Sock Monkey

Well, I needed another birthday card for one of my nieces. She loves monkeys so I was thrilled when this set was shown. This is one of the sets that will be available in the upcoming catalog.

I took the sketch challenge yesterday to get the layout. The monkey took a lot of cutting but it was worth it! I stamped the monkey twice on the Very Vanilla and then Stamped the Twill in Close to Cocoa over top of one. When I went to get the color for the hands, feet etc I stamped the Creamy Caramel off on scratch paper once so that the color was just a shade lighter then I stamped it on the 2nd monkey. The hat and cupcakes where stamped and colored with the re-inkers and Aqua Painters. I wanted to add a little more pazzaz so I covered them with Versa Mark and Heat and stick powder. After I heated I dumped Dazzling diamonds on top (which is impossible for me to get a good picture of). I did quite a bit of sponging around the edges.

Stamps: Happy Happy Birthday Jumbo Wheel, Sock Monkey, Twill Background

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Red Riding Hood, Creamy Carmel, Very Vanilla

Ink: Red Riding Hood, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun, Creamy Caramel, VersaMark

Accessories: Twill tape, Wide Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Jumbo Eyelets, Heat n Stick Powder, Dazzling Diamonds

Smyles Petal

Again, not my idea, I just loved it and had to do these eyelashes. My son has a friend turning 13 last week, so this was for him. He is a great kid and his name is Myles. When he was little his nick name was Smyles because he always had this smirk on his face. So this face fit him perfect. On this one I did dry emboss his nose and love the way it turned out. The eyelashes were made by cutting one side off from the grosgrain ribbon and pulling the excess off. Again sorry for the blurry picture it went in the mail before I took the time to check and post the picture.

Stamps: Pick a Petal, Happy Birthday Jumbo Wheel

Paper: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Whisper White

Ink: Red Riding Hood, Pink Pirouette, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Pick a Petal Brass Template, Black Grosgrain

Full Size Bronco

I wanted to use two aspects in this card. Since the Hodge Podge Hardware in the current catalog will be retiring when this catalog goes in august I think it is time I stop hoarding it and use it. The other thing I want to show case is the envelopes. I make a few full size cards (8.5" x 11" folded in half) for our Home Educators's group to send as Thank Yous etc. I use to make my own envelopes until I actually sat down and read the sizes of envelopes we sell....I can get 20 of them for $5.50. That is quite a bit cheaper than what I was making them for and a much better quality.
To do the main image of the card I punched out a 1 3/8" circle put in on the Very Vanilla cardstock with temporary adhesive. I then ran my brayer with Certainly Celery Ink over it until it was covered, then stamped the bronc on it.

Stamps: Bronc Buster, Happy Happy Birthday Jumbo Wheel

Paper: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Very Vanilla

Ink: Certainly Celery, Basic Brown, Old Olive

Accessories: Brayer, Wide Chocolate Chip Grosgrain, Hodge Podge Hardware Buckle

Yoyo Birthday

The Sketch challenge today was a great one. I am short on kids cards and I love this set to use for kids. I was trying to use as little as possible and make it simple today. I wheeled the Happy Happy Birthday Jumbo wheel across the top.Wednesday's are the short days in my week. Wednesday's schedule is crazy. Hope you all have a great day and happy stamping!

Stamps: Happy Happy Birthday Jumbo Wheel, Wild About You, Think Happy Thoughts

Paper: Basic Gray, Yoyo Yellow Whisper White

Ink: Yoyo Yellow, Going Gray

Accessories: Ticket Corner punch, Coluzzle, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Circle Fire Rhinestones, Basic Gray Taffeta, Tool kit for Piercing

Ruby Birthday

So today I am working on SAB samples for my workshop tonight. I've wanted to do this bow for a long time and finally found a card it worked on. I just got his wheel so I thought it fit great with the So many Scallops set. I thought this was a fun yet very simple card. The image was colored with markers. The Scallop is popped up on a glue dot.

Stamps: Happy Happy Birthday Jumbo Wheel, So Many Scallops

Paper: Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Ruby Red, Very Vanilla

Ink: Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Ruby Red

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, Photo Corner Punch, Wide Chocolate Chip Grosgrain, Glue Dot Edit due to requests: This bow is so simple you will laugh! I cut a piece just a tad longer to fit around the card front and adhered around the edges. I cut one more piece and made a loop. The 3rd piece was cut to go around the loop and adhered on the front and back to keep flat. I then fastened the bow to the ribbon that was attached to the card....get it? :)