Hugs and Kisses

I got to play with Elyse last night!!  I have had her for a couple weeks but hadn't gotten around to inking her up!!  Pretty straight forward card (I think all of mine are!), all cardstock is by A Muse except for the white and black punched circles.  The frame is part of a mini notecard by A Muse.  The red wasn't quite as bold on it as the other red notecards so I used my Copic marker (R37 Carmine) to outline it and brighten it a little.  The heart has Fruit Punch Stickles on it.  All stamps by A Muse.  Punches all by Stampin' Up!

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

More SB Mug inspired cards

Hello there!  

Leave it to me when I post that I'm feeling in a stamping rut, to start stamping!!  :D  I made these 2 cards today, both inspired by more Starbucks mugs!  Thank you so much Jennie for the great tip to use SB mugs as inspiration.  I think that should be a new monthly stamping ritual:  go to SB, get some coffee, snap some pics of new mugs on the shelf and make some cards!!  I could definitely get used to this!

I kept these super simple!  I didn't even add glitter, I can always go back and do that if needed.  (Who am I kidding, glitter is always needed!!)  I know you can't see it in the pic, but on the bottom card, I used Shimmery White cardstock to give it a little extra umph.  I shoulda used my Stamp-a-ma-jig on that card, but I was having a tough time lining the hearts up even with that, couldn't coordinate it well, so I just eye-balled it.  All stamps used are by A Muse (some are retired though).  Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday DH!!

Hey everyone!  Did you miss me??  Probably not!!  Not sure how much traffic that hits this site each day is actually stampin' friends or just computer generated hits??  I got my first spam comment last week!!  Eeeek, I hadn't been putting a word verification in the comments section cuz I didn't think it really mattered, but I guess it does.

Anyway!  Sorry for the tangent!!  On to today's post!!  Today is my DH's birthday!  Happy Birthday Honey!!  I  know he won't be checking out the site today cuz he's off skiing with a buddy, but I still gotta post a birthday wish!!  What kind of wife would I be if I didn't??? :D  I almost didn't get around to making him a birthday card!  I know he loves cards from me, but not sure he really cares one way or another.  I figured it would be best if I did!  

After seeing Jennie's last challenge for the A Muse Addicts Yahoo Group to make a card that's inspired by something, I had to play!  I absolutely loved her card made from that CUTE Starbucks mug, and last time I was there, there was a whole shelf full of different cute mugs that could EASILY inspire cards!  I'm gonna check their shelves out more often!!  So I snapped some photos just in case and decided to use this mug for inspiration on DH's card:

Sorry for the blurry pic, I took it on my iPhone and if I don't hold it steady, it turns out blurry.  Without fail I always jerk the phone when I touch the button, so they ALL turn out blurry!!

Here's the card I made:

I kinda stuck with the colors on the mug, but instead of Cocoa I went with Chocolate so the main image would be bolder.  Don't ask me why I decided to leave the tails long on the ribbon, but it was different than I normally do and decided to leave it for something new.  The scalloped chocolate piece is cut with my scallop scissors and I used my Creative Memories Precious Elements Silver pen to make the dots so they'd match the big heart brad by JoAnn Craft Essentials.  I cut the prongs off and stuck it on with a glue dot, I LOVE doing that, ever since Novell gave me the tip!!  The bg is stamped with various A Muse birthday sentiments along with the Polka Dot Package stamp with Stazon Timber Brown, Cool Caribbean, and Certainly Celery.  The main image and a few other details were watercolored using my aquapainter.

Thanks for stopping by today!!  I'm feeling a bit un-motivated in the card making area lately, so my posts may not be as regular as normal, but hopefully I'll be feeling inspired soon.  I have a Stampin' Up! workshop coming up next month that I need to prep for so I'll definitely post those projects and anything else I happen to work on in the mean time!

Have a wonderful day!!

Quick and Simple

This was a super easy, quick card I made for, yes, I'll admit it, my Mary Kay lady!! :D  There are a couple Mary Kay products that are my all-time fave like their 3 in 1 cleanser and their Dual Coverage powder foundation and when I'm runnin low, you'd better bet I'm online ordering more!  She sent my goodies to me plus some extra freebies before even receiving my payment.  She included a SASE along with the invoice but it was a HUGE letter envelope, so it prompted me to make a bigger card to fit inside it!  This is a 7.5 inch square folded in half.  The envie was larger, but I wasn't comfortable making this any bigger.

