Stair Step Card Class

A few days ago, I posted a card I had made for a stair step card swap I was in with one of my online groups. I had a card I received in that swap with me when I went to the LSS (Priceless Scrapbooks). Tricia (the owner) and I talked about doing a class there for the three different styles of stair step cards. We picked out some papers and stamps from the shop and this is what I came up with. I think they turned out pretty darned cute! The papers are from Reminisce and are the back sides of a series of papers depicting fairy tale images....Snow White, Red Ridinghood, Alice in Wonderland. The stamp set is an acrylic set by Hero Arts, Sweet Wonderful You. The class will be offered on May 4th which is a Tuesday evening for any of my local readers who may be interested in taking this class. Here are some photos of each card closer up....

I used Nestabilities to make the oval shapes for some of the images. All images were colored with Copic markers. Glitter gel pen was added to the flowers and some of the other details on the images.
Thanks for stopping in today! Hope your weekend is filled with stamping or something else equally wonderful!!

Diva April Sketch Challenge

This card is going out in the mail tomorrow to my swap partner for the online group I belong to. This was done for the sketch challenge that was posted within the group. I got to use my new BoBunny acrylic set to make it! The card is on a 5 1/4" square base. The white layer was dry embossed with the swirled Cuttlebug folder in my Big Shot. The rest of the papers and card stock are Melon Mambo. I picked up the ribbon at the stamp/scrap yard sale held at Priceless Scrapbooks a few months ago. I got the last spool of this and wish I could have gotten more...it's so pretty!!! For the flower, I used Melon Mambo ink and then used the rock and roll technique to add Rich Razzleberry to the edges. Some dimensional glaze in the center held the little yellow seed beads very securely and I added a little glitter to the rest of the flower petals. Border punch is by Martha Stewart...this is one of my favorite punches and it has a coordinating corner punch, too! I used them on the desk set box I posted last week. Thanks for stopping in!!

Side Step Fairy

Just a quick card I made for a stair step swap. I used the fairy set from Inkadinkadoo and a sentiment set from Hero Arts. The base is Almost Amethyst and layered with Certainly Celery. The dsp is Basic Gray's Wisteria. Image is colored with Copics. Added a few blings and some glitter. Card measures 4 1/4" square.

A Monday Challenge on Tuesday and Some Easter Ham

It took a while, but I finally got around to making a card for this week's challenge for Totally Stampalicious. The challenge this week was to make an easel card.....MY FAVORITE!! I used some papers I picked up over the weedend from K and Co. I love these papers!! All glittery with lots of blues, greens, and purples!! I used Brilliant Blue for my card base and assorted papers from the stack to make my card. Coffee Brawd was may set of choice today and one of her sentiments fit perfectly in one of the little matching dimensional embellishments. I used it like a picture frame for some wall art in Coffee Brawd's kitchen. The lighter paper at the bottom of the front panel has a tiny tiled print in it. I don't think it shows up in the photo. Reminded me of a tile floor. The ribbon is from the scrap jar that I always forget to dig into when making cards! I really need to find a closer location for it so it gets used up more frequently.
What took so long to get a card made this week??? Well, I had a small distraction at my house for Easter weekend and then most of the day yesterday. My granddaughter, Kyli, was over for a visit as usual. The duration was a little unusual. She doesn't typically stay over two nights in a row, but I just wasn't ready for her to go home Sunday.
She has obviously been taking lessons on posing from her older cousins. Their reaction to a camera is to lean in and smile! Every time I picked up the camera, she threw herself into a pose...too funny. Here are a few shots from Easter morning and then a little later in the day when we were out with the cows and walking around the yard.

This
shot really shows the birthmark that will be removed later this year, probably in May or June. The doctors were hoping it would go down more on its own, but it hasn't. It doesn't bother her at all, but the doctors are concerned that she will very soon become aware of the comments that are made about it and want to spare her that. It has changed color and is now a pinkish color rather than the bright red that it used to be. They say that's a sign it is ready to recede, but it may not happen until she is seven or so. Too long!!!

This was a huge dead oak tree on our neighbors easement that he had taken down a few weeks ago. It was very similar to the one that the ospreys have built their nest in in our yard (grammar?). I was kinda hoping  a pair of ospreys would make this tree their home, but alas, it's gone now. No danger of it hitting anything if it had fallen and looked kinda cool! Guess I'm just weird like that. Thanks for stopping in and have a wonderful week. Hope to get more creative time in this week! Happy stamping!!!

Scrappy Magnolia

A few weeks ago, I received a card in the mail from a stampin' friend. The card was made using scraps, and she encosed a handful of scraps like those she had used to create her card. All the pretty blues, greens and  purples with a little silver added in was right up my alley. Finally got a chance to play with them just before spring break, but never posted my card until today. This card was made entirely with scraps except for the card base. The image was one I had colored and started to cut out, but quit when I saw things weren't going where I had initially intended. The ribbon is a small piece leftover from a necessity purchase a few weeks ago at the LSS (Priceless). I love when good things come out of the scrap pile!!
Finally get to do some stamping and creating tomorrow!!! Thought I would get to play a little tonight, but 2 year olds can be exhausting!! I have watched the Princess and the Frog three times in two days and we had to dance every time that jazz music played in the movie! I plan to get some much-needed sleep tonight and then play, play, play tomorrow!!

Inspired by a student's shirt!

One of my eighth grade boys was wearing a colorful striped shirt the other day and I thought the color combo would look great on a card! To duplicate the colors, I used Garden Green, Tempting Turquise, Whisper White, and piece of dsp in a  much lighter shade of Tempting Turquoise, I also wanted to play with a new corner/border punch set by Martha Stewart. I know better than to go to the wall with punches on it at Priceless, but I always end up over there anyway! I am soooo addicted to all the wonderful new border and corner punches they have been coming out with lately!! I managed to get it to come out right. It should be easy with the instructions and measurements that come with the punches, but I usually mess it up anyway!
The image is from Judith and is one I also picked up at Priceless. I colored it with Copics and added a touch of glitter to it. The bow was made from SU!'s white taffeta ribbon...I love how this stuff makes up into a bow and holds so well!
Today is a teacher work day. Just making sure our grades are all in the computer correctly and then working on lesson plans for the duration. We will skip lunch and have a cookout for the last hour....yummy!!! Don't think I'll be needing dinner while I'm at the Friday night crop tonight at Priceless!! Spring Break is on!!! I plan to do lots of creating!! Hope you get to also!!

A quick card I put together. It looks like a lot of cutting, but most of the flowers were punched, so it really was pretty quick. Added some blings and glitter to the flowers. Ovals were done with Nesties and the border is a MS punch. Ribbon was picked up at Hobby Lobby. Quick card and a quick post!!
Today is the last day of school for the kids before Spring break. I have made cookies and brownies for them as a little treat. I've been neglecting them in that way lately, so thought I'd take in some of their favorites! The brownies have chocolate chips added in and I made Gooey Butter Cookies....mmmmmmm!!! I have to go in tomorrow to make sure grades are done and get some lesson plans put together, but it should be a quiet day!! Thanks for stopping in!!