little girl on beach

I made this card for a challenge and have been so busy - forgot to post it !!! bummer :( Oh well, I liked the card and did some different embellishments - you can't tell it very well in this picture, but after I adhered the ribbon to the cardstock... I ran it through the crimper with the ribbon. It is so pretty "in person" ...some of you have done this before - but it was a first for me...and I like it!!!

Wanted her to look "beach dirty", so used copics on glossy cardstock. Didn't want a smooth blended look on her skin - going for more of a little tan mixed in with sunburn!

Sending Prayers STVSC20

For this card, I wanted to use the colors found on this Basic Grey Wisteria paper. It is a very soft, delicate card. You can't see it well, but there is sheer ribbon across the bottom that has more flowers already on it that matched the paper. The flowers and leaves were punched with assorted Marvy punches...don't forget the Cuttlebug! Sentiment is from the Arranged with Love set from Gina K (see sidebar)... I really like this one.

STVTC21

This card is done with the PSX Stamp "Iris". It's done with the technique titled Poppin Pastels at Stamp TV. Stamped the image on white cardstock with versamark and then colored with chalks. I use cotton swabs to apply the different colored chalks. It gets messy, but using an eraser ...I removed all the chalk smudging.

Next step was to cover only the image again with versamark pen and then clear embossed image. Last, sponged the background with Saffron around the image and Night of Navy to the outside of the card. I had brayered the base card with Night of Navy - heavy on one side and then continued rolling on the other side so it would be lighter (and clean off the brayer).

The designer paper is also from Stampin Up.

Dandelion "Floaters"

A friend saw this set from Gina K "Many Wishes" and wanted me to make a card for her with lots of gold or "sparkle"! I dont usually like to do cards that are necessarily requested with specifics (seems to affect my "mojo") BUT for this card I was excited because I've been wanting to play with this set. Wanted to have a leaf background that would standout as different. So hand-drew the leaves, colored with chalk, outlined them with white and gold. Used sage shadow cardstock to match coloring of leaves. Stamped the little "blow" blooms (we used to pick them and blow on them to watch them float away) in craft white and embossed. Matted on gold cs, added double ribbons, little gold bling nailhead, and there is glitter all over the images that doesnt show well in photo. Quick and easy! Going to do some more later to put on Ebay....well back to work - working from home first part of the day to avoid all the traffic that the news is reporting...ugh :(

SCS Challenge IC187

for the SCS Inspiration Challenge this week -- http://www.posters.com/ . What a wonderful place to go for color inspiration. After looking through so many beautiful posters, I decided on "A Fine Meal" by R. Campbell http://www.posters.com/pv-424144_Fine-Meal-A.html Used my watercolor crayons, a LOT of glazing and cut out the grapes and mounted them! This card worked great for this challenge!

Well, working on one more card today before shutting down and celebrating the 4th :)

Copic Creations Challenge #7 and Friday Sketchers #59 and Just Magnolia Week 12

Love these little Tilda stamps. This card covers 3 challenges, check them out at
http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/
http://copiccreations.wordpress.com/
and
http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/

The charm on this card is the last charm I have !! time to go to my local craft store....any excuse, right? Just got the new Lemonade papers from Basic Grey and had to cut into them right away. They are so pretty!! I wanted to match Tilda with the colors in the paper. Matted her on Temptin Turquoise to try and bring out some of the little blue flowers on the paper. The inside of the card just has the side stamped with the same butterfly stamps behind Tilda and a piece of the dp from the front of the card. Cute and Quick! that's the kind I like LOL
Another night of insomnia - oh well, tomorrow is Saturday so will hopefully sleep in.
yeah, right :)

HAPPY 4th of July !!

STVPF20 Punchmania Challenge

Went "punch happy" on this card - able to use up a lot of scrap cs..that's always a good thing! Butterfly is from Gina K's "Take Flight" set. It was watercolored then embossed. The little flowers and leaves are from odd n end punches collected over the years. Scallop punch is from Stampin Up. Basic Grey and SU cardstock.

Pigment Powder Card

This is a stamp from Gina K - I wanted to see how it would look using pigment powders. It's prettier in person LOL

It's now 3:30 am and I am going to see if I can finally get to sleep !!!

Evening by the pier

Have been working on this watercolor card. Today my new stamps arrived from GinaK (woo hooo) and I couldn't wait to use them. Love the little adirondack chair and thought it fit nicely (originally the sentiment was going where I put the chair)..I like it better this way.

INSOMNIA has struck so I am working on cards! Its 2am and I've been up since 6 this morning. Thank goodness I dont have to work tomorrow...sure hope I don't sleep all day. Want to get my hands on those new stamps (big smile)

Addicted to Paper celebrating 10,000 hits!

