Yay - it's Monday again!

I have really started to look forward to Mondays thanks to Julee and her Mojo Monday sketch challenges.

I also got hooked on the challenge posted by Chat - A Challenge Just for You.

Recipe:

Stamps: Embrace Life, Fancy Florals, Friendship Blooms
Paper: mellow moss, not quite navy, blue bayou, very vanilla
Ink: blue bayou, versamark
Accessories: blue ep from Stampendous, ribbon, button, yarn, punches, white signo pen, twinkling h2o watercolors

From the first time I saw this image it screamed Twinkling H2O's. The photo doesn't do justice to the shimmery paint. Hope you like it!

Thanks for visiting my blog. ~chris

Featured Stamper Challenge

Here is my entry for the challenge using super featured stamper Betty aka gbedwright as inspiration. This is the card I chose:


I changed up the paper and stamps but I think the feel is the same. This is my first attempt at a featured stamper challenge, so there may be a bit of a learning curve here.




















Stamps: Friendship Blooms, Warm Words
Paper: real red, basic black, real red textured, whisper white
Ink: real red, basic black
Accessories: eyelets, brads, punches, yarn, ribbon from Joann's

Thanks so much for visiting my blog. ~chris

Couple Cards to Share

I put these four cards up last night and realized when I previewed after posting that I put them up on the wrong blog. About that time the grandkids arrived to spend the night and so these aren't getting up until today. I woke up Saturday morning thinking about stitching and beading and this card was the result.

Recipe:

Stamps: So Many Scallops, Seeing Spots, Short & Sweet
Paper: cameo coral, tempting turquoise, certainly celery, basic gray dp, very vanilla
Ink: cameo coral, taken with teal
Accessories: punches, beads, brads, ribbon from mike's

This was just a simple thank-you card that I made while playing with my new ScorPal!

Stamps: Wonderful Words
Paper: groovy guava
Ink: versamark
Accessories: ScorPal, CB folders, white ep, groovy guava double stitched ribbon from SU





These are two cards that I received from my son, ddl and twin grandchildren for our anniversary and Valentine's Day:

February Downline Meeting & WSC #35

Well, I'm going to try this and see what happens. I am really new to blogging, but yesterday we had our monthly downline meeting and I really wanted to share images of our swaps. Our fearless leader, Roselyn, opened her home and heart to us and even fed us a marvelous lunch. We celebrated Valentine's Day, my ddl Autumn's birthday, and the wonderful fellowship we share as Stampin' Up demonstrators. Here is a slideshow of the swaps created by these wonderful and talented women.

Added later in the evening on Friday, Feb. 15:

Here's my card for Beate's weekend sketch challenge:

Recipe:

Stamps: Warmest Regards, SU background stamp
Paper: certainly celery, cameo coral, summer sun, bordering blue, ruby red, basic grey dp
Ink: elegant eggplant, certainly celery
Accessories:robins nest dd water bling, punches, mike's ribbon, chunky sprinkles glitter from SU

I created the flower centers by putting crystal effects on some whisper white paper, sprinkling the glitter on, letting it dry and punching out circles. Instant bling!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog. ~chris

Downline Swap for February

Well, I finally finished - 16 swaps for our February downline meeting today! I sure hope they like it. I'm always so nervous when swapping with these ultra talented ladies. I'm still pretty new at this and they are all soooooo good!

Recipe:
Stamps: Essence of Love
Paper: river rock, basic black, whisper white
Ink: river rock, basic black, versamark, wild wasabi, summer sun, groovy guava, soft sky, blue bayou
Accessories: punches, ribbon, brads, black ep
Techniques: stipple, sponge, emboss, stencil, mask

I got inspiration from this card from Beate on Splitcoast Stampers. Take a look - it is gorgeous!

Well it is snowing and my ddl Autumn, who is also a demonstrator (and it's her birthday today to boot) will be heading up the mountain with me to our meeting. You gotta love the weather in Colorado - 56 degrees yesterday and 4-6 inches of snow before the day is out today! Yikes. I'll put up some of the swaps later today so you can see what a talented group we have.

Thanks for visiting my blog! ~chris

SC163

Here's my attempt at the sketch challenge today on Splitcoast Stampers.

Recipe:
Stamps: Seeing Spots, So Many Scallops
Paper: really rust, summer sun, more mustard, chocolate chip, very vanilla, pumpkin pie, scrap dp
Ink: really rust, so saffron, basic black
Accessories: punches, brads

Thanks for visiting my blog! ~chris

CC153 & CMSC305

I tried to combine a couple challenges on this card, today's color challenge on Splitcoast Stampers and Linda Black's Celebration Moments challenge.

Recipe
Stamps: Lots of Thoughts, Friendship Blooms
Paper: sahara sand, tempting turquoise, green galore, ww, flowers for you dp
Ink: green galore, taken with teal
Accessories: punches, brads, ribbon from mikes

I'm hoping to put up a sample of my swap for Thursday's downline meeting tonight - come back and check it out! Thanks for visiting my blog!

~chris

Mojo Monday #24

I never used to like Mondays, but now with Julee's Mojo Monday sketch challenges, that's all changed! Here's my entry for this week's challenge.

Recipe:
Stamps: Lots of Thoughts
Paper: empting turquoise, cameo coral, soft sky, heidi grace dp
Ink: taken with teal
Accessories: punches, brads, mike's ribbon, cuttlebug

Thanks so much for visiting my blog.

~chris

One more sketch challenge

I am still loving the pink/green combo! This is for Beate's weekend sketch challenge.

