{RCC70} With Sympathy

 

This week our fabulous Crewmate Andrea Ewen is our hostess with the mostess and she is challenging us to make a sympathy card. 

 

I used one of my PTI sets (they just aren't getting enough use, and I recently bought a bunch more secondhand from Corinna! Ha!). I am not much of a sympathy card maker....it just seems like when you need them is not the time you want to make them! I should really make a stack (or less, that sounds plain morbid!) for when the sad occasion arrises and crafting is the last thing on the list. Anyway, I'm rambling! But I will tell you that I do like botanicals for these kinds of cards (which is completely against my grain...NOT a flower/folliage kinda gal)...this is a great set for that! I stuck with just the grass and left the flowers off....the grass was stamped in Old Olive and the sentiment in the new SU navy...

I added some MFT dienamics and gorgeous vintage seam binding in graphite and natural jute twine from the RC!

 

Check out the Ribbon Carousel Blog to see what my crewmates have created!

{TCPTUES158} Welcome Baby!

Hey there! Today I have for you The Cat's Pajamas Tuesday colour challenge brought to you by the bright & bold cat packer Tori. She always has the BEST colour combos around, so she was a perfect fit for the colour challenges after Sony left the pack. Go check out Tori's blog and you'll see what I mean;)!!
And according to Tori and some celebrity fashionistas, grey is the new black! Grey...gray...grey...is this another Canadian/American thing? I think so! I know all my friends to the south probably think I am some kind of strange in the way that I spell 'colour' but that's actually the right way;) Sorry guys- you have been misspelling it all along..Haha!!!
Anyway- enough with the hijinks...time to get serious with stamping! I got my TCP order a few days ago and I had been itching for this stamp set  'And Baby Makes...' for awhile now, so I couldn't wait to get this big 'ol hippo and her baby inked up! AND.......My good, good friend Miss Mindy Shingoose (not her real name, but the loving moniker I appointed her with) just had her 3rd baby boy!!!! Eeeekk! Another member ordained into my select club (insert evil laugh here).
So here is my card for my hippo friend and her new babe (although she is probably fit as a fiddle again....good genes and all!) Mind- I know you'll see this before I get to see you and Baby J, so think of it as a preview:) I miss you terribly and can't wait to come and visit and give loads of snuggles to the newest lil piggy!

This card is actually kind of funny, as it pretty much incorporates a few of the last bunch of TCP challenges: Baby (TCP 154), buttons (TCP 157) and the colour combo for today:) I used my pinking border die to make a double sided border to go diagnally across the card, and my Button and Button Flowers cutups for all the fun little button-y goodness!

You likey the sentiment?? I used two different phrases from this set, stamping the 'Sweet' in blue ink in between the black 'welcome baby' verse. Just use a little scotch tape over the part you want left out, ink, then simply remove the tape before you stamp! Easy peezy, lemon squeezy!

Come and play along with us this week for your chance to win some cat cash and don't forget about our monthly Swanky Stamper contest for an opportunity of fame and fortune, TCP style! Just link up your creations here.

TCP Products used: Stamp set- And Baby Makes..... , Cut up Dies- Button Flowers, Buttons, and Pinking Border, Divine Twine in Oyster
Other Supplies: bashful blue/ certainly celery CS- SU, xpress blending CS, DP- SU, buttons- SU, grey CS- unknown, Copics, prisma pencil- brown, ink- memento-black; SU- blue, spellbinders oval nesties

Sketch: The Sweet Stop

Happy Mother's Day

Original title- I know;) tee hee! How are you spending mommy's day? I am spending it with my 4 favorite guys- my hubby and 3 lil munchkins! DH made me a yummy brunch- french toast, bacon, eggs, fruit..mmmm! And he cleaned up afterwards and did dishes! I had a lovely, almost uninterupted jet tub and read my book (The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larssen... the 3rd in a fabulous series!), and watched a Scooby Doo movie. And I got in some stampin time...I already had this card made, but I wanted to make my SIL a card too, so I'll post that in a few:) The card I'm showing you today is one that I made for my mama- a very special lady who is my bff too!! Aren't I a lucky duck? And she lives just down the road from me, so I can see her whenever I darn well please...she is my coffee buddy! And she is the world's best grandma to boot!
I loved this image from MFT... the sentiment did me in!

I coloured my flapper doodle and flapper doodle jr with copics, sponged the inside of the oval nestie with memento cantaloupe ink. The flowers are a mix of SU paper daisies and making memories (green assortment) The crystal brads and brown ribbon are SU as well. The dp is KaiserCraft 'Nan's Favorites'. A fun little 6x6 pad with some cute, kitschy patterns:)

The inside mimics the card front. I used the SSS106 for the card layout. Well, I best be spending some more quality time with the fam....hubbers leaves in a few days for the rest of the month on another long hitch:( So I'll likely be licking my wounds and pouting in my stamp room whenever I get the chance- I guess stamping beats emotional eating! lol! Have a happy rest of the day all Mom's out there- We have the toughest, deeply rewarding and MOST important job going!! Never underestimate the importance of being 'just a mom'!!!! Bless all the moms!!

Jenny

Oh, I almost forgot! Here are a few pics of my little ones this morning at our family breakfast!

A Krafty Hop!!

Today Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps is releasing their new APRILstamps!
As you’ve seen over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have AMAZING new stamps for you to play with this month! We have some beautiful FAIRIES just in time for spring, from Annie Rodrigue! There are some more adorable Dress Up Kids from Steven Leary and we have a super fun new set of Krafty Quotes for you as well!!
You will get to see most of the new images while you sit back and enjoy our Krafty Hop! You’ll see all the Krafty Girls, as well as some very special Krafty Guests along the way!! If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available!
You should have 'hopped' on over here from Andrea's blog:)
For my hoppin' card, I chose to use the new Rosabelle (my fav faerie- I love her toad 'stool' hehe!) I used last weeks sketch from the Sweet Stop.


Here is my take on the sketch:

I coloured Rosabelle with my copics and a bit of clear and chocolate spica pens. I used BG's Curio paper, some candy dots, and a recollection silk flower. The CS is Stampin' up for the colours and Taylored Expressions Choice Buttercream. The sentiment on the front comes with Rosabelle and the inside sentiment is from Isabelle.

Up next on the hop is Deb. Head on over to her blog to see what gorgeous creation she has come up with! And then go and get filling your shopping cart at Kraftin' Kimmie's online shop:)