One of a Kind in blues

Here's the card I chose to do for the Featured Stamper challenge on SCS. This week was Laura, known as scrapnextras. I went with a blue theme ~ taken with teal, turquoise and bashful. I colored the flowers with markers, of course. The bottom layer is stamped using the polka dot stamp from Polka Dots and Paisley. The top layer is a piece of Cutie Pie dp with one of the stamps from Always stamped on it in bashful. Ok, sorry for the quickie post, but little man is ready for bed, so I'll catch ya later!

Thanks for stoppin' by!

card info: stamps ~ one of a kind, always, polka dots and paisley. paper ~ teal, turquoise, bashful, ww, dp. ink ~ same as paper plus black. access. ~ hardware, ribbon and piercer.

Regal and Red bloomin' flowers

Hi!! This is my first card using my new Bloomin' Beautiful set from the Occasions Mini and can I just say how much I *love* this set! You're guaranteed to make a beautiful card with any stamp in this set and it is so much fun to color! I used my SU markers for all of the coloring. On the main image, I stamped it onto shimmery white cs (wish you could see the sparkle on this!) and took my real red marker and only colored in some of the darker, more shaded parts of the flowers. Then I went over everything else with my regal rose marker. I went over the areas next to the real red 2 or 3 times so that it blended better. I used summer sun for the flower centers and artichoke and olive for the leaves. I used just a little bit of rust and cocoa on the pot and filled the rest in with caramel. Oh, and I used caramel for the shading under the pot. You know how much I adore faux stitching, but decided to only do a little here and there one this one, except for the longer cocoa panel. On the sentiment, I inked up the bee from this set in red, stamped it off once, then stamped onto the middle of the sentiment. For the Ways to use it challenge, we had to spray or spritz something, so I used my color spritzer to add caramel to the main image and sentiment. And I think that's pretty much all of the details, so I hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

card info: stamps ~ bloomin' beautiful, always, short and sweet. paper ~ regal rose, red, cocoa, shimmer white and ww. ink ~ stazon black, cocoa. access. ~ markers, piercer, hardware, gingham.

A regal true friend thank you and challenge

First, I apologize for not posting in so long. Been trying to find that crazy little thing called *mojo* for a while now! That being said, here's a card I actually like that I did for today's sketch challenge on SCS. I colored the flower w/ markers and added an extra layer to the top part with a pop dot for dimension. I really like the look of the Stitched bg stamp! I keep reaching for it! I added lots of faux stitching and brads to finish it off.

And because I'm SO liking this color combo, I challenge YOU to make something using these colors: regal rose, mellow moss and apricot appeal! Have fun with it and link back here if you like, so I can check out what you've done!

Happy Stampin'!

card info: stamps ~ stitched bg, true friend. paper ~ regal rose, choc chip, moss, apricot dp and ww. ink ~ choc. access. ~ markers, piercer, brads.

The winner is....

#10 ~ jmniffer!!!!!! Send me your addy so I can get your goodies out in the mail!!! Thanks for all the comments! I should have something to post later, if the kids will let me (spring break is this week!)!

hugs ~

Aaaaaaacckkkkkk!!!

Look what I did!!! Check out my *new* blog banner that I MADE MYSELF!!! I downloaded this freebie that Emily (emilymomto3boys on SCS) wrote about on her blog. Then, while blog browsing earlier, I came across Debbie Olson's blog and got the motivation to try to make my own and VOILA!!! I *loooooooove* it!! And given that it took me a while to do, I'm not changing that baby for a looong time! Please tell me what ya think about it! OH!!! And scroll down a few posts to try to win some blog candy *wink*!!!

Happy Stampin'!

Back to basics

Today's limited challenge was to bring us back to basics. That meant no tools other than your basic paper cutting tool, scissors, sponges and any embellishment that didn't require a special tool. It was tough because you know me and piercing! So, I did all those little dots with a marker ~ thought I was going to go cross eyed! Lots of sponging on all the layers and cut out some extra layers for the middle of the flower. I admit, sometimes it's nice to go back to basics ~ less fuss, less mess.

I'm hoping to work on some projects this weekend that I've wanted to for a couple of weeks now. Looks like it's gonna be a hot one in Houston this weekend!! Now, if only I could see the ocean, I'd be good to go ~ could so use some *beach therapy* right about now. Anywho, hope y'all have a wonderful weekend! Edited to add ~ I used Beate's weekend sketch #39 for this card. Check out her blog listed on the right margin --->

card info: stamps ~ fab flowers, stitched bg, lots of thought SAB set. paper ~ guava, caramel, vanilla, choc. ink ~ red, choc, cocoa, guava. access. ~ ribbon, markers, sponge.

Just a quick edit ~

ok, obviously it's very late! In the card info below I said it was the set Time Well Spent, wrong! I used Doodle That for the flower, the sentiment is from Time Well Spent. Ok, off to bed for me!!!