Madera Corners

This is my last card until Monday. It is for the Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers, Peggy aka jasonw1. Wow! Does she have a gallery full of beautiful cards. I decided this is the one I wanted to case. I love white on white cards.

 My flower really is white although looking more creamy than it is  and it does have a little bit of color on the leaves.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I can't believe it is supposed to be 54 degrees tomorrow here in my area of AL...and lots of rain. That's what I call an ugly May weekend. What is going on with the weather???????? Maybe there will be a miracle and it will change.

Recipe:
Stamps-Inspired by Stamping/Cute Circles set (sentiment)
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Memory Box madera corner die, Martha Stewart eyelet lace punch around the page, Martha Stewart fir punch, Inspired by Stamping white curly flowers

I thought I would enter a second card into The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge-Free for All (Limit 3)
I think my card will also fit the challenge at Simon Says Stamp blog challenge, too--Happy Mail

From Our Nest

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Who can believe May is here already? It really doesn't seem like it because it has been a cool, rainy Spring. Rain, rain, go away...I want to work in my yard and it seems to be so ugly on weekends when hubby is home to help. Hmmm....is he ordering that rain? LOL

Shirley Quarry is our hostess for the month of May at CCEE Stampers and is bringing us some fun challenges. This week's challenge is Make it Shimmer. As you can see, or maybe you can't, I have shimmer on the center of my flowers. That is gold Stickles and I must say they aren't shimmering much in the photo, but they are looking pretty good in real life. I also put glossy accents for a bit more shimmer on the bird's yellow wings...not showing at all. Sorry.

I did have fun coloring my image which is a digi from Digital Two for Tuesday, taken from The Buddy Magazine. I tried to make my birds look like male and female red winged black birds. After coloring, I sponged around the image in blue.

We hope you'll join us this week and let your card shimmer and sparkle. Just add your card with the inlinkz tool. Happy stamping!

My card is entered into The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge-Free for All
Linking to the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog-Happy Mail (Just because- to make someone happy-no specific occasion)

Recipe:
Stamps-Digital Two for Tuesday, Sentiment is Our Daily Bird Designs/Nest set
Paper-PTI white cardstock, black cardstock from Hobby Lobby, unknown scrap of dp
Ink- Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Aegean Blue
Accessories-Gold Stickles, Copics, Glossy Accents

Love at Christmas

Whew! What a day. I made a card and .........well, let's just say I did it ALL WRONG (not this one). I got that straightened out and here I am uploading my card for the Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #59. It is a fun sketch challenge.

This is an easy card and I now have one more in my Christmas stash.

I'm trying to figure out why my tiny, bottom gemstone looks larger than the others when it isn't.

My card is also entered into the Simon Says Stamp blog challenge-Anything Goes

Recipe:
Stamps-Inkadinkado by Susan Winget, Crafter's Companion/Popcorn the Bear (sentiment)/Not sure which set
Paper-PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler, MME Merry paper pad
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-red gemstones, red Stickles, Spellbinders oval nestabilitie, handmade banner, Copics,  Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder

Grads, A Queen, and Mixed Media

 Splitcoaststampers Mix-Ability 13 challenge is doodling and using a minium of two mediums. Ouch! Doodling is something I have always stayed away from but here I am trying by doodling down the sides of my panel with a thin marker.

I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist/Pink Party and Dragonfly to get my sprayed colors. I inked a metal frame and stamped on the top in Tim Holtz Distress Ink/Rusty Hinge.

The tickets were free digis from the Scrap-A-Licious blog. I added some decorative tape I purchased from Michaels Arts and Crafts.

Cardstock is Stampin'Up! Crushed Curry and Night of Navy. Also, white cardstock from scraps.

My card is also for the Queen for the Day #162, Jeanne S. This is the card I cased...for the sketch.

I'm entering my card at Through the Craftroom Door challenge blog-Anything Goes
Also, I am entering the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog-Anything Goes

I think that wraps it up for me for the weekend. Unfortunately, we are expecting rain and cooler temps Saturday. Boo Hoo  I wanted to work in my yard. Hope your weekend is full and warmth and pretty sunshine.

In the Kitchen

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Kathy Bradley is bringing us her last challenge for the month of April at CCEE Stampers. The theme is In the Kitchen. Make a card using food, appliances, a whole kitchen scene, utensils-anything that can be found in the kitchen.

I have a Spellbinders Exclusive Dies Collection for Our Daily Bread Designs Apron and Tools die that I'm using for this challenge. I think it is so cute and includes the apron and utensils. I punched holes to run the ribbon through. I've also added a recipe inside. If you would like, here it is:

 Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

 

1 box yellow cake mix
1 box 4 1/4 oz. Instant Chocolate Pudding
8 oz. sour cream
1 cup oil
4 eggs
1/4 cup water
6 oz. chocolate chips

Mix dry ingredients-cut in sour cream

Beat eggs-add oil and water
Mix liquid and dry ingredients
Add chocolate chips

Pour into greased and floured tube or bundt pan
Bake at 325 1 hour to 1 1/4 hours

I don't think I've tried this recipe and don't know where I got it. But, it sounds good. If you try it, give me a report. I believe there are some different recipes out there for this cake.

