Hope Happens

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 554 - Watercolor those diecuts. I colored some black for my clouds and rain and some pinkish for the top part of the umbrella. This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 345 - CAS-ing HYCCT where I chose the HYCCT1501A - Whatever the Weather. After spending this weekend in the woods with rain I can honestly say RAIN is my least favorite weather for sure. Everything got wet and we got home hoping to spread it out to dry and what is it doing at home, RAINING!!! gggrrr My layout is from today's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 418. Hope you like it. Off to work I go.

RECIPE:
Stamps: SU - Hope Happens, CTMH - Special Friendship 
Paper: white, watercolor, watermelon wonder 
Ink: daffodil delight, Watermelon Wonder 
Accessories: dimensionals, twine, watercolors, Tim Holtz Rays, spellbinders Umbrella die, SNS Clouds die 
Techniques: watercoloring, watercoloring dies, sponging 

Curly Senitments

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 386 - Dust It Off, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 396 and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 386 - Primrose Summer Breeze.
WOW talk about dust!! I bout threw myself in a asthma attach getting out my Close To My Heart sets. I went crazy years ago when I was 1st introduced to that company. I love their sentiments but had to put them in a drawer. Well with me "out of sight, out of mind". I also dusted of some ribbon that I bought about 6 months ago and never have used as well as my Martha Stewart Diamond Fence punch that has not seen love in awhile. I embossed the baja breeze panel with The Paper Studio's Script embossing folder.
Hope you like it
RECIPE:
Stamps: Curly Sentiments - CTMH
Paper: white, baja breeze, primrose petals
Ink: primrose petals
Accessories: MS Diamond Fence, TPS Script EF, Ribbon, Dimensionals
Techniques: dry embossing, 3D

Summertime

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 375,
Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 365 - Very Wild Bride, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 367 - One Color-No Color.
I have not used this set since I got it from Close To My Heart years ago. I stamped the image in wild wasabi on vanilla cs.
My dp is from DCWV Garden Party. I used one of my new Nesties as a matt for my focal image. I added some stickles to flowers in the image.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Summertime - CTMH
Paper: vanilla, DCWV dp
Ink: wild wasabi
Accessories: Nesites, dimensionals, stickles

Wrinkled Free Distressed Happy Birthday

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 362 - Bountiful Borders. I used my Martha Stewart Lattice Border on both sides of my white cs to make a lattice topper for my distressed layer below.
My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 372. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 362 - Night of Blue Cakes.
My distressed panel underneath the white lattice layer is for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 374 - Wrinkle Free Distress. I used the 3 color challenge coordinating markers for my distressed panel, misted then dryed with my heat gun.
On the lattice panel I punched some MS Ferns & butterflies from the remainder of my distressed sheet.
My bashful blue base panel was embossed using Sizzix Brickwall embossing folder inked with night of navy on the negative side.
Now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Happy Birthday - CTMH
Paper: white, bashful blue
Ink: bashful blue, night of navy, crumb cake
Accessories: MS Lattice Border, MS Fern, MS Butterfly, Sizzix Brickwall,
Techniques: wrinkle free distress, cuttlebug the negative effect

Garden Silhouette Dreams

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 372; Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 362 - Night Blue Cakes; and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 364 - Wrinkle Free Distress. NOW how in the world could I resist using all 3 of these together? I couldn't. LOL.
God has been so good to me all of my life and so many times I have failed to thank him for bringing me through the rough and trying times so I made this to give to someone to remind them HE is always there to listen and give us the strength needed to face anything.
I used my SU color challenge matching markers on wax paper, misted then layed some white cs on top and heated to dry it the stamped the Garden Silhouette image and Close to My Heart sentiment from "Follow Your Dreams" in Night of Navy. I used my white jel pen randomly on the image. I used bashful blue and crumb cake cs as matts.
I punched a Marvy Oval Scallop in bashful blue cs and stamped the rest of the sentiment in night of navy.
I LOVE how this turned out and hope you do too.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Garden Silhouette - SU; Follow Your Dreams - CTMH
Paper: white, bashful blue, crumb cake
Ink: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Marvy oval scallop punch
Techniques: wrinkle free distress

