Rustic Cabin

Here is a card I made using the Backwoods stamp set. I like the way it came out, it looks very rustic.

The log cabin was stamped in Black Staz On on the watercolor paper first, colored and then I masked the cabin and then stamped the pine trees and aqua painted over them a bit to make sure the cabin stood out. I finished off the scene by aqua painting the "dirt" along the bottom of the cabin.

You can see I ruffed up the edges of the watercolor paper a little bit to make it look rustic.




I used multiple papers, inks (sponged) and techniques on this card to, again, give it the rustic/worn look. I used some random hardware and fibers to finish off the card.



ohhh and p.s. my next post will be #100!! So be ready for my first blog candy ever...coming soon!

Plum Tulips on Gray Panels

I have missed the past two weeks of Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenges, because I was out of town and then I had to catch up!

So here is the Sweet Sunday Sketch 15. I need a little color inspiration, so I checked out Stacey's Stamping Stage and saw her Jewelry Color Inspiration 34 and liked the colors a lot, so I thought I would put the two challenges together!











And here is what I came up with! Some perfect Plum Tulips on a Going Gray paneled background.

The DSP is from the Urban Oasis paper pack, I punched the tulips using the Key tag punch and then cut the tops into them using scissors, the sentiment is from the Great Friend stamp set in the Occasions Mini and the ribbon I dyed gray!

I used my White Gel pen to add the dots around the edge of the tulips to make them stand out a little bit more.

I had fun with this one! I needed to make a spring-y flower-y card, since it was snowing on and off today...

Thanks for looking!

Blog Lift

This post will stay at the top for a little while...scroll down for projects!

Please bear with me as I try to find a layout/background that I really like...my blog may go through a few face lifts in the next few weeks!

UPDATE: I think I have figured it all out! What do you think? If you see any miss spellings or anything that doesn't work or looks weird will you please let me know? Thank You!

HARDwork page

I have been meaning to get back into scrapbooking for a while now and since I realized I have about 3 years of photos I need to get into an album, I figured now was a great time to start before it became 30 years!!

So as I was looking for sketches for scrapbook layouts, I came across Got Sketch? This is a great website with a ton of ideas, layouts and sketches for scrapbooks. As I was browsing I found Sketch 32 and decided to use it for my rock page.

I was surprised how easy and quickly this page came together for me! I used all SU! products. The base of the page (12 x 12) is Close to Cocoa in the textured card stock and I used Basic Black for the accents on the page. The DSP strip in the middle of the page is from the Urbon Oasis paper pack.

The "HARDwork" title I die-cut using the Big Shot (I really like that machine :)) and then the jourlning is my hand writting.


Thanks for looking and there will be more scrapbook pages comming your way...remember I have 3 years to catch up on!

Good Bird Pencil Holder

Here is a bird shaped pencil/pen holder I bought and covered with the Good Morning Sunshine DSP. I sponged the edges of the bird after I covered it with the paper using Chocolate Chip ink.









This second picture shows the pencil/pen holder better.

I am going to give it to my sister who likes birds and just set up her crafty room!

Happy Easter- little chick

Happy Easter!

Here is an Easter card I made. It is a cute little chick just hatching from it's shell on a nice spring day.




The butterflies are from the Branch Out stamp set, the "happy" is from Happy Everything and the "easter" is from Occasions Collection, the retired hostess level 2 stamp set.

I hop you have a great day!

April $5 Friday- Cameo Crazy

Do you recognize this card? If you looked at my blog a few days ago, you should! I made a very very similar card to this one and liked it so much, I decided to do it for $5 Friday this month.

You know when you make a card the first time and then go to make it again, you tweak it, well, that is what happened to this one! I changed the card size to 51/2" X 41/4", changed the leaf color, stamped a different sentiment, added different ribbon and added some more paper piercing.

To get this custom "Basic Gray" ribbon, I dyed white ribbon and it came out perfectly! I haven't done very much dying, but the few times I have dine it, I have been very satisfied!

(All you do to dye ribbon is add a little water to a small plastic container, I used an old embellishment container from SU!, and then add drops of classic re-inker to the water until the mixture is a bit darker than you want the finished product to be and then dip your ribbon in and pat it dry with a paper towel and then speed up the drying process with a hair dryer!)



The second card we made this month is this Cameo Coral Birthday card.

The white daisy and the pearl center is from the Pretties Kit. The DSP is from the Raspberry Tart paper kit and I layered some Velum Card Stock over it to lighten it up a bit. I stamped the birthday sentiment from On Your Birthday on the Velum using Black Staz-On.

