For a dear friend

Hi everyone!

I hope you are enjoying your Saturday.  Later today I'll be heading over my sister-in-law's house to celebrate my niece Misty's 40th birthday.  I've got a card made for her that I'll share tomorrow.  Since I also post my cards on Facebook, I don't want her to see her card online until after we celebrate.  So the above card is not her birthday card. 

I've used another flower image from Sweet & Sassy's Flower Block 1 set.  The tulip image has been stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics.  I used five different yellows on the tulip (Y19, Y17, Y15, Y13, and Y11).  There's a little green in the bottom right corner which are YG17 and YG13.  I've used BG01 to go around the tulip and then flicked BG000 out from the BG01. 

I've used one of my favorite blue Bazzill card stock, Island Breeze for a mat.  I used a pretty jewel tone yellow and dry embossed it using a Stampin Up embossing folder with tulips on it.  The sentiment is also from the Sweet & Sassy Flower Block 1 set. 

Be back tomorrow with Misty's birthday card to share.  Take care and God bless! 

Blessings to you

Happy Friday all! 

Here's a card I did earlier in the week featuring one of the Flower Block 1 stamps from Sweet & Sassy.  The design of the card is a layout of of their designer's cards featuring this stamp. 

The flower block 1 set has four flowers on it four nice sentiments.  I stamped the lily using Memento tuxedo black ink and colored with Copics.  Pinks are:  RV06, RV04, RV02, and RV00.  The two greens are YG17 and YG13. I flicked BG01 and BG000 around the outside of the image. 

I used white seam binding for the bow and several Hero Arts clear rhinestones.  I should have the tulip image used on a card tomorrow. 

Take care all and God bless! 

Whee!

Happy Monday all! 

Whee!  Can't you just feel the breeze as she swings by?  I have fallen in love with My Favorite Things Pure Innocence line of stamps.  You will be seeing more cards using stamps by that company as I have bought several sets. 

This sweet little girl was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics.  The designer paper is from K and Company. 

The flower and the pearl are from Hero Arts. 

Take care all and God bless!  

Tilda with love cake

Happy Sunday everyone!

Here's a card I made on Friday for my cousin Gai to give to her granddaughter for her 2nd birthday on 4/11. 

From the With love collection from Magnolia stamps, I stamped using Memory Box Tuxedo black ink Tilda with love cake and colored the image with Copics.  Gai's granddaughter loves pinks and purples. 

I used a Spellbinders die cut for the hearts circle.  The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley. 

I had dinner Friday evening with Gai and I know she really loved this card for Miss Ruby. 

Take care everyone! 

New Memory Box

Hi everyone!

We're finally getting some beautiful spring weather here in Kansas City.  I just heard some motorcycles drive by.  They're heading down to Wyandotte County lake.  It's 75 and sunny.  A perfect though windy day.  

Today's been a fun day.  I started my day out at a Stampin' Up get together with a bunch of BCBSKC friends.  We made some cards that had motion to them.  Really fun to get together with those gals that I used to see everyday.  Most of them are retirees too.

After that get together, I had to make another stop at The Scrapbook Page to see if they had a couple of new Memory Box dies that I hadn't bought yet.  Those dies were speaking to me with card ideas so I had to get them at the 25% off price since The Scrapbook Page will be closing their doors later this month.

One of the ones I had to get was the Wild Sunflower.  The above card is made with that die cut.  I cut the sunflower out of some jewel tone yellow card stock.  I also used that same yellow jewel tone paper behind the black card stock.  I heat embossed the sentiment using gold embossing paper.  I used some yellow seam binding for the bow and the ribbon.  Very quick card to put together.

I'll be making more cards as I've bought about 32 of the new dies.  I'm still waiting to receive an order from Ink, Paper, Rubber of these dies too.  They should be here Tuesday.  

That's it for today.  Take care everyone and God bless!   

Secret garden

Happy Easter everyone!  

Yesterday a friend and I went over to the scrapbook store that is closing and then over to another stamp store.  The stamp store had a card using Graphic 45 Secret Garden paper and a they used the Spellbinders lovely floral oval die cut with gold metallic paper.  So I had to come home and make my own card using Graphic 45 paper too.  

I love Graphic 45 paper and I seem to hoard it instead of using it.  However, I have bought extra.  Even so I  cringied as I started to use it.  My card is 5 1/2 inch square card made from dark blue SU card stock from their current in-color line.  My next layer is gold metallic paper.  Then comes the Graphic 45 paper.   I then made a strip to go across the card and tied some pretty blue seam binding to it.  I added some blue rhinestones at the top right hand corner.  I used a Hero Arts sentiment in the both right hand corner. 

I'm making a few Mother's day cards.  I hope to be in a craft show on May 4th at a local elementary school.  I sent my application in last week.  Applications are due April 19th so I'm hoping they still have room for me.   I figure I'm going to concentrate on some Mother's day, teacher appreciation, and graduation cards for the sale.  I'll keep everyone posted to whether I'm accepted as a vendor.  

That's it for today.  Take care everyone and God bless! 

Magnolia

Hi everyone! 

Is everyone else tired of snow?  I certainly hope that the eight inches that we received Saturday night into yesterday morning is the last of it.  I'm definitely ready for some spring! 

Three of my friends and I gathered at one of their homes last Thursday for stamping and coloring fun.  I took a bunch of my stamps with me.  I was really surprised that they had not heard of Flourishes stamps.  They really got hooked on the flowers.  Here's one of the images I colored last week.  It was stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink onto Blend It Express card stock and colored with Copics.  I'll give the list at the end of this posting. 

I made a 5 1/2 inch white card base from Georgia Pacific paper.  The next layer is a hot pink card stock and I'm not sure of the manufacturer.  The designer paper is from an Echo Park 6 x 6 pad called Sweet Girl.  I used the floral oval from Spellbinders to cut more of the hot pink paper and used a regular oval for the magnolias.  The sentiment is from Pink by Design.  There are three pink pearls at the bottom of the right hand side and they are from Hero Arts.  The pink seam binding is some that I order through Flourishes stamps. 

It was fun to get with my stamping pals and do some coloring.  We won't be able to do it as often as we used to since our favorite store is closing in April.  We'll have to meet at homes or hopefully somewhere along the way can find another scrapbook store that will have space available to crop during the day. 

Take care and God bless. 

Copics:  Pinks RV66, RV63, RV00, Greens YG67, YG63, YG61, Yellows Y38, Y35, and Y23.