Stamp Happy

Pink Cat Day!

Hello everyone!  I am back from my whirlwind weekend at the trade show and classes!  I think I need a day off to recuperate, but have too much to do for that.  I haven't had time to go through all the stuff I made and sort it out, but I'll get to it soon!  Some of the stuff made in the classes is not going to get uploaded, but I do have a few things to show you.  You know how it is when you take a class.... it's so fast-paced sometimes so things don't turn out quite the way they're supposed to!  If I could sit in my studio with it for an hour, then it would turn out better!  LOL

But I do have this quick card to share wih you today as it is Pink Cat Day, and the design team members have all made a card following this sketch!

 

Tweet is doing some shopping today!  I hope she bought me something cute!  I'm SO in the mood for a new fall sweater or something!

These two designer papers ended up next to each other in a pile of scraps one day and I was struck by how well they went together.  The flowered paper is Basic Grey, and the polka dots are from My Mind's Eye.  It's very rare that I combine designer papers from different companies, but in this case I think it worked out well.

Gotta' go!  Have a great day!

 

Stamps:  Tweet (Pink Cat Studio), sentiment from Say Charge! (My Favorite Things)
Cardstock:  Whirlpool (Bazzill), Blush Blossom (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin), designer papers (Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Rhubarb Stalk (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  Threading Water border punch (Fiskars), circle and scalloped circle punches (Marvy), Nestabilities label die (Spellbinders), brad (Creative Impressions), flowers (craft supply).

I'll be MIA...

I unfortunately didn't budget my time well, so I will not have anything to post for Sharon's Stamp Simply challenge tomorrow, but please be sure to check out her blog for all the details, as well as the team members blogs for inspiration as we honor team member Janine Orchard this week!  Here are links...

Sharon Johnson
Julie Koerber
Dee Jackson
Jennifer Buck
Janine Orchard
Becky Oehlers

I'll be MIA for a few days as I'm attending the Stampin' and Scrappin' with Style Weekend at the Gary Burlin Company in Cleveland.  I just got back from a mini trade show there this evening, and have to be back on the road at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow to be there by 9:00 (yes, I am dreading Cleveland rush hour traffic!) and will most likely be there until 9:00 p.m.  Then the same thing on Saturday, and then back up on Sunday morning for an Owner/Manager Forum.  Whirlwind weekend!  If I get home in decent shape, maybe I can share some of the great make-and-takes and class projects I'll be making!  I'm especially excited for a class being taught by a rep from Tsukineko!  She's going to go over ALL their inks in the class, and I'm sure I'm going to learn a lot!  And my last class on Saturday is on COPIC MARKERS!  I can't wait!  You know how much I love my markers!  I even had the pleasure of meeting Beth Pingry today who is teaching the class and is a member of the Spellbinders Design Team!  (Nestabilities... my other can't-live-without stamping tool!) 

Thanks everyone for the sweet comments on my Kitchen Sink card from earlier today!  I did a quick update of the supplies I used on that post for anyone that was curious!

Have a great weekend!

Happy Birthday Kitchen Sink Stamps!

Kitchen Sink Stamps turns one today!  Be sure to check out the Kitchen Sink website for information regarding new releases, special sales, and the Limited Edition Anniversary stamp set!

Here is my card using the Hummingbird from the Anniversary set!  Please forgive my brief post for today but I'm super late for something, and my internet crashed on me the last time I had this post all typed out, so I'm in a rush!  Be sure to check out the blogs of the other Kitchen Sink Crew members for other fabulous cards using the new release stamps!

Happy stamping!

Stamps:  3-Step Hummingbird/Limited Edition Anniversary set (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Ruby Red, More Mustard (Stampin' Up!), Pickle, Rhubard (Bazzill), designer paper (Scribble Scrabble)
Inks:  Versamagic Aloe Vera, Tea Leaves, Hint of Pesto, Midnight Black (Tsukineko), Colorbox Chianti pigment (Clearnsap)
Accessories:  ribbon (Offray), punches (Marvy), dew drops (Robin's Nest)

Color Throwdown #12

It's week #12 for the Color Throwdown, and this week it was Tracy's turn to choose our color combo.  All the team members really knocked out some awesome cards again this week.  And be sure to give a great shout out to Kisa Peters who designs our color swatches, blinkies and blog banner each week!  I just love the new designs she's been coming up with!

