A RAK from Cami

from Cami, Capture a Heart

Are you blown away by this gorgeous creation?  I totally was!   When I opened my box of goodies from Cami, I could not believe she sent this fabulous card and treat box to me.   OMGosh, talk about happy mail--I was dancing the jig after seeing this!   If you click on the picture, you'll get a better view but it can't compare to seeing it IRL.   What an inspiration she is!

Thank you sooooo much Cami, not only for your gorgeous works of art and for all the wonderful goodies you included, but mostly for your friendship!   

And thanks to all of you for stopping by today.  Have a happy and safe holiday weekend!

The Shabby Tea Room

Hello dear friends, I'm so delighted that you took the time to visit with me!

My card today was inspired by the Shabby Girls at The Shabby Tea Room, which has lately become one of my favorite places to visit for shabby chic inspiration!    Their challenge this week is Classic Patterns/Polka Dots or Gingham.  I chose to make a card without an image this time, trying to focus on the vintage look with just the papers and embellies. 

I used the papers from the Grace Taylor vintage collection paper pack and the stamps from the JustRite Victorian Nested Frames & Occasions set and Stampin' Up.  The edges were distressed with Distress Ink and the ovals were cut with Nestabilities.

 I hope you're all enjoying your weekend.  Take care and "Thank You" for looking!  Hugs!

My tummy tickles...

...thinking of you

I had in mind to make another vintage card but as I was going through my box of stamps looking for the right image, an adorable little face with the biggest, sweetest eyes looked up at me and said, "can you play with me please?"   Now how could I not take her out to color, hee hee!

This is a Swalk stamp titled Thinking of You.   She's colored with Copics, her dress is paper pieced, the papers are Basic Grey Urban Prairie. 

The challenges that inspired me (thank you!):

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Let's Play Bingo (shape, ribbon, sentiment in a row)

Paper Sundaes Challenge #73 - Girly Girl

Stamp Something - Something Punched

Stampavie and More, #145 - Butterflies

Hope you're having a great week!

Thanks for looking!

Dear Heart

I have another Sarah Kay card to share today, this image is called Fanny's Cuddle.   When I saw her on Bev's video (see previous post), I thought she was so sweet I could not wait to get her.  I colored her with copics and prismacolor pencils, distressed the edges with VersaMagic Jumbo Java and went over the entire image with Distress Ink Pumice Stone to try to achieve the vintage look.  

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday for the layout, the papers are Basic Grey Sweet Pea.

The challenges that inspired me (thank you!):

Sketch Saturday, #158 - sketch

Basic Grey Challenges, #45 - Shabby Chic (Basic Grey DP)

Creatalicious Challenges #22 - Flourishes (Magnolia DooHickey Swirl)

Cute Card Thursday, #168 - Pins & Pearls

Bunny Zoe's Crafts, #12 - Lace

Paper Sundaes Challenge #72 - Let's Get Sentimental!

Dream Valley Challenges #8 - Stamp Something

Have a wonderful weekend and

thanks for stopping by!

Hello Friend

Hello friends!   Wow, can you believe it's June already!

My card today was inspired by Bev Rochester's fabulous video on coloring with copics and prismacolor pencils.   She used a Sarah Kay image so naturally I had to pull mine out and I dare say Sarah Kays are now my favorite!  I know,  "my favorite" seems to change from day to day, hee hee.   But tell me now,  isn't this image precious?  How could you not love that sweet innocent face of hers!

   

This is the sketch I used from the Papertake Weekly Challenge and I tried to achieve the vintage/shappy chic look, a style I'm loving more and more.  The stamp I used is called How Sweet You Are by Stampavie and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

I hope you get a chance to see Bev's videos (4 in all), too.  Thanks for a great tutorial Bev! 

The challenges that inspired me:

Papertake Weekly Challenge, Sketch #56

Copic Creations, #51 - Copic Distressed/Vintage cards or projects

All That Scraps, Anything Goes (Sarah Kay image)

Paper Sundaes, #71 - Vintage or Shabby Chic
Simon Says Stamp and Show - your favourite stamp

Thanks for stopping by and for all the sweetness you leave me!

Hugs!

Ooh La La!

Hi friends, hope you're enjoying your weekend! 

As for me, I'll be doing the happy dance all weekend.   A few days ago I participated in La-La Land Crafts' Summertime Collection Blog Hop and would you believe I won their entire collection!   I had to pinch myself when I saw my name--I won all 6 stamps and each one is so gosh darn stinkin' cute!!!    Thanks so much Irina and La-La Land Crafts, what a fabulous prize!

If you didn't do the hop, you should still visit the design team and see their awesome creations.   In fact, they were so inspiring they got me inking up my Sweetheart Marci!   Don't ya just want to pinch those chubby cheeks of hers, lol!    I colored her with copic markers, paper pieced her dress, and added glitter to her heart banner and Diamond Glaze to the baubles in her hair.     My papers are from the Little Yellow Bicycle Snugglebug collection, the stitches are rub-ons and the die is Dainty Lace by Die-namics.

La-La Land Crafts has a sale this Memorial Day weekend so if you've been as inspired as I,  this would be the perfect time to get their new summertime collection!   Ooh La La!

And because Marci is so cute & cuddly and pink & girly, she'll be perfect for these challenges:

La-La Land Crafts Customer Gallery - May 2011

Fab 'n' Funky, #74 - Let's all go Cute and Cuddly!

Totally Papercrafts, #68 - Pink and Girlie

Have a wonderful and safe weekend 

Thanks for looking and for your sweet comments!

Celebrate Today

Hello friends!

The image that I used today is called Susan, by Elisabeth Bell.   I tried something a little different with her today--I colored her with prisma colored pencils.  I've been admiring Elise's beautiful coloring for some time now and was inspired to give this medium another try.  I had these pencils stored away for years as a lost cause but I'm glad I tried them again.   It was a fun change from copics and with a lot of determination and practice, it may prove to be a worthwhile purchase after all.  Thanks Elise!

I used another printed card stock from the Mariposa Matstack again.   I really love this paper pack, most of the pages are really beautiful.   The design on this piece made for a nice frame for my image and a clean and simple card.   My sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

And since I'm using an Elisabeth Bell image, I'll be entering my card in these challenges:   Belles 'n Whistles Anything Goes challenge and SCACD Friends with Heart Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by and for always leaving me such encouraging comments.  You're the best!  Hugs!