Going, Going, Gone

Todays challenge was to use retiring sets. Well I can do that....90% of my stamps are retiring sets. I used basket full of fun on todays card. It is a hostess set in the current catty that will be retiring. I also used crosshatch a retiring background stamp. I wanted basket full of fun when the catty first came out and finally had a party within the limit to get it as a hostess gift. The sad part is I've never even inked it up!*GASP* How terrible is that!! I colored the bucket and apples w/markers after my watercolored image flopped! All the layers are sponged in going gray. The sentiment isnt covered up the way it looks in the photo.

This will probably be my last post for the week. I have some MAJOR stampin to get done. My Mom and I are going to a SCS gathering and I have 20 swaps to make that I have not even started on! I also have another swap of 15 I have to get done before we go. We will be out of town all weekend so I have to get them done this week! Hope you all have a great weekend!

sc126 Watermelon Ladies

This is a card I made for today sketch challenge. The color combo was inspired by a card made by CharmWarm on SCS. I love this combo! Its my new fave! I got happy mail yesterday I had 6 packages in the mail and my new papertreyink stamps were in it. The lady bug is from their new Little Lady May stamp set release. Have I said how much I *heart* papertreyink's stamps! Nicole does a great job designing these stamps.

The card base is regal rose matted with WWcs stamped with flowers and dots in regal rose, certainly celery, and black. The panels are black matted with celery with the ladybug trail stamped in celery. Its hard to see in the pic but the black vertical panel is pierced. The celery polka dot ribbon is from Michaels. The black brads are from Michaels also. What I love about this set is the body is 2 different pieces so you I stamped the bold part of the body in regal rose with the outline and antenna stamped in black. This set has 3 different antennas for the lady so you can them to match the look of your card another perk of this set.

We had a bad day here yesterday. DH pulled out his back at work. He was put on light duty at work which means he cant drive his truck (which is going to kill him). The doctor put him on a limited # of hrs he can work so he is having to do lite office work for the next 3 days until he goes back to the Dr. Those of you that know me and DH personally know that my husband is not afraid of hardwork. He works for Coca-Cola and throws about 600-700 cases of drinks a day and he weighs about a buck '05(soaking wet)! So having to sit around the office today doing odd and ends is going to drive him nuts!!!!!!!!! So he will be a joy the next few days! I love my husband but he is a bigger baby than my children are sometimes. Be back tommorrow with a new challenge post. Hope you all have a happy stampin day!

Joy Fold

Hope you all had a great day yesterday! Our internet was down almost all day (insert sad face here) but I did get some stamping done! This card was made using the joy fold. I found the tutorial here: http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2007/05/05/joy-fold-tutorial/

The card base is so saffron and old olive cs. I used the polka dots and paisley DP. I stamped the polka dots in so saffron and stamped off on WW with sentiment stamped in old olive for the main image. I also inked up the flower with taken with teal and old olive markers. The inside has the petals wheel in so saffron and the polka dots stamped in old olive. I used the button on the front panel to hold the flap down. Super easy and cute card fold! Try one today and link it back here in the comments!

Ribbon Inspired Cards

Dont you just love long weekends!!! I got some serious stampin time in this weekend. It was great!!! DH and kids watched the race yesterday and I stamped!! Check out my gallery today I've added a few cards there too!

Now on to the cards. Both of these cards use the same colors and ribbon. I was inspired by the ribbon for the color combo. I used mellow moss, bashful blue, and blush blossom. The first card I made I also used my $1 stamps from Michaels I always BUY but never USE! Why do we do that?! If it's only a dollar I cant resist it even if I never use it! I distressed all the layers on the card. I stamped tone on tone on both layers and colored in the flower with my white gel pen. This card was a quick super simple card.

The second card I made after I was stamping some Inky Antics stamps for a friend I am swapping stamped images with (Hey Ash) and realized how long it had been since I used them so I made a card with each this weekend. I colored the turtle with my markers and used sahara sand pencil for shadow. I think this one is my favorite of the two b/c I like the layout. Leave me a comment and let me know which one YOU like better and why!

Hope you have a safe and happy day! If the smoke clears here we are going to be grilling today and hopefully (fingers crossed) getting in the pool! Be back tommorrow with a new challenge card.

Last day of school

Well yesterday was the last day of school here...thank goodness!!! Still no mojo today so I thought I'd post a gift set. I found this cute princess diva items at Michaels in the $1 bin. There is a journal, notecards, post-it notes, and memo pad. I put a fairy coloring book, door hanger and wall hanger also. They were a big hit!! I gave one to my 2 daughters in purple and the color shown and their 2 best friends in pink.

Hope you all have a great Friday!!!

Well my stampin mojo went out the door yesterday! I tried several different projects and nothing came together for me. The first thing I wanted to do was create some cards using the Hostess set Friends and Flowers I've seen some cute cards using this and very little stamping involved b/c the kit have cardstock stickers sounds easy enought right!??! Not so much for me yesterday. The first card has little pieces stamped on celery. The strip of patterened paper is layered with choc chop with stickers . I took a piece of so saffron cs and stamped itty bitty backgrounds stamped on it in so saffron. I used my 3/4" punch to punch out windows for the stickers. The ribbon slide is also a sticker from the kit.

The second card I made was another tent topper card. The card base is so saffron with PP matted on it. I used the photo corner stickers from the kit. I used my Fiskars circles to cut out my circle in rose red. I used my scallop circle punch in WW cs. The flowers are stickers from the kit. I used my celery marker to doodle around the scallop. This card is missing something I just couldnt make it work. I tried to add a sentiment on the front but it took up too much of the card.

YAYYY!!!!For Jordin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!She won!!!!Im off to try to find my mojo be back tommorrow with another project.

Michelle's Tent Topper Card

Well I promised you a new template today and here it is. I love having several different ways to fold cards and all the different looks you can get. Today's card is Michelle's Tent Topper cards. They are super fun to make. SOO EASY which Im all about! I stamped the card base with Well Worn Words in elegant eggplant on orchid opulence cardstock. The main image is stamped in Orchid Opulence and certainly celery. I applied silver stickles on the tulip. Ribbon is some from Joann's micro spools I told you about on a previous post. All layers are sponged with elegant eggplant.

Hope you all watched AI last night. Jordin was fantastic!!!!!!!!!So excited about tonights show crossing my fingers for her.

Here's the link to Michelle's tent topper card. There's not really a template but she give directions on how to assemble the card. No worries it's super easy but the outcome is too cute!!!

http://michellewooderson.blogspot.com/2007/04/more-tent-topper-cards.html