Glitter makes everything look better!

It is a known fact that tan cellulite looks better than white cellulite (mine mostly stays the latter). It is the same with stamping...some things just look better with glitter!

Of course this card just shimmers in person because of the entire flowers are covered with glitter. This is a really easy peasy wow card for workshops. It's easy for new stampers to make. It sells the glitter every time!

Thanks for looking!

Stamps: Looks like Spring, It's Your Birthday

Ink: Soft Sky, Blue Bayou

Paper: Soft Sky, Blue Bayou

Accessories: 2-way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Foam Dots, Sponge

Neglected Stamps...

Do you ever think that a lot of your stamps feel neglected? I'm sure most of mine do, especially since the new catalog arrived in July! Tonight I decided to work with a set that I hadn't cracked open for a very long time. I was feeling the pumpkin pie...or maybe just hungry for some! Here is the recipe for my card. Thanks for looking!

Stamps Set: Heartfelt Thanks, Itty Bitty Backgrounds

Ink: Apricot Appeal, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: Hodgepodge Hardware, Gingham Ribbon, Apricot Appeal Marker, Old Olive Marker, Pumpkin Pie Marker

I love BELLA!

I just got back from the Midwest Scrapbooking Convention and I have some time to play with some of my new stamps. I just love Bellas! Check out http://www.stampingbella.com/ for some of the cutest stamps ever! I have very few unmounted stamps and wasn't sure how to use the images with my acrylic blocks. The rubber is relatively thick and I didn't think I needed to add foam behind them. So....following the suggestion of a friend I used Aleene's Tacky Glue and glued it to my acrylic block. It worked! It peeled off easily. So here it is...my first Bella card! Here's the recipe - thanks for looking!

Stamps: SU Happy Birthday, Stamping Bella "Cakeabella"
Ink: Basic Black
Paper: SU Ruby Red, So Saffron, River rock and scrapbook paper by Cosmo Cricket
Accessories: Aqua Painter with Chocolate Chip, River Rock, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Ruby Red, Marvy Uchida Scallop Punch, Prima Flower with Pewter Brad

My First SCS Sketch Challenge

I have been wanting to participate in the challenges on splitcoaststampers forever...and today was the day! This is sketch challenge SC140. What a fun card this was to make! I think I could throw away all my 48 colors of SU ink and just live on the 6 new incolor inks the rest of the year! This card uses the designer paper named Cutie Pie. I also used Wild Wasabi paper and Purely Pomegranate paper. I used my Marvin Uchida Square Scallop (Giga size) punch. I used Purely Pomegranate ink and double stitched ribbon. If I had to do this card over again I would have tied knots in the ribbon on the right side. Oh well...I'm happy with the way it turned out. Thanks for looking at my blog!

Working on Christmas...

This card looks much better in person...(what card wouldn't!). I love long 3 day weekends!! It has given me some time to play up in my stamp room!

For this card I used basic black, purely pomegranate, and very vanilla. The stamp set is called "Season of Joy". I started out with a 8 1/2" x 5 1/4" basic black folded card base. I took a scrap of purely pomegranate and sponged all over the paper with purely pomegranate ink. I stamped the image and then paper pierced it. I also sponged purely pomegranate ink all over the very vanilla card stock piece. I matted the very vanilla with basic black. I used the purely pomegranate double stitched ribbon across the card. I LOVE THIS RIBBON! I used two pop dots on the right side of the vanilla piece to equal out the height of the left side of the card layered on the ribbon and pomegranate square. Thanks for looking! Thank goodness for spellcheck...I spelled pomegranate wrong every single time! :)

Thanks to Charmaine!

Hey bloggers! Make sure you check out this fantastic blog: http://www.oodabugalley.blogspot.com/ Her name is Charmaine and all of her projects are beautiful works of art! Everyday I am amazed at her projects. How does she do this with two kids? Great work Charmaine!

First Fall Leaves

It's that time of the year to start breaking out my fall and winter sets. It seems like there is only such a short time to use the fall ones. I love everything about fall!

I was trying to make this card completely monochromatic but it just didn't turn out that way. Eggplant Envy seems to be a color I only use in the fall. Does anyone else do that? This stamp set was another one of my "must haves" from the new catalog. It is called "With Gratitude". I took the leaf and stamped it on 4 1/4" x 5 1/2 " piece of eggplant envy for the background. I stamped the leaf on Very Vanilla and cut it out. The base of the card is an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Saraha Sand.

I love to tear paper on my cards and haven't done that for a long time. I like the texture it adds. I ended by tearing the eggplant at an angle and adhering to the folded card base. I stamped "With Gratitude" at the bottom. Thanks for looking!!!