AMMCC10 - Happy Birthday to YOU

I have lots of favorite things going on with this project!  I'll start where I started.  LOL.  With a color challenge. 

And an ugly piece of designer paper.  ahem.  **cough cough**  I know, I said favorite things.  But, it's my favorite now.  And look at the dark woodgrain paper!  It has an embossed woodgrain.  I love it!  OK.  I digress.  Back to beautifying that...ahem...ugly paper.  What was ugly about it?  It was slick, shiny and a harsh funny looking brown. 

 

I had several tries in getting this paper to look nice when stamped on.  I should mention also that SU! Field Flowers has a learning curve.  OMW!  I have seen beautiful stamped images with this set...but um...I used many sheets of scrap paper trying to figure out that the...ahem...I digress.

 

 

And I tease GARFIELD about his kitty kat ADD?  hee hee OK.  Beautifying ugly designer paper.

 

Vanilla Ice Cream acrylic paint alone just didn't cut it!  It needed some tooth on that slick shiny wood panel designer paper.  I mixed some Vanilla Ice Cream with some gesso...and wow!  Um...that's acrylic paint + gesso.  ;-)  And now that I think about it...Vanilla Ice Cream with chocolate chip & fruit punch.  wow. 

I wasn't too happy with the original stamped image, so I added some Fruit Punch stickles & smeared it around with my finger.  WOW!  (No, I didn't lick my finger.)  I had found a sketch via Pinterest, so I got to taping.  Then I dug out a muslin banner and stamped the sentiment using Antiquary Card Kit stamp set!  Then OMW!  eep!  Look at the straight lines.  ;-)   Circle veneer & a bicycle to the rescue!  And a ca-ute tweety bird.  When I first received the "tweets" wood veneer...I thought...ugh.  It's become one of my favorites to play with.  Who am I kidding?  All wood veneer is my favorite to play with.  And sequins?!?  Shut the door!  I have sequins galore.  I use them, too.  No sense in hoarding.  

 

 

I'm a happy camper.  Now, that's mixed media, mollymoo style.  LOL.

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo'valous day!

 

 

it's a "not just a sliver day"

sit down.  I made a card.  LOL.  I was inspired by the MFT Sketch #130.  I pulled out my Heidi Swapp Sugar Chic 6 x 6 pad and...you still sitting?  I colored! 

I love the colors!  I love that Sugar Chic paper pad!  The buttons are from my stash!  I did have fun coloring.  I was in a coloring mood the other night.  And that sketch, was just right!

I finished the card up by fixing up the inside! 

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More BLOCK PARTY!

Today, I'm sharing FOUR cards...created for the Studio Calico 01/20/2013 Sunday Sketch.  So far I have made 19 cards with Block Party. 

 

I did supplement with items from my stash such as the cardstock bases (SU! Crumb Cake & SU! Basic Gray).  I am using Memento Tuxedo black, a new to me ink. So far, I like it.  Most of the sequins I pulled out of a mixed bag of sparkle I picked up @ Wal-mart!  It's so much fun digging around in a container of bling!  LOL. 

 

Which one is your favorite?

 

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Block Party!

That's the theme for this month's Studio Calico kits.  As uaual, I purchased ALL of them + the card kit sub + the new PL sub.    As of today, I've made 19 cards from the Block Party Card kit.  I am sharing TWO of them today.

This is a CASE of Jen Jockisch's card, which you can see here. 

 

This the second card.  I like to make cards in pairs.  I CASE the first one & change up the second one.  I'm hoping it helps me to grow.   I'm planning to use this "card" on a scrapbook page, so I guess I call this "scrapbook candy".  LOL.

 

THIS is the kit page, with photos, so you can see which kits the items are from.  The only item I used in these two cards that are NOT in the Block Party kits is the background paper.  That paper is SU! Confetti White.

 

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Money Holder

Know all those FRNs I've been saving by not spending...I gave them to my son for his birthday.  LOL.  I created a money holder like the ones from the bank to hold the FRN. 

I used colors from the color challenge, CC332 - I think it was Pool Party with Wasabi Chips?...that means...Pool Party, Chocolate Chip and Wild Wasabi...all colors I LOVE.    Fishing Riley...purchased when the boy was in Scouts...never thought I would use it because he and his Daddy were going fishing at least once a week this month!  WOW!  Heck...I didn't think my husband was gonna go fishing.  I'm still in shock.  But it's a good shock.  LOL

The longer Riley sits there, the better he looks. 

