Sunday, May 31, 2009

Birthday Stamp Camp



I haven't been able to post much lately, so I thought I'd share these four cards I demonstrated at my last stamp camp. I've been wanting to stock up on birthday cards so we did 6 different designs.

The first one here we used the Big Shot and Butterfly Die, I never get tired using either one. :o) I wrapped strands from the baja breeze grosgrain ribbon around the butterfly then tied in a knot.




The card below I cased from someone in our SBStampers group, not sure who did it but I just loved the color combo and simplicity.

Several of the ladys love their martinis, so they got a kick out of making this one.





Sorry to make this so brief, I'll have more to post later. Have a great week....can you believe it's already June? Geesh!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Blog Candy Winner...

And the winner is #1 - Courtney, YAY! Thanks to all you who left me comments. I love giving stuff away so watch for more blog candy in the future.

Courtney, email me with your address and I'll get the package off to you. srsmitchell@hotmail.com Thanks!


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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #18

Here's my card for Karen's challenge. You can check out her blog here. I have to admit, I made a little boo boo, that's why the ribbon is wrapped around the one corner. Don't you just hate when you're done with a project and then you have a whoops! I dropped the stazon ink pad right on the edge of the card. I liked the way the card turned out and didn't want to re-do it.

I did a little watercoloring on this one, using the aqua painter and ink pads. I need to use this technique more often, I really like the look of it. Thanks for looking!
All Stampin'Up! products used:
Stamp Pad: Soft Summer
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, black Stazon
Paper: Tangerine Tango, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Watercolor Paper
Other: Fire Square Rhinestone Brads, Satin Ribbon

Monday, May 18, 2009

Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #32 - Twilight


Alright, so I'm a HUGE Twilight fan! LOL, like so many of you I'm sure. :o) My friend called me last night and told me I had to check out this challenge, click here, and design a card for it. I had such a hard time coming up with something for some reason. So, as my son is playing baseball in the rain as we speak, I got this idea to do something with baseball since that's something the Cullen's like to do. I added a little bling on the baseball cap to make a 'C' for Cullen, added the heart on the baseball and then the quote from Edward when Bella asked him about vampires liking baseball? So, there you have it :o) Thanks for looking.
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All SU Supplies used:
Stamp Set: Lovely As A Tree, Just Baseball
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, Craft White, Silver
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Whisper White
Other: Pretties Kit, White Emboss Powder, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Blog Candy, Anyone?

Time to do the 'Happy Dance', LOL! First, I'm almost at 10,000 hits on my blog I started last June. Second, my card entered in last weeks Mojo Monday was one of the 7 winners picked in the challenge. I was totally surprised, there are so many terrific cards out there and it just totally made my day! So, I thought I'd celebrate by giving away some blog candy. I enjoy perusing through all your blogs, you all are so talented and creative I have been inspired by each and every one of you.

Now, all you have to do to enter is just leave me a comment by 3pm Wednesday. I'll pick a random winner later that evening. Have a great week!

Here's the fun stuff:

All Stampin'Up! items: Summer Picnic DSP, Tart & Tangy stamp set, Ruby Red ink pad, So Saffron & Certainly Celery ribbon.


Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Birthday Party Project


Hello there! A few weeks ago I was invited to put a little stamp camp together for an 11 year old girls birthday party. These are the projects we came up with. A little box using the Big Shot and #2 Box die and a couple little 3x3 cards. There was about 11 girls and we managed to have them all complete their projects in under an hour so they can continue on with other birthday festivities. They all had alot of fun!



The Hello There card below is a sketch used at the SU! Regionals just the week prior. Simple and cute.





All SU! Supplies:
Stamp Set: Cheep Talk
Ink: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron
Paper: Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron, Whisper White
Other: Pacific Point & Tangerine Tango Grosgrain Ribbon, Flower Fusion, Circle Punches, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Box #2 Die

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #16

So, here's a card with no stamping :o) Just used the Big Shot & dies, punches and rub-ons for this simple birthday card. You can check out more of Karen's SSSC here.
All SU! Supplies:
Paper: So Saffron, Pretty In Pink, Glossy White, Tea Party DSP
Other: Big Shot, Sizzlits Cupcake & #2 Scallop die, Trio Flower Punch, Rich Regal Brads, 2-way Glue, Dazzling Diamonds, Dimensionals, Chit Chat Rub-ons

Monday, May 4, 2009

Mojo Monday #85

Happy Monday! No baseball tonight so I jumped right on this weeks Mojo Monday contest and created this card. Hopefully the bit of bling isn't too overpowering, I've been using more of the colorful rhinestones lately. Also, I pulled out the color spritzer tool, I don't know why I don't use this more often, it gives a pretty cool affect...can you see it around the cake image? LOL!

All SU! Supplies:
Stamp Sets: On Your Birthday, It's A Stretch
Ink: Basic Black, Regal Rose
Paper: Almost Amethyst, So Saffron, Whisper White, Tea Party DSP
Other: Eyelet Border Punch, Ice Circles Rhinestones, 2-way Glue, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Pretty In Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Big Shot, Sizzlits - Lots of Tags, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Stampin' Write Markers
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Friday, May 1, 2009

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #4

Happy Friday! I'm trying out a new color challenge this week by Dawn McVey. Check out her blog here, it's fabulous!
All Supplies by SU!
Stamp Set: On Your Birthday
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Paper: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Parisian Breeze Specialty DSP
Other: Big Shot, Sizzlits Lots of Tags, Icicles Rhinestone Brads, Whisper White Satin Ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch, Dimensionals