Home Sweet Home

Hi Stamping Friends! Where does the time go? I just returned from a short business trip & I got to see some friends and my sister...now that's a GOOD trip. I can hardly believe how long it has been since my last post...I'll quit promising to be here more often & just enjoy when I can be. I can tell you that I enjoy reading your blogs and seeing your creations. I get a little more time to hop on the internet than I get to create. Well anyway...

Above is my latest creation that I started before my trip. I'm glad I was able to finish it before the challenge was closed. The challenge is one of my favs- Trigger Tuesday on the Moxie Fab World Blog. Below is the "trigger".

This card was a bit unusual for me as I usually don't do a literal translation of challenges, but I really loved this sweet little home. I used my Unity stamp from January's Kit of the Month  for my house image. I just signed up for the Kit of the Month in January & I am enjoying the trendy images that are also the perfect images for the season. 

My door was made using an oval punch and woodgrain background stamp with the addition of a red brad for the door handle. Several punches were used: a tiny flower, MS bird, MS grass, MS edge & tiny heart. The grass and flowers are under the bordered transparency from K&Co. & everything else is on top of the transparency. I used a die from CC Designs for my felt clouds. The papers are SU! from the designer series paper packs (bashful blue, real red, pear pizzazz), and crumb cake.

I just loved playing this trigger challenge. It was fun to spend 10 minutes here and there over several days to create this card. Thanks for stopping by- I love reading all your comments.

Hugs,

Marilyn

Strickly Stripes

Hi friends! I hope you are having a great week! My card today was made for the Trigger Tuesday challenge over on the Moxie Fab Blog. I <3 Moxie Fab! So many great inspirations. Here was the picture from the challenge that my card is based upon.

I loved the blue in this picture & I just took it from there. Since it reminded me of  Stampin' Up's Pool Party from the 2011-2012 collection, I pulled that out. My striped paper is from My Mind's Eye, the Madison Avenue and Breeze collections. The striped button is also from MME too.
Have a great day!
Hugs,

Marilyn

Supplies:
Stamps: Thank you from Faith in Nature (Stampin Up)
Paper: Pool Party (SU), Designer- Breeze & Madison Avenue (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Early Espresso (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Brown Button (Oriental Trading), Striped Button (My Mind's Eye), Flower punch (Stampin' Up)

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