Three Little Words

FEB09VSNQ- Ode to Jimmi
The challenge is to make a card to someone that
means a lot to you. The colors red, pink and white
are not allowed and no hearts. Since I am not allowed to
use a heart, the sentiment says it all.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Three Little Words
Paper: Kraft, Very Vanilla, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss and Urban Oasis DSP
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point
Accessories: kraft tafetta ribbon, dew drops
Tools: sizzlits tags die cut, wide oval punch, swiss dots folder, CB machine










I just use a blender pen to color the letter T and the flower.
It was fun to add texture in the background and love the new sizzlits die cut.




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Feathered Bird

FEB09VSNR- Tickle Your Fancy
The challenge - to use a feaher s in your card.
I did not have any feathers, so I used this bird
for the challenge.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Bird on a Branch
Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Creamy Caramel, DSP Parisian Breeze
Ink: Basic Black craft, Baja Breeze
Accessories: brads, fibers
Tools: dimensionals, EP










I did embossing on the bird and the tree branch.
I like the way these colors compliment each other.

From the Heart

FEB09VSNS
This is the last card I made for the VSN. I used the Three for you Flower punch to decorate this heart shaped card.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Holidays and Wishes
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, DSP Bella Rose
Ink: White Craft
Accessories: dew drops, 5/8 grosgrain ribbon
Tools: window punch,Cricut machine, scallop edge punch

I just love how this turned out with very little stamping.

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Following my footsteps...

...my niece is !!!

This room was non existent before but in the last year or so, my niece has totally turned this room into her Craft Room. She has been adding her collection of Stampin' UP stamps exclusively and she has been also doing some handiwork on her Cricut machine.

She loves going to my classes and checking out my blog on a daily basis.



Her mom said she did not get any of her genes from her. It must be mine, he!he!!

I just love the red and black colors in this room.

She has done well organizing and putting everything in its place.

What do you think?

From This to This (A Second Look at ATC)

Hello everyone !!!
I know I have not posted anything
in so long. It is a combination of different
things that just kept me from going into
my blog and getting creative. I have some
projects that were lined up thet needs
finishing. This is one of the projects- an ATC
that I did for my group swap. It was stamped
using the Sweet Stems and with a few added
stickles and embellies-it is done.

Sweet Thoughts

RECIPE:

Stamp: Sweet Stems

Paper: Kraft, Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze and DSP

Ink: Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, White gel pen

Accessories: dew drops, striped Tangerine Tango ribbon, stickles

Tools: piercing tool, dimensionals, CE

I added some piercing on the DSP to match the main image and created a border in the bottom for the finished card.

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You, You, You

Sketch Card Challenge #217
Today's SCS sketch is pretty cute. It is but right to used this adorable Three Little words set.
I love this beautiful Urban Oasis DSP that goes well with these colors.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Three Little Words
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, basic Gray, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss and Sahara Sand
Accessories: bling, organza ribbon, stickles
Tools: piercing tool, dimensionals

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Hello Friend

Color Challenge#207
Good morning to all!!!
I did this color challenge yesterday on SCS but did not have much time to post it. I spent some time doing other stamping related items for my upcoming classes, finished cleaning my room, After the VSN night, I left that room in a disaster...big time!!!
Anyway, this card calls for Summer Sun, Kiwi Kiss and Pumpkin Pie colors. I stamped the butterfly in Summer Sun and did the Pumpkin Pie on the edges. I used Stampin Up texture plates for the background.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Simple Friendship
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Balck, Kiwi Kiss, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: brads, grosgrain black ribbon, rhinestone brad
Tools: circle punches, dimensionals, Big Shot and texture plates

Scallop Flower

Card Project #1
For my class, I did projects that is all about flowers. This first project was somehting I did before. It was a little time consuming because of the folding but the end result was pretty rewarding. You can find the tutorial here.

Stamps: Sweet Stems, Wow Flowers
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Balck, Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Ribbon, brads
Tools: scallop edge punch,circle punches. window punch

Pinwheel

Card Project #2

This is so cute and simple with very little stamping. I used DSP and punched 8 small tag punches and folded in the same directions. I added the center to hold everything together.



RECIPE:
Stamps: Best Yet
Paper: DSP Bella Rose, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red
Ink: White Craft, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: eyelet
Tools: Circle punches, small tag punch, small oval punch, crimper, Crop-a-dile

Fabulous Blooms

Card Project #3
I made this flower in my class and the inspiration came from Kathy. You have to stamped three flowers to make it and despite the cutting, it was fairly easy to make.
You can find the totorial here.

Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Absolutely Fabulous
Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, DSP Bella Rose
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose
Accessories: Tafetta ribbon
Tools: Scallop edge punch, CB and CB folder

Cup of Tea

Class Project #4

The class made this sweet tea holder using the cup from Pun Fun. Using the Three flower punch, I used it to cover the actual flowers from the image. I added the dew drops after.



RECIPE:
Stamps: Pun Fun, Sweet Stems
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Pacific Point, DSP Baja Breeze
Ink: Certainly Celery, Pacific Point
Accessories: dew drops, white gorsgrain ribbon
Tools: square scallop punch, 1/4" circle punch,
sticky strip.

Here is what the inside looks like.

This measures 3-1/2 by 10-1/2.

Score at 3-1/2 and 6-1/2.

What a Blast!!!

Virtual Stamp Night

Good Morning to all !

I had a blast doing the VSN on SCS last

Friday and Saturday!!! I am sure I will pay for it

today because I have a lot of chores that needed

done, he!he!he!

These are the cards that I did-all 19 of them.

I did all but one.

I will post them in my blog soon enough.