The Gift Of Love

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 367.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 357 - Blushing Red Breezes.
Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 359 - The Best of 2011 was to choose a TLC from last year. This time I chose TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 325 - Paper Buttons which was an absolute blast to do then and still. I punched 10 hearts using my Martha Stewart Heart punch glued 5 together and ended up with 2 heart stacks. I used my crop-a-dile to punch my button holes then tied some white hemp in a bow through the holes then ran some white hemp across the width of my card.
I embossed the blushing bride panel with cuttlebugs Heart embossing folder. The dp I used is so old I have no idea what the name of it is but I got it at Michaels. My sentiment is from a set from Close To My Heart called THE GIFT OF LOVE and it is stamped in baja breeze.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: The Gift Of Love - CTMH
Paper: white, blushing bride, riding hood red, baja breeze, dp?
Ink: baja breeze
Accessories: hemp, CB Hearts, MS Heart Punch, crop-a-dile,
Techniques: dry emboss, 3d, paper buttons

CAS of Moments

This is for:

today's FREE 4 ALL CHALLENGE # 68 - Tired, Poor, Neglected Stamps,

today's QUEEN FOR THE DAY # 64 - Shadow's Mom where I chose her darling THREE BUTTERFLIES to CASE changing the color, layout just a bit and theme,

Wednesday's SKETCH CHALENGE # 336,

Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 326 - Regal Pink Mambo, and

Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 328 - Decorated Envie.

I have been in Boston all week and drooling over these challenges wishin' I was home so I could play along too (insert pout).
The stamp set I used is not wanted I had in mind to use today but it has NEVER seen ink and I just had to have it from Close To My Heart years ago. Sadly enough it has been in the draw I store them in since I brought it home.
I used my Martha Stewart "Diamond Fence" punch with Pink Pirouette cs and punched out the butterflies in Melon Mambo and Regal Rose cs then placed a small gem in the center.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Moments - CTMH
Paper: white, melon mambo, pink pirouette, regal rose
Ink: melon mambo
Accessories: MS Diamond Fence & Butterfly punch, diamond gems
Techniques: CAS

The Gift of Love

MIL had her skin removed from her thigh and grafted on her arm Tuesday. The docs say it went well, she says it hurts like all get out. They are hopeful of coming home today. I wanted to stamp Tuesday and the color challenge was not up and I had to be at work early so no stamping for me until this morning so I did my usual and piled them alll together. LOL. This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE - Very Bravo Kraft and Monday's TECHNQIUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Paper Towel Flowers. I used 1 drop at a time to get varigated shades of burgandy coloring. I love this color. I also used a bit more glimmer mist this time and this one really sparkles, I love me some glitter and shine. My flower is held together and attached to the focal panel by a vanilla lg brad. My sentiment is from Close to My Heart and is stamped in bravo burgandy. I doodled around the edges. The dp is some Shannon gave me and I know it is from basic gray paper line but not sure which stack it came from, sorry. But it does match burgandy great ... bravo.. LOL. Have a great stampin' day all.
RECIPE:
Stamps: The Gift Of Love - CTMH
Paper: kraft, vanilla, bravo burgandy, basic gray dp
Ink: bravo burgandy
Accessories: brad, glimmer mist
Techniques: Paper Towel Flower

