Sweet Sunday

Here's another card for me today. This one is for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge (SSSC109) and the Color Throwdown Challenge (CTD133).   The label is from GinaK Designs Lovely Labels 2 which coordinate with Spellbinder Nestabilities Labels; in this case Labels 14. I am really happy I purchased this set~ I find myself using it all the time.

Stamps: Lovely Labels 2 (GinaK Designs), Spring Mini (Inkadinkado)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi (SU!), Latte Matstack (DCWV)
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, More Mustard (SU!)
Accessories: Elegant Eggplant Ribbon, Sheer Ribbon (Horizon Fabrics), Small oval punch (SU!), Labels 14 (Spellbinders), Leaf Stamp & Punch (MS), Yellow Glitter Glue (Studio g).

Thanks for looking!

Marilyn

Button, Button

I just love the newer sewing theme trend in card making & scrap-booking.  This week on the Moxie Fab, the Trigger Tuesday was this cute napkin holder.

As you can see, I took a pretty literal interpretation with this challenge. Here's the link to Moxie Fab blog's Trigger Tuesday challenge.   It's a great blog- lots of fun, trendy stuff! I got my button card from The Graphics Fairy; what a great place for free vintage clip art.

 About my card~ I printed the button card from The Graphics Fairy on Neenah white cardstock & distressed it using SU! Crumb Cake and Ranger's pumice stone distress ink & then put it on a base of the same Neenah cardstock. Using white thread a straight stitched frame was made on SU! Crumb Cake cardstock. Most of the buttons were from my stash except the flower button in the bottom right is from SU!. The paper flowers are from Oriental Trading; the centers are Paper Studio's pearl brads plus one filigree brad from SU. The base is Gina K 120# pure luxury card stock.

Hope you have a great Sunday and week! Thanks for stopping by!

Marilyn

Happy St. Patty's Day

Life has been crazy busy and full, but oh, so wonderful. Only one exception, I haven't had a lot of studio time. Here's a little glimpse - Both of my daughters have been home on Spring break, but they did not have the same week off. So for the past two weeks, we've been blessed with one of "the girls" being home. My work has been very busy, but I absolutely love my new job (new as of October). I get excited about going to work & I haven't said that in a very long time. Anyway, I doubt you came here to listen to that, so here's a card from me...finally. :)

This was made for the Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use it challenge (WT314) where Kim Hughes {don't ya just lover her?!} challenged us to incorporate a smile in a card. I used Lucinda Handwriting font in green to generate the Irish blessing about smiles. The smiling leprechaun from the SU! set "Pinch Proof" seemed to fit perfectly too. I used some of my retired SU! Green Galore and Glorious Green cardstock with the Doodlebug DP called "Grasshopper Plaid". I'm almost out of Green Galore & to be perfectly honest, my heart isn't breaking. It was a challenging color to work with but it seemed just right for today. The ribbon was a little steal from Target's $1 bin where I got a pack of 5 yards of 5 different brightly colored stitched ribbon (1 yard each). The corners were punched with Marvy's scalloped corner punch.

Have a blessed St. Patrick's Day!

Marilyn

Masculine Birthday

Today over on SCS, the Featured Stamper is Neva (FS213). Neva is one of the nicest folks around and she has an amazing ability to combine numerous challenges. Big shout out for Neva! Since DH needed a card for a friend, I chose one of Neva's masculine cards and cased it. I changed the orientation, the theme from tools to baseball, colors, and background; kept the same layout with sentiment in the middle and cutout around it. Hope you like it!
Supplies:
Paper: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Soft Suede (SU)
Stamps: Sporting Goods (SU), sentiment- SU
Ink: Real Red, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Long Rectangles, Spritzer tool.

Life is Sew Wonderful....

Another VSN challenge card...for the 10pm EST (9pm CST) Friday challenge (FEB11VSNE) to incorporate a red dress in your card in honor of women's heart health. I come from a lineage of women whose major health risk factor is cardiac and vascular disease, so how could I not play?! Plus it gave me a chance to use on of my favorite stamps called 'Make it Yours' by Hero Arts.

Stamp: (Make it Yours) Hero Arts
Paper: Real Red, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, retired DSP -Autumn Meadows (SU), DP- Material Girl (Cosmo Cricket- I couldn't resist this paper...seriously, I am running out of room in my studio!)

Ink: Barn Door (Ranger distress ink)

Accessories: Twine (sei), buttons (stash), scallop punch, 1/16 circle punch SU)

You Make My Heart Sing!

