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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Inspired!

I decided to check out the regularly scheduled challenge on Splitcoaststampers dot com.  It was the color challenge.  Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade and Daffodil Delight!   So, I went to "my favorites" to see what I had saved to CASE...decided on SU! Inspired by Nature stamp set....and came up with this.

I used SU! markers to color the image, "huffed" on the colored image and stamped! 

 

I really do like this stamped on the SU! Newsprint DSP!

 

The bow with a button in the middle was the "extra credit". 

Hope you enjoyed today's project.  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a moo'valous day!

SUPPLIES

Stamps: Inspired by Nature

Paper: Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade, Newsprint DSP

Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Button (from Brights), Linen Thread, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Markers (Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight)

Baby Shower Gift Bag & Tag

Sunday was my niece's baby shower.  A bouncing baby boy should be making an appearance soon...so I'll be a great aunt...I mean...I'm a great aunt already (as in a wonderful out of this world fantastic aunt.)  This will make it official! 

I picked up this cute onsie at Kohl's on Saturday. 

Guess I could stamp "GREAT" in front of that aunt...in Stazon using Stampin' Up! Family Reunion.  Hmmmm....

Carter's and in my FAVORITE COLOR!  Am I awesome or what?  I can toot my horn some more and say it only costed me 6 FRNs.  :-D  Not much green for all that green.  LOL  I love it!

OH.  The baby shower gift bag and tag.  Ahem.  Let's see...

Store bought bag...I'm gonna miss it. 
Faux blue jean bag complete with a pocket!

The bag is full of ca-ute baby clothes.  Baby clothes are so cute.  Mom told me to go get a baby doll.  LOL.

Tag close up. Says at the top...
"It started with a kiss and ended like this." 
**grin**

Gotta hold it together somehow. 
Pretty 5/8" Old Olive satin ribbon from SU!

The whole shebang...card box contains the Thank You cards.

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

Welcome Baby!

I think this one has to be my favorite...just because there were some pleasant surprises on how this came together.

The DSP is Urban Oasis...unopened pack in the drawer.  I never thought it would look good on a baby page until I busted open the pack and saw the REST of the patterns.  This is THREE patterns from the Urban Oasis pack.  The Baja Breeze is a good match for the blue in the picture.  I tried out my new Spellbinders New Arrival Dies I purchased from HSN.  Ho hum...they are supposed to cut (they did), emboss (huh?  really hard to see) and  stencil (yep - use a marker...does a good job).  I just wasn't WOW'd by 'em, ya know?  The baby sure is cute.   Phillip said the stork should be white, not brown...I told him the bird was just dirty and needed a bath.  ;-)  More Tidy Alpha for my title.  I'll fill in the details on the Becky Higgins journaling card.

I think this is a cute baby page...not to overwhelming BABY, but with classic elements.

Whatcha think?

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Farm Friends

This card, I made several years ago.  If I'm remembering correctly, it was a case of something Gina K Designs related. 

The patterned paper is actually Basic Grey paper - from the Blush collection and it coordinates very well with SU! Real Red and Close to Cocoa.  The designer paper covers a piece of chipboard from SU!'s On Board Accents.  The animals are from an older SU! set that I no longer have.  The animals were colored with markers and the sheep has Tulip White Puffy paint on it.  According to the sticky note inside the card, (which, by the way, doesn't list the SU! set, but lists all the other supplies.  LOL) it appears the card used to have a prima flower or two and some fibers...I think it looks fine without 'em.  They sure weren't on there when I pulled the card out of the card drawer. 

Thanks for taking a trip down the memory lane with me.  It's fun to look at projects created a while back. 

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Ruff Day? (a SMASHing idea book)

Here's another page I created for my SMASHing idea book using Ruff Day from Stampin' Up!  (retired).  I had stamped these and included them in the original sheet protector / three ring binder book I mentioned HERE.

