Anyone Still Out There?

Here's a card I did for a swap that's upcoming. I have to make the post very quick because we are busy with the remodel and DH doesn't appreciate me spending lots of time with other hobbies. I finally had a chance to ink this set and really love the images. Hope you like! I used Certainly Celery and Choco Chip.

I'll be uploading pics of the remodel soon if you're interested. I'm amazed at my husband's abilities! Hubby's calling...

Bye!

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Kristina has a challenge posted and I just can not resist. Although, I think, maybe I should have, because I'm not sure this card matched my vision very well. Anyway, check out her challenge here and enjoy!

A Fine Mess!

This is my life right now. My sink is represented by the pipes coming out of the slabs. My husband says he can do this, so I must have faith in him. We took down the old cabinets, stripped the wallpaper, and hung some of the new cabinets. I look forward to the day when we have a sink again! As you can imagine there is no stamping going on around here. The card posted is one I made for a SCS swap using retired in colors. It is one of the flawed ones that I didn't send. I chose to use Vintage Violet and River Rock. Hope you like!

Some awesome links to check out!

Tegan - over at Swiftly Created nominated me for an award. She's an awesome card maker, blogger, and challenge maker from down under and is a young lady with lots of fresh ideas! She has been SO kind to me regarding my creations. Thanks, Tegan! I am to nominate 5 people for this award so here goes...

-Linsey at Outside the Lines is not only an incredible artist, but so very supportive of other card makers. Thanks for the encouragement Linsey! Reading about her and seeing her work on her blog will surely make you smile!
-Tina at Traveling Mama is my girl in Morocco with such an awesome blog! Her stamped cards are beautiful and it's quite interesting reading about her busy life in Morocco.You should check it out now! Tina also leaves encouraging comments all over cyberspace! Don't think we didn't notice Tina! :)
-Allison at Stampin When I Can pretty much makes it her business to promote others' blogs when she's not creating unique and pretty cards. Her very awesome blog has great ideas, incredible links, and very cool downloads to help any stamper grow. Thanks for always leaving a kind comment, Allison!
-Mel at Stamping With Inky Fingers has the most wonderful cards on her blog, but makes time to leave comments for others. She has a super clean and simple style, yet her cards always have an interesting element or surprise. Her blog has tons of great stuff, even though it starts in March of THIS YEAR!
Hope you'll check out all of these blogs. They really are terrific!

SheetLoad August is Ready!

Sheetload E-Zine for August is ready for download and it's featuring MFT stamps! It's a really cute layout this month and the magazine has lots of great specials listed for great companies. Click on the picture above to download.

This card was for a Ways to Use It Challenge at SCS this week. You were to use up scraps of DP. This paper is Basic Grey's Two Scoops. I've always had trouble with the colors in this paper pad. I paper-pieced the cupcakes to use up tiny scraps. The cardstock and ribbon are PaperTrey Ink. The images are from my new Inkadinkadoo Happy Cupcake set. I used a white gel pen to embellish the cupcakes and added faux stitching. Hope you like!

July Sheetload Challenge

Have you seen the Sheetload monthly zine? It's a very cool place for you to check out. This month's challenge has prizes! Head on over to this link and check out their free magazine and submit a card! It's Christmas in July! Time to get a jump on cardmaking and get it out of the way. By the way, I'm not a do Christmas ahead of time person at all! I get annoyed, honestly about getting ready for Christmas until after Halloween. It just feels like so much pressure. With the state of the economy these days, though, I think I may have to start early! So, here's a card to get us all in the spirit!

I used the following:

stamps: PTI TAke a Bough

paper: Basic Grey Figgy, Cool Carribean, Rose Red. Whisper White

ink: Rose REd, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

accessories: Marvy scallop punches, ribbon, glue dots

To make the card, I cut out papers according to dimensions given for challenge, made the ornament with this cool set from PaperTrey. Stamped the sentiment on the blue sheet using a gridded acrylic block, sponged and assembled. The ribbon is held down with glue dots and the ornament layer is popped up.

Thanks for looking! Hope you like!