Babies Galore

After seeing all the wonderful baby cards this weekend baby was on the brain when I saw todays color challenge. Is everyone pregnant?!!LOL! My step sister had a baby this weekend and I think there were annoucements on several blogs I visit that they were expecting! So with baby on the brain I pulled out this retired SU set. I colored the bunny image with copics and prismacolor pencils. I also added some polka dots on the bunnys feet using the colorless blender and embossed the polka dots on the lavender lace layer to match. Im still stuck on using the nesties and sponging. Todays was the first time Ive used SU ink since I didnt have a color to match in chalk ink. I also used Jens sfytt for my layout.

Stamps: A new little someone, polka dot background-SU
Paper: white, barely banana, going gray, lavender lace,
Ink: memento black, barely banana, lavender lace, white craft, copics c1, c3, c5, y00, y11, bv00, bv02, colorless blender
Accessories: prismacolor pencils, gamsol, button, prima, ribbon from Joanns, paper piercer, clear ep, swiss dots ef

Aye Matey Schirmcat

I had a special little someone to meet today so Im just loading my card! My sweet nephew was born this afternoon around 12:30 and hes such a cutie!! (I'll post pics later!) Okay on to the card!LOL! Todays featured stamper is Kelly aka Shirmcat. Congrats Kelly and enjoy your day! I cased Kellys card here. I colored this Matey image last night using the AC dp as my color inspiration and Kellys card was the perfect layout for me to use the dp. I colored the image using copics and prismacolor pencils. I love coloring TGF images! They are so fun! I used my nesties to add versamagic chalk ink. I had to add alot more ink than I wanted to since I got a fingerprint on it!LOL! Doncha love when that happens?!?!


Stamps: Matey-The Greeting Farm
Paper: american craft dp, white, black
Ink: memento black, versamagic wheat chalk ink, copics
Accessories: prismacolor pencils, brads, sanding block, sq nesties

Ctd50 Bathing Beauties

Michelle Zindorf and Kittie I am NOT!!!LOL!! I wanted to play along in the Color throwdown this week. The colors are real red, tempting turquoise, and kiwi kiss. Love these colors!! I pulled out a Rubbernecker image I borrowed from Mama that has yet to see ink! She has probably had it now for 2 yrs and it was feelin unloved so it had to come visit me to get some love!LOL! So after coloring up the ladies using copics I was feelin froggy and decided to try to sponge some sand underneath them! That worked okay so I stamped the itty bitty background image using close to cocoa. That worked too!! Alright!! So I went on to the water....I shoulda stopped at the sand!LOL! I really messed up the water and the more I tried to fix it the worse it got! I used the circle nestie to sponge in my sun. My 8 yr old says "Its fine Mama, it just looks like the water is touchin the sun." Well I decided to finish up the card instead of trashing the image!LOL! For some finishing touches I added some piercing and red brads.

Maybe next time I wont try to make a card after a day full of school clothes shopping with the kids!LOL!!

Stamps: Bathing beauties set of 3-Rubbernecker, SU itty bitty backgrounds
Paper: real red, kiwi kiss, tempting turquoise, white
Ink: memento black, close to cocoa, creamy caramel, summer sun, marigold morning, tempting turquoise, copics
Accessories: circle nesties (for sun), brayer, sponges, red brads, paper piercer, post it notes for masking

Gordon Groundhog

Im diggin this gordon image! Hes too cute! I made this card for my husband. When I saw this image I knew I had to get it. Our anniversary is actually groundhog day!LOL! I colored Gordon using copics and added some texture to his fur and the dirt with my markers. I cut the image out and embossed using nesties. I also sponged a sky using versamagic chalk ink. This is the first time I've done this and I love how it looks!! After you emboss your image just leave it in the die and sponge away! The chalk ink wipes right off your nestie using a baby wipe. I used todays sketch challenge for my layout. I also used some DCWV animal crackers dp that Mama gave me.

Copics used:

e31, e33, e35, e37 (sand)

e55, e57, e59, (Gordon)

w1, w3, w5, w7 (outline and nose)

y17, y38 (hat)

b00, b01, b02 (jeans)

yg11, yg17 (grass)

b21, b24, b29 (flower)

r20, r22(cheeks)

Stamps: Gordon groundhog and diggin ya sentiment
Paper: new leaf, summer sunrise, chocolate, white, dcwv animal crackers dp
Ink: memento black, memento cocoa, versamagic sea breeze, copics, choc chip marker
Accessories: sponge dauber, new leaf twill ribbon, brad, paper piercer, buttons, rectangle nesties

Fs126 Nuts for B-gin-r

Todays featured stamper is Sandra aka B-gin-r. I love Sandra's gallery! Awesome cards! I picked her card here to case. I didnt have the squirrel image she used so I used Sugar nellies Nuts image from the home grown collection. I colored the image using gamsol magic. I changed the dp to MME (no telling how long Ive had this!LOL!) and Coredinations cs. Instead of a circle sentiment I added a prima with a button/brad center. I also used some yummy ribbon I got from Jacksonbelle embellishments. I also remebered to take a pic of the inside of the card. I havent stamped a sentiment on it yet. I like to have a few cards on hand that will just about work for anything that I can add the sentiment later for the occassion.

Hope you all had a great 4th of July yesterday! We celebrated with our family on Friday since Danny and Jessie had to work yesterday. I spent just about all day yesterday playing Guess who with my kids!LOL! Seriously! We were cleaning out their closet and they found my old game and wanted me to show them how to play it. They loved it and we played it like 100 times yesterday!LOL!

Stamps: Nuts-Sugar Nellie
Paper: mme, coredinations cs, white
Ink: versafine onyx
Accessories: prismacolor pencils, gamsol, ribbon from Jacksonbelle, prima, SU button and brad
Techniques: gamsol magic

Feelin Blue

I made this card for todays sketch challenge. I knew I wanted to make another simple card (no coloring) and I knew I needed small images. I went through my $1 stamps thinking this would be a good sketch to finally use all those stamps I had to have b/c they were only a $1 and NEVER use!LOL! Well as I was going through the images this set fell off the shelf. Okay so I can take a hint!LOL! Ive made alot of cards with this set cuz I just love it but I realized I havent done anything with the feelin blue sentiment so I went with it. I stamped the fish onto American craft cs (more from the tropical collection) in versafine onyx ink. After I glued down all the images I still thought it needed something else so I placed some dew drops to look like bubbles. Not so sure if I like the dew drops or not but they are there now!LOL! Hope you are not feelin blue today!

Krafty Saffron Nights By the Sea

I made a SUO card!! The colors for todays challenge are so saffron, night of navy, and kraft. I wanted to make a pretty quick card since I have my neice over today and I didnt want to color an image. (GASP!) Did I just say that out loud!?!LOL!! I pulled out this retired SU set and thought it would be great for todays colors! I stamped the image onto kraft using night of navy. Seriously probably the first time Ive used this pad and Ive probably had it for 3 yrs now!LOL! I even dusted off my hardware for this card. I used Julees mojo93 for my layout.

Stamps: Summer by the sea
Paper: kraft, textured night of navy, saffron prints, white
Ink: night of navy, so saffron
Accessories: kraft taffeta ribbon, dimensionals, pewter hardware