China Doll

Here's is the sketch that I used for this card: Sketch Challenge. I was inspired by Heather P. to flip the sketch, here is her lovely blog: {Witty Title Here} . This card was so much fun to make because I love watercoloring and I love these images from Hero Arts. I chose to put the main image on a really simple layout because I really wanted my little China Doll to just pop. Oh and did I mention how much I like these Razzleberry Lemonade papers? I got them in a paper share so I got just a small sampling of them. I will definelty need to order more soon.

Materials:
Stamps: Hero Arts-Chinese Dolls, SU Great Friend
Papers: SU Razzleberry Lemonade, Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Watercolor Paper
Inks, Black Staz On, Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Blush Blossom, Pretty In Pink
Accessories: Aquapainter, Paper Studio Half-Back Pearl Stickers, Dimensionals, Corner Rounder

Little Flower Pot Card

Back in May I made some of these cute flower pot cards for Mother's Day. I never got around to taking pictures of them. But, recently I saw Beate's flower pot card and she inspired me to make another one. You can see her amazing card here:fresh & fun. I cased her flower pot but changed the flower. These cards are so much fun to make and I love giving them to friends and family!

All Materials Stampin' Up:
Stamps: Great Friend
Papers: Thoroughly Modern DSP, Whisper White CS, Soft Suede CS, Apricot Appeal CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Old Olive CS, Old Olive Patterns DSP
Inks: Soft Suede, Real Red, Old Olive
Accessories: Real Read Polka-Dot Grosgrain, Eyelet Border Punch, Handheld Punch, Linen Thread, Flower Daisies #2 Big Shot Die, Circle Punches

Birdie Wishes

I liked the color combo that I used the other day so much that I cased myself. I also cased my friend Jackie's card . I call her my friend even though we've never met in person. Jackie and I met through the blog world. She has been so kind to me and an inspiration to me. Her work is incredibly beautiful! I just love visiting her blog to check out what she's created next
Jackie’s blog .

Mostly Stampin' Up Materials:
Stamps: Wings Of Friendship, Elegant Cheer
Papers: Bermuda Bay, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Old Olive
Inks: Bermuda Bay, Riding Hood Red, Old Oilve
Accessories: Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Jumbo Eyelets, Wide Oval Punch, Big Shot & Top Note Die, Floral Fantasy Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Line Thread, Dimensionals

Thankful Little Bird

I am sooo in love with this color combo. I pulled out the cute little bird from Cheep Talk . Cheep Talk is rarely used at my house so I thought I'd put it to use on this card. (he he he pun not intended). Another thing I pulled out were my Cuttlebug embossing folders. I've forgotten how much I enjoy using my embossing folders, they are so much fun to use. Happy Stampin'!

Mostly Stampin' Up materials:
Stamps: Cheep Talk, Sweet Little Sentiments
Papers: Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White
Inks: Timber Brown Staz On, Bermuda Bay
Accessories: Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Button Bouquet Designer Button, Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Linen Thread Corner Rounder, Zutter Bind It All Machine

A Sweet Bird Card And A Lot Of Chit Chat

Okay so I love these birds too. Since I'm a preschool teacher I always end up buying cutesy stamps.

The other day when my kids and I were heading out of our community we saw a mama duck and several of her ducklings waddling behind her. We actually had to stop in the middle of the street so they could cross. It was the cutest thing! The community we live has a lake (manmade) and there are always ducks everywhere. Our neighbors come out to feed them so they always wander around the area "begging" for food. So I made this little card with that day in mind thinking of the cute little duck family and that they looked so "Happy Together".

A few days after we saw the ducks we were driving buy the woods near our home. The kids and I saw the most amazing thing! We saw a mother bobcat and her 2 baby cubs. I had to stop the car so that we could look at them but they quickly ran off. They were amazing and so beautiful!

We kind of live in the country out here it's still heavily wooded around our community. Really not much has been built out here as far as stores, buildings, etc. Which is why we ultimately purchased in this community. We've even been lucky enough to have seen deer out here. They are such beautiful animals! We usually see them early in the morning. Whenever we see them we roll the windows down and stare at them in awe. It amazes me how they are not afraid they stare at us too and their heads turn to watch us as we drive away.

I really love where we live but one day I'd like to move further outside of a community and live on a big piece of land. Wishful thinking at this moment...but hey a girl can dream, right?

