Thank You

This is my 2nd post today...please scroll down to view my Sweet Stampin' card.

This card is for my sister's boss and owner of VanWebber Upholstery.  Rick and my sister have worked together for so long he is like family.  When I mentioned how faded our patio furniture had become he generously offered to re-upholster it for me.  This card is to say THANKS!!  :)  :)  My sister's home page on her office computer is my blog (how sweet is that?!?!) and they both take a peek each day at my work.    She knew I had this image from Stampavie, Ruffles Get Well Soon and said she thought that it would make a perfect card for Rick.  Although it's a get well soon image (and I imagine Rick probably has a sore paw hand after all the work he's done for me) but more importantly it just scream re-upholster me!!!  LOL  If this were my chair I would have it have it re-upholstered for sure.  It's a little too floral and fru fru for my taste.   

The bottom cushion and slippers were popped up with foam tape for added dimension.   The DP is a new favorite of mine from My Mind's Eye (Lost & Found - Portobello Road).  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things (Thanks a Bunch).    I lost the daylight and couldn't get a good photo to show the layers.  

I loved this weeks awesome sketch from the The Sweet Stop.  Be sure to stop by to see the fabulous samples the other Sugar Babies have created with this sketch to inspire you with.

Janice Me

                               Monika Davis

                            Korin Sutherland

                             Shannon White

                            Cathy McCauley

                               Kim O'Connell

                               Shelby Goolsby

                                  Lorie Ames

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Get Well Soon

My husband has never asked me to make a card for him or anyone else before.  So I was touched when he mentioned he'd like me to make a card for a lady at a clients office who is very sick right now.  I thought the image should be cheerful, and bring a smile to her face, that's why I chose to use Stampavie's Mouse with Sunflower by Tina Wenke.  Don't you just love that giant sunflower that he's holding?! :)   I know that he makes me smile!   You can find a large selection of Stampavie and other popular stamp companies at 7 Kids College Fund.  

This weeks sketch from The Sweet Stop has a optional twist to stamp your own background, so there is actually not even a bit of DP on this entire card.  (Shhh...I have a confession...I'm not a stamper.  Nope, really I'm not.   Can't do all that cool stuff with inks and silhouette images.  I even hold my breath each time I ink up an image because I'm afraid it's not going to come out.  LOL)  BUT...I am up for any challenge, so I pulled out some yellow marble cardstock and polka dot stamps from Papertrey Ink (don't even know why I have them, LOL) and created a dotted background.  Not hating the results and afraid I would mess it up if I continued, I opted to emboss the rest.  :)  And I used a simple yellow gold satin ribbon to finish it off.  Lastly, using my clear Spica pen for a touch of shimmer on the butterfly, bees and the center dark areas of the sunflower.

Challenges:

Stamp Something = Anything Goes

Outlawz Challenges = Color something cuddly

Paper Crafting Journey = #10 Get Well Soon

The Sugar Babies have gorgeous sketch samples to share with
you today, so stop by and check them out.

Korin Sutherland
Dawn Easton
Denise Marzec
Shelby Goolsby
Janice Melton
Jennipher Lowery

Hope you have a fabulous weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!!

For My Mom

This is the card that I've made to give my Mom on Mother's Day.  I've only just finished putting the finishing touches on it this morning.  I cannot remember the last time that I got SO MUCH joy creating a card!!  I almost didn't want to finish it, it made me THAT happy while making it.  I played around with embellishing it until late last night...I had so many different ideas on what to use that I couldn't decide.  I made tons of gorgeous cream colored felt roses to put on it; but thought they took too much attention away from the image so I only used one.   I also was going to machine stitch on the paper panels but changed my mind and went for distressing the edges with ink instead.  And coloring?!?!  Well, I LOVED  every second of it!!  This is my first time using a Stampavie image by Sarah Kay and now I want them ALL!!!

This little darling is called Picnic Time and reminds me so much of my Brookie playing with her dolls.  I love to watch her play, but if she catches you watching her, she will stop playing and makes a little grunting sound until you look away.  LOL  And let me tell you, she is the sweetest and kindest Mommy to her babydolls.  She always speaks so sweetly to them,  showers them with kisses, and plans their weddings?!?!  LOL    I think she will be a much better Mommy than me one day.  :)

The DP I used is October Afternoon's, Thrift Shop.  I finally found a way to use the music paper in this pad.  And although it is mostly covered up...I LOVE IT!!!  The postage stamp and die are both from Whimsy Stamps.  And I know that I'm gonna have to hide them from myself, so that I don't use them on every card!!  LOL


Really....I could go on and on about how much I love this card.  Hopefully my Mom will feel the same.


Challenges:
Party Time Tuesdays = #14 Mother's Day
Tuesday Throwdown = #47 Mother's Day
The Kraft Journal = Mother's Day using kraft cardstock
There She Goes = #105 3D Flowers
Woodware USA = #25 Blue, Yellow, Brown
Stamptacular Sunday = #109 Mum's the word

Oh and I wanted to share my favorite photo from Easter...my little family just being themselves.  LOL

Thanks so much for stopping by!

A love of reading

It's Sweet Stop Sketch Saturday!!  

(say that really fast 3 times, LOL)

I'm going to keep it short and sweet today.  We are coloring Easter eggs this morning and then heading out the door for one last hooray at Disney World.  

One of the fun things about designing for 7 Kids College Fund is the HUGE variety of stamps and stamp companies to choose from.  So I decided to find a few stamps from companies that I hadn't worked with before and change it up a little.  Today's card features, Reading Hedgehog from Stampavie.  My first love is reading so this sweet little guy was an easy choice.   I also decided to use a pre-made paper flower and added a glossy button from American Crafts in the center.  Not sure that it total works, but again I was trying to use something / do something different than I normally do.  Although it is hard to tell from the photograph, I applied Glossy Accents to his reading glasses.

 

And here's a look at this week's sketch.

I hope you will stop by The Sweet Stop sketch challenge blog and see all the gorgeous DT samples using this weeks sketch.  And if your in the mood for a little shopping...why don't you take a look in the 7 Kids College Fund store and find something new to play with.  :)

I hope everyone who celebrates, has a blessed Easter day tomorrow!!  

As always, thanks so much for stopping by!

Ruffles Get Well Soon

Yep, another get well card. I have been wanting to use this stamp from Stampavie forever but just never got around to it. I LOVE IT!! Ruffles is so cute, the whole image was fun to color. I had to be patient because it gets a little tricky trying blend my Copic's around those little flowers. Are you wondering what possessed me to color the little sofa aqua green? It was Copics Colour Challenge, to use these colors on your card.
It wouldn't have been colors I would have thought to use together, but I think it really turned out nice. It had a masculine feel to it, now I want to make a girly one just like it. (You might be seeing that in a few days, LOL)

The DP is a combination of My Mind's Eye Home stack and Bo Bunny. The oval and scalloped oval were made with my Cricut Storybook cartridge. (They didn't seem to match up perfectly, but I still like it) My oval Nestibilities were not large enough to fit this image.

This card is for the following challenges:

Copic Colour Challenge # 59 = Use
chosen colors
Papertake Weekly Cutie Pie



Copics Used:
Sofa = BG75, BG72, BG34
Pillow = YR14, YR12, YR00, Y11
Bandage = E43, E42, E50
Ruffles = E25, E35, E31, E50 (Cheeks R00)
Flowers = Y26, Y21, Y11
Leafs - G21, G40
Slippers = E49, E25, E55, E31
Outlined = C1

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