Clearly Crafty Crew DT CALL!!

I am SUPER excited to get to share this with you! This card is my submission for the Clearly Crafty Crew Design Team!! (2nd term) The challenge was to follow the sketch, to use bright colors and an embellishment of our choosing. As soon as I saw the sketch, I knew I wanted to use this stamp, Fabulous Fruitstand (CDstamps). This stamp is SO fun to color and it fits perfectly with the bright colors called for in the challenge! I used both tombow markers and prismacolor pencils to color the image as well as paper piecing her shirt with the fun dp, Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety.

I love Clear Dollar Stamps.  The product quality is fantastic and the people are amazing. I am fingers crossed hopeful that I will make the summer DT. It would be such a blessing to me to get to create along side the talented ladies at Clear Dollar. Wish me luck!

Details:

Stamps: Fabulous Fruitstand (CDS)

Paper: Still Waters (Clear Dollar clearly coordinating brights),

Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety dp

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Ballet Blue, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss

Coloring Medium: Tombow Markers (Clear Dollar clearly coordinating brights) -

#245 Sweet Pea, #925 Tangelo Smoothy, #856 Cherry Go Round

Prismacolor Pencils - Indigo Blue, Peach, Sienna Brown, Goldenrod

Tools/Accessories: Corner Rounder, Sponge, Brads - more mustard, ruby red, Tombow blender pen, Gamsol

Vacation time is finally here!

Today is the last day I can call my son a Kindergartener. At 10:45 this morning he will officially be a first grader. Time goes by so fast, at least where our kids are concerned! When it comes to waiting for vacation, it seems like it has been forever since my husband and I were planning our Florida vacation via skype. (he was in Iraq)
So today is the day, our son becomes a first grader, and we fly out to Florida. The best part, for me, is that we get to spend time with my BFF, Cassie and our son's BFF's (Cassie's kids) at the beach!
I love my husband so much, and espcially so since he planned this vacation so Cassie and I could hang out for a few days at the beach. We have remained close over the last 1 1/2 year since my family had to move 1500 miles away thanks to the internet, texting, calls, cards and blogging. She is my #1 inspiration for crafting and being a good parent and friend.
I hope to get to post a card maybe two over vacation, and I will definately be back posting often once we get back to our day to day routine.

Florida - Disney - Nick resort - Beach - here we come!

((I continue to pray that God would keep the oil from ruining the gulf coast))

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #51

Hello Everyone! I was so thrilled to get some time in my craft room, yesterday my sweet husband got our son ready for school and drove him and he picked him up from school too! It was so nice! I chose to work on one of my favorite challenges, Sweet Sketch Wednesday. I broke out May's key ingredients kit and my new cuppie stamp set, Cuppie in the Kitchen both from Taylored Expressions. This month's kit even came with rub-ons! Its been awhile since I had used rub-ons, so it was a fun addition. Thanks so much for stopping by! I would love to hear what you think!

Details:

Stamps: Cuppie in the Kitchen (TE)

Paper: May key ingredients kit (TE)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Tools/Accessories: Oval Nestabilities, Dimentionals, Prismacolor pencils, chocolate chip flower brads, circle punch

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #50

Can I just tell you how much I love this stamp set and, well, I am kind of in love with this card too. Not to be all full of myself or anything, I am just very happy with how it turned out.  I got to use my May Key Ingredients Kit from Taylored Expressions and my new stamp set called, Lovin from the Oven, from MFT. My BFF, Cassie, has created some wonderful cards with this set, so, I obviously HAD to copy her and get it for myself! I had alot of fun incorporating this baking WTG into the Sweet Sketch Wednesday #50 Challenge. I love the dp that came in this month's key ingredients kit. It is vibrant, thick, and has a nice feel to it. I sure am talking up the KI kits! LOL!
One thing that was super fun about this card is that I paper pieced nearly the entire image, one of my favorite things to do. I even paper pieced the background as if she has that kind of neat wallpaper in her kitchen. One more thing to share about this image is the pink bowl... It totally does not match... But the reason is this: I Love Love old pyrex dishes, the nesting mixing bowls, the pretty colored plates, pie pans and baking dishes. And one of my favorite is my large pink mixing bowl. It was a great antique store find, and here it is, featured on my card.

Details:

Stamps: Lovin from the Oven (MFT)

Paper: TE May Key Ingredients Kit

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Flowered Brads (SU), Chocolate Ribbon (TE)

Chocolate & Pink Prismacolor pencils

Get Sketchy #39

Hello Blogland Friends! To share with you today, I have this card made with the inspiration of the sketch challenge at Get Sketchy. I did not follow the sketch to a T, but it is close enough to give them credit for the idea! This is also my first time using a Pure Innocence stamp from MFT. This sweet little girl just melted my heart, and therefore, ended up in my cart .. lol ..