Another awesome candy package! this one is celebrating Tammy's 10,000 hits on her blog Addicted to Paper . Check it out!!!! Congratulations, Tammy LOL

Glimmer Mist Give Away!

ARE YOU A GLIMMER MIST FAN? Their bottles are getting a rockin’ new look and they want to let EVERYONE know that their Glimmer Mist is the same great product with a Fabulous NEW Look! So they thought it might be fun to get all of their Glimmer Mist fans to help them spread the word all wrapped up in a GIVEAWAY of brand new never before seen Winter 2009 Glimmer Mist colors!

How wonderful is that? Check out their site at Tattered Angels . Drawing for a winner is on Monday - come on, help get the word out! and good luck in the drawing :)

This card for two challenges for GinaK at Stamp TV. It is in the SCS forums under GKJUNTM and GKJUNLM. All you have to do is create a card using the designated sketch (and upload it to the SCS Gallery). The other challenge is to use pink/brown color combo, so I combined the two! Used designer paper from Basic Grey "Infuse" - love it and only have a few pages left in the pad :(. Stamp is from Gina K's "Take Flight" set.
I did this today after church and now have to get ready to go back. Work tomorrow so no more stamping for me for a few days!!

SU "On Gossamer Wings"

Entered a color challenge over at Stamp TV and wanted to use the cardstock stash from that ...and going through older SU stamp sets to sell...wanted to use this stamp from the "On Gossamer Wings" set. I dont know what to do! the more I go through my old stamps.. the more I want to keep them.. BUT they will be on Ebay soon ....I think I will do an all black mourning card on that day :(

This is my submission for the challenge at Limelight Paper Crafts that ends on 6-28 - easy sketch and the prize is 5 yards of ribbon! Who doesn't love ribbon :) I made this card with items from Big Lots - all were $1 each - the wedding stamp set, pack of mulberry AND the roll of white swiss dot ribbon (love that stuff)...

STVTC19

This is my entry for the challenge over at Stamp TV this week to sew on a card. I had planned on the flower being a butterfly but dropped my watercolor brush and it left a blob on my card that I had to cover. For someone who doesnt sew often on cards, I went crazy on this one! even sewed the petals on the flower! craziness ..... lol

Friday Sketchers Challenge No 57

This is my entry for Friday Sketchers Challenge No 57 . Enjoyed using this stamp from SU's "Tender Toile" retired stamp set. Colored with copics and added flower soft. I quilled the little rose and added the pearls. Didn't leave room for leaves so I used the shredded pieces next to my cutter - think I like it OK. Actually, was going to put this set on Ebay, but now... think I will keep it. grooooaaaaannnn - if I keep playing with the stamp sets I need to get rid of- I won't part with them ...and I have to! of course, it's to make room for NEW stamps :)

well, going to try and go to bed early tonight - it was a super busy weekend and have a long day at work tomorrow. No complaints though - thankful for my job.

Happy Father's Day!

Just passin through

Now I know we live in the country, but this was crazy! Early Saturday morning I was passing by my bedroom window and heard something - looked outside and its a COW! just casually crusin' by ..I ran to get my camera and when I had made it out to the deck - surprise - there was a horse too!! they both kept going (although the horse stopped to eat some weeds - he/she could have stayed around and eaten all of them) and continued on like they knew where they were going .....I was glad I had taken the pictures - who would believe this ??? and none of our neighbors know who they belonged to ...

Copic Creations #6 Wood Challenge

Love this stamp from Art Impressions - Thank goodness this challenge is by random generator and not talent. The apple in the flower is mounted on a large brad. The apple and the image are colored with copics. This card doesn't begin to be on the same level as those submitted - but it's quick, easy and that works for me LOL

Stampin Up

Well, I have decided to let my Stampin Up demonstrator status die a slow death. The area I live in has been pretty well saturated over the past years with SU products - and I have lost interest in doing the workshops to sell. We are going to still get together, but to share techniques and stamps and fellowship without me selling. Looking forward to it so much. I have added a very creative lady to my blog who is a wonderful demo for SU. So when my "demo-ship" lol has died and gone (boohoo), I will order online from Dawn. Please let her know if you are ordering from her because you found her through this blog. Thanks and I can't believe it's after midnight yaaawwwnnnn

Chick Friends

Change of pace! I enjoy these "chicks"...they are just kickin back and havin a good ole time. Always brings a smile when I make cards with this stamp.
something quick and easy (my operative word these days).

