Top 3 on Technostampers!!

How cool is this? I checked to see what the new sketch is over on Technostampers, and I found out that Mary Jo picked my card from last week as one of her top 3 picks! Whoo hoo! Thanks, Mary Jo!

Just in case you were wondering which card I'm talking about, it's this one:

Come on back here on Wednesday to see what I created for the Belli Challenge. :-)

Music Flowers Birthday

This is one of the cards that I created for Cornish Heritage Farms this year. This Large Polka Dot backgrounder is one of my favorites and this card came together easily.

I'm not one of those people who can cut into her treasured vintage books nor sheet music, so I was happy to find some patterned sheet music paper in a LSS. The tattered flowers are so cool and unexpected on a clean and simple card like this. I sponged a bit of the blue ink on the edges of the flowers to help them "belong" on this card.

I like how the black ribbon and the black musical notes really pop out against the kraft cardstock. This is not my usual sort of color combo, but I actually like this look. Once in a while I will do something unexpected, and this card is the result of one of those times. You just never know what that creative muse will do when it strikes. :-)

Stamps:
Large Polka Dot backgrounder from CHF
Thomas Kinkade Birthday (Mona Lisa Moments) from CHF

Ink:
Jet Black Stazon
Aspen Mist Versamagic

Paper:
Simply Kraft from CHF
Good Cheer (October Afternoon)

Other:
ribbon (Maya Road)
flower dies (Tattered Florals Tim Holtz Sizzix)
Dotted Scallop Edge Punch (EK Success)
button
twine
sponge

Crafty Girl Birthday

I pulled out my Cosmo Cricket DeLovely papers to use with this fun sketch from the Cardabilities blog. Instead of using flowers with these papers, I decided to go in a different direction so I pulled out this fun Studio Style set from PTI. I love the jar of buttons and the ribbons in this set. It's just too much fun to create a card for a fellow crafty girl! :-)

I'll keep this short and sweet as I am watching a House marathon today. I've been getting a lot of work done between commercials. LOL!

Heart Flower Box

This romantic little box would be a wonderful favor to give away at a bridal shower, a wedding rehearsal, or an anniversary party. The soft blue flower is something I created by using the mini heart die cuts from Creative Cuts and More. I simply arranged and stacked them until I was satisfied with the floral shape. Then I punched out some small circles and glued them together. I added some gorgeous gold glitter to the circles and adhered that to the middle of my flower.

I highly recommend using the 1/4" Killer Red Tacky Tape to assemble this box and its matching lid. I've tried using ATG tape (tape gun) and the edges just pop open after a few minutes. I assembled this box back in June and it is still stuck together with no signs of coming apart.

Just a little reminder - join us for our special joint blog hop featuring CC&M die cuts and Clear and Simple Stamps on September 21 and 22. This will be an awesome display of die cuts and stamps that you don't want to miss!

Die Cuts and Tape from Creative Cuts and More:
Heart #02 - Mini in Baby Blue cardstock
Square Box #10 in Opal Stardream Metallic cardstock
Killer Red Tacky Tape

A Friend Who Reads

I just finished putting this card together, and I confess - I did squeal just a little bit when it was done. LOL I loved paper piecing this image from MFT called Well Read. I am always reading and this stamp set just called to me as soon as I saw it.

The Technostamper sketch for this week was perfect for this image. I used some October Afternoon papers for all the piecing, and I colored that little bit of cotton twine with a beige Copic marker. The embossed panel behind the couch reminded me of wallpaper - too perfect!

Tomorrow is Friday - yay!

Stamps: Well Read from My Favorite Things
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa
CS: Vanilla
DP: Fly a Kite from October Afternoon
Other: button, cotton twine, Tim Holtz embossing folder, sponge
Techniques: Paper Piecing & Level Up (Technique Junkies)
Sketch: TSSC136 - Technostamper blog

Snowman & Mailbox

Don't you just love the adorable snowmen from QKR Stampede? I've got quite a few of them and I wanted to show this one some love. I used some Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses papers and I colored the image with Copic markers to match some of the colors in the papers.

This card will be perfect for mailing as it is nice and flat. I didn't use any bulky buttons or ribbons because I wanted to challenge myself to keep the card flat. Have you been creating some mail-able Christmas cards too? :-)

Stamps:
Christmas Mail Snowman from QKR Stampede
Deck the Halls sentiment set from QKR Stampede

Ink:
Tuxedo Black memento

Paper:
Olive
White
Eskimo Kisses from Basic Grey

Other:
Copic markers
oval punches - EK Success

Vintage Pink Hello

Those of you who know me know that I am a very slow stamper. It usually takes me a day to just pick a sketch, pick colors, pick stamps, etc... I don't actually complete a card until about three days later. LOL That's why most of you will be surprised to know that I visualized this card and completed it in less than an hour!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just to prove it, I'm using Mercy's sketch challenge (MTSC88) that was posted today and I am using Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday challenge (FTTC81) which was posted today as well. No chance that I could have cheated because I didn't see these challenges until today. :-)

I used the Glimmer Lace technique on all three white squares (Technique Junkies Aug 2010 issue), and I sprayed Vintage Pink glimmer mist on the two prima flowers. I love the pink, black, and white color combo - it's just timeless! Look closely and you will see white Liquid Pearls in the centers of the stamped flowers.

The challenge on the Flourishes blog is to use lace (FTTC81), and I have used two different kinds of lace here. One is the little strip of black lace and I also used lace in the Glimmer Lace technique. Think they'll give me a little bonus for using two kinds of lace for that challenge?? Hee hee hee!

Happy Tuesday!

Stamps: Flourishes Cherry Blossoms
Ink: Stazon Jet Black
CS: Black, White
Other: Vintage Pink glimmer mist, Liquid Pearls, black lace - May Arts, prima flowers, button - Rusty Pickle, ribbon - Offray