Heart on a String

YOU MADE THIS FOR KARLA??????

That's what I heard from Creepella when she saw the one that I DID make for Karla. Dejection and just a tinge of green had me punching MORE and LARGER hearts to make this one.

It's not that it's difficult to make, it's just time-consuming. I tell you I nearly poked my eye out while making the crochet mini-heart (found it and the pattern on the Attic24 blog - lovely stuff!!). Granted I was using cotton thread (the stuff you make doilies and table cloths with....) and a #10 hook (really can't see the hook part) - so basically I was crocheting by FEEL. Even under two Ott lites I really couldn't SEE what the heck I was doing.

Bottom line, Creepella was happy, Karla was happy and I was able to continue on with my V-day cards.

NO stamps!!

B&T Paper - CTMH

Marvy Heart Punch

Ink - Colorbox Chalk Ink

Darling Drucilla

Creepella and I LOVE these stamps. They're pricey and they come unmounted, shipping (from Canada) is quite a lot but oh my - these are great images, they lend themselves for some fun Copic coloring and they are a hoot!!! Slightly sick, a bit twisted and definitely dark - say, that's right up our alley......

This was Creepella's main b-day card and I love every minute of making it!!

Stamps - Kraftin' Kimmie (Drucilla) and A Muse (sentiment)

Star Dream CS

White CS - CTMH

Memento Ink

Copics & Spicas

Corner punch - EK Success

Ribbon - A Muse

5-Cat Panel

The only thing that I'm disappointed with in this card - you can't see the little paw-print border that's punched through some B&T at the top. Heidi gave me this set of stamps for my b-day and I've finally used some of the stamps! Loads of different styles of cats - perfect for all of my kitty-loving friends.

Kraft CS - CTMH

Stamps - Inka-Dinka-Doo

B&T - Basic Grey

Memento and Colorbox Chalk Ink

Copics and Spicas

Ribbon - A Muse

Paw Print border punch - EK Success

Corner Rounder

Multi-Butterflies

Another fast & easy 3x3 card. The gem butterfly was a $1.00 find at Michaels and of course layering it all on Dream Star CS makes it shimmmmmer so!!

Dream Start CS

Butterfly border punch - Martha Stewart

Gem butterfly - Michaels

Baby Bug

Had to get some baby cards in the basket and I couldn't find my baby stamps (no clue where they could be) - so I fiddled around with what I have and came up with some acceptable cards. Love the cloud B&T and the little dragonfly was a lot of fun to color.

Stamps - CTMH

B&T paper - Doodlebug

Inks - Memento & Colorbox Chalk Inks

Copics

Stickles

Corner Rounder

Cardbase - Memory Box

Ribbon - Michaels

Ladybug Ladybug...

PTI did this card with zebras - while I wasn't wild about the zebras I really liked the look so I dinked around with what I had and came up with this. I knew that "ladybug" ribbon would come in handy one day!!

Stamps - CTMH (scroll background); PTI (ladybug leaves and sentiment)

Memento & PTI Inks

Ribbon - ???

Brads - Making Memories and CTMH

Black gel pen

Sooooo Much

Another card using CTMH's retired "More to Adore". Some consultants would NEVER post a card using retired items but since I'm more about the card (let's face it, I'm definitely not pushing my business), I want to use whatever I have available and am in the mood for...what can I say, I'm complicated that way!

The only thing that's stamped is the sentiment and that row of swirly flowers making a border.

Stamps - CTMH (small swirly flower); Hero Arts (sentiment)

B&T and CS - CTMH

Inks - CTMH

Stickles

Organza Ribbon - CTMH

Grinning Greenie

Another tiny card!! Love this little monster.......he looks like he knows how to have fun. Stamped him on B&T paper and white CS and then just the top of him on white CS again, layered the B&T body onto the white CS and cut out the eyes from the partially stamped image on white CS.

Scraps made up the banner and just a small square of B&T finished the card.

Stamps - Paper Smooches (monster); CTMH (alphabet)

CS - CTMH

B&T - CTMH (monster); Cosmo Cricket (party hat) and the other mini-dots are so old........

Memento Ink

Copics

Bakers Twin

Marvy Triangle punch

Oh Goody - CAKE!

I think these were some of the first stamp sets I ordered from A Muse Studio when they became a catalog company (still don't understand why they did that). Had some Basic Grey scraps that were (luckily) big enough to punch so that put a fun spin on a "this & that" type of card.

