LSC237 An Oldie But a Goodie

Hi all! This card is for the Limited Supplies Challenge over at SCS. Here are the criteria for the challenge:

1. Use your oldest stamp set. Mine is good old Button Bear from SU.

2. Use your newest tool. That would be the Nestabilities dies behind Button Bear.

3. Use your favorite color combo. I love blue, brown and cream! These papers are from basic Grey - Granola.

4. Use your least favorite embellishment. That would be eyelets and I hated every minute of using them today. LOL.

Button Bear is actually 3-D on this card and I made all the flowers myself with punches and eyelets :o(. I did cheat a little though and used brads on the flowers inside the card but that's only because I ran out of blue eyelets. LOL.

I'm heading over to SCS now to see what everyone else came up with today! Thanks for looking and God bless!

Sue :o)

WTC229 - Office Supplies & My 1 Year Anniversary on Etsy

Today's challenge over on SCS was to create a card using office supplies. How fun! The supplies I used on my card are the brass fastener (technically a brad but they were in my office supplies, not my craft supplies), the staple for the ribbon on the tag, and the little pocket that the tag fits inside is actually a normal old envelope that I sealed and then cut to make a pocket. I haven't been making many of the 5.5 x 5.5 cards lately because I'm out of envelopes, but I needed a bit more room to work on this card so I went big. Maybe I'll get brave later and make an envelope. Or maybe I'll just order more! LOL.

Card recipe:
Stamps: Stampin' Up!
Paper: All K&Co.
Ink: Colorbox black & ZIG Markers
Accessories: SU photo corner punch, MS lace border punch, SU flower punch, brass fastener, ribbon, staple, white envelope, ripple scissors

Oh, and before I forget - I've got some news about my shop on Etsy! In August, I will be celebrating my 1 year anniversary with Etsy! How exciting is that? When I started up the shop it was kind of an experiment - a "let's see what I can do with this" sort of thing, but it's really taken off and exceeded my expectations. Sooooooo I am going to celebrate my success with a sale the week of August 23-29 (my official anniversary is that week) and weekly drawings for free cards. The free cards will be advertised here on my blog so stop by weekly to see what's up for grabs!

Hugs!
Sue :o)

CC229 A Tulip for You

I made this card yesterday for the color challenge over at SCS. The colors were apricot, pink and celery. I didn't have any Stampin' Up! card stock so I improvised with stuff I had on hand. I often use these colors together and was in the midst of whipping up this card when all of a sudden I noticed a piece of black card stock sitting by my paper cutter. It beckoned me, so to speak :o) so I tried it and loved the results.

The tulip is embossed on watercolor paper and I colored it with my ZIG markers. They're actually scrapbooking markers, I think, meant for journalling but I use them to color all the time. When you only use marker the color is sort of flat, but when you layer colors they really pop! For the apricot and black background, I actually taped the two pieces together first - trimmed the edges with the ripple Fiskars scissors and then ran them through the Cuttlebug with the argyle embossing folder. I then added some pink polka dotted ribbon from Joanne's and the pink rhinestones from Michaels and viola!

Card recipe:
Stamps: Inkadinkado
Paper: Misc. card stock I had on hand
Ink: Colorbox black/ZIG markers
Accessories: Cuttlebug, argyle embossing folder, Fiskars ripple and deckle scissors, ribbon from Joanne's and rhinestones from Michaels

I've got a full plate of errands today unfortunately, so I might not get to stamp much. I was a lazy girl today and stayed in bed until almost 9:30. Eek! I guess that's what I get for staying up until 1:00 in the a.m. I keep forgetting I'm not 20 anymore and I can't get by on 3 hours of sleep.

Have a great day everyone & God bless!
Sue :o)

TLC231 Quilled Flowers

This card is for TLC231 over at Split Coast Stampers - to use quilling on your card. I was so excited to see the challenge yesterday morning! I learned to do quilling when I was in junior high after I signed up to take cooking and the class filled up. I was really ticked off about it too and thought for sure I'd hate it. I didn't though LOL and have continued to do it for the last 25+ years. Sigh. That just made me feel old!

Anyway, I love making these little fringed flowers. You can buy a tool to make the fringe but I'm cheap and cut it by hand. The white part of the card is actually an old sampler card I had from SU (not sure if they still sell them) and the leaf stamp is an old one I've had in my drawer for years. I'm not even sure who made it because the wording on the side of the stamp is worn off and covered in ink. There's another secret in addition to my age - I'm a sloppy, sloppy stamper. LOL.

I've got a ton of stuff planned for today. I'm getting ready to put some new stuff in my Etsy shop and I have another project I'm going list here on my blog as well. Even though I'm a sloppy stamper I am addicted to organizing things and making lists so I came up with something that feeds both of those addictions.

I hope everyone is having a great Tuesday! Hugs!
Sue :o)

HSC79 Riley Circle Birthday Card

Boy this has been a busy week with VBS. I've hardly had any time to stamp. I did have time for one challenge today though and found it in the Hanna Stamps forum on SCS. This card is for challenge 79 - to make a circle card. I used the scalloped circle dies from Nestabilities for the base of the card and the layers. Riley was stamped and colored, and then his face and the bottom part of the cake were popped up on foam tape. I added some polka dots with a red fine tipped marker and some punched flowers as accents. Quick & simple & perfect for a busy day.

Card recipe:
Stamps: Hanna Stamps
Ink: Memento tuxedo black/ZIG markers
Paper: K&Co. & Misc. card stock
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities dies, flower punches, hole punch, foam tape

Thank God it's Friday! I hope to have more time to stamp this weekend!
Sue :o)

SC235 - Split Coast Stampers Sketch Challenge

Here's a card I did for SCS sketch challenge SC235. I've been a stamping fool this evening after I finally cleaned my craft room and can see my desk again! This card was super simple. Because of the layout I made this card 5.5 x 5.5. The squares were cut on my Cuttlebug and I raided my scrap bin for background papers to make the punched hearts. All the hearts are raised up on foam tape too. The hardest thing about making the card was punching out all the little cutouts on the frilly circles.

Sue :o)