Special Blessings, chipboard and something yummi!

I got this stamp set mainly for the cross. I'm a Lutheran and these cards are for confirmation. But of course they can be used for something else too. That's why I don't use a sentiment (and the fact that those cards were sent to Iceland).

I don't think you can see it on the images but the crosses are covered with iridescent ice (heat embossed glitter). I used the Baroque Motifs stamp set to make the swirls and the flowers.

Here's a card I made this weekend. I was browsing through Flickr, looking for inspiration. I love looking throught all the beautiful cupcake and wedding cake images. I found an image that I wanted to use for my inspiration, I'm going to post it in another post because it'll be a part of a challenge I'll host for my icelandic craft friends.

The bird is from On Board So Tweet (#113893, pg. 183 SS IBC). It's chipboard. I drew the branch on chocolate chip card stock and cut it out. The branch is covered with Crystal Effects and I covered the bird with Whisper White Craft ink, then used my chalks to apply color to the beak and legs. I then covered the whole bird with Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds.
Here's a close-up of the bird:

The background is from Urban Garden designer series paper. I might add a sentiment later, when I figure out what I want to do with this card ;)

I had one day off this weekend and we went to see friends. I started telling them about something delicious we make one day a year in Iceland:

And we decided to go ahead and bake some of these. I couldn't find measurements American's use but we were still able to make it. You can find the recipe here. It's whipped cream you see in the middle of the buns.

TFL!

Bloomin' Beautiful :)

I had no idea it's been so long since my last post. I've been getting a pretty good schedule at work and even got an extra shift last week. It's good for my wallet but leaves me with less time to make cards :(

I decided to go with a favorite set for this post. I had several ideas in mind but only had time to make two cards. I've been cards for a challenge at the icelandic scrapbooking forum, we had to make 7 cards in 7 days and each day we had a different challenge. The first card I show you is the last card I made in the challenge, we had to use flowers on our cards.

The image is stamped on watercolor paper and colored with blender pens and ink. I used our new eyelet border punch and a retired background stamp, Print Pattern.

The second card I made only took me a few minutes to make. I had the image already colored from sometime last year (I always make extra). I added iridescent ice to it a few days ago while adding glitter to a bunch of images I had in my box. I used my Floral background stamp (retired). I thought of adding ribbon but decided not to. There's room for a sentiment under the image if I decide to add one later.

Here's a close-up of the glitter.
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Since my last post we've had both snow and spring like weather!

I snapped this photo in our backyard on the 1st of March and a week later....

on the 8th of March I snapped this photo at Mt. Pisgah ;)

Hope you are getting spring like weather....it's supposed to get cold again here :(

TFL

SAB - Botanical Blooms

This set is one of the Sale-A-Bration sets available. I thought I might give the 2 step stamping a try again, I'm not the best at it you know! But I just have to keep trying if I want to get better, don't I?

The colors on this card are Whisper White, Mellow Moss, Pixie Pink, Tangerine Tango, Bashful Blue and Baja Breeze, plus Black Stazon. I stamped with Stazon first and then added all the colors. I still felt like the flowers needed a little something so I stamped them again with Versamark and added Iridescent Ice ;) I used the new Eyelet Border Punch for the border.

On this card I covered the whole image in Versamark and then added the glitter. The background papers are from Taste of Textiles (IBC pg. 156). I just love those papers and wish there were more of each type in the collection. The polka dotted paper is thick Vellum.

Here you can see how shiny the white striped paper is. So pretty!
Here's another card I made with the white stripes paper...

If I could, I would buy a whole pack of that paper, maybe someday in the future I can....hopefully!
Well, I'm keeping this short today, I should be at work but I caught a bug and don't feel too good today, hoping to get enough strenght to go back to work tomorrow though.

TFL

Fifth Avenue Floral 1

I think I have found my favorite set of the year! Fifth Avenue Floral is now #1 on my list of favorite stamp sets from SU.

I wanted to make a card for my grandmother, who turned 90 this month. I had bought her an Anne Klein silk scarf and these colors matched the scarf nicely (Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Sahara Sand and Basic Black. The red rose is stamped on Whisper white and then I used my brayer to color it red. I chose to do that instead of stamping straight onto a red card stock because this way the rose would be darker in some places and lighter in others without doing the whole watercoloring thing. I cut out the rose, covered it with Versamark and Iridescent Ice and heat set it.

