Oh la la!

Okay, so I was sitting in my car before work today and I had some extra time so I started jotting down ideas for card sketches and I thought to myself, okay...I've seen shoes and bras and panties and cupcakes and purses and a bunch other shape cards that I happen to love...what else can I make a shape card of? Well, I sat there and I was thinking and thinking of what *I* love that is super-extra-girly and I thought, "Oh! Perfume bottles!" So I sketched out a few ideas for some perfume bottles on paper, but they really weren't clicking with me...PLUS the implementation of the shapes that I was drawing just were going to be way too complicated (I'm lazy) to cut out.

Well, I was cruising through my Bloglines when I came across the CPS blog's sketch of the week and it was a circle card. *DING DING* I have several beautiful perfume bottles that are circular so why not take a circle and make a perfume bottle from it?

And here is my creation...you should just SEE the prototype I made up for it...LOL! It is green cheap-o cardstock with Scotch tape all over it. *snort* But it really did work..or at least I think! (Sorry for the dark-ish photo as it is 1am here so no natural light is shining in California...LOL!)

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Stamps: A Studio G stamp from Michael's CS and papers: All CS is from Stampin' Up! Pattern paper is Basic Grey Ink: Black StazOn and a black gel pen Accessories: Cuttlebug and Nestabilities, a silver brad for the "squirt hole", Tim Holtz grungeboard oval, rhinestone brads from...well I can't remember, and a tassel that was on a bottle of wine at Christmas time, a LOT of SU! dimensionals and oodles and oodles and oodles of red sticky tape.

Well, I don't hate it....

but I'm not in love with how this turned out. It is all part of learning, right? What goes with what and what doesn't. hee!

So this is for Beate's weekend sketch challenge. And truthfully, I love the sketch, but I was trying to use a paper with which I have nothing at all that I could find to match it. So frustrating. Anyway, it is a beautiful sketch and I have been seeing lots of pretty cards made with it. Mine, notsomuch. :)

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend! Thanks for dropping by. :)

Stamps: An ancient SU! set from 2002 called Hearts & Posies for the Forever Friends sentiment; CHF backgrounder stamp.

CS and papers: All CS is from Stampin' Up! Pattern paper is DCWV summer pack.

Ink: SU!

Accessories: Cuttlebug and Nestabilities; Tim Holtz Grungeboard (I love this stuff but I don't know what to do with it...I mean, obviously!)

See, what I am doing is...

I am using up all my previously purchased stamps that I haven't inked yet so that I can justify to my DH that I need MORE. Although I did order some from Verve Visual last night. hee!

Anyway, I just love, love this stamp set from Gina K. But! Again, I hadn't used it. Well, I think I used one of the stamps once but I hadn't really used it. :)

I used Taylor's cupcake challenge sketch and put together this little card. It is a great sketch and soo versatile! I didn't know what direction to take this so I just started futzing around with stuff. And, so I made a few mistakes along the way (see the cuttlebug dots on the back of the card? Yeah, I glued down the bottom white border punch stuff first so I didn't want to emboss over it so I just did what I could and I'll stick down a piece of white paper on the inside to hide it) but meh, I think it turned out okay!


Stamps: Gina K. Baskets of Happiness

CS and papers: All CS is from Stampin' Up! Pattern paper is Amy Butler paper from K&Co

Ink: SU! basic black and StazOn

Accessories: Martha Stewart border punch, Cuttlebug and Nestabilities and Swiss Dots embossing folder, mat pack and paper piercer, stick on pearls, Prisma pencils and OMS.

Thanks for stopping by!

Glitter Goddess...

It is no secret that I love glitter. And bling. And anything sparkly or shiny or tacky and gaudy. I believe I may be part magpie, not sure. :D

These Glam Girls from C.C. Designs over at All That Scraps? Well, these girls BEG to be glittered and blinged out and all around fabulous, don't you think? I just ADORE these stamps. I hope there are more in the works!! (Hope, hope, hope.) They are perfectly sized for me. Nice big areas to color or paper piece and not too big or too small but juuuuuuuuuuust right...kinda like baby bear's bed. hehe!

Anyway, this is from SCS' sketch challenge this week and I love it! I had intended to use a Bella image but when I went to cut out my Bella, my Nestabilities die slipped down from where I had placed it (even with the tape I used to stick it down) so I cut off her feet. Grrrrrr. I was so mad. Anyway, I had this image already stamped out so I just set to paper piecing and coloring her to match my paper.

