LTSCB #133 - Anything Goes

It's everyone's favorite challenge - ANYTHING GOES - at Love to Scrap challenge; hope you will check out all the fun creations from the design team and then join us, we love seeing your creations!

I just love smooshing inks for a background, the background made thiscard so easy to create! The Welcome Little One die and image is from Taylored Expressions. I layered up the die cuts with 4 layers of card stock and adhered them together; you can't see, but I added clear wink of stella to the top later. The image was colored with Copics. Pretty simple, but a great baby boy card.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great day!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE:

Stamps:  TE Bye Bye Sleep

Inks: Gina K Obsidian Amalgam, Distress Inks: Broken China and Salty Ocean

Papers: PTI Blueberry Sky, Ranger water color paper, Neenah 110 lb. white

Accessories: copics, TE Bye Bye Sleep die, white gel pen, TE Welcome Little One die, clear Wink of Stella

CHALLENGES:

Congratulations and More Vacation Pix

I was recently asked to make a "congratulations on your engagement" card; I love making cards such as these - I ALWAYS turn to the "Glam Girls" stamp set by All That Scraps!

I used a gem for the girl's diamond - so appropriate. The CONGRATULATIONS was added using JustRite stamps; the inside says "on your engagement", also made using JustRite stamps. It was a fun card to make, I hope the recipient enjoyed it too!

I punched circles in various sizes and adhered to the envelope - kind of funky eh? I also paper pieced the Glam girls pants and used a Black Spica pen for her shirt. Her glasses were colored with a silver sparkle pen...she's looking so hot and sparkly!

I'm glad you popped in; hope you have a great week! Enjoy some more vacation pix below. Hugs, ~M.



Hungry Horse Dam (check out the link for details about the Dam)

Glacier National Park

ATS Glam Girls

I love these Glam Girls; always have. they are so fun to color or paper piece. I love their huge glasses; always makes me laugh. I paper pieced this young lady and glitterfied her purse; not to mention those incredibly sparkly shades!!

Nothing fancy; just straight-forward stamping and paper piecing. I used the rectangle nestabilities for both the image and the sentiment.

Remember THIS article about my husband (scroll to the bottom of the post). Well, one of the owners of the company where I work asked for an autographed copy of the article. My DH and the owner have never met; so DH was like "what should I write"? We tossed around a few things and DH ended up writing "Waiting for your order" and signed his name - I love it! So I took it to work, gave him the magazine and THIS is what his assistant came up with:

I took my camera to work and took this pictures outside of our offices; the boss is going to hang it up at his ranch. Pretty cool eh? We sure thought so!!

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great Sunday!

Hugs, ~M.

My First Sweet Art Ebony

I recently purchased 2 of the Sweet Art Ebony stamps - I LOVE their images! I can't wait to use more. This image was super fun to color; I worked really hard on my shading - how do you think I did?

I think I did the shading on the 'wrong' side - LOL; but I still think it turned out pretty good. I colored the image using Copics - I'm learning so much from Marianne's blog about the use of Copics. Some stuff I will probably never use; but the overall information is incredible!!

Here's a close-up of the little girl - doesn't she remind you of Precious Moments?

I made this for a dear friend that's been having a rough time lately. The inside is stamped with one of the sentiments from Lisa Johnson's "Flower Garden Sentiments" set: "Where flowers bloom so does hope. ~Lady Bird Johnson".

OK, this is going to drive me bonkers, but this close-up image is actually flipped the other direction in my software, but when I load it here, it changes it - what's up with THAT??? URGH!

Anyway, the base card is SU Apricot Appeal, layered with PTI's White, layered with SU Apricot Appeal prints with polka dots. The large scalloped oval is cut with nestabilities as is the white panel; the image is stamped with Brilliance Graphite Black ink and the entire image is colored with Copics. I made her belt a metallic silver - kinda cute I thought. (don't forget, you can click on any picture to see a larger image).

And last is a little locker tag I made for our oldest - she started middle school last week. And you always thought buying school supplies was fun? Oh no - fun is decorating your locker!

This image is "Glam Girls" from All that Scraps, I just love these girls! Have you noticed, I love a lot tonight? LOL

The ribbon looks kind of red; but it's actually bright pink with white polka dots. Her shirt and the ribbon in her hair is colored with Spica Glitter Pens so they really sparkle just like her cool shades!


Thanks for popping in; hugs! ~M.

Glam Girls and BLING!!

