baby shybear

This adorable little guy is from Squigglefly and is a digital stamp. This is a baby card but I haven't decided what to put inside yet, the inside is always the hard part. I put crystal effects on the fishbowl to give a 3d effect.

Stamps: Squigglefly shybear
Paper: pretty in pink, chocolate chip, green galore, whisper white
Ink: pretty in pink, green galore, chocolate chip
Other: dew drops, swiss dots embossing folder, d'vine swirls embossing folder, scallop circle nestabilites, prisma markers, crystal effects

Feel better

I'm posting this card either very late or really early depending on how you look at it! This is for a Squigglefly challenge on SNR universe an online stamping community. I'm totally in love with these shybear digital stamps, they are just adorable! I was feeling just awful yesterday so I decided to make myself a get well card, lol!
Stamp: Squigglefly digital shybear
Paper: basic black, tangerine tango, taken with teal, whisper white
Ink: basic black
Other: prisma markers, crystal effects, ribbon, brads, swiss dots folder, ticket corner punch

Just stopped by to say Hello

This gorgeous little mouse is a digital freebie from Phindy's Place. The little bird peeking is just perfect for a hello card. Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential's challenge yesterday was to make a "slick" card. So in other words use slick cardstock, embellishments, acetate paper, crystal lacquer, etc. I used crystal effects to "slick" up my umbrella, raincoat, rainboots and water puddle. You can see the shiny or "slick" in the second photo. An easy fast card to make just to say "Hello".
Stamps: Phindy's Place digital, Stampin Up fundamental phrases
Paper: Whisper white, gable green, tempting turquoise
Ink:Cool carribean, gable green, only orange, more mustard, creamy caramel
Other: crystal effects, ribbon, swiss dots embossing folder, spellbinders circle

Happy Birthday Mom

Today would have been my Mom's 71st birthday. I bought this stamp set just so I could use this orchid, its just like the orchids mom had. Mom grew beautiful orchids of all colours with the blooms sometimes lasting 9 months! This card was also for a stamptv colour challenge to use the colours wine, yellow and kraft. If you haven't visited stamped smiles before, I've talked about Vicki and her fabulous site, you should head on over to her blog Stamped smiles she's giving away blog candy. She has an awesome site with great tutorials and gorgeous cards!
Stamps: Gina K Botanical Dreams
Paper: bravo burgandy, summer sun, kraft, whisper white
Ink: bravo burgandy, barely banana, summer sun, old olive, always artichoke
Other: Stampin up border punch, ribbon, shaped clip, crystal effects(buds), cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder

Glenda's Birthday card

I'm off to Tuscon in the morning for a week but I had to share this last birthday card I did today. The inside says "You're so screwed!" Glenda not only is still my friend but she loved the card. There were two challenges I had in mind when I made this card. The first was Saturday Spotlight with hidden potential and the challenge was to clean things up a bit. I chose to not sponge around the image, which is unusual for me and not to add any embellishments. The second challenge was from stamptv and was a sketch challenge. The only thing I changed was the oval, at stamptv its a circle, close enough.
Stamp: free digi stamp, computer generated sentiment
Paper: pixie pink, whisper white
Ink: primsa markers
Other: stampin up border punch, oval nestabilities, swiss dots embossing folder

Hi there

This is the last of the Squigglefly challenges for this week. This is a digital image free on their website here. Just click the freebies tab and chose from have a lot of digitals to try! This was a sketch challenge from their blog.
Stamps: sentiment stampin up, Squigglefly digital
Paper: summer sun, brilliant blue, whisper white
Ink: ballet blue, summer sun, glorious green brilliant blue
Other: dew drops, window punch, circle punch, stampin up finial press, swiss dots, sakura glitter pen, crystal effects

Birthday wishes

This card was done for a challenge at Squigglefly stamps at SNR universe here. A free digital stamp was given, the bunny and cupcake, and two challenges were issued. One was the colour challenge which I had already done with the shy bear and the other a sketch challenge. I very rarely do kids cards so this was definitely a challenge for me. I found that the colour challenge pink, yellow and brown worked well with this digi as well so I used them again.
Stamps: Squigglefly digital stamp, stampin up sentiment, stampin up simple strips
Paper: summer sun, chocolate chip, regal rose, whisper white
Ink: regal rose, summer sun, pretty in pink
Other: brads, ribbon, oval punch, circle punch, swiss dots embossing folder candy cane embossing folder

Sam's Valentine

I've been so busy this past week that this is one of only a few cards that I've done. This was for my son's girlfriend Sam. She isn't a traditionalist, wanting red hearts for Valentines day. Steven picked the image and I did the rest. Sam loved it!

