Monkey #98 Flower

Yay it's Thursday! Not as good as Friday but I'll take it =)

For this card I played along at A La Card Monkey for the 98th challenge! I kept it very simple on this one, well simpler than normal. I was in a daisy making mood so I pulled out the Daisy #2 die and two of my favorite In Colors and cut away! I embossed the strip of Calypso Coral so it wasn't so blah and added some random flower eyelets.

Ingredients: All items SU!
{Paper} Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Pool Party {Ink} Calypso Coral {Stamp} Small Script (retired) {Extras} Daisy #2 die, random flower eyelets, Pattern #1 texture plate

Sketchy Flower

Another lazy Sunday here in SoCal. The Chief-Raider game isn't on here. I swear it's the only place in California where you can't see a Raider game unless they play the Chargers....no I am not a Raider fan....Chiefs all the way!

I've been getting some crafting in though, I've made some super cute Post-It holders I'll have to share later (they're drying now).

This card I made for the ESS #151 challenge. I love Tracy's sketches because, well, I just do....


Easy peasy and I even used the flower I made for another card last week but didn't end up using. Very cool =)

Ingredients:

{Paper}SU! River Rock, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip, Spice Cake DSP

{Ink}SU! Chocolate Chip (to sponge edges)

{Extras} SU! Daisies #2 die, faux pearl

Flowers for SSSC 135

Here's a color combo I love but rarely use. I think its just a little bright for most things...



For the 2 flowers stamped in Pumpkin Pie, I inked the image and stamped lightly on a scrap piece of paper then stamped on my cardstock. This way the middle image stood out but wasn't alone.

I used the sketch from Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #135

Ingredients:
{Paper} SU! Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla, Brights DSP
{Stamp} SU! Button Buddies
{Ink} SU! Rose Red Pumpkin Pie
{Extras} Spellbinders scallop circle die, buttons, twine, SU! lattice embossing folder, EK success border punch

Squared

Here's my version for Just Add Ink's JA177 sketch challenge...


Here's a close up....

Happy Sunday!


Ingredients:
{Paper} SU! Whisper White, Old Olive, Baja Breeze, Nursery Suite DSP
{Ink} SU! Old Olive
{Extras} SU! Lattice Square embossing folder, Sizzix flower w/stem die, bakers twine

Summery Flowers

Happy Tuesday! Did you survive Monday, I did.....bearly.....

For this card I pulled out the Prima flowers I got a few months back and put them to use. The sketch I used was from Clean & Simple and the colors were from SPCC but I changed 'em up a little. Instead of of Certainly Celery I used Pear Pizzazz and I used Peach Parfait in place of Pumpkin Pie.

One of my favorite things is embossing folders because they make adding texture so super easy. A plain card goes from blah to awesome with just a simple roll through the machine.

Notice the ric rack? I did some organizing this weekend and now have all my loose ends of ribbon wound around popsicle sticks so they are visible and I can see what I have. If I don't see it, then I usually won't use it. Hence all the ribbon I have, it used to be in drawers but now it's nice and organized so I can see what I have.


Ingredients:
{Paper} SU! Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait
{Ink} SU! Chocolate Chip
{Stamp} SU! So Happy For You
{Extras} Cuttlebug embossing folders Swiss Dots and Swirls

Big 'ole Flower

Another late in the day post for me. I was actually out getting a staple gun to replace the one that broke so that I can finish refinishing my dining chairs. We got the table from dear friends and she loves roosters, so that's what's on the chairs now....roosters. They're ok but don't go with my room. I bought the fabric when me moved in 10 months ago and still haven't done it. Hopefully I can get some staples that fit 'cause the ones we have now are too big....BOO!

At least it gave me time to finish another card =) This one is for Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch HERE. I got the Slice of Life hostess set and loved this image. I think they look like cherry blossoms so that's exactly how I colored them. I also saw this humungous flower embellishment that I had to try so I added that one one the card too. Since the embellishment is so large I will definitely not be mailing this one. I can only imagine the horror of how it would look when it went through automation and the machine ate the card!




Ingredients:
{Paper} SU! Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Old Olive, Whisper White; American Crafts DSP
{Ink} SU! Basic Black, Rose Red, Pink Pirouette, Old Olive
{Stamp} SU! Slice of Life
{Extras} SU! Scallop circle, brad, blender pen

Not a Single Stamp =(

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

Yesterday I woke up and thought it was Friday, only to realize it was Thursday. The world played a cruel joke on me. Needless to say I was glad to wake up today and it was really Friday!

Since I played with my Silhouette last weekend, I decided to make a flower. Every week Silhouette comes out with a free shape of the week. The flower on this card is that image. For the life of me I couldn't find a stamp image that fit just where I wanted so I have a whole stack of quotes and quotations and I really like this one and it happened to fit perfectly with the image.

I in particular need to pay more attention to this quote. It's no secret I'm not a fan of living in Southern California, we were excessed down here and to say the least it's been a very hard adjustment. I need to remember that wherever I am I need to bloom....easier said than done.

Have a great weekend everyone!!!


Ingredients:
{Paper} SU! Pear Pizzazz, So Saffron, Sunny Garden DSP
{Extras} Ribbon, diamond brad, quotation book, antique brads

Coloring Can Be Fun

Happy Thursday! It's almost Friday and I can't wait, my head is swimming with ideas. So here's my card for today. When I got my demo kit there was a blender pen in it. I had never ever used a blender pen and it was very intimidating. I emailed Becky, my upline and asked what to do....she gave me some great tips and this is what I ended up with =) Had I paid attention to the stamp I would have painted the vase a different color, a little too much green for me with the leaves and all. All in all I think an ok job for my first try. I'm not too into coloring so don't count on a whole lot of post with my non-existence coloring skills =)

C-ya!



Ingredients:
{Paper} SU! Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait; Sunny Garden DSP
{Stamp} SU! Fun & Fast Notes
{Ink} SU! Basic Black, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait
{Misc} Blender Pens, Circle cutter, Flower punch Martha Stewart, ribbon

MOJO #120

Well, so far so good on my card making! I made 3 this week (2 more than I planned for). I did my MOJO Monday challenge for the week and then a couple birthday cards for friends. The first pic is of my MOJO challenge. I made the card, however it just doesn't "hit" me. You know when you do something and it just doesn't feel right? Well this is the card. I played around with it but nothing made it better. Oh well there's always next week right?!

Ingredients
Paper: Great Paper Co, DCWV, Recollections
Ink: Martha Stewart
Stamp: SU! Big Blooms
Cuttlebug with Swiss Dots & Circles embossing folders
Edging scissors
Eyelets



Here's one of my other cards. I came across a new blog and loved this card, so I tweaked it a little and made my own. It's for a friend's son's birthday, I so hope he likes it!


Ingredients
Paper: Recollections, background is just a scrap
Ink: Memories
Cricut w/Home Decor & George and Basic Shapes cartridge
Stamps: Changito by Stampendous, mini alphabet set from Target
Color pencils