Oldie but Goodie

Sorry, I do not have a lot of time today so I thought I would post something I did awhile back. This is a gift I made for the workers of our Bible School when the theme was jungle. It is a dry eraser board. This is a half sheet of card stock covered with a laminating sheet. The marker is held on with velcro tabs. I put a magnet on the back to hold it on the frig (or anything metal).

I stamped the Thanks a bunch right above my name stamp on the back. I printed the God loves me a bunch! from my pc.

Stamps: Monkey Business

Paper: Vanilla

Ink: Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun, Ruby Red

Accessories: Laminating Sheet, Velcro tabs, Magnet strip, Dry eraser marker

Pastel Lilac

I haven't touched my pastels in sooo long. It was nice to get them out again. I had forgotten how easy they were to use and what a nice soft touch they gave to a card.

Stamps: Blossoms Abound, Aida Cloth BG

Paper: Always Artichoke, Rose Red, Basic Black

Ink: White Craft, Always Artichoke

Accessories: Square Steps Corner Punch, Olive Organdy

Techniques: Poppin' Pastels

Wedding Card

I was asked today to make a "Wow" Wedding card. This is the first one I came up with today. I've been pretty sick (103 temp yesterday) and wiped today. So I will do another, hopefully today but slowly. All of the stamping is embossed. Is it a "Wow" card?

Stamps: Doodle This, Mini Mates, fancy Flexible Phrases

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Brushed Silver

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: Silver organdy, Silver Embossing powder, Took kit for piercing

Graduation '07

I had to make graduation cards today. I had a whole bunch of orders to fill, so stamp, stamp stamp I got to do today! :) This is one of my favorites. I colored with Aqua pens and Re-inkers

Stamps: Tassel Time

Paper: Basic Black, Brilliant Blue, Whisper White, Brushed Silver

Ink: Black Stazon, Silver Encore, So Saffron, Barely Banana

Accessories: tag Corner Punch

Vintage Lilac

I just had to stamp today. I tried using a set that I have not touched for awhile but was not on the retiring list. Not much to choose from... Today's challenge on SCS was a color challenge. The colors were Vintage Violet, Certainly Celery and Old Olive. I thought it would be perfect for lilacs. I stamped the bottom off once to get the lighter color

Stamps: Watercolor Vine Jumbo Wheel, Blossoms Abound

Paper: Vintage Violet, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Very Vanilla

Ink: Vintage Violet, Certainly Celery, Old Olive

Accessories: Notched Corner Punch, Celery organdy ribbon, Stitched Violet Ribbon

Double Doodles

My schedule this week has been over flowing! Every morning I get up and say I have to make a card! The time was not there. Today I said enough is enough, I was going to make a card! I tried to combine as many of the challenges on SCS that I could so lets see:
Monday's Challenge: Technique-Since this was to make a 3x3 card, I skipped this one.
Tuesday's Color Challenge: Apricot Appeal, Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red, Green Galore accent.

Wednesday's Sketch Challenge: Love it!
Thursday's Way's to Use it Challenge: Use Small Stamps (Which worked great with this layout!)
Friday's Limited Supplies: Use a flower stamp. I used my flowers in the background and made my heart into a flower.
WHEW!

Stamps: Double Line Doodle

Paper: Apricot Appeal, Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red, Very Vanilla

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red

Accessories: Distressing tool

My First Blog Rak

Well, this week is very busy and I have not have time to stamp anything new (gasp) So I am very thankful that I received my first blog Rak (Randam Act of Kindness) in the mail yesterday. This card is from Debbie Seyer. Check out her blog!

Wide Open Pickup

I need to use these trucks as much as I can before they retire in July. I've only had them a month or so and just love them. Today's challenge on SCS was to leave wide open spaces. That was hard for me as I always feel I have to fill it up. I also had to use some of the new Palette O' Prints Paper.

Stamps: Classic Pickup, Label Classics

Paper: More Mustard, Whisper White, Palette O' Prints, So Saffron

Ink: More Mustard, Bashful Blue, Going Grey, Basic Brown

Accessories: Chocolate Grosgrain, Black Brads, Ticket Corner Punch

Techniques: Masking

Father's Day

This is a card I am going to be using for my Mother/Daughter stamp night this month. I was kind of ticked off when the wheel had a splice in it. Then I read the saying and it says start and stop so the tire treads imitate that.

Stamps: Classic Pickup, Everyday Flexible Phrases, That's Nice, Making Tracks Wheel

Paper: Really Rust, Mellow Moss, Apricot Appeal, Very Vanilla

Ink: Basic Brown, Really Rust, Mellow Moss, Bashful Blue, Going Grey, Apricot Appeal, Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Spiral Punch, Aqua Pens to Color

Kindergarten Graduation

Boy is May going to be busy. I have at least 30 cards on my desk I'm trying to get ready to get in the mail. That is just for friends and family, not including RAKs and Blog RAKS. I had to take time today and make a card for our graduates. Tonight is our Home school Play/Program. We will also be honoring our Kindergarten, 8th grade and High School Graduates. This is a card I made for a little boy who is graduating from Kindergarten tonight.

Stamps: Monkey Business, Tassel Time, Dotted Background

Paper: Green Galore, Temptings Turquoise, Whisper White

Ink: Green Galore, Close to Cocoa, Tempting Turquoise, Black Stazon

Accessories: Spiral Punch, Simplicity Corner Punch

Pumpkin Flowers

Today's challenge on SCS was the Ways to Use is Challenge. The challenge was to make a card using a window sheet. This was not my original idea but I guess it was where I ended up. I created this card backwards. I started with window sheet, then did the pumpkin flowers. An after thought was the oval punch and words, then I decided to round the corners. Hey, it got done! I then thought it needed something on the outside. So I colored the flower and spritzed it with water to give it a weathered look and stuck it on with a glue dot.

Stamps: Doodle This, Warmest Regards

Paper: Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie, Window Sheet

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, White Stazon

Accessories: Apricot Grosgrain, Oval Punch, Corner Rounder Punch

Pink Monkey

Well, since I had a migraine yesterday I had to combine Monday's Color Challenge and Tuesday's Sketch Challenge on SCS. The migraine was not due to the fact that I got hit major from the SU! retiring list. I lost 43 sets and 6 wheels not including all the hostess sets. That was over half for me... The retiring accessories list will be announced on June 20th. I tried to use only the sets that did not retire for these challenges. Thankfully I have 3 nieces and a daughter who have birthdays this month. I spilled the brads trying to close the lid, so they hung out for the picture. Believe me I never would of done that on purpose! The monkey is embossed. I used the stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the shadow on the words and the spritzing tool for the background. I also sponged around the edges.

Stamps: Aida Cloth BG, Monkey Business, Loads of Love, Sincere Salutations

Paper: Pink Passion, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: White Craft, Basic Black, Pink Passion Craft, Markers-Pink Passion,Pixie Pink

Accessories: Clear EP, Spritzer, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Black Gingham Ribbon, Black Brads, Tool kit for Piercing, White gel pen