Stamp Something Cute

Happy Friday!! Todays Stamp Something challenge is something cute. Our sponsor is Sugar Nellie who of course has SUPAH cute stamps! I got to play with a Leann Ellis image Fly Free. This image seemed springy to me so I colored the image to match the Twitterpated dp. I used this weeks Sunday sketch and stamp for my layout. You can check out the SS designers Sugar Nellie creations here and pull out your cute stamps and join us this week! We have a SS record breaking week last week with over 700 to play along! Woo Hoo!! Thats it for me today. Short and sweet since Im working on day 3 of a headache that just will not take the hint and leave already!LOL!! Have a good weekend!

Girl and Birdhouse

Last night I just wanted to sit down and color with no colors or sketch etc in mind. Just to sit down and color. I pulled out some of my neglected Sugar Nellie images. I have been so intimidated by this image!LOL!! I did have a blast coloring it last night and even got a WOW from my hubby. Im sorry but I didnt write down any colors b/c I wasnt sure if it was going to make it onto a card or not. This image is so large I just matted it on a kraft card base and added a Quickutz photo corner with pearls colored with copics. Well that's it for me today. Sorry for such a quick post but I am ready to put my feet up and relax!LOL!!

ETA: OMG! I cant believe I didnt know about the Elisabeth Bell DT call!! I love her images just like the one I used here! I was browsing through some blogs and seen where a friend of mine posted the badge on her blog and was soooo excited until I saw the deadline was only 1 hr away!! GASP!! How lucky was it I just colored this image?!?LOL!!

Summery Sugar Nellie

I have another bright card for you today. Although Im not too bright today!LOL! Read on you'll understand...

Well my card didnt turn out so quite so clean and simple! I wanted to play along with the Sugar bowls sketch challenge so I colored up the Sugar Nellie image using the colors from this weeks CAS color challenge. Ive been wanting to try sewing on my card so I decided to just keep the layout simple and just add stitching. Well..... as I was linking the sugar bowl challenge I noticed that you were to use ribbon or bows for the challenge! So long story short I think I blew both challenges this morning!LOL! Dontcha hate Mondays!?!LOL

Stamps: Sugar nellie
Paper: pumpkin pie, ghostly greetings dp, turquoise prints, bazzill yellow, cc designs white
Ink: memento black, versamagic sea breeze,

copics eoo, e21 (skin), rv02, rv04(bunny ears), e44, e47, e49(tree stump), bg01, bg05(skirt, polka dots and bow), y13, y15 (shirt), yr04, yr07(shoes, apron, and flower) yg23, yg25(grass and leaves), e37, e47, e57 (hair)
Accessories: prismacolor pencils, sewing machine

Fs126 Nuts for B-gin-r

Todays featured stamper is Sandra aka B-gin-r. I love Sandra's gallery! Awesome cards! I picked her card here to case. I didnt have the squirrel image she used so I used Sugar nellies Nuts image from the home grown collection. I colored the image using gamsol magic. I changed the dp to MME (no telling how long Ive had this!LOL!) and Coredinations cs. Instead of a circle sentiment I added a prima with a button/brad center. I also used some yummy ribbon I got from Jacksonbelle embellishments. I also remebered to take a pic of the inside of the card. I havent stamped a sentiment on it yet. I like to have a few cards on hand that will just about work for anything that I can add the sentiment later for the occassion.

Hope you all had a great 4th of July yesterday! We celebrated with our family on Friday since Danny and Jessie had to work yesterday. I spent just about all day yesterday playing Guess who with my kids!LOL! Seriously! We were cleaning out their closet and they found my old game and wanted me to show them how to play it. They loved it and we played it like 100 times yesterday!LOL!

Stamps: Nuts-Sugar Nellie
Paper: mme, coredinations cs, white
Ink: versafine onyx
Accessories: prismacolor pencils, gamsol, ribbon from Jacksonbelle, prima, SU button and brad
Techniques: gamsol magic

Urban Prarie Custard

Ive gone from cowgirls to cow!LOL! I made this for todays sketch challenge. I colored Custard from Sugar Nellies Home Grown collection using copics and prismacolor pencils. I paired her with BG urban prarie. Sorry not alot of chit chat today. Madison has a Dr appointment we have to get out the door for. I hope to try this sketch again later today! Have a great one!

Stamps: Custard from Sugar Nellie
Paper: black, white, urban prarie
Ink: memento black, copics
Accessories: prismacolor pencils, black hot fix rhinestones

Urban Prarie Postbox

Wow has it really been over a week since I posted?!!?! I will not bore you w/all the details of why stamping had to be put on the backburner for the last week so I'll just move onto the card. Todays FS is Kathy aka Wattle. This was a new gallery for me to browse through. While browsing through her wonderful gallery I found this happy mail card to case. I knew I wanted to keep the image and the colors reminded me of the urban prarie dp so I used similar colors. Since it was a sketch card I changed the layout. I wanted to keep the card pretty simple since I havent stamped all week so I just popped up the girl image and added a button. Have a great day!!