Stamps: C.C. Designs at All That Scraps

CS and papers: All CS is from Stampin' Up! Pattern paper is Amy Butler paper from K&Co (OMG I love this paper.)

Ink: SU! basic black

Accessories: I used my Making memories circle punch to do a faux ticket corner punch (since I haven't got a ticket corner punch, yes, it is on my list but I'm working through my list a little at a time so I don't freak out the DH), glitter pen to color her scarf and headband, and another glitter pen to color in her sunglasses, Cuttlebug and Nestabilities, faux dew drops from Michael's, a stick-on rhinestone and my Prisma pencils and OMS...oh and one of my TWO Copic markers was used to color her hair. I figure since I have it, I may as well use it, right?

Thanks for looking!

More with the no stamping.

Truthfully, I'm not really great with the rubber stamping. I don't have fifteen million colors of inks and the inks that I do own, I don't know how to use and they always end up puddling even when I'm using SU! ink on SU! stamps....so, I stick with line images that I can color (because I LUFF to color) or I do things where I don't have to stamp much. heh.

I have had this DCWV paper pack for ten bazillion years (a few months) and I love it, but I don't know what to DO with it so I just started playing around last night with a pattern and I kinda like it.

All the CS is from Stampin' Up! and the paper is from DCWV's Far East 8x8 pad. I used my Martha Stewart Butterfly punch to punch out couple of butterflies out of the scrap pattern paper and then I sponged the edges of them with Distress Ink. Simple, no? Took me all of 10 minutes which included picking out papers and gluing everything together. hehe!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Meh.

I've been feeling meh lately. I want to make pretty things but I just get stuck. Well, I got stuck on this card on Sunday night and I was sooo frustrated that I just shut the door to my scrap spot and finally had time tonight (thanks to my HEEVIL employer who has me scheduled to work 45 hours this week even though I am supposed to be part-time) to work on a little something. Such a simple card but for the life of me, I couldn't figure out how to make it look NOT dumb. I'm still not pleased but whatever at least I got it behind me. hehe

Stamps: Gwenny from C.C. Designs at All That Scraps

CS and papers: All CS is from Stampin' Up! Pattern paper from Sassafras Lass.

Ink: SU! basic black and Distress Ink in.....oh I can't remember which one...from Ranger.

Accessories: Making memories circle punches, perfect layers (otherwise, my layers would be a hot mess), LOTS of glitter pens, her "jeans" were colored with a Sakura glitter pen and her handbag was colored with a brown glitter pen. Also, her sunglasses, lipstick and hair bow was colored with a pink glitter pen. GLITTERIFFIC! I colored her shirt, hair and skin with Prisma pencils and OMS. The stitched ribbon is from Michael's.

Other info: I couldn't find the right sentiment for it that would work in the space I wanted it to work, so I just hand wrote "friend" on the pink layer.

Hope y'all have a fabulous day! We're in for some wind here in Northern California. At least I know my fence won't blow down as we just had it replaced a few months ago. :)

Does this pattern make my hips look wide?

Hee! I've had this set since it was released...like 70 years ago or something and haven't used it at all. It was neglected and sad. But today when I was shopping in the scrapbook store, I saw this pad of paper that I just KNEW had to be used to paper piece this gal. It sure turned her frown upside down! :D

I made this card using Taylor's Cupcake Challenge sketch for this week. I must say, at first, I wasn't a fan of it since I'm not big on tearing paper. I always make it look all messy. And then I was like, "DUH. It is supposed to be messy-ish." I mean, seriously, that is how my pea-sized brain works sometimes.

Stamps: Hippo from Just So Hippy from Gina K. as well as the sentiment

CS and papers: All CS is SU! The patterned paper is from Sassafras Lass' Sunshine Lollipops collection. (LOVE!)

Ink: SU! basic black

Accessories: Cuttlebug and A2 embossing folder, perfect layers, ribbon from Target's dollar spot, stick-on pearls on the dots on her rump.

Other info: I stamped the hippo on the patterned paper then cut her out, and popped up the rump separate from the head. I used a white gel pen to color in her toenails, eye and tooth so it didn't look like she had bad hygiene.

Thanks for looking!