the scalloped edge first. I then sponged the front with Kiwi Kiss over the grass and Baja Breeze on the bird and edge. I cut a second strip of Kiwi Kiss and then punched it with the scalloped Punch also layered the piece and adding a strip on the outside edge of the card. I then pierced the kiwi pieces. If you click on the picture you'll see it better. I then stamped the Very Vanilla with "Inspired By Nature" loving the grass by the way...This is the part of the card I am uncertain about; whether mixing the grass was a good idea... What do you think? I stamped the sentiment from "Best Yet" on Vanilla. I had intended to place it on the vanilla panel with a blue scalloped square around it and it looked funny so I shifted it to the baja side of the card and ditched the extra scallopes. I guess sometimes you can have too many scallops...

Let me know what you think...

UNtil Later...Happy Stamping!

Swirls for a friend

I tried doing the limited Supply Challenge, andI guess I just couldnt successfully limit myself, LOL I added an extra color. I like how it turned out so I thought I would share it with you.

I used SU "", and Autumn Leaves Flourishes. The colors I chose are Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, Mellow Moss. Cardstock is Baja Breeze, Going Grey and GP White. The Ribbon is from Mikes $ bin and the Brads are from a LSS, and are K co bought them last spring. I inked the stamp with Baja and then wiped the stems off and colored with Mellow Moss. The image piece is mounted on EKsuccess 1/16"dimesionals. Love the saying and decided to just over lap them I think it turned out great. And "look ma..." no Cuttlebug.

Until later ... Happy Stamping!