Birthday Balloons

Good Morning everyone.  Today I have a great birthday card to share with you.  You can never have enough birthday cards! 

I used purple Core'dinations cardstock for the top layer of my card.  This cardstock is awesome because it has a white core.  All I did was emboss the paper with the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing folder and then sanded it.  The raised parts turn white and then gives lots of dimension to a card.

My balloons were diecut using my Quickutz Balloon die.  The I stamped my words using JustRite Stampers Curlz Font.  Just add a tail and bow and the balloons are complete.

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.  Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - Curlz Font Ensemble


Paper:  DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy, DCWV cardstock


Ink:  Versamagic Purple Hydrangea


Accessories:  Kaiser rhinestones, Cuttlebug Happy Birthday embossing folder, sanding block, Quickutz Balloon die

Prayers

Good morning everyone.  Sorry I was MIA yesterday.  Somedays there just doesn't seem to be enough hours to get things done!!  I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way.

Today I am playing along with the sketch challenge from Splitcoast.  I am also using one of the new stamp sets from JustRite Stampers called "Kaleidoscope".  This set is really fun to color.  I love kaleidoscopes.  My mother-in-law has lots of kaleidoscopes.  My daughter loves to play with them. She will position them and then show them to me.

I colored some Kaiser pearls with Copic markers to match my card and then placed them around the center of my kaleidoscope.  I also used Copics to color my image.

This border has a very nice saying - "Prayers Go Up - Blessings Come Down".  Isn't that beautiful?

Here is a look at this entire stamp set.  Another must-have by JustRite. 

That's it for today.  Thanks for stopping in for a visit.  Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a look at my project for the JustRite Friday Challenge.

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - Kaleidoscope Borders and Centers

Paper:  Cosmo Cricket Honey Pie, Pebbles Inc My Girl Stripe, Bazzill cardstock

Ink:  Brilliance Pearlescent Orchid, Copic Markers (RV02, R85, Y06)

Accessories:  Spellbinders Classic Circles & Petite Scallop Circles Nestabilities, Labels One, Kaiser pearls, pop dots

My Friend

Good morning everyone.  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  My weekend was busy!  Saturday I participated in the MS Walk with my oldest daughter.  It was a beautiful day for a walk.  This walk has a special meaning for us because my mom was diagnosed with MS several years ago.  We have done the walk for the past 3 years.  We like to do our part in trying to find a cure for this horrible disease.

 Yesterday I went to a my daughter's college because she was invited into the Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society.  This was very exciting because in order to be part of this group a college student must be in the top 20% of the Junior, Senior class and also be invited by faculty officers.  She is doing so great in college.  We are very proud of her.

Now on to today's card.  I decided to use one of the new release sets by JustRite called "By The Sea".  Living in Maine we spend many days during the summer going to the coast.  I love going to the beach - however I am not much for swimming in the ocean - it is too cold for me.  Maine has a lot of beautiful lighthouses and some rocky coastline.  We love to walk along the rocks.

I stamped the image onto Neenah white cardstock, colored it with Copics and diecut with Spellbinders Ovals Nestabilities.  The blue mat behind the lighthouse is polished stone paper from Murdock Country Creations.  This paper comes in many different colors.  You can contact Kellie by going to her blog Polished To Perfection.

I added the rope borders on the sides of my card (made with Fiskars rope border punch) to match the rope border that I used from this stamp set.  And of course, no beach card would be complete without sea shells.

Here is a look at this really cute stamp set.  It is a must have!!!

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.  Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - By The Sea borders and centers

Paper:  Chatterbox, Worldwin, Murdock Country Creations polished stone

Ink:  Brilliance Mediterranean Blue, Memento Rich Cocoa, Copic Markers (Y08, B21, Y06, C3, R17, YG01, E13)

Accessories:  Spellbinders Ovals & Squares Nestabilities, Fiskars rope border punch, shells, twine

BLOG CANDY WINNER!!!

Happy Sunday everyone!!  First I just want to say Thank you to everyone who left comments on my blog last week.  I really appreciate everyone taking the time to read my blog and comment on my projects. 

This is the  way that I chose the blog candy.  I counted the amount of comments left on all the posts during the blog candy week and then chose a number using Random.Org.

THE

WINNER

IS.........

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

51

Timestamp: 2010-04-25 11:42:45 UTC

Marge said...

Well, after struggling, your card turned out great! Love how you made your golf balls. May have to borrow that idea, as my hubby just began golfing occasionally after many, many years.