Have a wonderful Sunday!!!!

Darling Flowers

Limited Supply Challenge #208
Hello and Good morning!!!
I am feeling a little tired after last night, but seeing the
chlallenge on SCS, I decided to play. The challenge is using greens in your card. I used greens for my leaves image and also the Kiwi DSP paper. I used the Darling Dots set to make the flower. It turned out really cute especially after adding the new brads from the catty.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Darling Dots, Central part, Wow Flowers
Paper: Kiwi kiss DSP, basic Black, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Ink: White Craft,Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black
Accessories: polka dot ribbon, jumbo brads
Tools: 3/4" circle punch,window punch, CB and CB embossing folder, dimensionals







Below is an easy tutorial to make this flower.




This is just showing the flowers close up.


Have a wonderful Friday !!!!
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Darling Flowers Tutorial

Pic. 1 In a scarp of paper, stamp the flower in White Craft ink.

Pic. 2 Use the 3/4" circle punch and punched one of the flowers.

Cut the other flower by hand.

Pic. 3 Using scissors, snip on every petal space. Do the same thing on the other flower.

Pic. 4 Use a 1/8" circle punch for the holes and attached the two with a brad.

Pic. 5 Here is the finished flower-darling!

Die Cut Blossoms

Ways to Use It #206
Hello everyone!!!
I made a very simple card for today's challenge-using stripes.There is very little stamping in this card since I used the Cherry Blossoms die cut.
The stripe paper I used is from the Candy Lane DSP. The buttons are also die cut. I added hemp on the button hole.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Yummy, Fundamental Phrases
Paper: Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red, Close to
Cocoa
Ink: Close to Cocoa,Riding Hood Red
Accessories: stickles,tafetta Riding Hood Red ribbon
Tools: piercing tool,Big Shot and die cut, small and large oval punch, buttin die cut, double horizontal punch



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KB Award

How Cool is this !!!

I received this from Maxene ( Rubber Artistry) and was totally

thrilled that she picked me. Thank you for this beautiful Kreativ Award.

I have discovered some new blogs and I chose them to received these award.

So here are the rules as I've received them from Maxene.
1. The nominee may put the logo on their blog.
2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.
3. Nominate 5 blogs.



1. Helen (All Things Stampy)
2. Pam (Stamping Addict)
3. Becky ( Inking Idaho)
4. Vicki (It's a Stamp Thing)
5. Jean (Bear Hugs and Inky Paws)

Butterfly Friendship

Sketch Card Challenge #216
Good morning !!!
Here is today's deets- a sketch challenge on SCS.
The set I used is from the new catty. I love the buttrfly design, so I used it for my focal image.
The swirls was used for the background and stickled flowers were added.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Three Little Words, Simple Friendship
Paper: Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, DSP Tangerine Tango, Whisper White
Ink: Tagerine Tango, Pacific Point, White Craft, Certainly Celery, Basic Black
Accessories: dew drops, double stitch Baja Breeze ribbon, stickles
Tools: piercing tool, dimensionals, glue dots, CE

I just love the sparkles on the flowers. The dew drops make a perfect addition for the center of the flower.

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Rose Red Roses

Color Challenge #206

Hello everyone!!!

The colros today on SCS are so yummy -I just
have to play. I used thsi Sale-a-bration set.
I love to color flowers like these. I ended up
using Crystal Effects after coloring. I used the
HPH to thread the ribbons-Kiwi Kiss and Rose
Red grosgrain. I used the SA Lots of Dots wheel
for the main background.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Botanical Blooms, SA Lots of Dots wheel
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, More Mustard, Whisper White.DSP Rose Red
Ink: White Craft, Rose Red, Pink Pirouette,
Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black
Accessories: HPH, ribbons
Tools: scallop edge punch,circle punches





The Crystal Effects make a wonderful addition to the flower effects.


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Together Forever

Candace-Adrian's Wedding
It was a beautiful day to get married. We did anticipate the weather to be cold but was really hoping for no rain.
And it turned out perfect.
I am pleased to announce the marriage of Candace to my son, Adrian. It was a day to remember-February 14, 2009.
I thought I'd share with you some of the wedding stuff I did. Candace's mom, Arlene is quite a crafter herself. I have to show you some of the stuff she made on my next post.


These are her colors since the Wedding Date is Valentine's Day.
Basic Black, Real Red, and Whisper White
Here is the invitation that I made which is really simple.
Using the top note die cut for the front, I love how the sentiment just flow through. The wide oval punch with just the right amount of black paper for shadowing.
I used the SA wheel for the bottom part.






Here is the inside of the card.

The place cards were done using the Lots of tags die cut which came just in time for me to make this.

This is just a sample without the names yet.

The Wedding Program was placed in each table with the Event Program and Wedding Party information. I used Real red paper behind the vellum and again using the top note, it makes a nice topper for this program.

Candace wanted an Asian theme for the Party Favors, so she thought of getting this take out boxes and I just designed them. Inside were Chocolate Fortune cookies.

3-D Bloom

Sketch Card Challenge #215
Good morning !!!
I had fun doing this Eastern Bloom 3 -d in my class that I decided to incorporate it in my card sketch today. This flower was inspired by Kathy, one of the girls in my group.
The main flower was stamped in Bashful Blue and spomged in Baja Breeze. I got my free Sale-a-bration ribbon and Delicate Dots DSP, so I used them for this card, too. I struggled a bit with the colors but in the end it worked out okay.

RECIPE:
Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Garden Greetings
Paper: Garden Green, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, DSP
Ink: Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze
Accessories: dew drops, So Saffron gorsgrain ribbon
Tools: 1/8" punch, glue dots, dimensionals, CE

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