 

For my card this week, I chose to use my new 3-Step School Days stamp set!  You're going to LOVE this new set, and tomorrow you'll be able to go to the Kitchen Sink Store and get it for yourself!  Wait until you see what else I'm designing with it!  It's got so many neat sentiments and images!  There are 3 other new sets being released, and a special Limited Edition 1st Anniversary stamp set that you'll just flip over!  Be sure to order right away!  Remember those words... Limited Edition!

I hope you'll have time to participate in the Color Throwdown this week!  These colors would be great for Christmas cards too, so why not get a jump start?!  If you upload to SCS, please use keywords CTD12, and remember to post a direct link to your upload no matter where it's at back on the Color Throwdown blog.

Check out the blogs of the other Color Throwdown team members for more inspiration!

Tracy Durcan
Kisa Peters
Broni Holcombe
Cathy Indelicato
LeAnne Pugliese

Happy stamping!

 

 

Stamps:  3-Step School Days (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Real Red, Old Olive, Kraft, designer paper (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin)
Inks:  Blush Blossom, Ruby Red, Cranberry Crisp, Old Olive (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (craft supply).

Relax in the Bubbles

Greetings!  I hope you had a great weekend!  I did!  Here in Northeast Ohio, the weather was beautiful!  We enjoyed a cookout with friends on Friday night to celebrate my daughter Kaylie's 16th birthday, and some great opportunities for family time all weekend, too!

I got a little stamping done, but not nearly as much as I wanted to!  Anyone know how I can get one more day off work without falling drastically behind in the things I need to accomplish?  Please let me know if you hold the secret magic potion to make that happen!

I made this card today for the Monday Who's That Girl? challenge sponsored by My Favorite Things over on SCS.  The challenge was to create a card using the Time for the Bubbly stamp set.  You also had to use 4 brads, 1 piece of ribbon, and the dominant color on your card had to be blue.  I think I got it all!

Have a great day!

 

Stamps:  Time for  Bubbly (My Favorite Things
Cardstock:  Starmist, Lemonade, Lava (Bazzill), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Fancy Pants)
Inks:  Adirondack Pitch Black (Ranger), Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  Stickles (Ranger), Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles embossing folder (ProvoCraft), yellow brads, scalloped border punch (Stampin' Up!), ribbon (craft supply).

Listen Honey... I'm at the gym!

Continuing with my shopping-themed cards from my class at the store this week, here's another card that my customers made!  I decided to keep this one a little simpler, since they did so much coloring on the Style Shop and Friends are Priceless cards.  Also, these Emerson Quillin images from American Art Stamp lend themselves very well to just using black ink, as they end up looking like a comic strip, I think!  My customers just loved the humor of this one!

Here's a little close-up for my friend Anita who didn't "get" this card!  (She couldn't tell that the lady was on the phone!  LOL) 

I've got a busy morning of Kelsey's soccer game, and then taking Kaylie shopping to find shoes to go with her Homecoming dress!  I plan on lots of stamping time later on, though!  Hope your weekend is fabulous!  Thanks for stopping by!    

 

Stamps:  American Art Stamp
Cardstock:  black/white duplex (The Paper Cut), white (Gary Burlin), Festive orange (Bazzill)
Inks:  Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, embossing border Frills (ProvoCraft), ribbon (Creative Impressions).

Stamp Simply #53 - Cute and Classy with Jenni B!

 Sharon is continuing the celebration of her blog/challenge anniversary by honoring the Stamp Simply team members, and this week we are CASE'ing the uber-talented Jennifer Buck!  Jennifer has a sweet, simple, cute style to a lot of her creations, but they never really come across as cute-sy... but very classy!  So that is our challenge this week.  To CASE Jennifer's sweet, simple, cute and classy style!

Jennifer has had quite a week what with becoming a Dirty Girl on SCS, and a guest designer spot at Gina K Designs (lucky duck... I could only hope to get that lucky!)  So I decided to pull out a few Gina K sets to create my card today in honor of her guest designer stint!

I actually already have a bunch of these flower pots stamped, so talk about stamping simply!  All I had to do was color, cut, punch and assemble!  As Jenni would say EPLS!  (Easy peasy lemon squeezy!)

For all the challenge details, please visit Sharon's blog (and also to see her always fabulous sample!)  And check out the other team members blog for more fabulous samples!  I hope you'll have time to join us!  Remember to link your card back to Sharon's blog post, and if you upload to SCS, use the keywords ssnotime53.

