Just Hangin' Around

I saw this sketch over at iSTAMP with Nancy Riley. I have only used it this one time so far, but I am sure I will come back to it again.

This card went to my friend's three year old daughter, who is crazy about monkeys. The monkey and the leaves are paper embellishments from the Joann Essentials line. The gold brads are from this line also. The tree was drawn using a Le Plume brown marker. The ribbon is from Close To My Heart. The sentiment is a wooden stamp individually purchased at A.C. Moore.

Some of the cardstock is from a scrap stack and some of it is from my scrap bin. Let's hope I never have to try and match those exact colours again....it might be tough!

New to Me

Since my family and I moved to the USA less than a year ago...I have learned of many new things (particularly stamping things), that I didn't previously know about.

Some of those fun new things are My Favorite Things Stamps! I have had this stamp on hand for a little while now, just waiting for the right time and reason to use it. The opportunity presented itself when a customer wanted some feminine birthday cards. Out came 'How Sweet It Is' and the inking began! The image was stamped with black StazOn on watercolour paper purchased in the fine art section of A.C. Moore.

The patterned paper is from a scrap stack. The cardstock is Bazzill Basics textured cardstock. The organza ribbon is from Close To My Heart. The spiral clips are from the Joann Essentials line. I used my Stampin' Up! watercolour crayons to colour in the image and then I went over it with a blending pen. I used decorative edge scissors to create the shaped edge in the background, and my corner rounder punch to round off the corners of the image and the first mat.

All in all, it is just a fun girly card!

Some Exciting News!

I have some exciting news to share! Go check out this link, and be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom!

Playing Catch Up

I feel like I am over the jet lag from my trip back to Geneva now....mostly. There is still a lot to do around here...I am a bit overwhelmed....but taking it one day at a time.

I wanted to share a scrapbook layout with you today.

A family photo, take at Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, is the focal point of this layout. I folded over each of the corners of the photo and then fastened them with eyelets from Making Memories. The title is a transparent sticker from SRM.

The background paper is from Cloud 9 Design - The Woodstone Collection. The vellum overlay at the bottom reads 'Our most prized possessions are our family memories'. On the right, you can see that a tag pulls out from behind the photo to reveal some journalling. The tag is from DCWV. The ribbon is some brown grosgrain I found in some random place....I can't remember where.

Have a happy Sunday!

Up and Runnin' Again....

I'm back! And totally jet lagged...still. Phew....a six hour time difference can really mess with a girl!

I am happy to be able to share some pics again...finally!

This card was created for a customer who needed some masculine birthday cards. I admit, it isn't the most traditional birthday card ever created...but I was happy with the end result.

I pulled some Stampin' Up papers from my paper pile to begin (Certainly Celery). If you look closely, you will notice that the background of the card is a combination of two different patterns. The stamps are from Close to My Heart (Wisdom), with the exception of the center sentiment. The center sentiment was made from MFT Simply Said. It is a combination of 'best wishes' and 'you are my forever love'. I had to mask and stamp in a few different stages to get the sentiment I wanted, but it worked.

The ink is black StazOn. The circle punches are from Stampin' Up. The ribbon is from Michaels. The edges of the sentiment were inked and then it was turned into a slide using a punch (which I don't remember the name of).

This card was inspired by a sketch over at www.iheart2stamp.com from early March. I just spent a very long time trying to figure that out! I really need to come up with a better system. I see sketches I like, I jot them down on scraps of paper, then when I use them, I have no idea where they came from. If I do happen to have written down where they came from...then I don't know when they were from!

Anywho, the inside of the card reads 'Happy Birthday'.

Now I must sign off. My bed is calling me......

loudly.

Be Back Soon!

Unfortunately, I still don't have any pics to share with you. :( But, having said that, I will be back home before long!

Keep checking back, and I will have some new things to share with you soon!

Operator Error?

Well, I'm here...but I am currently unable to upload any photos. I have photos to upload....I just can't get it to work!

I am in Geneva, at my friend's house, trying to upload photos to my blog while everyone else in the house sleeps. I have my little USB plug plugged into the camera and into the CPU, and I'm getting a whole lot of nothing! The computer doesn't even seem to 'see' the camera.

So, it looks like there will be no photos tonight. I guess I will just have to make up for it with more posts later! :(

I hope all is well in blogland!