We hope you'll come over to the CCEE Stampers challenge and play along with us. Just add your card with the inlinkz tool.

My card is entered into the Simon Says Stamp blog challenge-Anything Goes


Recipe for my card:
Stamps-Flourishes/Garden Fresh
Paper-PTI white and kraft cardstock, green and silver cs scraps, Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler cs, The Paper Studio/red gingham, other dp is unknown
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Spellbinders Apron and Tools dies, Stampin'Up! cherry cobbler seam binding, hole punch

Mixed Media

I wanted to try the Mix-Ability challenge on Splitcoaststampers. That's a really fun challenge and Dina Kowal, the hostess, has sooooo many ideas and informative tutorials on mixed media. The challenge for this week can be found here.

This week's challenge is Pop Goes Your Color Wheel! You can use all warm colors with a pop of a cool color or all cool colors with a pop of a warm color. I chose all warm with one cool color..blue.

The colors I'm using came from Tattered Angels glimmer mist/Dragonfly (blue) and Party Pink. Also, I used dylusions ink spray/postbox red and pure sunshine.

Other items used:  BasicGrey flourish corner stamps, pearls, crimper

I also made my card for the Queen for the Day challenge #161. The new queen is Joyce Ann aka AnniePanda. This is the card I chose to case.

Entering the challenge at Little Red Wagon #182 (Crimp my Style) to use a crimper on your project.
I crimped a panel down the right side of my card.

Also, I'm entering the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog-Anything Goes

A Single Rose For You

I'm here to play in the Inspired by Stamping challenge again this week. I love this challenge and have won some wonderful items there. Win or not, it's just fun to play. IBSIC#53 has beautiful colors to use:

 

I love these pretty colors. My papers are Stampin'Up! Rose Red and Baja Breeze along with PTI Kraft and white. I'm afraid my Rose Red turned a bit more red in the photo than the real thing.

 

I used Copic markers: R81-Rose Pink, R85-Rose Red, E87-Fig, and E84-Khaki.

 

The patio chair seats reminded me of circles so that explains why I have them on my card. I used a Fiskars 1/2" circle punch.

 

Stamps used: Inspired by Stamping Vintage Backgrounds for the circles and Beautiful Iris for the sentiment. The rose is from the set, Elegant Flowers. I love that set because it has a lot of images for coloring....something I really like to do. The last post I did was using a rose in that same set. I love it!

 

That's it for me through the weekend. Hope yours is great.



 



A Rose x 3

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This week's CCEE Stampers challenge, given by Kathy Bradley, is to make a card using only gray, pink and white or ivory. I used pink, gray, and white.

The roses by Inspired by Stamping/Elegant Flowers are stamped, colored, cut out, and popped on.
The sentiment is from the same company and is from the Just Because set. I stamped a flourish in TPC Studio Graphite ink. It is from a BasicGrey set/Flourish Corner.

We hope you'll join us this week. Take a peek at the rest of the team's wonderful cards and upload yours using the inlinkz tool. We would love to see your creations.

Holy Night

I'm happy to join the Merry Monday #58 Christmas card challenge this week. This is going to make for a smoother and less hurried Christmas. Plus, Christmas cards are my favorite to make.

This is the sketch we are to use:

 



My image is a digi (listed under my recipe below) and the only coloring was with a gold Copic marker, Y28 Lionel Gold.


I'm also entering this card into the Dirty Dozen Fan Club April Christmas Challenge 2013-We Three Kings. Create a Christmas card with the Three Kings, Wise men, King, Crown or items of 3.

Recipe:
Stamps-Delicious Doodles digi image-We Three Kings, Hot off the Press/Christmas Words-sentiment (using two different stamps)
Paper-PTI white cardstock, Black cardstock/Hobby Lobby, gold paper unknown, silver paper unknown
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black, image computer generated
Accessories-Spellbinders circle and circle scallop nestabilities, Gold Stickles, Gold Copic marker, handmade banners

Queen Bonnie

 

 





Friday was the Queen for the Day challenge #160 on Splitcoaststampers. The new queen is Bonnie aka bon2stamp. She is my friend and blogging pal and I was happy to case a card from her
awesome gallery. It sure has a lot of beautiful CAS cards. This is the card I cased.

I used a wood grain embossing folder and Bonnie used a wood grain stamp for her background. I inked my embossing folder before running the paper through the machine. All the stamps I used were different from hers. I thought my Inspired by Stamping branch image could be used for a tree or branch..how cool.

Of course, I had to add a little bird to mine. :-) I'm sure Bonnie knows I love birds.

Recipe:
Stamps-Inspired by Stamping-Sweet Aviary and Small Fancy Labels 1 (sentiment)
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Rich Cocoa, Stampin'Up! Bermuda Bay
Accessories-Tim Holtz  Alterations Texture Fades woodgrain embossing folder