Verve revisited

Do you remember this post?I decided to try the layout again for my nephew.  I wanted to do something a little more age appropriate.  So I pulled out my dinosaur stamp from "Our Craft Lounge".  I used my copic markers to color up the dinosaur and ended up with this card. 

The card base is Papertrey Ink.  I also used some Wplus9 stamps to add some background to the kraft square.

The "happy birthday" is PTI and stamped on a vintage cream cardstock strip.

That is about it for this card.  I hope you had a great week and fun things planned for this weekend.  I am going to try and have fun this weekend but my husband has to work his 2nd Saturday in a row.  Thankfully he has Sunday off and I will have help at church.  Next week is full of 12 hour shifts but at least he will be home for dinners.  I am not sued to these hours anymore.  He hasn't had to work these kind of hours since the first year of our marriage and that was over 8 years ago.  Nothing like new places and new experiences.  I know we will all learn to adjust.

Like I said, I have new stamps on their way from Wplus9 and I also received my "My Cute Stamps" set in the mail and look forward to playing with them.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

 

Nieces

One of my four nieces celebrated her 2nd birthday last month.  Unfortunately, circumstances have made it impossible for me to even meet her yet.  Something I hope to correct sometime soon.I finally got this card made for her.  I know it is a little growin-up for a little girl but I just couldn't help myself.The card base is vintage cream and matted with som PP in my stash. 

I used spring moss cardstock for the banner and used fiskars border punch on the side.  The stitcher are rub-ons.  I used a verve stamps die for the tag (hawaiian shores) and used a wplus9 stamp to add some more dimension to the card.

The "M" is a sticky letter I received from a nice lady I go to church with now.  She also gave me the flower.  They are both Petaloos and are all white to be colored or designed anyhow you choose.  Lastly, I took some stickles and went around the end for bling.  I got the idea from another card I saw.  I wish now that I can remember where I saw it.  If it is yours, please let me know so I can add it here.

 

Storage

Hello Friday!!!  I know, I thought I was back for good but life gets in the way.  I haven't had much time or desire to craft.  My oldest is having some serious growing pains here.  If he isn't fighting to not go to school he is sick, first it was strep and yesterday we find out he has an ear infection.  I hope after this he is all better and life can settle into some kind of a routine.I did manage to get A card done (not a good start considering I need about 15-20 various cards made) and some storage for my new dies.Most of you may have seen it already or make some already but I am just now getting to it since my sister showed me hers right before we left California.  Here is what Dawn McVey came up with.
This is how mine turned out: 

As you can see even the Verve Stamps work with the dimension Dawn gave on her blog.  I will be getting the brand new Wplus9 die as well so hopefully they will work otherwise I will be making bigger cards for those.

I will also say, my sister cut out the label for me before we moved with her silhouette.  Something I hope to get someday.

Something I didn't mention yet.  If you love Wplus9 stamps and have facebook run over there now and become a friend of their page.  They give out coupon codes for only facebook fans and just the other day a giveaway for the entire March release.  Guess who won, yep, yours truly.  I will soon be the proud owner of 2 new Wplus9 stamps and the very first Wplus9 die.  I cannot wait to get my hands and them and create, create, and creat some more. Thanks for stopping by!!!I attempted to sew them like Dawn did but I can't seem to get a sewing machine to behave for me.  I just took my pink ATG gun I got at Michael's and taped the clear cardstock down.  So far so good, when I do get a sewing machine to behave I will sew them though.  I just think sewing will hold a lot better.

Birthday Keeper

Happy Friday everyone!!! I tell you, I need it to be Friday. It has been one heck of a week, but then again, when are they not when you have kids, right?

The good thing going on around here is the weather. It is awesome. We had some hot days there in the beginning of the week but now it is cool, there is a breeze and the birds are chirping. We might go and get a hummingbird feeder because my hubby has seen several hummingbirds around the house. I also noticed that a LOT of our neighbors also have hummingbird feeders in their yards. We already have a bird feeder but it would be neat to also more welcome the hummingbirds into our yard.

