Good Luck

Lame, lame, lame (and lazy) - Can't remember what stamp companies made the stamps, Ink - Versafine, Copics; Stardream CS; Origami Paper

I don't know how many of these Good Luck/Good Fortune cats I have - I had some of my own and then I inherited my mom's. They're pretty cute and while they all look very similar, they're all unique in their own way. You'd think though by now - I should have won the Lottery or something...

Never Too Many Shoes

Cardbase - Memory Box; Stamps....Savvy, Hero Arts, A Muse and others; Inks - Colorbox; Stardream CS; Ribbon & other CS - unknown

This one was for a 13-year old with a passion for shoes. This year, she's a 14-year old with a passion for "Twilight". So hmmm, I've been conferring with my daughter ("Twilight" fan and subject matter expert) and I THINK I might have an idea for a card...we'll see how it goes - the party is TODAY...yep, yep, yep, I love to work under pressure!!

Remember when...

Cardbase - Memory Box; Stamps - A Mus & Rubber Soul; Inks - Versafine & Colorbox; Copics; Marvy Punch

...the moms would get together over coffee and someone would bring a coffee cake and you would try your hardest to be invisible so that you could listen in on their gossip? But man, once you were caught, ALL of the moms would turn on you (like mean chickens) and shoo you out of the room (usually flinging you a piece of coffee cake to soften the blow).

As a kid, I didn't really understand what they were doing (although I must say, the gossip was quite interesting...). As an adult, I now GET IT. They were bonding - they were giving and getting comfort to and from their sisters (because it was most definitely a sisterhood). Armed with soothing hot coffee, a little something sweet and affirmation over the injustices that they had each endured (from spouses, parents, in-laws, bosses, the kids). THEY were their own therapy.

That's what this card reminds me of - members of the sisterhood getting together over coffee and cake sharing secrets, insecurities, frustrations and down-right anger and getting some strong emotional healing from their sisters. We all need more bonding/healing (maybe less gossip, but definitely more bonding).

Sunshine

Cardbase, stamps, ribbon - A Muse; other cardstock - unknown; ink - Versafine & Memento; Copics, Spicas, Stickles

Today is a day for remembrance...and for sadness and maybe even for hope. While I personally didn't lose anyone on September 11th, I (like so many others) was rocked to the core with the attack of the Twin Towers. My heart goes out to those who did lose loved ones, and to those that continue to cope with that grief and loss. I hope each year, you feel the waves of sympathy and gestures of kindness from all of us that remember that devastating day and as time passes - your hearts can heal a little bit more...

Scary 16...

Cardbase, ribbon, Birthday Builders stamp set - A Muse; Alphabet set - CTMH; Marvy Punches; Versafine Ink

Meant to get this posted last week, but I forgot. The card idea came from Heather (an A Muse designer) and if I really knew what I was doing, I would link you over to her card (which is VERY cute). Her banner says "party" - her card is bright and cheerful. My card is a bit demented, but you have to remember I made it for my daughter, Creepella....enough said. I made her a card every day for her birthday week - she said THIS was her favorite one (hey, as long as the recipient enjoys the card, whatever it takes....)

A Dandy Lion

Cardbase - Memory Box; Stamps - A Muse, CTMH, Memory Box & Rubber Soul; Inks - Mementos, Versafine & Colorbox; Copics

I love puns and goofy little sayings.....so I really like a LOT of sentiments by A Muse....this card is pretty straight-forward....his mane was probably the most difficult thing to do - snip, snip, snip.....I stamped it twice, colored it and cut it out with micro-tipped scissors and then adherred it on top of the "flat" mane with foam mounting tape. It gives him some subtle depth and that's what every lion needs - right???

Mums the Word...

Cardbase - Memory Box; Ribbon & cardstock for butterfly punch - A Muse; B&T paper - ???; Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart; Stickles

This is the most difficult card I've ever made....WHY you ask? Well, let me tell you........the only stamping done was the stamp I use on the back of my cards - that's it.....no stamping on the outside, nothing on the inside, completely UNfinished (IMO)....so WHY did I NOT complete this card? Because someone made a specific request for BLANK cards...Blank, I tell you - completely devoid of WORDS....yikes - it gives me the shivers just thinking of it - I may need therapy...

Plain & Simple

Cardbase - Memory Box; Stamp - Hero Arts; Ink - Mementos; Fiskars decorative scissors; "scrap" cardstock; B&T and Ribbon - I don't remember; Flower "bead" - CTMH.