Greetings friends,

How was your weekend? We have returned from our mini-vacation; one of the best things about visiting Flint Oak is there is NO cell phone reception. WOO HOO!! Yes, it makes me a bit nervous with kids, but I knew they were all in capable, loving hands and could reach us by calling the resort if necessary.

I wanted to enter the card on the right in Taylor's challenge (TECC21 - scroll down, you'll see which one I'm referring to); but we had a softball game the night it was due and I couldn't get it entered in time. :(

There are 3 semi-circles on the right hand side; one zebra; one white and one black. I just love these Glam Girls from All That Scraps; each chick is such fun to work with! As you can see, I paper pieced both their pants - how do you like those funky stripes on the pants? LOL

I used the swiss dot embossing folder on both cards and the same colors throughout. One has a large diamond on her finger, the other a large ruby - they are so stylin'!

Both shirts were colored red, then I added the clear glitter with the Spica Glitter Pen, always fun!

I hope you like them and thanks for visiting! Have a great week!

If you're still with me, a brief update on my dad AND my mother-in-law. My dad begins treatments for the cancer on Wednesday; each Wednesday for 6 weeks. When he had the biopsy on July 3, they actually removed the tumor they had found in late June; so hopefully all the cancer is gone and this treatment will help prevent it from returning. We're very hopeful and God will get us through no matter what the journey is - I could never make it without Him!

My MIL underwent foot surgery Friday, July 18; she's a diabetic and has a wound on the bottom of one of her feet for 2 years now. The surgery didn't go quite as planned so she's confined to a wheelchair and cannot put weight on it for a minimum of two weeks. Thankfully our oldest is there to help out a bit.

So, prayers would be most appreciated!! Again, thanks for stopping by; I love hearing from each and every one of you. Hugs, ~M.

Glam Girls go Retro...and a wee bit anxious!?!

Hi there friends; how's your week going so far? Today is hump day - YIPPEE! Not sure why I'm quite so excited, our weekend will be just as busy as our week. We have softball/baseball games the rest of the week and then a baseball tournament Friday, Saturday and Sunday - whew, that's exhausting for a chick like me. Cuz I have to celebrate my b-day Saturday and it's a big deal - a really big deal! I know, you're wondering why it's such a big deal at this age huh? Well, I'm just a big old kid at heart!

I must admit my mind has been preoccupied with other things, so I haven't gone on and on about my b-day as I normally would (sheesh, my friends and co-workers are REALLY thankful for that!). LOL

For now, here's some more Glam Girls gone retro! Just lots of pictures; I added the same corresponding sentiment inside the card ("glamorous" or "fabulous"); paper pieced their pants, both shirts and sunglasses have glitter, dew drops on one card, swiss dots embossing on the other - you know, same card, different embellies. :D

As some of you may know, my dad underwent a 2nd biopsy July 3rd; there's just something about things the doctor says and the feeling in the pit of your stomach, ya know? We're blessed the first biopsy came back fine; the 2nd one came back malignant. I really don't have much information beyond that; we know where the cancer is located - but that's it. Mom and dad have an appointment with the doctor Monday, July 14. This certainly wasn't on my birthday wish list - did NO ONE consult with me? HA HA

That's okay; God is good and his plan and hand are at work. I try not to share too much of my personal life on my blog - except for my occasional soap box and a few fun things with the babes, but this has left a small lump in my throat. Thanks for allowing me to share; I greatly appreciate you stopping in to say hello and letting me know you're out there and I'm not alone in this great big world!

Hugs, ~M.

Post #2 - Glam Girls!

Oh yeah, check out this Glam Girl; isn't she adorable? I've done a ton of cards with these images, but this is the first one I've had time to post. I participated in Heather's challenge and this card is the end result. Check out Heather's great challenge; it'll certainly get your creative juices going!

What do you think?

The base card is So Saffron layered with Gypsy DP; not my typical paper, but I like the way the card turned out. I used Copics to color the Glam Girl; paper pieced her purse; cut her out with a Nestability and layered it onto a scalloped Nestability. I sooo need more nestabilities, so many sizes, so little money. LOL

I love the "sparkle" since she's got those oh so sparkly sunglasses; man, don't you see people wearing things like this? Just today we were at the pool and OH MY GOSH; some things should stay UNDER clothes and some people need to look in the mirror. ROFLMBO!!!

OK, sorry about that little tangent! The sparkle is stamped on an oval Nestability and layered onto a scalloped Nestability.

Thanks for peeking in; I hope you've had a great weekend! Hugs, ~M.