I received an Award!

Thank you so much to Chelsea Malouf who presented me with this reward! I am so honored! Thank you so much!



There are a few rules to this award, and here they are:

1. Put the Sunshine Award on your blog and/or in your post.

2. Pass the award to twelve other bloggers.

3. Link the Nominees within your post (this one may be harder then it sounds!)

4. Let them know they received the award by leaving a comment on their blog.

5. Share the love and link to the person whom you received the award. (OK going to try that one

too!)


I surf blogs fairly regularly. I love all of the creativity and the inspiration! So thank you everyone for that! It was very hard to narrow it to only 12 blogs though, as I love them all. But without further ado, here is my list of nominees, in no particular order:

1. A fellow PhillyInker, The FABULOUS Albert! Proof that real guys CAN craft

2. My good friend and Fellow PhillyInker - Heather

3. Another good friend and Fellow PhillyInker - Melissa

4. A very sweet Demo in Australia- Marelle!

5. The addicted almost as much as me card maker Jean

6. The very sweet and well missed Melanie

7. The very talented Enfys

8. Further proof that real guys DO stamp - Jason

9. The Ultra talented and very funny - OkieLady

10. The very sweet and talented in so many crafts - Roni

11. Awesome Card Sketches at Card Sketch a day

12. And finally a hardworking crafter and supporter of Cards for Heroes, and Operation Write Home- Sandy Allnock


This was a tough job narrowing them all down! But there is the list. I hope that as you visit each blog the creativity that you find there inspires you. And again, thank you kindly Chelsea!!!!!

Build A Bear Birthday

My daughter was invited to a birthday party a little last minute and we needed a birthday card. She picked all of the colors and left me to make the card while she went with Daddy to dance class. This card features Lavender Lace, Pretty In Pink, Whisper White and various colors for my Stampin' Up Markers for the balloons. I used the Stampin' Up Build a Bears set called "Beary Best Friends". The sentiment is from "Beary Nice Wishes". Now I have to say that I used my Stampamajig for this card A LOT! I stamped the first balloon in the bears paw and then stamped some balloons on post it notes to mask that balloon and then built onto that. I stamped the gift bag originally in Real Red Classic ink, then used my Stampin Up markers to color it in. After doing this you couldn't see the lines that were stamped so I lined up my Stampamajig again and stamped the gift bag in Black StazOn. I dropped my pen on the face of the bear, and since I was under a time crunch I stamped the head on another sheet of cardstock cut it out, and stuck it down. The party hat is also stamped separately and added on. The dots in the background were made using the dotted embossing folder which sadly the name is escaping me at the present.
Hopefully her friend liked the card!

Feeling a little Distressed?

Then make a card! :) I made these for a recent swap with the Philly Inkers. It features Lovely Lilac, Lavender Lace, Whisper White and Mellow Moss. The background is stamped with En Francois, and then distressed the edges. The strip of paper I crumpled up to make it look worn. Can I tell you that it felt almost illegal to be crumpling up perfectly good Stampin' Up cardstock?? :) The image is from the Thoughts and Prayers set. In order to achieve the two colrs I stamped the image in the Mellow Moss stamp pad, then used my blender pen to remove the Mellow Moss from the flower parts of the image, added Lavender Lace with my Stampin' Up Marker, huffed on it lightly to moisten and then stamped the image.

Each layer of the card is distressed, although for some reason I didn't distress the back Lavender Lace. (I must have been unstressed at that point, LOL.) It was a fun card to make and although the steps took a little while to complete it was worth it.

Sniff Sniff I will miss you!

There are a few colors that are retiring that I am sad to see go. One of which is Brilliant Blue. I LOVE this color and I use it quite a bit. It is PERFECT for Patriotic cards, and I like it for winter greetings. Nothing like a dark blue winter sky with white snowflakes! But anyway, I did go and buy a few packs of the Brilliant Blue for my own use as I KNOW I will use it often and the blue you get at the craft stores...well it certainly isn't BRILLIANT!
So if there is a color you just can't "live without" and it is on the above retiring list, be sure to get it before it is gone!!! Oh and don't forget ink refills, and ribbons, brads.......**sigh**

Pretty Baroque Motifs

I have loved this set since my very first Shoebox swap with the Philly Inkers. I had been a Demonstrator for not quite a month, and I was just in awe of all of the beautiful creations that I saw there! I took a scrap paper with me as I made every one's cards and wrote down the names of all of the sets that I liked. I had a great time, but boy did it cost me when I got home! LOL, good thing I get a discount!!!

So anyway, I am still trying to go through and use some of the sets that I haven't used recently, and I think this is one of those sets. The Cardstock is Whisper White, Bravo Burgundy, and Basic Black. The flourish is stamped in StazOn, while the flowers are stamped in a scattered fashion in Bravo Burgundy. Then I finished it off by tying a knot in the ribbon. I made a few more of these, but changed it ever so slightly. I have to get a picture of those and post at a later time.

Upsy Daisy!!!!

I am a little behind in posting pictures due to my camera being out of commission! It had an unfortunate "meeting" with the ground!! I just got it back on Friday, so I am trying to take pictures of some of the creations I made in it's absence. I did take pictures with my daughter's camera, but her's isn't really meant for close ups!

The daises and sentiment are from the "Upsy Daisy" stamp set from Stampin' Up! I used the wonderful "Sanded" background on the Old Olive strip. The Daisies are stamped on the Naturals White Cardstock (love it), and the other cardstock is Rose Red. The ink is the Rose Red Classic ink as well as the Basic Black Classic ink.

This picture is pretty dark, I will have to retake the picture and post it. Stay tuned...

Hold onto your hats!! A Color Renovation!!!!

Stampin' Up announce yesterday that they are going to have a Color Renovation!!! These colors will launch with the new catalog that comes out in July.

It features:

Four New Color Collections

Including 5 new colors

• Marina Mist


• Daffodil Delight


• Cherry Cobbler


• Cajun Craze


• Early Espresso

It also will include 10 returning InColors

• Tangerine Tango


• River Rock


• Pink Pirouette


• Wild Wasabi


• Baja Breeze


• Riding Hood Red


• Pacific Point


• Soft Suede


• Melon Mambo


• Rich Razzleberry

Please be sure to get stock up on any of your favorite colors before they retire!!! Please keep in mind that this includes Marker, reinkers ribbons, accessories and cardstock!!!

Click the picture above for the list of the retiring colors!!