In one of the last two or three Hero Arts catalogs, I saw a card that was so simple, it literally made me slap myself on the forehead with a resounding, "DUUUUH!!!". So off I skipped to the stamp room (well, I didn't really skip, the cats are always trying to trip me in their quest to get to the stamp room FIRST...), and found some B&T paper that wasn't too busy and wasn't too intensive in color and viola - it was done. Well, not really - I knew it needed something so I grabbed the Spicas and set them to work....LOVE my Spicas - they give just the right amount of shimmer and they dry fast as lightening.

New Calendar

CB-Memory Box; Stamps - A Muse; Inks - Mementos & Colorbox; Copics; Star Brads - Making Memories; B&T - Unknown

This is my version of a Retirement Card - kind of funny, since I'm always teasing my retired friends about how their calendars are full of "lunch meetings". I believe the calendar stamp and the party banner stamp are discontinued...but you might still be able to find them "around".

Mostly CASED...from Julie Ebersole

Cardbase - Memory Box; All stamps (EXCEPT sentiment & pink flower) - A Muse; sentiment stamp - Papertrey Ink; Pink Flower stamp - Savvy; Memento Inks; Copics, Spicas; Marvy punch.

This card is VERY nearly the card we did in one of Julie's classes held at The Paper Garden. The woman is massively talented (and talk about personality - whoa Nelly, can't wait until she comes back to town!!)....I don't think I've seen a card of her's that I didn't like - her cards speak to me....could she be The Card Whisperer???

Anyhow, I really liked the idea of the card so I did just a smidgeon of tweaking and Ta-Dah....here it is. I can see I'm totally loving, Loving, LOVING the kiwi-green color..........I'm even making some of my Halloween cards with it (what??? Too early for Halloween?? Oh you SILLY thing - it's NEVER too early [or late] for Halloweenie!!).

Are You Seeing Spots?

Cardbase - Memory Box; Stamps - CTMH; Inks - Memento & Colorbox; Brad - Making Memories; B&T - something Creepella gave me from her stash (source unknown).

This is my lame attempt at a not-so-girly card.....I definitely need to work on it......hmmm, should have lost the ribbon at least!! Oh well, I'll try, try again (and again and again and again....).

Happy B-Day Miles - BEEP, BEEP!!

Stamps, Ribbon, cardbase, cardstock - A Muse; Ink - Memento; Copics, Spicas.

This is a b-day card for my favorite 3-year, Mr. Miles!! I loved this card so much, I even made it for the A Muse Addicts monthly swap. These colors are so cheery and bright - it just makes me smile!!

Slinged Wing

Stamps - Memory Box penguin, "ouch" - unknown; B&T paper - unknown; Inks - Memento, CTMH, Colorbox; Copics, Stickles

A Get Well card for the latest Batch O' Cards that we're getting ready to sell. This penguin is from Dave's latest release - he's so cute (the penguin that is - although I'm sure Dave is cute too)!! I'm thinking the B&T paper is at least 9 years old......but it looked "cold" and kind of "icy" to me - so there you go!

I'm Baaaaaaaack!!

Is this a cool photo or what? It was taken in June at my brother & sister-in-law's home. He's creating this beautiful pond/stream/brook water feature in their backyard - it's not quite done, but you can tell how gorgeous it will be upon completion. She's the master gardener (I think she can make weeds beautiful.....sigh). The main focus of this particular photo is NOT the metal dragonfly, it's the MUCH smaller and OH-SO cool REAL reddish-orange dragonflies (one is way out on the tip of the top left wing and the other one is on the top right wing of the metal dragonfly). I don't see many red dragonflies, so I was pretty entralled with these guys...as soon as they caught my eye - I just knew I would be making another dragonfly card!!

And yes, I'm hanging my head in shame - I'm a pathetic blogger. I bet I've lost the interest of the 3 people that ever even looked at this blog!! Bobber-Wobbers is completely disgusted with my lack of blogging on OUR blog - he's giving me the cold shoulder big time. And as he's not the best typist, he relies on me to get the posting part of the job done. Well, can't cry over lost blogging time, so we'll just forge ahead in the great big wild..........

Come on back - there will be some brand-spanking new card posts in the next few days!!

Mod Vase

CB - Memory Box; Stamps...Vase & greenery - CTMH, "thank you" - Papertrey Ink, oval - A Muse; Inks - Memento, CTMH & Colorbox; Paper flowers & leaves - CTMH; Gemstones - Hero Arts; punches - Stampin' Up.

Sometimes I surprise myself - like with this card...I kind of had a picture of it in my head when I was looking at the stamps, but after it was done - WOW, it surpassed my vision....and in a good way too!! My daughter Creepella even likes this card (which generally speaking she likes most of my cards, but in a very, "Oh yeah mom, that's nice - cute card, ah-ha....can I go back to what I was doing??" way). Now I'm pretty excited to use more of the stamps from this CTMH set.......off to stamp!