Mona Lisa Moments

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE - Certainly Cocoa Blossoms. Not a lot of time this morning. I have to go to Shannons to keep her 3 kids while she goes to work, YEH! They are such fun. Anyway I used a new to me stamp set I picked up at CHA from Cornish Heritage Farms called Mona Lisa Moments. I also made my own background with an image that I forgot to look at the name of the set from. It is one of my SU sets I think, "Old Timers" kicking in again. I put some stickles in the centers. I punched then sponged some layered daisies then secured them with a brad and matted on top of a punched scalloped circle. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Mona Lisa Moments
Paper: Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral, white, Close to Cocoa
Ink: cameo coral, certainly celery
Accessories: ribbon, daisy punchess, scalloped circle punch, brad, ribbon
Techniques: sponging

Ocean Friends Checking In

Well my FIL went through his surgery just fantastic Thursday. He will be coming home later this morning. He was sitting up eating about 2 hrs after he got back to his room. Jessie stayed with him and they walked the hall last night and he had a pain free walk. He fell a few months ago getting out of bed and weeks later still in pain gave up and went to the doc. Xrays showed not only does he have curvature of the spine which I already knew but he had a fractured a vertabrea and compressed some disc in his back. Ouch!! He was offered pain meds and see if it gets better verses surgery and opted to go with meds. 2 weeks after his visit he was calling the doc back begging for surgery but his 3 wk appointment was the earliest he could be seen. It will be so good to see him able to work and walk without hurting. He is 76yrs old and still works at his furniture covering business in his back yard shop. That business was started by his father and has been going on for many, many yrs. I am afraid it will end with him unless his daughter decides to become interested in it and take it over. Jessie's brother surely has no interest in the family business and Jessie's career is in nursing for 31yrs. When he retires he says he is going to be a fishing charter Captain.

Oh well on to today's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE - Shed the Layers. I was able to play with a set that my sweet daughter (e3stamper) left with me while she and her family are gone to PC for the weekend where her FIL lives. It is a darling ocean set of all sorts of sea life. I sponged the bottom with creamy caramel and above that with cool carribean. The images were stamped with black and I masked the angel fish and seahorse images to stamp the seaweeds. I applied a google eye to the fish and seahorse All images were colored with copics. I applied some stickles to the bubbles, star fish and the coral.
RECIPE: Stamps: Ocean Friends - Cornish Heritage Farms Kim Hughes Collection
Paper: white
Ink: black, cool carribean, creamy caramel
Accessories: google eyes, stickles.
Techniques: masking

Just Buzzin' By for a Kleenex

OK so today I am so tired from working all week and then I get out in the yard for 2hrs last night working on the walkway to the pool and helping dh get ready to build my pool deck and get overheated. I kept saying "OK I need to stop" but kept right on working. Not a smart move:( When I did get inside I was red as a beet and so nauseated. Jessie made me lie down with a cool cloth on my head and glass of water. My mind must have gotten fried because this morning when I read the title of the IC Kleenex all I could see was that bee from the Nasonex ad and hear his voice (ooh how I just love that accent) so this may be stretching it a bit but I have had this set for ever and soooo wanted to use it. The colors on the box under Holiday Penguins were part of my inspiration as well so if it is allowed this is for today's INSPIRATION CHALLENGE - Kleenex. For my layout I am using today's SKETCH SATURDAY # 48. I love this layout, so fun to work with. I cut out then embossed my image layer and matt using nesties circles and scallop circles then stamped the bee hive in black brilliance and colored it with copics. I stamped the chicken wire background (bc it is as close as I could get to honey comb) in black on white then chaulked it. I used my Fiskars scallop with holes border punch. The popped up bee was stamped in black, colored with copics and cut out. I did all 3 of the bees from this set and since you only see 1 of them you are correct if you are thinking I must have not cut the other 2 out. Gess I love cutting but that one was so much of a pain and my carpal tunnel started acting up so I stopped with the 1. He is MIGHTY BEE, and he can make all the honey anyone could want. LOL. Have a great weekend.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Just Buzzin' By, SU, Chicken Wire Background - CHF
Paper: non SU black, white, yellow
Ink: black brilliance
Accessories: copics, Fiskars scallop border with holes punch, Stickles