The Whisper White card stock on the bottom is embossed using the Big Shot and the Large dots texture plate (it's hard to see in the picture).

(I haven't used the big daisy from the Pretties kit very much, because I always find that it is "floppy". So I was thinking what I could do to it to make it not so "floppy" and I thought if aerosol hair spray! So I sprayed the daisy and then hit it with the hair dryer a minute and it seemed to help! I was also just thinking, I wonder if you could use starch as well...ummm...I will have to try that next time!)

Thanks for looking!

April Club

This month for club we did a few Easter cards. I think every one liked them.

The first card we did was this cute punched bunny. I have seen many of these bunnies on Splitcoast, and decided to make one myself. I added the weaved background (basket) and the grass to give him something to sit by and on. The "happy" is from the Happy Everything stamp set and the "easter" is from the retired hostess level 2 set called Occasions Collection.



The second card we made was also an Easter card. This is called a hinged card, because it opens on a hinge.

All of the stamped images are from the Wagon Full of Fun stamp set in the Occasions Mini catalog. The colors are Old Olive, Rose Red and So Saffron. This card measures 41/4" X 41/4", so it fits into a standard envelope.

The "happy easter" sentiment is from the retired hostess level 2 set Occasions Collection. This was a fun and pretty quick card to make.









The last card we made was this one using the Branch Out stamp set. I CASE'd this card pretty much all the way from geobeck on Splitcoast. I saw it and loved it! I did change the DSP. I used the Sweet Slumber Specialty which has a wonderful texture to it. The ribbon is the Satin Baja Breeze from the Valet Ribbon Originals. The colors are Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Whisper White and Kiwi Kiss.

Thanks for looking!

sweet sunday sketch challenge #12- Basic Cameo Butterfly

Here is Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #12. I thought this sketch would be easier than it was, but I guess that is why it is called a "challenge"! I changed colors and stamp sets a few times on this card, but I like my end result!






Here is my card! It uses some new products from the Occasions Mini Catalog that started April 1 and runs through June. The DSP is from the Walk in the Park paper pack in the Occasion Mini, the die cuts were made using the Big Shot and the "happiness" stamp is from the Warm Words stamp set. The Baja Breeze satin ribbon is from the Valet Ribbon Originals.



I was inspired by kellysue over at Splitcoaststampers to make this card. The colors are Basic Gray, Whisper White, Baja Breeze and Cameo Coral.

Thanks for looking!

Jewelry Color Inspiration #30- So Sorry

I saw Stacey's Jewelry Color Inspiration and thought...umm..what interesting colors, I will give it a try! I would have NEVER put these colors (Bravo Burgundy, Yoyo Yellow, Going Grey and Whisper White) together, but I like the way my card came out!







Here is what I did. It uses all the colors, plus a little tiny bit of black (hope that is ok :) The flowers and the leaves are Sizzlits Dies (Flower #8 and Sizzlits Little Leaves) from SU and the Bravo Burgundy is embossed using the Distressed texture plate. The "so sorry" is from the Fundamental Phrases stamp set.


I layered the flowers using dimensionals as you can see in this picture.

I had fun with this unusual color challenge, thanks for looking!

Fly Fishing Thanks

Here is a Fly Fishing thank you card I made for my husband to give. It uses the retired stamp set Fly Fishing. I bought it off Ebay awhile ago. I keep my eye out for fly fishing sets, because my husband fly fishes and so does his dad.



I was looking for ideas with this stamp set and saw a card made by snap_scrap_stamp over at splitcoast, so I CASED it. I used Kraft, Basic Black, Not Quite Navy and Very Vanilla card stock. I water colored the image using my Aqua Painter. I added a simple stitch (it is not perfect, but I think it fits the card that way) all the way around the image to finish it off.

Spring Bunny

Here is a card that I made for Easter. It uses the retired level 3 hostess stamp set Serene Spring.

I stamped the image on Watercolor paper and then used my aqua painter to paint it. I used the Small Dots Texture plate and the big shot to texture the Bashful Blue background. I also sponged some Bashful Blue classic ink on the dots to make then stick out a little more.




The scalloped edge uses the Eyelet Border punch. The Flowers are flowers that I have in a flower jar in my craft room, that went perfectly with this card. I secured them together with a black brand and then added some black organdy ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!

p.s. I made another card like this one and I didn't have the flowers to match it, so I dyed white flowers using the classic re-inkers with a little water and it worked great!