TESC138 Graduation Card

It's "hump day" and that means only a few more days until a three day week end. Do you have plans? We are going to visit our friends again who live in the Central Coast wine country. I love it there, so I can't wait.

Today I have another graduation card made with the TE Dream Big set. Again, it's for one of my nephews. I made this following the latest TESC sketch, #138.

Supplies
Stamps: Dream Big by Taylored Expressions
Card stock: SU brilliant blue and TE choice snow white
Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye
Ink: memento tuxedo black, SU brilliant blue, Copics
Other: SU circle and star punches, SU star brads, dimensionals

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by,
Colleen

Graduation Congrats and SSS109

Good Tuesday evening all,

I have a quick post tonight with a card I made for this week's Sweet Stop sketch challenge. This week it's a Sketch With a Spin, "make it masculine." While most are probably thinking Father's Day, I am in need of graduation cards for two nephews. This older SU paper looks "boyish" to me, so I think this card meets the requirements. 

Supplies
Stamps: Taylored Expressions set Dream Big
Card stock: SU bashful blue, brilliant blue and TE choice snow white
Patterned paper: SU retired
Ink: SU brilliant blue, memento tuxedo black, Copics
Other: classic circle and classic square Nesties, sewing machine, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by,
Colleen

Get Well Wishes

Here's a bright, cheery card that will hopefully make my friend feel a little better while recovering from surgery. The sketch is this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch 118. The card stock and patterned papers are from the May's Key Ingredients kit and most supplies and stamps are from Taylored Expressions.

I love these little birdies on this patterned paper. I thought this week's sketch was a perfect way to show them off. I also love making these rosettes. I do have a hard time figuring out how to keep them glued to the punched circles. They keep popping out! Does anyone have any suggestions??

Supplies
Stamps: Labels Of Love by Taylored Expressions
Card stock: bright red and choice snow white by TE
Patterned paper: Happy Go Lucky by American Crafts
Ink: SU real red and certainly celery
Other: SU round punches, oval Nesties, Ribbon Tag Trio Three Shapeabilities, TE leaf die, TE scalloped border die, red Kaiser pearl, TE stitched ribbon, sewing machine, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Have a great Sunday evening and thanks for stopping by,
Colleen

Birthday Wishes

Ahhhh, Wednesday is almost over and that means only two more days to the weekend, which are my main stamping days. Tonight, I'm sharing a card I made on Sunday for the Sweet Stop Sketch.

This is a really fun layout, and I kept my card relatively simple. The image is a digital from Mo Manning Digi Stamps. This cute guy reminded me of my nephew, so I colored him up for my nephew's birthday card.

Supplies
Stamps: Digital image "Paul Typing" from Mo Manning
Card stock: SU pumpkin pie, soft suede, and whisper white
Patterned papers: Cosmo Cricket Lil' Man
Ink: memento tuxedo black, rich cocoa and Copics
Other: Die-namics die, oval Nestie, SU circle punches, SU build a brad, blue candy dots, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Thanks,
Colleen

You Make My World Happy

Hi all,
I have a quick post this morning. Here's my card for MFTWSC18.
I've used the Pure Innocence set called "Being Cute Is What I Do," combined with My Mind's Eye patterned papers. Her outfit is paper pieced.

Supplies
Stamps: Being Cute is What I Do by My Favorite Things
Card stock: SU real red and TE choice snow white
Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose, Gertie
Ink: memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU real red
Other: Die-namics dies, classic circle Nestie, TE paper flowers and ribbon, Hero Arts rhinestone flower, Kaiser shinny red pearls, yellow candy dots, sewing machine, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Thanks for checking in,
Colleen

Swinging By. . .

"Swinging by to say. . . .  HI all,

Hehe.

I hope your Monday's been a good one. I got home from work, got changed, and came immediately to my stamping space. I started this card last night, but didn't finish before it was time to go to bed. This one is for the current Follow The Recipe #11 challenge on the Catered Crop blog. I missed a couple of the challenges and wanted to get back to playing along.

The sketch that I've used is this month's SFYTT. Love this sketch from Jen! I am sure I'll be using this one more.

The FTR11 ingredients that I've used are:
Patterned paper: polka-dot
Colors: yellow, kraft, white
Color mediums: Copics
Embellishments: Stickles
Tools: Dies
Theme: All Occassion

I've had this Kliban cat stamp for years. I got it at a class I took years ago at a local stamp store. I remember that it was for a class using just black and white. I've used this little guy over the years to make cards for my cat loving friends. I usually color in the daisies, but here I decided to keep them white, like Shasta Daisies, and use some yellow Stickles in the centers.

