New Punches...

Good evening everyone! Hope you are having a great week so far. It is starting to cool down here. I am loving it. Cooler, crisper weather. I love summer but since we get such hot weather, Autumn is so nice.

I made this card a few days ago. When my husband and I did a little shopping last week I found some new punches at Wal-Mart. They are Martha Stewart and it comes with a border punch and a corner punch. I love how you can punch all the way around your CS. They also fold up so they are a lot easier to store. I wish all of her puches were that way. As I said before shopping with my husband it better than shopping alone because if I show him and then put it back on the shelf, he says that I should go ahead and get it. I am glad he convinced me on this one because I love how it looks.

I used PTI Autumn Abundance stamp set. I love coloring these flowers and vases. I think I could just stamp a whole lot and just sit there and color them. I used copics and the shadow around the image was done with one of the new pastel colors. They are so soft and just give it a little extra.

Hope you have a wonderful evening!
Thanks for coming by,
Liz

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI Autumn Abundance
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI white, Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon, PP from stash
Accessories: copics, nestabilities, ribbon from stash, Martha Stewart punches

Moxie Fab World

Hello!

I was looking at Moxie Fab World and saw they were having a challenge wanting you to use the gradient color treatment. I remembered that I had a spectrum ink pad and the wouldn't that be a great idea to use it for this technique. I loaded up my brayer and rolled it on some glossy CS. The leaves are stamped using PTI Beyond Basic Borders in Dark Chocolate. I used a corner punch to make the border and inserted the glossy CS, then I used a couple of them on the corners for a little extra detail. The ribbon is some that I had in my stash. I also used some stickles for a little sparkle.

Hope you have a wonderful day!
Thanks for stopping by,
LIz

Whimsy Challenge

Good Monday morning!!

Hopw everyone had a wonderful weekend. On Saturday we spent the day at our daughter's. My husband helped her husband do some work on their truck. Our daughter and I went and did a little shopping and of course one of the best parts is we got to spend some time with her two boys. It is always nice to spend time with family. It was a fun day and I really enjoyed it.



Since chosen as a new DT designer last week for Whimsy Stamps, I thought I wouldn't wait and get started with the challenges for the designers. Go over and check their challenges out. Then are fun to do. You don't even have to use one of their images but would love for you to use one if you have any. This week is to use eyelets. I just purchased this cute little bear for a worthy cause at Whimsy. It is a digital download and is called "A Teddy for Paige". The proceeds go to help a little girl who was seriously injured in a bosting accident over the summer. When I saw it the first thing that came to mind was a fuzzy bear to cuddle. I used fun flock in two shades of pink. The heart is done in white fun flock. I colored the tulips and pot with copics. On the pot I colored it and then went over it with the colorless blender in a crosshatch design.



That is about it for today.
Have a wonderful day,
Thank you for stopping by,
Liz



Supplies:
Stamps: Teddy Bear for Paige, Whimsy Stamps
Paper: PTI white, Hibiscus Burst, Sweet Blush, Spring Moss, DP from stash
Accessories: eyelets, embroidery floss, copics, fun flock

Hello, Sunshine...

Good evening everyone!! It is almost Friday yeah! It has been busy the last couple of days and still a couple more ahead. But that is okay one day it will be spending time with kids and grandkids.

I have had this idea in my head for awhile but I didn't have any candy in the house to fill the little cup. I don't keep much in the house because I wind up eating it, and I definitely don't need it. I went shopping with my husband the other day and I finally got some. But what I didn't use for this card I wound up eating the rest after hearing from my husband when he broke down waiting to hear what needs to be done. I know I shouldn't do it but it sure tasted good!

I have had this cuttlebug folder for quite a while now. One day out shopping I saw it and didn't know if I should go ahead, so I did. I thought this was a perfect time to use it. I sure do like shopping with the hubby! He will encourage me to get things that I have to think about. I will always show him what I do so he can give me his opinion. He will always encourage me in what I do and it was so great to see his reaction when I showed him the email I received yesterday about the design team position. Back to this card. I embossed it with my cuttlebug and then used chalks to color it. The center of the flower I cut out so I could insert the cup for the candy. I used a cup from the instant drink I buy. Reuse is great, right? I also did a little airbrushing to soften the white some. I took my two way glue pen along the edges and used glitter to give it some sparkle. The ribbon is some from my stash. I really like how it turned out.

Here is a side view of the card.

Have a wonderful day and I will see you later.

Thank you for stopping by, Liz

Exciting News!!!

I received an email from Denise over at Whimsy Stamps offering a position on her DT challenges. I was so excited you should have seen me dancing. Well, maybe you shouldn't have. I gladly excepted and so excited to see what challenges are in store for me. Thank you , Denise for this opportunity.
I wanted to post earlier except I had to take a drive to pick up the hubby. He broke down on his way to work and they won't be able to check the motorcycle out until tomorrow to see what is wrong with it. Wouldn't you know it he was almost to work when it just quit on him. It was a nice little drive and this way I got to have dinner with him and spend a little more time than we usually get during the week.
I' ll be back later with a couple of projects I was able to get finished before I had to leave.
Have a great night.
See you soon,
Liz

Celebrate!!!!

Good evening!

I have blogged a whole lot in the last few days. I have been trying to get a few things organized in my craft room so I know what I have and where it is. It isn't a very big room and with all the different hobbies I like to do makes for not much room. I hope one day I will be able to have it where everything is easy accessible. I'm not sure if that is possible if I keep buying more supplies, but you always need new goodies, right?

Well on to my card for today. I am entering this over at Whimsy Stamps. The challenge for this week is buttons. When I saw the seal, I thought it would be cute to make it look like he is juggling buttons. I put the buttons on a round circle and it actually turns. I know that seals usual balance a ball on their nose but why not juggle balls in a circle. Aren't their little animals stamps so cute. They are so fun to work with.

I used some papers from my stash (to get a few used up that I seem to forget about). The CS is from SU! I used a fiskars border punch for the sentiment. The star is from Marvy and the buttons are all PTI. I used copics to color this cute little guy.

I wasn't sure how I was going to lay this out but I am pretty happy with how it did turn out.
Thanks for stopping by,
Liz

MTCC06

Good evening, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I didn't get in the craft room as much as I would like to have but I was able to make a card for Lauren Meader's new color challenge.

I used Scarlet Jewel for the car base, a layer of New Leaf then distressed it. I used Dk Chocolate and Text on the white and then distressed the edges with Dk Chocolate. The flouirsh is from Fancy Flourish and then I used heat and stick powder to add my glitter from Sugar Coated. I used Scarlet Jewel and White Polka Dot ribbon the bow was made with my bowdabra. I sure do need a little more practice with it. I did use little pearls on the flourish. I thought it needed a little extra.

I needed want to add a sentiment to the front of the card because I thougt it would be too much so I added it to the inside of the card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Have a good one,

Liz