Lemons, Life, Love...

What a week!!!

On Thursday night I had the HONOR, along with my partner-in-crime, Lori, of attending a "Copics 101" class at our LSS ... and our instructor was none other than blogland-famous, Laura!  We had such a great time and learned SO much - who knew there was so much to *know*???  In fact, we had SUCH a great time that we signed up to take another class in June!  YAY us!  :)

Anyhoo, while we were shopping at the LSS afterwards, I picked up a Flourishes stamp set I've had my eye on for awhile now - I decided I *had* to have it.  Life, Love and Lemons has been whispering to me, "Take me home...take me home..." How could I ignore it again?

I found Jen's Sketch For You to Try and it was PERFECT for the lemon image:

I popped over to the KL Stampin' N Scrappin' challenge blog to see this week's challenge is a recipe challenge:  

"Easy as 123"
1 Type of Ribbon
2 Designer Papers
3 Embellishments

I thought to myself, "Easy peasy!" and got to work.  Some cutting, pasting and coloring later... et voila!

I still have a LOT to learn about coloring with these fab markers but I *do* like how it turned out.  This new Origins DP from Basic Grey is my new favorite - I just {heart} the colors...so bright and springy!

Thanks for stopping by - enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Color Q #31 - Just For You...

Happy Tuesday, peeps!

It has been quite the day here... Old Man Winter decided that he isn't *quite* ready to go away and has given us a bunch more *white stuff*.  I had to go to town this morning and, let me tell you, the roads were a mess!  I couldn't drive any faster than about 60-70 km./hour because the slushy snow on the road pulled me all over the place.  BUT - I made it there and back in one piece and destressed the only way I know how to... crafting.  :)

Arielle has an interesting combination for us this week over at Colour Q, but I have to say, I kind of like it...

She also has an additional *twist* to go along with the regular challenge:  "A random player will be chosen to win a new pack of Stampin' Up! designer series paper, Island Oasis. HOWEVER - the twist is, in order to win you have to enlist a buddy to play along this week as well! You & your buddy need to list each other's names in your entry blog post... if one of you is randomly picked to win & we verify your buddy's entry as well - BOTH OF YOU GET A PACK OF PAPER!"

So - I called my good friend, Lori, and asked her if she'd be up for the challenge.  Of course, she said she would.  :)  Go visit and see what she came up with - it's BEYOOTIFUL!

I also used Sketch Saturday's sketch for this card:

Here ya go:

Recipe - Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes (Stampin' Up!)  Paper: Certainly Celery, Brilliant Blue, Crushed Curry, Tempting Turquoise, SU! DP (Razzleberry Lemonade, Flock Together)  Ink: Brilliant Blue  Accessories: Swiss Dots embossing folder, paper piercer, Two-Step bird punch, Sizzlits Little Leaves, Nestabilities

All in all, this was a pretty simple card to put together - I think it took me less than about an hour from start to finish... for me, that's quick!  :)

Thanks for stopping by - enjoy the rest of your Tuesday!

A Mojo Quickie...

Hey everyone!

Just wanted to post this quick card before I head out for a bit.  I haven't done Julee's Mojo Monday sketch for awhile so when I realized that my day off this week coincided with Mojo Monday and I had some time, I got to work.

I combined it with Dawn's Color Cue ... I thought this combination was, shall we say...interesting?

I got out some Whisper White, Cameo Coral, Summer Sun and some *old* Buckaroo Blue, thought for a few minutes and...

Recipe - Stamps: Beautiful Kindness, Grateful Heart Plain Jane (Verve)  Accessories: Scallop edge punch, adhesive pearls, white organza ribbon, blue satin ribbon, Birds & Swirls embossing folder, square punch, paper piercer, sewing machine

Yes, OK, I went a *bit* pearl-crazy.... I am totally aware I have a problem and am looking for a support group...  *giggle*  I rotated the sketch 90*, changed the oval out for a ribbon tab, and stitched around the squares panel.

Thanks for stopping by - I promise this is the last post for today!  :)  Don't forget to check out The Shabby Tea Room, Picture Perfect Creations and Totally Stampalicious for some fantabulous new challenges!  See ya later!

Seeing Double?

Nope - you're not!  I just loved Megan's color combination this week at Picture Perfect Creations so much that I decided to make two cards with them! 

If you stopped by earlier, you saw my Shabby Tea Room creation with glittah' and this is what I came up with for the PPC challenge:

Recipe - Stamps: Wings of Friendship (SU!), Flower Lines (SU!)  Paper: Very Vanilla, Bermuda Bay, Basic Grey, SU! DP (Thoroughly Modern)  Ink: Basic Grey  Accessories: Scallop Edge corner punch, paper piercer, adhesive pearls, paper flowers, mod podge, glitter, satin ribbon, embossing folder, sewing machine

I had a couple flowers left from my first card so I thought I might just as well use it up...you really can never have too much glitter, right?