Tonight is my oldest son's second T-ball game. I am so proud of him. He is LOVING playing baseball. In fact, he loves it so much that he doesn't want any of his teammates to get the ball. I don't know how many times we had to tell him to allow his teammates to get the ball and to stop fighting over it. Wednesday night he had practice again and his coaches had to tell him to stop fighting over the ball. Of course, he is also a social butterfly and didn't stay one place out on the field during practice. I had to watch my youngest at the same time so if my eyes left the field by the time I got back he was in a different position.

Oh, not only do we have a lot of birds around our house we also have a TON of ladybugs. They are all over our yard and while oldest was practicing my youngest was catching butterflies. He was doing so well and then I heard him stopping on the cement. Yep, he killed the poor thing. I guess it is just too tempting for a boy.

So would you all like to see my project for today now? Hehehe I actually have a teaser. What I am showing you today is a tease for the project that I have made for the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop that will be starting Saturday night. This will be the first time I participate. I certainly encourage you to participate if you can. The challenge is to use one of Lauren's templates, easy peasy, right?

My family is a decent size family. With us kids getting older and having kids of our own it is getting more and more difficult to remember everyone's birthdays (it doesn't help that I am getting older hehehe). A while back Nichole from Papertrey Ink challenge the design team to come up with a good way to keep track of everyone's birthdays.

With this blog hop coming up I decided that now is a good time to get something together that works for me. So that is exactly what I did. I am pleased with it but not ecstatic. It will work though and that is what I am happy about.

So here are the deets:
stamps: PTI polka dot basics, Ambassador Monogram Edition,
ink: Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink, palette dark brown, PTI lavender moon
paper: PTI kraft, SS white, plum pudding
twill ribbon from Michael's and brads (not sure where those came from).

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow night for the Blog Hop.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Another 2-in-1

Happy Wednesday everyone!!! I have a VERY busy day today so I am getting this typed up a little early so you don't have to wait until who knows when to see this.

I have another card that I used Lauren's Saturday Sketch for. I LOVE how this one turned out and it is awesome. I am really excited that Lauren is trying something new with her Saturday challenges and that she is opening up a design team call as well. I love what Lauren does with paper and it would be an honor to be able to work with her on a regular basis.

Here is her sketch:

Here is my card:

This is also a card I am entering into a Copic challenge. They are here. The challenge this week was to color jeans. Thankfully my sister has a LOT of copics (at least more than I do) and let me borrow some of her blues to color some jeans. The rest of the copics are mine and I LOVE how the coloring went. I also used some Spica Glitter pens as well.

Here are the deets:
stamp: Whiff of Joy, Verve stamps:petals and stems
ink: Palette black, PTI ripe avocado
paper: PTI spring moss, vellum, SS white, and Marcella K PP
Bridal flowers from Michael's, Making memories buttons, SU! linen thread

The cool thing to is that the copic challenge was to color jeans. When I was looking for buttons I happened to see that these buttons had writing on them. These buttons, since you can't probably read it, says "Faded Glory Jeans Co."

Well, I believe that is it for now. Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Captured Card Case

Wooohooo!!! It is hump day.
I need to apologize for my absence yesterday. I woke up with a migraine. I am prone to migraines so not really a big deal but it was a BAD one. I haven't had a bad one in a long time so I guess I was due. But this knocked me off my feet basically all day. I was able to get my husband to work, my son to speech, and then go pick my husband up for lunch but that is about all I did yesterday. I have to brag on my husband again. He truly is special. I am very lucky that he found me. He was upset, about the boys. I really had no strength or desire to do anything but lay around. The boys, 5 and 3, pretty much had the run of the house. My poor husband came home to a messy house twice yesterday. Once when I got him for lunch and then when he came home at the end of the day. He cleaned up the house, took them outside to play so I can soak in the tub, and then made them dinner and put them to bed. He also took care of me. Anything I wanted he did. Really, do I have a good husband or what?
I started feeling a little normal around 9ish, just in time to watch "Dancing with the Stars" hehehe. I woke up this morning feeling almost myself. I still have some lingering pain in my head but nothing I can't muscle through.
Monday night I started working on my captured card case by Lauren Meader. It is one of the templates she released through Papertrey Ink on the 15th of this month. I loved what she did with it. I actually made my note cards to put in this box specifically.
I did do a little extra on the case. I wanted to flair it up just a little and make it more my own. So, it took a little while longer to put together. The box is easy peasy and you can do so much with it. I can't wait to play around some more. I got some things running through my head. I am supposed to think of some ideas for Teacher Appreciation for our Primary teachers at church. I am either thinking the box or the basket. We are going to hand them out around Easter so maybe the basket to keep the Easter feel, right?
Okay, I guess I should stop talking and let you see how my Captured Card Case turned out. I LOVE Lauren's templates. Seriously, if you haven't tried them yet, run, don't walk to Papertrey Ink and get at least the free one for now. Just save it to your computer and you can print them out as many times and in as many colors as you want.

