Free Time!!

Amazing, I actually have 3 hours for the next week where the kids won't be home!! They are going to VBS with their friends so I get some time to...no not stamp...CLEAN...well maybe a little bit of stamping (GRIN!!!)

Todays card is one I made for a birthday Jordan went to on the weekend...I didn't have time to post it so you get to see it now. I mentioned before I have a limited selection of stamps suitable for boys (I'll have to fix that) so I keep going to the same one.

Tyler the Jock was perfect for this particular boy 'cause he is in to every sport out there...I coloured with copics and used the same patterned paper (Little Yellow Bicycle) I tend to use for all boys cards...The colours are nice and bright.

The layers are SU's Ballet Blue, Real Red and Wild Wasabi (retired). I used a spiral clip from the office supply store and tied a small piece of wild wasabi ribbon (retired) to it in a single knot. The glitter dots are blue jean from stamping bella and the sentiment is from my CTMH birthday set (you know, the one I never use..) 'cause it was still out on my desk :o)

The layout just kind of happened...I like how it turned out.





Thanks for looking!

It's challenge day....

Both in card making and in keeping my sanity!!

At one point today I had 10 kids in my house..now I'm down to 6 but man do they make a lot of noise....and the bickering...I thought my two were bad..LOL!!!

Anyway, this week the challenge on the Corrosive Challenge Blog was anything to do with dogs...I don't have anything to do with dogs..so I don't have any dog stamps. I had to make do with "I wish I looked so good on a bikeabella" there is a little doggie in the basket.

I also have to confess I made this card a while ago (and posted it I think) but with all the birthday cards and my stamp club meeting tonight I didn't have time to come up with a new one...I'm glad I had this in my box!!

so go on over to Janet's blog and check out the cards and play along!!

hope your Sunday is quieter than mine!!

OOPS!!

Well, I did have the birthday card made...I just didn't get time to post it!! This is the second card I had to make for a party Jessie went to...I actually really like the way the colour combo works...even though that wasn't the plan when I started.

I used Charlotte Ketto (one of my fav's!!) from stamping bella and coloured her in with copics. I used another scrap from my glitter stack (DCWV I think..) and added almost amethyst (SU) and a deep coral colour (core'dinations) for background layers. The sentiment comes from a CTMH set that I have (and almost never use...hmm too many birthday sentiments maybe...Nahhh!!). I added three oyster baubles for a little bling...this card was quick...10 minutes max...I think I like it better than the other one I made which definitely took longer!!

thanks for looking...boy bday card coming up next!!

Where does time go????

It's already Thursday and I haven't done anything this week...well other than laundry, some gardening, took the kids to the park (several parks actually), bought a hockey net for Jordan...who has decided that he is going to have a dual career in the NHL and NBA, bought birthday presents for the assorted parties this weekend, visited a friend (who has a garden that is amazing!!) had friends over for the day today...and...got one card done.

Hmmm, after reading all that, I did do a lot...just not much stamping :o(

So here is card number one, featuring Sollytude (one of the new releases from Stamping Bella). I used a piece of scrap I had left over and some SU amethyst and so saffron. I coloured in the image to match my papers. I used dazzling diamonds (SU) on the purple heart shaped balloon and I stamped the second ballon onto some so saffron and popped it up with dimensionals. The "Birthday Wishes" on the balloon is from a Papertrey set that I love as is the "celebrate" that is stamped along the bottom of the card. The ribbon is SU's so saffron and I added some oyster baubles (a little crooked) on either side of the image.

Stay tuned...the next birthday card will go up tomorrow!!

Birthdays, Brithdays, Birthdays...

In the next two weeks my kids have 6 parties to go to...Jordan had one this past weekend so I quickly made a card...really quickly...I only had about 10 minutes before we had to leave.

We were super busy last week...took the kids to Niagara Falls for a couple of days and got waterlogged in the Fallsview waterpark...we also went to see the movie UP (I'm such a sap, I cried...) and we went to the ROM to see the dead sea scroll exhibit (and the dinosaurs of course!!) If you are thinking of going...it is FANTASTIC, although the kids preferred the dinosaurs and the bat cave...LOL!!

Anyway, my point in telling you this is so you'll realize that I really didn't have time to make the b-day card sooner...and now those of you who know me...are thinking that I probably wouldn't have made it any sooner anyway...Yeah, you're probably right..GRIN!!

So I used SuperTyler from Stamping Bella for this one (my boy selections are limited!!) and since I didn't have time to participate in Bellariffic Friday I decided to use the sketch for that challenge.

The lighting was REALLY BAD when I took the picture so the card has a blueish hue...but it looked much better IRL so it's ok!!

I coloured with copics and used SU's Brocade Blue, Garden Green and Real red for my layers. The sentiment is also from stamping Bella and inside the card I stamped "Have a Super Birthday". The patterned paper is Little Yellow Bicycle - Baby Safari...and of course some dots...'cause I love dots.

Stay tuned for lots more birthday cards!!

Summer Fun

What a perfect way to start the first week of July...with a Summer Fun challenge on Janet's Corrosive Challenge blog. I actually don't have a ton of "summer" themed stamps but when I asked the kids what they liked best about summer...Jessie said swimming and Jordan said...you guessed it...ICECREAM!!!

Going with the icecream theme...I made this card for Janet's challenge...I used amplee 'tude for the image and coloured her in using colours that matched the Doodlebug patterned paper I used. The background layers are SU's bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and Pretty in Pink. I added 3 bubblegum glitter dots and a pink bow to finish off the card.

If you go to Janet's blog you'll see some fabulous cards from her design team...you can even play along and post your own "summer fun" card.

Thanks for looking!

Another Sunday...

Another Challenge!! I have to say, being on the corrosive challenge design team is really fun...first it makes me create cards that I would never have thought of making...and second it forces me to post on the weekend, which I don't usually do.

So this weeks challenge on Janet's blog was to create a card using your country's flag colours....well I do agree with Janet that our county rocks...but... I have to say it was pretty tough to make a card using only red and white...I tend to like at least 3 colours and white doesn't count!!

So here she is...EmmyBella...I used the CB swiss dots folder to give the background texture and added the 6 poppy red glitter dots. Emmybella's pants and shirt are paper pieced with SU's real red textured c/s and real red DSP. I used my quickcuts nesting ovals for the image and sentiment. The ribbon is 5/8" red grosgrain and a simple knot adhered with a glue dot.

Check out the corrosive challenge blog for more inspiring ideas and come play along.