 

I colored him with SU! Markers, I sold my Copics.  Michelle Zindorf does a wonderful job showing ways to use the SU! Markers for shading.  My marker storage system helps greatly with determining colors to use for shading.  I made a note to share that in a future blog post. 

One FRN by the name of Benjamin Franklin was inside. 

I think this is the first time I've used that fishing pole stamp.  I purchased it off E-bay in a "lot" of stamps. 

HOW TO:  I found the tutorial here:  Stamp & Scrap with Frenchie.  It's pretty straightforward.  Pool Party panel is 8.5 x 6.5; scored at 3.25 & 6.5.  The Chocolate Chip panel is 6 5/8 x 3 3/8. 

It's a nice sturdy money holder...Mom suggested I do up some to hold the gift cards at Christmas time. 

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Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is Dad's birthday. 

He should be getting happy mail today.  I love this card, inspired by a CAS challenge to create a card inspired by America the Beautiful.  How about those amber waves of grain? 

Look at the dimension shown in the sticker. 

I even decorated the envelope.

Here's the inside.

America the Beautiful reminds me of Vacation Bible School.  We always sang America the Beautiful after we pledged to the American Flag. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo'valous day!

Birthday Wishes, CAS Style

Yesterday in the SCS Challenge Forum, the CAS gals had a whole day of challenges!  Whoo hoo!  CAS is Clean And Simple.  It also means Quick And Easy.  LOL.

Check this out:

The design was inspired by the Alsaka State Flag.

The challenge was to be inspired by flags...flags of any country or any state in the USA.  The Alaska flag has has the big dipper and the North Star in yellow on a navy background.  It's so striking and uncomplicated.  Back to my card, the front has a whimsical feel...the inside:

Inside the card.

...there's a newspaper / information feel.   What do you think of the combination? 

I hope to share some more CAS cards in the next few days.  I've had lots of fun experimenting.  You can always pop into my SCS gallery.  But just for you, I'll have extras & specials...more pictures & descriptions! 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo'valous day!

Butterfly Shabby Chic

I decided to try a new style.  Shabby chic.  Me, the neat nic...shabby chic.  But, after it's all said & done...you can see the cripsness...I think I like the freedom.

This project consists of 11 cards...mass produced...Michelle Wooderson style.  ;-)

I cut & scored 10 card bases...added the 11th later...using PTI White.   

I wanted to use DSP I purchased on SU! pre-order, specifically, the Flirtatious Specialty DP from Stampin' Up! to be available in the new IB&C.  The colors are Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink and Wisteria Wonder.  I think there's some Daffodil Delight in as well.  There are two laser cut sheets of doilies.  I cut these apart to create 16 individual doilies.   I was go glad to have my new sharp SU! Paper Snips for this job!

It took a while; but, it sure is pretty.  :-D  I took a much needed break after this.  ;-)

I decided to do something easy, cut the main DP panels.  These are 4 x 4 squares, with rounded corners.

I have discovered that I love making my own embellishments!  I die cut butterflies, layered them and machine stitched; then added buttons.

Have you sewed on your cards or scrapbook pages?  This is the first time I have ever sewed on paper.  I LOVE IT!  OMGoodness!  I love it!  I think because I have gotten my craft room arranged & decluttered where I can just grab the machine & go!  I have a Janome Sew Mini I use to sew on paper. 

I decorated the butterflies with buttons sewed on with the new SU! Baker's Twine.  OMGosh!  I love the baker's twine.  It's wonderful!  I wish I had left the threads long at the top of all the butterflies, but I did on the larger ones & you can see that I stitched it.  On the smaller ones...ahem...the button covers the stitching.  LOL  Oh well...you can still see if it you look closely and I sure had fun stitching!  The buttons are from Stampin' Up! Designer Buttons Sherbet.

Here's another one:

Next, I STAMPED!  Yes, I stamped.  I stamped (have I said that already?) I stamped a sentiment on a strip of Flirtatious DP and then embellished the strip with...ahem..."scraps" I die cut from the whole sheets of Flirtations DP.  I'm positive y'all have double fainted already. 

Yes, I made "scraps".  LOL  Die cut with the wonderful Tasteful Trims Bigz XL Die.  I chose two styles from the die - the large ric rac and the scallop border.  Then I cut the die cut pieces up into little pieces.  :-)

I sewed the "scraps" to the sentiment strip!  Like so:

All the ingredients:

Tomorrow, the fun begins.  I put all this together & make cards!