All stamps, cardstock and ribbon by Stampin' Up!  The rhinestones are cell phone bling.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a great weekend!

Gangsta Owls

LOL! I know I have a strange sense of humor but when I first saw this cute card that Jennie Moczan made using the new owl stamp by A Muse and the sentiment that goes with it (Hoo loves you), for some reason the phrase Who's your daddy? popped into my head! So I thought it would be fun to make a gangsta owl with that sentiment! So, here it is. I think maybe it fits into the A Muse Addicts Yahoo Group challenge this week to use a stamped image in a manner other than it's original intent. I don't think Linda or the designer of this stamp ever thought it would be used for a gangsta!! :D Hoo knows though!! :D

Maybe this would make a good Father's Day card.

I used a Black Staedtler Triplus  Fineliner pen to draw the hat and gold chains with peace sign and it's tough to see, but I actually drew in brass knuckles too!! I used a Gold Spica glitter pen to hilight the jewelry and a Signo White Gel pen to draw the G on the hat. The base notecard and striped paper are by A Muse, the sentiment is made with my Provo Craft dial stamp.

Thanks for stopping by today!!!

Teacup Challenge

So we have these great challenges on the A Muse Addicts Yahoo Group each week and I love to participate when I can but I'll be the first to admit that I've not participated as much as I should.  This week Jennie decided to throw in an additional challenge for the mods, to do this week's challenge, to make a card using a stamp in a different way than it's intended for, and also, to use the new A Muse Cup and Saucer stamp in the challenge.  Easy enough, right??  Wrong!!!  I realized that I'm WAY too far inside the box and literal to think of other ways to use things easily.  I love to create punny sayings to go with stamps, but it's tough for me to use a stamp in a way other than its original intent.  

This was my first idea using this stamp and I was thinking it was different than it's original intent, but realized, they're still TEA cups!! :D  So I had to try again.  I will say that I'm proud of myself for actually pulling out my Stamp-a-ma-Jig on this card, so I didn't have to redo it!!   Worked like a charm!   So, back to the drawing board for a better idea...

This is what I came up with, a bubble bath!! :D  I originally wanted to put a mouse in it, but I don't have a good stamp to use for that, so the octopus got it!!  I thought it turned out pretty good until I stamped the "bubbly" part of the sentiment.  I used my handy Provo Craft dial stamp to make the word, but in the process of inking it up, I inked up the edges of it too and then got it on the ribbon and the side of the card!!  I hate it when that happens, after all the work that went into this, I wasn't about to scrap it and start over again, so on goes the "Work of Art" stamp by Judikins below!!  It comes in handy with little mistakes like this!! :D

Thanks for stopping by!!  Check out this amazing card that Michelle (Crazystampchick) did for our little challenge!! :D

Happy New Year!!

Yay, it's 2008!!!  Happy New Year everyone!! :D  So fun!  I don't know why I feel extra happy and excited that it's a new year, maybe just the thought of starting fresh!  I spent the day cleaning and putting away decorations, didn't even make it out of my jammies!  

I don't really do resolutions cuz I don't like to set myself up for a fall but I think for me, spending more happy/fun time with my family and not feeling so stressed is a big goal for me!  Do any of you have a resolution for this year?  I always like to hear what kind of goals my friends have.

I know this isn't a New Year's card, but I thought it might be a great thought to think about as we start the new year, loving one another and all of creation.  Yes, the world will still go around if we decide not to be loving to one another, but it sure makes life easier if we do!! :D  

I love this Bella!!  She's on my wishlist, I got this image from a LOSTie sister and after coloring her in, I could see myself pulling her out for many occasions, plus, she's so me!!  It's a pretty straight forward card, nothing too fancy.   

Main image by Stamping Bella, sentiment by A Muse, Baroque BG stamp by SU, Memories Black ink, Olive Craft ink, copic Markers, Michaels ribbon, Making Memories Decorative Brads, Kraft, white and Old Olive cardstock.