Jennifer Buck

Janine Orchard

Becky Oehlers

Julie Koerber

Dee Jackson

Happy stamping!

 

Stamps:  Baskets of Happiness, Punchy Words (Gina K Designs)
Cardstock:  Summer Sunrise (Papertrey Ink), white (Gary Burlin)
Inks:  Adirondack Pitch Black (Ranger), Colorbox Scarlet pigment (Clearsnap), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), gingham ribbon (Offray).

Good Friends are Priceless!

Ain't that the truth?  Good friends ARE priceless, and God knows I've leaned on all my good friends lately!  I dedicate this card today to everyone that I've leaned on lately!  I think y'all know who you are!

This is another card that was made for the stamping class I had at the store this past week.  And another card that I had to  borrow inspiration for to create something since I was so pressed for time.  I found this card in the SCS gallery by Frances/StampOwl and decided it fit the bill!  Like the Style Shop card from the other day, I let my customers use my Copic markers to color, and they all seemed to like the results a lot.

I have two more cards from the class I'll share with you soon.  One was a purse card made to hold a gift card, and I'd like to photograph a little bit of the creative process behind it for you to see, so maybe I'll get to that over the weekend.

Again, a HUGE thank you to my priceless good friends who've been so there for me lately, and another huge thank you to all of you who keep coming to visit me!  It's also very evident from comments and new subscriptions lately that I've gained some new readers, and to you all I also extend a huge thank you!  Your continued visits mean a LOT to me!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Stamps:  Say Charge (My Favorite Things)
Cardstock:  Green Tea, Piglet, Berrylicious (Bazzill), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (My Mind's Eye)
Inks:  Palette Noir hybrid ink (Stewart Superior), Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  scalloped circle punch (Marvy Uchida), circle punch (EK Success), ribbon (May Arts).

Color Inspiration #23

It's been a long time, but I finally got a chance today to create a card using Kristina Werner's weekly Color Inspiration challenge.  I look at her challenge every week, love the color choices, save it as unread in my Google reader so I don't forget, and then run out of time every week!  I really like this Autumn-ish color combo today, so nothing was going to stand in the way of getting it done this time!

 

This card is completely different from what I set out to do, but I really love the totally Autumn feel this has.  I used my Niji waterbrush and ink from the lids of my SU! pads to watercolor my image.  I was attempting to watercolor as beautifully as Leslie Miller, but I think I fell a little short!

Anyway, I hope you like it!  Forgive me for the double-post today... I'm trying to make up for lost time last week!  LOL

THANK YOU for stopping by!  I always appreciate your visits!  Happy stamping!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stamps:  sunflower pot (Great Impressions), sentiment (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock:  Bravo Burgundy, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie (Stampin' Up!), watercolor paper (craft supply).
Inks:  Jet Black Staz-On (Tsukineko), Old Olive (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (craft supply), piercing tool.

Color Throwdown #11

  Wow, I am running late today!  Here are your colors for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge!  Doesn't Kisa do a fantastic job creating these color swatches for us!?  We were all oohing and aahing over the new style last night!  I really like these colors!  I hope you do too, and find some time to participate!

 

Here is my card!  In my haste to get it done last night, I didn't look closely enough at the challenge, and used Kiwi Kiss instead!  Ooops, but it looks good anyway! 

The stamps I used here are a fairly new release from Kitchen Sink Stamps called 3-Step Seashells.  Isn't that conch incredible?  It's actually stamped in 5 easy steps, and the sand dollor is 3-steps.  I used Versamagic inks to stamp both images.  For the 1st layer of the conch, I inked the stamp with Sahara Sand and stamped if off once before applying to the cardstock.  The 2nd layer was also Sahara Sand, stamped full strength.  The 3rd layer was stamped in Gingerbread.  The 4th layer was inked with Jumbo Java and stamped off once, and the 5th layer was stamped with Jumbo Java.  The sand dollar was Sahara Sand, Gingerbread (stamped off once) and Gingerbread again for the 3 layers.

I hope you like my card, and this Color Throwdown!  If you have time to play, please leave a comment on this post so we can see your card, too!  (And I hope to have more time to check out everyone's creations this week since I'm not so sick anymore!)  If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword CTD11.

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