I'm sure the other PPC Creators have done wonderful things with these colors so make sure you stop by and show them some love!

Allison Barroll

Lori Turner

Nicole Anderson

Sandy Tran

Trish Radacs

Jackie Weeks

Tamie Camp

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Paula McClane

I can't wait to see what *you* can do with these colors - you could be the next Grand Creation Winner and earn a fabulous badge to display on your blog!  Have fun!

Totally Stampalicious - You're So Sweet!

I am SOOOO lovin' these new Bugaboo stamps from Totally Stampalicious and Jodi Mackrell- aren't they the cutest?  This week's challenge over at the TS Blog is to use flowers anywhere on your project.  I haven't done The Color Throwdown for MANY weeks and when I saw the colors I knew they were perfect for the image I wanted to use:

I decided to use Desiree again - this time without her sidekick, Sean, and dug out some of my new Basic Grey papers (Kioshi and Green at Heart) and got to work on this:

Recipe - Stamps: Desiree (Bugaboo Brat, Totally Stampalicious)  Paper: Basic Grey DP, Barely Banana, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Pale Plum, Whisper White  Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Rich Razzleberry  Accessories: Paper piercer, corner rounder, hodgepodge hardware, oval punch, metal swirl, OO twill ribbon, Finial Press EF, sponge dauber, clear embossing powder, Copics, button, adhesive pearl, heart brads

I didn't go overboard with the flowers but the papers are both flower-y, I used a flower-y embossing folder and there's a flower in the image...that's close enough, right?  *giggle*

Thanks for stopping by again today - Mondays are my busiest day!  See you later!

The Shabby Tea Room Goes Glitter Crazy!

Who doesn't love a little bitta' glitter?  Well, if this sounds like it might be right up your alley, then this week's challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room is for you!  Jill has challenged us to "Get Your Bling On" and make a project with glitter...the more, the merrier!

I have to admit that glitter is NOT something I use on a regular basis - I find it to be one of the messiest supplies a crafty girl can use and I am NOT very careful when I use it.  More often than not, I get more glitter on me and my desk than on the card!  And if you look carefully at *this* card, you'll see that there is glitter in MANY cracks and crevices... :)

Recipe - Stamp: Well Scripted (SU!)  Paper: Bermuda Bay, Very Vanilla, Basic Grey  Accessories: Grungeboard Swirl (Tim Holtz), paper flowers, Martha Stewart glitter, mod podge, rhinestone brad, heat'n'stick powder, Versamark, heat tool, satin ribbon, button, hemp twine, Perfect Polka Dots EF, Divine Swirls EF, paper flowers

I used Mod Podge to paint the swirl and the flowers and then applied the glitter and let them dry before attaching them to the card.  I tried to keep the rest of the card as simple as possible since I didn't want it to look too "gaudy"... (that's still a word, right?)  I used Heat'n'Stick powder and Versamark for the glittery sentiment.

I hope that other girls had as much fun as I did with their glitter - make sure you stop and check them out:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures

Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's Weblog

Jill Hillard - Jill's Card Creations

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations 

I can't wait to see what YOU do with glitter!  Have FUN!

Curtain Call - Act #28

Welcome to another week at The Curtain Call!  As usual, Stacey has given us a lovely color combination to inspire and challenge us:

I went through my stamps and found another one from Stamping Bella that hadn't seen ink yet - "Izzie Has a Prezzie" and got to work.  I paper-pieced her dress and then colored the rest with Copics.  I machine-stitched some ribbon along the bottom and "Voila!"...

Recipe - Stamps: Izzie Has a Prezzie (Stamping Bella), Vintage Labels (SU!)  Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Not Quite Navy  Paper: Kraft, Not Quite Navy, Rose Red, Whisper White, SU! DP  Accessories: Rectangle Nestabilities, paper piercer, Kraft taffeta ribbon, Divine Swirls EF, sewing machine, buttons, hemp twine, Copics, clear embossing powder

Don't forget to stop and see what eye candy the rest of the Crew has created for us this week:

Amy White at Devlinwhite Designs
Andrea Roose at Andrea's Scrap- und Stampel Blog
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) at Random Acts of Creativity
Julie Smith at Paper and Such
Marisa Ritzen at Rosemary Reflections
Shelley Germann at Stampin' Garden
Sue Kohler at My Inner Reflection
Stacey Schafer at Stacey's Stamping Stage

 

Enjoy your Sunday - see you tomorrow with a new Shabby Tea Room challenge as well as a Picture Perfect Creations Color Combo!