Stamps: Digi shack (digital giraffe) michaels
Paper: chocolate chip, stampin up dp paper, summer sun, whisper white, more mustard
Ink: more mustard, chocolate chip, summer sun
Other: crystal effects (eyes) cuttlebug oval and scallop oval, stampin up oval and scallop oval, swiss dots and finial embossing folder, ribbon, flower brad

Puffy Fish

I needed another get well card, just in case, and I've been wanting to use this guy for a long time. He's a digi stamp so you can make him any size, I chose huge! He is perfect for the Saturday Spotlight with hidden potential challenge found here which was to think bigger is better! Well he takes up almost my whole card, he sure is big! The second challenge was at stamptv found here and was to use the colours, black, white, yellow and sage green. This green was the closest to sage I had and I think it works.

Stamps: fish from digi shack, sentiment computer generated
Paper: yoyo yellow, basic black, whisper white
Ink: prisma markers
Other: swiss dots embossing folder, nestabilities label 8 and scallop circles, ribbon, dew drops

Get well

I did this get well card for a friend of my sons whose appendix burst. I also did it for a sketch challenge at stamptv found here. I LOVE my cuttlebug!!

Stamps: HoneyBear digital by Digishack, stampin up Always in my thoughts
Paper: Summer sun, chocolate chip, whisper white
Ink: bashful blue, summer sun, marigold morning, chocolate chip
Other: dew drops, cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder, Stampin up finial press embossing folder, cuttlebug label 4, cuttlebug ovals, markers, crystal effects

Aunt Laurette's and Laureen Birthday Cards

Its my Aunt's birthday this Saturday so I made these cards for my Dad to give to Aunt Laurette and Laureen (her identical twin sister) They will be turning 80. My Dad is also an identical twin. Dad and Uncle Jim looked the same forever but if you listened to them you could tell them apart. Not so with Laurette and Laureen, they're scary! lol My cousins parents are both identical twins. No twins on either side of the family though, not yet! Both cards I did for a challenge, there's a shocker! Its Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential found here. The challenge is to Let the Sunshine In! I think I did that!
Stamps: Digital Shybears by Squigglefly
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Yoyo yellow, whisper white
Ink: tangerine tango, yoyo yellow
Other: prisma markers, vellum, MS butterfly punch, ribbon, spellbinders nestabilities, cuttlebug embossing folders, dew drops

Ethel on marriage

I haven't been able to play all weekend so this was a treat to make! A friend asked me to make a wedding card that was funny. I love Ethel she reminds me of Maxine. The inside of the card says "Congratulations on finding your target!" I think its funny and not too nasty.
Stamps: Ethel with coffee cup Rubbernecker, computer generated sentiment
Paper: whisper white, brilliant blue
Ink: brilliant blue, blush blossom, close to cocoa
Other: ribbon, cuttlebug embossing folder, spellbinder ovals, cotton ball, crystal effects

Congratulations

I saw a card that I really liked on stamptv and just had to case it. Cheri Weston made the card here and this is my version, white on white is so elegant! Love my cuttlebug!!
Next time I'll leave more room at the bottom for my sentiment. I embossed too close, otherwise perfect.

Stamps: Rubber stampede, Stampin Up
Paper: Whisper white, textured whisper white, shimmer white, Elegant Eggplant
Ink: Elegant eggplant, versmark
Other: clear embossing powder, gold gel pen, clear sakura pen, white gel pen, pearls, ribbon swiss dots and devine swirls embossing folders