Absolute Humiliation...

Notice the tip of her tongue peeking out of her mouth? She would lick and lick and lick her collar, trying to groom. Poor, poor Lily - this was taken a few days before the Dreaded Collar was removed for good.

Aaaaaahhhhhhh.............sweet freedom....

Floral Friend

Using a couple of b-day gifties from Heidi.........man, I just LOVE this set and these Nestabilities. A double-winner!!

Random-stamped the background and then loads and loads of coloring, shading and glitterfying on the main bloom (really want to get the die cut for this set...I'm getting lazy about "fussy cutting"). Once again the Kraft CS comes out soooo icky on the photo but it looks lovely on the card.

• Stamps - PTI


• Inks - Memento & Colorbox Chalk ink


• Copics


• Stickles


• Nestabilities


• Martha Stewart border punch


• Orange Twinkles - A Muse

The 3 Of Us

Well here's another rejected submission.........and I really liked this one too. Oh well, I still like it and it kind of reminds me of Creepella, Chef Bo-Bo Head and moi-self! We're off to see Harry Potter (again)......wahoooooo!!!

• Stamps - Paper Smooches (the party guys); CTMH alpha


• Inks - Colorbox chalk inks; Memento


• Copics & Spicas


• Ribbon - A Muse


• CB - Memory Box


• Misc. - Gemstones from Michael's Dollar Bins

Weird Weather

Hail in JUNE? Wow - weird but fun!! When it hailed last month Creepella grabbed the camera, ran outside and started snapping. Such a geek!

Orange Thanks

I've learned a few things during my blogging break. So I'll try to keep that in mind from here on out!

Here's a card submission that was REJECTED a few months ago (took a while to lick my wounds....sigh.....). Kind of forgot about it but during a fit of tidying, I found it!!

Easy card.....crank a panel of colored CS through the Cuttlebug, stamp the sentiment on a scrap piece of CS, wrap a bit o' ribbon around, foam-mount the sentiment panel on the already-adhered Cuttlebug embossed panel and Ta-Dahhhhh......you're done!

• Stamps - Paper Smooches



• Tools - Cuttlebug & embossing folder



• Ribbon - A Muse



• Spicas

Butter For Princess Pamela

Earlier this year, Princess Pamela was due for a "Get Well" card and since I love puns and she LOVES butter (calls herself Mrs. Butterton).....this set from CTMH was perfect.

• Stamps: CTMH; clouds/Memory Box
• Paper: B&T/CTMH
• Inks: Memento
• Copics, Spicas

Swing That Egg

A swing card - I hardly ever remember to make these cards and they so fun and EASY. Not a whole lot to tell.......hmmm, I used an egg cookie cutter as a template...........I love the squiggle corners embossing folder (not sure if I've ever used it before). Even after all these years, I still love those PrintWorks stamps (wondeful font!). The Cosmo Cricket B&T (Pixie something) worked wonderfully well for the decorative "egg".

Yes, I know............it's all so very ORANGE!!

Stamps - PrintWorks

Cosmo Cricket B&T paper

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Ink - Memento & Colorbox Chalks

Flower Brad - Making Memories

Corner Rounder

Bubbly Wishes

A Party Fish needs a place to party - right? Pretty basic card, lots of busy partying B&T paper, used Tim Holtz grunge glitter for the bottom of the bowl "sand"........and Icicle Stickles for the scales on the fish itself.........makes me happy, happy, happy!

Stamps - Paper Smooches, CTMH, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps

Inks - Memento, Colorbox Chalks

Copics

Stickles

Paper - B&T and metallic CS/CTMH, Bowl - Stardream, CB - Memory Box

Taking Julie's Dare!

So Ms. Smarty-Pants Julie Ebersole creates a totally cool card and within the same stinkin' post she starts in about oh just change the color palette and swap out some flower or birds for the stars and you could have a very pretty feminine card. Sheesh - can't she just be happy with creating a lovely manly-male card? I tell you...............

But THEN................she DARED you to make those changes.................so what are you going to do? Why take the dare of course!!! And here's my feminine version of her card. Drat it all, why don't my Kraft cardbases photograph in true color???!!

Stamps, CS (except for Kraft cardbase), Ribbon - A Muse

Ink - Memento

Copics & Spicas

Mr. Big Ears

I so admire all of those card-makers that can look at a pile of punches and just whip up something absolutely brilliant.................alas, I'm not one of them.

I will NEVER confess how very many HOURS I spent on getting this ding-dang bunny proportional........sheesh - I think I used about every single oval punch I have in my collection. YIKES!!

Anyhow - here's another Easter Card.....and pretty much no stamping on this one!

Stamps & green polka-dotted CS - A Muse

Inks - Memento & Colorbox Ink Chalk

Punches - Marvy, Stampin' Up, Martha Stewart

Sean's B-Day Card

Ok, it might LOOK like a card for a kid, but really it was made specifically for a young man very nearly in his 20's.....but geeez, I've known him since forever (literally), so I think I've got some wiggle room in making a goofy card for him once in a while. While the 3 mini-envelopes on the front of the card have fun tickets, the mini-envelope INSIDE the card had the cash (and was most likely the best envelope in Sean's opinion....). I'm pleased that I'm still remembering to use those cool embossing folders and it was nice to use some OLD tools that I have hidden (stamp-edged Fiskars)....man, I think the blue twine has to be about 7 years old!! Cheers to Sean for a great b-day.........he's a wonderful guy! Stamps - Hero Arts, PTI; Inks - Memento; Copics; Spicas; Marvy Mini-Envelope punch; B&T paper and CS scraps - CTMH: Cuttlebug & embossing folder; Fiskar Edgers; Twine

Home Is Where The Heart Is...

Good news for the real estate market - people are starting to purchase homes. And so, I've had several requests for "Congrats On Your New Home" cards! Here's one of them.... Stamps - all CTMH (except for grass - Savvy) Inks - Memento Copics Textured CS - CTMH Brad - Making Memories

Thank You Berry Much

While I like it.....it's a tad bit "sweeter" than is my usual taste.....I love tiny little stamps - Heidi has always said I can make a card with a 1-inch stamp (I think she's right!!). I needed to make several thank you cards and I re-discovered the paisley embossing folder in my bucket of embossing folders the day before and what goes perfectly with paisley?? Why yes indeed, strawberries of course - everyone knows that. Had to whip out the new Nestabilities and USE them.....(love those scalloped circles - Heidi got the scalloped squares and I'm seeing them all over blogland - perhaps they'll be next on my purchasing list) - even got to color a little bit too - I was happy! Stamps - PTI; Inks - Memento & Colorbox chalk inks; Copics; Spicas; Nestabilities; Marvy punches (plain circle & scalloped circle); Cuttlebug & embossing folder

Gardening Bunny

Paper-pieced this cute gardening bunny. I swapped out the little grass-things (on the actual stamp) for the carrots to make it just a bit more colorful and Eastery.

Stamps - Memory Box (bunny); CTMH (carrots & swirly border random stamped); Hero Arts (sentiment)

Inks - Memento & CTMH

Copics

Carrot Ribbon - Michaels

Orange Twill - PTI

B&T paper - Basicgrey's "Gypsy" (yes.....it's OLD!!)

Monkey Loot

I fought this wacky monkey for as long as possible but obviously I caved.......but come on - it's a PIRATE monkey!! Random stamping on the cardbase, fast and easy..........I think the toughest part of the card was wrapping the twine around the monkey panel!

• Stamps - Stampendous


• Inks - Memento


• Copics


• Colored Pencils


• Twine