Inspired Little Trucks

This is for today's INSPIRATION CHALLENGE - Posters.com. We have birthdays for a grandson this month and granddaughter next month and I found tooo many posters that just screamed "oh yeh, I'm the one", teehee. I finally decided to start with the most current upcoming day for Brayden who will be 6. Man where does this time go, she just had him a last year didn't she? I found my inspiration for this little cutie from DIGGER. Anyway, there have only been a couple of previous sets from SU when I started that I soooo wanted and this Little Truck set and Wild Wild West were 2 of them I just can not seem to get but I did get some really nice SCSer's to share some images with me. I love this site. Such really nice people on here, thanks Kelly for these images. I am also more than willing to share images from those that I have purchased if I have any that anyone wants, just pm me.
My image was stamped in black on white cs. I colored it with copic markers and attached some google eyes. Brayden will love that. I used today's layout from UNSCRIPTED SKETCHES. I drug out some textured CS I have been hoarding and used it for my base. The dp layer is from DCWV's glittery Citrus mat stack. The entire layer 2, with the focal image on it, is popped up. The vertical sentiment is from Close To My Heart's Happy Birthday Set. Oh I hope he likes this. Now the hard part, what to get him!!
RECIPE:

Stamps: Little Trucks, CTMH - Happy Birthday

Paper: Non su textured CS, DCWV Glitter Citrus Mat Pack

Ink: black

Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals

Out West CASE

I was so happy to see a cyber friend of mine featured to. Stacy is just a sweet person. YAH STACY!!. When I first meet her on this site she was uploading a set from CTMH that of course I just had to buy. So this is for today's FEATURED STAMPER - Twinshappy (aka Stacy). She taunted me with her uploads of this set until I broke and bought it so I thought it only fitting to use it today as a tribute and reminder. I chose her GIDDY UP card to CASE. I used the same style of paper but changed the colors, I also changed the layout by using Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE and punched some daisies instead of using primas. I left of the hardware and ribbon bc I could not figure out how to incorporate them. I embossed the boots & hat with pixie pink craft ink using super fine embossing powder. Then I colored the bottom of the boots and hat with a copic marker. The corner was stamped with Pixie pink on green galore. The hat is cut out and popped up. I am still loving this set.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Out West - Close To My Heart STamps
Paper: Making Memories dp, Green Galore, Pixie Pink
Ink: Pixie Pink Craft, Pixie Pink
Accessories: Super Fine EP, Heat Gun,
Techniques: Heat Emboss

Crimped Cupcake Sprinkles Envelope Card

I had to work 11pm-7am after 2 hrs sleep again last night and working all day. I probably should not have stamped today but I did so this is for COLOR CHALLENGE - Pink Chocolate Kiwi and I made another for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Crimped Envelope Pocket Card. I saw some samples in the gallery Monday and was so inspired to try my hand at it cutting the center out. I used some clear acetate over the opening. I used my brand new Close To My Heart set called Cupcake Sprinkles. I decided to not sponge the edges of the outside or inside tday. I just am not at all happy with this today but I made it so I loaded it.
REICPE:
Stamps: Cupcake Sprinkles - CTMH
Paper: vanilla, choc chip, pink passion
Ink: pink passion, old olive, choc chip
Accessories: Nestie Labels 1
Techniques: Crimped Envelope Pocket Card

Nature Silhouette HB

Happy Sunday all. I made this for today's FEATURED STAMPER - K Dunbrook. I picked her HAPPY ANNIVERSARY card to CASE. I just loved the colors she used and it is perfect with a silhouette image as well. I just happened to have some new rubbah needin' lovin' and so I changed the layout, left off the CB layer, paper piercing, ribbon, and brads. I used basic gray for my ink and a HB sentiment from Close To My Heart's "Happy Birthday" set that I just dearly love how it swirls. I have a cousin how is a deer hunter but has a hard time finding one so on this card I punched out 2 birds. One black and one white. I adhered them just off a bit and dotted an eye on the white one then folded the wings up just a bit. It looks like the deer is looking at the bird and I think he will like this or at least I hope he will.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Nature Silhouettes - SU, Happy Birthday (CTMH)
Paper: white, black, River rock
Ink: basic black, basic gray
Accessories: MS Dove Punch
Techniques: distress sponging

