Embossed roses

I love heat embossing! The look, the feel, the fun!! For this card. The bouquet was stamped with black craft ink and embossed with glassy glaze embossing powder. Then the image was colored in using real red and garden green markers. The roses on the corners were stamped, colored and cut out. Then I applied versamark all over the image and embossed with glasssy glaze 3x's. Gave them an epoxy look, don't you think? The bouquet was attached to the real red card base. I used a craft knife to cut the rectangle frame out of the basic black card stock. The tri rose border was stamped on the black using white craft ink. The images are from the "Life's Special Moments" stamp set. All products used to create this card are from Stampin' Up!.

The boy is home from school today....he woke up VERY early complaining of an extremely sore throat.....poor guy. He can't have the rapid strep test until tomorrow morning. At least advil provides a little relief!

I hope you enjoyed this card! Have a wonderful Wednesday!!!

Friday Night Slacker!

Well, I went to bed early last night and made nothing that I planned to. I did , however, play around with paintshop (which I know NOTHING about) and created a signature watermark. I don't know if I will keep this one........but I was excited that I actually could do it!! Do you think it's a keeper or should I go back to the drawing board?

This card was created for a swap I was in last year................hosted by the bestest swap hostess evah - Jami Sibley. She is an amazing artist as well!

All products that were used to make this are from Stampin up. Hard to see from this picture, but this card closes like a matchbook. The flowers along the bottom were done with the daisy punch, and the brads are from the pewter hodgepodge hardware kit. I decided to offset the focal piece. I used saran wrap to pounce pixie pink ink lightly on the shimmery white card stock. Other card stock colors used - chocolate chip, pixie pink and pretty in pink. The flower is from the all natural stamp set. First it was stamped in pixie pink and then the edges were stamped in chocolate chip. The edges were also sponged with chocolate chip. The flower was stamped in versa mark and embossed with glassy glaze enamel embossing powder. The inside has a layer of pretty in pink.

I have to get to bed early tonight - as I will be judging all day tomorrow. Have a wonderful weekend!

For a special girl!

I made this pail for my niece Erin! She just loved it!! The colors and flowers match her room decor. I bought the pail at Home Depot. I initially wanted to cover it with decorative paper, but that is challenging for me because the pail is wide at the top and narrower at the bottom. Has anyone ever covered a pail like this with paper? I would love to hear how you did it! The name was printed on my computer. There are rhinestones on every flower, they are from Wal Mart. The gross grain ribbon on the top and bottom of the pail was attached using sticky strip. I used Stampin' up's punches - daisy punch for the top row of flowers, and the bottom row is one of the flowers from the spring bouquet flower punch. Paper colors are pink passion, pixie pink and lovely lilac. Ribbon is from all over the place.............I am a ribbon collector of sorts! It did not take half of the time i thought it would to tie the ribbon on the pail. Buttons are Bold Brights from Stampin' Up! The large flower was stamped and cut out. It is from Stampin' Up! - but I borrowed the set and cannot remember the name*blushes*. If you know the name of the set, please let me know. All of the flowers, buttons and bling are attached using mini glue dots.

Hope you enjoyed this! I am off to the boy's school to do some volunteer work.....just as soon as my car defrosts! Happy Friday!!

One layer cards - a love/hate relationship!

I love the look of one layer cards - elegant without too much fuss. I, however, have a hard time getting mine to look nice.............and I have a hard time NOT adding more!! I was inspired by this card at splitcoast by Julie Buhler. Beautiful!! She inspired me to give one layer cards another go!

I used my creative memories cutting system to make an oval template for the shading and to make the oval opening in the one card. I shaded in positively pink using a stipple brush. The flower stamp is from clearly wordsworth and the sentiments are from Stampin' Up! I used the crayon resist method with my classic inks (perfectly plum and garden green) to color my flower and leave a little bit of lighter area in the colored image. On the one card I used my scalloped scissors (another love / hate relationship here!) on the bottom and dotted the scallopes with my perfectly plum marker. The card with the oval frame was pierced with the tools from my crafter's tool kit. I also used my color spritzer on the bottom of this card. And of course both cards have a small rhinestone (from WalMart) in the center of the flower for just a bit of bling! I think I like the card with the oval opening the best out of the two. What do you think? What would you have done differently? Leave a comment with your two cents:)

***added 1/26*** I did another variation of this using bashful blue. The flower is watercolored with so saffron and sage. I think this is now my fave of the group!

I have a nerve posting this right now.........as I have dirty dishes in the sink and the boy needs to be fed....hehehe. I am off to the kitchen! Have a wonderful day!

Finally back for 2007!!

Wow! I really slacked off on my blog. One of my goals for 2007 is to keep current with my blog.....so here I go!!
I made this card for my son's friend for his birthday. I love using different patterns and textures in my projects....but I had to really play with this to get it to work. Everything used to make this is from Stampin' Up! I got to play with my new wheel - "rough around the edges". I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE textured wheels with the whisper white ink cartridge! Since Stampin' Up! does not offer this in the jumbo cartridge, I made my own with an uninked cartridge. I always keep a few on hand! On the old olive paper I just used old olive ink DTP (direct to paper) in long strokes acoss the strip. The striped paper is double sided designer paper "Four Season's". The base of the card is in bravo burgandy.
For the focal monogram part, the burgandy square was weathered using the distressing tool from Stampin' Up's cutter kit. The edges were sponged with bravo burgandy. Then I did some faux stitching using my uniball white gel pen and my crafter's tool kit. There is a wonderful tutorial on splitcoast stampers by a fabulous artist - Sharon Harnist. The letter M is from the Headline Alphabet, stamped with bravo burgandy and was cut out leaving the ivory paper showing around the edges a little. I sponged bravo burgandy ink on twill tape, laced it through a buckle from my hodgepodge hardware kit, and attached using sticky stip adhesive. The word wish was stamped with white craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.
I hope you liked this card! Please check back often, as it is my goal to keep this place updated! If I don't......e mail me and ask me what the heck I am doing! (lol)
And keep your eye out....................I am going to be posting a little give away soon!
Happy Crafting!