It's Not All Black and White

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Quick, Simple, Elegant

I hope you're enjoying your long weekend. Today's card is quick, simple, and elegant. And you can so simply change the sentiment to suit your needs.

What's In It?
Stamps: Notes of Prayer (Verve Stamps)
Paper: chocolate chip (Stampin' Up!); vintage cream, Everyday Blessings (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: chocolate chip (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: antique brads (Lasting Impressions); nestabilities dies (Spellbinders); ribbon (Michael's); paper flowers (Prima); decorative pin (Heidi Grace)

I {heart} Your Blog


Karen gave me this I Love Your Blog award, and I so appreciate it! Thanks Karen.

The rules
:
1. The winner can put the logo on their blog
2. Link the person you received your award from
3. Nominate 7 other blogs
4. Put links of those blogs on yours
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls you've nominated

I love
all of the blogs I read, but here are a few random choices from my Google Reader. Thanks for your inspiration ladies:

Lesa
at Paper Possibilities
Kim at Paper Hugs
Meredith at Little Treasures

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Fall Fun with SU Ink

I've got a Storage Units, Ink peak for you today, as does Debbie. This uses the adorable Leaf It to Me set (available September 1). I stamped the tractor and wagon, then masked the wagon, to fill it with this leaf pile. Don't you just want to jump right in there? The wagon totally reminded me of childhood hay rides, which I thought were the coolest thing. I grew up around farm country, if you didn't guess. Anyway, I colored with Copics, listed below.

I pulled out some great fall colors of Core'dinations and put together the striped pattern on the left, adding a few brads to the bottom.

Gotta run. I hate telling my parents no when they ask me to do something. So today will be quite busy. They asked if I wanted to go to the Titanic exhibit at the Science Center today. So I have to squeeze that in this afternoon before going directly to a wedding reception at four. I'm still not sure where I'll be changing into my dress. Could be interesting.

What's In It?
Stamps: Leaf It To Me (Storage Units, Ink & More)
Paper: white (Papertrey Ink); sutter butter, rustic, amazon, chocolate mocha (Core'dinations)
Ink: graphite black (Brilliance); creamy caramel (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: ribbon (American Crafts), brads (Stampin' Up!), dimensionals
Copic markers: 100, E55, Y17, YR18, N5, B95, E57, E00, B00, G21, R46, YG63, 0

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Fun is Good!

When I saw the completed Beautiful You set by Verve Stamps, I knew I'd have to use this stamp (sentiment chosen by Susan). It's just so, well...FUN! I started this card by pulling out some of my most fun ribbon, then matching up the colors from my Core'dinations stockpile. I cut a bunch of different sized circles and started lining them up together. Then I added a few Sassy Sequins and dotted the centers with Black Diamond Stickles.


What's
In It?
Stamps: Beautiful You (Verve Stamps)
Paper: kilkenny green, orange, crab grass, aruba, beach (Core'dinations); white (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: onyx black (Versafine)
Accessories: circle nestabilities dies (Spellbinders); decorative scissors; black diamond Stickles; ribbon (American Crafts); sassy sequins(Queen & Co)

SU Ink: Guess How Many

Storage Units, Ink & More is kicking off another release with design team sneak peeks and your chance at winning ALL SIX SEPTEMBER RELEASES. Go to the SU Ink blog post, here, to "guess how many" M&M's are in the jar, and you could win all six September Stamp Sets!!! Also, you will win the jar...You must leave your guess on THE SU INK BLOG (not my blog) post in order to win...If there are more than 1 winner, ALL of the winners will receive stamp sets...BUT only the first person who guessed will win the jar...

Check out today's Sneak Peeks by Susan and Lauren.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Golden Thanks

Yesterday was a FOUR card day! Yay for me. That may be the most original cards I've ever made in a day. Have I mentioned that I'm generally a pretty slow stamper? Actually, I made three cards and one other stamped item. But the "other" item is for this month's Verve project parade challenge. (You can play along here.) So I can't share that one yet.


Today's card uses lots of gold embossing powder. If it's
gold on this card, it's embossed. That includes flowers, sentiment, buckle, and gold card stock layer. For the layer, I cut it to size, used a very thin layer of glue to adhere the embossing powder around the edges, then heat set. The buckle: hold it with tweezers, heat for a few seconds, dip in embossing powder (the hot metal willmake the powder stick), repeat.

What's
In It?
Stamps: Grateful Elegance (Verve Stamps)
Paper: aqua mist, spring moss (Papertrey Ink); pearlized cream (Paper Accents)
Ink: Versamark; Old Olive (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: oval punches (Marvy); gold embossing powder, pewter hardware (SU!); spring moss grosgrain ribbon (Papertrey Ink)

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Swimming By

...with a friendly "Hi". This sweet little fishie with the pretty swirled tail is just swimming by with a couple of friends. This started with the idea of a little elegant whimsey. Pale blue and browns. The fish are colored with Copic markers. The seashell is stamped with chocolate chip ink, then I just ran my water brush over it to spread the color a little.

The tag is a piece of Basic Grey chipboard covered in bashful blue card stock, with the edges inked close to cocoa, creamy caramel and chocolate chip.

Hope you're all having a good day. And if not, just keep swimming! Hugs!

What's In It?
Stamps: By the Sea (Lizzie Anne)
Paper: bashful blue, chocolate chip, kraft, white (Stampin' Up!); white (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: chocolate chip, close to cocoa, creamy caramel (Stampin' Up!); vintage photo (Tim Holtz distress ink)
Accessories: chipboard elements, precision file set (Basic Grey); ribbon (Michael's); aquapainter; Cuttlebug die; Copic markers; dimensionals

Me, I'm on a card making marathon, at least for me. I usually make one card a day. I've got three done so far today. Eat your heart out Dawn. HeeHee. If only, that girl is a stamping machine.

By the way, if you haven't see the new look on the Lizzie Anne website, check it out!