Disney World....Or Bust!!!

Today's card was done for the Ways to Use It Challenge on SCS. We had to do a vacation/packing/travel theme. I have been wanting to use my Travel Time set recently because I unearthed it when looking for something else in the "T" binder. So, this was the perfect opportunity! I started out just stamping the kids. Then, I remembered that I had "the princess castle" that I bought when I was buying Cinderella and Snow White at Michael's. So, I pulled that out, and then the card just kind of came together. I stamped the castle on Basic Gray so I didn't have to color it in. I added a draw bridge that I really did draw. (Pun intended....haha). Then, I drew some clouds to mask so I could sponge blue to make the cloudy sky. And added flowers w/ Water Color Mini's. I just rubbed the sponge back and forth for the grass in Garden Green. Then, I cut out a piece of the grass, and added Bashful Blue paper behind. I drew little swirls in the water w/ a Souffle gel pen. Then, put on Crystal Effects w/ my finger to make it look like water.

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Coffee anyone?

Today's challenge was a sketch challenge and I paired it with the color challenge from yesterday, since I still had the paper out. It was just easier that way! I took out Like It a Latte, which I haven't used in FOREVER and used my swirls cuttlebug folder to create the card. Very little stamping was involved, so this is a very simple easy card! And the challenge was very simple as well.

I used Choc. Chip, Sage Shadow, and Very Vanilla cardstock, and Vellum. I put the Choc. Chip paper through the cuttlebug. Then, I stamped my coffee cup onto V.V. paper and cut it out. Then, I stamped the steam swirls from Treat Yourself onto the vellum and heat embossed w/ clear e.p. I adhered to the back of the coffee cup and then popped the cup up w/ pop up dots. I made my squares to go behind the cup, and then sponged the long piece behind the squares. I was going to stamp coffee beans on the long piece, but thought the coffee beans would add a nicer touch. The top was boring, and I didn't want to do ribbon, so I pulled ou my hodgepodge hardware, and it really is hodgepodge because ALL of my hardware is in there! Not just from SU! I pulled out an "S" clip and attached it. Finished!

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Chocolate Shadow friendship gift bag

Today's project was done for the Color Challenge of the day on Splitcoast. We had to use Choc. Chip, Sage Shadow and Very Vanilla. Very nice elegant combo. When I think of these colors together, I think wedding. However, I'm not in a wedding kind of mood today, so I made a bag to give to someone instead. These days I don't have much inspiration or motivation! I have too many things going on!

So, I decided to use My Favorite Things Can Ya Dig It? and By the Seashore. I used the words from these two sets and the flower and pot from the first set mentioned. I just layered the choc. and the sage on top of the vanilla, which I used as a base. I used the scallop punch for the choc. and then punched it in vanilla. Before I put them together, I punched little holes in each scallop and then attached the vanilla behind so it's vanilla dots instead of stark white dots. Thought that was an innovative way of keeping w/ the color scheme. Then, I couldn't find the right sentiment, which is often my problem, so I end up mixing and matching words from different sets together to create the perfect sentiment. And this is what I did here. I used the 1 3/8 circle punch and the 1 1/4 circle punch for the sentiment. I sponged all the sage to add some definition and detail. Then added ribbon to complete the look. The bag is a cellophane bag from Michael's.

The candles are New Leaf and Aloe from PartyLite.

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A Star Studded Birthday!

This weekend we celebrated my dad's birthday! It was a surprise, and we pulled it off! Woo hoo!!!

Since my dad is military, we do a lot of red white and blue. We decided to continue the theme for his birthday. My mom and I made these cute little favors to put at each place setting. We only had to make 28. And then my sister and her boyfriend helped fill the bags while I sealed and decorated them w/ the toppers!

We used In the Stars which is a special set from the SU! Mini Catalog for the main image stamped a dozen times in Real Red and Night of Navy. Then, we actually made two different star colors to mix it up a little bit! Half of the stars at Real Red stars cut out w/ a star stencil and then blue and white star paper (unknown) was punched out of the SU! star punch (which I do have to say is smaller than I anticipated. :( ) and then navy blue ribbon behind. The othe stars, which one is shown here, has a Night of Navy star, red and white star paper from an old paper pack, and red ribbon behind.

Since we went w/ the star theme, I felt like I should carry it on for his b-day card. And what a coincidence, we had to make a masculine card for one of the challenges this week! So, I cut out a star, and folded part of it down to make the card part. I cut out the top point so that it remained a star! I popped up the next layer Real Red, which this star is eyeballed, because I don't have a star inside a star inside a star..... stencil. Then, I embossed another stamp from In the Stars w/ versamark, and then adhered on top of the ribbon.

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Happy Memorial Day!

My "I Want It" Journal

This journal was made last fall for my Michael's board to showcase my 'talent'. I never used it. When I recently reorganized my stamping room I came across it, and decided that I could write my lists of things that I wanted from SU!, My Favorite Things, items at Michael's, and so on.

