Late Night Stamping

Hello everyone....call me crazy but it's almost 2:00 AM and I'm still up wide awake!!! Two of my Grands are staying with us for a few days...they don't have school till Thursday (teachers work shop days) and since my DS and his wife have a mess to clean up at home after the busted pipes they were glad to spend a few days at Grandmas!! My son got all the pips fixed today so now they can wash clother, dishes, and themselves!!!

I have a friend who will be celebrating an anniversary next week so I made their card tonight...The Lovely Labels frame from Gina K. Designs was stamped onto the Echo Park Be Mine dp with PTI's Fresh Snow ink and embossed with white ep. The sentiment from the same set was embossed with white ep. The background paper is also from Echo Park and the wrinkled seam binding, pink wired lace, button, silver cording, and stick pins finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by...have a great Sunday!!!!!

Belli Challenge and some Exciting News!!!

Good morning everyone!! I have some exciting news this morning...I was asked to be February's Guest Designer for the Color Throwdown Challenge Blog...Whoohoo!!! They always have the most wonderful color challenges and their designers are among the best in the business!!! Thanks, ladies...I am thrilled to stamp with you this month!!!

The colors this week are:
The adorable little Tulip Girl from Cornish Heritage Farms was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with Copics. Sponging and sewing was done around the edges and I used the sketch from the Sweet Sunday Sketch blog. The sentiment is from a retired SU set called Fancy Flexable Phrases and the ribbon, button, and twine finish it off.

Recipe:
Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms
Paper: Whisper White, Prism Tawny Medium, Chocolate Chip, Jenni Bowlin Studio dp
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Nestabilities, Copics, Papertrey Ink Spring Rain Ribbon, Button, Twine

Be sure to check out what the CTD team has created with these colors!!
Barbara
Broni
Cathy
Danielle
Kristin
LeAnne
Laura
Tammy
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Creative Belli Challenge #110

Welcome to another Creative Belli Challenge!! The challenge this two weeks is a fun one....use jewelry on your project!! This can include images that have jewelry on them or use *jewels* such as rhinestones, pearls... some of you might have some old jewelry just waiting to be showcased on a card!!! Be sure to use something old and forgotten from your stash, too...the Belli Challenge is all about using your old stuff and forgotten treasures!!!

The fun image from Gina K.'s Sew Pretty set was paper pieced with Cosmo Cricket Early Bird dp and the same paper was used for the background. I blinged up her jewelry with red rhinestones and the background was sponged with So Saffron. An Early Bird chipboard flower was used with a button and twine, a strip of red grosgrain ribbon with Candy Dots covers the seam in the background, and the sentiment stamped on the banner with Real Red was also from the Sew Pretty set.
Recipe:
Stamps: Gina K. Designs Sew Pretty
Paper: Pure Luxury Ivory, Real red, Cosmo Cricket Early Bird dp
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Real Red
Accessories: Rhinestones, Nestabilities, Chipboard flower, Button, Twine, Candy Dots, EK Success Scalloped Punch, Ribbon, Copics

Be sure to stop by the other Belli Girls blogs to see what they made for you today....you will find lots of awesome ideas!!! If you upload a card to Splitcoast , PCP, Stamp TV or another online gallery be sure to add CBC110 in the keywords section.

Chris Dickinson
Ceal Pritchett
Holly Brown
Anne Harmon
Robin Kirkpatrick
Jessica Stockmeyer
Shelly Schmidt
Maria Matter
Darsie Bruno
Joy Hadden
Robin Parker
Chris Olsen
Mary Marsh
Karen Wallace
Tamara Morton
Beth Norman


Thanks for visiting ...I hope you have a super special day!!!

Something a little Shabby

Good morning everyone...it's almost 1:00 AM and I'm wide awake!! Hope you had a wonderful New Years Day!!! Did you watch a little football and the Rose Parade?? I spent more time watching Oprah's new network...she is going to have some wonderful shows!!! I also spent some time cleaning and organizing...the last couple of weeks have really been hard on my poor old house!! Anyway....after I cleaned up my craft room, I messed it all up again creating this card......