This is actually the first card I made with this set. I Stamped the rose 3 times on Whisper White and then used my blenderpen and Tangerine Tango to color the roses in. I have to say though, Whisper White is not the best choice of paper when you want to watercolor, but I wanted to give it a try. I usually use watercolor paper but I didn't want to use heavy paper like that on this card. Well, I then cut out the 3 roses in different places so I could make a 3D rose. I then did the same as with the rose above, added Versamark and Iridescent Ice. The colors are Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango and Handsome Hunter. The "ribbon" is fake, it's Tangerine Tango card stock and a white Signo pen. Here's a close-up of the rose.

I don't know what to say about this one, the flowers are colored with blender pens and Pink Pirouette ink. And of course I added Iridescent Ice, I already had the kitchen all glittered up anyway *lol*.

I'm not too sure about this card, the colors were too soft except for the Chocolate Chip and Kiwi Kiss, I used Pink Pirouette and Barely Banana. I like the way it's set up. I might use it as a "sketch" for another card, case my own card.

Remember it's Sale-A-Bration time now and that means now is a good time to get the Big Shot from SU because you earn free stuff for every fifty bucks you spend!!!

I've already given one of the SAB sets a try and have got the pictures on my PC ready to be processed for my next post :)

I just got a box in today with chip board that I just have to try out (On Board so Tweet). One of my customers bought it and I fell for it...isn't it supposed to be the other way around??? *lol*

Anyway, I'm off to play Memory with my DS and hopefully I'll get him to go to bed early so I can play a little bit ;)

TFL

Ever After

I've got a busy couple of days ahead of me so I figured if I want to post before Valentine's Day now is my chance. Last week I got this awesome set with my SU order. It didn't take me long to make something with the heart stamp.

I stamped the heart in Riding Hood Red, cut it out and covered it with Versamark and Iridescent Ice, and heatset it.The background stamp is En Francais and is stamped in Sahara Sand. I used the scallop edge punch for the border.

It took me a little bit of time to figure out what I wanted to do with the flowers. I ended up stamping them a few times on Whisper White, colored them in a little bit with Pink Pirouette and then added Versamark and Iridescent Ice to the whole image. So the card is really sparkling.

Ok, please ignore the fact that I forgot to cut the ribbon before I took the picture *lol*. I was in such a hurry to take pictures of about 15 card I had made and hoping that the battery in the camera would last, that I didn't notice the ribbon. I didn't notice until I was editing the pictures on the computer.

I decided to try not using red or pink. So I went with Whisper White, Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip. I did not put glitter on the heart this time but instead I covered the LOVE stamp with Crystal Effects ad Dazzling Diamonds.

This is all for today, I've gotta get to work and I'm going on a 4 hour Ghosthunt tonight :)

TFL

Time to embrace life

I've been so busy trying out my new stampsets from the new catalog. I love the sets I chose to get in my first order, I got Ever After, Fift Avenue Floral and Special Blessing. I've yet to take pictures of the cards I've been making, that's on today's schedule. So I have to stick to the cards I had planned to show you anyway ;)

When I was making this card I was having a really hard time what color to use with the red and the pink (ridinghood red and pink pirouette) and I think I made the wrong choice, I should have used Chocolate Chip or Basic Gray, what do you think? But I like how I used the flowers. They are covered in glitter.

I got the idea for this card from a scrapbook page. The big flowers had similar eyelets or brads in the middle and I liked the way they looked. The jumbo eyelets are a little bit too big...or the flower center is a little bit to small for the eyelets but I managed to get the flowers to not fall apart. I covered the flowers with Crystal Effects and added a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds.

I have not decided which one of my new sets I'll be showing you next time, but if I can post before the weekend it'll probably be Ever After.

There's a Sale-a-bration going on now. If you order products for $50 you can pick out a little something from THIS BROCHURE

Until next time...

TFL

Just Jawing

I'm having the worst luck with my computer. It broke down while my son was playing on it and we were hoping it had just over heated but we can't get it to work. So now I'm using our old computer (it's almost 10 years old!!!) and I've got a dial-up connection that's slower than slow and disconnects every now and then. I can't view any pictures and I'm lucky to be able to read my email. But I'm going to try to post and I hope my photo's show up ok.

