Is it a mouse or a hedgie?

I made this card Friday night while I was down at Priceless Scrapbooks for a Friday night crop. The image is a from a set of Penny Black hedgehog acrylic set that belongs to a dear friend of mine. This is the only image that isn't a hedgie in the set. We thought it was a koala at first, but they don't have tails like that, so it must be a mouse. Whatever it is, it's cute!! I colored the flowers with Copic markers to match the Bo Bunny papers I used. Added some sparkle to go with the abundant sparkle on the papers....had to have them when I saw all that glitter!!
The card base is orchid opulence, a color I seem to be stuck on lately. The flower was made by drawing up one edge with a needle and thread of a lacey border I picked up at JoAnnes. Added a button with some crafter's floss laced through it to finish it off.
Thanks for stopping in....have a wonderfully creative day!!

A Daisy for Peggy

I don't what has gotten into me today with all these bright colors. I usually shy away from them except as an accent for other, more subdued colors. This is another card for the Queen for the Day game over at Splitcoaststampers. Today, the queen was one of the sweetest SCSers ever, Peggy AKA MarilynPrestonn, so I just had to play along! The card I cased was very much like the one you see above, except she had used some very soft and pretty pinks and blues. You  can see it here.
For my card I used:
Stamps:  Daisy by Sugar Nellie
Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Gable Green, Whisper White,Euphoria dsp by Basic Gray
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black
Accessories, Copic markers, ribbon, glitter, blingy accents, dimensionals

A Fishy Hello

I made this card in honor of last week's Queen For The Day  game on Splitcoaststampers in honor of Mutnik aka Cathy. To play the game, you CASE a card made by the honorary queen and post it in the gallery using the appropriate key words so it can be found in the gallery by all the players. The key word for Mutnik's day was QFTD01, as she was the first SCSer to be honored in this game. I chose to CASE this card of Mutnik's. I used a completely different color scheme and changed the clock theme to a porthole for my Dustin Pike digi fish to peek through. The sentiment is from an old SU! set called Hedgehog Happiness. I will NEVER part with that set.....soooo cute!
Making my porthole was a bit challenging because I left my Coluzzle down at the LSS on my shelf of supplies that I keep there. I had to use another circle cutting tool and it took me a few tries and several sheets of paper to get my layers the way I almost wanted them. The watery layer is a piece of faux handmade paper that I made last summer from one of the technique challenges on Splitcoast. What a  fun technique. I used several colors of acrylic paint and daubed them on using toilet paper. Some of the TP get stuck in the paint and left little "globs" on the card stock. Made a whole bunch of this paper that my stampin' sistahs at the LSS call my "crap" paper. Not the most socially acceptable name, but it sure is appropriate for the technique...LOL!
The last couple of deets are the "nail heads" which were done using black diamond Stickles and the sentiment, which was heat embossed using white craft ink and white detail embossing powder. Image is colored with Copic markers and his eyes were made glossy using a dimensional glaze.
Thanks for stopping in to take a peek at what I've been up to!

Coffee Brawd Clock

The challenge this week over at Totally Stampalicious is to make any coffee themed card or project. I used the digital version of the newest TS set, Coffee Brawd, to make this clock. One cup per hour sounds like just the right amount of coffee to get through the day! No, I don't actually drink THAT much coffee, but I have been known to make that second pot some days!
To make this clock, I used a basic inexpensive clock that can be purchased at most discount stores. The frame was white, so I painted it using soft suede acrylic paint and covering that with a coat of sealer for a satin finish. The background paper is from Basic Gray's Archaic collection as are the numbers. The numbers were cut out using a Basics Slice cartridge. I printed twelve of the coffee mug images and sponges them with tea dyed Tim Holtz distress ink. Colored in the coffee wit a Copic marker and added dimensional glaze to make it look wet. Added a brown colored bling in the center of each cup. I used deckle cut scissors to cut around the edges of the sentiment and layered with more of the Archaic paper.
The winners for last week's blog hop have been posted and here they are!!

Georgia Ehrmann - $5 Gift Certificate
Lesa - $5 Gift Certificate
Dee's Designs - $5 Gift Certificate
Jeri - $5 Gift Certificate
Lesley - $5 Gift Certificate
Mary G - $5 Gift Certificate

Courtney -$10 Gift Certificate
Rachelle - $10 Gift Certificate
Ms. Earlgrey - $10 Gift Certificate

Tracy (Tray's Spot) - Coffee Brawd Set
Kimberly S - Coffee Brawd Set

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Marilyn - Grand Prize Winner - Your choice of 2 Stamp Sets and 2 Digi Sets

Congratulations to all the winners!!! We'd love to see everyone play along with this week's challenge, so create something wonderful with a coffee theme and post it on the TS blog using the Mr. Linky tool or post on SCS using the keyword TSMONDAY20. 

