Celebrate Today

I don't always get to participate in the challenges at Splitcoast like I used to, so it's a great day for me when I get the chance!  :)  Last week's Ways To Use It Challenge was to not use brown, black or white ink on your card. . ."embrace your colored inks".   I almost NEVER stamp this way, so this was a nice challenge for me.  :)

I used the Birthday Buddies and Pretty Phrases sets from Paper Smooches for my card.  I stamped the fish in Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise and Ocean Tides ink.  I added a couple Dew Drops for "bubbles".  The sentiment is stamped in Ocean Tides ink. 

If you usually use brown, black or white ink on your cards like I do, I urge you to give this challenge a try!  It's a lot of fun and stretches your creativity!  :)  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  SUPPLIES USED:  Stamps- Birthday Buddies, Pretty Phrases (Paper Smooches); Ink- Summer Sunrise, Ocean Tides, Hawaiian Shores (PTI); Paper- Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise, Ocean Tides (PTI); Accessories- Catch a Wave Die-namics (MFT), Dew Drops (The Robin's Nest);  Finished card measures 4.25"x5.5"

Love You To My Core

I am posting so late today.  This is actually the first I've been able to create, take a picture and put together a blog post today.  That's okay, though, because I got A LOT done otherwise!  I made a card using the Falling For You set from Paper Smooches.  This is the first time I"ve used the apple image.  I just think it's so cute.  I used some paper from the Cherry Hill Collection from October Afternoon.  I stamped the apple onto Pure Poppy cardstock and different patterned papers in the Cherry Hill Collection and paper pieced. 

I curved the sentiment on the block to fit the curve of the apple and stamped it onto some light blue cardstock.  The little heart was stamped on patterned paper, cut out and I added a button.  To finish the card off, I sewed some spots and distressed the edges of the red cardstock with scissors.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you're having a great day!  SUPPLIES USED:  Stamps- Falling For You (Paper Smooches); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Pure Poppy (PTI); Paper- Cherry Hill Colleciton (October Afternoon), Pure Poppy (PTI), Soft Sky (SU);  Accessories- buttons (PTI), hemp;  Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Birthday Fishes

I was able to play along with Heather's Totally Hues Color Challenge this weekend.  The challenge this week was to use Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Raspberry Fizz and Dark Chocolate or their equivalents.  I decided to use my fish from the Birthday Buddies stamp set from Paper Smooches.  I created the waves using Aqua Mist and Ocean Tides cardstock along with the Catch a Wave Die-namics from My Favorite Things. 

The fish was stamped in Burnt Umber ink, colored with Copic markers, cut out and mounted onto the card with foam dimensional adhesive.  I added some Stardust Stickles to the scales too.  The sentiment was stamped in Fresh Snow ink on the Raspberry Fizz cardstock.  Finally I added a little stitching.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Hope your week is off to a great start!  SUPPLIES USED:  Stamps- Birthday Buddies (Paper Smooches); Ink- Burnt Umber (Palette), Fresh Snow (PTI); Paper- Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist, Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate (PTI); Accessories- Catch a Wave Die-namics (MFT), Copic markers, Stardust Stickles;  Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Monster Love

As you've probably already heard me say, I just LOVE the new sets that Kim Hughes released this month!  Have you seen the Paper Smooches stamps?  SO cute!  I especially love this monster image.  So much, in fact, that I had to make him a girlfriend!  :)  In order to reverse the image, I had to ink up the monster and then I carefully rolled my brayer over the stamp and then rolled it onto the paper.  Not the best option for doing this sort of thing, but the only option I had available.  It worked, so that's all that matters, right?

I added some eyelashes with a marker and colored some pink cheeks to make her look more "girly".  The images were colored using Copic markers. 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a wonderful weekend!  SUPPLIES USED:  Stamps- Falling For You (Paper Smooches); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine), Berry Sorbet (PTI); Paper- white (Georgia-Pacific), Sweet Blush (PTI); Accessories- Copic markers, Zig Zag border punch (EK Success), ribbon (Darice), brayer;  Finished card measures 4.25" square

Happy Bird-day!

Last week I was able to play along with the Ways To Use It Challenge on SCS.  I used to play along with the SCS Challenges a lot, but I just can't seem to find the time lately.  Last week's challenge was Happy Birthday. . .to create something with a birthday theme.  I used the Birthday Buddies set from Paper Smooches for my card.   I stamped the sentiment repeatedly in different colors along the bottom of the card.  I added a score line above the sentiments.  The bird was stamped twice, once on the card front and once on another piece of cardstock, cut out and layered on top of the card image with dimensional adhesive.  Finally, I added a few star rhinestones. 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Hope you're having a great day!  SUPPLIES USED:  Stamps- Birthday Buddies (Paper Smooches); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Berry Sorbet, Spring Moss, Hawaiian Shores (PTI); Paper - white (Georgia-Pacific); Accessories- Copic markers, Scor-Pal, star rhinestones, Scallop border punch (SU);  Finished card measures 4.25" square

Batty in Love

You've probably seen or heard that Kim Hughes has started her own stamp company called Paper Smooches!  I have always been a big fan of Kim and her adorable style, so I was very excited to learn that she's making her own stamps!  For my card, I used the Falling For You set along with a template Kim designed back when I was part of the Click Simple team at Papertrey Ink.  All of her shaped templates in the Be My Valentine set are adorable, but I thought the LOVE card would be perfect with the bat. 

I colored the bat using Copic markers and paper pieced the heart and mounted them with foam dimensionals.  Then I stamped the sentiment and the hearts onto the card.  It turned out super cute, don't you think?

Thanks for stopping by today!  It's a BIG day today in Pittsburgh as you could imagine!  I'm sure Superbowl Sunday is a big day for many, but it's ESPECIALLY big here today! ;)  Have a wonderful day and GO STEELERS!!