I used my markers on the cherries, ruby red and old olive. The cherries are stamped on Pink Pirouette card stock. I stamped the skull on watercolor paper because I wanted to do just a little bit of shading, I used Sahara Sand and Baja Breeze. I don't know if you can see it on the picture but you can IRL. I covered the skull with Crystal Effects and used Dazzling Diamond glitter on the eyes and teeth (I actually did the eyes and teeth before covering the rest of the skull). I had been trying to come up with something I liked for this stampset for a couple of weeks and finally made this and I'm satisfied with it I have to say.

Here's the boy version of the skull card. The colors are Old Olive, Basic Black and Baja Breeze. Here I used the stars instead of the cherries. The skull is done the same way as before except I colored the eyes black instead of red.

I've been working on a few cards, not done as many as I'd have liked to but hopefully I'll get more done this week, I'm getting new stamps tomorrow, brand new from the new catty :) I'm so excited. Of course I've got to work and wont get to play until my son's in bed, but still, I just love getting new rubbah!

I hope you're all having a nice Sunday, mine started a little bit earlier than I wanted it to but the sun is shining and I'm planning on a trip to the playground in the next couple of hours or so :)

Here's a little something I'll be showing you in my next post:

TFL

Baby Boy in blue and green

I decided to limit myself to 3 colors (+neutral color) when making the baby boy cards. I chose Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and Mellow Moss.

Here I used a couple of dinosaurs from the Prehistoric Pals stamp set. I used the Coluzzle to cut the circles and a white Signo pen to draw the scallops and lines. the sentiment is from Short and Sweet.

Here we have the lion from the Wild About you stamp set. I inked it up with mellow moss and then used a not quite navy marker. I used the Coluzzle again and a white Signo pen for the "stitches". The background is a patterned paper from Baja Breeze Patterns Designer Series Paper. I used the sentiment from Short and Sweet again and my word window punch.

Here we have the alligator/crocodile and the bird from Wild About you. I cheated a bit and used and icelandic sentiment (it says "Welcome to the world little baby"). The background is fron the same package as on the card above. I wanted to use a ribbon but didn't have one that matched the colors so I used my Signo pen to draw stitches on a paper strip.

Pretty simple cards but I like the color combo, although the mellow moss doesn't look much like green.

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We finally got a little bit of snow yesterday and today. My DS has been waiting for the winter to come so he could play in the snow. So I had to get him out to play early this morning, before I went to work.

As you can see he's all bundled up, it's freezing cold. I love his hat, I bought it in Iceland, it's expensive but it's my favorite brand (in children's hats). It's from a Finnish company named Kivat.

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I've already made the cards for my next post ;)

You can probably guess what stamp set I'll be using ;)

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Well, anyway, for those of you who didn't know, the new Stampin'Up Catalog is out!

Download the catalog here!

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Love you much bundle

Until next time...

TFL

Baby girl

My friend in Finland had a little baby girl just before Christmas and I've bought a little something to send to her. So I needed a card to go with the gift. I didn't want to use just pink and white so I decided to try perfect plum, apricot appeal, regal rose, basic gray and whisper white. I made two similar cards, using Nursery Necessities, and I have yet to decide which one to use.

I'm sorry, this one is a little bit blurry, I hadn't noticed it when I was resizing it. I didn't have perfect plum cardstock so I used my brayer to cover a piece of whisper white with perfect plum ink. I sponged all edges with sahara sand.

I decided to use the brayer again here, to make the regal rose background. And I turned the sketch.

Which one do you like better?

I think I might send the pink version. It's a little bit brighter than the other one.

I just finished making three baby boy cards. They took me a few days to make, my DS insists on stamping with me and that means I get absolutely nothing done. Well, it doesn't really matter what I'm doing. If I'm cooking he seems to look for things that I have to help him with. I try to talk on the phone (which I don't do much of) and he stands right next to me and sings as loud as he can so I can't hear the person I'm talking too. But as soon as I sit down on the sofa he finds himself something to play with. Are any of you familiar with this behavior in 3-4 years old children? ;)

Anyway, I'm going to try to post the other cards before the weekend.

TFL

Pun Fun again

I just love this stamp set! The animals are so adorable. I made these cards right before Christmas, just needed to get out of the Christmas card mode for one night.

My DS gave this one to one of his friends when we went to his birthday bash. I used the Print Pattern background stamp (retired), scallop border punch, white Signo pen and Crystal effects on the card. I used my inks and blender pen to color in the image. The colors are Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point and Naturals White.

This one has Christmas colors, but is not a Christmas card. I used Kraft, Always Artichoke and Riding Hood Red. The patterned paper is from the Manchester Designer Serie. I used the scallop border punch again and a little bit of Crystal Effects on the image.