You Make My Hear Sing is the theme to the latest Splitcoaststamper's Virtual Stamp Night otherwise know as VSN. I LOVE VSN!! But I don't always get to play. A card challenge every hour starting Friday evening from 5PM (CST) until 9PM, picking back up on Saturday at 12noon & going until 10PM; well that is quite a commitment. I've done it before...twice, but this weekend I only had time for a few cards.  This card was for the Friday night 7pm (8pm EST) challenge called Sing, Sing, Sing where a bird was to be incorporated in your card. I just recently purchased this little gal..the "Pure Innocence" girl. I think this line is so cute & since I have two daughters away at college, these images make perfect cards just to say 'hello'.

Supplies:
Image: You're So Tweet (Pure Innocence- MFT)
Paper: White (Gina K pure luxury 120#- my favorite for card base b/c it is so smooth and heavy); Real Red, Only Orange, DSP-retired Summer Picnic for dress paper piecing (SU)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Momento), Copics
Accessories: Clip (CTMH), White brads (Paper Studio), ribbon- retired Jersey (SU), Embossing folder-Spots & Dots (Cuttlebug)

Have a happy week!

Marilyn

Gray isn't always gloomy....

Gray isn't always gloomy especially when it is the theme of a card challenge. I had a very fun evening last night despite the fact that DH didn't make it home from his business trip due to air-flight delays. Thankfully he will be home this morning. Anyway...last night I spent the evening in the studio. This card was one of many & made for two Splitcoaststamper's challenges. Friday's Ways to Use It (WT311) to use gray as a neutral. The second challenge was today's Inspirational Challenge (IC273) which I chose this bed from Serena & Lily as my inspiration. I scored my tile scored my background & then sanded it. Gina K has an easy to follow video on the scoring technique. Added two Not Quite Navy circles & topped one with a More Mustard inked chipboard star with a smaller More Mustard star. The other circle was topped with More Mustard DP from a retired SU! Patterns Pack. The Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment was punched out using the Word Window punch. Have a great weekend!!
Supplies all from SU:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: More Mustard, Basic Gray, Not Quite Navy, DP-retired Pattern Packs
Ink: More Mustard, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: chipboard star, sanding block, star punch, circle punch, word window punch.

Hello- I'm back!

Hello, friends! I'm back after a several week absence...all is well. I've been very busy with my professional work life so I haven't been able to spend much time in the studio. Boy, does it feel good to be creating again! I'm a little rusty...this card took me forever & I fussed over it last night and again this morning. I'm not sure how much I like it but I carried on anyway as I was making it for the Color Throwdown #129 challenge.

The colors this week were ballet blue, light and dark green. The light green is Certainly Celery and the dark green is Wild Wasabi. The sketch is my own & I chose some coordinating Basic Gray DP from the Euthoria collection for my panel. The horizontal strips are Wild Wasabi cardstock that was cut with small scalloped scissors and topped with Marina Mist 1/8 inch taffeta ribbon. The image is from the set Sweet Summer in the SU! Sale-a-bration catalog- a super cute set. I used Nestabilites scalloped circles for the main image and layer. I kept the die in place while I lightly sponged with Ballet Blue the background of the main image.

Thanks for stopping by after so long!

Marilyn

Love Birds

Good morning & Happy Saturday! I was able to sneak a card in before our busy day today. We're shopping for some new home items and meeting some friends for dinner this evening....so I won't have much time during the day today to preview all the blogs and galleries, but I am looking forward to spending some time on that later tonight!

Enough about me...let's get to cards! I made this one for the Splitcoaststampers Inspirational Challenge today & I chose this as my inspiration. I really love this set from SU! called Aviary. I matched it with some gorgeous shimmery paper from SEI called Love Nest  from their Love Birds collection. The base and accent cardstock colors are SU! Baja Breeze, Pretty in Pink & Chocolate Chip.  I used the Cuttlebug folder, Swiss Dots to create a little texture. Last, the brads are from Oriental Trading. I don't see many stampers buy from there, but I've had good luck with their accessories (paper flowers, brads, buttons etc) but I prefer other brands of paper and designer paper.

Gotta run! Have a great day!
Hugs,

Marilyn

A Rose is a Rose

 

Roses have to be one of the most beautiful flowers in the world. I just love this retired DSP from SU! called Bella Rose- which my stash is almost all gone. As much as I have loved it; it has become an 'old toy' so it's time to move on to something new. For my card, I used different  papers for the upper and lower section from the  Bella Rose collection. I stamped the rose using the large rose stamps from the retired "A Rose is A Rose" set; first in "Pretty in Pink" followed by "Riding Hood Red ", then I cut the rose out and placed it on a nestie eyelet square die-cut with a "Pretty in Pink" center.  The white ribbon is from American Crafts & the pink ribbon from Michaels. I used the Bow-easy to created the double bow. I think this card would work for many occasions- Valentines, sympathy, birthday or 'thinking of you'. It's nice to have a few generic cards like this ready to go. I'll leave the inside blank until I'm ready to send. Thanks for stopping by to see me & I hope you have a great week! 

Hugs, 

Marilyn