Here's to Your Roof!

I made this card for the Sketch challenge on Split Coast - I used a beautiful new set by Waltzingmouse Stamps called Irish Blessings. I just love this cottage on the hillside and all the wonderful Irish Blessings Claire included in the set. I colored the image with copics and it and the sentiment are up on foam dimensionals.

I clear embossed shamrocks on the bottom black section but it doesn't show up very well on the picture. Here is a close up of them - it's a subtle little look but you can really see them IRL!

And look - I have a picture of the Copics that I used - isn't that impressive! Just like the big guys!!! ok - I'm over myself now.....

So I'm loading this from my lap top - I'm still having issues with my PC after downloading Internet Explorer 8 - even though I then went back to a restore point prior to downloading - I now have no favorites icon on my toolbar and all my favorites are gone (or inaccessible) and I cannot load pictures onto SCS (Horrors!!!) thank goodness I have my laptop or I'd be having a nervous breakdown!

Thanks for coming by today and listening to me rant and rave! I'm teaching at the Stamping Around weekend in Farmington, CT this Friday and Saturday - so I may not be around until after the weekend - but you never know!

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps: Irish Blessings
Paper: PTI: White, True Black, Ocean Tides
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark Watermark
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, copics, foam dimensionals

Let's Party!

I made this card for the CAS (Clean and Simple) challenge on Split Coast this week. The challenge was to make a birthday card. I used the fun flags from the It's A Celebration set by Paptertrey Ink. I drew the lines on either side of the sentiment with a black glitter pen and my ruler. It was really hard not to fill in that glaring white space above the flags! but open space is what CAS is all about right?!

My card is also for the Doubledog Dare Challenge I do with a group of SCS friends - Joan Ervin's challenge was to use your favorite color on a card. I don't have a favorite so I just used several colors that I like on the flags! You can see all the DDC cards here. We'd love to have you join in - just put DDC in the keywords when you load your card on Split Coast.


I made a second CAS card using PTI Aqua Mist Card Stock and black ink. This one might be good for those 'scary' 30, 40, 50 or 60 year b'days!

Here is what I stamped inside the cards from the same Papertrey Stamp Set.

I'd like to share a few pics from an actual birthday party! My mother in law, Marjorie, turned 94 on July 6th and we celebrated with a cookout in our back yard over the weekend. Here she is reading her cards (that's DH in the Hawaiian print shirt playing with Daisy our Granddog and that is DS's back.

I made star shaped cupcakes (as well as a few round ones) for her birthday 'cake'. There are patriotic sprinkles on the frosting. The candles flashed her age - you can see the 9 - the other one alternately flashed 4!

I made these fun star boxes for the centerpiece sitting along with the condiments, silverware, napkins and cups!

and we had these pretty paper lanterns hanging from the awning frame. They say Happy Birthday on them. I got them a couple of years ago from a catalogue called "Collections" where everything is one price like $9.99. This is the first time I used them! They have a light bulb in the bottom so I imagine they would look really cute when it got dark out!

These are the favors I made for each of the 'ladies' present at the party - you can see them close up on this post. I filled them with those soft red and white peppermints - Yum! Everyone was thrilled with them!

Thanks for stopping by today!
Stamps: PTI: It's a Celebration
Paper: PTI: White
Ink: PTI: pure poppy, aqua mist, ripe avocado, raspberry fizz, lavender moon, ocean tides, melon berry. Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: black glitter pen, ruler

Enjoy the Georgia O'Keefe Moment

This card was made for the Inspiration Challenge this week on Split Coast. Stef showed us www.Posters.com and I was inspired by this Georgia O'Keefe Petunia Print . I used my nested flowers Nestibilities for my layered flower. I crumpled up each piece then opened them up a little. I layered them and attached a center brad. The leaf is Spellbinders Flower Creations 3. After I attached the flower and leaf to the card - I sponged around it with Lavender Lace ink. Then I stamped the sentiment by Papertrey Ink in the corner - the font is similar to the print title - big caps top line and smaller print 2nd line. My card is 4 1/4 square.

I just upgraded to Internet Explorer Version 8 on my computer and I'm having some issues with it - I can no longer copy and paste from my Split Coast gallery to here and I can't move the pictures around once I load them here - can anyone help me figure out what's going on and can I fix it?? Ugggg sometimes I hate computers!

Stamps: PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Paper: PTI: White, SU: Lavender Lace, Elegant Eggplant, Wild Wasabi
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, SU: Lavender Lace
Accessories: sponge, brad: Deja Views, Foam dimensionals, Nested flower nestability, Spellbinders Flower Creation 3 (leaf)

Happy Birthday GI Josh

The cookout is over and we finally got everything cleaned up and put away. I just had to make a card for the Featured Stamper on Split Coast before I collapsed on the sofa! Sandra (B-gin-er) has a wonderful gallery of cards to look through - I finally chose this GI Jon Card to case.

I changed the colors, used a twill ribbon for the sentiment rather than a panel, used a bigger star and added my son's name to it. I used my new Jenome Sewing machine (which is on sale!) to do the stitching.