The Featured Stamper challenge on Splitcoast today features the fabulous gallery of Marisa (WhiteRockMama). I chose to case her Verve Release Challenge Sketch card because of the wonderful sentiment and gorgeous colors!! I kept the same basic design with the sentiment as the main image, the butterfly, colors, and the ribbon. I added the frame, buttons, pearls, and dp. The sentiment is from Gina K's Inside and Out set and the butterfly is from Gina K's Hugs and Prayers.The paper is Prima's Annalee and the frame is from Pink Paislee. The pearls, buttons, twine, ribbon, and lace finish it off.

Recipe:
Stamps: Gina K's Hugs and Prayers and Inside and Out
Paper: Vanilla, Melon Mambo, Prima's Annalee dp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Pearl Flourish, Buttons, Twine, Artisan Element Frame, Silk Ribbon, Lace, Sewing Machine, Glitter for the Butterfly

Thanks for visiting .....after church in the morning I hope to work on some fun projects that were ignored during the busy holiday season. Have a wonderful Sunday!! Now I better get to bed before I turn into a pumpkin!!!

Swap Cards

Good morning everyone...I hope you had a great Thanksgiving!! It has taken me 2 days to get back to normal...LOL!!! I have got to get the fall things put away this afternoon and start unpacking the 15 containers of Christmas stuff!! My DD Holly and I are going to a Christmas swap in Georgetown, Texas on December 11 and I have been working on a few designs....I just can't decide on which card to use for the swap. We are to design a card that can be put together in 10 minutes or less and I wanted the card to be flat for mailing.

This card is the flatest.....bling stickers and a Martha Stewart punched snowflake jazz it up a little. A clear Gelly Roll pen adds a little sparkle to the Gina K. snowflakes from The Magic of Christmas set.

The sentiment on this card is from Papertrey Ink's Snowflake Serenade, the red snowflake was made with an EK success Punch, and the pearl finishes it off.

This is my first choice....it's really flat and shiny with the Gelly Roll pen on the snowflakes. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Holiday Button Bits set.

Thanks for stopping by ....I hope you have a great Sunday!!!

Stamp TV's Center Stage Spotlight Alumni Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to another Stamp TV Center Stage Spotlight Alumni Blog Hop...Whoohoo!!! We are all excited to get together so we can share ideas and provide you with lots of inspiration!!! If you have come from Jen's Blog, you are on the right track!! To start at the beginning, please go to StampTV and hop from there. Carolina's challenge to us today is a color challenge:
White or Ivory
Brown
Light Blue (Little Boy Blue, Ocean Mist, or Turquoise Sea)
Yellow (Lemon Drop, Sweet Corn, or Wild Dandelion)

The sweet little duck image from Rupa Shevde's Spring has Sprung set was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Pure Luxury White cardstock and colored with copics. The sentiment is from Gina K's Spring Florals set. The umbrella and the water were both paper pieced with paper scraps and Pure Luxury Little Boy Blue was used for the Scalloped Nesties layer. The ribbon and pearls finishes it off.

Recipe:

Samps: Rupa Shevde's Spring has Sprung and Gina L's Spring Florals

Papers: Pure Luxury White, Pure Luxury Little Boy Blue, Stampin Up! dp

Ink: Bashful Blue for the clouds, Memento Rich cocoa for the sentiment, Memento Tucedo Black for the image and paper piecing

Accessories: Nestabilities, Pearls, Ribbon,

Thanks for joining us today....now hop on over to Joy's Blog for more AWESOME inspiration!!!!

A Study in Green and More Projects for the Church Craft Sale

Good morning everyone!!! I hope all is well with you on this wonderful Friday morning!!! Our church craft sale is Saturday so today we will set everything up. I have been using all my spare time to finish up my cards and other goodies so I haven't cleaned my house or cooked anothing...I'm getting kinda used to carry out...LOL!!! I am going to share more of the cards and projects I made but first I wanted to show you the card I made yesterday for Julia's Ways to Use it Challenge on Splitcoast. We were to use mostly green on our card...... I used six different colors of green ink to create the background and stamp the trees. The colors were sponged on the vanilla cardstock, the script stamp was stamped using water misted on the stamp, and then Perfect Pearls and water was spritzed over the entire area and dried with a heat tool. The trees were then stamped, sewing and distressing were done around the edges, and the sentiment, Prima poinsettias, lace, and ribbon finish it off. All the stamps are from Rubbernecker Stamps.
Recipe:
Stamps: Rubbernecker Pine Trees, Script Background, Sentiment
Paper: Vanilla, Old Olive, Hunter Green
Ink: Ranger Crushed Olive, Pine Needles, Peeled Paint. Stampin Up! True Thyme, Old Olive, and River Rock
Accessories: Prima Poinsettias and leaf, Nestabilities, Ribbon, Sewing Machine, Lace

