Wedding Congratulations

Good morning everyone!  It's hump day...one day closer to the weekend. 

Todays card is a simple but elegant wedding card I made for one of John's co-workers.  I love the classis black and white and the sparkle of the shimmery white cardstock adds a nice finishing touch to the elegance.

I used my copic markers to color thie image and I'm finally getting the hang of the blending.  It took a while but it's coming along nicely.

Have a great day!

Marvelous - Pumpkin Pie Challenge

Hello everyone!  This is my card for the Weekly Color Challenge.  This weeks color is Pumpkin Pie.  I am definiately not a fan of orange but it goes great with last weeks Old Olive color!  I used my Copic markers to color the flowers and distressed the edges and added a little shading around the edges.

I am almost done with my album for hire and then I can get back to the everyday stamping.  Don't forget May 1st is National Scrapbook Day!  Will you be croppin?

Get Well Wishes - Awash with Flowers

The more I use this set, the more I really like it.  I like how the outline doesn't have to be perfectly lined up with the solid pieces!  You can also use just the solid or outlined images!  there are 18 stamps in this set! Lots of possibilities here!!!

Awash with Flowers will be in the new catalog but you can get it early by emailing me for details or checking out the Stampin Up website from the link above!

Cherish - Color Challenge

Hello everyone!  I hope you had a great weekend.  It was girls night around here and I had four friends over Friday night to crop and spend the night.  We had a little cookout and went right to work cropping the night away!  I did miss stamping though!

My color challenge for this week is Olive Green.  I absolutely love this color as it goes with so many other colors and some you would never even think of!  I chose Barely Banana and Tempting Turquoise!  I love the two step bird punch and use it as often as I can!  This card has alot going on but I love all of the layers!

Enjoy and have a great week!

Hi with some scraps

Hello everyone!  I often take my leftover scraps and put them in a box to save for future use.  I opened my box of scraps and pulled out these two patterned papers (that is about all that was left) and said what can I do with these to make a card.  Here is the final product.  Lots of layers and my favorite Simple Letters from Stampin Up.  The arrow is also a sizzix die and I threw in some old olive ribbon.

Don't throw away those scraps!  Keep them in a box or envelope and pull them out and see what you come up with!

TGIF!!!

Mr. & Mrs. Sketch Challenge

Now that income taxes are behind me that's one less worry to get done so I can get back to the serious business of STAMPING! :)  Todays card was inspired by Karen Giron's weekly sketch challenge.  I really like this sketch as it has a lot of potential!  I chose to do my card in a 4X4 format.  It makes a great size gift card. I love the look of the pink and brown...it's classic!

Check back tomorrow for a card made wth the Awash with Flowers!  It's a great set!

Thinking of You...Monster Style

I made this cute little card for three year old Ethan Roth who is fighting a brain tumor. A member of one of my Stampin Up groups posted his information and requested cards be sent to him.  I thought about what stamps I would use last night but didn't come up with anything.  At 4:00 this morning I woke up and knew a little monster would be a great idea...something he could relate to.  I got out of bed, came up to my craft room and pulled out my Copics I have been putting off using due to lack of learning to use them and made this happy little card.  I think my blending came out pretty well for my first time.  Of course, I had to use "googlie eyes" for the finishing touch! :)

Please keep Ethan and his family in your prayers!