LOVE QUOTES

This is for today's INSPIRATION CHALLENGE - Hunkydoryhome, Friday's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE -Say What You Feel, Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE - Embellishment Pile Up, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE, and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLNEGE - Creamy Cameo Olives. Whoo hoo. I loved all the polka dots on this website. I used some of MME dp and Old Olive pattern paper. I colored my stacked primas with SU markers attached them together with a cameo coral brad and glued some MS fern punches of old olive under them. My stacked butterflies are creamy caramel and cameo coral attached in the center and the wings folded up on the top. I applied some stickles. I sponged the sentiment layer with creamy caramel and stamped in cameo coral. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Love Quotes - CTMH
Paper: cameo coral, white, creamy caramel, old olive pattern paper
Ink: cameo coral, creamy caramel
Accessories: Primas, brad, MS fern punch, MS butterfly punch
Techniques: distress sponging

Happy Birthday

Well the challenge was not up before I had to go to work but that is OK bc I had to come home to sleep so I can go back and work 11p-7am. eekkk. I am not a night person. I need prayers to stay awake. Anyway I came home, can't sleep, so this is for today's LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE - No More Dec Holiday Cards. I used Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE for my layout and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE - So Coral Opulence for my color combo. I also used my brand new stamp I got Tuesday night from my dear sweet grandbaby Brayden. Alana and Madison love to "Stampin' UP" as much as her mama and Nana. LOL. They are so funny when they 1st started saying that. In his honor I used this stamp today to make a non december Birthday card with no reds or greens in it.LOL. The saffron layer was stamped with the star background image using cameo coral ink. The senitment is from 2 different stamps in the Close To My Heart set called Birthday Greetings. I stamped the image 2 times and cut the stars, banner and party hats out to pop them up. I turned the banner around so you could see more of the swirl and wrote Happy with a marker. I also applied stickles to the big stars and the small ones on the hats. I hope he likes it bc his birthday is in July and he just might see it again. sshhh it's a secret. Hope everyone traveling has safe travels this weekend.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Classic Backgrounds, Birthday Sentiments (CTMH), Birthday Party Stamp,
Paper: White, so saffron, cameo coral, orchid opulence
Ink: cameo coral, orchid opulence, black brilliance
Accessories: ribbon, stickles, dimensionals
Techniques: 3d

Out West CASEing

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE - Certainly Pacific Gray. I also combined this with Sunday's FEATURED STAMPER - Wendybell since I had to work 12hr in ICU and was not able to play. Wendy is such a dear and I would not miss getting to CASE her for nothing. I chose her HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD and combined it with one from last week that I also still wanted to CASE from Becca's Gallery CHARMING GARDENER. I just had to have this set from CTMH when I 1st saw it thanks to twinshappy and I think I have used it 2 times until today. Dusted it off and stamped it in Night Of Navy craft ink on white x 2 then heat embossed with holographic EP, then I colored over the embossing with Night of Navy marker. I cut one of them out and popped it up. The sentiment is from Curvy Verses and stamped in certainly celery. I used my gray marker to put a thin line of shading around the bottom boot.Tied celery ribbon to cover the seam line. The dp is some form a pack of My Minds Eye. Hope you like it. I will have to comment tonight after work on everyone elses project as I have been called in AGAIN to work a nursing area.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Curvy Verses, Out West - CTMH
Paper: Night of Navy, MME dp, whtie
Ink: night of navy craft ink, certainly celery, basic gray
Accessories: holographic embossing powder, ribbon
Techniques: Heat Emboss, 3D

PAW PRINT

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Faux Embossing combined with today's MO JO MONDAY - Sketch. I just got this set a couple of weeks ago from Close To My Heart and have been dying to get it dirty. This is several cat images. When I went to make this I realized there is no paw print so I had to use one that I had picked up a long time ago at Wal Mart. It is definitely bigger than I wanted but it was all I had. :( The cat image was stamped in vanilla then really rust. I doodled on the vanilla circle and used my white jel pen on the black circle scallop layer.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Paw Prints - CTMH
Paper: rust, black, orange, vanilla
Ink: really rust, vanilla craft ink
Accessories: white jel pen, Giga scallop circle, fiskars circles
Techniques: Faux Embossing