The script and dove images from Gina K's Blessed is the Season were stamped with Versamark and embossed with white ep. The snowflake and the sentiment were stamped with Night of Navy onto the Bashful Blue cardstock. The snowflake was also stamped on the inside and on the envie, too. The silver ribbon finishes it off.

Recipe:

Stamps: Gina K Designs Blessed is the Season

Paper: Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, White

Ink: Versamark, Night of Navy

Accessories: Nestabilities, Silver Ribbon, White Embossing Powder

My DH loves Crysal Light so we have lots of these containers. I started collecting them a few months ago because I just knew they could be used for something!!! I'm glad I did because they were decorated, filled with candy, and I thought they were to be sold at the craft sale. However, most of them were sold at the church yesterday!!! I guess I better make a lot more for next year...LOL!!!

I used a variety of Christmas papers, ribbons, lace, gold pearls, stamps, and stickers to make these and more that I didn't photograph. The paper was secured on the container with score tape and a tag was attached to the top. This was such a fun project...I might have to start making more of these next week for the 2011 craft sale!!!

Thanks for stopping by....I'll show you more things I made for the craft sale tomorrow......hope you have a great weekend!!!!

Teapot Tuesday and Color Challenge

Hello everyone!!! It's 1:15 AM and I'm still up...yikes!!!! I was watching some of the election results...what an interesting time we live in...ya never know what is going to happen but one thing is a constant....STAMPING!!!! It's wonderful to have a little sanity in all the chaos!!!!
Anyway...I did a little stamping today......I don't know about you but I got confused (which seems to be my natural state these days) with all the Rogers, Rauges, Troys, Treys, and Trans but I did get that the teapotters from Da Mudder's Teapot Tuesday gang were off to the Taj Ma Lodge to turn Hodge Podge into the next designer extrodinare!!! We were to bring something black and white to the teaparty today and make it grand!!!! I used the damask stamp from Stampin Up! Friends 24-7 and added black pearls and a big bad black bow!!! I added the black flower because I smudged the ink in that corner and I just had to add a dark pink rhinestone to the center just to be ornery...don't tell da Mudder!!!!! The destination for the cards today is the parents of Traci (Tracim) who are spending some time away from home and need a little cheering up.
Recipe:
Stamps: Friends 24-7
Paper: White, Black
Ink: Versafine Balck Onyx
Accessories: Pearl Flourish, Black Ribbon, Black Flower, Dark Pink Rhinestone

The Color Challenge on Splitcoast used some beautiful colors; Peach Parfait ~ a lighter shade of pumpkin pie, Cajun Craze ~ a dark rust shade, Early Espresso ~ a much darker chocolate chip, Neutrals of choice. However, I didn't have a single one of those new colors so I had to make this up as I went..LOL!! I also tried Holly's TLC challenge; Embedded Image. I LOVE this technique!!! Everything was going ok until I got to the part about embossing the silhouette image with a darker embossing powder...wouldn't ya know I didn't have anything darker but gold and silver so I used clear. The image just melted into the background like a shadow. Not to be out done by a little embossing, I just stamped the image again with Tangerine Chalk ink and Dusty Durango and left it alone...kinda like the icing on the cake. The stamps are from Gina K. Designs Botanicals set and a little sewing, distressing, lace, and ribbon finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Botanicals by Gina K. Designs
Paper: Dusty Durango, Vanilla, Pure Luxury Chocolate Brown, Me & My Big Ideas dp
Ink: Tangerine Chalk ink, Dusty Durango, Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Button, Twine, Wrinkled Seam Binding, Lace, Nestabilities, Sewing Machine, Clear ep

I'm off to bed now...I can hardly keep my eyes open!!! Have a great day !!!