Stamps: Sugar nellie Honey & Pip-Post box
Paper: urban prarie, white cs
Ink: memento tuxedo black, copics yg23, yg25, rv11, rv14, e50, e51, e33, e35, e37, c1, c3, bg10, bg13, bg15, yg03, yg06, yg09, y21, y26
Accessories: button, dimensionals

Afternoon tea reflection

I love todays simple sketch. I knew it would be great for a Sugar nellie image. My friend Lori sent me this image and its now her fault Im obsessed with Sugar nellie!LOL! Im still working on using some of my retired dp. I have too much of the stuff!LOL! I colored the sugar nellie image using the colors from the afternoon tea dp. I colored this image a couple of weeks ago when we were waiting out storms at my MIL's so I forgot to write down the colors I used! Sorry!! I used Inges dp corners again but I did both corners instead of one and Michelles button. I went a little crazy with the sponging on this one so Im not sure I totally love it plus I have brown fingernails now!LOL!! Have a great day!

Stamps: Reflection
Paper: textured groovy guava, choc chip, textured wild wasabi
Ink: choc chip, memento black, copics
Accessories: button, soft sky ds ribbon, sponge

Planting some copic love

Okay I know a funny title but hey it gets hard!LOL! For my card today I did a couple of copic challenges. I used the copic colour challenge and the copic creations challenge. The copic colour challenge is to use R22, E47, and B12. Super cute colors together! The copic creations challenge is skin tones. So of course I had to pull out some more Sugar nellies!LOL! This cutie is called planting some love (hence the title!). I used the wsc75 that is hosted by Mary Jo this week. I keep forgetting about the wsc! Okay so I love the layout but I did have kinda a hard time with it! I just really wanted to use this image so I had to make it work!LOL! I popped the kitty up on dimensionals for one of the circle in the layout and colored a bridal flower with my copic marker for the other circle. I used wide choc chip ribbon and the new SU corduroy brads-love them!! SO yummy!! The sentiment is also from SU but I cant remember which set (its one I borrowed from Mama) and I added some piercing below the sentiment. Well thats about it for today! Only 2 more days left of school this week before Easter break.

Scattering Occ Love

Okay Im totally addicted to Sugar Nellie!!LOL! I love coloring their images! I made this card for this weeks OCC color challenge to use more mustard, bashful blue, and not quite navy. After seeing Silkes Occ card using the prints for this color challenge I pulled out my prints pack b/c I totally forgot that nqn print was in it!LOL! So when I pulled it out I found the mustard print too! Yippee! Perfect for SCS sketch so I made another card using it. This time I flipped the layout. I sanded the edges of the prints and matted on cs. I overlapped the nqn layer. After I took my pic I realized the prints are going in different directions!LOL! I colored this adorable Scattering love image using copics. I added the grass line also. I sponged the top edges using bashful blue for a little sky and popped the image up on dimensionals. For my embellies I added some bashful blue brads and mustard ribbon.

Well yesterdays weather wasnt as bad as they were predicting thank goodness!! Still alot of rain and flooding but not the tornadoes they were predicting! Schools are closed today and the sun is shining so my kids are happy!LOL! Have a great day!

Recipe:
paper: not quite navy cs and prints (retired Hostess), more mustard cs and prints, bashful blue cs, ga pacific white
ink: memento black, bashful blue, copics y21, yr23, g21, g24, g28, b95, b97,r27, b21, e00, e11
accessories: soft subtle brads, mustard ribbon, dimensionals

Bittersweet Sugar Nellie

Todays color challenge is riding hood red, pink pirouette, and choc chip. I knew I wanted to use BG bittersweet dp when I saw the colors. I pulled out this sweet Sugar nellie image to pair with the dp and colored her with copics. Its the first time shes seen ink Ive been waiting for the right time to use her. I used Julees mojo80 for my layout. I love this awesome sketch! I sponged the main image and dp with sahara sand ink. Im really happy with how my card turned out today! We are supposed to be having bad weather around here again today so we get to drain the pool before the 5" of rain they are prediciting we will get from this storm! yipee!LOL! My yard already looks like a swamp from 4" of the rain the storm on Saturday gave us! Have a dry day!LOL!

Giddy Up Outlaw

Congrats to Karen todays featured stamper! I love this challenge b/c I find new galleries! I cased this card of Karens. I really liked the layout so I kept it but I changed the piercing and pierced around the strip. I used this super adorable sugar nellie image my friend Lori (mwah!) sent me! Isnt she the cutest?!!? I distressed the image and sponged with river rock ink. I added a star embellie instead of the ribbon and clip Karen used. I also left off the side tab embellishment. I added two brads to the bottom of the card instead of a sentiment. I stamped the howdy sentiment from Cowboy kid on the inside. I also added in some extra layers. I kept some of her colors b/c when I saw her card I thought about this outlaw dp Ive only used once! I think this turned out so cute and she was so fun to color! Hey look I even remembered to take a pic of the inside of the card! Im on a roll I tell ya! A challenged card posted and a pic of the inside! woo hoo for me!!LOL! For all you Nascar fans out there...last nights race was unbelievable!! Go KEVIN!!LOL! I LMBO when Darrell said Kevin went through those cards like a hot dog slipping out of a bun!LOL! Have a great day!