For Queen Liz

It's almost time for Queen Liz to give up her crown.  Somehow I'm always at the end of the reign getting these cards posted.  Liz has been on my mind all week though.

Anyway, Liz, aka lazylizard, was named Queen for the Day last Friday.  I enjoyed looking through her lovely gallery and had trouble deciding just which project to CASE.  I finally decided on this one.  I love these necklaces made out of repurposed game pieces.  I have one made with a Scrabble square and really enjoy it.  I didn't make a necklace, but Liz's necklace was an inspiration for this card.

I don't have a lily of the valley stamp.  But this reminded me of the colors Liz used.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Herb Expressions, Thoughts and Prayers

Ink:  Old Olive, SU Markers (Wild Wasabi, Marina Mist, More Mustard)

Paper:  Naturals White

As always, thanks for stopping by.  I really appreciate all your lovely comments.

Enjoy!

Cherry Espresso Party

The color challenge at SCS this week is called Cherry Espresso Party.  Sounds delectable doesn't it?

The card I imagined when I first saw the challenge was quite different.  But sometimes these cards just go their own direction.  It's so much fun go with it.  Especially when I like the finished product!

I used a little glue and Dazzling Diamonds on the snowflakes and the tree.  I don't think the sparkle shows up very well in the pictures.

The little bird was stamped and cut out.  I used the leaf stamp with this set for the wing.

When I was editing the picture, I realized that I used this same set for the color challenge last week.  It's such a versatile set.  It can be used for any season.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Season of Friendship

Ink:  Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Pool Party

Paper:  Whisper White, Pool Party, Early Espresso

Other:  Big Shot, Snow Burst EF, Modern Label Punch, Dazzling Diamonds

I'm so glad you stopped by again.  I hope you enjoy!

Awash with Paper Piecing

Yesteday's Clean and Simple challenge at SCS was to do paper piecing.  This technique is wonderful for using some of those little pieces of DSP that have been left over.  I have a box full of these pieces.

Just a simple layout, but one of my favorites.

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Awash with Flowers, Watercolor Minis?, Short and Sweet

Ink:  Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry

Paper:  Whisper White, Scraps of DSP, Melon Mambo

Other:  Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Scallop Trim Border Punch

Thanks for stopping by today and for all the lovely comments you have been leaving.

Enjoy!

Sketchy Halloween

This week's challenge at Less is More is a SKETCH

I flipped the sketch for this one.

I used the new Hand Penned Holidays set from the Holiday Mini.  It has 4 fantastic stamps in the set. 

The pumpkin is 3 punched wide ovals.  I shaded a bit with a sponge dauber and ink and used the marker to draw some more lines.  The stem is an embosslit.

And still in the Halloween theme.....

I hope this is CAS enough.  I had this little piece of background paper that had been done in the Faux Polished Stone technique.  I stamped the cat and tree in black and colored them in with the marker to get them really dark.  The grass is just sketched.  Then I punched it with the 2 1/2" circle punch. The sentiment is an from an old hostess set.

I embossed about 3/4 of a piece of pumpkin pie cardstock, leaving about 1 1/2" unembossed for the sentiment.  The black ribbon is some twill tape from my sewing box.  I distressed the bottom a bit too.  I'm not sure if that really shows in the picture.

For someone who doesn't do Halloween cards, I've outdone myself with them this year.  I have one more class with Fall/Halloween/Thanksgiving cards coming up too.  I guess the grandchildren will wonder what got into their ole Nana!  Maybe they'll share their candy with me.

By the way, congratulations to Chrissie and Mandi on over 700 submissions last week.  That's amazing!  And the submissions are just as amazing. And they commented on almost all of them. Go on over and take a peek if you want some inspiration.  Even better, make a card for this week's challenge and share it.

Thanks so much for stopping in.  I appreciate all the wonderful comments you have been leaving and have enjoyed visiting with you.

Enjoy,

Boo One and Boo Two

Remember the song from Cinderella, Bibbidy, Bobbidy, Boo?  That song is running through my head now!

Here's another Halloween card for the Less is More Challenge.  They were wondering if Blogger would self destruct if they got 1000 submissions.  As slow as it's running, it may be headed in that direction!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Scaredy Cat, French Foliage

Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry

Paper:  Basic Black, Tangering Tango, Whisper White

Other:  Spider Web EF, Big Shot

And while I was at it, I did this one using the sketch from this week's Sketch Challenge at SCS.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Scaredy Cat, Woodgrain

Ink:  Tangerine Tango, Basic Black

Paper:  Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Whisper White

Other:  Corner Rounder Punch

That's it for tonight.  Thanks for the visit.  I've enjoyed it.  I hope you have too.

Enjoy!