Sweet delights

SCS CC270 Mambo Suede and also for an SCS swap. Some of my favorite colors and combinations are using the In Colors of this past year. I love using the border punches to add a little pizzazz to my card.  Here I glued the cutout from the border onto the ribbon.  This stamp has three of my favorits: pie, cake and chocolate strawberries. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!!

Recipe: Stamp: Great Impressions Sweet delight

Paper: SU Soft Suede, Melon Mambo, Very Vanilla, Double sided Designer Paper from Razzleberry pkg.  Ink: stamped with soft suede, colored with Soft suede, Melon Mambo and an Evergreen pen from Zig. Used the border punch, added some Soft Sued polka dot ribbon and crystal stickles for the lace.

Happy Mother's Day

to my mother and all of the mothers out there.  You all do such a wonderful job.  This is the card I made for a swap and sent to My mother, Donna and Dan's mother Betty.  We love you both very much.
Stamp: Messages for Mom
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White,
Sweet Pea DS DP
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: SU Pretty in Pink Satin ribbon, Top Note Die, Border punch

First Bird of Spring

Hopefully spring has finally arrived.  It has been so cold here thru April. Today and the weekend are supposed to be very nice. I need to get some yard work done.  This is a borrowed stamp called Love you to Bits. Card for a private swap.

Recipe: Paper: Cameo Coral, DP from SU-brown is from a Christmas package and Celery from another pkg, Whisper White.

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Blush Blossoms, Cameo Coral.

Sketch was SC279 and the CC230. Added a few rhinestones to dress it up.

Seashells

Seashell Collection is also a card for an SCS swap. This is a stamp I have had for awhile and not sure what to do with it. Along came a beach swap and I jumped on that.  Recipe: Seashell Collections by Inkadinkado.  Paper: Soft Suede, Pale Plum, Blush Blossoms, Whisper White, Soft Suede DP. Ink: Stamped in Basic Gray, watercolored with several SU reinkers. Accessories: Satin Ribbon by Offray, corner rounder and a new MS Border Punch.     Thanks for looking and thanking ahead for the comments. Love you all.

The invitations are...

completely finished and ready to mail by the 15th. I am so glad to have them done finally. Next I will be making 25 centerpieces. Not as time consuming, should only take about half a day.

But I have finally been able to make some card, therefore here are two for a swap that is getting mailed today. Hope you enjoy then.

Recipes: Lighthouse was CC268 - Old Banana Ballet

Paper: Old Olive, Barely Banana, Ballet Blue, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive, Ballet Blue

Stamps: Great Impression Lighthouse; Sea Grasses, SU Sincere Salutations

They are Coming Along...

Well we have just over 100 completed and going to have a work party with some friends to complete the rest today hopefully. In the top picture are the components to the invites. The 3 little pieces stack and go into a pocket on the left side when opened. The main invite part is on the right. Close it all up add a picture and wrap in a ribbon (this is what she wants) but I think I am going to just add a bow. (Much easier).

Thanks for looking and please let me know what you think. No I really am not in the market of producing these for money. Way too much time involved. I love my daughter very much is why I am doing them for her.

OK EVERYONE- Here is the process

From left to right are the supplies and such to make 250 wedding invites.
Chocolate Chip CS 11 packages
Whisper Whtie CS 6 packages
CM Adhesive 2 rolls
Tacky Tape 7 rolls
SU Snail Adhesive 5 cartridges
Photos 250 plus a few extra for ??
Michaels ribbon 25 spools
Envelopes 250 and Postage $110.00
cutter, scissors, corner rounder
Almost one full set of ink cartridges

Far left with picture of Christina and Matt was our prototyle made in December. The one tied with the Teal ribbon is the final design. I tried 10-12 times to get the stamped hydrangeas to look the way I wanted them, then I copied them, onto the white CS. I have 100 all assembled just need to ties them together, threfore there are still 150 to go. Now do I think I saved money. Not sure but they were fun to do. GOOD think I only have one daughter to do these for. I will post better picture of the final sas soon as my battery camera's recharge. Had just enough to take the picture above.

Bird in Bamboo & Bandanas

This is a card for my swap group.
The theme was to try the bandana technique.
Stamps: Asian Artistry, Inkadinkado Clear Flourish
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Sage Shadow
Ink: Zig brush pens in Evergreen, coffee and black
Accessories: Ribbon from LSS, Blender Brush

They are coming soon

My favorite spring flowers are tulips so I made this card for a swap. Mine are actually coming up early this year, mild winter here. YEAH, last year was over 6 feet. Kept my card very simple and nature colors.

Recipe; Hero Arts Tulips border stamp
Paper: SU Only orange, Real Red, Glorious Green, White
Ink: Basic Gray, Real Red, So Saffron, Only Orange, Glorious Green
ASccessories: Water Blending pen SU

I need to get Busy...

Before these eggs hatch. No, I really need to get busy on the wedding invitations. They are about half completed but sending date will be here before I know it. Also need to make all of the bridal party (8) bouquets and cut out a quilt. The quilt needs to be cut before the 1st of April so I can get it to Montana. My mother is sewing it and my SIL is quilting it for the couple's wedding quilt. Here are the fabrics being used - actually her wedding colors. Actually minus the two prints with the large flowers and maybe add a few more in the light teal and celery green shades.