Deets:

paper: SU! Kraft, PTI lavender moon, PTI chocolate remix

ink: SU! creamy caramel, palette brown, PTI lavender moon

ribbon: PTI lavender moon

stamps: PTI guide lines, PTI floral frenzy, Abassador Monogram Edition, Verve stamps fluttering by, Psalm 37:4, Petals and Stems

flowers: prima

brad: Joann's

As always, thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

More note cards

Happy Friday everyone!!! I hope you have a wonderful weekend planned a head of you. Nothing special here but I really like those kind of weekends.

I wanted to share a funny story about my oldest. After he got done with the dentist and my youngest was seeing the dentist I had a little talk with my oldest. My husband told me that when they looked at the x-rays the dentist mentioned that it might not be too much longer before my oldest starts loosing some of his baby teeth. I thought this was a good time to explain to him what happens to his old baby teeth. Besides, he asked if you throw them away. I tried to explain to the best of my ability about the tooth fairy and what her purpose was. His eyes lit up when I told him he got money for his tooth. But when he asked about HOW she got his teeth he was surprised to find out that she actually goes in your room, picks up your pillow and takes your tooth and replaces it with money. Then he chuckled, looked me square in the eye and said, "That is silly". I was so shocked by that comment that I just busted out laughing. With that and the look he gave me I couldn't help but laugh and he thought it was great that he was able to make me laugh. I love the things my kids come up with to say.

Last night I sat down to make some more cards and not sure what to make to show everyone. I just had to make some more note cards. I think I mentioned it before. On the 15th when Papertrey Ink comes out with their new releases I plan on getting Lauren's templates. One of them is a card holder that she showed on her blog here. I thought it was great and loved the idea of note cards. After making the cards yesterday I couldn't help but make more for myself to put in my card box I am going to make :) Gotta test it out first, right?

This is what I came up with. I love how it turned out again. My husband agreed also hehehe. Sometimes I think he just agrees to make me feel better about what I made. I don't mind it much though. Okay now for the deets:

paper: PTI dark chocolate, vintage cream, lavender moon and chocolate remix

ink: palette brown, PTI vintage cream, lavender moon

stamps: Verve stamps fluttering by

paper piercer, self-adhesive pearls, baubles (given to me by my sister for our birthday).

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Lesson learned

Happy Tuesday!!! Wooohooo!!! Busy day today. I had to get up early so I can take my husband to work this morning so I can have the truck. Yuck!!! I hate getting up early. I am SO not a morning person. I would almost go as far to say that I despise mornings. I have always been and probably always be a night owl. By 6pm today I will be knocked on my butt tired, but by say 9ish I will be wide awake and will not be able to fall asleep. This is how it goes for me. I have no idea why but that is how I am.

Today I have to take my oldest to his speech class. It only lasts about a half hour so my youngest and I hang out at the school while he is there.

Later this afternoon I have an eye appointment. Now, I can't believe it but I have been wearing glasses for about 26 years, ack!!! I have to see the eye doctor every year. Last year I was stubborn and didn't go (long story). My glasses ended up breaking recently (one ear piece just fell off my glasses). I have been wearing them to read and such since I NEED them. But it is so time to see the doctor now. I just hate going to see ANY doctor. Not happy about this.

Well, I haven't had much time or much mojo to be creative and...well...create. I made myself sit down at my desk last night and create a card. Yep, not a good idea unless you have something in mind. This is what I came up with. Although I am okay with how this card turned out I am sure it could have turned out better if I had a plan and didn't force it.