I love that when you purchase stamps from Totally Stampalicious, you get the digital version for free right away. You can also purchase just the digital images if prefer your images in that format. I sure enjoyed making this clock and hope you enjoy it also! Thanks for stopping in today!

Black Orchid Butterfly

I had a sketch challenge to do for an online group I belong to and this is what I came up with. I stamped a butterfly image that I picked up last summer while I was in Ohio to see my dad. It is by Stampendous and looks great embossed in silver! After embossing, I added some ultra fine Flower Soft and some tiny half pearls. Popped it all up in the center of a circle and added the rest of my layers. The sentiment is a rub on from SU! and the papers are by SEI, part of the Black Orchid stack. The card base is Basic Black as are some of the layers. This was fun to make and I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. Hope you like it too!! Now I'm off to get Kyli, so that will be the end of my stamping for today!! Time to spend some time with that sweet little grand baby!!

Paper Doll Inspiration

I made this card for the inspiration challenge over at Splitcoaststampers today. The inspiration site today was a company called Warm Biscuit where they had the most adorable bedding for children and fabrics that were just beyond belief!! So many lovely patterns it was difficult to choose. That is until I saw some lovely pink fabric with a paper doll pattern on it. It immediately reminded me of the cute double sided Graphic 45 paper I picked up at Priceless Scrapbooks the other day. I only bought one sheet and if I hadn't used it today, as much as I love it, it probably would have ended up being hoarded and used years down the line!
I used the paper as my starting point in creating my card.
I used a strip of the reverse side to make a band across the center of the card. I used Real Red dsp from SU! and a MS border punch to make a loopy border for it. I dug out an ancient SU! set called Buttons, Bows and Twinkletoes to stamp my paper doll image and colored it with Copic markers. I made a tag using a scrap of the dp and the ticket corner punch to make a tag for the sentiment. Added rick rack and red gingham ribbon, some buttons, and popped it all up on dimensionals to complete the card. This was fun to make and I hope you like it!

An osprey in a tree and a tri-panel card

My husband and I live in a very rural part of North Central Florida and enjoy seeing quite a variety of wild life from our yard. One of our favorite annual visitors is the pair of osprey that return to their nest in tall dead tree in our yard. Because these birds are protected, we couldn't take down this tree even if we wanted to. We enjoy the birds so much though, we have never considered having the tree removed. It is near the house, but not close enough to hit if the tree fell.
This pair of birds have been coming to their nest in our yard for about ten years now and we were a bit concerned when one of the osprey returned this February and sat on the branch for three days calling for the other. The other did not arrive and the osprey left. A week later, it returned and repeated it's cries. Again, its mate did not come.
Hubby and I were so saddened by this as these birds mate for life and it seemed that something had happened to one of them during the months they are away from the nest. Then the osprey returned to the nest a third time and on the second day, the other one arrived!! I was thrilled to see them flying around the tree together and then settling into the nest...I suppose to do whatever birds do in their nest after not seeing each other for months. LOL!
Anyway, I wanted to share this story and if you are still with me, I have posted a couple of photos below of the tree and nest as it appears from my back door. I can't resist looking up every time I leave the house. This also a pretty impressive sight on a clear night by the light of a full moon! Look closely and you can see one of the birds sitting in the nest!

I also wanted to share a card I made using a tutorial from Splitcoaststampers. It is called a tri-panel card and it was really easy to make. I think it would make a presentation for a gift card. I haven't stamped a sentiment into it because I don't know the occasion yet. I used the SU! stamp set Greenhouse Garden. I love this set and it is often overlooked. It's a lovely collection of two-step flowers that seem to look great in so many colors. I used sage shadow and chocolate chip card stock as the base for the To The Nines dsp, also from SU!
Someone was sweet enough to leave a comment on this post a month after it was posted asking for directions to make this card. Above I stated that it could be found on Splitcoaststampers, but that information is incorrect. I went back and searched for the original source for the tutorial to make this fold and found it on Christine Creations here: http://christinecreations.blogspot.com/2009/10/friday-focus-fancy-folds.html 
I'm so sorry for the misinformation. Thanks to Robin for helping me locate the source. Without her question, I would probably never have given proper credit to the creator of this cool fold!

Well, I'm off the do some stamping in my own stamping room today. Did a little organizing this morning and now I'm ready to create. Thanks for stopping by today!