Supplies
Stamps: Swinging Cat by American Art Stamps, sentiment from TE's In the Park set
Card stock: SU teal, kraft and daffodil. TE choice snow white
Patterned paper: MME Stella and Rose, Gertie
Ink: memento tuxedo black and Copics
Other: classic circle and lacy circle Nesties, TE small scalloped border die, Sizzix embossing folders, sewing machine, white ric-rak, yellow Stickles, Hero Arts gold rhinestone daisy, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Have a wonderful evening and thanks for stopping by,
Colleen

You Did It, Proud Of You

My sweet, beautiful niece Rachel, is graduating from high school next month. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? I'm hoping to be able to fly up to Portland, OR where they live to attend her graduation ceremony. In the mean time, I've used today's Sweet Sunday Sketch to make her graduation card today.

This card did not come together very fast. I kept changing my mind and redoing elements. After several changes though, I'm pretty happy with the it.

As you can see, I rotated the sketch to accommodate the PI graduate. No patterned paper was used, amazingly. I don't know when I've made a card last without it.

Supplies
Stamps: PI "Graduation Girl" by My Favorite Things
Card stock: SU textured red ridding hood and black, TE choice snow white
Ink: memento tuxedo black, Copics, and Spica gold and black
Other: Taylored Expressions Heart impressions plate, SU punches, black and white polka dot ribbon, Zva Creative black pearl flourish,
sewing machine, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Here's a picture of the beautiful graduate:

Have a wonderful week.
Thanks,
Colleen

Party Hearty

Hi again. I was able to get lots of stamping done on Sunday which means I was able to make some scheduled posts for this week. Today's card I made for a friend's birthday later this month. As you can see, the layout is TESC137.

Supplies
Stamps: Taylored Expressions "Make a Wish"
Card stock: Taylored Expressions blues and choice snow white
Patterned paper: B-day Bash by Imaginisce
Ink: memento tuxedo black, Copics
Other: expresso dimensional pearls, light blue liquid pearls, yellow Stickles, TE small scalloped border die, Kaiser rhinestones, sewing machine, classic oval Nesties, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Thanks,
Colleen

Friends 'Till the End - MFT Challenges

Happy Monday morning all,

Today's card I made for a couple MFT challenges: MFTWSC17 and MFT May Guest Designer contest. The May guest designer contest's theme is "Blue Jeans and Bling".  Cute, yea?

I pulled out another Pure Innocence set that I bought with their last release called "You Color My World". She is SO, so sweet, and as you can see, I had a lot of fun putting her world together.

To fulfill the "blue jeans and bling" criteria, I used the MFT die-namics tear drop tree die to cut some denim, then added some stitching and Kaiser red rhinestones. (I think they look like apples.) Our little PI painter is colored with Copics. Her berets is stamped onto burgundy denim and cut out. I added a little pearl at the top where the button would be. The tip of the paint brush and the paint spots on her palette are glazed with a Sakura glaze pen. More MFT Die-namics dies are used as well as some SU punches and a Sizzix embossing folder. Some bright, summery patterned paper and more stitching help make her scene nice and bright.

Supplies
Stamps: Pure Innocence "You Color My World" by My Favorite Things
Card stock: SU pacific point and marina mist, Neenah cream
Patterned paper: Fly A Kite by October Afternoon
Ink: memento tuxedo black, SU pacific point, and Copics
Other: Die-namics faux crochet border, fresh cut grass, tear drop tree dies, SU punches, Kaiser rhinestones and pearl, SU button, Sizzix EF, blue raffia, sewing machine, Sakura glaze pen, pop-up glue dots, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Thanks and have a great Monday,
Colleen

Thinking of You-Sweet Sunday Sketch 115

Wow, it's been a whole week since I've been able to stamp. Way too long, so I decided today was going to be stamping day. First thing was to check the Sweet Sunday Sketch on Karen's blog and that's what I started with. Love the simple sketch today and my card took no time at all. Usually, I'm pretty slow at putting my cards together as I tend to create as I go, trying different things out. But this one seemed to just work with what I had in my mind. :)

For todays card, I knew I wanted to use April's Key Ingredients papers again and maybe a stamp set that I hadn't used in awhile. Since these Kitch papers have that "homespun" feel, I settled on a SU set from last year called Garden From the Heart. The drying herbs are perfect to pair with the plaid patterned paper, don't you think?

Adding some sewing around the panels and the dried flowers from the KI kit keeps with the overall feel.

Supplies
Stamps: Garden From the Heart and So Happy For You sets from Stampin' Up
Card stock: TE from April's Key Ingredients
Patterned paper: Kitch - The Girl's Paperie from April's KI
Ink: memento rich cocoa and Copics
Other: labels 4 Nesties, sewing machine, miniature paper roses from April's KI, green candy dots, SU punch, SU texturz plate, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Have a wonderful Sunday afternoon and evening everyone and thanks for stopping by,
Colleen