The deets:

paper:PTI summer sunrise, DCWV (not sure of the name, I got it a LONG time ago), and blue cardstock from Joann's.

ink:SU! brocade blue, PTI summer sunrise, and lemon tart.

stamp:Verve stamps Petals and stems

ribbon:target $1 spot

flowers: from Joann's

brads: joann's

pearls: self-adhesive from Michaels

That's about it for today. I hope to work on my mojo tonight and get something nice for you tomorrow but I have another busy day tomorrow as well, actually this whole week should be busy.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Butterfly birthday

Happy Wednesday everyone!!! It is the middle of the week. We are half way there.

Mom, if you haven't received your birthday card yet then look away now!!! Hehehe

This is the card I made my mom for her birthday last Sunday. I started with Amy Rysavy's Friday sketch for last Friday and went from there. I am not sure how much it looks like the sketch now but if you go to her blog you can check it out. I have a link to her blog on the right side of mine. Her blog is Prairie Paper & Ink.

My mom likes red so I wanted to go with that. I used Poppy red from PTI. Actually, other than the butterflies (which are from Verve Stamps) everything is PTI as usual. I really need to start spreading my stamping wings, right?

The PP is a stash I picked last Valentines (I think) at the Target dollar spot. I used stickles on the butterfly wings and self-adhesive pearls from Michael's to bling up the card a bit. The sentiment and berry are from PTI's My Punny Valentine stamp set. The white and pink cardstock are PTIs, white and sweet blush.

As always thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Some what finished card box

Happy Wednesday!!! Hope you had a great Tuesday. Tuesday is always better than Monday but still so tough. It is hard for me to get back into the swing of things after having a weekend to just relax and be lazy.

But WOOOHOOO!!! I basically finished the card box. I say basically because I didn't do any tags and such. I just left those two parts open because I don't do tags much and just figured I can keep it open until I decide what I want to use those sections for.

All I needed to do was spruce up the inside a bit so I took my ladybug dotted trail from PTI's little lady stamp set and stamped it twice on either side of the open box using chalk ink in dark brown (the second one on each side was not re-inked, just stamped once and then a second time so the second trail is slightly duller). Then I used my smaller butterfly from Verve's Petals and Stems stamp sets in PTI Plum pudding ink to stamp all flying trail.

To make the Address book I took some paper I had from a journal I haven't altered yet and cut the paper to 5 X 3 1/2. Then I cut the DP down to 5 1/2 X 3 1/2. Scored them all and punched 2 holes in the edge and put brads in them. For the label I took some kraft paper and inked the edge with the same brown ink for the flying trail. Then I took some PTI plum pudding cardstock and stamped the envelope image on it with the same brown as before. I got the stamp while on vacation in Connecticut so I can't tell you who it is from. I can't even remember the store I bought it at.

Since I don't actually have a alphabet stamp set I just took a pen and wrote "Addresses" by hand. I hate my writing but I had to do something, right? hehehe

Well, I believe that is it. Simple and so cool :P

I love it.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Wednesday!!!

Missy

Last card from the 6X6 challenge

Happy Monday!!! Hope you all had a great weekend. It was nice here, hot but we didn't have much to do so we were able to relax and enjoy some "quiet" time. I say it like that because around my house (with 2 small boys) it is never quiet.

I promised and here it is. Out of the 4 cards from the 6X6 challenge this one has to be my favorite. Still used from scraps, except the card base, just like the rest. I had a challenge with the butterfly. I was hoping to use glitter that I got but for some reason it wasn't sticking like I wanted it to. So I tried using some amethyst EP but didn't like how it bubbled and didn't have a smooth look to it, and still wasn't solid like I wanted. I ended up stamping it on the vanilla cardstock (the reverse of the chocolate PP from PTI) using Plum Pudding ink and then using my glitter pen to glitter it up.

Let me see...I can't think of anything else to say about the card so I will leave you before I bore you hehehe.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday!!!

Missy

My son and a card

Happy Friday!!!

I know I promised yesterday that I was going to post a picture of my son and his project that he did. I am horrible doing things sometimes.

I finally did get pictures of my son with his craft yesterday so I am posting it now. Thanks to Lorie I was reminded about what yesterday was all about. I know, how could I forget. But I didn't forget about the event just that yesterday was the anniversary. Before I had to take my son to his speech class I decided to have him sit down and make a flag to hang outside our house. He loves to do crafts and we had our flag stolen while on vacation several months back (we think it was stolen because it was hanging from our house and screwed into a pole, couldn't have flown off, right?)

