Elzybells Birthday card for my SIL

My sister sent me some money to by EB stamps for my b-day and I finally got around to ordering them. Thanks Lin! These little bears are just the cutest! This sketch is from the SCS sketch challenge 239. It was a couple of weeks ago, I never got it uploaded. Bears are colored with SU Stampin' Pastels. DP is old Junkitz (Salsa I think). CS is Taken with Teal, Gable Green, and white by SU. Ric rac is SU Pig Tails, retired. Sent is from Mixed Messages by PTI. Rhinestone brads are SU. This is for my SIL. Unfortunately it is about a week late! Luckily she has been on vac the last several weeks so she wouldn't have gotten it on her birthday even if I had gotten it mailed on time. I hope she likes it--she is a SU demo so she may not LOL! Just kidding. Hope you all are having a great day--thanks for stopping by!

Boxed Birthday

This card was made using my new Out of the Box and OOB Additions, again by Lisa Johnson. CS is GKD white, PTI Enchanted Evening (also ink and ribbon). DP is Summer Sunrise Bitty Boxes, and flower is stamped in Summer Sunrise and cut out. I stamped happy in SS and birthday in SU white craft and embossed with white EP. Rhinestone in center of flower is SU. This card is very plain, I'm at a loss to know what to add. Any suggestions? Maybe some buttons...Hmm.

Don't forget to stamp today! Thanks for looking.

Friends to the End

Here is another card from the PaperCrafts sketch. Cardstock is Summer Sunrise, Plum Pudding, and Ripe Avocado by PTI, white by Gina K. DP is Plum Pudding Bitty Boxes. I stamped the small flower from Friends To The End by PTI on white, colored with SU inks. Stamped leaves on the avocado. Cut out, popped up. Focal piece is made with Nesties, jute twine is from PTI. You know, I wasn't crazy about the flower in this set at first, but I like it now. But the main reason I ordered this set is because it has a lot of really great sentiments for friends. You can never have too many sentiments in my humble opinion! Have a great day!

Chairs to You!

Here's another card from the On My Couch set. I used a sketch from the most recent (Halloween) issue of PaperCrafts--it's a great sketch! This card measures 4.25 " square--I decided to try a different size for a change. It seemed to fit the chair. Again I used Bitty Baby Blessings DP. I just love the colors and patterns in that. CS: Lavender Moon by PTI, Certainly Celery by SU. Brads are Making Memories. This sketch has some cute little pillows; I stamped one onto the dotted paper, cut out and popped up.

Hope you have a great day--try to get into some stamping time. It's good for what ails ya!

On My Couch

Well, I finally caved and got Lisa Johnson's sets On My Couch and On My Couch Additions from PTI. These sets are chock full of adorable images and sentiments. I have been having a blast playing with them! Here I stamped the outline couch on Bitty Baby Blessings DP and cut out. Stamped the rug in SU Pumpkin Pie, table in Palette Burnt Umber, vase in SU Certainly Celery, framed picture in Palette Noir and colored with SU markers. BG is also from Bitty Baby Blessings, CS is Pumpkin Pie and Certainly Celery. Sent is from Birthday Basics by PTI. Scallop border punch, ribbon, and library clip are all SU. I just love how this came out. Thanks for stopping by!

The apples of my eye go BACK TO SCHOOL!

Well, the Y camp finished last Fri, and school doesn't start until Thurs. I had today off from work with the kids, and while I was happily playing in my stamp room, Ems came in and wanted me to make a card for her new teacher. I don't have the teacher set from PTI, but I've been meaning to try something. On scrapbooking pages you always see these neat shapes for journalling. I decided to combine Borders and Corners Circles with Journalling Lines from PTI to make one of my own. I used my Nesties to make a reverse mask, stamped the circle, covered with the mask, and stamped the lines. The apple is from SU's Tart and Tangy, sentiment is from Vintage Picnic. CS: Confetti Tan (SU retired), Pure Poppy and Dark Chocolate (PTI), DP is Chocolate Remix. Ribbon is PTI, eyelets are ret. SU. The focal point is cut out with Nesties. Have a great back to school!

My Time to Create Challenge

Well, anyone who looks at my blog (thank you!) knows I am a huge fan of Lauren Meader. Not only is she an amazingly talented stamper and template designer for PTI, she is a funny blogger too! Every Sat. she hosts a challenge. This was for last Sat's challenge, you can see it HERE. I loved the colors in this particular challenge and decided to play along. I chose the Recipe Wrap-Up template, which is one of the two free ones, although I have several of them. Not sure what I will use this for. The colors are SU Basic Gray, Kiwi Kiss, and Baja Breeze, DP is Urban Garden and A Walk in The Park. Stamp set is Boutique Grunge by Inque Boutique. I cut out a flower from the DP and layered it. I used the photo corner punch and the Textile CB embossing folder, and I made diagonal pockets for the inside instead of following the pocket pattern included with the template. Pearls are from K & Co.

First flip open.

2nd flip open.

Fully open--diagonal pockets. Sorry about the terrible pix, wrong time of day outside but if I didn't get it done while DH and DD were out, it wasn't going to get done!

Hope you enjoyed this project--have a great weekend.