pink, white and green

Be sure to hop over to the Rubbernecker blog to see my post today.

Fluttering by

I punched both sides of 1" strips using the MS swirling lace border punch. The butterflies are stamped with black ink and clear embossed before coloring and punching out. They are popped up on the strips. The sentiment is stamped with Green Galore ink onto the gloss white cardstock and cut/embossed with Spellbinders Blossom die. I used a Yo Yo yellow marker to color the butterflies and the outer edge of the sentiment shape. The gingham ribbon and bow really make it fresh.

Stamps: Rubbernecker Butterfly Inchies 427, Butterflies are Free 538

Thanks for stopping by!

Butterflies

There is little stamping on this - just the word faith on the tiny tag. That word was inked with a marker from a phrase stamp from Rubbernecker that says:
Keep your faith in all beautiful things
In love before it’s realized
In the flower before the bloom.

The butterflies were punched and  mounted onto the three color squares. I then embossed the rectangular panel behind it with the Sizzix Corners Damask folder and then added the border pieces cut/embossed with Spellbinders Fleur de Lis borderabilities and mounted onto the white card front. The ribbon and bow were added as the finishing touch.

Stamps: Rubbernecker Garden Phrase Set 508

Accessories: Sizzix Corners Damask, Spellbinders Fleur de Lis borderabilities, MS butterfly punch, ribbon

This is a case of my friend Wendy’s card. I loved your card Wendy.

Inspired by a box of chocolates

When I took a look at this photo of a box of chocolates, this card came to mind.

Can you see the resemblance?

I included the tiny mosaic you can see in the photo and the light and dark chocolates, along with the pink heart on the white. I added the sentiment with rhinestones for a little bling. The chocolates are created by stamping chocolate chip pigment ink onto the close to cocoa cardstock using Rubbernecker images and clear embossing. The dark chocolates have punched close to cocoa pieces on them and then they are embossed with the Damask folder. The pink dp is embossed with the tiny mosaic folder then backed with Chocolate Chip cardstock.

Thanks for looking!

Red Roses

Do you love red roses? Who doesn’t?

I stamped my single leaf rose twice using white pigment ink and embossing with white embossing powder. I wanted them to stand out just a little, so I colored them in just a bit with a Copic marker which is just a bit darker than the paper. Next I cut/embossed the panel using Spellbinders Labels Nineteen and popped that up onto Spellbinders Parisian Motifs cut/embossed from white. The card front is embossed with the Sizzix damask folder. I added the ribbon and - voila. A simple yet elegant card.

I upgraded my bow maker! If you remember I had used a block of styrofoam, but it was a pretty soft one and wasn’t holding up very well. So, I got out the old power drill and a little block of wood and created this one. Easy peasy! I just drilled six holes in my block of wood at intervals of about 1/4” or so. I cut a bamboo skewer into short lengths and I can  put them into the holes according to the size of bow I want to make. It works so well and if you have a hard time making bows, this is the answer! Seriously, it’s great!

Not pretty – yet! Hmmm, maybe I need to decorate it and make it gorgeous. Yeah, I can do that!

Hint hint–take a peek!

I have a little post on the Rubbernecker Blog every Thursday. Here is a little peek at what I shared today:

Don’t you just wonder what this is all about? Well, there is only one way to find out and that is to hop on over to the Rubbernecker Blog and read my post! You will get a little tip that you might find useful.

Corners, borders and dies–oh my!

Hmmmm, have I gone crazy with this new border punch? Maybe, but it is so fun!

The card front is designer paper in shades of purple and green (some of my favorite colors). The next layer is a coordinating dp with the same colors, but a white background matted with the deep purple cardstock. I then embossed that with the Cuttlebug swiss dots folder. Here comes that wonderful border punched layer with olive colored card stock. The image panel is that dark purple once again with two different sizes of the leaf image. First the larger one is stamped with white pigment ink and dried. I then stamped the smaller image with the same white pigment ink and embossed with white embossing powder. I punched several small flowers from the designer paper, adding green and purple centers and adding them to that leaf image. The top right corner on that panel is a cuttlebug Fancy corner die cut Vintage Square. The buttons are cut/embossed from the dark purple card stock using Spellbinders Timeless Heritage threaded with embroidery floss and popped up to different heights using glue dots and foam squares.

Rubbernecker Garden Shrub Set SKU 560

Thanks for looking. Be sure to come back tomorrow for just a peek of a project being featured on the Rubbernecker blog!

Rubbernecker creations

Here are two more cards I made with my wonderful Rubbernecker images.

For this one I created a collage background using several images and then adding the sentiment panel and a collage of ribbons with an antique button. I really like these colors together as well.

Rubbernecker: SKU 546-03 2 part flourishes set 3, SKU 528 Clowns and Crowns set, SKU 574 Crackle Panel, SKU 565-10 Thinking of You

 

I used my new MS punch on the top of this card. For some reason, it makes me think of the Copa Cabana. I used a color blocking technique behind the palm trees, coloring with my Copic markers on an acrylic block and spritzing with a fine mist of alcohol before stamping it three times. I then stamped the palm trees over it. Don’t you wish you were sitting on a beach somewhere having a nice cool drink like this?

Rubbernecker Sentiment from Love Set sku545, Grand and Petite Palm Tree 61-049, drink from Fashion Icon Set SKU sku 455

Color Blocked birthday wishes

I got some new goodies this weekend and they were all bargains! I used a couple of them on this card.