This is what we did.

The last picture is of him and his usual pose. Drives me crazy. He actually told me today that he loves to make things. It is great. I like it too but sometimes it drives me crazy that he likes it so much.

Now on to my card. Again, another card made using Julee's 6X6 challenge. There is one more so we are almost done than I will work on getting the box finished. Again, fairly self explanatory and I am at a loss for words today so if you have questions feel free to email me.

Have a great Friday and weekend and thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

Card #2

Happy Thursday!!! I am so glad that this week is flying by or is it just me? It is strange how I feel like the week is going fast even though I have been sick all week, basically.

If you haven't seen I have another post that posted late on Wednesday. If you haven't seen it please check it out.

This post has the second card from Julee's 6X6 PP Challenge here. What you can't see is that I stamped the same verve butterfly on the base of the card and clear embossed them. Also, stupid me, when I made the flower panel I wasn't thinking about the size of the card and bad it just a tad to big. Thankfully it isn't that bad and I can get away with it.

Two other things, the other, smaller, purple flower is a brad a got a long time ago and can't even remember where or what brand. The other brads (butterfly) on the flower panel, well, they are brads, aren't they cute? hehehe

Okay, that is about it. Hope you have a great Thursday and thanks for stopping by!!!

Missy

ETA: On this important day in our nation's history will we please remember the men, women, and children who lost their lives 7 years ago and support the men and women who help make this country safer (military, firefighters, and policemen and women, we also have all the doctors, nurses and emt men and women who fight to keep us all alive) Thank you everyone!!!

I have a little project that my oldest son and I did for today I will be posting it later.

The card box

First off, Happy Tuesday!!! Today has to be better than yesterday, right? I don't know about you guys but Mondays are horriffic for me. I don't know what it is but my boys seem to plan all weekend to determine what they are going to do to make my day "fun". I am glad it is Tuesday and hopefully we got all the bugs out.
Today my oldest goes to speech therapy. He isn't bad but needs some help with pronounciation more than anything. We are working on getting him into the speech/preschool program they have in our school district. If he gets accepted (it isn't really being accepted but needs to do some testing to see if the program will benefit him) then instead of going to see his speech therapist he has now he is going to be bussed to a local school and actually have a preschool environment but also focus on his speech. I think he will do wonders there. I look forward to fighting, if I have to, to get him in and learning in a school enviornment, that is what he needs the most, at least that is what I think.
Anyway, as usual I digress. If you remember in a previous post I mentioned a card box that Lorie made on her blog. I couldn't find the template and the nice lady that Lorie is, she emailed me and offered to email another link to me. Fortunately I didn't need her to do that work for me because my sister saw my post and remembered seeing the instructions before, found them and emailed them to me. I will see if I can figure out how to post that file here in this post.
Let's see. For the box I used gray cardstock (not sur the company, maybe Joann's) and some PP I got from Joann's for the top. Unfortunately we cut up the paper and you can't see the beautiful pattern on the paper. The ribbon is PTI lavendar moon and the butterfly stamp (Verve stamp, flutter by) was stamped in PTI plum pudding. I used my clear glitter pen on the butterfly wings and my pearls from Michael's again.
The butterflies on the box were stamped using versamark ink and all the edges were inked using PTI lavendar moon.
I think that is it. I started constructing the inside (the pen holder, stamp holder) but need to finish with the cards, tags, and address book. When I get those done I will show them to you. Until then I hope you like what you see so far.
Have a great Tuesday and thank sfor stopping by!!!
Missy

ETA: I can't figure it out, if someone knows how to add a file to a post let me know. If you want the instructions please email me and I will get them to you. I wish I knew how so I can credit the person who made the instructions.

Paper Lantern

So, I sat down to craft yesterday. I needed it. It was a long day full of stuff. Like I said, I had breakfast club with some ladies from church. Then I had to take my oldest to speech therapy then when my husband got home we took a trip to the store to get my oldest son's and my husband's hair cut. They needed a haircut before the wedding and since we are leaving Friday morning and tomorrow we need to do some serious packing today was the day for haircuts.
But that isn't what you came here for right.