My son was in the Army so I always like to make cards for him using military theme stamps. This Riley is just so cute! My son's b'day isn't until September so now I'm ahead of the game - whoo hoo!

Ok - now I'm off to that sofa to collapse!

Stamps: GI Jon Riley: Hanna Stamps, PTI Birthday Basics, Karen Foster Snap Stamps.

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, SU Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Really Rust, DP: My Minds Eye 29th St. Market: Star Bright

Accessories: Star Punch Fiskars, Copics, Twill:SU, foam dimensionals, Jenome Sewing Machine, Circle Punch: SU, distresser:Heidi Swapp

Celebrate America the Beautiful!

I made this fun box for today's limited supplies challenge on Split Coast which was to use only Digi images and die cuts.

Well...... I needed to make favors for my 4th of July/MIL's B'day cookout that we are hosting on Sunday - and I didn't have a Patriotic digi image.... so I used a clip art image from The Vintage Workshop from the Cute as A Button set. I used a scalloped square nestability and a star Shapeability as die cuts. The box is one of Lauren's timeless templates from PTI. Now I just need to make 6 more!

Stamps: none
Paper: SU: Naturals Ivory, Night of Navy, PTI: Pure Poppy, DP GCD Studios Bedtime Stories
Ink: Denim Adirondack
Accessories: foam dimensionals, sponge, star Shapeabilities, scalloped square Nestabilities, clip art: The Vintage Workshop, Crop a dile, exacto knife, scor pal, scor tape, ribbon: Michaels, Ready Set Wrap Template: PTI

I made this card for the Ways to Use it Challenge on Split Coast this week - The challenge was to use corrogated cardboard on your card. I ripped the top layer partially off and cut it with my Nested Flowers Shapeability. I embossed the background - inking the inside of the Leafy Branch folder to color the impression (not too noticeable in the picture - IRL the leaves are darker then the background!). The butterfly is a layered sticker from K&Co. The sentiment uses two different PTI sets - Borders & Corners (Circles) and Limitless labels.

Have a safe and happy 4th of July Celebration to everyone here in the USA!!

We're finally having sunshine today here in MA after 2 weeks of rain- although thunder storms are predicted for tonight and tomorrow night - they say Sunday will be warm and sunny for my cookout Whooo Hoo!!!

And a big heartfelt thank you to everyone who is serving in the military and protecting our freedoms for us...!
Stamps: PTI: Borders & Corners (Circles), Limitless Labels
Paper: PTI: White, New Leaf, Melon Berry
Ink: PTI Aqua Mist, Chai Tea Die, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: circle punch, Zutter Corner ROunder, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, Shapebilities Nested Flower, PTI Ribbon: New Leaf, Butterfly: K&Co., Cuttlebug folders; Just My Type, Leafy Branch, glue dots, foam dimensionals, dew drops

A Sweet Gingerbread Girl at the Beach!

For the Color Challenge on Split Coast this week Hostess Kelly (Schirmcat) asked us to use Kraft, So Saffron and Night of Navy.


I just love the gingerbread stamp sets by Waltzingmouse Stamps and I hate to wait to use them just at Christmas time - so I'm always trying to think of ways to use them for other times during the year.


Today we have the little gingerbread girl at the beach working on her tan! The cute outfit Claire designed for the Gingerbread girl looks like a little bathing suit to me and I made a beach blanket out of her bed blanket stamp! I pounced Chai Tea Die ink by Papertrey over the little girl as well as the sun to soften the bright yellow. The sun is made with one of the gingerbread faces in the set.

Everything is popped up on dimensionals. The wavy beach stamp in the background is from CTMH and you can just barely see the cloudy sky made with my hand made cloud template.


Well - now I'm off to eat supper - thanks so much for coming by today - let me know what you think of my Summer Gingerbread Girl !!!???

Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps: Oven Fresh & Half Baked, CTMH: On the Beach (retired I think)
Paper: SU: Kraft, So Saffron, Night of Navy
Ink: Adirondack: Denim, SU Soft Sky, PTI: Chai Tea Dye
Accessories: foam dimensionals, scalloped circle punch: SU, circle punch: SU, cloud template hand made, heart punch: McGill, Zutter corner rounder

Freshly Squeezed and Sparkling

Today's CAS (clean and simple) challenge on Split Coast was to add glitter or stickles to a card. I added silver ice Stickles to my fresh lime frozen Margueritta - doesn't it look cool and refreshing?!?!

The stamps are from a set called It's Picnic Time at H&M Stamps and this set is just $6 until June 30th when Heather's blow out sale ends - so be sure to check it out before the sale is over!

I colored my refreshing drink with Copic Markers. The dotted ribbon is from Michaels.

Short post tonight - I've really got to get to bed early! I was up late every night over the weekend - so this is it from me for today! One clean and simple card! - and off I go!

Stamps: H&M Stamps: It's Picnic Time
Paper: PTI: White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Ribbon: Michaels, Copics: C1, G14, Silver Ice Stickles