Stamps - A Muse Studio

Memento & A Muse Studio Chalk Inks

Copics

B&T Paper - A Muse Studio and Basic Grey

Stickles

Martha Stewart Loopy Border punch

Seafood Luncheon

Last month we toodled over to smell the salt air and to feel the ocean breeze on our faces and to catch a few glimpses of these guys. Watching through the camera lense, I was quite entertained with this otter fighting with (and winning) his crabby lunch.

Such a fun little trip - just enough time to clear the mental cobwebs, run around on the beach and have some yummy seafood........aaaaaah..........

Card from Lily, Bob & Iris

Yes, there's a reason the big black cat looks like he has fangs........it's because Bob DOES have fangs (or very long canines).

This is one of Creepella's b-day week cards.......I loved making all of her b-day week cards. They were all pretty tiny and one of a kind so I could do all kinds of goofy things.

Off to see "Breaking Dawn" again.................yippppeeeee!!!!

Stamps - CTMH (2 little cats); Paper Smooches ("Bob"); Cat's Pajamas (sentiment)

CS - CTMH

Border Punches - Martha Stewart

Ribbon - A Muse

Memento Ink

Copic

Koh-i-noor pencils

Black Friday!

Hope you all are having a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. Here's the little card I sent out to a few peeps....photo is pretty crappy and isn't a cat scratching post the perfect backdrop for a Thanksgiving Day card....(can you tell I'm sitting on the couch?) - but I'm being lazy and I don't want to get up. Found this "telescoping" card over at Splitcoasters a while ago and it was so neat-O looking I had to try it. It's quite fun to make although making several of them is pretty time-consuming even though the stamp images are fairly small for coloring purposes. Hopefully all of the recipients understood how the card worked!

Just got done purchasing a few stamps (love those Black Friday online deals!) - and I have a question: if you get a specific stamp to make a specific card for someone specific...........it's not like you're getting the stamp for YOURSELF, right???

Well after my purchases, that's what I'm telling myself!

All Stamps - A Muse
Marvy oval & scallop oval punches
Martha's leaves border punch
Kraft CS - CTMH
B&T Paper really old SEI pad from Michaels
Memento & Colorbox Chalk Inks
Copics
Mini Metallic brads from Making Memories

Do You Remember....?

For all you CTMH fans out there........do you remember THIS B&T paper??? What's it called?? Do you remember, do you??

I was flipping through some paper packs and this popped up - I must confess.....I had FORGOTTEN all about it!! Actually that was pretty cool because I was completely delighted with it all over again!

Like so many of CTMH's B&T (decorative) papers it's so pretty on its own you really don't need to add much to it to have yourself a lovely finished card or scrapbook layout. The stamping was fast and easy, a handful of Copics added little pops of color and that was pretty much it. I love the look that stamping the sentiment over an image gives - I don't do it often enough.

• Stamps, B&T paper and CS - CTMH's "More to Adore" (sorry, it's retired)


• Inks - CTMH (pinks); Memento (Cocoa Brown); Colorbox Chalk Inks


• Cardbase - Memory Box


• Gem Brad - Recollections/Michaels


• Oval Punch - Marvy


• Sheer Ribbon - maybe CTMH.....I don't remember

Skully Sparkles

Teeny-tiny card (gift enclosure really), but it's got a lot of punch - all that glittery paper and then the Stickles on the skull punch and hey, let's add some google-eyes too....aaaaahhhhhhhh!

Here's a close-up of the glittery goodness!

• NO stamps!



• Punches - Skull/EK Success; Hearts/Marvy



• Cardstock/Paper - Black Glitter CS/Martha Stewart; Red CS/CTMH



• Colorbox Chalk ink



• Stickles



• Misc - Google Eyes/Michaels

Swingin' In A Tree

It's all about having some good clean fun, right? Love those Paper Smooches stamps (just received a few new sets and haven't had time to ink them up yet........yikes!).

Creepella scoured the yard for the tiny "clean" twigs, Chef Bo-Bo Head let me get into his baking/cooking twine and a dozen Copics later, our Owl Star is having a good old fashioned swing.

• Stamps - Paper Smooches (owl & sentiment); PTI (tree limb & leaves)


• Copics & Spicas


• Memento Ink


• Memory Box Cardbase


• Misc: twig & baking/cooking twine