When I sat down I was trying to figure out what to do. I went through my scrap box trying to see if there was anything to spark my imagination. I found the template for the boxy bag but wasn't sure how I can get it to work. So I played around for a few minutes and decided to make a lantern. I know, a lantern made out of paper. I thought it was a cute idea and thought that you can always use the flameless candles or maybe put a hole in the back and use a lightbulb.
I just got off part of the boxy bag and folded everything up on one side. Cut some PTI scrap vellum cardstock. Since it was going to be a lantern I punched holes in the vellum. Unfortunately the only decorative punch I had was stars but it worked out wonderfully. I punched a few lines to make it look like the star was shooting across the sky. Then I took some PTI lemon tart ink and rubbed it around the stars. I wanted to do something else so I put a flower at the top and took the sentiment from Verve's flutter by set. Fits it perfectly, right? The sentiment was stamped using lemon tart at first but since it didn't show up I used palette brown. Then I just took some Michael's ribbon and used that to tie the sentiment to the bottom of the lantern.
I hope you enjoy it. Happy Thursday!!! The torture is almost over and the fun is about to begin :)
Thanks for stopping by.
Missy

Just a card...

Happy Tuesday!!! This one is getting on late but that is because I got this card done late last night and had to wait until this morning to get a picture of it.

It is a fairly simple card. I took an idea from what Nichole Heady did on one of her cards here.

I started off with a white card base and took some paper from my QVC paper stash, stamped it with some chocolate chip ink using the center of a flower from flower frenzy PTI stamp set.

The colors were taken from the ribbon I had but never used.

After that I took some white PTI paper and stamped Verve's butterfly stamp in chocolate chip. Believe it or not I colored it in with a BIC marker and used my clear glitter pen to bling it up a little. I used Cammie's idea here and used my prismacolor pencils to make the slight background in pink.

I found some some bling at Michael's and that is what I used for the ribbon and the butterfly. I think that is about it. Any questions? Don't hesitate to ask.

Have a great Tuesday and thanks for stopping by.

Missy

ATC to card

So, nothing fancy here. I just took some scrap SU! kraft paper, cut it to 6 X 4 1/4 then scored it at 3. Make a two line paper piercing along all four edges and used some pop up glue dots to put the ATC diagonally on the card base. I was thinking about doing more but with it being such a small card and so much going on for the ATC I left it as is. Oh yeah, I took some certainly celery ink on the card base edge.
Sorry, that is all I have. I took my boys to the pool and my allergies decided to act up pretty bad.
I won't have anything again until Tuesday. I might try to schedule something for Monday. Sunday is my 6th wedding anniversary and DH and I decided since we are driving up to Vegas on Monday to pick up SIL from the airport that we might as well go up a day early and my sister was kind enough to take my two boys for us so we can celebrate. Thank you Tanya!!!
So, have a great weekend and check back in on Monday just in case.
Missy

My first ATC

So, I have been seeing on Verve Visual a lot of ATC's. They are having a parade, of sorts. They are also doing a giveaway, all the info is here.

I have only recently gotten into stamping and card-making so I wasn't even sure how to make an ATC. After making the cut for the base I had to go back and check because it looked way too small to be right, and yet it was.

I am not sure I like how it turned out but I am posting it anyway.

I started with some PP I got from the Target $1 spot a LONG time ago. I just didn't use it much because it was a bit too bright for me. I remembered reading on Lauren's blog, I think, that if something is too bright an option would be to lay some vellum on top and it lightens it up. And who would have guessed I just got some vellum from PTI.

So, I layered the PP with some vellum and faux stitched it. I messed up on the corner so I put the Target $1 spot flower with a Queen & Co. brad.

From there I used a sentiment from Verve stamps in Berry sorbet ink and Certainly Celery along the edges, the lined PP I believe is from the same pack as the base.

I had some circles on my desk that I punched out for the last card I made so I decided to even out the flower with the circles but having them plain just didn't seem right so I took a flower stamp from PTI's little lady stamp set and stamped in on all 3 with baroque burgundy.

That is basically it.

I think it is too busy but I am okay with it as it is my first ATC. Gotta start somewhere, right?

Have a great Thursday!!!

Missy

CPS challenge

OMGosh, I know everyone has heard about JustRite stampers. CPS (card positioning system) is having a giveaway thanks to JustRite Stampers. You can find all the info through the link in the last sentence.

