their heads were rolling...

First off, sorry this card is a little fuzzy. I've already sent it away and can't snap another one.

This card just cracks me up. The little sheep head rocks back and forth. There's a pendulum inside that makes it go back and forth. I made it for a shoe box swap I was in... what a mess! I did a lot of the work ahead of time but it still was crazy! Heads were upside down and rocking uncontrollably! I swear that heard had tourettes or something. This swap card might have been a flop but it sure was a lot of fun and we had a lot of laughs!

supplies
stamps: su rough texture wheel, gina k basket of kindness
ink: su bashful blue, memento tuxedo black
paper: su patterned paper, bashful blue, whisper white, basic black
accessories: pti twill, pink gems, su pewter buckle, lots of punches

inching along...

Another VSN challenge. Inchies aren't my thing and I sure am glad that I have punches for the squares but I do like this sweet little 3x3 card :)

supplies
stamps: ginak basket of happiness
ink: memento tuxedo, su brocade blue
paper: su very vanilla, brocade blue, georgia pacific white
accessories: copic markers

wear red...

(Last) Friday was National Wear Red day so I decided it was finally time to finish up this card. I stamped and colored this to give to my friend who had heart surgery years ago. I didn't finish it till now so I will be sending this off to her soon :) Yay, one more thing off my french board!

I colored and stamped the shirt with my su markers in real red and basic black. Colored the ribbon with my Copic markers and went over it with my clear copic atyou spica marker. The real red panel was pierced with my ornare stencil and a red gem was placed in the center of the flower. The SU basic gray layer was scalloped with my Martha Stewart punch and smaller gems were placed over the small hole that remained from the punch.

supplies
stamps: melanie muenchinger for gina k. designs
ink: su real red, basic black
paper: pti white, su real red, basic black and basic gray
accessories: copic markers, michael's gems

thinking about gina...

for Gina K.

supplies
stamps: winter foliage, say it with flowers
ink: mellow moss, old olive
paper: old olive, bordering blue very vanilla, vellum
accessories: brown machine stitching

little notes...

I am always rushing at the end of the school year trying to get things done, so this year I am determined that these note cards will be done by Valentines day!
I couldn't make these work with the lines stamped so what I did was stamped a clear transparency sheet, laid that on my makeshift light box (a desk lamp pointed up with my Cuttlebug B plate on it) and stamped the design. The edges of each card were colored with a not quite navy marker. I think it really makes really nice yet subtle edge. The last card in this set was done on different paper. I like it on the Gina K paper better. My goal is to make four sets with different patterns and a cute box for them to sit on the teachers desk.

I hope he likes them.

supplies
stamps: pti guide lines, ms flourished monograms, target alpha
ink: bashful blue, not quite navy
paper: gina K 80# pure luxury white
accessories: not quite navy marker

i did it!!

I did it! I finally found one counter in my craft room! So I decided to play along in Gina K's sketch challenge. I took a little creative liberty, so I hope she doesn't mind.

For this card, I stamped the phone in palette burnt umber on a scrap of white. Then, I colored it with my Prisma colored pencils. If you look at the top of the phone near the speaker, you can see some navy stripes trying to blend in. THAT is actually from the pencil... and is the EXACT reason I need to win this challenge to get the yummy Koh-i-noor pencils!

Recipe:
Gina K Text Messages stamps
DCWV Grade School patterned paper
Martha Stewart brown cardstock
SU Certainly Celery card base
PTI white cardstock
SU paper ribbon (leftover from an old scrappin' kit)
SU silver wire
Queen & Co brad
SU Crystal Effects
Sakura Stardust pen