Inspiration Challenge

Happy Saturday, friends! Hope you are having a good weekend. My oldest daughter left this morning to go back to college. So my youngest daughter (who goes back next week) took me shopping to the craft stores to cheer me up. We bought some fun things with 40% off coupons, but I haven't started playing with the new stuff because I wanted to finish up this IC challenge card for my nephew who is turning sixteen soon. I chose this lunchbox as my inspiration. Please come back tomorrow when I'll have some fun new Valentine toys to share.

Supplies:
Stamps: Classic Convertibles (SU)
Paper: Black, Real Red, Green Galore, Tempting Turquoise (SU), White (Pure Luxury-Gina K)
Ink: Black craft, Red (SU)
Accessories: Black embossing powder (SU), Large and Small Label nestablities (Spellbinders)

Dream Boat Valentine

Isn't this dream boat image, the bomb? I just love it. It was cut from the K &Co. paper called Sweet Talk Postage Stamps. There are 24 rectangles; all are the same size & have cute little Valentine images and sentiments. Because of the size and the colors, the paper reminds me of the Valentines we sent to classmates when I was in grade school.  Although, the graphics certainly weren't this cute. I remember going to K-Mart and agonizing over which box of Valentines to chose, and then the challenge of selecting which Valentine to give to each classmate.  Ahhh...the memories.

This card was made for several challenges:
SCS-F4A46- purple, pink and a heart
SCS-SC314- I flipped the sketch
CCEE1101- use checks- my pink ribbon
PIO#1- Brand Spanking New- my Valentine paper

Supplies:
Stamps & Ink: none
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Pale Plum (SU), WHite (pure luxury-Gina K), DP- Sugar Rush (Basic Grey)
Accessories: Wide lace (Michaels), pink checked ribbon (Spring collection-Gina K)



Have a great Saturday!

Swap for Stamp Club

Here's my card for swapping with my SU! Stamp Club members on Friday evening. We have 11 ladies in the club plus our demonstrator, so I made twelve of these cards. I went on the easy side this month because I wanted to have time to make my February cards too. I'm hoping to take a little 'sunshine' vacation in February & so I wanted to get ahead. I'll post those cards another day. Thanks for dropping by.
Have a great Friday!
Supplies: All SU!
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Polka Dot Punches
Paper: Pink Pirouette, White, DSP- Bella Rose
Ink: Regal Rose
Accessories: Oval, scalloped oval, and heart punches

Another Challenge Card

Here's another challenge card that I made during the New Year's holiday weekend. This card was for two Splitcoaststampers challenges, specifically the Inspiration and Featured Stamper. For the Inspiration, I chose this stack of black and white kitchen linens from the Neest website my inspiration. The Featured Stamper this week is WhiteRockMama, aka Marisa. I chose this card from her gallery.

Supplies:
Stamps: Bible Verse (B&B Cardstock Co)
Paper: Pure luxury white cardstock (Gina K), Black (SU), DP- Meadow Lark (MME)
Accessories: Black brads (SU), ribbon (Target $1 spot), white flower (Recollections), white scrappers floss (Karen Foster), button (Oriental Trading)

A Note of Thanks

I have been having a lot of fun in the studio this weekend. I had Friday off from work for the New Year's holiday & with the Christmas shopping and activities behind us, I had lots of time to play. Here's my take on this week's Sketch and Color Challenges over on Splitcoaststampers. The colors were Old Olive, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight and your choice of neutral. I softened the Daffodil delight flower by sponging on white craft ink & I colored the silver brad with a blue copic marker.
Thanks for looking & I'll be back later with more challenge cards. Hugs & Happy New Year, friends!
Supplies:
Stamps: Thanks (American Crafts)
Paper: Old Olive, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight (SU), DP-Ancestory Mat Pad (K&Co.)
Ink: Night of Navy, White-craft (SU)
Accessories: 5-petal flower punch (SU), Branch & Hydrangea punches (MS), Filigree brad (SU), copic marker.

Welcome 2011! Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I'll be back later this weekend with some creations, but I wanted to send you all the best in 2011!
Hugs, Marilyn

The graphic is from http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas! 
 Have a fabulous day, dear friends!!

Supplies: 

Paper: Pure Luxury White (Gina K), DP-retired SU

Ink: Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Labels #10 Nestabilities, Pearls (SU). Red ribbon (SU), grommet

Christmas Eve Blessings to you and yours

I wish you and yours every blessing this Christmas eve! 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Bells & Boughs, All Holidays (SU!)

Paper: Always Artichoke, Cajun Craze (SU), White (Neenah), DP- Calisto Christmas (Anna Griffin)

Ink: Old Olive, Cajun Craze (SU)

Accessories: Lace hem tape (Wrights), Red stickles (Ranger)

Christmas Eve's Eve

Christmas is almost here! I love the preparations as much as I love the actual day. Shopping, wrapping, baking, more shopping, parties, shows, more shopping, seeing family and friends and did I mention shopping?! Here's a card on this day before Christmas Eve. I made this using sketch #95 on CardPatterns.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your holidays!

Supplies:
Stamps: Cute Converse (SU!)
Ink: Barn Door Distress Ink (Ranger)
Paper: Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze (SU!), Merry Days of Christmas collection (My MInds's Eye); the trees were cut from this DP.
Accessories: Oval punch (SU!), Snowflakes (scrap from MS border punch), embossing folder, liquid pearls.

Don Your Holiday Plaid

I haven't had much time in the studio lately, but regardless, life has been wonderful :) I stole away for an hour to make a holiday card...I felt so festive that I couldn't imagine making a birthday card or starting Valentine cards. So here's the card I made for the SCS IC263 challenge that we were to take inspiration from Don Cherry's jackets. I chose this jacket.

I hope you are enjoying the holiday season!

Supplies:
Stamps: Welcome Christmas (SU!)
Paper: Real Red, Certainly Celery (SU), Pajama Plaid & Santa's Forest from "The Merry days of Christmas" collection (MME)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Chipboard flourishes- Yuletide collection (K&Company), Poinsettia punch (Nellie Snellen), Labels Four Nestabilities (Spellbinders), red bling (Michael's), Red stickles (Ranger)