SC269 Absolutely Fabulous

Had time to play the weekly Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge, SC269. The Bella image has been sitting, uninked, for too long, so decided to make a card that will enclose a letter to a friend in Texas. Can't waste excuses for making cards, right? The image was stamped with Tuxedo Black on Select White paper and colored with Copic markers. The halo is glittered as well as the wings with Martha Stewart products. I really like the Martha Stewart glue pen; it works as well as the Quickie Glue one. The image was also sponged around the edges to take soothe the whiteness of the paper. The Bo Bunny paper was purchased in Gettysburg, PA, at the Scrapbook Forever store; that is one nice paper store! Thank you for taking time to look at the card; hope you receive some inspiration from it. Gigi


Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink (Mixed Messages); Stamping Bella (angel)
Ink: Tsukineko (Tuxedo Black); Ranger (Tea Dye, Scattered Straw)
Paper: Papertrey Ink (Select White); SU! (Ruby Red, mustard); Bo Bunny (Kitchen Spice Nutmeg)
Accents: Michael's (ribbon, rhinestones); Spellbinders (die cuts); Copic markers; Martha Stewart (chunky and fine glitter); Sweet N Sassy digi stamps (A True Friend)

CPS155 Thanks for Perking Me Up!

Finished the CPS155 challenge this morning with some dp that has been sitting in the stash bin for at least two years! It probably happens to you, too; you buy dp that you plan to use, but don't because it's being hoarded...doesn't make sense, does it? The dp is Creative Imaginations, Debbie Mumm (Coffee). The stickers matching the dp are so cute; in fact, I bought two sets of them and haven't used hardly any of them...why? Suppose I need them for a rainy day? :-) Each of us has a quirky thought or two when it comes to paper craft supplies and mine just happens to be hoarding dp for more than one year :-)

Supplies:

Stamps: Our Craft Lounge (Fueled by Caffeine)

Ink: Tsukineko (Tuxedo Black), Ranger Distress (Tea Dye, Scattered Straw)

Paper: Papertrey Ink (Vanilla Cream, Dark Chocolate), Creative Imginations, Debbie Mumm

Accents: Creative Imginations stickers, Debbie Mumm (Coffee), Spellbinders (die cuts), Papertrey Ink (Enchanted Evening ribbon)

SC268 Welcome Little One

This is a non traditional baby girl card, but since the paper is so stinkin' cute, I wanted to use it for a baby :-) The sketch is from Splitcoaststampers, SC268. The mailman brought some new paper from American Crafts, Dear lizzy.

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink (Bitty Baby Blessings, Heart Prints Sentiments)

Ink: Tsukineko (Tuxedo Black), Versamark (clear)

Paper: Papertrey Ink (Select White, Dark Chocolate), Bazzill (blue), American Crafts (Dear lizzy)

Accents: Ranger (Cotton Candy Stickles), Basic Grey (button), floss, rick rack ribbon, Marvy (heart punch)

MFT Wednesday Stamp Club Challenge for 2/10/10

Last week, some new My Favorite Things stamps arrived and I couldn't wait to use them! This particular set is brand spankin' new and is called "Lovin' from the Oven." There is a a WSC challenge posted on the MFT blog. Kim has given several options to use for the challenge and I chose the card layout and am hoping to win a gift certificate to purchase another stamp set I've had my eye on for the last few days :-) The main image was colored with Copic markers and paper pieced using some new dp from Basic Grey, Nook & Pantry, which was also purchased at MFT. I wanted to add a flower to the front of the card, so went with the distressed look, which was misted with water, crinkled, heat-dryed, and edged with distress inks. Thank you for stopping by today and hope you have taken some inspiration from the card, which measures 41/4" x 5 1/2".

Gigi

Supplies:

Stamps: My Favorite Things (Lovin' from the Oven), Papertrey Ink (Cupcake Collection)

Ink: Tsukineko (Tuxedo Black), Ranger (Scattered Straw, Tea Dye)

Paper: PTI (Vanilla Cream), Basic Grey (Nook & Pantry)

Other: Spellbinders (Flower Creations, Labels 1), MFT (cream lace, twine), SU! (Chocolate ribbon), Copic (markers), Fiskars (lace punch), misc buttons, Provo Craft (embossing tool and folder)

Papertrey Ink's Anniversary Day 13 Contest

If you haven't had an opportunity to check out Papertrey Ink's blog lately, you've missed so much fun. Although my name hasn't been selected to win a fabulous prize PTI has given away this month, I'm still giving it my best shot to win today's contest. Nichole has challenged her readers to create a card using a floral embellishment and an acetate sheet to share with another crafter. The first one I made (this morning) took forever to finish and when I began to post on the blog, I realized, after reading Nichole's blog again, that the card and embellishments were wrong (the cupcake stamps were used and they turned out cute, too :-) So, after lunch I went back to the drawing table and created something that didn't require as much time, but looked good enough to submit for the contest. The flowers were die cut and dry embossed; glitter was applied to vintage cream buttons making up the center. The card is being sent to a very sweet crafty friend; the cupcake one will go to another "sweet" crafty friend. Thank you for stopping by and taking a look today and if you have time, check out PTI's blog and enter your own design to win a nice prize.

Gigi

What I used:

Stamps: None

Ink: None

Paper: Raspberry Fizz Mix, Raspberry Fizz cs, vellum, True Black, Select White (PTI)

Accessories: Raspberry Fizz satin ribbon, vintage cream buttons (PTI), lace border punch (Fiskars), Swiss dots (Cuttlebug), glitter (Martha Stewart), Flower Creations (S4-072) (Spellbinders)