You Mean Everything To Me!

 

I made this card today for a friend of mine. Her Anniversary is on Sunday. I started with one idea in mind and went with a totally different idea all together. All I knew was that she wanted me to use this heart. I had some cut paper left over from my stamp club, and this is what I ended up with. I really like it!

Recipe: STAMPS: Always, So Very, Sketch It, Cheesecloth, INK: Night of Navy, Real Red, PAPER:Night of Navy, Real Red, Very Vanilla, EMBELLISHMENTS: Silver Jumbo Eyelets, Red stitched ribbon, TOOLS:Crop A Dile, Mat Pack

CINDY WON AND GOT TO MEET JON BON JOVI!!

FOR ANYONE WHO VOTED FOR MY FRIEND I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SHE WON THE CONTEST AND GOT TO MEET THE MAN OF HER DREAMS! SHE SAID FOR ME TO PASS ON FOR HER HOW GRATEFUL SHE IS TO EVERYONE!

HERE IS THE PIC OF CINDY, CASSIDY AND JON BON JOVI!

THANK YOU!

PAM

 

SC171 Another Priceless!

I really liked the sketch challenge today on Splitcoast. I already had my CM Cutting system out from yesterday so I though I would give it a try. I used some retired Designer SU! paper Brocade Backgrounds. This was an easy card for me to make. I was done in about 30 minutes…(because that is how long it takes to use decorative scissors, and cut out the butterflies!) It is kind of hard to see the color well, but the butterflies are stamped in Cameo Coral.

 

Recipe: Stamps: Priceless, Fancy Flexible Phrases, Ink:Cameo Coral, Paper: Very Vanilla, Brocade Backgrounds, Chocolate Chip, Tools: Decorative Scissors, CM Cutting System (Ovals), Corner Punch,Embellishments: Gold Brads

TLC163, One Wild Birthday Card!

Today is my BFF’s birthday…HAPPY BIRTHDAY RHONDA!! I hope she had a GREAT day!! Here is the card I made for her. Hope she like’s it!!

This is a case of Nancy Riley’s card that she made for our last weSTAMP swap. I really love these little purse cards! They are really fun to make. I used some Creative Memories paper for the animal print. I also used the CM cutting system to make the ovals since I didn’t have a punch like Nancy did. Not much on this card is SU!. Only the black CS and the punch I used to make the purses….oh, and the sentiment!!

Recipe: STAMPS:Sincere Salutations, Paper:Basic Black CS, CM animal print paper, Cream colored CS non SU!, INK:Jet Black STAZON, ACCESSORIES: Brown and Black Ribbon, Copper Brads, Stickles

ARTE Y PICO AWARD

I’ve been awarded this Arte Y Pico Award by Nancy Riley, iSTAMP

This award is given to bloggers who share their art and creativity making their contribution to the blogging world. Here are the rules:

 

1. Choose five blogs that you consider deserving of this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogging community, no matter what language.2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.

3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and the link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.

4. Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of

 

Arte y Pico  blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.So in keeping with the rules, I am awarding this to some FANTASTIC Bloggers!

Lorri Heiling, Confessions of a Stamping Addict

Wendy Janson, It’s All About Stamping!

Laurie Schmidlin, Just Give Me Stamps

Michelle Force, The Stamp Link

Loretta Lock, Love to Create

 

CC160 Yep! 2 challenges in one week!!

I have wanted to do more of the challenges that they have on splitcoast, but for some reason or another, I never get the chance to. Well this week I have been working harder at it. I am also looking for some ideas for my upcoming club…

I chose this stamp because I have NEVER used it! I also challenged myself a little more by NOT looking in the gallery for ideas. There are so many and I wanted to make myself come up with my own idea. (supposed to be good for ones brain…to think for one’s self…) I made this card 51/2×51/2 to fit the whole flower. I don’t know where to find an envelope, but oh well, I’ll figure that out when I need to use it! I did the dry embossing with my crop a dile and the mat pack. I colored the flower itself with watercolor crayons, and then I went back with my aqua painter and the ink pad to add the outlining. I think these two colors look pretty together. I wasn’t as happy with them when I was adding the CS. The cameo coral is just so bright. Not my favorite. Overall, I would like to change the layout just a bit, but I am not sure how. I also would have liked to have added a sentiment, but there just wasn’t room. That flower is just so BLOOMIN’ large!

This was fun, I look forward to next weeks!! I need a challenge to get me away from doing the same thing all the time!

Recipe:Stamps:From the Garden Hostess set,Ink:Apricot Appeal, Creamy Caramel, Mellow Moss, Cameo Coral, Jet Black Stazon,Paper:Apricot Appeal, Creamy Caramel, Mellow Moss, Cameo Coral, Embellishments:Stickles

WT160 Challenge

Well this is a little bit of a cheater for the challenge, but I hadn’t posted it yet, so I am gonna count it! I made this little gift bag for the door prize at our last weSTAMP meeting. I forgot to take a picture of the bracelet that went inside of it. It was pretty and it matched the bag with blue freshwater pearls and crystals. Oh well!

This bag was my FIRST attempt at rub-ons. I have been a scrapbooker stamper for YEARS and I never use them. I am always pressured by the fact that if you mess them up they are gone. So I went out on a limb here. I did pretty good but I did goof up the lettering so I just got out my white gel pen and added some dots to the letters. Looks good to me! I also added a little bling to the flowers with some rhinestones I picked up at Michaels.

I will be using Rub-Ons more often!! I LOVE THEM!!

Enjoy!!

Recipe:STAMPS:NONE!!! Love and Happiness Rub-Ons, Paper:Night of Navy CS, Accessories: Rhinestones

So Very

I made this card for my husband when he was going away on a trip a couple of months ago. I needed something more manly, and all I had was flowers and cutesy stuff, so I pulled out my So Very set. I loved that it was so simple to make.

Hope you like it!

Recipe: Stamps:So Very, Ink:Chocolate Chip, Paper:Old Olive, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Fall Flowers DS paper, Accessories:Brown Satin ribbon (non SU), Vintage Brads

RAK

I received this cute card from a Demo friend in our weSTAMP group. She was so sweet to send out Easter cards! I know that Easter has come and gone but I wanted to post it. It is so cute!!

THANK YOU GINNY! I just love how the egg shell is DP cute out!! Great idea!