I just HAVE to have those stamps so I of course had to participate in the challenge. It is a layout challenge and since I haven't used my Billy stamps as much as I would have liked to I pulled them out for this challenge and went from there.

I stamped Billy on PTI white cardstock with palette noir ink. He was colored with copic markers. Billy has a the "hoppy birthday" sentiment with it so I had to use it as well. I have no idea who this card is going to but figured I will use it eventually. The sentiment paper was spritzed with walnut ink.

Billy was matted with some green polka dotted Leavin' Prints PP and attached to the card base with some dimensionals. The sentiment cardstock was matted with some PTI spring moss cardstock stamped with Verve's flower center using my son's red ink pad.

I used some baubles from Michael's and colored with my red copic marker for the corners that were punched with SU! ticket punch.

The PP is a piece I got from Joann's many moons ago. I can't even remember the brand.

All of this was pieced together on SU! kraft cardstock. The card is an unusual size just to fit the layout and images I wanted to use. I believe the final card size is 6 and 3/4" by 5 1/2". Oh, btw, Billy wasn't intentionally supposed to have a black eye. I was trying to fix a mishap in my stamp but it bleed and when I saw it I thought, he looks like he has a black eye. I have two boys so I figured it was quite possible and went with it.

Also, I pointer, you may already know. If you have those baubles from Michael's and want to color them, color the bottom of it and then glue it down with crystal effects. I have been trying to color the top of them and making a mess and rubbing off the colors and then a light bulb went off tonight and I was so excited. I am sure that is how everyone else has been doing that but I just figured it out and in case someone else was like me I shared.

Hope you like and have a great Thursday!!!

Missy

Finally...

I got some stamping in. It really isn't an easy task when I have 2 boys, 4 and 2 who want me to do this and do that and then hubby comes home for lunch and wants to talk about things that happened during the day (not that I am complaining about that part), next the boys want to go out and play in 100 degree weather to play on their slip-n-slide. I told them they were going to have to wait for the slip-n-slide until I got this done. Now, it is taking them longer because they refuse to pick up the toys I told them to pick to give me time.

Anyway, you didn't come here to hear about my parenting/spouse/stamping woes.

The creation. I soon realized it is smaller than I anticipated so I won't be able to use it for what I thought I might be able to.

To start off all the paper was scratch paper. Because of that the PP is a half inch shorter than the tutorial mentions. If you didn't get it in my last post the tutorial can be found here. I found out about this bag from Mary here.

I wanted to use scrap paper because I have so much of it. I found this lovely PP I bought at Joann's many moons ago. Of course the paper was screaming for some pink accents so I went with PTI sweet blush. Everything is in the tutorial but I do want to mention a few accents I decided to do instead of how both ladies embellished theirs.

On the bottom scallop, I don't have the SU! slit punch so I used scallop scissors, took a 1/16" hole punch and punched the wholes in each scallop and then put some crystal stickles in each hole. On the bottom of the scallop section I paper pierced it and used my white gel pen to do some faux stitching. The top, I don't have the SU! tab punch either so I made up my own little thing, cut to pieces of, I believe, SU! chocolate chip cardstock (I wanted it to be sturdy). On the part that was going to show I used the ticket punch on the bottom and then rounded the top two corners. I took my crop-a-dile II and punched the biggest whole in the center of each tag. Oh, I also used some faux stitching rub-ons for the top part of the tags and then paper pierced between each line. I believe the ribbon is May Arts. It was bought at ATS (all that scraps).

Instead of the flowers in a row I wanted to do something different. I took my bridal flowers from Michael's and colored one with light grape copic marker and a brown copic marker, I also took my buttercup yellow copic marker and gave the flowers a yellow center. The purple flower was outlined with my atyou spica pen in purple. There still wasn't enough glitter so I took my clear glitter pen and outlined both flowers.

From there I stamped my Verve butterfly from Petals and bloom set in SU! blue bliss and then embossed it with stardust embossing powder. After that I took my clear glitter pen and colored in the white part. I also took my green atyou spica pen and gave the butterfly a flying pattern. I tried to make it look like it just flew off the brown flower.

I hope you are having a great Monday. Thanks for stopping by.

Missy