April 21, 2010 10:37 AM

Marge please email me your address (agbark@roadrunner.com) and I will get your stamp set right out to you.

Thanks again to everyone who played along.  Keep checking back because you never know when I will have MORE blog candy!!!

Have a wonderful day!

Go Bananas

Good morning everyone.  Today I have a simple cute kid's birthday card.  This adorable monkey is from the JustRite April release called "Let's Celebrate".  I knew that I wanted to have a "bright" card since it is going to be for a kid.

The cute monkey was stamped onto Neenah white cardstock, colored with copic markers and diecut with Spellbinders Classic Ovals Nestabilities.  My sentiment is also from this same stamp set, however the stamp set is a square shape.  So I just inked one of the sides of the square, stamped it and diecut it with Spellbinders Fancy Tags. 

Here is a closer look at this adorable stamp set.

I am definately going to be using this stamp set for some of my scrapbook pages.  Hopefully I will get some pages done over the next few weeks.  Just never seems to be enough time in a day to get everything done.

Thanks for stopping in for a visit.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - Let's Celebrate borders and centers

Paper:  DCWV, Frances Meyer Diva Stripes

Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa, Copic Markers (YG07, Y06, E11, E33, YR16, YR24, Y11, E17)

Accessories:  Spellbinders Classic Ovals, Fancy Tags, Martha Stewart Loops border punch, Cuttlebug Forest Branches

JustRite Challenge - Mother's Day

Happy Friday everyone.  I have a very busy weekend coming up.  Saturday I am participating in the MS Walk with my daughter.  She lives 2 hours away so I will be driving for a big part of Saturday.  Then on Monday I have to go back to my daughter's house because she is receiving an Honor Society award at college on Monday night.  Lots and Lots of driving but both days are well worth it.

Today's card is inspired by the Friday Challenge over at JustRite Inspiration.  The challenge is to create a Mother's Day card.  It doesn't seem possible that Mother's Day is right around the corner.  Where has this year gone!!  Soon it will be summer and my youngest daughter will be complaining because she is bored.

My card uses one of the JustRite new release sets that were just shown this week.  This set is called "Applique".  It was so much fun to color.  I stamped the image 3 times, colored them all the same with Copic markers and then handcut them out.

My sentiment was created using the JustRite Curlz Font ensemble.  Each word was stamped with Memento Bamboo Leaves and then diecut with Spellbinders Labels Trio.  I inked around each word with VersaMagic Purple Hydrangea.  The Kaiser pearls were also colored yellow with Copic markers.

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.  Have a great weekend!!

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - Applique Borders and Centers, Curlz Font Ensemble

Paper:  DCWV

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Bamboo Leaves, Versamagic Purple Hydrangea, Copic Markers (Y06, V09, V12, YG01, V06, G12, G00)

Accessories:  Spellbinders Tags Trio, Martha Stewart Arch Lattice border punch, Kaiser pearls, gold cording, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

Caardvarks Core'dinations Challenge

Good morning everyone.  Today I am playing along with the Caardvarks weekly challenge.  The challenge is to create a "New" monochromatic card.  The sponsor to this challenge is Core'dinations.  This cardstock is awesome!!  It has a color core perfect for sanding.  It also comes in some amazing colors.  The color that I chose is called "Lake".

Each panel measures 1 1/2" x 4 3/4".  Next I embossed them with the Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls embossing folder and sanded.  Having the color core adds lots of dimension to the cardstock once it is sanded. 

Isn't this duck & mouse so cute!!!  I colored them with Copic markers and diecut with Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities.  My sentiment is from the "Romantic Sentiments" set by JustRite.  I thought this sentiment was perfect for this card because the cute little mouse is holding on to his ducky friend.  This would be a perfect friend card or even a significant other.

The 3 flowers in the upper left corner were made using my Cricut Expression and the Walk In My Garden cartridge.  Once I put them together I thought they kind of looked like lily pads which fit perfectly into my card theme.

Thanks for stopping in for a visit today.  Don't forget that today is the last day to have a chance at my blog candy.  You can check it out here.

Supplies:

Stamps:  JustRite Stampers - Romantic Sentiments, Stampabilities House Mouse

Paper:  Core'dinations Lake

Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa, Stazon Azure, Copic Markers (E11, E95, C3, G00, G12, B00, B21, B02, Y06, Y17, Y19, G24, Y11)

Accessories:  Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities, Yellow Stickles, Cricut Expression, Walk In My Garden cartridge, Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirls embossing folder, sanding block