7in1 Get Well Turtle Bag

Well here is my very 1st 7in1. This project uses every day's challenge from this week. Today's FEATURED STAMPER - Peanutbee.Saturday's INSPIRATION CHALLENGE (love the greens].Friday's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE - Trade off Hardware for Stamps.Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT - Masculine.Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE.Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE.Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Double Pocket Bag. I needed 1 more of these double pocket bags in a get well bag that a man might enjoy. I enjoyed looking through Denise' gallery and finally decided on her THINKING OF SHELLY. I do not have that image so I used my Inky Antics Turtle stamped and then colored using Prismacolor pencils blended w/gamsol. I had to handwrite the sentiment. I also changed the layout and colors. I will fill this with cough drops and travel pack of tissues.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Inky Antics Turtle, Cornish Heritage Farms Hinges
Paper: Memory Block Inspirations, Night of Navy, Certainly Celery Printed Paper, white
Ink: Certainly celery, night of navy, Brilliance black , versa mark
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, blending stumps, gamsol, Adirondack Denim EP, Heat Gun, Ribbon
Techniques: Gamsol Magic, Heat Emboss

6in1 HB Mr. Sealife Double Pocket Bag

Oh Wow I have to tell you about last night. I started pm's with a SCS several months ago and found that she along with 3 other co-workers did this annual "STAMP RETREAT TO THE BEACH" and would be coming near me in May. So plans set up and followed through last night. We meet at Austin's Cattle Club in Valdosta for a mea then shopping. You can not get 6 stampers together without scoping out the scrapbook/craft stores. LOL. We hit Michaels and Hobby Lobby both. We all had such a wonderful time. Sad news is I forgot my camera, then on the way home the lights came on that my cell phone has a camera. :( . Oh well I have my memories and we discussed the possibility of meeting in Macon one weekend for a short get together so I will make sure I am prepared next time, unless I forget! OK onto today's project.
I just can not make enough of these kewl bags. I love them and so in an attempt to remain "Queen" I have all 6 challenges for this week in this little bag. Today's INSPIRATION CHALLENGE (love the greens].Friday's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE - Trade off Hardware for Stamps.Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT - Masculine.Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE.Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE.Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Double Pocket Bag. The image is stamped with my new Archival Black pad (love it) then colored with certainly celery and bashbful blue SU markers. I matted that on Night of Navy CS then stamped the sentiment from CTMH Happy Birthday on celery in NON. I stamped the hinges from Cornish Heritage Farms in versa mark and applied ranger Black detail EP, heat set and cut them out.
RECIPE:
Stamps: H&M Sealife, CTMH Happy Birthday, CHF Hinges
Paper: Night of Navy, Certainly Celery, White, Memory Box dp
Ink: Certainly celery, night of navy, black archival
Accessories: ribbon, Ranger Black Detail Embossing Powder, heat gun, versamark
Techniques: Double Pocket Card, Heat Embossing

Inspiring Cow Parade

This is for today's INSPIRATION CHALLENGE - Cow Parade and Friday's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE -DIY DP. Todays' Inspiration was to come from some really cute Cow Parade Collextibles. I was inspired by the COW-MOO-FLAGE. Clarabelle from High Hopes was not in favor of wearing Mr.Roosters head for an ornament today so I hand drew cow spots on Mr.Rooster instead. He is stamped 3 times, colored using Prismacolor Pencils then blended w/gamsol, cut out the head and lower wing then popped them up at different heights. I put stickles around the edge of the head and feathers. The cow spot background was made by High Hopes Cow Spots stamped in black. It is so cute I hated to cover it up with this large image. The sentiment for the rooster was hand written and the HB sentiment is from CTMH Happy Birthday, I wrote the 2 and the Moo is from High Hopes.
RECIPE:
Stamps: HIgh Hopes Cow Spots & Moo, CHF Mr.Rooster, CTMH Happy Birthday
Paper: non su
Ink: Black
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol, Stickles
Techniques: Gamsol Blending

Sketch & Color Combo "Chicken on You"

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE. The rooster is from Cornish Heritage Farms stamped in Black Stazon then colored w/prismacolor pencils and blended w/gamsol and matted on real red. The sentiment is from Hambo and stamped in ballet blue on appricot appeal. Edges were distressed w/real red then matted on rr and a paper knot in the corner. Ballet blue stip for layer 2. Card base is appricot appeal stamped w/Chicken Wire background in black and matted on real red. Hope you like it.

RECIPE:
Stamps: CHF Rooster, Hambo Chicken on You
Paper: Real REd, Ballet Blue, Appricot Appeal
Ink: Ballet Blue, Real Red, Black, Black Stazon
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol
Techniques: Gamsol Magic, Distressed edges

CHF Christmas Cardinal

YeePee. I placed an order from Cornish Heritage Farms Saturday and it came today. I have never ordered and received that quick. WOW. Here is the main image I wanted. I have been drooling over the retired SU Set Christmas Cardinal and this image is close to the one in it.

I stamped the image in Black Stazon on white cardstock. Then I colored it with Prisma pencils and blended with gamsol. I applied red glitter glue to the outer edges and head of the bird. placed brads in the 4 corners and matted image on red and green paper from the Wal Mart Holdiay Greetings Designer Paper which was also used to make the background. I really like how this turned out and I LOVE this image.