Recipe:
Stamps: So Many Scallops
Paper: pretty in pink, mellow moss, ww, making memories dp
Ink: pretty in pink
Accessories: punches, mike's ribbon, buttons, yarn. flower brad

I raided my button stash and dug out some really, really old punch needle embroidery yarn from my infamous closet. Someday I will get organized, someday ....

Thanks for visiting my blog! ~chris

SFYTT - Happy Sunday!

This is my attempt at Jen's Sketch for You to Try.

I think it is a little too busy, but it was a fun sketch to do.

Recipe:
Stamps: For a Friend, Short & Sweet
Paper: pretty in pink, choc. chip, old olive, making memories dp and misc dp from Archiver's bargain bin
Ink: basic brown, markers
Accessories: punches, eyelets, mike's ribbon, stickles

It's been a busy weekend and I am working on some swaps for a downline meeting on Thursday. Hopefully, I'll have a sample to post here later. Thanks for visiting my blog! ~chris

Inspired by Amy

As I was reading through some of the blogs I regularly haunt, I saw a card by one of my favorites Amy Westerman. She made a wonderful card using a cute little stamp that I picked up but haven't put ink to yet. Seeing her card, I just had to pull it out and ink it up for a little thank you note to a friend that I needed this morning. Isn't he just so cute! Amy's idea to paper piece the sentiment really got my wheels turning - this little guy can say anything you can fit on his sign!

Recipe:
Stamps: $1 bin at Mike's
Paper: creamy caramel, classic k dp, ww
Ink: basic brown, markers
Accessories: punch

Thanks Amy for helping start my day off right! ~chris

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those stamps in the blog candy are way too cute!!

February 5, 2008 8:02 PM

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Mom's Birthday and SC162

My mom's favorite color is purple and her birthday is coming up this weekend. I used just about every shade of purple that SU has on this card. I hope she likes it.

Recipe:
Stamps: Favorite Greetings
Paper: lovely lilac, elegant eggplant, almost amethyst, lavendar lace, very vanilla, paper pizaz purple sponged dp
Ink: elegant eggplant, lovely lilac
Accessories: punches, brads, stickles, holiday ribbon from Hobby Lobby

She lives in Florida and I always try to send her live plants with purple flowers - she has a lot of azaleas and violets! We'll see what she thinks of it.

Thanks for visiting my blog! ~chris

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Another Birthday Card

Another birthday card to add to the pile that I need for February birthdays. I'm having so much fun making these that I think I'll get started on March birthdays too!

Recipe:
Stamps: So Many Scallops, Friendship Blooms
Ink: Sage Shadow, Pretty in Pink
Paper: Sage Shadow, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Apricot Appeal
Accessories: punches, stickles, ribbon from Mikes

I got this ribbon in the $1 bin at Mikes a while ago and really wanted to use it. Thanks for visiting my blog! ~chris

Happy Birthday

February is a big birthday month for me, so I needed a couple of cards for some special folks. I saw this layout on the Just Johanna site and really wanted to give it a try.

Recipe:
Stamps: Favorite Greetings
Ink: bravo burgundy, bordering blue marker
Paper: bordering blue, bravo burgundy, whisper white, cloud 9 designs blueberry wine sorbet dp
Accessories: flowers from joann's; punches

Thanks for visiting my blog! ~chris

SCS Color Challenge #152

Today's color challenge on Splitcoast Stampers was to use real red, ballet blue and apricot appeal. I broke out one of my new hostess sets to play with and here's the result.

Recipe:
Stamps: For a Friend
Paper: real red, ballet blue, apricot appeal, basic grey blush dp
Ink: basic black, markers
Accessories: punches, real red ribbon, ballet blue brads

I really like this color combination and I think I'll experiment with it again.

Thanks for visiting my blog! ~chris

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Table Scraps

I wanted to make one more card before closing up shop tonight. This was made from bits and pieces still on my table from the last couple nights work (I'm not the world's tidiest stamper).

Used here are:
Stamps: Fancy Florals from Verve Visual
Ink: basic black, bravo burgundy, summer sun
Paper: certainly celery, garden green, bravo burgundy, basic grey phoebe
Accessories: punches,wild wasabi striped grosgrain ribbon

Thanks for visiting! ~chris

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #16

This is my entry for the Splitcoast My Favorite Things sketch challenge #16. I just got my first set of MFT stamps - Boho Blossoms and what fun they are! Here's what I used on this card:

Stamps: Boho Blossoms, Short & Sweet
Paper: blush blossom, barely banana, sage shadow, my mind's eye dp
Ink: sage shadow, versamark
Accessories: stampendous red dragon ep, punches, ribbon from Mike's, bling from Joann's, decorative scissors

Thanks for visiting my blog. ~chris

Mojo Monday #23

Here is my card for Julee's Mojo Monday #23 sketch challenge on her blog Poetic Artistry:


Used in this card:
Stamps: VV Fancy Florals
Ink: garden green
Paper: certainly celery, garden green, regal rose, cloud 9 design pear wine sorbet dp, misc dp scrap from Archiver's bargain pack
Accessories: punches, ribbon from Mike's

I have been attempting to do as many challenges as I can. I especially like the sketch challenges and am finding that it is really stimulating my creativity. Julee's Mojo Monday challenges are always so much fun and a great way to start the week. Thanks Julee!

Remember, I posted blog candy yesterday and will use random.org on Thursday to pick at winner. Check it out and leave a comment!

Thanks for visiting my blog!
~chris