Movin' on up!

Recently a friend of mine bought his first home. I made this card for him. Making cards for men is a little more difficult, it's hard to get away from the "girly-ness" of this craft (for me anyway). I decided to use sketch 133 from Mojo Monday and off I went...

I used Chocolate Chip cs from SU as my solid colour and the ds paper is Farm Fresh from October Afternoon. I think I'll have to see if I can get more of this one...I stamped Happy Neighborhood from Stamping Bella on ultrasmooth white from SU and coloured with my prisma colour pencils. I ran the long strip in the middle through my CB with the Swiss Dots embossing folder and tied some cute ribbon from Target down the middle. I popped up the oval and used several colours of stickles on the image to give it some "jazz"...lol

Hope you like it, and even more so, hope my friend does.

Shannon

Easter Chick

Hi,and welcome back! Today I have a cute little card that I ended up making several of for some co-workers who needed some Easter cards. The little chick is a stamp from Imaginisce that I think is maybe retired now. I used Barely Banana for the base, with a layer of Orchid Opulence, the image is stamped on Whisper White and the scalloped circle is Pretty in Pink, all from Stampin'Up!. The PP is from a stack that my Mom gave me and it was perfect for an Easter card! I ran it through my CB with the Swiss Dots embossing folder and sanded it to give a little "umph"...lol.I coloured my chick with my Prisma colour pencils and added some sparkle with yellow Stickles. To top it off, I added some ribbon and flowers and a yellow brad from my stash. Thats it for today,I have to start getting ready for work and maybe I'll spend a few minutes out on the balcony enjoying this glorious weather before I'm trapped inside for the rest of the day...Have a great day!

Well, here goes nothin'...

It's my first post...exciting and a little daunting. My hope is that I can have a blog full of inspiring, creative and pretty paper crafts. I'd love to be a part of a design team or two. I am so inspired by some of the amazing work I see on other blogs and I hope that by having my own blog, I can become a part of this wonderful world of stamping in a larger way...So, that being said, here is my first card...

This card features the lovely Addy 'tude is a Cupcake Diva from one of my favorite companies, Stamping Bella. I've used 5 colours of CS from Stampin'Up! (I'm a former demonstrator) Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Chocolate Chip and Pretty in Pink. The DP is I think from DCWV "Sweets" collection. I ran the pink CS through my Cuttlebug using the Spots and Dots embossing folder and I also used my nesties from Spellbinders. I coloured Addy with my Prismacolour Pencils and a paint thinner. I need to find some Gamsol...I'm not sure that what I'm using is doing exactly what I want it to do, or is it just that I'm very new to the Prisma Pencils? I used a sheer dotted ribbon that I picked up at Michael's and a button from my stash. I finished the lovely lady off with some Stickles on her cupcakes. It's hard to make a card without some glitter...lol.

Alright, that seemed pretty long winded, but I'm sure that moving forward I'll be able to pare it down...I hope...
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