Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Card 2 Recipe:

Stamps: SU Thoughts and Prayers, SU Warm Words

Paper: Sabrina DP, DCWV All Dressed Up, Pink Pirouette CS, Black CS, and White CS

Accessories: Silver Button, EK Success Punch, Label 4 die, Black Hero Art Pearls (from Our Daily Bread Designs, Black Velvet ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and for always leaving such inspirational comments. I so appreciate each and everyone. It is my hope that I can visit your blogs tonight when I return.

Tomorrow I will be back bright and early for.......Flutter By Wednesday!! I love the Flutter by challenge and I can't wait to share tomorrow's creation with you. It was such a fun challenge this week. You may even want to play along...... Have a great night!

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great weekend! I sure did. Can't believe how fast the time flies by. Yesterday I decided to take a small break from the computer, sometimes it frustrates me so. A lot of technological problems lately. I think I need to increase my memory.

Today I would like to share a card I made for the OCCC challenge this week (to make a Mother's Day card) using the Magnolia Sketch (Bev's sketch, Thanks Bev for such an inspiring sketch) and sweet Tilda! I love Tilda so although I do not own many and often don't find the time to stamp with her. (We will have to change that!). I paper pieced her clothes using the same paper pad used for the background (Basic Grey-Bittersweet). The oval is Labels 4 nestabilities. I colored Tilda's face, arms and hair with copics. The boots are embossed for a shiny appearance.

Happy Saturday!! I have a lot to share with you today. The Bread basket (design team) from Our Daily Bread Designs is loving the new releases this month!! I hope you have had a chance to check them out at the ODBD store and/or the blogs of my fellow Bread basket Team sisters (on my sidebar). Today the team has a special treat for you, a SKETCH Challenge!!!!

The second card is another card I made for today's LSC218 challenge. The challenge was to use a stamp or stamps to create your border. I used the floral flourish from SU Doodle This and gold embossed it. I created the circle shape with my EK Success Scissor Circle Kit. The scalloped circle is created by going around the edges with my SU Scalloped border punch. The Pacific Point CS is cuttlebugged with the Cuttlebug Textile folder and then distressd with an edge distresser and brown ink. The image is from Our Daily Bread Design's In God We Trust and God Bless America. I masked the eagle and stamped the flag over top. The entire image is watercolored, embossed several times and put in the freezer to create a cracked glass technique. After it was crackled I inked up my sponge and rubbed it into the cracks a little. I created a tag with my Spellbinders Ribbon Trio set and sheer brown ribbon. I love shaped cards. They are so different from the norm.

Happy Thursday!! I can't believe how fast the week is flying by. I have managed to accomplish a lot though both with card creations and work around the house. Yesterday I even worked in my garden. It felt good to get out there even if it was pulling weeds. The temperature here has been weird here lately. It went from almost 100 degrees to frost this morning. Yikes!! It warmed up to the low 60's during the day which was beautiful for me and more normal for this time of year in New York.

Have you ever been embarassed by your children and you wish you could explain yourself but just never get the opportunity to? This afternoon after my oldest daughter, Nicki who is 9, was done with her schoolwork she went upstairs. I didn't think anything of it. I had to do something on the computer so I walked into the den and there she was on my computer, on Splitcoast, leaving comments using my user name on MY cards. Nicki is my biggest fan!! I love her dearly but did she have to make it look like I was leaving comments on my own cards. Granted she addressed it to "Mom" and signed it with Nicki but still...... The girls are not suppose to go on the computer without asking me but I know she was trying to surprise me when I looked that night. Well she surprised me alright!! How you can get angry when she was trying to be kind!!!






Well anywho.....The first card I am going to share with you is a card that I made using Jenn's SFYTT sketch for this week and a Penny Black stamp. I don't often get to pull out these cute stamps. I made it over the weekend when I wasn't feeling too great but even so it felt good to ink up this baby! A friend of mine wanted me to make her a cat birthday card for her daughter who loves cats. I watercolored the image and made it 3D. The flourish is spritzed with suede and gold glimmermist. The paper is a new Brenda Walton DP pack from Michaels.

Stamps: Penny Black- Why Am I Smiling

Paper: Brenda Walton DP, Mauve, and Bitter Chocolate Bazzill, Watercolor paper

Accessories: Pink Satin Ribbon, Pearls, K&CO Die cut flourish, EK Success punch, Prima Flowers, Paper Co. Brad from Michaels, sewing machine



The second card I made was for today's WT216 challenge to use Black. Since I wanted to make it look soft for a baby card for a dear friend, Jolene, who just had a darling baby boy, I decided to use black to frame the cool carribean DP and for the embellishments. The OCCC challenge was to use one of your favorite color combos and this is definitely one of them. The image is a baby dragon from High Hopes that was sent to me by my dear friend, Michelle of Mommy Time. (She is such an awesome card artist, if you have not visited her, you really should. She is a High Hopes dt member and my jaw hits the floor each time I see her gorgeous coloring and fab creations.) I colored the image with prisma color pencils and gamsol.

Stamps: High Hopes Baby Dragon

Paper: Martha Stewart Playful Blue, Cool Carribean CS, Black and White CS

Accessories: black pearls, EK Success mini heart border punch, Circle nesties, Prima Marketing Black Velvet Trim, glitter, Cuttlebug Textile Embossing Folder

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments!! I have so many email me with get well wishes. Thanks so much. I am feeling much better this week. I will be back tomorrow for the new releases of Our Daily Bread Designs since it is May 1st and another 3 sets are being released!! Have a great night!!!