STVCC17 challenge - Vera Bradley bag

Jennie from Stampin Away the Day is hosting the Color Challenge on StampTV this week. Her inspiration for the color combination came from a new Vera Bradley (Bali Blue) purse she was given. The bag is beautiful - wish it was the prize!!! LOL The winner of this challenge will receive a stamp set from Gina K Designs. Check it out for more details.
This is my entry - I used a picture of the bag and cut out the designs I wanted to use for the bottom piece. The bottom layer was adhered to sticker paper to give it stability. The middle layer of the design was adhered to the green cardstock and carefully matted (I think it fit in perfectly). Cut out another piece and made the center. Used a dimensional dot to raise the center and slightly curled the petals. The butterfly was embossed on another area of the picture, cut out and raised with dots. Needed something in the left corner, so those little circles are from the blue scraps of the blue cuttlebug mat, punched little centers again from the picture, pierced the upper corner, matted the green layer with the quilted cuttlebug folder, added the ribbon...and voila - My card!
so get going on yours, challenge ends on June 22 :)

Well, it turned out to be too busy a weekend for cards. Our daughter and her family (son-in-law Paul, 8yr old Maggie and 11 yr old Thomas) in North Carolina were able to come to Virginia this weekend. My niece just graduated from Va Tech and we were invited to her graduation cook-out at my brother's near Leesburg, Va on Saturday evening. Saturday morning we helped my other daughter have a yard sale. They have a 2 year old (Lily) and 4 month old (Logan), so I was GranMa at the yard sale. Loved it! and it worked out that they were able to shut down the yard sale at noon, take what didnt sell home, get kids fed and ready and then join us on trip to Leesburg (2 hours from my house). Needless to say - it was a full day. We were all exhausted!

I had done this card earlier this week for the challenge at http://notimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2009/06/04/stamp-simply-90-gone-to-pot/ Love this stamp from an old Stampin Up favorite retired set.
Sorry about the long linking address - I need to learn how to do a link and give it a name without having to show the whole address.
And I need to get busy on some cards for ebay - I have already had one of my favorite customers email me with her support on my new blog but worried that I won't have time to do cards for her ...how sweet was that !! So will take a break on the challenges (everyone is right, they are addicting) and build up my card inventory for my little ebay store - need it to help support my addiction ooops hobby :>
goodnight
Linda

Friday Sketchers Challenge 56

I made this card following the sketch on this week's challenge at - Friday Sketchers. I've had the stamp for quite awhile but I believe it came from Michael's. The ribbon and paper is from my "scrap stash". The little starfish are from another stamp of a pier and gulls - I just cut out the little star fish. Image is done with Stampin Up's watercolor crayons.

My wonderful friend, Jennie - aka Stampin Away the Day - posted this challenge on her blog:

Creative Vision has their first challenge on their blog A Fairy Creative Place to create something layered with Red, White and Blue. Everyone is welcomed to join in on this challenge and create something to win a stamp set. The last day to enter is Friday, June 12 ....

So I'm going to enter this one - I know they are probably thinking patriotic theme, but I had this snowman already done with the red/blue scarf so I went ahead and matted him to match the color of the challenge. I don't have any of the stamps from Creative Vision but sure plan on getting some!

Going to go crash - have a day off tomorrow and hope to get some time to do some "card making"

good night :)

Copic Creations Challenge #5

Well, my first challenge.
It's Challenge No 5 - Clear or transparent items from http://www.copiccreations.wordpress.com/ ending June 15th (the winner will receive items from Gina K Designs).
AND I learned a lesson! Being new at this, I thought how clever of me that I had actually also used a sketch from another challenge. Just so proud, right? ~ wrong!! I thought had saved the site where the sketch I used is located, but....I didnt. I have just spent literally half the day looking for that site :(
and, for some reason, my camera has decided to give me some trouble. I apologize for the darkness of the pictures.
So I have given up looking for the sketch challenge site and now going to go drown my irritation at myself and the waste of the afternoon (well, not really - I looked at so many creative blogs with such beautiful cards -and looking forward to taking mine up to a whole new level) ...in the biggest steak n cheese sub and fries I can find...providing my hubby will agree to eat out LOL
Linda

A change of pace from Tilda today - a favorite customer from Ebay requested something with a "vintage feel" and flowers. So I pulled out the watering can stamp from Art Impressions, did a little sewing (something I never thought I'd do on a card :)) ribbon, flower soft .... and voila!
Card done! used my quill needle to turn the corners of the scallop punch. Different, but I think I like it. Hope she does :)
well its beautiful outside today so off to do "something"

Linda

BLOG CANDY over at http://jacquesmagnolias.blogspot.com/ She has put together a beautiful set using the adorable TILDA with a coordinating mini clipboard, mini composition book, pen, daisy journal, wooden holder with shaped daisy post-its, ribbons, flowers, buttons, charms, a bouquet of daisies, AND matching cookies (in the blue checked box) AND blue and yellow Jelly Belly candies!!! All you have to do is leave a comment on her blog and link the posting if you have a blog. She is selecting the winner at random on Friday, June 12, at 6AM EST.