Another Thank You

This card was also made for the same Thank You swap.
Recipe: Stamps: SU Rustic Rooster, Inkadoo Personal Impressions
Ink: Basic Gray
Paper: Almost Amethyst, Pretty in Pink and SU Tea Party DP
Accessories: Blue Organza Ribbon, Label Punch, Corner Rounder

Thanks and have a Christ filled weekend.

Thanks So Much

We were so blessed with such nice weather over the past weekend on our retreat. Today we woke up to 25 and cold. I have not been able to get warm all day and even wore a sweater to work. But still thanks and bless the Lord for the day I was given.

This card is for a SCS swap "Thank You".
Recipe: Stamps - Live Your Dream, Soft Summer
Ink: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery
Paper: So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Whisper White; Delicate Dots DSP
Accessories: Label Punch, Olive Satin Ribbon

Thanks for all of your wonderful comments. "Grace Notes"

So Very Blessed

I just came home from a Women's Retreat thru my church and am so blessed to have a God that cares for me as much as he does. The study was on grace and how we need to be aware of grace, use grace notes and live grace. It was an awesome time with 42 other women in faith praising, worshiping, praying and most of all showing grace to one another.

We were also blessed to have it in a absolutely beautiful setting - Leavenworth WA, which is a little Bavarian decorated town. Great shop, eats, etc surrounded with snowtop mountains. It was wonderful weather to spend in God's beaauty around us. I also had the priveledge to spend the weekend with my daughter and that personal fellowship also.

We are all so blessed if we take the time to realize it! Thanks you God for sending your Son into my life as a child. Thanks to the speaker, worship leader and retreat committee. I love you all, you made my weekend wonderful.

A Kind Word is Like a Spring Day

This is the card made from my card kit. March is my month to Hostess the Monthly card swap.
Recipe: Serene Spring SU Stamp Set Ink: Basic Gray
Paper; Three bugs in a Rug- Little Check DSDP, Whisper White, Old Olive
Accessories: White Grossgrain Ribbon, Water Color Pencils
Thanks for looking and thanks for all of your past kind coments.

Silly Sassy Suzie

I made this card for the Women swap that was hosted on SCS a month ago. Loved all of the cards I got back. Great swap. Suzie was my funny women swap.
Recipe: Razzle Dazzle everything from SU and Sassie Suzie stamp set.

Sneak Peak

These two cards are made for the Coffee or Tea swap on SCS. I love both stamps very much but not too impressed out the Mother's Day card turned out. Love the coffee one.

Recipe: Stamp: Great Impressions Tea for Mother
Paper: SU Pink (don't remember which one), Whisper White and a scrao of an SU green
Ink: Basic Black
ASccessories: Scallop punches, Small EK success and large Martha Stewart-punhces both sides at once. Also used water color pencils

Recipe: Great Impressions Nice Perk stamps
Paper: Night of Navy, Ballet Blue, Whisper White
Ink: Ballet Blue, Basic black
Accesories: Blue buttons & water color pencils

Be My Valentine

Above are 4 of the cards I made last Saturday, I went to a Valentine making class hosted by my Creative Memories friend. We used 5 sheets of 12x12 colored Cardstock, A paper ribbon pack, a 4.5x6 pad of black and white papers. We made 32 cards and still have lots of the black and white paper and some of the paper ribbon left to do more things with. It was fun and exciting.

Does anyone need some cards to use for a cause. I will send some to you if you think they could be used. Would make great valentines, love cards, wedding or anniversary cards. Thanks for your interest.

This is a Get Well card made for my swap group.

Recipe: Stamps: Eastern Bloom, Sincere Salutations
Paper: Whisper White, Punmpkim Pie, Yoyo Yellow, scrap sfrom the Autumn package
Ink: Close to cocoa, Coffee, pure yellow and pure orange Zig pens
Accessories: A few floral bards in yellow and orange

Speckled Backgrounds

I made this card for a speckled background challenge. The speckling was done by using 3 different colors of ZIG pens and and INKWORK AirArt pump. Boy were my hands tired by the time I got the effect I wanted, but pretty happy with the first try on a card.

Recipe: Stamp: Asian Artistry
Ink: Graden Green SE and Pure Green, Great Lakes & Coffee Aigs
Paper: Lots of SU scraps and whisper white
Accessories: Big Shot die cut

Not wanting to waste

Any of the deisgner paper i used the last little bit to make this card for one of my swap group. I used one of SC sketches for the card layout. Thanks SC for helping me out when I can't think on my own.

Recipe: Stamps: Upsy Daisy (one of my favs)
Paper SU DP Ginger Blossoms - DS, Whisper White, Groovy Guava, Real Red
Ink; Groovy Guava
Accessories: Off White Sating Ribbin and Corner punch - SU, Detail punch is also an EK
Thanks for taking the time to look and I thank you ahead for all of the commments you all so graciously leave.