Girly Girl

Good morning everyone!!! It's Saturday and all is well here in the Ervin household!!! My DH went fishing early this morning so I am home alone...oh what am I going to do....LOL!!! I am going to work on some of the projects for my church craft sale ...I just love making Christmas cards and projects!!!

I love making girly cards, too...isn't this little poodle from Imaginisce adorable!!! It was stamped on Pink Pirouette with Memento Rich Cocoa and embossed with clear ep. The nose, ribbon, and pearls were colored with a copic and it was cutout and popped up with dimensionals. The background medallion from Nina Brackett's Nana's Needlework was stamped with Brilliance Pearlescent Coral and embossed with clear ep. The chipboard button was run across the Pearlescent Coral ink pad and embossed with clear ep twice....the ZVA rhinestone flourish, scalloped paper layer and the ribbon finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Imaginisce, Nina Brackett for Gina K. Designs
Paper: White, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, Imaginisce Girly Girl dp
Ink: Mememto Rich Cocoa, Brilliance Pearlescent Coral
Accessories: Clear EP, EK Success Scalloped Border Punch, Zva Rhinestone Flourish, Copic Marker, Maya Road Chipboard Button, Ribbon

Now I'm off to make Christmas cards....have a great Saturday!!!!

Stamp TV's CSS Alumni Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to another Stamp TV Center Stage Spotlight Alumni Blog Hop...Whoohoo!!! We are all excited to get together so we can share ideas and provide you with lots of inspiration!!! Carolina's challenge to us today is a color challenge:
Orange (Sweet Mango or Pumpkin Spice)
Red (Cranberry Tart, Rocket Red, or Red Hot)
Brown (Chocolate, Tan Leather, Kraft, Soft Sand
ONE Neutral Color from the following: White or Ivory

If you came from Jen's blog, you are on the right track!!! To start at the beginning, please go to StampTV and hop from there.

My card features the beautiful images from Nina Brackett's Hugs and Prayers set. They were stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and embossed with clear ep. The images were then watercolored with Tombow markers. Well, I sure hope the challenge police aren't hopping, too, cause I am out of all things red...yikes!!! I ended up using Wine with Everything for my red....it's a secret so don't tell anyone!!!! I found some brown and orange dp that matched the challenge colors and ribbon with button and twine finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Nina Brackett's Hugs and Prayers
Paper: Watercolor paper, Pure Luxury White, Wine With Everything, Basic Grey dp, 7 Gypsies Avignon dp
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Tombow Markers, Button, Twine, Ribbon, Nestabilities, SU Spiral Punch


Thanks for joining us today....now hop on over to Joy's Blog for more AWESOME inspiration!!!!

Stamp TV's CSS Alumni August Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to another Stamp TV Center Stage Spotlight Alumni Blog Hop...Whoohoo!!! We are all excited to get together so we can share ideas and provide you with lots of inspiration!!! Carolina's challenge to us today is a limited supply: 1 neutral color for the cardbase, 2 different colors of cardstock, 1 patterned paper, 3 buttons, 1 color of ribbon, and many images as you want. If you came from Jen's blog, you are on the right track!!!

I used images from Rupa Shevde's adorable set called Spring has Sprung for both my cards today. Pure Luxury Ivory was used for the cardbase, Baja Breeze and Pure Luxury Chocolate Brown for the 2 colors of cardstock, patterned paper from October Afternoon, 3 buttons were used along with Baja Breeze ribbon...I used the same ribbon for the buttons. It was cut length wise, threaded through the holes, and shreaded the ends.
Recipe:
Stamps: Rupa Shevde's Spring has Sprung
Paper: Pure Luxury Ivory and Chocolate Brown, Baja Breeze, October Afternoon's Farm Fresh
Ink: Baja Breeze, Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: 3 buttons, Ribbon, Nestabilities, Sewing Machine

This one used Pure Luxury Ivory for the cardbase, Pure Luxury Lipstick Red and Pure Luxury Sweet Corn for the two cardstocks, 1 patterned paper from October Afternoon's Farm Fresh, 3 buttons and the yellow ribbon. I used the same ribbon to thread the button and fray the ends.
Recipe:
Stamps: Rups Shevde's Spring has Sprung
Paper: Pure Luxury Sweet Corn, Lipstick Red, and Ivory; October Afternoon's Farm Fresh
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Ribbon, Buttons, Top Note die, Martha Stewart Scallop Punch and leaf punch, SU Flower Dies, Ric Rac die, Copics

Thanks for joining us today....now hop on over to Joy's Blog for more AWESOME inspiration!!!!