The colors in this one are Elegant Eggplant, Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze and Naturals White. The patterned paper is from the Baja Breeze Petterns Designer Paper.
Well, I'm recovering from a stomach bug that I've had since New Year's Eve so I don't feel much like writing or doing much of anything, I have made it to work while I was sick but I'm worn out, but Stampin'Up has some great deals going on right now, check them out:

Inventory Blowout

Love you much Promotion

Here's the retired stamp list:
Retired Stamps list

And retired accessories list is here:
Item # Product
111377 ACCENTS & ELEMENTS ROOF GARDEN
112012 ACCENTS & ELEMENTS SEASON TO SHARE
112088 ACCENTS & ELEMENTS TRUE ELEGANCE
102782 ALBUM LEATHER BLACK 12X12 Not Available
104188 ALBUM LEATHER BLACK 6X6
105384 ALBUM LINEN POST MELLOW MOSS 6X6*
104516 ALBUM LINEN POST NAVY 6X6
105381 ALBUM LINEN POST REAL RED 6X6*
103977 BUTTONS BOLD BRIGHTS*
103978 BUTTONS EARTH ELEMENTS
103981 BUTTONS EARTH ELEMENTS & NEUTRALS
105446 BUTTONS RICH REGALS
105445 BUTTONS SOFT SUBTLES
103604 DAYS-TO-REMEMBER CALENDAR 12X12
102174 DAYS-TO-REMEMBER CALENDAR 8 1/2X11
112465 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER BANBURY
112462 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER GEORGIA PEACH
112463 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER GHOSTLY GREETINGS
112040 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER GREEN TEA
112470 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER HAIKU
112460 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER HAWAII PAPAYA
112469 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER HOLIDAY TREASURES
112458 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER JUNIOR VARSITY
112459 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER MAINE BLUEBERRY
112466 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER MUIRFIELD
112149 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER PARISIAN SUMMER
112467 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER PRESTWICK
111355 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SUMMER PICNIC
112039 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER WINDSOR KNOT
112963 ELEMENTOS PARA TARJETAS DIAS FESTIVOS HECHOS A MANO SIMPLY SENT
106523 ENVELOPE TEMPLATE FIVE-IN-ONE CARD COVER
104104 ENVELOPE TEMPLATE MINI
107298 ENVELOPES CONFETTI WHITE MEDIUM
110695 ENVELOPES OPEN END KRAFT SMALL
109115 ENVELOPES OPEN END VERY VANILLA SMALL
103372 METAL EDGE TAGS ALUMINUM WHITE SQUARE
107925 ON BOARD BITTY BOOK*
109190 ON BOARD CLIPBOARD 9X9*
109180 ON BOARD SIMON UPPER
112086 ON BOARD SOMETHING SEASONAL
107923 PAGE PROTECTORS RING 3.25 X 3.25
104942 PUNCH 1/4 INCH CIRCLE
104943 PUNCH 1/4 INCH SQUARE
107273 PUNCH 3/4 INCH SQUARE
104389 PUNCH DOUBLE CIRCLE*
100391 PUNCH HANDHELD 1/8 INCH CIRCLE Not Available
104830 RIBBON GINGHAM CARAMEL
104829 RIBBON GINGHAM LIGHT BLUE
104828 RIBBON GINGHAM LIGHT PINK
104831 RIBBON GINGHAM MOSS
109037 RIBBON GROSGRAIN MORE MUSTARD 1/4 INCH
110282 RUB ON ANCHORED
111806 RUB ON CHILLS & THRILLS
111805 RUB ON SCHOOL DAYS
111417 RUB ON WORD FLURRIES
110283 RUB ONS TAKE NOTE
112193 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN I WISH
112186 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN PINA COLADA
112068 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN SUMMER HOME
112043 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN U R SWEET
112061 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN WINTER RETREAT
112016 SIMPLY SENT CARD ELEMENTS HANDMADE HOLIDAY
109868 SIMPLY SENT CARD KIT LIFELONG NOTES
103647 STAMPIN STORE MINI
105813 WRITE ME A MEMORY FONT CD VOL II
107212 MATEYS MAP
106749 BRIGHT BULBS
109672 BRONCO
104100 MAKING TRACKS
108978 SANDY SHELLS
110332 SNOW
101233 SNOWFLAKE
109694 SWEET STARS
111249 TAKE A NUMBER

TFL