Here they are trimmed out & colored with SU! markers...making their debut in a SMASHing idea book!

a SMASHing idea book page for Ruff Day

Looking at them in the SMASHing idea book gives me more ideas than thinking this is "just a dog set" (stored in drawer method) or the impersonal feel of the images stored in sterile sheet protectors.  I see birthday, I see encouragement, I see have a good trip...and that puppy about to pounce is just too darn cute!  What other stamps do I have that I can mix & match with this one?  Once I make that connection, I will write that down on the page! 

Have you been inspired to create your own SMASHing idea book?  Remember, it doesn't have to be perfect...and it's ALWAYS a work in progress.  Enjoy the journey!

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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. 

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

Goofy Smiles

Googlie eyes are not just for Halloween!

Sunday, I played along with the Creative Crew and with the Featured Stamper Challenges.  The Creative Crew is a Stampin' Up! Only Design Team on SCS.  They issue four monthly challenges.  This project meets the criteria for the color challenge, which was to showcase some new In-Colors.  I used the new SU! Pool Party and Island Indigo.  For the Featured Stamper Challenge, we were to CASE a project from teristampsalot's gallery.  I chose this card to CASE. 

I did use some retired sets...Tart and Tangy and Tidy Alpha.  Tidy Alpha is my "go-to" alpha stamp set.  I love it!  I use it a bunch!  It's so easy to cut...snip, snip, snip and snip.  Done!  I wanted to sew the title on...but I had used tape to adhere the Pool Party strip of CS and I didn't want to gum up my needle...so I used faux stitching. 

I had fun with the fruit.  I colored the strawberry with markers; stamped and punched the citrus fruit.

Citrus Fruit

I punched them out with the 1 1/4" punch.  The 1" punch almost took off the rind...so 1 1/4" it was and then used the matching marker to color the white edge.

Aren't those googlie eyes cute?

The smiles are hand drawn with a black sharpie marker. 

Inside of card.

Envelope.

Insde & envelope.

While I had the stamp sets out, I made the pages for the SMASHing idea book.

Tart & Tangy page in SMASHing idea book.



Smile Curve page in SMASHing idea book.

The whole shebang!

I had fun with this Featured Stamper Challenge.  I love Teri's gallery.

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

Paper & Pockets

I'm always on the lookout for journaling goodies.  It's hard for me to find that thing that will get me the "most bang for my buck".  The other day, I saw something at papertreyink that I loved.  A spiral notebook page die and a library pocket die!  Oh yes! 

Then I remembered...how silly to have a DIE to cut a rectangle.  HELLO?  Got a paper cutter? 

I set out to see if I could re-create without the DIE and with my FRNs intact.  (FRN - Federal Reserve Notes).  ;-) 

First up...spiral paper.   I grabbed a couple sheets of Whisper White cardstock & started cutting.

Dimensions for the faux spiral notebook paper.

I originally planned to use SU!'s Spiral Punch...but it just didn't look right.  Then I got to looking at that die again...and the holes are circular.  Hmmmm....how do I do this?

That'll work.  Now to punch 'em out!

Here's a comparison of the circular holes vs the SU! Spiral Punch.

Ok.  I was feeling cheap...this is not looking "perfect".  WHOA!  Back up the train here!  Perfect...it's not supposed to be perfect!  Each item is not supposed to match exactly.  It's hand crafted...granted...it's not TACKY, but the whole purpose of creating is to create, right?  OK.  I keep chugging along here...still sorta pining away for that die...I'm not giving up yet.

It's gotta look like it was ripped out.

Oh yeah...the die has perforations.  I know...that "handy dandy" SU! Cutter Tool.

Ahem...now, this was a frustrating experiment.  That "handy dandy" SU! Cutter Tool, among other things, has a perforation tool.  Now, I could NOT get it to go straight, even againt a ruler.  And I chugged and I chugged...I mean, I tried and tried.  Then, I got frustrated.  Bah!