Materials (Mostly Stampin' Up)
Stamps: Happy Together
Papers: Very Vanilla CS, Pretty In Pink CS, My Mind's Eye Just Dreamy Card
Inks: Bermuda Bay, Rose Red
Accessories: Old Olive Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Sherbet Designer Button, Linen Thread, Modern Label Punch, Flower Fusion Felt Flower, Eyelet Border Punch, Dimensionals

Kanga Love

I am absolutely in love with this sweet kangaroo and her baby! My coloring was a little on the light side and I was not super pleased with it but I decided to share this card anyway. I'll have to watercolor the kangas a little darker next time I decide to ink this set up. Oh and these papers are SO much fun. I'll have to order some more soon because I can see myself using up all the papers pretty quickly. The adhesive die cuts (stickers) that come with this Simply Scrappin' Kit are adorable too. I just don't ever know what do with stickers though. I'll have to be on the lookout and see what cute ideas my fellow crafters come up with. Those die cuts are just too cute to not use. Happy stamping!

All materials Stampin' Up:
Stamps: Build A Roo, So Many Sayings
Inks: Timber Brown Staz On, Creamy Caramel, Pretty In Pink, Close To Cocoa
Papers: Sunny Day SSK, Pumpkin Pie CS, Tempting Turquoise CS, Whisper White CS, Watercolor Paper
Accessories: Modern Label Punch, Designer Buttons Sherbet, Old Olive Wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Linen Thread, Texturz Plates (Backgrounds), Aqua Painter, Dimensionals

Modern Dress

I got to play with some more new stampin' goodies. The layout is from the mojomonday.blogspot (MOJO93). This is the first time I tried a layout challenge. I always find it difficult to come up with a layout of my own. I feel like after a while all my cards look the same. So I may be trying more of these layout challenges. Happy stamping!

Mostly Stampin' Up Materials:
Stamps: Humor In High Heels
Paper: Thoroughly Modern DSP, Sahara Sand CS, Soft Suede CS, Very Vanilla CS
Inks: Soft Suede
Accessories: Bermuda Bay Ribbon, Button Latte Designer Button, Modern LAbel Punch, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One, Dimensionals, Halfback Pearl Stickers (Michael's)

Chic Bird

I recently ordered some stuff from a friend of mine that was going to lose her demo status. She's always there for me so I was more than happy to help her out. There are so many great things in the new catty so it was easy for me to pick stuff out.

When I saw the Elegant Bouquet upside down it reminded me of tree branches so I decided to make the little birdcage look as if it was hanging off the branch. I popped the birdcage up (as you can tell because of the annoying shadow).

All Stampin' Up Materials:
Stamps: Chic Boutique
Papers: Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Whisper White
Inks: Soft Suede
Accessories: Half Back Pearls, White Gel Pen, Soft Suede Ribbon, Circle Punches, Textured Impressions Elegant Bouquet Folder, Dimensionals

Birthday Cutie

I made this card a while back and decided to share it with you guys. Aren't these colors so yummy together? The papers from the Sweet Always DSP are just so great. They just seem to scream birthday to me. This stamp set is really cute too she comes with all kinds of things that you have to piece together: a ballon, a cupcake, a birthday cake and many other neat things.

Materials:
Stamps: Crafty Lounge Clear Stamps (Anna Mae)
Paper: Watercolor Paper, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty In Pink, Chocolate Chip, Sweet Always DSP
Inks: Pumpkin Pie, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose, Close To Cocoa, Apricot Appeal, Timber Brown Staz On
Accessories: Flirty Ribbon, Circle Punches, Cotton Candy Stickles, Crystal Stickles, Aqua Painter, Dimensionals

Friendship Tree

This is a card I cased a few weeks ago I did change it up a bit. You can see the original card on Tessa Wise's wonderful blog: http://craftygrl.blogspot.com/
I was very glad to see that Season Of Friendship made it to the new catty since it's one of my favorite SU sets.

All Stampin' Up Materials:
Stamps: Season Of Friendship, Upsy Daisy
Papers: Whisper White, Old Olive, Taken With Teal
Inks: Close To Cocoa, Old Olive, Taken With Teal
Accessories: Wide Grosgrain Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Dimensionals, Paper Distresser (my thumbnail)