No Inspiration

Hi

Haven't made any cards recently, I just haven't had that inspiration kick yet. Hopefully I will soon again. I'm just so tired lately. I did get a chance to go to the beach last week that was nice, althuogh it rained on Monday all day so we went shopping and got to see the movie Hairspray which was so good, A very happy and upbeat movie, on the other hand I got the last book of Harry Potter and have been reading that. It's really good, saw the 5th movie and thought that was good also. Today we are in severe thunderstorm warnings too. We've had a lot of rain this summer. Thats what I've been up to lately besides work, not much going on here or in my life at the moment. Really want to be less tired and more creative, hopefully ideas will start kicking in soon and then I'll be uploading more cards. Thanks for visiting, til next time.

Birhday card for my brother

Hi Everyone,

This is a birthday card I made for my brother. The colors were chosen by using the SCS color challenge of night of Navy, Not Quite Navy ,Mellow Moss, Bordering Blue and WW. I didn't have Bordering Blue or Not Quite Navy so I had to improvise a little. I used Buckaroo Blue to replace the Bordering Blue and the Not Quite Navy. It was cased but don't remember from who sorry.

Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, Sincere Salutations

Inks: Always Artichoke, and Night Of Navy

Cardstock: Night Of Navy, Mellow Moss, Buckaroo Blue,an WW.

Accessories: Eyelets in Sahara Sand, colored the image in with SU pastels. Ticket Corner Punch. Very easy card to make and a masculine card too which I was shooting for.

Well Got to go got to get up early for work tomorrow, so glad I only have to work 4 hours and then I can leave, unfortunately I have to get my car inspected it's due this month. I hate doing it ,it's always nerve wracking, gotta sit there an wonder if it's gonna pass this year. Thanks for visiting. Til next time.

A new card

Hey everyone,

How's it going? I got a chance to stamp and this is what I came up with. I wanted to use red white and blue because it is July but I didn't have a patriotic stamp set so decided to use this one. It's been an interesting week for me this week. We we're kitty sitting a niece's cat. He came on Wed. and stayed til Sat. He was' nt happy staying the first night, needless to say our cat wasn't thrilled either, so they hissed at each other for awhile and eventually just ended up at opposite ends of the house. By Fri they were able to withstand each other in the same room.

I'm really excited I'm going to get to go on vacation for a couple of days next week. I haven't been on one in about three years. I will be going to Maine. I hope we have nice weather.

Here are the supplies I used on this card.
Stamps: Polka Dots & Paisley, Flexible Phrases.

Ink: Nigt O Navy, Real Red, and Craft Wisper White

Cardstock: Real Red ,Night of Navy and WW

Accessories: Square Step Punch and Real Red Grosgrain ribbon.
All supplies are SU

Help How o I fix th picture to fit in

Hi,

Just noticed that my purple card didn't fit on the page, I tried to fix it but couldn't if anyone does know how ,I would appreciate any help on how to do this. This is me having a lack of computer knowledge. Anyways thanks.

Some More cards

Hi Everyone,

Here are a couple of more cards that I did the other night. Lately I've had time to stamp, I'm surprised. This is the one that gave me so many problems the other night. I started with it and then didn't know what else to do. Nothing fancy but this is what I ended up with. Easy card.

Stamps: Doodle This, Hugs and Wishes

Inks: Vintage Violet

Cardstock: Vintage Violet, Almost Amethyst, and WW.

Accessories: Scallop punch from local craft store,Violet stitched ribbon SU

The one on the left I made last night. I'm not one that uses the bold bright colors much but was pleased with the way this one came out.

Stamps: Looks Like Spring, Hugs and Wishes

Inks:Tempting Turquoise, Versa Mark

Cardstock: YoYo Yellow, Orchid Opulance,and WW

Accessories: Turquoise Grosgrain Ribbon, Square Step Punch, Many marvelous Markers, Stampin Pastels

Technique: that was used was poppin pastels

This Technique is easy. First stamp the image in Versa Mark in this case the flowers on my WW paper, then take the pastels with a q -tip or the sponge daubers and color right over the versa mark this makes the image pop. This technique gives a slightly different look than coloring with just the pastels.

Now to get ready for my Christmas In July workshop going on July 15. I've ordered some supplies for this, I hope they show up in time, with the holiday, I fear they will be backed up, I'll have to go with an alternate plan if that ends up being the case. We will be making a Christmas card and some gift tags. I'll be playing Christmas music and even a little Christmas tree, I,ll have Christmas gifts as door prizes. There will be some refreshments.

I don't do many workshops I usually do two a year myself The Christmas In July and then the other usually around sale-a-bration time, other than that I do classes once a month at my home, We focus on different techniques and some projects and once in awhile a scrapbook page. I don't have many people that are into scrapbooking. My new Year's resolution was to do more scrapbook pages but my customers aren't into that much, I myself would like to do more scrapbooking for this is one of my least strong points. Well moving along I ope veryon has a ggod week. Thanks for visiting, til next tim.

A couple of new cards to add

Here is the other card I made I like this stamp set. I wasn't crazy about how this came out, I like the layout but it was the colors hat seemed to be somewhat off, but it's different in colors, hey bln but thy on't match real well I guess.
Stamps: Waterwheel.
Inks: Basic Black
Cardstock: Barely Bananna, Choc. Chip, Mellow Moss and Confetti White.
Accessories: SU marvelous Markers in many colors and Sq. Step Punch. This will be used as another B-day card. These are two cards I have another but I still need to upload it. It was one of those cards that I had no inspiration for and it took a long time to find something that I liked with what I had already started.
Anyway hope everyone has a good rest of the day ,keep blogging and thanks for visiting . Take care.

Hi again, Hope everyone's holiday was a good one. We Had a very nice one, on the quiet side but it was relaxing, I was able to get a couple of cards made. his is one of them, I love thse monkey guys they always say fun to me. This is a B- day card I made for a SCS friend, I wasn't sure what I was going to create but this is what came of it. Pretty basic though, nothing fancy.

Stamps: Monkey Buisiness,

Cardstock: Barely Bananna, bashful Blue, Choc. Chip and WW.

Ink: Choc Chip, So Safron

Accessories: Brown satin ribbon om Michael's Organdy Gold from SU and an organdy ribbon from Michael's in light blue. Creamy caramel su marker, The new fire sq. brads from SU in the yellow. Dazzling Diamonds on the balls that he is juggling.