Details:

Stamps: Happy Mail - PI from MFT

Paper: SnowWhite, Basic Grey Kioshi dp,

Soft Mint (CDS spring whispers collection)

Ink/Coloring: Momento Tuxedo Black, Tombow Markers,

Prismacolor pencils w/Gamsol

Accessories/Tools: Nestabities Labels 1, D'Vine Swirls cb,

Ribbon from CDS summer collection

Clearly Inspired Challenge # 13 - May Flowers

Hi Everyone! I am so happy that I got to spend some time in my craft room yesterday! I finally got to take the ideas I had for the Clearly Inspired Challenge #13 and put them to work. The challenge calls for us to use flowers on our projects, and I love flowers!  At first, I was going to paper piece a flower, but when that failed, I went with option two, which was to stamp the flower image directly on the Basic Grey Kioshi dp and use my new Spring Whispers Tombow markers to highlight the petals. I was so thrilled to see how perfectly the new Paper/Marker/Ribbon collection at Clear Dollar Stamps matches with the Basic Grey Kioshi paper! YAY for matching!

The Details:

Stamps: Peony, Bee-lieve (CDStamps)

Paper: Spring Whispers collection - Cotton Candy, Soft Mint, Lemon Zest(CDStamps), Basic Grey Kioshi

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Markers: Tombow 623: Cotton Candy, 985: Bee Pollen,

925: Tangelo Smoothy, 245: Sweet Pea

Tools/Accessories: Lemon Zest Ribbon, Corner Rounder, Lattice edge punch, Labels 1 Nestabilities

Thank you so much for stopping by! I have more to share with you later on this weekend!

I have been MIA lately ...

Hi Friends!  Just wanted to leave a quick post ... I am sorry for being MIA lately, I have missed you all so much! Here's what's going on: My MOJO is missing, I even looked all around my craft room, and its Missing! And, the bigger reason for my blog land absence is a good one .. My husband returned from Iraq about 1 1/2 weeks ago! YAY! And as any military wife may know, it takes some time to readjust to life as a complete family and a couple. I will be back in full swing when he goes back to work regular hours. And until then, I will try to get somethings posted soon. I do miss you all so much!

Get Sketchy #36 & Curtian Call Act#28 all with some sweet RAK!

Hello! Happy Monday! Welcome to a new week! Today, I opened my mailbox and got an awesome suprise! My bestest BFF, Cassie,  sent me a sweet card with this stamp set inside! Who doesnt love suprise RAK? And I am a sucker for WTG stamps - and this one was no exception! I had a blast with this stamp, I paper pieced almost the entire image! haha

I was not inspired by the RAK stamp set, but by the color challenge at Stacey's Stamping Stage - Curtian Call Act 28 color challenge: Rose Red, Not Quite Navy, Kraft & White. I really do LoVe these colors together! I am sure this combo will be on top of my fav's list very soon. I was also inspired by the sketch challenge at Get Sketchy. I like how clean and fun the layout is at the same time.

The Details:

Stamps: Gifty Girl (MFT)

Paper: Throughly Modern dsp, whisper white,

Kraft, Not Quite Navy

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Not Quite Navy

Tools/Accessories: Kraft corduroy brads, Word window,

corner rounder, Mosaic tile CB folder

Technique: Paper Piecing, Gamsol/Prismacolor coloring

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #47

Hello friends! Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog today! This is my second post for today! It has been good to get the mojo going and have fun in the craft room. I made this card for the sketch challenge #47 at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. I just love this challenge blog, all the ladies there are so nice and so talented!
The tree is stamped on SU dsp which I dont remember the name. Its from a fall/winter mini of last year. The entire sheet is wood grain, so I thought it would be perfect for my friendship tree. I cut out the tree and placed it on top of my stamped "sunset".  The inspiration for the colors and design came from this Sweet Pea dsp, and the sketch, of course, is SSW.

The Details:

Stamps: Sheltering Tree (MFT)

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Sweet Pea Dsp, White

Unknown SU dsp (tree)

Ink: Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip

Momento Tuxedo Black, Old Olive

Tools/Accessories: Pumpkin Pie & Old Olive Brads, lg Circle &

Pinking Circles Nestabilities, Sponge, Dimentionals

Prismacolor Pencils & Gamsol

Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #111

Hi Everyone! Happy Sunday! Yesterday, I finally got to spend some time in the craft room, and it was just the therapy I needed. "Life" has been effecting me a bit more than normal the last couple days, so some paper therapy is just what I need.
Today, I am sharing this cute couple of Cuppies to share with you, which I made for the Taylored Expressions Sketch challenge #111. This image is actually just part of a larger stamped image. I cut the size of circle nestabilities that I needed and featured only the sweet & loving couple of cuppies.  This card also qualifies for the challenge at Stampin Royalty challenge #17 which is to use our punches. I used my scallop edge punch. 

The Details:

Stamps: Cuppie Love Scenes (TE)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Love Notes SU dsp

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Coloring Medium: Prismacolor Pencils & Gamsol

Tools/Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch (su), D'vine swirls cb,

SU heart brads, lg Circle Nestabilities