Technique Lover's Challenge #286 - Ribbon Butterflies Tutorial

Hello everyone!!! It's my turn to host the TLC challenge on Splitcoast this week and I have a real fun one for ya!!! I bet you have a boat load of ribbon scraps just like mine....let's use them to make something fun!!! My challenge is called *anything but a bow or knot*....that's right....no bows or knots with the ribbons!!! I want you to think of some creative way to use your ribbon scraps!!

I am going to show you how to make some ribbon butterflies which use about 1 1/2 inches of 7/8" ribbon and a little twine or wire.

Wrap the twine around the ribbon piece and tie a knot (this kind of knot is OK...giggle) at the edge, gathering the ribbon in the middle as you tighten the knot.

Tie a double knot to secure and fluff the wings....

Leave about a half inch of the twine for the antennas.

The green polka dot 1 1/2" wide ribbon was used for the flower bases....they were cut with a Stampin Up! flower die and glued to the card over the ribbon stem. The leaves were cut with a die from green grosgrain ribbon and the edges were ruffed up a little. The orange gingham ribbon was gathered with a needle and thread along one of the long edges...I started out with about 3 inches of ribbon and after gathering I sewed the two short side edges together, glued the flowers to the green bottom layer and added the buttons with twine. The sentiment is from Nina Brackett's Elegant Post set.

Recipe:

Stamps: Nina Brackett's Elegant Post

Paper: White, Old Olive, The Paper Studio dp

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Ribbons, Twine, Buttons

Here is another sample using wire and a different shaped butterfly.

This ribbon is 5/8 inches so it was a little easier to work with. Attach the wire the same as the twine and twist the ends to secure.

I curled the antennas on the end of a paint brush for a fun, whimsical look.

The ribbon strip was also gathered with the wire...the ends were left long enough to slip on the button, twist the ends to secure the button, and curl the ends.

The pearl flourish and the sentiment from Rubbernecker's Party Time set finishes it off.

Recipe:

Stamps: Rubbernecker's Party Time

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Mellon Mambo, Kiwi Kiss, Webster's Pages dp

Accessories: Ribbon, Buttons, Copper Wire, Zva Pearl Flourish

I hope you have fun with this challenge.....I can't wait to see what everyone creates!!!

Stamp TV CSS Alumni Blog Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to another Stamp TV Center Stage Spotlight Alumni Blog Hop...Whoohoo!!! We are all excited to get together so we can share ideas and provide you with lots of inspiration!!! Carolina's challenge to us today is to use this sketch:

The van from Rupa Shevde's Are We There Yet? set was stamped with Not Quite Navy onto Ocean Mist cardstock. An aqua pen was used to spread the ink around a bit and then the image was cutout and attached to the circle layers with foam tape. The sentiment was stamped with Not quite Navy on vanilla cs, cutout and run through the cuttlebug with a round Nestie to emboss the right edge. The ribbon, buttons, and twine finish it off.
Recipe:
Stamps: Are We There Yet?
Paper: Old Olive, Not Quite Navy, vanilla, Making Memories Panorama dp
Ink: Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Ribbon, Buttons, Twine, Nestabilities, Aqua Pen, Foam Tape

This will go to my DH when we take a short trip at the end of the month. I always like to tease him by asking "are we there yet?" as soon as we head down the road so I thought this time I would give him the card.....it's better than singing Willie's On the Road Again song which is what my silly husband does to irritate me...LOL!!!!

Thanks for joining us today!!! Hopefully you came from Jennie's blog...wasn't her card AWESOME!!!!!! Now hop on over to Joy's blog for some beautiful inspiration...they both do such fabulous art work!!!!