This card is a 5” square of Core’dinations card stock embossed with the Cuttlebug Frills border folder on all four sides and sanded to bring out the detail. The white layers is the Martha Stewart Double Arches punch (50% off coupon used) around the page (4” square). To put down the color behind the sentiment, I used Copic markers on a square acrylic block and spritzed with alcohol before stamping in the center of the doily. I then stamped the Rubbernecker sentiment with Rusty Hinge distress ink over the top. The spray is created with Spellbinders foliage dies as well as some other MS punches. I added some peach colored organdy ribbon which was heated slightly. I then topped it off with some hydrangea punched flowers and the ribbon rosette which was another of the bargains I got this weekend. Six of them for $.50 in a clearance bin. They were vanilla, but I airbrushed this one to match my card. Nice!

Thanks for stopping by. Please come again soon!

Stamps: Rubbernecker Happy Birthday Square SKU: 565-19

Ink: Rusty Hinge Distress ink, Peeled Paint Distress ink, Copic Markers YR000, YR01, YR02, YR09

MFP July Blog Hop Day 4

Hello! Welcome to the July 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!

This week's new releases are: Little Birds With Big Mouths, Planted with Love, Lilacs in the Summer, and Adirondack Summer.For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers.



So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Adirondack Summer? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)

For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. That winner will win Adirondack Summer. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's blog post.

Emily

Nancyruth
Neva
Silvia
Faith
Claudine
Dawn
Marilynn
Patricia
Chrissy
Karen
Pam
Joanne
Kittie
Mark’s Finest Papers
Now this card shows you different ways to use the stamps. For this one, I used the hanging branches of the weeping willow tree turned upside down to create the greenery which is stamped right onto the front of the fence and behind the chair. To add the flowers I just dotted different colors of AtYou pens. The chair is stamped with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. See how versatile these stamps are. Just think outside the box!



For this one, I kept it very simple - another great way to utilize these stamps. The image is stamped onto the card front and embossed it with clear embossing powder. I used a Spellbinders square die to just emboss a square around the image. I then added the baker's twine and the charm - all from MFP.

This card is a little more challenging and time consuming to make. I stamped the image onto watercolor paper and used watercolor crayons to color it before cutting/embossing with a Spellbinders die. It is mounted onto the blue layer which is cut/embossed with the next larger size of the same die set. The white panel is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder called Organic Flourish. I added some ribbon and the stamped sentiment and mounted it onto the green card front.

MFP July Blog Hop Day 3

This week's new releases are: Little Birds With Big Mouths, Planted with Love, Lilacs in the Summer, and Adirondack Summer.For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers.

So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Lilacs in the Summer? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)

For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. That winner will win Lilacs in the Summer. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's blog post.

Emily

Nancyruth
Neva
Silvia
Faith
Claudine
Dawn
Marilynn
Patricia
Chrissy
Karen
Pam
Joanne
Kittie
Mark’s Finest Papers

Hello! Welcome to the July 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!

MFP July Blog Hop Day 2

Hello! Welcome to the July 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!

This week's new releases are: Little Birds With Big Mouths, Planted with Love, Lilacs in the Summer, and Adirondack Summer.For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers.

So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Planted With Love? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)

For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. That winner will win Planted With Love. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's blog post.

Lois

Vicky
Dawn
Anne
Peggysue
Connie
Emily
Karen
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Geri
Lynn
Mark’s Finest Papers

And one more using this ever so cute set.

I used Copic markers: E11, E15, G21, G24, Y15, Y17, YR09

MFP July Blog Hop Day 1

Hello! Welcome to the July 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!

This week's new releases are: Little Birds With Big Mouths, Planted with Love, Lilacs in the Summer, and Adirondack Summer.For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at Mark's Finest Papers.

So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Little Birds With Big Mouths? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)

For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be ONE random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. That winner will win Little Birds With Big Mouths. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's blog post.

Lois
Vicky
Dawn
Anne
Peggysue
Connie
Emily
Karen
Patty
Roxie
Vicki
Liz
Geri
Lynn
Mark’s Finest Papers

Lilacs and lace

What is more feminine than lilacs and lace? This card uses the lilacs in a very subtle manner. I stamped the lilacs onto white card stock and water colored the image before cutting it out. The card front has a "flap” of the doily peeking over the top. The white card front also has the lower corners covered with a scrap of the doily before embossing the full card front with Textile Textures and matting with lilac card stock. I added a bow of seam binding which was dyed to match the image.

Thanks for stopping by! Come back next week to see all the new stamps from MFP!

Three cheers for the

red, white and blue!

Happy 4th of July!

First of all – THANK YOU to all those who have so faithfully served and are now serving this great

country – the U S A! Also, thank you

to their families that are sacrificing so much while their loved ones serve.

We started the celebration Saturday night by going to a festival and fireworks display. I have a nephew serving overseas right now and his father wrote this, “The fireworks display, which is usually a wonderful reminder of ‘bombs bursting in air’ reminded us that Jake is working with real bombs.” 

Yesterday at church we sang patriotic songs and prayed for the service men and women. Today we are thinking of them as  we get together with family and friends to celebrate our freedoms that so many have paid such a huge price to give us. Once again we will be watching fireworks, but with a very different perspective as we think of those serving our country, especially my nephew.

Now – baseball, hot dogs and apple pie!

Here are pictures of the apple pie I just put into the oven which we will enjoy later on today. Mmmmm, I can’t wait to have a piece!

Happy 4th of July to all of you! God bless the

U S A!

If you have never used one of these, you are really missing out! It was so much fun watching the apples being peeled, cored and sliced. I’ll have to do it again when my grands are over. They will love it too!

That’s right, you cook it in a brown paper bag! Ooooo, it smells so good in my house!