I don't remember what paper this is from SU!, and obviously it's retired. The letters are chipboard and I stenciled directly on them. I colored around the edges w/ a silver gel pen. I covered them in Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds.

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A Teacher Gift

Well, this is my first of many teacher gifts! I think it turned out well! What do you think?

I was cleaning the kitchen last night and was giving my daughter Cheerio's. Well....she threw them all on the floor, so this bottle was empty. I looked at it and thought about how I could use this. I knew that I needed a gift for my son's teacher, and Staples didn't have the clear canisters that I wanted, so this would have to be my container!

I put tissue paper inside and then stuck a bunch of New Leaf and Aloe PartyLite tealights in there. I got my SU! Sale-a-Bration rub-ons out and rubbed some flowers on there to decorate the bottle because stamping on something like that is totally out of the question! Rub-ons were hard enough to do! Then, I just decorated the top and did some more rub-on's.

The card that I made doesn't really go w/ the gift, but oh well. I was looking through my SU! d.p. and found the front and back of a piece that I really liked. I cut the paper so that it went over the card and then folded back and adhered w/ brads. After I cut it first w/ decorative scissors! And I had to pull out my Garden Silhouettes! I LOVE this set! Can you tell??? I use this ALL the time!!!

Anyway, I colored the stamp w/ Regal Rose and Certainly Celery. I sponged Regal Rose around the edges and backed it w/ Certainly Celery and popped it up w/ pop up dots. The ribbon that doesn't really match is from Michael's. I thought I had Certainly Celery ribbon, but I must have used it all! Oh well, I'll have to buy more!!!

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Cinderella - Good or Bad?!

This card was done for a Dirty Swaps that I am involved in on Splitcoaststampers. After doing a little research to see the type of card needed for this, I got to thinking about how I can best convey a dirty card. I had purchased Twisted Sentiments from My Favorite Things when it was first released, but really had not put it to use properly until now! And I bought my daughter Cinderella and Snow White stamps complete w/ a castle stamp from Michael's a few weeks ago just because I had to have them! And she's a princess freak, so I had to get them for her!

So, anyway, I know this card is dirty, but that's the point! It's actually kind of refreshing to have something TOTALLY different than my normal sweet and nice cards on here!

Once I signed up for this swap, I actually had Cinderella out, and I thought it would be perfect to stamp her, and then make a pumpkin coach, and then have horses, like I had seen on another card. So, I was messing around w/ it since I signed up until today! They are finally done! So, I'll be mailing them out this week! Finally!!!!

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Tart & Tangy Water Bottles

Friday afternoon I decorated some water bottles to give to my friends at our swap that night. I had seen this idea on someone's blog, and decided that I MUST try it, since I have this set, surprise surprise. They turned out SO cute!!!

I used Real Red cardstock for the main hanger. I used SU! D.P. for the label cover. I can't remember what it's called. I used Tempting Turquoise for the scallop circle punches, Handsome Hunter for the 1 3/8 punch behind the strawberry, and Whisper White paper for the strawberry paper behind the kool aid packet and for the main strawberry image. I used the 1 1/4 circle punch for the main strawberry image. I used the 1 3/8 punch for the hole on the top to put the water bottle top through. I used big silver brads to keep the pocket from falling apart.

This was one SUPER easy project! I can't wait to make more!

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Baby gift

This card is one of 8 that I am making for my cousin as part of her baby shower gift. I love to make cards in packs to give to people! These cards are SUPER easy! I'm into the versamark, pearlex powder and blush blossom paper right now.

I wanted to make something simple and elegant yet for a baby! So, this is what I came up w/.

Creative ingredients:

Stamps: I'm Here (thanks Jody K!), Baroque Motifs, All Year Cheer

Paper: Blush Blossom, Very Vanilla

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: Micro Pearl PearlEx powder, ribbon

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Baby!

Today's card was made for two reasons:

1. I have my cousin's baby shower to go to Sat. and 2. I needed to make a card for today's challenge! We had to use "inchies" which are 1" by 1" squares. Well, I had to be a rebel and stretch the boundaries! I not only did not use a square, I used a 1 1/4" circle punch!!! Oh the creative police are on their way to my house right now!

On the SU! color wheel, Cameo Coral was paired w/ So Saffron and Tempting Turquoise as a complimentary color. I thought those colors would look nice together. I'm not liking the cameo coral though. It looks like salmon. So, I'll put that on my list right up there w/ Taken W/ Teal (for those of you who know how I feel about this color!)

I did a little dot action to liven it up a little bit and some paper piercing. I love to paper pierce! I think it makes anything look pretty! The alphabet is Lovely Letters Alphabet which I am loving! This was the first time I used the set since I got it. This is a beautiful set!!!! I will definitely be using this alpha. a lot! The background is Baroque Motifs. Another favorite of mine! For some of the dots, I used a blue gel pen. I sponged turquoise around the edges because I have to sponge EVERYTHING!

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