I looked at the die, again...wait a minute...is that a row of round dots?  Uh, huh.  I grabbed the stitching template and the paper piercer and poked holes.  That was fun!  It's right up there with popping bubble wrap!  :-D  Poking holes in cardstock with a paper piercer!  Fun!

Lined notebook paper needs lines.  I don't need a stamp for lines either.  I used a ruler, Bashful Blue marker and the grid on the mat from the mat stack.  And NOPE, the lines are not perfectly spaced on each one of them.  That's ok.  They still look good.

Pile of hand designed spiral notebook paper.

These will make awesome journaling cards...they are unique and they have light lines for journaling.

Supplies.

I had fun with this...now I need a pocket...I'm drooling for a pocket die.  I no longer want the spiral paper die.  Now that I know how to make my own faux spiral notebook paper, I have no desire to purchase the die nor the stamp when I have the supplies, right here, on hand. 

I'll show ya the pocket I created tomorrow!

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Mr. & Mrs.

I believe this is the first wedding card I've ever made.  LOL. 

My first wedding card.

It was inspired by the CAS July 4 Holiday challenges on SCS - this one was TEA.  So I decided to do some tea staining...the SU! way.  Although, I do have some coffee stained workpapers at work...hmmmm...

This was steppy...and yep...had a craft-splosion.  Bigger than yesterday's...and nope...didn't take a picture. 

I break out the Bella Toile and the SU! markers.  Color the stamp...tap on versarmak...and STAMP!

Supplies.

Pretty.

 Grab the powder pal tray...dump on clear EP...hit it - the card (wink) - with the heat gun...and viola!

After embossing, before tea staining.

Not sure this is my style...but I'll carry on.  Out comes the SU! Distressing Essentials....and I found the cube of Tea Stain.  tee hee.

After tea staining.

WOW.  I was approaching shock territory.  I had to take a break.  I went to fix some supper.  Ham & cheese calzones, with a rabbit salad...I'm tired of salad...I'm growing long front teeth or somethin'.  :-p

After supper, I finish up my card. 

Love the elegant popped up sentiment.

Sentiment inside.

 I love the simplicity of the sentiment and the look of the inside after the business of the outside.

This card is going to work today...it's for a co-worker that got married over the holiday weekend.   SURPRISE!  Indeed. 

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Havin' a bad day?

Nope...so far...no.  I'm still playing around with the CAS - Clean And Simple - July 4 holiday challenges over on SCS.  They continue on until July 8th.  This particular challenge was to make a monochromatic card - there were three choices - I chose the white and two or more shades of blue.

This is a Rubbernecker stamp; I colored the sentiment with four different shades of SU! blue markers.  Huffed on it and stamped!

Here is the original inside:

Hmmmm...sure it cute.  And mollymoo colored, too! 

So pretty & colorful!

But there's something about floating washing machines...

Floating washing machine?

So...I decided to wallpaper & put in a new floor.  :-D  Apparently the hard way.  But, at the monent, I was so proud of myself.

Then it dawned on me!  Well, DUH! Melissa.  I put in the washing machine; then decided to wallpaper & floor around it!  Sheesh.  I won't be able to moo've my washing machine...I'll have this "hole" where the machine was!  LOL.  Wait, this is a card. 

But, there IS an easier way...plan...put your DSP in...stamp your image on another piece of CS and then cut it out.  But I didn't plan.  How do I know that?  Well, for one...put in the washing machine then wallpapered & floored around it.  Secondly, look at the mess.  OMGoodness! 

Mess to the right.

Mess to the left.

eeeeek!  I think it was worth it, tho.  What do you think?

All wallpapered & floored.

Aren't these colors just so rich & pretty.

Sometimes the best things come on the fly!  So, make a mess.  Just clean it up when you get done!

I think I'm giving this to my boss...she's had a few days like this.  She can even name the mouse...as long as it's not Melissa.

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