WSC93

Good Morning!

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend so far. Mine has been fabulous and it's only Saturday, which makes it even better. We had a great family day yesterday and I was even able to sneak in a quick trip to Michaels. Didn't get a whole lot; but was happy with the few items I purchased. I got some background pattern stamps by Martha Stewart which I can't wait to use.
I did get a a chance to do the WSC; but I didn't get done with it until about 10:30 last night and by then I was too tired to blog.
So, here it is. This is actually the second version of the card. I originally had a smaller circle on the front; but decided to go with something a bit bigger. I just felt as though there wasn't enough of a focal point. The larger pieces of bling on the side are actually blue; but for some reason they scanned more grey looking. It looks really good IRL! My base is Rose Red, with layers of Pink Pirouette, and Kiwi Kiss. The piece of pattern paper is from The Sasha Paper Collection by Prima and the blue mat around it is from my scrap pile. The letter stickers for the "hello" are from American Crafts and the flower in the corner is by Flora Doodles. It's all rather simple; but I hope you like it.
Have a great weekend and I'll be back on Monday.

Back to the Challenges

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Sorry about the late post today. It's been a busy morning and productive as well. I managed to get the house cleaning done as well as complete the Mojo Monday sketch for today. This was my first Mojo Monday since June and I have to admit the two back panels sorta threw me for a loop. It was a bit hard to get them situated just right and I'm not sure that I did in the end. I also chose a color combination from a SCS challenge that I had not seen before. I thought the combination of Not Quite Navy, Pretty in Pink and Rust was unique and I really liked the way they looked together. Since there wasn't really a lot of room for a sentiment I decided to just use a sentiment type stamp. This one is from the retired set Lexicon of Love. I know it's odd to use old stamps when new ones have just come out; but it worked, so why not, right?

I also had time to do WSC challenge over the weekend as well. This card was designed largely around the buttons. This is a collection from Flora Doodles that I got from Archivers in Omaha. It's a whole bag of buttons that I think would make Kristina Werner giddy with delight! The dark button is actually a deep purple which goes well with the Razzleberry paper. I also got a chance to use my new Paper Pretties image from the Stamp of the Month Club. I still have one that I haven't used yet; but I will soon. The colors for this card are Soft Suede, Razzling Razzberry, Mellow Moss and Barely Banana. I colored the main image with copic markers. I don't have any curly label nesties or punches, so I decided to put it on a circle with a rounded square behind it.
So that's all for me today. Have a great day

WSC Challenge

***For my GH peeps, my weekly GH column is just below this post***

Hi Everyone!

So sorry for the late post. I've been in and out all day. Went to my mom's this afternoon for a while and spent some time there doing some stamping. It was great because I get to use her stamps, which are mostly things that I don't have, like this little girl. (I can't remember the name of the set; and no, I don't feel like looking it up right now!) I also got a chance to use some of her new Copic Markers. Yep, gotta get me some of them!
This is my card for this week's WSC challenge. The challenge was from Lori Craig. Be sure to check out her blog and the rest of the WSC challenge girls to get some inspiration for your own creation.
Ok, so that's all for me today. Have a great weekend and I'll be back on Monday.

WSC 82

Hi Everyone!

(**For my "General Hospital" peeps, my weekly GH chatter column is just below this post!**)


It's TGIF, which means it's time for another weekend sketch challenge. This one comes from Mary Jo. Be sure to visit her blog to see her sample. It's gorgeous! I noticed that the samples I saw with the sketch featured more of a square card than a regular sized card. I wasn't sure about the size, so I went with a 5 1/2x 5 1/2 card. It's all fairly straightforward. I did stamp the large white piece with the Fine Lace background stamp, which is a tad hard to see in the photo. The button has some turquoise wire through it. I hope you like it! Be sure to check out the other WSC samples from the other WSC girls: Cambria, Charmaine, Jenn, Sharon.
Have a great weekend!

WSC and Candy Reminder!

Hello!

TGIF everyone. Before I get to my card for today, I just want to remind everyone about the blog candy. I will be drawing the winner and announcing it a bit later this afternoon. Probably around 4:00pm. Once again, I'm in a hurry so I'm going to quickly post my card for today's WSC challenge. This week's sketch was hosted by the ever adorable Charmaine. Love that Oodabug Alley girl! She makes the most adorable projects. Hop on over and take a look if you get a chance.
Anyhow, my card super simple. I used Ruby Red, NQ Navy, Baja Breeze and Cameo Coral for my color palette. I opted not to put the circle in the bottom corner like it is in the sketch, since I put a circle in the center of my card. I decided instead to just put a little ribbon bow there. All in all I think it came out fairly decently. What do you all think?
Ok, that's all for me. Be sure to check back later for the candy results!

