Happy Birthday

Hello all,

TGIF tomorrow! I'm looking forward to the weekend, but then I always do.

I got home from work earlier than usual today and decided to do some stamping, so I pulled up this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch to make a birthday card for a friend. The sketch seemed pretty perfect to make a masculine card.

Here's the inside:

Supplies
Stamps: Birthday set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Night of Navy, Summer Starfruit card stock and My Minds Eye patterned papers
Ink: SU  Gumball Green and Night of Navy classic pads
Other: Die-namics Happy die, Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX die, Die-namics Star STAX die, SU red star eyelets, sewing machine, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Thanks for coming by,
Colleen

Showered With Love

Hello,

This is the 2nd card that I made yesterday afternoon. The layout is this week's Retro Sketch #99 and the colors are from this week's Dynamic Duos #87. The colors are black and hot pink (melon mambo) with a  "dessert" option of using an umbrella on our card. Here's what I came up with.

                                      

Supplies

Stamps: You Make Me Happy set from Taylored Expressions

Paper: SU Whisper White, Black and Melon Mambo card stock and SU DSP

Ink: SU Melon Mambo classic pad and Memento tuxedo black

Other: SU round punches, SU scalloped punch, SU corner punches, Kaiser black rhinestones, pink heart rhinestones, and dimensionals

Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

May Happiness . . .

Hello,

I hope your weekend was a relaxing and fun one.  It seemed really short to me, so I'm feeling that it's just to bad to have to go back to work tomorrow. I didn't get any stamping time yesterday, but I did late in the afternoon today. Here's a card that I made for the Colour Me. . .! #4 challenge. This week's challenge is "color me playful" and the colors are Gumball Green, Blushing Bride, Pumpkin Pie and Pool Party.

I pulled out one of my new Stampin' Up sets and I love the way this card turned out.

                                                           

I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch #120 for my layout.

Supplies
Stamps: Happy Congratulations by Stampin' Up
Paper: SU Whisper White, Pool Party and Gumball Green card stock and Stampin' Up DSP
Ink: SU Gumball Green, Pool Party, Blushing Bride, Pumpkin Pie markers and classic ink pads
Other: Die-namics Fishtail Flags dies, classic circle and oval Nesties, SU Framelits, My Minds Eye orange enamel dots, pink, orange, light blue and green Stickles, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Thanks for coming by and have a great week,
Colleen

Merry Christmas - Merry Monday Meets Mojo Monday

Hi,

It's Monday and I had an early work day today. That means I had time this afternoon to make a card using the Mojo Monday #329 sketch and the Merry Monday #92 challenge.

                                 

Supplies
Stamps: Christmas Lodge set by Stampin' Up
Paper: SU Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla card stock and Simple Stories Holiday patterned papers
Ink: SU Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy Distress
Other: SU EF, classic circle and scalloped circle Nesties, Die-namics Fishtail Flag STAX die, TE polka dot chocolate ribbon, Stickles, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Well, I'm off to cold Chicago tomorrow where it will be about 70 degrees colder than here. Burrr!
Thanks for stopping in,
Colleen

2/14

Happy Sunday everyone,

I've had a fun day stamping. I got 3 cards made for 3 of my favorite weekly challenges. This card is for The Paper Players #179 challenge, which is to make a one layer Valentine's Day card. Yes, this was certainly a challenge for me. I love layers! Here's what I came up with:

The color scheme that I used is from the January Reverse Confetti Color Challenge. The colors this month are orange, aqua and yellow. Probably not colors usually associated with Valentines, but hey, why not.

I used some of my new Reverse Confetti stamps from this month's release. Jen has some cute, cute stamp sets.

                               

Supplies

Stamps: Whole Lotta Hearts and Crushin' sets by Reverse Confetti

Paper: SU Confetti White card stock

Ink: SU Bermuda Bay, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight

Other: Baker's Twine, Fiskars corner punch, and SU clear rhinestone

Have a great weak and thanks,

Colleen

Believe In Magic

Hello,

I hope your weekend is going well. I had a very lazy Saturday, mostly spent sitting and reading and listening to music via Pandora. I had programmed in a channel featuring some music from my high school and college days and throughly enjoyed listening.

This evening while tuning in to the Australian Open Tennis matches on ESPN, I made a card for the Merry Monday #91  Christmas challenge. I'm trying to keep up with this challenge each week and realized that I had better get a card made as there is only one more day. I used the current Freshly Made Sketch # 119 for my layout.

This week's MM challenge is to use a snowman or snow people on our card. I pulled out this cute MFT stamp set and some retired SU DSP with snowflakes. I added some red and white sequins and some Stickles for a little sparkle. Here is the simple inside, and the stamps here are from another MFT set.

Supplies
Pure Innocence Happy Heart Snowman by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Baja Breeze and Whisper White card stock and SU DSP
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Riding Hood Red and Copics
Other: classic square Nesties, Die-namics fishtail flags STAX die, TE Impressions plate, sequins, Stickles, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Have a great Sunday and thanks for coming by,
Colleen

Your Smile Is Like Sunshine

Hello and TGIF,

Last Sunday when I made my card for the current SSSC202, I realized that I didn't make a card for the previous SSSC201. I love circle elements on cards, so of course, I had to use the sketch. I had been talking with a couple friends over the weekend, one lives in Chicago and the other lives just outside of Boston. Both areas were having lots and lots of rain, so my card is inspired by them.

I stamped the image on SU white card stock, made a mask, then stamped the rain in Smokey Slate ink. The rest of the image is colored with Copics and the raincoat is paper pieced. After coloring the puddle, I went over it with a Sakura Glaze Pen. Here's the inside:

Supplies
Stamps: Whose That Girl set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Crushed Curry, Basic Black and Whisper White card stock and SU DSP
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Smokey Slate
Other: classic circle and scalloped circle Nesties, Kaiser black rhinestones, Sakura Glaze Pen, SU small corner punch, Fiskars large corner punch, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Speaking of Chicago, I will be flying there on Tuesday for a work meeting through Friday. Today in San Diego as I was driving home this afternoon, the external temp reading on my car said  83 degrees. The highest temp for Chicago next week is expected to be 18 degrees. Quite the difference and this southern Cali girl is going to be COLD.

Have a great weekend all and thanks,
Colleen