Matey's Treasure Map

I have seen some really kewl creations from this sketch and just got inspired to come home and hit the craft desk again until I liked this sketch. Well I think I did. At least I like this one better than my 1st attempt anyway.This is the Mateys' Map Jumbo wheel rolled in Close to Cocoa on vanilla CS. The sentiment is from Close to My Heart's Treasures of the Heart set which I purchased especially for this sentiment to go with Ahoy Matey set. Not being a great fan of square cards and seeing many examples of others who extended the squared image to fit the regular 4 1/4 X 5 3/4 card I made a 2nd attempt at today's SKETCH CHALLENGE. After rolling the wheel I trimmed the image to 1 1/4 squares and placed them on the light brown cs left end. The sentiment is popped up on dimensionals and matted on light brown cs which is then matted on vanilla CS 5 3/4 X 4 1/4. I layered some vanilla ribbon and tied a knot in the center. I will give this to one of my close friends who is always there in time of need.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Matey's Map Jumbo Wheel, CTMH Treasures of the Heart
Paper: Vanilla, Light Brown
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Ribbon, Square Scallop Giga Punch

Spotlight Happy Birthday

I had a wonderful Memorial Day, both my girls came over with all of thier children and we did the chillin' and grillin' thing. Jessie grilled us up some wonderful bergers, hot dogs, and sausage and I fixed some English Pea Salad, french fries and baked beans. THEN we got in the pool for the 1st time this year. I am a little red but it was fun. Even little Jaylen got his feet wet, he didn't like it but he will grow to love it just like the others did. His mom still could not get in yet so that was a bumber but she will be able to. He is only 2 weeks old after all. Now onto todays project which I did after everyone had left.
This is for today's TECHNQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Take Three. We were to back up to 1-10 on the TLC, CC, & SC and pick one from each challenge.I chose to use the TLC06 - Spotlight for my technique choice, CC06-Rose Red & Choc Chip for my color combo. and SC09for my layout.My image is stamped in chocolate chip on white then inked using the SU Markers Rose Red & Certainly Celery then stamped and framed using Making Memories tags. The sentiment is from Close To My Heart and stamped in rose red on white then matted on rose red.

RECIPE;
Stamps: Pretty Petals, CTMH Happy Birthday
Paper: choc chip, rose red, white
Ink: rose red, choc chip, certainly celery
Accessories: Making Memories frame and tags
Techniques: Spotlght

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

HB BUTTERFLY

This is my very 1st 6in1 challenge card. WhooHoo.Today's FEATURED STAMPER - dawnsing. My inspiration came from Dawn's JUMBO BUTTERFLY.Friday's LIMITED SUPPLY - Alphabets.Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT - Inchies.Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE.Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE.Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE - Embossed watercolor.I inked the butterfly 2 times on watercolor paper using choc chip craft ink then embossed with clear detail EP. The alphabet "H" is from CTMH "Typeset Alpah" stamped using ruby red on white and cut out matted on a 1 inch circle punch of pumkin pie. The remainder of the sentiment is from "SU - It's your birthday" in ruby red. I stamped the "to you" from CTMH - Happy Birthday" in ruby red and cut it out using the word window punch. The butterflies were colored using SU watercolor crayons then I applied stickles on the butterfly for bling.

RECIPE:
Stamps: It's Your Birthday, Happy Birthday - CTMH, Butterfly
Paper: pumpkin pie, ruby red, soft sky pattern print
Ink: ruby red, choc chip craft ink
Accessories: watercolor crayone, clear detail EP, glitter glue
Techniques: Watercolor, heat Emboss