Mom card #3 from me

Been a busy week, so slackin' a little on the blog. Gotta do better... LOL! Here is one I made for Mom's card tin that was inspired by this card created by JeanneS on SplitcoastStampers. As usual, I modify and change things as fits my mood at the time (or the supplies I have at hand). The main image was colored by inking the flower part of the stamp with Blue Bayou, then rolling the outer edges in Chocolate Chip, then coloring the stem/leaves with the Always Artichoke marker. The same 'rock-and-roll' technique was used on the stamp on the panel to the left side of the card. (note to Leslie Miller: the wheel is still available in the current catalog, pg 106, if you still want it! LOL!)



Stamps: True Friend, Boho Friend wheel (envelope)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou
Paper: Blue Bayou, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Soft Sky d/p
other: Always Artichoke marker, Ticket Corner punch, antique brass snap, Blue Bayou stitched grosgrain ribbon, small piece of narrow chocolate ribbon

another from my seestor

Here is another one my sis made for Mom's card tin. Your guess is as good as mine on all the parts, papers, colors, etc! LOL! I guess I could call and ask her, but then she probably wouldn't remember which one this is and I would have to try to 'splain it to her and then she would get frustrated cause she still didn't know what I was talkin' 'bout and then I would get agitated cause she couldn't figure out what I was tellin' her and it would just not be good! Nope - you'll have to guess along with me! :) Enjoy...

another Mom card

Here is another one I made for Mom's card tin. And, yep, another semi-case. LOL! I changed the colors, papers, (flower)stamp set - but the basic idea is the same as this card by atomicbutterfly on SCS. She does amazing work, btw, and I have saved lots o' her stuff to be inspired by! :) It's hard to tell from the pic, but at the base of each flower is a little crystal bling.



Stamps: Polka Dots & Paisley, Define Your Life
Ink: Pixie Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive
Paper: Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Petals & Paisleys d/p
other: Ticket Corner punch, Spiral punch, coordinating crystal bling, pale pink dotted organdy ribbon

one by my sister

Just a quickie tonight since I have stuff I need to do and I'd really rather go take a nap! LOL! Since this card is one my sister made for Mom's card box, I don't have to list all the ingredients cause you all can try to figure it out just like I would have to! Am I being totally lazy or what?! yup! teehee!!! This card is similar to one we made for my dad's birthday(?) that I posted not too long ago, but I really like it so thought I'd share here with you. Catch ya later... :)

cards for Mom

So now I will start posting the cards my sister and I made for Mom for Christmas to go in the card tin I showed you in the last post. Now I know I have mentioned that I go into hibernation mode right around Thanksgiving and don't emerge until around mid-to-late February (depending on weather, temperature, etc.). That means that what little creativity I have also goes on low voltage. The trouble with that is that I needed to make cards for Mom's gift. What to do?! Well, when all else fails - CASE! or at least be heavily inspired by others and make 'creating' that much easier. So that's what I did. I would love to say that the cards I did for my Mom's gift were all original designs, but alas, not true. :) Some I CASEd almost completely, some I changed a few things and some were an inspirational starting point. Without further ado, the first of Mom's cards...

The original of this card was so perfect to start with I really didn't change anything but one of the colors and used a Create-a-Brad in the center rather than the jumbo eyelet (cause I didn't have the jumbos yet!). The original card can be seen here. Ya gotta love cards that are quick, easy and gorgeous!!

Stamps: Doodle This

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava (textured), Certainly Celery d/p, Groovy Guava d/p

other: Create-a-Brad, coordinating mini-brads, Groovy Guava stitched grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals

Mom's card tin

Just a few minutes tonight to post - gotta get a card made for tomorrow. No, I haven't lost my habit of procrastinating. Plus, it was actually gonna be 2 cards that I needed to do, but Jo won't be back to the office until next week so I can put that one off even longer! LOL! Yep, I'm a sicko! :)

Anywhooo... my mom is my best customer when it comes to the cards I sell (and she's my best sales rep as she shows them to her hairdresser and bridge ladies and sells even more!). One of the things she had mentioned wanting for Christmas was cards, so my sister and I made her this card tin and filled it with cards (10 of them). This was the first one of these I'd ever done although I had gotten these tins waaaayyy back when! There is a bit of a learning curve with them, but this one turned out pretty well (and no blood was shed by either my sister or me!!) and we were happy with it. I think Mom was, too. :)

Stamps: Alphabet Fun (retired)

Ink: Bliss Blue (retired), So Saffron (for edging), Always Artichoke

Paper: LeJardin d/p, Bliss Blue, So Saffron, Always Artichoke, Whisper White

other: Scallop Circle punch, circle punches, Spring Flower Bouquet punch, silver self-stick "brads" and lots of coordinating ribbon!

not my favorite...

In fact, I really don't like this card very much at all! But, due to my chronic procrastination (LOL!), I was out of time and had to go with it. This was the second challenge card for my last stamp club meeting - Pastel Embossing. I either did something wrong (can't figure out what) or this technique was just not my cup of tea. I couldn't get the pastels to adhere to the embossed image (again, gratefully referring you to SCS's excellent step-by-step tutorial here) and believe me, I tried more than once! Oh well. Plus, if I'd had an idea of what I'd be doing with the flower piece, I would have used different colors on the flower. Live and learn! :)

I colored in some of the d/p with the celery marker and although you can't see them well from the pic, there are three greenish-crystals along the wheeled piece on the side and the flower piece is popped-up.

Stamps: True Friend, Boho Friend wheel

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Versamark (for embossing)

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Au Chocolate d/p

other: white embossing powder, pastels (chalks), blender pen, brown dotted organdy ribbon, crystal 'bling', coordinating jumbo brad, ticket corner punch, Certainly Celery marker, dimensionals

On the other hand, my fellow stamp clubber, Pat, loved this technique (sometimes we don't like her very much... just kidding!!) and she made an absolutely GORGEOUS card with it which I'm gonna show you here even though it makes my card look even more pitiful (sniff, sniff...). :)

frosted filters #2

So in my last post I showed you the first filter from the Frosted Filters technique. And, remember I mentioned that I wondered what would happen if I added a little more water and 'colored' another filter. Well, it turned out beautiful, too. The colors on the filter are much softer so you get a very different look to the background. This really is a fun technique, so if you haven't already done so, go to my last post and look for the link to the step-by-step instructions for this tech on SCS and try it out. I think you'll like it! BTW - I have had those leaves FOREVER (like years!) and finally got around to using them. See, I eventually use my stuff... LOL!


Stamps: Art of Life (retired), Friendship Flowers (retired)
Ink: Groovy Guava, Always Artichoke
Paper: Groovy Guava, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
other: ticket corner punch, Always Artichoke marker, silver skeleton leaves, crystal 'bling', coffee filter, re-inkers: Groovy Guava, Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery