Um......Happy Thoughts?

Here is another card I made the other day. I'm not really crazy about it but I now have 4 of them to send out. I think my mojo is off a little since I have not been feeling well. I keep trying though!

Chorus Line Challenge

The first VSN challenge (Chorus Line) Friday night was to make a card using the same image stamped 3 in a row. I pulled out my PTI ladybugs because I haven't used them in a while AND I didn't have to color them. When you make a card for VSN you only have a 45 minute time limit so not coloring cuts down on the time. I also used my cuttlebug embossing folder to make the dots on the black paper. I love this set so of course I love this card too! I wanted to add some ribbon or something but I'm not sure where I would have put it.

Mouse Cookie

My order from Eclectic Paperie came today. Yippee! I got this new little mouse stamp, a new Changito monkey stamp, a round it all, and some chipboard coasters. I have been looking at HL for the round it all but they are always sold out when I get there. So I finally just broke down and ordered one. I figured the shipping would be cheaper than the gas to drive back and forth each week.

I just had to put this mouse to ink and see what I could come up with. The stamp is Art Gone Wild Mouse Cookie. He was too cute to pass up! I colored the image with my Kohinoor pencils. I also stamped the card base with my SU Canvas background stamp (it has been a while since I inked one of those up). I used my new round it all to round the corners of the image and DP. I added some DP, ribbon, a clip, and some pink brads. "Hello" is from my Papertrey Ink word set, which I stamped in choc chip. I'm tickled with this little guy! This isn't a stamp I've seen before either. I'll try to get a new Changito card made soon too! You guys know how much I love those stamps.

For Moma's Birthday

I pulled out the PTI stamps to make my mom a birthday card. I wanted to make a one of a kind card to send to her. I normally give her a lot of my extra cards to send herself. So I didn't want to send her a card she already had! I used some of my beloved Basic Grey paper and I pulled the colors from that. I really hope she likes it!

I'm also excited because I have several new stamps/toys coming my way! Check back for some new posts when they get here!

CC177

I had lunch with my mom today and when I got home I decided to check out the color challenge on SCS. Today's challenge is CC177, Groovy White Sands. I decided to use my Butterfly Kisses stamp set from PTI. I'm not sure why I've been making butterfly cards lately. So I stamped the paisley butterfly with my sahara sand and the words are stamps in Groovy Guava. I added a few brads in the corner after using my paisley cuttlebug embossing folder. This is a nice, simple card to make.

for Trace

I was talking to Trace on the phone tonight and I told her I wanted to make her baby shower announcements. I was playing around with my stuff and came up with this Bella card. I wasn't really thrilled with the way it turned out. I just wasn't "right," if you know what I mean.

So, I got on SCS to see if I could find something that caught my eye and THIS is what I found. Mandypandy had made this cute little set of cards and I knew that was it. Trace's nursery is nautical so I whipped one up. I used my snap stamps to do the words and I punched them out with a word window. The boat is made with circles and squares cut in half. I used the line from my Papertrey Ink word set and stamped it in Chocolate Chip. Then I added lines with the white gel pen and some red brads/ribbon. I also stamped some waves on the Soft Sky water. I love it and I know she will too!

More Papertreyink cards

I made several cards last night when I had a chance to play with my new stamps. I just love the new stamps!!! I really like how the lady bug body and wing color is a seperate stamp. I had to make a red and black card because I love the colors and I normally see red and black ladybugs. Although I have seen green ones, hmmm, maybe I could do some like that later!

Now this butterfly kisses card is soooooo not something I would normally make. I got some pattern paper that I wouldn't normally use to try to challenge myself to step outside my comfort zone. I'm normally into making "cute" stuff but this looks more, hmmmm, I'm not sure- maybe elegant? Who knows? But it is not the typical card I would make.

Now I think this one is a little more like my typical style. I used the Cuttlebug to dry emboss the cool carribean paper. I just love that little thing and I just don't use it enough! Then after I stamped everything I just had to add some glitter, which is typical for me. So I pulled out my glitter pen and traced all the swirls of the butterfly. If I had been thinking I would have just stamped it with Versamark and use my glitter embossing powder. But I don't tend to think that much ahead when I'm stamping!

I'll come back later today to post the blog candy winner! And I'll post a pic of the goodies!