Best of luck to everyone - but I sure hope I'm the winner LOL :)

I know - I just did a card with this Tilda - but she is so adorable. I pieced the top of her umbrella for more dimension and the matted image is raised on the card.
Hoping to get several more cards done tonight - actually considering trying my first challenge ever - hmmmmmm, will I do it?

Linda

she is so sweet! just works for any occasion. Since this card is 4.25 x 5.50 there isnt a lot of room for more embellishments. Another storm is stopping and starting (but not anywhere near as bad as yesterday's)...going to get off now before storm starts up again

We could not believe this - Hail (some the size of quarters) poured down on us starting about 6pm and it kept stopping and starting for almost an hour - but hail!!!! the temperature here before the storm was 92! Well, its now 10:44pm and the storm is so bad that we've lost power twice (although briefly). So I will wait until the morning to again reset the clocks - I just turned my computer on to see if I had service and am very surprised that I do. So my little Tilda's are colored and ready to be set on their cards...but that will have to wait until Thursday now.

Work tomorrow and church tomorrow night so Thursday (hopefully) will be the earliest I will get back to the cards that for the moment are "works in progress" :)

Tilda with butterflies

Wanted to try my butterfly punch! I hope they stay "popped-up n open" after they've been in an envelope. I secured Tilda's head and shoes with SU dimensionals and used double stick tape to the rest of the body. I was trying to make her look like she was leaning forward slightly. You can tell it on the card but I dont think the pictures show it very well.... now I'm off to work on more of these adorable little Tilda's !!

Another Tilda stamp from the Magonolia Collection. I don't remember where I got the sentiment stamp (most likely Ebay or AC Moore). I love her blowing little stars and making a wish! I made the inside to match the cover.

She is sooo cute! I added "raindrops" and a small puddle of water, that are hard to see. You can see that my cards with "Tilda" are not as embellished as many of the card blogs using the same stamp. Partly because my cards are the standard A2 (5.5 x 4.25) while others prefer the larger 5x5 card, so there is just so much room!
This card will be posted for sale in my Ebay store. Thanks for looking :)

Well, I've changed the layout and purpose of this blog. Originally I only intended this blog to be a way to answer those who email with questions (from my Ebay store 2paynehollercrafts) on how a specific card was made. However, I have recently fallen "in love" for a particular line of stamps (you will see most of my cards made with them very soon) and would like to pursue possibly designing for them. With that as my goal, I have changed my blog, added a visitor counter, and will be adding other details in the future! They are just adorable stamps. I don't do all the embellishments that most of the other designers use on their cards with these stamps, but the owner liked my "cleaner and simpler" approach. I am going to give this a try over the next year and see what happens. There are so many wonderful blogs that I just don't have the time to even begin to try and compete with them - will just post my little creations and see what happens.
what's the saying ..."a turtle never gets anywhere unless he sticks his neck out"...well, I'm a baby turtle in this "blog world" lol
Have a blessed day,

Linda

Bird with attitude

Love this stamp - this bird's expression is great! Did this very quickly and can see I didnt mat straight onto card. Bummer! Image is watercolored with SU's water color crayons. I stamped the inside "What's Up" matches that expression, don't you think? Well, it's Memorial Day so I'm going to spend the day with my husband. Something we rarely get to do with just us!

Tilda

Eve, sorry I didn't see your other question. You asked if I would be doing more of this little girl and the answer is a definite YES! She is from the Magnolia stamp collection and her name is "Tilda". She takes some time so it will be a few weeks before more cards are done and posted. I like using the cut-out method (aka paper piecing) and enjoy watercoloring her. You asked for more embellishments but quite frankly, that's not my style. There are so many beautiful cards available with sewing, buttons, ribbon, etc but honestly - I prefer the emphasis to be on the stamp and the sentiment ...I use embellishments to try to make the card interesting and eye-catching but not overwhelming. Of course, "over whelming" is up to the individual. Thank you for your interest, sincerely appreciate it. Your input is always welcome !!

Flower Soft

Eve, this card is done with watercoloring and the addition of a product called Flower Soft over the flowers. Very simple, you can do it. Only need a white glue and the Flower Soft to sprinkle over the areas where you want to have "flowers". I purchased mine online through a store called 7 Kids College Fund. On these cards I have added some glitter just to give the flowers a little "pizz-zazz"! I'm just starting to use this product and my head is swirling with ideas ....stay tuned :)

Paper Piecing

Thank you Sara for your email. These two cards are done using the "paper piecing" technique. Just a fancy name for cutting out a particular area of the stamped image and placing it over the original stamp. I add glue dots (or any other dimensional dots, adhesives, etc) when I want to raise the cutout piece to give it a dimensional effect. You are so right, for some reason that coffee cup really stands out! This is a simple technique although it can be very time consuming if you are piecing an intricate part of your stamp. Have fun with it! Send me some pictures of what you ended up doing.

Cards done with "piecing" technique