Splendiferous!!

Splendiferous ~ don't you just love that word? It makes me smile when I hear it. How can you not make a card with that stamp and not be happy? It's one of those sentiments you can use with nearly any image and each card leaves you smiling. Here I paired it with the flower pot stack and used it as a birthday card for a co-worker. She loves to tinker with flowers and gardens, so I thought it fit her perfectly. Not only did she love the card, but she had a smile a mile wide when she read the sentiment out loud. See, it worked! I hope you had a splendiferous day and that my card makes you smile. Thanks for stopping by to have a look!

Supplies used:

Stamps: A Muse

Cardstock: SU, white, green galore, ballet blue, orange

Ink: Memories Black

Misc: Prismacolor markers, dimensionals, scalloped scissors

Info: I stamped the image on white cardstock, colored with prismacolor markers, stamped a second image, cut out and mounted on the card with dimensionals. Also stamped the envelope, coloring the image the same as the card. Card measures 3.5 x 5. Thanks for looking!

Dandy!

Happy Monday!! We received some very much needed rain today ~ it has been extremely HOT & HUMID here the past 10 days. I cannot stand it, nor do I function well in it. My perfect summer day would be 72, sunny and a light breeze. If only we could order up the weather to our liking, wouldn't that be grand! Now that the rain has passed, the clouds have drifted off and the sunshine is peeking thru the trees. Hopefully the humidity has drifted off as well. I am grateful for central air conditioning, if I didn't have air conditioning in the house, I would be sleeping in the car! I have to be able to sleep, or I get tired, grouchy, and will roar like a lion when miserable in the heat.

With that being said..... Here is a card with the cutest little lion, wishing you a Dandy-Lion of a day! Hope you are keeping cool! Enjoy.

Supplies used:

Stamps: A Muse

Ink: Memories Ink - black, Prismacolor markers - yellow orange, burnt ochre.

Cardstock: SU white, mustard, rust.

Misc: MM brads, dimensionals.

Info: Lion was stamped on white cardstock with Memories Black ink and colored in with prismacolor markers. I then stamped the lion a second time, coloring just his head and cutting it out, mounting onto the first image with dimensionals. Stamped the sentiment with Memories black ink and added the brads by MM, that happen to match the colors of the lion perfectly. Stamped the lion on the lower left hand corner on the front of the envelope as well. Card measures 3.5 x 5. Thanks for looking!

Good Grief!!!!!

I have been an absolute HORRIBLE blogger!! When I first decided to enter the blogging world, I thought I would have all this time and be posting on a regular basis. Yada, Yada, Yada. Fast forward to today and well, it hasn't quite turned out the way I originally planned. I realized that I have to make some changes in my time and schedule in order to be able to dedicate more time to it and get back to what I love doing ~ stamping! Which makes me wonder...... is anyone really stopping by to have a look anyway? If you are, just let me say THANK YOU!! Please stop by again, and if you feel so inclined, leave a comment, suggestion or just say hi! With that being said......here is a card I'd like to share. Yes, a card!! It seems as of late I've been buying, hoarding, not putting things away, buying more, hoarding more and using less. So I'm shaking things up a bit and intend to buy less, hoard less, and create MORE!! I have an enormous collection of all things and could easily open my own stamp store.....amazing how much stuff I "think" I need ~ ha! I will be putting a large number of all things stamp related up for sale and trade very soon. I just have far too much "stuff". Stay tuned.....



Stamps: A Muse ~ Prego girl, Special Delivery and Scallop Rectangle.
Ink: Memories Black, Colorbox Lime, SU Pixie Pink marker.
Cardstock: SU white, DCWV spring stack patterned paper.
Misc: Satin pink ribbon - source unknown, Prego girl image is on dimensionals.

Happy Mother's Day!

This is one of three cards I submitted for the A Muse Mother's Day card contest. I didn't win but it was fun to enter!

Supplies used:

Stamps: A Muse skywriter, Karen Foster Snap Stamps.

Cardstock: SU Ballet Blue.

Ink: Color Box white, Memories Black

Misc: cloud stencil, blue & white gingham ribbon.

This is the second of three cards I submitted for the A Muse Mother's Day card contest. This is the card I would have given my mother today if she was still alive. It's days like these I miss her the most. Happy Mother's Day mom! I love you and miss you very much!!

happy mothers day

Supplies used:
Stamps: A Muse globe, sentiment and small flower alphabet.

Cardstock: SU, white, celery, ballet blue, DCWV patterned paper.

Ink: Memories black, SU celery and ballet blue markers.

Misc: MM brads, scallop scissors.

happy mother's day

Wishing each of you a Happy Mother's Day spent with those closest to your heart!

Many Thanks.....

I made this card for our wedding Thank You's. Our colors were Mellow Moss and Ivory. The card looks a lot better IRL ~ I will have to work on the photography!!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Images by Hero Arts, Sentiment by SU

Cardstock: SU Mellow Moss, Shimmer White

Ink: Memories Black, SU Mellow Moss, Pretty in Pink

Misc: Sakura Stardust Pen, Sakura Clear and Black Gloss Pens, SU aquapainter for shirt on tux and flowers on dress, and 1/8 " moss organdy ribbon.

I used the stardust pen around the border and edges of the main image, as well as on the dots of the dress and the stripes of the tux. The clear gloss gel pen on the flowers and the black gloss pen on the tux buttons. The dress part is popped off the card with dimensionals. Thanks for looking!

Still tinkering with the details.....

Moving along ~ though much slower than I thought! I had a banner made and it took me FOREVER to figure out how to get it to appear where it's supposed to!! Helllooooo!?! Can you say "headache"? When I said I was in blogging kindergarten I meant it!! I quickly gained so much more appreciation for computer whizzes than I had before!! I wanted to have a few things in place before I started, but at the rate I'm going ~ this blogger will be heading into retirement before the blog itself proceeds to first grade. So, with that being said ~ some creations to share will be coming very soon ~ stay tuned....

My banner and watermark were made by Beth at Freckled Fun Designs ~ she has the knowledge, talent, and patience of a saint! Thanks Beth!!

My blogging journey begins....

I finally took the leap and jumped into blogland! I guess we all have to start at the beginning, so I am now enrolled in blogging kindergarten! If this were my stamp room, I'd be a college graduate! But for now, I'm a rookie trying to manuever my way thru all this techno babble so please be kind! More to come......