Not the Prettiest Moose...

but he sure is cute isn't he!! This is my first Riley stamp. I was so excited when he came in the mail yesterday. I also got another one and hopefully I'll get a chance to play with him one day next week. This is my card for yesterday's WSC, hosted by the uber talented Cambria. Wow, it's so hard to believe that there have been 80 WSC challenges. I really like this sketch and plan to put it in my sketch book, so that I can do it again.
This fun summer Riley stamp made me think of bright bold colors, so that's why I chose the color palette that I did. I used some retired SU pattern paper and coordinated the other colors around that. I had a bit of a hard time coloring in Riley. I'll just have to play with him and find a technique that I like. For this one, I chose to stamp him on watercolor paper and then used inks, pencils and aquapainters to fill him in. Anyhow, I hope you like it. I've got a busy day ahead, and I'm not even dressed yet, so I guess I better get going. I've seen the OCC challenge for this morning; but I'm going to have to wait until Monday to do that.
Have a good weekend and Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

Supplies:
Paper: Only Orange, Pink Passion, Green Gable, SU ret Pattern
Stamps: Riley, Cheers to You, Mark the Date
Accessories: corner punch, markers, aquapainters, red ribbon, pencils

WSC Hola Chica

Good Morning!

Did you all have a good weekend? Ours was good. R's party was lot's of fun; and I was very thankful that it was at another location other than my house because it was nice to just be able to come home and unpack the presents and leftover cake and not have a lot of mess to clean up. DH is currently out of town for a couple of days, so my mom stayed with me last night and we had a bit of a girls night. We did some stamping, had some wine and watched the movie "Bride Wars."
Sunday was a pajama day! Don't you love those? I got a lot of stamping done as well as it relates to working on my mother's day projects. I'm going to try to take some pictures of the projects and post them this week. I just have to figure it out with the camera, since they are 3D projects and I can't scan them. I have a hard time with the camera because I never seem to find the right place in the house to take the picture as it relates to lighting etc.
Ok, so enough about that. Let's get today's card. This is for Friday's WSC and also for Thursday's WTC challenge on SCS to use black cardstock. I got this new stamp from Paper Pretties last week also, and thought this would just be the perfect time to use it. The other colors I chose were Kraft, Pomegranate and Pumpkin Pie. I really wanted to keep the black as a dominant color which is why I chose to do part of the dress in it as well. I colored her in with markers, ink pads and blender pens. I did color her skin in a bit with some blush blossom ink; but it's hard to see in the picture. Ok, so that's all for me for now. I'm going to try to do Mojo Monday a bit later, so until then have a good morning!

WSC 78. Quick and Easy

Good Afternoon!

TGIF!! I didn't get a chance to post this morning; and actually thought about taking the day off. Then I saw the WSC for this week and decided it looked easy enough that I thought I could knock out a card and get it posted before it was time to go get Reagan. It came together fairly quickly. I decided to build the card around the scrap of paper I had left over from doing the Ink Spray Smash technique (minus the spray!!) I also used a piece of Rose Red paper that I already had cuttlebugged (is that a word?!) in my scrap folder. I used watercolor crayons for the flowers and spritzed them with a bit of water before stamping them onto the vanilla cardstock.
So, quick and easy. I'm off to see what everyone else has been doing, so have a great weekend and I'll see you on Monday. (Maybe tomorrow for the OCC challenge)
Oh, and for all my fellow GH fans I will be posting my weekly (after a 2 week break) GH chatter column this afternoon. If you are a fan of General Hospital be sure to check back later!

Supplies:
Paper: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Saffron
Stamps: Goody Gumdrops
Accessories: Scallop punch, Ribbon, watercolor crayons, aquapainter

Busy weekend, Busy Monday

Good Afternoon!

I hope you are all doing well. All is well here. It was a busy weekend, so I was unable to get Friday's WSC sketch challenge done until this morning and I also just finished today's Mojo Monday card as well.
My WSC card was super simple. I found this paper and thought it would be perfect for the "baby girl" card that I needed to make. I was in a hurry when I made this, so I tried to keep the stamping fairly simple.
I decided to use my new "Designer Garden" stamps from Clear Dollar Stamps for my Mojo Monday card.
This was the other set I got from winning the OCC challenge a couple of weeks ago. I wasn't sure about the "tilting" of the main image. To me, I always think something's wrong with it! Yes, I'm a very straight and symmetrical person!
Ok, so that's all for me today. I gotta run and get R from school soon and there are still lunch dishes in the sink.
Have a great day everyone and thanks for visiting with me!

WSC and SCS Limited Supplies

Hi Everyone!

Today's card is for the WSC and also for SCS limited supplies challenge to complete a card in less than 3o minutes. Mine took 25, so I figured that more than qualified. The sketch was very easy to work with as well. I utilized some of the scraps of Print Patterns paper that I had lying around. I found the color combination in the SU catalog and I really liked it and thought they were good colors that matched the simplistic elegant theme I was going for.
We have had a crazy busy week complete with my husband having an MRI, a biopsy and my son being treated in the ER for a possible staph infection as well as me having "issues" which need to be medicated. Still getting ready for tomorrow's workshop, to which I now have two more people coming. I will be doing my GH column a bit later this afternoon. I decided even if no one reads it or comments on it, I shuould remain true to my blogging title. Until then, have a great day!

Supplies:
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Not Quite Navy, Always Artichoke, Sahara Sand
Stamps: Fresh Cuts (sentiment) Simply Said
Other: Ribbon, eyelets