My Red High Heels

I can't help but think of Kellie Pickler's song, "In My Red High Heels" after I created this card. LOL

I did some wedding invitations a few months ago and the black and ivory paper is something we used in the invitations; it's handmade paper by Bradley Paper. Isn't it just gorgeous? (YKWIM?)

I love pairing it with red, black and ivory. I don't have much left, but wanted to make a classy card for the sketch challenge at SCS. My red high heel and stand comes from My Favorite Things, a new set called "Window Shopping". What girl doesn't want some nice red heels, right? I didn't say you had to be able to walk in them! *snort*

The base is SU Real Red layered with the handmade paper. The display stand is stamped on SU Ivory paper in Brilliance Graphite Black ink (my all-time favorite ink); the shoe was also stamped on ivory, but I cut it out - even inside that little strap that goes around the ankle....ooooo...gotta be careful there; I was thrilled I didn't cut that little strap off!

I then layered the ivory on SU Basic Black, layered on more SU Real Red and SU Basic Black. I decided to emboss the small red layer with the Swiss Dots Folder by Cuttlebug; I really like those dots! I used a silver shimmer pen (not sure who its made by) and then after coloring the shoe, I used the red Atyou Glitter Pen to add a little sparkle; you can't see the sparkle in the pictures, but its great IRL!

If you look closely at the full card, you can see I stamped the strappy sandal inside too; love that look. The inside says "Good friends & good shoes are always in style.", also from the Window Shopping set. Added some black sheer ribbon to finish the card.

But you know me, I couldn't stop at just one card; had to make another one at the same time!

Same layout, just flipped in the other direction and used the 3-step Hibiscus stamp from Kitchen Sink Stamps. The flowers are all done with SU Real Red in various generations. The leaves are done with SU Old Olive also in various generations. The saying "All the flowers" is embossed in black and the inside has the remaining portion of the sentiment, "of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today." What a great quote! This time I choose to add paper piercing to a couple of layers.

I had a GREAT time making these cards; I even had an hour of ALONE time in which to work - ahhh.....what a joy that is, seldom am I alone.

Hope you're having a great weekend; thanks for peeking in. Hugs, ~M.

Mojo Monday #53

I found some time to participate in Julee's Mojo Monday challenge again. I truly enjoy her challenges; they really stretch me!

I used lots of different stamp sets with this particular card. See my little ladybug? I so need some larger circle punches! What I "really" need is the circle nestabilities...I think I have every other option of nestabilities but the circles...go figure! :D

The base card is SU Rose Red layered with SU Pixie Pink (who would have thought to put those colors together - not me!). I then layered Basic Grey's Sultry paper (two different pieces); the rest of the items were all layered on SU Rose Red. The flower is by Kitchen Sink Stamps; it's 3-step stamping and ANYONE can make it look awesome! This particular stamp is from their 3-step Hibiscus set; it's the middle size Hibiscus. I used Pixie Pink stamped off 2 times for the first layer; the 2nd layer is Pixie Pink stamped off once and the final layer was done with Rose Red. Same with the ladybug; she's made with Pixie Pink and Rose Red.

The ladybug and the saying are from PTI (papertreyink); I love the little ladybug set; always fun to bring out and stamp away! Here's the full card; the quote says "God writes the gospel not in the Bible alone, but on trees and flowers and clouds and stars. ~Martin Luther"; isn't that beautiful? I love it!

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a GREAT week! Hugs, ~M.

Celebrate!

A dear friend recently graduated from college - WOO HOO! I admire anyone that at a "bit older*" age goes back to college to reach a goal. I wanted to make a special card incorporating her favorite color - yellow. I didn't have her favorite flower; BUT I did have my brand new KSS 3-Step Hibiscus stamps, so to work I went.

This young lady is a mother of 4 boys (that statement alone scares me to death - I only have one of the male species and oh my, he can be a handful - LOL); she's done many things in her career, but going back to school was truly pursuing something that is most near and dear to her heart.

The card is pretty basic as far as layout and papers, but those flowers just really make a card unique (well, I think it does). I used an oval nestability to cut the center portion out and layered a piece of vellum between the striped paper and main card image. I stamped the word "Celebrate" in Brilliance Graphite Black and embossed with fine black embossing powder. The edge of the oval is slightly embossed.

You know me, I struggle with that 'white space' so I used SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds and stamped the splashes of dots in yellow and green. Overall, I like the way it turned out; what do you think?

On ANOTHER personal note - not related to my dad - my DH and I spent most of yesterday (over 100 degrees) outside working on the yard; it had gotten totally out of control. We lost one of our evergreen trees, one of our flower beds was in a battle between flowers and weeds - and truly, the weeds were winning. We got a ton done; but man, was it hot out there!

Well, I awoke today to a beautiful heat rash all over my face. I *HOPE* it's a heat rash as the bumps have worsened today and below my eyes on my upper cheekbones, it's swollen. YIKES - just what I need, going to work with a nice rose colored bumpy complexion. Awww...that would be just my luck.

Meanwhile, I hope you had a great weekend and are off to a great start this week. Thanks for peeking in; hugs! ~M.

*meaning not 18-19 yrs. old




Card Recipe:
Cardstock: SU Mellow Moss, SU Patterned Paper (striped); SU Whisper White, Vellum
Oval cut with Nestability Die
Stamps: KSS 3-Step Hibiscus; SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black
Embellies: Black Embossing Powder

New Rubbah in the House!!!

Check it out; I got a new stamp set - my first ever from Kitchen Sink Stamps. It's their 3-step Hibiscus set, I have seen so many fabulous cards made with their stamps so I finally splurged and got a set.

I cannot WAIT to get more of their stamps; I love how they work together. I have to admit "I" need more work with the stamps; I've struggled making the large hibiscus look good, but its a start.

THIS is the card I made:

All 3 flowers were made using 1 color of ink - Rose Romance; I stamped it 3rd, 2nd and 1st generation; I like how they turned out. This card uses the small and medium hibiscus. The leaves are 3-step also and are done in Mellow Moss. I also combined the card with SCS's sketch challenge #181.

The rick rack is actually white velvet - I ran it through the Rose Romance ink pad so it would match perfectly. The "Just Because" comes from the same KSS set; love the sayings in the set too.

I also used another new tool called the Threading Water Punch by Fiskars - it's a punch that does scallops AND holes all at once. Cool, eh? I also used the swiss dots embossing folder on the base card.

Let me know what you think and be sure to check out KSS stamp sets! Thanks for stopping by; hope you're having a great week! Hugs, ~M.

Recipe:
Cardstock: SU Rose Romance, SU Whisper White, SU Basic Black, SU Mellow Moss
Embellies: Swiss Dots embossing folder, brad, prima, threading water punch